Couldn't
have put it better myself.

Absolutely fucking spot on.

I watched some shit kids show on a Saturday morning a few years ago - I fear it may have been a similar reason as yourself - remote out of reach whilst feeding babies. Anyhow, it was like a kids version of x-factor - they had boy bands, girl bands, shit singers and the exception to the similarities, a 14 year old boy who was going to play a Hendrix song (Hey Joe if I recall). They interviewed all the contestants and when it came to him, they showed snippets of him saying things like "I practice around 7-8 hours a day, but since I've been on the show I've been practicing nearer 10-11 hours a day".
They all came on and did their bit, then the bit that made me sit up and take notice, this kid came on and played his own version of Hey Joe - and it really was his. He played fucking brilliantly - no, exceptionally - he's probably about 22 or something now, and if he's not one of the most sought after session players then there's something wrong with the world.
Of course, when it came to voting by 'the public'....three dodgy sounding (and looking) teenage girls who could dance a bit to some shite pop song of the day won it.
A travesty.
(dchurch bah, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 22:59, Reply)