The Train Wreck that is American Idol - Page 11

Mark Davis · April 10th, 2008, 11:04 PM

Michael Johns was really good when he did Otis Redding type songs.

For once KLC wasnt in the bottom 3.

Carly will go soon but she is a really good singer I just think she doesnt fit the mold of what people want to see an an American Idol.

Wouldnt it be funny if KLC won the whole thing?

ROADMAN · April 10th, 2008, 11:04 PM

I don't think we've heard the last of Michael John's.....

ROADMAN · April 11th, 2008, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Mark Davis

Michael Johns was really good when he did Otis Redding type songs.

For once KLC wasnt in the bottom 3.

Carly will go soon but she is a really good singer I just think she doesnt fit the mold of what people want to see an an American Idol.

Wouldnt it be funny if KLC won the whole thing?

no... we would be at Getbents mercy.....

superchicken_VI · April 11th, 2008, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by blue water girl

I'm sad to see Carly in the bottom three and Brooke, who I predicted would go, isn't even there! I don't want poor Carly to go!

Here is a link to a music video that Carly did several years ago when she had that ill-fated record deal. I love her Irish accent and those beautiful eyes.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x45...ey-video_music

Thanks for posting that, BWG. Very interesting. That song certainly doesn't showcase her, and I wouldn't have recognized her voice in it. She sounds much better on AI than in that. One great thing about it is seeing her without the tattoos down her arm. She was so much more attractive without them.

FirstBassman · April 11th, 2008, 09:23 AM

I know religious subjects are banned on this forum (as well they should be) however this is not, strictly speaking, a religion topic. This is an appropriateness and sensitivity topic.

I thought my ears were playing tricks on me last night but apparently they were not. The Idolettes sang a song which included the lyrics: “my Jesus, my savior, Lord there is none like you.”

And, to make it worse, they sang the exact same song ("Shout to the Lord") the night before (though pre-recorded a few days earlier) with changed lyrics. So, it appears like they capitulated from their initial principles.

What would they have done if one of the finalists was Muslim, or Buddhist? It left a very bad taste. IMHO, not appropriate for AI at all.

I know many will not see it that way, that I’m being to “PC” but ya gotta err on the right side on these kinds of things. There are a lot of different kinds of people in this world.

Sermon over. Oops, sorry, I didn’t mean sermon.

emu! · April 11th, 2008, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by superchicken_VI

Thanks for posting that, BWG. Very interesting. That song certainly doesn't showcase her, and I wouldn't have recognized her voice in it. She sounds much better on AI than in that. One great thing about it is seeing her without the tattoos down her arm. She was so much more attractive without them.

Yes, I agree. She was more slender in the video also. And, unfortunately, looks sell music these days. BUT, me thinks the REAL reason she didn't "make it" the first time was that the video was shot on a VERY WINDY DAY! What were they thinking?!?!?

GopherTele · April 11th, 2008, 10:20 AM

I agree that the ink on the Irish chick doesn't work.

Her eyeballs are beauty-ful though!

Skully · April 11th, 2008, 10:57 AM

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Carly will go soon but she is a really good singer I just think she doesnt fit the mold of what people want to see an an American Idol.

Good voice, but no musical identity. She sings Heart songs well. Knock 'em dead at the karoake bar.

KLC is marketable. I think country music is more accepting of AI types than other genres.

I think Jason Castro is the only performer who has a solid identity. He's a stylist, his range is narrow, but I think that makes him more legit. He's not trying to be this thing or that thing. He not playing rock star (like Cook) or soul diva (like Syesha).

sultan59 · April 11th, 2008, 12:22 PM

last night proves it's a popularity contest, not a talent show, but we all knew that already.
Michael Johns has had some pretty good moments on there, he was pretty good last night for his farewell song.
I would have thought Brooke's time was about up, but she is pretty easy on the eyes, so I guess she can stay.

blue water girl · April 15th, 2008, 07:12 PM

okay - let's haul this big thread back up to the front page - time to watch another episode!

ROADMAN · April 15th, 2008, 08:13 PM

AI comes on much later on the west coast....must remember
do not look at thread till later... BWG will tell all...must remember...

Colo Springs E · April 15th, 2008, 08:17 PM

I can honestly (and proudly) state, I have never watched more than 5-10 combined minutes of this rubbish. I really don't get the appeal it has, but clearly, I'm in the minority.

Simon? I'd like to punch him in his frikking grill, I can't stand to even look at that schmuck.

Mark Davis · April 15th, 2008, 08:43 PM

Mariah Carey night. Gonna be funny if someone tries to hit those ultra high squeaks Mariah does.

blue water girl · April 15th, 2008, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Colo Springs E

I can honestly (and proudly) state, I have never watched more than 5-10 combined minutes of this rubbish. I really don't get the appeal it has, but clearly, I'm in the minority.

