It's songs inspired by the Rat Pack. I am setting up the thread early so i can just jump in later. See you then.
I'm watching in a tiny box today because rickey of rickey.org is in the corner singing and dancing and being annoying. Why the live feed chose his feed is beyond me but I'm shrinking the box to avoid him. (If you could see what i see you'd know why i'm annoyed.)
Jamie Foxx is our mentor.
Kris Allen with "The Way You Look Tonight". He's won me over just dumping the guitar. Very nice and slow rendition. Probably the most he's "sung" in weeks, not just strummed and crooned. It speeds up a bit mid-way. I thought it was pretty good. Randy says it's his best yet. Kara says BLAH BLAH BLAH. (Not really but that's all i hear from her now). Simon liked it but didn't think it was as great as the other did. (They did overkill it.) Simon doesn't think he can win. (Really? SHOCKING!)
Alison next. I am not sure what she is singing (i missed the song name). It's really well sung. That was really good. She has a wonderful voice. (this is why Kara, Paula are worthless, because Allison sang better than Kris, but if Kris is super good, what is Allison? Super Duper Good? And then Adam later super duper duper good?) Randy about to pass out as he begins his comments. Simon says she might be in trouble because she doesn't really believe in herself (which is true). The other judges neuter his attempt at reverse psychology because they don't understand.
Next is My Funny Valentine by Matt Giraud. I'lll have to post the rest later, Kate is sleepy. Be back later...
Going to have to watch on youtube.
Ok, Matt. Eh, not bad. For some reason the singing grated on me at times, his voice. Not much to say, not bad at all but not great. Simon for some reason really likes it. Is he just trying to be contrary? (Didn't Constantine vamp his way through this song? I need to find that...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFAoPLEBApo
YEP.
Danny with Come Rain or Come Shine. Jamie Foxx's help is bizarre. I don't get it. This is really good. He really built it up well and he's KILLING it by the end. Danny is back! It's about time! I only get Randy's comments but it's glowing. I can't imagine it wasn't like that across the board. WOW.
Adam with Feeling Good. I like the lights on the stage and the entrance with the staircase. Not the best Adam performance but still very good and still better than everyone probably except Danny. Simon points out that every week adam is trying something big with the intention of wowing them and trying to win, which i agree with.
Best Danny, with Adam and Allison right behind. Kris was also good and Matt was by far the weakest.
JUAN
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Idol Update: Double Elimination and Songs Inspired by the Rat Pack
Let's say goodbye to Lil and Anoop.
Well, Lil was finally put out of her misery and Anoop failed to dodge this latest bullet (his fifth appearance in the bottom not including his initial loss and additional into the wild card). Anoop was so-so and pretty forgettable last week, and Lil was just awful, doing yet another karaoke performance and once again fighting the judge’s criticism. Lil is in my opinion one of the most disappointing contestants ever, never coming into her own and taking what looked like a chance to win the whole show and instead becoming one of the worst parts of the show each week. (I think Lil was so bad that she probably damaged any chance at a real recording career she may have. She’s completely uninteresting and unlikable.)
The rest of the week followed a similar pattern; Adam was great with his ballad version of IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU (which is absolutely destroyed by a rearrangement in the ITunes version for some reason), Danny slightly less original and thus less great, and Kris strumming his guitar and being boring and Matt singing, yet being equally boring. Kris seems to be very hit or miss with most people, each week there are people who swear that Kris was just fantastic but to be honest, I can’t see it. Allison is always solid but seems to lack something that would make her a stronger contender, be it her lack of personality or just the fact that her song arrangements aren’t that original / interesting.
I really think at this point its Adam’s competition to lose. Danny was neck and neck with him at one point. He’ll need a real moment to reach a point where he is a front runner once more. That’s not impossible, but feels more and more unlikely with each passing week.
Next week I will set up something so you can do some scenarios on your own to see what it would take for each of you near the top to win the competition (who’d need to get knocked out, etc.)
