I will always love you

IWISH it was something cooler, hipper, but for the past few days I’ve been hooked to a cover of the classic Whitney Houston song “I Will Always Love You.” I discovered it when I did what I always do when I’m either bored or restless, bored with restlessness, restlessly bored: watch youttube clips of singing competitions, wait for the moment when the judge’s chair turns, and there revealed is the face behind the voice, revel as the family watching the singer move on to the next round breaks down with joy in front of the camera, press repeat. My favourite go-to in the past few months has been the UK version of The Voice. Unlike the original US version, which is an ongoing contest really between the tattooed Adam Levine and the tall swaggering Blake Shelton, and where the judges are a bit too eager to be the first one to turn their chairs, the UK version seems a little more dignified (even if restrained). The judges more often than not wait until the end of the song before they press their buttons. will-i.am whose music I don’t really listen to, but whose taste I trust, and mostly because I like his fashion sense (a kind of urban eclectic, mix and match, with a hat), is precisely the kind of judge I wish would turn for me. He would know the next best thing if he heard it. And he would probably wait until I finished singing my song.

My favourite go-to in the past few months has been the UK version of The Voice. Unlike the original US version, which is an ongoing contest really between the tattooed Adam Levine and the tall swaggering Blake Shelton, and where the judges are a bit too eager to be the first one to turn their chairs, the UK version seems a little more dignified (even if restrained).”

(AP PHOTO) Blake Shelton of The Voice in the US.