Posted on 05/08/2006 4:22:13 AM PDT by silent_jonny
LMAO!!!
It TOTALLY applies to us!!
Most songs on the dance charts are craptacular. The words to 90% of the songs are, "Oh oh ooo oohoh."
Taylor could be Jake Gyllenhaal's older brother.
I wonder if there's a dance mix of "Do I Make You Proud"? I'd probably buy it.
Folks,
If you really want to hear what I consider to be a GOOD INTERVIEW, have a listen to the Rolling Stone Magazine interview I posted on Post #11,106.
This is one of his best interviews, they actually focused on the music instead of fluff.
Easily his best interview yet. He’s treated as “Taylor the artist” instead of “Taylor the reality show winner,” and he further proves that he’s the guy we think he is. I love that what we saw on AI really is what we’re getting now that he’s won. No faking here — just Taylor being Taylor.
Finally we have a good journalist asking Taylor worthy questions and you can tell he was excited to answer them.
Hearing this makes me know that he is everything I thought he was an an artist!!! He is really himself here, this is the Taylor that I want.
What a difference a good interviewer makes.
Instead of focusing on the standard — “How do you feel now that you’ve won” stuff, we get an insight into Taylor the musician, what he INTENDS to make of his career and the kind of music he wants to make.
Other fan sites are very similar to the standard TV interviewer — they all focus on what fans love about Taylor — his looks, his attire, his mannerisms, his latests shouts of SOUL PATROL, how HAWWT he is ( give me a break, how many times do I have to hear that ?? gives me the goosebumps ).
I’d rather focus on Taylor as the artist. After all, I am a potential music consumer who has been starved so many years for the kind of music that Taylor has shown he can provide ( see UNDER THE RADAR and IN YOUR TIME for example ).
This Rolling Stone Interview shows us what we can expect out of helping him win the title of American Idol.
It’s looking good.
It seems that Taylor KNOWS that you have to play the game and sacrifice and compromise a little of your integrity so that you can be known nationally and worldwide ( He uses the colorful term —- DANCING WITH THE DEVIL ( guess who the devil is in this case ???
It also is a play on the song he sang in the finals — DANCING IN THE DARK.
Hopefully, the “compromise” will be short term. Here’s hoping that in the long term, we get to hear the sort of music he has shown us he’s capable of creating.
All I can say to the TPTB is don’t mess with him the way you did with Bo Bice. He is authentic, something that’s hard to find in today’s popular music scene.
I’m hoping there will be another, more indepth interview (by an even better interviewer) later. Maybe when the album comes out. But I was glad to hear an interview where he didn’t have to be so “on.” He could just talk about what he wanted to talk about and be more thoughtful.
JOURNALISM SCHOOLS CAN MAKE A SIMPLE CASE STUDY OUT OF THIS AND CONTRAST IT TO RYAN SEACREST's INTERVIEW ON LARRY KING LIVE.
For those who do not have REAL PLAYER, here is an MP3 version of the Rolling Stone Magazine Interview :
http://www.graycharles.com/media/taylorRS.mp3
I have been in the closet about liking Prince and his music for years. lol
LOL! It sure does. I have been busy with house and yardwork (playing catch up), now that the kids are out of school.
I am about 1,000 posts behind on this thread. Hope to catch up soon. Even in the off-season, this thread is popular!
Saw Elliott on Regis and Kelly this morning. He was fabulous!
He is supposed to be on FNF tomorrow and they are going to ask him to sing, and probably do the weather :)
PLATTSBURGH — A Plattsburgh man is facing felony charges for allegedly striking his mother in the head with a sharp object hooked to a bicycle chain after she made a comment about "American Idol."
Cory K. Favreau, 24, of 200A Margaret St. was discussing the television show "American Idol" with his mother, Jan M. Chagnon, on May 24 at about 10:15 p.m., according to Plattsburgh City Court records.
At that time, Chagnon told Favreau that a particular contestant, Katharine McPhee, was going to have a successful career despite losing to another contestant, Taylor Hicks.
Favreau allegedly stood up, made a malicious comment to his mother and struck her in the head with a sharpened, cross-shaped object attached to a bicycle chain.
Court records say that Favreau and Chagnon were drinking alcohol at the time. [Well, color me shocked]
Chagnon was treated at CVPH Medical Center for a cut to the top of her head and was released.
Favreau was charged with second-degree assault and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He was sent to Clinton County Jail, where he was still being held Wednesday for lack of $5,000 cash bail.
