Jennifer Hudson

So, the music obsession of this week is Jennifer Hudson. Which doesn’t mean I’m going to be exhausted of listening to her once the week is done–it just means that I can’t stand listening to any other music this week unless it involves Hudson singing.

The problem is no one in this house can see why I like her. That power in her voice, that emotion when she sings that main song from DreamGirls… they’d don’t hear it. “She’s just yelling her head off,” Ammi said. And even Saji scrunched her nose. But God! She sounds so beautiful! I listened to the Jennifer Holliday singing “And I am telling you,” and I think Hudson sounds a whole lot better singing it. More emotion, and her high pitched singing doesn’t sound like yelling and the power is really controlled.

The main problem is, there aren’t enough songs by her.  I don’t think her personal album is out yet.

My obsession last week–actually for several of the past weeks, was classical violin. And not just violin, but violin played by an exceptionally great musician. For the first time, I began to notice a difference between an ordinary playing of a violin sonata and a playing by say Joshua Bell. Actually Bell was what started the obsession. I couldn’t hear anything but him, and then the next week I could only hear stuff that was as close to excellence as him.

Anyway, I need to find a Hudson fan from outside cyberspace to gush with. And I need to get some sleep to..