Simon? I'd like to punch him in his frikking grill, I can't stand to even look at that schmuck.

Eric - you should watch for the rest of the season with us and participate on this discussion we have got going. There are seven contestants left so that's seven more weeks -

Oh, and the majority want to punch Simon in his frikking grill.

I really liked Jason's performance. Carly can do no wrong as far as I am concerned and I thought she looked beautiful tonight. Brooke was weak. I like David Cook but for a change I think Jason did a better job. Kristy Lee Cook did very well

David Archuletta did a good job although I can never shake the feeling of watching a fund raiser when he performs. Syesha also did a very nice job. IMO Brooke is really struggling to keep up with the rest of the contestants and it gets more obvious every week. I think she is lovely but it's time for her to go.

pchilson · April 15th, 2008, 10:21 PM

I think Brooke will be leaving. I want Archuletta to go, please?. I think David Cook will be the last one standing...

emu! · April 16th, 2008, 08:44 AM

Predictions from a verified crappy singer....me:)

Enchilada...great as always, but he still seems star-struck
Tatoo girl...bottom 3
Sayeecha...bottom 3
Brooke...bottom 3
KLC...must be taking singing lessons
DC...will get his own record deal after AI is over
Dreadhead...not my cup-o-tea, but boy-band material

Brooke will probably go...

superchicken_VI · April 16th, 2008, 09:32 AM

David Cook and Jason Castro owned the night. Archaletto is such a predictable one-trick pony that I've really grown tired of him. Syesha yelled for 90 seconds and was completely forgettable. Brooke at least demonstrated the ability to play an instrument while being totally white-bread. Carly was okay, I thought she was better than the judges opined. KLC will sell some country records, and posters. The more mainstream radio country she goes, the better off she is. I think that Syesha and Brooke are the two in the most trouble.

That said, I can't stand Mariah Carey's stuff. I'm glad that night is over.

hekawi · April 16th, 2008, 11:08 AM

All three fellas should be safe after last night.
so who goes home....

my guess is Kristy Lee is safe (again) and the bottom three will be Brooke, Carly, Syesha....none of whom would surprise me if they got the boot.

Tony · April 16th, 2008, 11:48 AM

Best to worst last night:

Women: Best - Carly
Women: Tied for Worst - Brooke (ugh) and Syesha (double ugh)
Women: Worstest - Kristy. Come on guys, stop jiving me.

Men: Best - Enchilada - I'm not a fan, but close your eyes and listen to him sing. He was great last night.
Men: Tied for second: Jason and Dave Cook. I really can't stand the way Simon and the judges fawn over Dave Cook. Last night, as Cook was singing, I was thinking, "this is terrible", and "I'm sick of the grunge sound". I think Jason is way underrated. He is unique, where Cook is not.

hollowman · April 16th, 2008, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Colo Springs E

I can honestly (and proudly) state, I have never watched more than 5-10 combined minutes of this rubbish. I really don't get the appeal it has, but clearly, I'm in the minority.

Simon? I'd like to punch him in his frikking grill, I can't stand to even look at that schmuck.

Why? just cause he's blunt? cause he's insanely rich? his takes on the performers and performances are usually right on the money

getbent · April 16th, 2008, 12:09 PM

Castro and Kristi Lee were the best last night.

Eric, I think if you were a judge you'd be just like Simon. Randy is so clearly trying to 'aim' this year he is isn't worth listening to, Paula... nevermind (she slept with Charlie Sheen so credibility is not exactly her thing)....

The song KLC sang last night could be a hit.

FirstBassman · April 16th, 2008, 12:12 PM

I grew tired of Archaletta a long time ago.
Also tired of David Cook's grunge act.
Billie Jean was good. The rest has ranged from very so-so to terrible.
Dreadhead boy is ok for what he is but I don't see him selling records.

Let's just call the whole thing quits and give the trophy to the Irish girl so we can all go home.

superchicken_VI · April 16th, 2008, 12:45 PM

I actually like Simon. I heard an NPR interview with him a few years ago, I think it was on Fresh Air, and he was interesting. Amazingly enough, he said he dislikes most pop music and the direction singers like Mariah Carey have taken it--full of melismas and no melody.

For a lot of the people on the show, he's the first person who has ever told them that they're not as good as they think they are. You get a lot of singers who have parents who are blinded (or should that be deafened?) by their love that they can't tell the kid that s/he sucks. So they live with the illusion that they're good. I'd rather have a judge like Simon who will tell you what was good and what was not good, than to have a judge like Paula who just likes what you're wearing and is trying to fit in her "Word a Day Calendar" word for today. As a music major in college, we got ripped new orifices by professors and other students in our repertoire classes every week--and it made us better. You don't get an "A" for effort, you get it for success.

