Roy Blount Jr. wrote about the tone deaf for the Atlantic in 1982:
No national foundation exists for the singing-impaired. Nor does any branch of medical science offer hope. No one provides little ramps to get the singing-impaired up onto certain notes.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/04/we-cant-all-be-susan-boyle/202968/