The theme this week is songs inspired by the Rat Pack (Frank Sinatra, etc.). I don’t know exactly what that entails but is sounds more like a jazz theme than necessarily a classics theme but we will see.
JUAN
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Disco Week!
It's Disco week in 17 minutes. Hopefully they rectify the mess that was last week but I am not holding my breath. See you then.
8:10. UGH. Who did i miss?
Anoop i have been told. What did he sing? UGH...first is not good unles she really was great. Was he great? (Wait i missed Lil i was told? What did i miss?)
It's Kris with the guitar. He is going to sing SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY. Hmm...Sorry this is not disco and it's not this fantastic reworked version nor is it even that well sung. It's just not that challenging an arrangement. The crowd likes it, Kara likes it. Simon liked it to. I'm sorry, that wasn't great. Lil (assuming she was first) must have sucked to a huge degree and they want her gone because the hyperbole here was too much.
Danny was ok with September. Better than Kris i thought. He actually tried to do disco, it had energy. The judges don't like it too much.
Alison sings Hot Stuff. She looks too old, her hair and makeup. I didn't really like it so much, i thought the slow arrangement of the song was terrible. The judges like it though.
Ok, so why are we having disco week? Clearly, doing a disco song as a disco song doesn't benefit the contestants because the two performances they liked took all the disco out of the song. Note: I don't mind the contestants switching things to their style, but the judges used to at least call people on it. Now, it's praised. if that is the case, forget themes and just do whatever they want every week.
Adam with IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU. It's done as a rock power ballad. It's really, really good. Not to pile on Kris but if you are going to put your own spin on it, put your spin on it. I REALLY want the ITUNES version of this. Crowd ready to pass out. Paula cried. She felt his pain. Simon is making this face. Simon loved it. Reminded me of a David Cook redo, where the song was redone totally to fit their own style but the melody was still there. Unlike David Cook he makes sure to sneak in the thanks for the arrangement before he gets cut off, so everyone doesn't have to be catty tomorrow.
Matt to sing STAYING ALIVE. Ahh, good going home song. He's channeling Justin Timberlake in his look. Like Danny, he is actually trying to do disco. The arrangement has a little too much backup singers but at least he added some bigger vocal parts. Not bad. If Anoop is bad or the fates are not kind to Kris it's possible he might get through another week. Randy giving him the "this performance sucked but your singing was good" that he's been saying the whole show.
Anoop to go. He sings DIM ALL THE LIGHTS. Ooh, even worse going home song. But the last person never goes home, right? Not bad. Strange arrangement. It felt at times like it was going at the wrong speed. Simon HATED it. Ooh...
My prediction - Kris, Lil and Anoop in the bottom 3 and Kris and Lil go home. Yes, no Matt. Ooh, they just showed Lil's clip. WOW that's bad.
Best of the night was Adam by far with Danny second IMO.
8:10. UGH. Who did i miss?
Anoop i have been told. What did he sing? UGH...first is not good unles she really was great. Was he great? (Wait i missed Lil i was told? What did i miss?)
It's Kris with the guitar. He is going to sing SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY. Hmm...Sorry this is not disco and it's not this fantastic reworked version nor is it even that well sung. It's just not that challenging an arrangement. The crowd likes it, Kara likes it. Simon liked it to. I'm sorry, that wasn't great. Lil (assuming she was first) must have sucked to a huge degree and they want her gone because the hyperbole here was too much.
Danny was ok with September. Better than Kris i thought. He actually tried to do disco, it had energy. The judges don't like it too much.
Alison sings Hot Stuff. She looks too old, her hair and makeup. I didn't really like it so much, i thought the slow arrangement of the song was terrible. The judges like it though.
Ok, so why are we having disco week? Clearly, doing a disco song as a disco song doesn't benefit the contestants because the two performances they liked took all the disco out of the song. Note: I don't mind the contestants switching things to their style, but the judges used to at least call people on it. Now, it's praised. if that is the case, forget themes and just do whatever they want every week.
