Music, Auto-tune and The Black Eyed Peas

It may come as a surprise, but sometimes I feel as though other people can say things just a tad more elegant than I can.  This is definitely the case when it comes to the clusterf**k known as the Black Eyed Peas (BEP) Super Bowl performance.  Call it a soapbox moment or call me a music snob, but is it too much to expect that singers can actually sing without depending on auto-tune?  That a live performance, while never flawless, will sound worse than long nails on a chalkboard?  Here are some of my favorite tweets about the subject – which pretty much was summed up before the weekend even started in this blog post – http://ohmyback.net/2011/02/04/boom-boom-pow/

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RT @The_Q_is: LOL! RT @ondrock: Christina Aguilera made an honest mistake, the Black Eyed Peas did that on purpose.#justsayin #redeye #tcot

vladimire iLyas Bakouch RT @AdamSerwer: If mubarak was smart he’d have gotten theBlack Eyed Peas to empty out Tahrir Square two weeks ago

rabzine @rabzine Honestly, Black Eyed Peas, how do you make Slash suck? That takes effort.

krbunn Kristie Bunn hahaha! “@paulandstorm: [P] LOL; via Reddit: Black Eyed Peas‘ Wikipedia entry shortly after #superbowl halftime: http://bit.ly/flu3T6”

loneranger614 Alex Houston Black Eyed Peas good to eat. Not listen to at the super bowl

mikeoz Mike Oz @cuttymacaroni Because the Black Eyed Peas are the worst thing to happen to popular music in the last decade — Miley Cyrus included.

monkeyminion Dane Ault So, last night marks my first official introduction to the phenomenon that is the Black Eyed Peas. Why are these people famous, again?

AdamsonAshley Ashley Adamson Haha that is also an accurate stat. RT @Bix99: @AdamsonAshley~That’s 111 million people that won’t be buying Black Eyed Peasconcert tix.

JoeDeVitoComedy “Well maybe we should turn her mic off at ALL our shows. Just sayin’. ” – Black Eyed Peas post-Super Bowl team meeting

danielleu Where’s that one Black Eyed Peas fan? I want his side of the story.

zhastings movement san diegoSomeone said black eyed peas is the worst band ever. Please don’t take that away from nickelback. It’s the only thing they have

NickEggplant Nick H. “Black Eyed Peas Performance was epic.” – Status of a friend of Facebook. This is why I hate Facebook. It’s full of idiots.

@danecook aguilera sucked butchered the anthem, black eyedpeas would have been better if fergie peed herself… #embarrassing

Levit0 The Black Eyed Peas: a “BAND” where none of them play instruments, none of them can sing, and they all use auto-tune.

gavinoconnor Gavin O’Connor The Black Eyed Peas are surely the band Milli Vanilli could have been had they two more members and sang!

kkivett Kyle Kivett RT @pourmecoffee: Had hoped Obama would speak to Nation tonight about Black Eyed Peas. “We will get through this. We are a strong people.”

mrbitterness Mr. Bitterness  me 3. RT @blindoldfreak: the @bep (Black Eyed Peas) are annihilation of everything i love in music, & they make me angry/depressed…

bencochran Ben Cochran If your eyes and ears still hurt from the Black Eyed Peas last night, here’s Prince from 2007’s halftime show:dailymotion.com/video/x14xwu_m…