ROADMAN · April 16th, 2008, 01:01 PM

OK Check it out....Dawgs

Archuleta...sounds good singing girls songs...kinda Neil Sadaka..ish
Carly...nice song ...looked great , obviously took Simons advice on dressing
Syesha...clone drone to the bone...bottom 3 could be toast
Brooke...I like her ..plays guitar, piano, looks great and has her own singing
style....she needs to get over her obvious nerves...bottom 3 but stays
Kristy Lee...another beauty ...thats where it ends...bottom 3 outa here
David Cook...keeps on changin it up and makin it good...gonna win it all
Castro...disastro...Randy got it right..stick him in a beach movie with a
Ziggy Marly soundtrack...sadly sticking around for another round of shmaltz.

odiemann · April 16th, 2008, 01:06 PM

How funny is that? Let's give the "American Idol" title to the "Irish" girl.

Anyway, the bottom 3 should be KLC, Archuletta, and Brooke.

However, Sayeesha will be there and one of the other three will escape. My bettin' man inside would pick Brooke as the goner with best odds to make money on it.

Castro and Brooke ought to package themselves together, same folky appeal. David Cooke just needs to do something original for the next few weeks and he may well win. Carly needs to get on even keel. She should win, even though I wonder why she is on American Idol.

April 10th, 2008, 11:04 PM	#401 (permalink)
Mark Davis Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield Ca. Age: 57 Posts: 11,579	Michael Johns was really good when he did Otis Redding type songs. For once KLC wasnt in the bottom 3. Carly will go soon but she is a really good singer I just think she doesnt fit the mold of what people want to see an an American Idol. Wouldnt it be funny if KLC won the whole thing? __________________ I'm so blind my seeing eye dog needs glasses.

April 15th, 2008, 08:17 PM	#412 (permalink)
Colo Springs E Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 4,867 5 Photos	I can honestly (and proudly) state, I have never watched more than 5-10 combined minutes of this rubbish. I really don't get the appeal it has, but clearly, I'm in the minority. Simon? I'd like to punch him in his frikking grill, I can't stand to even look at that schmuck. __________________ "Got my technique down and everything. I don't be ticklin' or nothin."

April 15th, 2008, 08:43 PM	#413 (permalink)
Mark Davis Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield Ca. Age: 57 Posts: 11,579	Mariah Carey night. Gonna be funny if someone tries to hit those ultra high squeaks Mariah does. __________________ I'm so blind my seeing eye dog needs glasses.

April 16th, 2008, 11:08 AM	#418 (permalink)
hekawi Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: greenville, sc Posts: 1,827	All three fellas should be safe after last night. so who goes home.... my guess is Kristy Lee is safe (again) and the bottom three will be Brooke, Carly, Syesha....none of whom would surprise me if they got the boot. __________________ ____________________________________________ "Rule Number One: Obey All Rules" - Barney Fife

April 16th, 2008, 11:48 AM	#419 (permalink)
Tony Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Sacratomato Posts: 806	How many are left? 7? Best to worst last night: Women: Best - Carly Women: Tied for Worst - Brooke (ugh) and Syesha (double ugh) Women: Worstest - Kristy. Come on guys, stop jiving me. Men: Best - Enchilada - I'm not a fan, but close your eyes and listen to him sing. He was great last night. Men: Tied for second: Jason and Dave Cook. I really can't stand the way Simon and the judges fawn over Dave Cook. Last night, as Cook was singing, I was thinking, "this is terrible", and "I'm sick of the grunge sound". I think Jason is way underrated. He is unique, where Cook is not.

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ROADMAN Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: delta b.c. canada Age: 53 Posts: 797	I don't think we've heard the last of Michael John's.....

April 11th, 2008, 09:23 AM	#405 (permalink)
FirstBassman Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 808	I know religious subjects are banned on this forum (as well they should be) however this is not, strictly speaking, a religion topic. This is an appropriateness and sensitivity topic. I thought my ears were playing tricks on me last night but apparently they were not. The Idolettes sang a song which included the lyrics: “my Jesus, my savior, Lord there is none like you.” And, to make it worse, they sang the exact same song ("Shout to the Lord") the night before (though pre-recorded a few days earlier) with changed lyrics. So, it appears like they capitulated from their initial principles. What would they have done if one of the finalists was Muslim, or Buddhist? It left a very bad taste. IMHO, not appropriate for AI at all. I know many will not see it that way, that I’m being to “PC” but ya gotta err on the right side on these kinds of things. There are a lot of different kinds of people in this world. Sermon over. Oops, sorry, I didn’t mean sermon.

April 11th, 2008, 10:20 AM	#407 (permalink)
GopherTele Tele-Holic Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 939	I agree that the ink on the Irish chick doesn't work. Her eyeballs are beauty-ful though!