Adam with IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU. It's done as a rock power ballad. It's really, really good. Not to pile on Kris but if you are going to put your own spin on it, put your spin on it. I REALLY want the ITUNES version of this. Crowd ready to pass out. Paula cried. She felt his pain. Simon is making this face. Simon loved it. Reminded me of a David Cook redo, where the song was redone totally to fit their own style but the melody was still there. Unlike David Cook he makes sure to sneak in the thanks for the arrangement before he gets cut off, so everyone doesn't have to be catty tomorrow.
Matt to sing STAYING ALIVE. Ahh, good going home song. He's channeling Justin Timberlake in his look. Like Danny, he is actually trying to do disco. The arrangement has a little too much backup singers but at least he added some bigger vocal parts. Not bad. If Anoop is bad or the fates are not kind to Kris it's possible he might get through another week. Randy giving him the "this performance sucked but your singing was good" that he's been saying the whole show.
Anoop to go. He sings DIM ALL THE LIGHTS. Ooh, even worse going home song. But the last person never goes home, right? Not bad. Strange arrangement. It felt at times like it was going at the wrong speed. Simon HATED it. Ooh...
My prediction - Kris, Lil and Anoop in the bottom 3 and Kris and Lil go home. Yes, no Matt. Ooh, they just showed Lil's clip. WOW that's bad.
Best of the night was Adam by far with Danny second IMO.
Idol was strange and dull, let's move on to Disco Week
Let’s say goodbye to no one!
Well, that was strange. Matt was eliminated, and then brought back in a manner which seemed to me more of an opportunity to test the new rules rather and people’s reaction to them rather than give someone a chance to come back to the competition. Was his elimination fair? Not really, but most are not. Lil was clearly the person who needed to go this week, and she was bottom two, but clearly there are some people who want her around – more than even Matt can muster when he is good.
At least it’s (the twist) gone. No more save. And tonight two people go, which means the lack of a save could cause a bad elimination (which was the reason for the rule in the first place). It also exacerbates the problem of the show being too long for an hour and continues the ridiculous tag team judge strategy which basically breaks the judges up into A Team and B Team (Simon/Paula being the A Team). If Simon doesn’t judge you, did you even perform? Did anyone even consider for one week taking out Ryan rambling, etc. Asking the judges to talk less?
As far as our pool it really has impact except it allows whoever had Matt or Lil (or whoever goes out next week) to get one more week of points. If the scores of our top pool participants winds up being close that might figure into the final standing.
Total lackluster week from the contestants, with Idol making mistake after mistake as well. I didn’t really write anything about the contestants, what was there to write about? Adam was good, Danny was probably a little better, Lil continues to disappoint (and argued to boot) and everyone else just seems to be there. The best thing for me was the movie previews / snippets from the Tarantino films.
Hopefully this week is better.
Well, that was strange. Matt was eliminated, and then brought back in a manner which seemed to me more of an opportunity to test the new rules rather and people’s reaction to them rather than give someone a chance to come back to the competition. Was his elimination fair? Not really, but most are not. Lil was clearly the person who needed to go this week, and she was bottom two, but clearly there are some people who want her around – more than even Matt can muster when he is good.
At least it’s (the twist) gone. No more save. And tonight two people go, which means the lack of a save could cause a bad elimination (which was the reason for the rule in the first place). It also exacerbates the problem of the show being too long for an hour and continues the ridiculous tag team judge strategy which basically breaks the judges up into A Team and B Team (Simon/Paula being the A Team). If Simon doesn’t judge you, did you even perform? Did anyone even consider for one week taking out Ryan rambling, etc. Asking the judges to talk less?
As far as our pool it really has impact except it allows whoever had Matt or Lil (or whoever goes out next week) to get one more week of points. If the scores of our top pool participants winds up being close that might figure into the final standing.
Total lackluster week from the contestants, with Idol making mistake after mistake as well. I didn’t really write anything about the contestants, what was there to write about? Adam was good, Danny was probably a little better, Lil continues to disappoint (and argued to boot) and everyone else just seems to be there. The best thing for me was the movie previews / snippets from the Tarantino films.
