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American Idol: Songs since 2000

It's been awhile since I commented on American Idol.  Now that there's six left, it won't take as long, yay.

Paula: Not a contestant, but I've gotta say, I paid extra-close attention to her last night.  Didn't it seem like she was trying extra-hard to appear coherent and not high as a kite, in lieu of her publicity blitz last week?  Even when she clapped, her entire hands met; not just her palms in that weird seal-like clap she usually has going.

Onto the contestants:

Carrie: Meh.  She sounded good, even though the band and backup singers seemed to be drowning her out a little, but the girl was like a dead fish last night.  Barely any movement, and for a really uptempo, in-your-face song like that, you should really be getting down and interacting with the audience.  I felt no connection.

Bo: I'm sick of that damn "I Don't Wanna Be" song now, so wasn't happy that he chose it.  And the shades he wore-- come on, Bo!  Don't turn into Bono too soon.  I thought last week's "Vehicle" was definitely the best of that night, and his best to date, but last night he had a bit too much vibrato in his voice, so it didn't sound as good to me.  But I like him, so I was happy that the judges were pleased with his performance.

Hey, Clay was there!  Yay, Clay!

Vonzell: I normally love her, hated the song choice last night.  She didn't sound good when she went into her lower register; it sounded like she was really straining to hit the right notes.  IMO, she needs to stick with uptempo songs, because her personality really shines through then, she has a ton of fun, and people remember her more when she sings those types of songs.  Pretty as ever.

Anthony: Hum, what?  "Forgettable... that's what you are..." Oh, I don't care.  They made such a big deal about his singing a Celine Dion song, but if a song's written so that anyone can sing it, so what?  But it was still a snoozefest, although I will admit his voice was very good.

Constantine: I friggin' hate this chinless wonder.  Blech, I shudder in his presence.  He sang "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback-- horrible!  HORRIBLE!  His voice was the absolute worst I've ever heard it.  Whoa, so bad.  And the way he goes around leering into the cameras and doing those faux-rocker kicks... someone give me some ipecac.

Scott: Meh.  I haven't wanted him on my t.v. since all the shit about his past came out.  Yes, everyone deserves a second chance, even if they were an ass in the past; my perception though is that he's still an ass.  All that phoney-baloney God stuff, and how he's increasingly projecting the aura that because HE'S up there doing it while millions of us didn't want to bother, and that makes him BETTER than us, is why.  Anyway, crappy performance.  He's sounding too strained.  (I missed the judges' comments on Scott, so if anyone saw them, please recap for me.)  By the way, I howled when his mother kept vehemently saying something like how Scott was an "Everyman".  If that was true, I'd live out in the country, with no one around for miles.

Predictions for the bottom three: Scott, Anthony and Vonzell.  I'm hoping Scott goes, but I think it'll be... Anthony.

Posted by: athenawj at 04:48 | link | comments (1)
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#1  28 April 2005 - 04:24

 

And I was off by one-- one big whopper of one! Wow, The Chinless Wonder is gone. That's so freaky weird; I thought he was like a cockroach and would be gone forever. I guess that ultra-sucky performance was what did him in. Still, a real shocker.

athenawj

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