David Platt's Blog

Congratulations to Leander Paes!!!

davidplatt — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:31:56 +0000

Congratulation Leander Paes on your 7th Mens Doubles Grand Slam title and the Career Grand Slam – The Aussie Open was the missing jewel in the crown and now it’s there. Fantastic Leander – looking forward to this July with … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Vika!!!

davidplatt — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:30:21 +0000

I am so happy that Victoria Azarenka (“Vika” beat Maria Sharapova to win the Australian Open Women’s Singles title. Now she needs to stop grunting and squealing all the time.

If Serena couldn’t win then I wanted Vika to win – I can’t stand Maria Sharapova.

Ugh!!! Patriots and Giants both won

davidplatt — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:00:56 +0000

Oh well, I wanted the Patriots to lose and they won and I wanted the Giants to lose and they won. I guess I now want the Giants to win because I can’t stand New England (and the Ravens were … Continue reading →

Hope the Giants and Patriots Lose This Weekend

davidplatt — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:01:55 +0000

Well I am hoping for a San Francisco versus Baltimore Super Bowl with Baltimore winning it all. I would love to see Michael Oher get a Super Bowl ring. I have to root for San Francisco to beat the Giants … Continue reading →

USA Men’s Tennis is HURTING!!!

davidplatt — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:59:39 +0000

I was really disappointed to see the US mens tennis players basically bomb out at the Australian Open.

It was especially disappointing to see Andy Roddick go out of the tournament with a hamstring injury. I had really looked forward to seeing him play mixed doubles with Serena Williams.

As of this writing it appears as if Vania King is going to go down against Ana Ivanovic and Serena will be the only USA player left in the singles events.

Talk about shocking

davidplatt — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:14:50 +0000

Two big time surprises this weekend. The Packers losing to the Giants and I am actually surprised that New Orleans lost. Well I think that Baltimore will beat New England and that San Francisco will beat the Giants. I will … Continue reading →

MELANIE WINS!!!!

davidplatt — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:00:30 +0000

Nuf said – the one that deserved to win did. Plain and simple.

Odd final performance night

davidplatt — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:00:03 +0000

I really think that the X Factor duets were pretty pointless. The contestants were criticized for letting established stars upstage them. What were they supposed to do, disrespect the star they were paired with?

I just don’t understand them criticizing Melanie for not singing in her key with R Kelley – it was his song and his key. She did a fantastic job with it anyway.

I also thought the full-circle performance of “Listen” was fantastic. It really showed how far she has come since the audition in Miami.

Melanie needs to win… period. Otherwise the show is a farce.

What a Melanie night

davidplatt — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:22:26 +0000

I don’t understand Paula’s comments about changing the major chords to minor chords being a bad thing. I actually really liked the fact that the song sounded completely different than the Mariah Carey version of the song and that Melanie “made it her own”. At least L.A. Reid couldn’t criticize the song choice – of course, he had to mention that he couldn’t because America had chosen the song.

And her rendition of “Feeling Good” a Nina Simone song made popular again by Michael Buble was absolutely amazing. He voice is impecable and the range that she showed on this song was incredible. There was nothing about her performance that could even be remotely criticized.

She has to win the whole thing. If she doesn’t win X-Factor something is seriously wrong with the perception of talent in this country.

Look out Adele!!!

davidplatt — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:58:37 +0000

I think Melanie did Adele better than Adele. Not my favorite Adele song but I liked the faster tempo in the Melanie version. I would have rather had Melanie sing “Rolling in the Deep” if she was going to do Adele.

The Whitney/Mariah song “When You Believe” even though well sung was predictable. Not my favorite but she sang it phenomenally well and I’d rather lister to Melanie sing it than Whitney/Mariah.

It’s still amazing to me that she has never been “pitchy” the entire season through and never missed a note.