Hopefully this week is better.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Movie Night!
It's Movie Songs night with Quentin Tarantino as mentor. Plenty of opportunities for people to shine if they choose correctly. Let's see who takes advantage. You have to think Adam will be ok because his show tune / broadway background can be taken advantage of here. Danny has to shine and bring himself back to the forefront and Kris and Allison have a chance to climb out of the shadows and into the forefront. As for Lil, she is hanging by a thread and needs to show she is the artist they thought she was. At this point, I think Anoop is still good but clearly not a favorite, and Matt is just on the outside waiting to be eliminated.
Let's begin!
Each person only gets two judges since last week ran late. Which is stupid. Because good or bad, if Simon doesn't judge you, you didn't sing. Apathy will be high for those people. I'd be upset if i only got the Paula gush, I'd rather get slammed by Simon at least my fans would be worried.
BTW, the introduction for Tarantino justifies him being on the show even if he says nothing of interest, i enjoyed it that much.
BTW, i am watching here.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nomadness
Not on the TV.
Alison is first with I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING. People who sing this on idol have won twice i think. I thought that was pretty good. Crowd had a total fit, they loved it. Paula says about nothing. Simon says she is the only good girl left in the show. Simon says she could possibly go to the end. Allison makes her stupid face she always does. This girl must have no coaching at all as none of her personality issues have been addressed at all.
Next is music from Robin Hood and Easy Rider from Anoop and Adam. (Gee, who picked the obvious song?)
Anoop with EVERYTHING I DO. If there was a list i could make of songs i DON'T want to hear tonight it would include this, the Titanic song, the song from the Bodyguard, the song from Dreamgirls, and a few others which escape me but will pop up as soon as someone chooses them and I am annoyed.
Eh. I thought it was ok. Not bad but at this point, whatever. Randy likes it a lot. Kara will no doubt gush because she is about 75% Paula. She does. Let's move on.
Adam with Born to be Wild. I don't like him as much doing fast songs like this cause his falsetto voice sounds like he is doing Broadway show tunes rather than a person performing a rock concert. It's by NO means bad and he just through threw some of the song. Seeing him after Anoop dooms Anoop because it's just minor league vs. major league. Crowd explodes. Paula is gushing. Simon says about the same thing i did, that it came across at times as broadway. Still Adam is in the frontrunner zone, where he seems an almost lock for Top 2.
Matt next. If i don't concentrate on coming back to watch him i will forget and miss him. I'm 100% sure. More Bryan Adams. Who would have thought we'd ever have two Bryan Adams songs on one show. OH, this song. I forgot about this, this is a nice song. But to be honest, Matt doesn't move me at all. Maybe i'm just a grouch here but this is good but forgettable. Better than Anoop though. It's the B team with commentary. They don't like it too much.
AND I LOSE MY STREAM. OH SHOOT...hopefully it comes back.
It does. Someone is next I'm sure but no clue who...
DANNY. Cool.. He is learning to play guitar because he is bored and for the tour. Ryan asks him why he is bored. Idiot, i'm relatively sure if my wife was no longer around i'd be bored too. He is singing Endless Love. Quentin wants him to not use his hands so much. This is not bad at all. We have Danny back! I thought that was good. A little strange sounding because his voice is too raspy for the song but not bad at all. A Team on commentary. Simon dissapointed he didn't do a more original arrangement but praises him nonetheless.
Kris and Lil to come.
It's funny, i'm not in love with anyone but I really want to hear all the ITunes downloads so maybe I like it more than I think.
Kris up with something which i missed totally. B Team on commentary. Those others watching, can you tell me what you think? Crowd loved "whatever he sang" but Randy did not but Kara did, which tells me nothing.
Lil up next.
Haha, they are going to go over anyway.
It's THE ROSE from Bette Midler. She should be safe cause she's last and last is almost always safe. I don't love it. I don't like how she looks, I don't like how she arranged the song, and i think she is shouting. Started nice, got worse as it went. A Team on Commentary. Lil argues. Send her home please.
