Many viewers of the 5th season of American Idol (anyone even remember who won?!) waited in hot anticipation to hear more from the guy who sang the contestant elimination song entitled, "Bad Day". This infectious, feeling sorry for myself tune tattooed itself into our collective conscious and many folks, myself included, were eager to hear more from this man called Daniel Powter.After a long delay, I finally got around to doing so. Finding the CD in the dollar bin at a Used shop helped. Don't know why I still cared...he was a one-hit wonder in 2005 with "Bad Day," a premonition that I should have heeded. A one-hit wonder he was, and if he releases more CDs like his self-titled one, a one-hit wonder he shall remain.
His piano-based tunes are pretty good, but generally boring. What really kills it for me is the overuse of his falsetto. Why why why? He sounds just fine (and more like a human) in his normal singing voice. Why beat the falsetto thing to death? I even checked the CD linear notes to see if he actually thanked someone for holding his testicles in a vice during the making of the record. Seriously, only dogs might like the high pitched voice.
It also does not help too much that many of the lyrics are just stupid...and in stark contrast to "Bad Day," no one is going to be able to relate to them...except maybe the dogs. Nothing else, save track 9 (Lost on the Stoop), even comes close to matching the simple beauty of the hit single. Sorry Daniel.
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