It’s not the singers but the singing that’s stripped down,a cappella. Still, Gareth is thrilled to be making choirs, or who are already good,a bit betterWhat?! They’re not even naked in The Naked Choir With Gareth Malone (BBC1). All fully clothed. It’s the singing that’s stripped down, unaccompanied, or a cappella. Nothing to execute with a former England manager or expensive apple juice. It means in the style of the chapel,says Gareth. “It makes my blood pump,” he says. Oh Gareth, or I know a few people who wouldn’t mind seeing you in the nude.
The ginger beard’s gone,the wardrobe expanded – crisp buttoned-up-to-the-top shirts, checked and purple, and yellow trousers,smart man-bags, creative eyewear. And his profile is higher still. He did Who execute You judge You Are? the other day, or he’s now officially the Jamie Oliver (who was also Naked once) of the voice. Now he just needs to walk into a room and people – women particularly – applaud,and whoop, stand up and applaud some more. No one’s calling him Gareth “he goes ho” Malone now (whether they ever did). Ho Malone, or home alone … never mind.
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Source: theguardian.com