THIS! is AAAAMMMerican Idol!
Lee's singing some song I don't know. Everything's fine and all, except for the smiley faces, and some feelling I have. It's like singer-in-a-coffee-shop thing. It was a good singer-in-a-coffee-shop, definitely. But not a singing-competition-"look-how-good-I-am" performance. But he'll go through, no doubt about it.
Alex gives us yet another version of LaMontagne's Trouble on Idol. And it's not the best version. It's an OK version. It's not bad, not really good. Just OK. And I found myself uninterested. It was there. And it made that minute and a half more pleasant. But nothing more than that. Should be safe, would be safe? We'll see. The judges called him a stiff, cocky banana. HUH??? And a promise to see Randy in a bikini next week, should Alex still be here. Yay? Nay?
Tim's going to butcher Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah by attempting Jeff Buckley's version. You want to know what it was? it was a vanilla-fied, "let's make this a fun pop song", PPPPP filled performance of one of the best performances of one of the best songs ever. Technically sufficient, maybe, but with that song, it's so much beyond all of that bull-crap. I don't know what the judges are talking about. Sure, he sang Hallalujah. That's not enough to win this thing, and shouldn't be enough for them to declare him "in this". It was his best performance yet, but it should have been so much better.
What's with EVERYONE playing the guitar tonight? Andrew's doing an original twist on Xtina's Genie in a Bottle. And it works. Is it just me, or are everyone going for the same spot on the top 12? Everyone tonight are sounding interchangeable. It's not a good thing. They all just jumble up, and, come decision time, some will be left out, just because they sound similar to someone else in the competition. This, for me, for him, for me, for my grandma, for the sound tech, for me, worked. It was a very nice rendition.
Hey look! Casey's got a surprise for us! He's going to play the guitar! And it's another, white, OK, not too shabby, not too great, performance, exactly the same as all the ones that went before him. I hate this shit. The guys have to stop trying to copy each other. Be original. Be yourselves. Don't be vanilla.
And, the first guy out not in the top 12, Aaron, makes his first mistake by not playing the guitar. But seriously, how is he still there? He just bugs me... Go do your homework, kiddo. His hipthrusts are chicken-little-funny. And the "look how bad I am" smile at the end was awful. I really couldn't care less about this performance. Get him off my TV. NOW!
Next! Todrick's going to destroy a Queen song! Can't wait! And the second guy not to get into the top 12 - Todrick! The arrangement was beyond terrible, the beginning just plain bad, the ending even worse, and everything in the middle was a mish-mash of not great and mediocre. Give me a break. Get HIM off my TV.
Mike starts REALLY high. And if that wasn't good enough, he goes out and BLASTS it! Best performance, not tonight, not of his, not of a guy, but BEST PERFORMANCE THIS SEASON. DUDE! WOW! I mean, I knew he's good, but seriously? Are you kidding me? WOW! Kara's over-reacting, but WOW!
So, yeah, Aaron and Todrick should get outta here. Hopefully. Seeya!
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