Chagnon had told City Police she did not want to press charges because she said her son did not intend to hurt her. Police can press charges themselves in cases where they feel it is warranted.
Favreau was convicted in Clinton County Court in 2003 of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and sentenced to a year in jail. ____________________________________________________________
Is second-degree assault considered a McPhelony?
Page: 'American Idol' never likely to be a politician
http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060531/OPINION/605310311/1014
By Clarence Page
Tribune Media Services
WASHINGTON -- It's official. This season's finale of "American Idol" received more votes than President Bush did in 2004, which proves the old saying that politics, like newspapering, is show business for ugly people.
Ryan Seacrest, host of the Fox talent contest, could hardly contain himself with the news that the prematurely gray Alabama soul-man Taylor Hicks and runner-up Katharine McPhee from California received more than 63 million votes -- "more than any president in the history of our country."
He's right, dog, as Judge Randy would say. President Bush received 62,028,719 votes, the highest tally in history, according to the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate. Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) received 59,028,550 votes, which also broke records for second place. Some 60.7 percent of eligible voters turned out, which is the highest since 1968. People do get excited when they think their vote is going to mean something.
Nevertheless, the notion of "American Idol" beating the Bush brigades gives many of us who work in commentary, the clergy, political activism and other scolding professions something new to fret about at a time when the news already offers a target-rich environment.
Several of my friends speak for millions, I am sure, when they moan to me about how, despite these serious times, the boob tube turns the minds of America's multitudes into oatmeal. But, take heart, America. "Idol" is hot, but not that hot.
The big season finale of "Idol" was a big ratings success, but its audience averaged only 36.4 million viewers overall, according to Nielsen Media Research. Viewership surged in the show's final half-hour to almost 43 million, still far short of Hicks' vote tally.
So where did the 63 million votes come from? Ah-ha! "Idol" voters, unlike in conventional elections, can call in as many votes as their speed-dialing fingers will allow, which means millions of Chicago-style or, as we say in Chicago, Florida-style over-votes.
Oh, the scandal! In this regard, I am particularly suspicious of my family's ancestral homeland, Alabama, where "Idol"-atry flourishes. Hicks is the third "Idol" star from Alabama after fellow winner Ruben Studdard and runner-up Bo Bice.
More than seven out of every 10 TV sets turned on in the Birmingham market were tuned in to watch Hicks' victory, according to Nielsen and the Birmingham News. Even Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice took time out from other worldly matters to root for her fellow Birmingham native, Time magazine reports. I wonder if she was working her speed-dial.
Yet, in spite of the ease with which the "Idol" vote can be swayed by youngsters with too much time on their hands, 35 percent of "American Idol" voters believe that their vote counts "as much as or more" than their vote for president, according to a recent poll by Washington-based Pursuant Inc.
That either speaks well for "Idol's" credibility or poorly for our nation's electoral system. I fear both.
So, apparently, do the deep thinkers in Hollywood. A recent movie titled "American Dreamz" satirizes an administration resembling that of President Bush that books the president to be a judge on a show that resembles "American Idol," in order to boost his approval ratings.
"Dreamz" did not stay in theaters long, probably because it wimped out on its own bold theme. The filmmakers should have turned the presidential campaign itself into a talent show. In many ways, it already is, except without the karaoke singing.
Imagine "Idol" judges rating a presidential debate:
Randy: "Yo, dog! That health care plan you laid out rocks! You're going to DC, dog!"
Paula: "Y'know, I really love that necktie? But, like, I've got to be totally honest about the suit, y'know? Two words, OK? 'Earth tones'."
Simon (sighing, arms folded): "That was simm-plee aww-full! You were so good in the primaries. What happened to you? Where's the wow factor?"
On second thought, never mind. We might end up with Simon as president.
Originally published May 31, 2006
McPheever has more serious consequences than we thought!
Tadams and Hildebeast perhaps?
Taylor looks HOT on that cover!!! I love the mussed hairstyle and sexy stare. Oooo La La!
He does look hot! How did I miss that the first time?? He has that sexy stare down.
I think he looks good, too. Hope TPTB don't encourage him to lose 50 lbs so he can be an emaciated little feminine man like most of the "stars" out there.
S_j, do you have the pic of Taylor (studio shot) of him pointing at the camera? It's on a white background and is taken from about knee or hip level. I've seen it around, but can't find it now. Thanks!!
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