It's been a while, huh? A lot has happened since I last posted here. I decided to drop out of college. Twice. But I'm gonna stay. Weird. I went skiing! For the first time in my life! And I had a blast there. I also met a girl there. And she's awesome. And we're sort of together. It's a long distance relationship, to say the least, with a distance of about 1200 miles between us, but we're trying to make this work. God, please let this work.
And that's enough of my personal bullshit. You want to know what hasn't changed? You. Still, no one reading. Other than that one bored person, even more bored than me, that left a childish comment. Way to go, dude.
And now, to the subject at hand... American Idol! The auditions are still boring, but now "New! With 4 Sob-Stories Every 5 Minutes!". Give me a break, will ya? Hollywood week was unimpressive, and so was the first performance episode of the top 24. The girls went first, and here's what I have to say about that -
But before that! Wait one more second! I have some things to say about the damn judges. Paula left (who cares?), Ellen joined (why the...???), Kara's incomprehensible ("you were there, and we were here, and we heard you"), and Simon's quitting soon. AI's becoming more and more DEAD. And also, isn't this show watched by young kids? The whole "hand on thigh" and BITCH! things were waaaaaay out of place. Seriously.
1) Paige - "All Right Now" by Free. David Cook did this song. He did it better. She wasn't good. Something weird about her voice, either just on this song, or in general. But it wasn't good. I just wanted it to end. And, yeah, bad song choice for her. Not that the song ain't good, but it isn't for her.
2) Ashley - "Happy" by Leona Lewis. BREATHY! STOP IT! The song might be called "Happy", but the parts she sang weren't, so don't smile! and take the mic out of your mouth, and put it about 15 feet away from you, that might sound better. And maybe we won't hear her sing, too. That would be great. Even worse than Paige...
3) Janell - "What About Love" by Heart. I thought it was a different song. Huh. Another bad song choice, and we're 3-for-3! Woohoo! It was definitely better than the two before, but it was still average, at best. And that sucks in Idol-land. And the ending was just plain odd. I dunno, something about it...
4) Lilly - "Fixing a Hole" by the Beatles. Just one episode into the performance part of the season, and we get a Beatles song! Awesome! Not her, singing it, but you know. I'm a huge Beatles fan. I can pretty much sing along to ALL of their songs. And, while it may be hard, there IS a way to change one of their songs, to be original with it, and still sound good. This ain't that way. It was still similar to the GOOD version, but not too much as to sound like a copycat. BUT... the things she did change were just weird. And she didn't sing it all that well. I didn't like it, but still, a LOT better than the ones before her. Oh, and she EFFED the lyrics. "And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong, I'm right, where I belong, I'm right, where I belong". Not three times "I'm Right"...
5) Katelyn - "Oh! Darling" by the Beatles. TWO BEATLES SONGS! WOOHOO!!!! You seem THIS is what I mean! It was different, just because it was a female version of a Beatles song (DID YOU KNOW, that in all of their catalog, just ONE LINE of a Beatles song is performed by a girl? Yoko Ono on "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill"). It was a pretty close replica of the original, which, quite frankly, is OK with these classics, but it was different enough, because she IS a girl, and she did change some parts. MUCH better. Best so far? You bet.
6) Haeley - "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles. OH YEAH! THREE Beatles songs! That being said, she sucked. It was just terrible. And her upper lip freaks me out. Oh, and she massacred this classic. Which was a TERRIBLE song choice for this competition. I HATE her after that one. Still not the worst, I mean, it WAS a Beatles song.
Interlude - so far, this night SUCKS!
7) Lacey - "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac. I don't know why, but I hate her. I just do. And can someone explain to me how was she allowed to audition, after getting so far last season? They used to not allow top 50's or so to come back in future season. They shouldn't have let her come back. She's awful. TERRIBLE song choice. And even worse singing. Fuck this shit...
8) Michelle - "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys. ANOTHER girl singing this song. Has there been a season where we didn't hear this? AFFFFF... The beginning was odd. The rest was better. Much better, but better. And there were worse singers tonight, so she'll be OK. Actually, one of the best tonight. Not that that's saying much, but still.
9) Didi - "The Way I Am" by Ingrid Michaelson. She's Jewish, right? I mean, Benami is a Jewish last name, so... is she? Anyway, I quite liked the song choice, and other than the "You-ou-ou-ou" parts, it was rather good. It was pretty dreary, though. But still, pretty good.
10) Siobhan - "Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak. How can that spelling read Shavon? or something like that? She's bugging me. Something about her that I don't like. She gives me the creeps sometime. The song started too low, continued averagely, and overall was a little short of alright. Nothing special.
11) Crystal - "Hand in My Pocket" by Alanis Morissette. Every single song she sings sounds the same. She's better than most other girls, so that's not necessarily a bad thing, but no way in hell she'll win doing that all the time. It was pretty good, but not a lot better than the average tonight, and that's not great.
12) Katie - "Feeling Good" by Nina Simone (and NOT Michael Buble). An OK ending to an OK night. She's a good singer, and better than what she's shown here, and she's better than most of the other girls here. Even though SHE'S 16! Wait, no, SHE'S 17! Pretty good. Not great. Not of the usual quality of show-enders, but still quite good.
1. Katelyn
2. Michelle
3. Lilly
4. Crystal
5. Katie
6. Didi
7. Janell
8. Siobhan
9. Haeley
10. Paige
11. Lacey
12. Ashley
