American Idol 2008--Live Thread II

americanidol.com ^ | 3-25-08

[Republican Red]

TMZ has the spoilers up now:

http://photos.tmz.com/galleries/idol_top_6_perform#1

Syesha Mercado — “One Rock & Roll Too Many” from Starlight Express
David Cook — “Music of the Night” from Phantom of the Opera
Carly Smithson — “Jesus Christ Superstar”
Brooke White — “You Must Love Me” from the film adaptation of “Evita”
Jason Castro — “Memory” from Cats. FYI, the official title is NOT “Memories.”
David Archuleta — “Think of Me” from Phantom of the Opera.

[Wolfstar]

Producers also saw depressed ratings for their "Idol Gives Back" charity extravaganza, which this year aired as a stand-alone show with no competition-related material.

Good. Serves 'em right. The AI concept is a talent show, not a beg-a-thon.

[Miss Didi]

Thanks...would have liked “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” for Brooke. Looking forward to Dreads. ;)

[Wolfstar]

I hope I’ve managed to change a couple of their performances, because a couple of them were dire.”

LOL! The guy is honest, at least. Besides, as I said on a previous post, Andrew Lloyd Weber favors sopranos and tenors whose voices are very theatrical and tend toward the upper octaves. Think Sara Brightman.

I also have to laugh that Weber suggested Carly stay away from doing 'All I Ask of You.’ He suggested she do the rock song 'Jesus Christ, Superstar.' In my post #4,305 to you, I suggested nearly the identical thing -- that most of this group should stick with the more pop/pop-rock selections.

[Wolfstar]

Mariah Carey is a self-centered, hedonistic jerk. The world doesn’t need more like her, so I’m glad she doesn’t want a baby. If she votes, I have no doubt her candidate is Obama. :)

[Miss Didi]

"But perhaps her greatest moment of diva madness came during a trip in 2005 when at 2am she refused to check in to her hotel until a red carpet and scented candles lined the entrance."

Can you imagine? By the way, how goes things?

[Wolfstar]

Thanks for the spoilers, Red. I think there might be a couple of train wrecks in those selections. Maybe he'll prove me wrong, but I don't think Jason Castro has the voice for 'Memory.'

Similarly, I'm not sure David C. has the voice for 'Phantom of the Opera.'

'Think of Me' was originally written for a high soprano voice, so I'm interested to hear what David A. will do with it.

'One Rock & Roll Too Many' is an odd choice, because it's a comedic novelty tune that was originally performed as an ensemble piece.

Brooke chose a song that should fit her well. It was sung by Madonna in the film version of Evita.

I think the best choice, assuming Carly can pull it off, is 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' and she didn't actually choose the song for herself.

Hearing in my head what I think these kids sound like with these songs, I can understand why Andrew Lloyd Weber said some of them were "dire."

[Wolfstar]

Can you imagine? By the way, how goes things?

Yep, I can imagine Carey behaving that way. I absolutely cannot stand anything about her, including her music, which tends to be just as over-the-top as her behavior.

Thanks for asking how things are going. Haven't found a job yet, unfortunately, but am hanging in there. :)

[silent_jonny]

Whew—I’m here! Didn’t think I’d make it :)

[silent_jonny]

Good. Serves 'em right. The AI concept is a talent show, not a beg-a-thon.

I agree.

I don't object to them raising money, but it shouldn't intrude on the show. And it doesn't need a bunch of limosine liberals preaching at us to "dance until the money falls out of your pockets", like Gloria Estefan said.

[Poser]

Show tunes. Great. (not)

I should just keep watching the Red Sox.

[Wolfstar]

Whew—I’m here! Didn’t think I’d make it.

Traffic?

[retrokitten]

You HAVE to take credit for it! At first when I read these threads, I thought you were just making a comment in French because in French it means something like “my little sweetie,” which also works for Archuleta! Then I saw your monchichi toy and I had to laugh.

LOL!!!

[silent_jonny]

Mr. Bim scares me.

LOL!

He looks like he might come alive at night ...

And watch you while you sleep :)

[retrokitten]

You beat me by 20 minutes! LOL!!

[silent_jonny]

Traffic, weather and a lot of things :)

[retrokitten]

It’s not the watching me while I sleep that scares me. He sort of looks like he’d wake you up and ask where you keep the scotch.

[silent_jonny]

BTW, speaking of traffic—Bill Clinton is going to be in my town tomorrow. I don’t know what we did to deserve that :-/

[silent_jonny]

That’s all you need—a drunk Mr. Bim :)

[peggybac]

Hi guys!