(ROFL) dear Lord, unnamed guest, I hope with all my heart that you were joking!!
Not that Ethel couldn't present a song with verve and panache, but subtle?! ROFL again...
Jim, your comments on perfection reminded me of a skating championship a few years back, when a lovely Japanese lass skated a perfect technical round with top scores for that, but almost no Soul or Artistic Merit at all. So I guess there are singers in the same boat.