I think bottom 3 is Anoop, Matt and Lil and i worry for Anoop Dogg. Hopefully we lose Matt. Alison could be in trouble from being first.
JUAN
Let's begin!
Each person only gets two judges since last week ran late. Which is stupid. Because good or bad, if Simon doesn't judge you, you didn't sing. Apathy will be high for those people. I'd be upset if i only got the Paula gush, I'd rather get slammed by Simon at least my fans would be worried.
BTW, the introduction for Tarantino justifies him being on the show even if he says nothing of interest, i enjoyed it that much.
BTW, i am watching here.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nomadness
Not on the TV.
Alison is first with I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING. People who sing this on idol have won twice i think. I thought that was pretty good. Crowd had a total fit, they loved it. Paula says about nothing. Simon says she is the only good girl left in the show. Simon says she could possibly go to the end. Allison makes her stupid face she always does. This girl must have no coaching at all as none of her personality issues have been addressed at all.
Next is music from Robin Hood and Easy Rider from Anoop and Adam. (Gee, who picked the obvious song?)
Anoop with EVERYTHING I DO. If there was a list i could make of songs i DON'T want to hear tonight it would include this, the Titanic song, the song from the Bodyguard, the song from Dreamgirls, and a few others which escape me but will pop up as soon as someone chooses them and I am annoyed.
Eh. I thought it was ok. Not bad but at this point, whatever. Randy likes it a lot. Kara will no doubt gush because she is about 75% Paula. She does. Let's move on.
Adam with Born to be Wild. I don't like him as much doing fast songs like this cause his falsetto voice sounds like he is doing Broadway show tunes rather than a person performing a rock concert. It's by NO means bad and he just through threw some of the song. Seeing him after Anoop dooms Anoop because it's just minor league vs. major league. Crowd explodes. Paula is gushing. Simon says about the same thing i did, that it came across at times as broadway. Still Adam is in the frontrunner zone, where he seems an almost lock for Top 2.
Matt next. If i don't concentrate on coming back to watch him i will forget and miss him. I'm 100% sure. More Bryan Adams. Who would have thought we'd ever have two Bryan Adams songs on one show. OH, this song. I forgot about this, this is a nice song. But to be honest, Matt doesn't move me at all. Maybe i'm just a grouch here but this is good but forgettable. Better than Anoop though. It's the B team with commentary. They don't like it too much.
AND I LOSE MY STREAM. OH SHOOT...hopefully it comes back.
It does. Someone is next I'm sure but no clue who...
DANNY. Cool.. He is learning to play guitar because he is bored and for the tour. Ryan asks him why he is bored. Idiot, i'm relatively sure if my wife was no longer around i'd be bored too. He is singing Endless Love. Quentin wants him to not use his hands so much. This is not bad at all. We have Danny back! I thought that was good. A little strange sounding because his voice is too raspy for the song but not bad at all. A Team on commentary. Simon dissapointed he didn't do a more original arrangement but praises him nonetheless.
Kris and Lil to come.
It's funny, i'm not in love with anyone but I really want to hear all the ITunes downloads so maybe I like it more than I think.
Kris up with something which i missed totally. B Team on commentary. Those others watching, can you tell me what you think? Crowd loved "whatever he sang" but Randy did not but Kara did, which tells me nothing.
Lil up next.
Haha, they are going to go over anyway.
It's THE ROSE from Bette Midler. She should be safe cause she's last and last is almost always safe. I don't love it. I don't like how she looks, I don't like how she arranged the song, and i think she is shouting. Started nice, got worse as it went. A Team on Commentary. Lil argues. Send her home please.
I think bottom 3 is Anoop, Matt and Lil and i worry for Anoop Dogg. Hopefully we lose Matt. Alison could be in trouble from being first.
JUAN
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Good Mentor on Tuesday
Tuesday QUENTIN TARENTINO is the mentor. he was great previously as a guest judge, he really took it seriously and gave better commentary than Paula could ever hope to. (He rebuked Diana Degarmo on singing MY HEART WILL GO ON as it had been sung 1,000 times - think his actuals words were something like "you sang it, so what, we've heard it 1,000 times", something like that. He really was interesting. (That was back when the guests would sit with the judges and comment, and 95% of them said nothing negative.)
