http://everyopinion.blogspot.com/
Someone who really likes Elliott. I have to see if someone can get this site to him. This nervous crap has to stop.
I enjoyed reading that blog.
I said in my assessment after Tuesday, that Elliott has the most pure, pleasant, true voice. Also, his quiet unassuming demeanor has grown on me. When his mother called him a "good soul", I nearly burst.
I'm not sure he can win this thing, because Idol voters seem to not appreciate Elliott the way they should, but I sincerely hope that he has a career after Idol.
(Hope it's alright to excerpt)
Kenny Rogers was dismissive of Taylor’s talent and downright contemptuous of Elliott – the only soul singers left in the competition. Coincidence? I think not. His advice was tantamount to giving a sprinter cowboy boots to run a marathon.
Rogers actually told Elliott, “If the lyric’s important, don’t do a lot of licks. Sing it simply. I have a feeling that’s your comfort zone – that, as long as you’re doing those, you know people are impressed.”
Them’s fightin’ words.
So, Kenny, I guess that Billy Joel is just a piano show-off who should stick to Chopsticks. And jazz musicians – they only play those complex lines and chords because they suck at country music. Grrr.
I scrutinize every note Elliott has sung on American Idol. He has never oversung, not once. His vocal runs – or licks, as Kenny called them – are never gratuitous. In contrast, Katharine McPhee tends to pad the more intricate melodies with aimless vocal runs that fall apart when she tries to improvise, as heard on All Is Fair in Love.
That's the same article that I gave you a different link to the other night, except that they haven't credited the author.