Posted on Thursday, 29 October 2009
We shouldn’t forget that John & Edward’s transcendent performance of Oops … I Did It Again on Saturday was an all-time X Factor high point. It was utterly majestic. If you want to look at it from a technical level there might have been one or two timing and pitch issues - but it wasn’t a performance that should be picked apart on a technical level. It should be spiritually absorbed in one go. And, taken like that, it was life-changing. It was the sort of performance that, if it was projected on to the side of the moon, would stop all global conflict and unite mankind in an instant. Honestly, by the time John and Edward decided to include the song’s romantic spoken-word interlude in their performance, you could almost hear the nation’s Sky+ boxes simultaneously burst into flames from overuse.
It was perfect. John and Edward are perfect. They’re head and shoulders above everyone else on this year’s show. The campaign to make John and Edward win X Factor starts here. Who’s with me?
Anyone? No?
Stuart Heritage with a few acidic words in The Guardian. It’s wonderful that John and Edward inspire ‘think pieces’ in a major British newspaper.
