No wait…Does anybody remember that show “Sing Off” that seemed to have every Uncle Ruckus and Aunt Bam perched around television screens every week? For those that don’t, it was a singin’ competition that featured a cappella groups competing for a $100,000 recording contract. For those that do, then you remember last season’s winners, Committed who rolled through St. Louis at the Old Rock House last Thursday. Let me say, the concert wasn’t exactly what I thought it would be. I confess that I wasn’t a fan of the show. But seein’ how many supporters of the group had every social networking site ablaze during their tenure on the show, one would think that they were actually serving Boys II Men or Take 6 tease. The reality: more like a milk chocolate Backstreet Boys. All six men of Committed are talented; I won’t hold that against them. However the bubblegum delivery and corny dramatics, for me, were hard to digest. While their harmonies were tight and crisp, the clichéd pop boy band choreography and goofy dialogue in between such depleted my interest. I would have preferred a more classic display of them sitting on aligned stools as they allowed their gift to be the show rather than their quiet immaturity. Hopefully for these boys, refinement will come in time as they are set to release their debut album in August.
