The Morning After: General Dynamics

By James Poniewozik | @poniewozik | December 16, 2009 | +

Quick spoilers for night two of The Sing-Off coming up after the jump:

I can’t pretend to be any kind of qualified judge of a cappella singing, but yesterday showed enough interest in The Sing-Off—including not one but two commenters with friends or relatives in the competition—that I might as well open the floor to your thoughts. Personally, while I didn’t much like Noteworthy the first night out, I thought they were much better last night and was sorry to see them go. Meanwhile, this show is doing wonders for my vocabulary. I still don’t entirely know what the term “dynamics” means, but I plane to work it into conversation as much as possible regardless.

And I ask you again: can anyone defeat the Bubs, or should we assume they have it in the bag? My money is on Nota having the best shot at the Tufts boys, though Maxx Factor may be the sentimental favorite.

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I was impressed with Nota last night (I must have missed them the previous night) and I think you’re right that they probably have the best shot at the Bubs.

And I agree that from show 1 to show 2, Noteworthy did improve, where I thought the SoCals went the other direction. I’m not sure whether Maxx Factor was more worthy of sticking around than Noteworthy was, and their selection to stay seemed more of a ratings calculation by the producers rather than strictly on talent. But on the other hand, maybe I’m just biased toward the Bubs and large group a capella.
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dwhitcomb

The loss was a tough one for the Noteworthy girls. I’ve known this was going to happen for a week and a half and I was still bummed when it happened on TV. After Maxx Factor absolutely murdered Love Story and Rehab I thought they were an easy choice to go home. It was tough luck but the Noteworthy girls went out with a much better swan song than either of the groups eliminated in the 1st episode.

My biggest complaint with how the show is organized: Despite the intros and judges telling us each group was able to pick their songs, the songs were assigned to them. Some of the groups (I’m looking at you Voices of Lee) got songs that were right in their wheelhouse. Others didn’t get that benefit including the groups that ended up in the bottom 2. I’m sure this is how most reality shows operate but it kind of puts a damper on things when you know the truth. I would’ve like to seen how they performed if they got to pick their own favorite songs from within the assigned genres.
jnb987

I’d have to imagine the groups had some level of input. If not direct involvement, I imagine the producers at least picked songs from their active repertoires… the ‘Bubs’ latest album includes both Magical Mystery Tour and Come Sail Away, so it’s not like they could be taken by surprise much.
dwhitcomb

That’s exactly my point. Some groups were given songs they were very familiar with while others were given ones they’d never sung before…