One of the often heard insults from an American Idol judge ( or other similar shows) is a comparison with a "Holiday Inn Lounge Singer" or something like that. This is meant to be a negative comment toward the amateur on the stage.
Here's the real story...
Lounge singers are...
1. Talented enough to make a living singing 4 to 6 nights a week. People pay them to sing. They just didn't wait in a big line at a stadium.
2. Lounge singers are normally gifted and have put hours and money into their craft. They just didn't wake up one day and say " now I'm going to be a famous singer."
3. Because they perform so much, they have perfected and fine tuned their craft. They know how to act and speak and move on stage, Did you see Nora Jones on the Oscar awards? It looked like a statue singing. Most of the young performers have no live experience. They don't come close to a well seasoned entertainer performing in a lounge over a series of years.
4. Finally, they have a more balanced approached to life. They don't abandon their families and bring shame to their family name.
And by the way, most American Idols and runner ups are long forgotten. Most do not sing for a living because no one would pay them.
So the next time you hear one of these no talent judges try to insult a singer by comparing him or her to a " hotel lounge singer" remember that the lounge singer will be singing for a living long after American Idol and all it's singers and judges are long gone.
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