JUAN
JUAN
Friday, April 10, 2009
Scott Eliminated!
Let's say goodbye to Scott.
There are always those contestants who look so much better prior to the Top 12 starting and just don't seem good enough to be there once it starts. Scott is one of those. (Anwar comes to mind. Alexis this season as well.) Scott never caught his groove, and seemed more out of his element every week, ending withi his foray into 80's cheesy rock this week. I also have to chide the judges except Simon who don't get how this saving person works, you need a consensus. Voting is not a conensus. Anoop and Lil joined Scott in the bottom three. Anoop is clearly in trouble as he wasn't bad at all this week and clearly it doesn't matter.
This week was strange. Almost no one seemed to catch their stride until the end. Danny was good (He has arrived at a place where he is going to be solid no matter what) but nothing special and since he performed first he was almost lost by the end. Everyone else ranged from lower medoicre to upper mediocre (from Lil doing her weekly karaoke routine to Matt being boring to everyone it seems except the judges). Then Adam came out and blew everyone away during the overrun, and wound up with only one judge critiquing (Simon) who gave him a standing ovation, and provided the only moment anyone will remember from this show. He has a lot of momentum now. It will be interesting to see if Danny can regain that momentum last week.
Scott had a decent level of support in the pool. 25 people had him in their top 5, although very few at #1. Only 3 members of our pool have all 5 of their top 5, BUT all of them have Lil second which seems like a huge stretch at this point. (They actually have the same 1-4 picks which is funny.) Much like last season this season is developing into a two person race. By the end of last season it was clear (to me at least) that David Cook was going to win. This season, I am not sure. I still think Danny has a really strong fanbase but if Adam continues to do this week after week I am hard pressed to see how he would lose. Everyone else is very uneven, they range from good to terrible in their performances week to week, and Kris, Matt, Allison all still don't have a niche, they shift week to week. At this point of the competition that's a terrible sign. Lil we know what we are getting week to week in a bad way. (Either bad or good karaoke.)
Next week it's SONGS FROM THE MOVIES. Be there as people pick obscure songs that no one knows and then justify their choices as Simon calls them indulgent.
JUAN
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Idol - Songs from the Year they were Born
We start with baby pictures of the judges and Ryan. If that is really Ryan he is a funny looking little baby, like a rabbit.
First it's Danny Gokey. It's STAND BY ME. (You know, i saw several places suggesting he do this. Good guess.) It's done with a slow intro and speeds up. It's very well sung but it's not like he's having a moment or anything. I think the arrangement hurt him. He's very 80's R&Bish. Should get a positive review. Randy likes him, hates the arrangement. Kara too. I can be an idol judge, i ramble at as high a level as they do.
It's Kris Allen! His dream when he was little was to be a taxi driver. All She Wants to Do is Dance. He is singing and playing the guitar in the middle of a lot of happy teenage girls. But it's boring and cheesy. All I Want is this song to end. Kara didn't like it much. Paula calls him likable. Haha... Simon trashes it even more than it deserves.
Scott with the guitar. He is singing Chicago? I know the song, not sure who sang it. Voice REALLY cracked in one point. Not that good, but interesting so-so as opposed to Kris's grating so-so. I think he is better off that he was later in the show as earlier in the show I think everyone would have forgotten. Paula commends him for getting out from the piano (i thought she said last week she never made that comment?). Simon blasts it.
Now Alison.
It's Lil Rounds. Her name is really Lil Rounds, it's not her stage name or anything. She REALLY needs to bring it. No more misses, no more mimicing other people.. It's WHAT LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT. It's much better that her previous few weeks but nothing fantastic. Sigh, i'm beginning to think Lil's high end is this. Judges feel the same and Lil has the millionth week in a row where she underachieves.
