American Idol 2008--Live Thread II

americanidol.com ^ | 3-25-08

[peggybac]

Interesting video I saw in the KC Star

http://backtorockville.typepad.com/the_other_door/2008/05/d-cooks-first-t.html

[peggybac]

Thanks for the info. When I lived in LA I listened to Christian music much more than I do here in KC. I also can’t get any Christian broadcasting like I did in LA - it’s on digital cable that I don’t have - I miss the PAX network (didn’t they sell out?).

[Captain Beyond]

Syesha is a beautiful girl and has a good voice. But she has only really been super good like twice in the competition. Maybe later on with more practice she can break out as a star but for me the majority of time when she sings as Randy Jackson says “I am just not feeling it dawg”.

Plus I think Michael Johns or Brooke White should still be there but Brooke started and stopped her own chances at the top three one to many times.

[peggybac]

A quote from a Clay Aiken interview:

Have you been watching “Idol”?

The last time I watched was the season Carrie Underwood won. I haven’t had the time, nor have I had the desire. It’s a different show now.

[Captain Beyond]

I haven’t had the time, nor have I had the desire.

Wow looks somebody has got a really bad case of the "Big Ears" err "Big Head" now.

[CounterCounterCulture]

They got the memo to save Monchichi.

Indeed. That's what it feels like to me.

[peggybac]

Clay’s, “It’s a different show now” intrigued me. I’d love to know what he meant by that. It is a different show, that’s for sure.

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

“For the songs Davd Cook had I think he knocked it out the park on all three. With the short amount of time he had with each song he brought it 100%.
“As for little David he when he tried to hip it up it was like ok so you only had 5 Prozac today instead of the usual 10.”

*snort!* Yeah, cuttin’ back on the meds really perked him up — not!

I am too lazy to write up my own review so I will just piggyback onto yours, if I may, since I agree with you 100 percent. I was very happy with David C’s performances tonight. I thought before tonight that he could do very well with “The First Time” and I’m very pleased to see I was right. The final note on that was quite impressive — right in tune, full, rounded — hard to do for male singers on such a high note. And I was especially happy with DC’s final song. Nice, nice work. My husband (who watches AI with me only so that he can make fun of most of the contestants and tell me why they suck) went so far as to say he might buy DC’s first album!

As for Syesha, I thought her first two songs were very nicely done, though there is some quality about her that screams “Broadway” rather than “recording artist.” For me, that’s not a problem, though obviously Simon doesn’t care for it.

(In a total nitpick, I must say that Syesha’s first dress, the long one, while sparkly and obviously expensive, made her look like a sack of potatoes! Her waist looked huge and her, ahem, accessories looked like they belonged on a fifty-year-old who had nursed ten children. The dress did not fit her correctly at all. The wardrobe mistress should be shot!)

As for little Monchichi, I thought you summed up his performance quite well. Poor kid. I do think many of his issues are due to age and lack of maturity. I hope he stays in the business and gets a really good mentor (obviously, that rules out his dad! LOL!) so that he can achieve his potential. I’d like to hear him sing in ten years.

[Captain Beyond]

Not sure myself that intrigued me also. I remember an interview of him in some trade mag or something, can't remember, and he was going on about how some of Simon's comments might have cost him the AI title and giving Simon down the road about not liking Broadway musicians. He came off as a really whinney type of person.

But I do agree with Simon they need to update the musical mentors making the song selection more current.

[CounterCounterCulture]

~Round 1
Cook
Mercado
Archuleta

~Round 2
Mercado
Cook
Archuleta

~Round 3
Mercado
Cook
Archuleta

~David C’s best song – song #1, probably the best of the night. Song 2 was his “off” song. For song 3, I have to deduct points for singing that particular Aerosmith song.
~Syesha’s best song – song #1, overshadowed by Cook’s opener. She’s the most consistent performer of the three.
~David A’s best song – song #3, by default. I’d buy an album of his to cure my insomnia.

Overall ranking (change from last week)
1- Syesha (n/c)
2- David C. (n/c)
3- David A. (n/c)

Although now I’m hoping for Cook to win. Syesha is Wednesday night’s sacrificial lamb for the Archuleta love-fest.

[b9]

Mmmm... melty “;^)

[Yaelle]

At the end of the song she pulls a cord and a bucket of water splashes on her like Flashdance.

Did the swaying kids in the mosh pit bring dollar bills? :)

[Captain Beyond]

Go out now and get the New Gooey and Edible Monchichi. In stores everywhere.

[Captain Beyond]

Ok I should have taken the time for a better pun for David A. being toast. But it is late. *sigh

[FreedomForce]

I thought David C. was clearly best tonight, and I hope he wins. Performances were a toss-up between David A. and Syesha. Syesha needed a stupendous night to make it into the final and didn’t get it. She’s probably gone this week. David A. is going to have to do better than he did tonight in next week’s show, and he probably will. I thought the teeny-bopper vote would give Archuleta an easy win, but now I’m thinking the final vote is going to be really close.

[Captain Beyond]

Now Monchichi fans and get that gooey cheesy bite of Monchichi deliciousness that they have been craving.

[Netizen]

Anyone watching Hell’s Kitchen? They need to send Ben home. He’s such a jerk.

And so it went. :)

[Netizen]

I guess they'll try to fill in the gaps next week. Weird episode.

There have been a couple of episodes in the past that were so 'out there' that I had a hard time following the story line. I thought this one was going to be another one of those, but the last half hour is all started making sense and the pieces started falling into place.

In a way, it reminded me of an old M*A*S*H episode, where medic suffers such a devastating loss when he realizes that his younger brother didn't make it out of the trench and was killed, so he repressed it, and everything else, including who he is. The shrink hypnotizes the medic and BJ and Hawkeye recreate the events to cause the medic to remember.

I just can't believe that next week is the House finale already. What did they have, 8 new episodes this year?

[Netizen]

I like the new crop of House helpers. The old crop was getting stale. But they're still on the show. It's too crowded now.

I liked the old ones but agree they were running out of fresh ideas for them. I'm glad they are back though. I'm adjusting to the new ones very slowly and never liked the Amber character and was disappointed when they brought her back.

I also don't care for the fact that at least 3 times now they have refered to the new gal as being a lesbian. If they make her ac/dc or lesbian, I will stop watching. I'm tired of shows having to have a token gay character.

[Netizen]

Yup. This girl has her eye on Broadway, and I think that’s exactly where she belongs. (That’s not a diss, btw — I love Broadway musicals! Wish they made more movies of them these days.)

Yep and its a very legitimate venue for music these days. AI helps Broadway a bit I think by allowing people like Syesha, Degarmo, Hudson, Lakiesha, Aiken, Federov, LaToya and others to 'audition' without multiple 'callbacks'.