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I have to admit, I fell down laughing when I read the part about Mike (Better known to NCSU fans and Early-Raleigh Caniacs as “Mean Gene The Dancing Machine”) going all Barry White on the anthem.
In fairness to Mike (who I know), he’s doing his level best to drop some tonnage and become Lean Gene–but I still think it’d be a fun kick in the ass to have him sing the anthem(s) Barry White style instead of Holly “What’s a meter and why should I have to stay on it?” Wilver.
O Canada (can you dig it?)
Our home and native land (right on, baby)
It’d be great! The fans would eat it right up!
And speaking of young Miss Wilver….
I was at the corner store the other day when the clerk asked Jon Chase (the Hurricanes’ Promotions & Fan Development Coordinator) if The Wilv (as she’s affectionately known on Teh LGC) was coming back as the anthem singer–when he replied in the affirmative, the clerk politely suggested hiring a singing coach to help Miss Wilver improve…and Jon-boy, of course, coldly blew her off with a very firm “We support Holly 100%”.
That tells me, by the way, that a LOT of people have complained about her–and really, I’ve seen the Hurricanes react badly to fan criticism before (see “Maurice, Paul” and “Jingle, This Is Hockey”), so Jon-boy’s reaction really came as no big surprise.
I apologize in advance to fans of the Senators, Maple Leafs, and Canadiens for the imminent mangling of their nation’s anthem by a girl with a decent voice…and not much else.
Good, Lord! We’re to be subjected to another season of awfulness (is that a word?)!
Not to mention my acute embarrassment when I actually saw her on my recording of game 7 of the finals. Now, I knew she was bad, but I had only heard her in the arena, where the crowd does a pretty good job of over-singing her. With the crowd filtered out and it all pure Wilver, I wanted to crawl under a rock when I thought about a wide audience seeing (and hearing) that!
Don’t get me wrong, Holly’s singing *does* suck. But, whose singing would you rather hear? Hers or Clay Aiken’s?
Though the latter *would* help fill up the RBC Center if it/the Canes ever needed such help again, American Idol *must* die.
She could be much worse, trust me. I just think she needs a few classes and she’d be fine. With any luck, if she’s as smart as the rest of the SS (heh) make her out to be, she’ll do that on her own.
Yeah, she doesn’t sing well, but isn’t too far off from having a good voice with a a good vibrato.
However, she IS pretty cute, and looks like she’s having fun. I liked her charm.
Speaking of charm, how much of a good luck charm is she? You don’t have to believe in ‘luck’ per say, but you guys won the Cup and she was singing . Wouldn’t it be like a nostalgic thing now that she sings? Bad or not?
I sure don’t care if someone sounds half assed. The fat guy in Vancouver LOOKS half assed doesn’t he? He’s a slob!
I say keep her around , and I agree on the voice lessons idea.
She wouldn’t be so bad if she just had some coaching. But as ever, constructive criticism continues to be rebuffed by the organization. /rolleyes
Please give her some lessons!