Anoop with TRUE COLORS. OOH, very nice. Great song choice, nice arrangement and he sang it really nicely. Enough of his own touches too that it was pretty original. Best performance so far in my opinion. Judges give him a pretty good response. Anoop is either good or awful, nothing in betwee,
Scott sings. It's Chicago i think (i know the song but not sure the name) but it's very very so-so only made slightly interesting by the very strange sounding electric guitar playing, Paula commends him for taking her advice and coming out from behind the piano even though she didnt tell him that I thought. Very very dull. If this was earlier in the show i think he'd have a good chance to be gone as everyone would have forgotten him but it might save him being closed to the end.
Alison with I CAN'T MAKE YOU LOVE ME. She can really really sing. (BTW, her speaking parts before the performances are still very awkward.) Not a moment unfortunately (i want someone to KILL it) but it was definitely very good. Simon says her personality doesn't come out enough. I kind of agree, she feels shy to me. Randy compares her to Kelly Clarkson which I don't really agree with but whatever.
Matt and Adam still remaining. I have confidence one will rock and one will not. Which do you think it is?
It's Matt with Part Time Lover. Kind of a funky vibe to it. I don't like it too much Idol is going to run long. (it will cut into Fringe. Does anyone still watch Fringe? It took a 2 month hiatus and I was watching it and I didn't really notice.) Simon says WELL DONE as they are running out of time. Girls love it. My feelings of so-so ness are not changed.
Adam next. Feels like he closes the show every other week. I need to check that. HOLY ****. He sings this song called Madworld which I don't know but it's just flawless. Simon gives him a standing ovation. Slow, just beautifully sung, and so memorable. The kind of thing you'd like to hear again right after to try to absorb it in. WHOA. Just shredded everyone.
Best today - Adam, but I liked Anoop and Danny too.
Bottom 3 - Kris, Scott and Matt - and i think Matt goes home.
JUAN
First it's Danny Gokey. It's STAND BY ME. (You know, i saw several places suggesting he do this. Good guess.) It's done with a slow intro and speeds up. It's very well sung but it's not like he's having a moment or anything. I think the arrangement hurt him. He's very 80's R&Bish. Should get a positive review. Randy likes him, hates the arrangement. Kara too. I can be an idol judge, i ramble at as high a level as they do.
It's Kris Allen! His dream when he was little was to be a taxi driver. All She Wants to Do is Dance. He is singing and playing the guitar in the middle of a lot of happy teenage girls. But it's boring and cheesy. All I Want is this song to end. Kara didn't like it much. Paula calls him likable. Haha... Simon trashes it even more than it deserves.
Scott with the guitar. He is singing Chicago? I know the song, not sure who sang it. Voice REALLY cracked in one point. Not that good, but interesting so-so as opposed to Kris's grating so-so. I think he is better off that he was later in the show as earlier in the show I think everyone would have forgotten. Paula commends him for getting out from the piano (i thought she said last week she never made that comment?). Simon blasts it.
Now Alison.
It's Lil Rounds. Her name is really Lil Rounds, it's not her stage name or anything. She REALLY needs to bring it. No more misses, no more mimicing other people.. It's WHAT LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT. It's much better that her previous few weeks but nothing fantastic. Sigh, i'm beginning to think Lil's high end is this. Judges feel the same and Lil has the millionth week in a row where she underachieves.
Anoop with TRUE COLORS. OOH, very nice. Great song choice, nice arrangement and he sang it really nicely. Enough of his own touches too that it was pretty original. Best performance so far in my opinion. Judges give him a pretty good response. Anoop is either good or awful, nothing in betwee,
Scott sings. It's Chicago i think (i know the song but not sure the name) but it's very very so-so only made slightly interesting by the very strange sounding electric guitar playing, Paula commends him for taking her advice and coming out from behind the piano even though she didnt tell him that I thought. Very very dull. If this was earlier in the show i think he'd have a good chance to be gone as everyone would have forgotten him but it might save him being closed to the end.