April 11th, 2008, 12:22 PM	#409 (permalink)
sultan59 Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Whidbey Island Age: 49 Posts: 345	last night proves it's a popularity contest, not a talent show, but we all knew that already. Michael Johns has had some pretty good moments on there, he was pretty good last night for his farewell song. I would have thought Brooke's time was about up, but she is pretty easy on the eyes, so I guess she can stay.

April 15th, 2008, 07:12 PM	#410 (permalink)
blue water girl Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: nashville, tennessee Posts: 965	okay - let's haul this big thread back up to the front page - time to watch another episode!

April 15th, 2008, 08:13 PM	#411 (permalink)
ROADMAN Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: delta b.c. canada Age: 53 Posts: 797	AI comes on much later on the west coast....must remember do not look at thread till later... BWG will tell all...must remember...

April 15th, 2008, 10:21 PM	#415 (permalink)
pchilson Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Loveland, Colorado Age: 50 Posts: 608	I think Brooke will be leaving. I want Archuletta to go, please?. I think David Cook will be the last one standing...

April 16th, 2008, 08:44 AM	#416 (permalink)
emu! Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Runnin' from the law Posts: 758	Predictions from a verified crappy singer....me:) Enchilada...great as always, but he still seems star-struck Tatoo girl...bottom 3 Sayeecha...bottom 3 Brooke...bottom 3 KLC...must be taking singing lessons DC...will get his own record deal after AI is over Dreadhead...not my cup-o-tea, but boy-band material Brooke will probably go...

April 16th, 2008, 09:32 AM	#417 (permalink)
superchicken_VI Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Monroe, NC Age: 35 Posts: 1,059	David Cook and Jason Castro owned the night. Archaletto is such a predictable one-trick pony that I've really grown tired of him. Syesha yelled for 90 seconds and was completely forgettable. Brooke at least demonstrated the ability to play an instrument while being totally white-bread. Carly was okay, I thought she was better than the judges opined. KLC will sell some country records, and posters. The more mainstream radio country she goes, the better off she is. I think that Syesha and Brooke are the two in the most trouble. That said, I can't stand Mariah Carey's stuff. I'm glad that night is over.

April 16th, 2008, 12:09 PM	#421 (permalink)
getbent Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Benito County, California Age: 48 Posts: 8,550 37 Photos	Castro and Kristi Lee were the best last night. Eric, I think if you were a judge you'd be just like Simon. Randy is so clearly trying to 'aim' this year he is isn't worth listening to, Paula... nevermind (she slept with Charlie Sheen so credibility is not exactly her thing).... The song KLC sang last night could be a hit. __________________ I'll be the boy in the corduroy pants You be the girl at the high school dance Run with me wherever I go And just play dumb, whatever you know

April 16th, 2008, 12:12 PM	#422 (permalink)
FirstBassman Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 808	I grew tired of Archaletta a long time ago. Also tired of David Cook's grunge act. Billie Jean was good. The rest has ranged from very so-so to terrible. Dreadhead boy is ok for what he is but I don't see him selling records. Let's just call the whole thing quits and give the trophy to the Irish girl so we can all go home.

April 16th, 2008, 12:45 PM	#423 (permalink)
superchicken_VI Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Monroe, NC Age: 35 Posts: 1,059	I actually like Simon. I heard an NPR interview with him a few years ago, I think it was on Fresh Air, and he was interesting. Amazingly enough, he said he dislikes most pop music and the direction singers like Mariah Carey have taken it--full of melismas and no melody. For a lot of the people on the show, he's the first person who has ever told them that they're not as good as they think they are. You get a lot of singers who have parents who are blinded (or should that be deafened?) by their love that they can't tell the kid that s/he sucks. So they live with the illusion that they're good. I'd rather have a judge like Simon who will tell you what was good and what was not good, than to have a judge like Paula who just likes what you're wearing and is trying to fit in her "Word a Day Calendar" word for today. As a music major in college, we got ripped new orifices by professors and other students in our repertoire classes every week--and it made us better. You don't get an "A" for effort, you get it for success.

April 16th, 2008, 01:01 PM	#424 (permalink)
ROADMAN Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: delta b.c. canada Age: 53 Posts: 797	OK Check it out....Dawgs Archuleta...sounds good singing girls songs...kinda Neil Sadaka..ish Carly...nice song ...looked great , obviously took Simons advice on dressing Syesha...clone drone to the bone...bottom 3 could be toast Brooke...I like her ..plays guitar, piano, looks great and has her own singing style....she needs to get over her obvious nerves...bottom 3 but stays Kristy Lee...another beauty ...thats where it ends...bottom 3 outa here David Cook...keeps on changin it up and makin it good...gonna win it all Castro...disastro...Randy got it right..stick him in a beach movie with a Ziggy Marly soundtrack...sadly sticking around for another round of shmaltz.