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A trained opera singer gets to hear Janis Joplin for the first time

Professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff has apparently lived most of her life off-world because she claims to have never heard some of the most popular singers of all time. She’s built that into a website called The Charismatic Voice where she reacts and then analyzes these singers as she hears them for the first time.

What will she make of Janis Joplin? (Via Larry)

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2 thoughts on “A trained opera singer gets to hear Janis Joplin for the first time

  • Did she grow up in the woods? Is her real name Nell?

    I’m still not sure if I believe here whole “I’ve never heard…” thing she has going on.

    It’s like that David Spade sketch from SNL where he plays the bitchy receptionist.

    “The Beatles…right…and they are…some sort of music group?”

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  • Reaction videos are the latest ways for people to feign to be authentically shocked with classic songs. I get I’m getting older, and some of these folks are younger than me, but c’mon! You’d have to be living under a rock not to know half the songs this person reacts to. Gets lots of views, though, so making some money on the side, I’m sure.

    This all kinda reminds me of an old Kids in the Hall skit where one of them pretended not to know anything current because he was living under a rock.

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