Alison with I CAN'T MAKE YOU LOVE ME. She can really really sing. (BTW, her speaking parts before the performances are still very awkward.) Not a moment unfortunately (i want someone to KILL it) but it was definitely very good. Simon says her personality doesn't come out enough. I kind of agree, she feels shy to me. Randy compares her to Kelly Clarkson which I don't really agree with but whatever.
Matt and Adam still remaining. I have confidence one will rock and one will not. Which do you think it is?
It's Matt with Part Time Lover. Kind of a funky vibe to it. I don't like it too much Idol is going to run long. (it will cut into Fringe. Does anyone still watch Fringe? It took a 2 month hiatus and I was watching it and I didn't really notice.) Simon says WELL DONE as they are running out of time. Girls love it. My feelings of so-so ness are not changed.
Adam next. Feels like he closes the show every other week. I need to check that. HOLY ****. He sings this song called Madworld which I don't know but it's just flawless. Simon gives him a standing ovation. Slow, just beautifully sung, and so memorable. The kind of thing you'd like to hear again right after to try to absorb it in. WHOA. Just shredded everyone.
Best today - Adam, but I liked Anoop and Danny too.
Bottom 3 - Kris, Scott and Matt - and i think Matt goes home.
JUAN
Monday, April 6, 2009
This is Kellie Pickler?
Unfortunately i can't get the image to show bigger (damn tempermental blog) but who is this woman? She looks like she is 35, a very pretty 35 but still 35.
JUAN
Thursday, April 2, 2009
My Top (now 8) thoughts
Let’s say goodbye to Megan.
From auditions Megan looked like someone who could actually be a frontrunner. She was ok in Hollywood and got in to the top 24. She then did ok and managed to snatch a wildcard based primarily. Basically her story this season is her performances getting gradually worse and worse until the last two weeks, where she basically threw anything out to see what stuck. This week she had a total indulgent moment, singing something only she wanted to hear, and American shipped her home because of it. The way she got eliminated yesterday said a lot – did they even consider saving her? Even pretend to?
Right now only 8 people in our pool have all 5 of their picks remaining. As far as the real contestants, 4 of them have avoided the bottom so far (Adam, Kris, Danny, Lil) with Lil doing it despite basically being below what she should week after week. I’m curious if the “save” comes into play. For me, it basically seems like the Allison rule. Everyone else is so up and down that I can’t imagine them getting saved. Only her I can see it being used on, and her needing to be saved.
This week wasn’t bad. Danny and Adam were really good. (They flipped form last week, Adam did the fun thing and Danny did the better singing.) The rest of the show I could have missed and it really wouldn’t have bothered me. Anoop fights back too much, Allison looks ridiculous, and Lil seems completely lost at this point. I think Lil has used up her fill of “you should be better” moments. Be better. Don’t rehash someone else’s song exactly as they would have done it.
Next week is songs from the year you were born. I guess we are getting the vague themes out of the way while we have a lot of people. Those themes always wind up being disappointing as a lot of the contestants pick something indulgent, or completely cliché. Frightening thought of the week is that Celine Dion is mentioned as being on the show later in the year. I’d really need to skip a Celine Dion week.
JUAN
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Elimination Tonight!
Elimination tonight. Also, David Cook and Lady Gaga perform (I'm assuming separately). I predict Megan finally gets eliminated tonight, with Anoop and Matt joining her in the bottom. We will see fairly soon.
And it's actually Alison, Anoop and Megan in the bottom, with Allison first safe, and Anoop second safe. Anoop is on a bad bad pattern here. (Although two contestants, Syesha and Nikki were eliminated in their 6th time in the bottom three.)
No great loss, Megan never hit stride at all. They didn't even remotely consider saving her too, and it wasn't unfair.
JUAN
And it's actually Alison, Anoop and Megan in the bottom, with Allison first safe, and Anoop second safe. Anoop is on a bad bad pattern here. (Although two contestants, Syesha and Nikki were eliminated in their 6th time in the bottom three.)
No great loss, Megan never hit stride at all. They didn't even remotely consider saving her too, and it wasn't unfair.
JUAN
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