LOL!--you're pretty sharp for this early hour :)
Oh, is it early already? I'm still thinking it's late...
Have been rehashing the Idol songs in my head all night.
Didn't the ladies look smashing? Incredible stylists they have. Paris' hair and little yellow dress. Mandisa's scrumptious hair and velvety black dress and sexy necklace. Katharine's midnight blue... they must've felt like divas of the world.
'Idol 4' finalist Constantine Maroulis leaves band for solo careerUPI News Service, 03/21/2006
Maroulis, 30, who was in the audience watching the current crop of "Idol" contestants compete Tuesday night, confirmed to People magazine he is no longer with the hard rock band, Pray for the Soul of Betty.
"With all of my solo projects speeding up, we just felt it was time to move on," he said.
The singer said he is currently working on his solo debut and also has a development deal with ABC for a sitcom.
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March 21st, 2006 - We heard something tonight that wasn't actually spoken. Though totally symbolic and never verbalized it might as well have been a loud thunderous shout from Chris Daughtry stating, "give me any genre of music you want and I will not be held back, no matter what I will rock"! Again I sat a bit concerned as the producers of American Idol forced the contestants to choose a song from a particular niche none of them would ever choose on their own. Last week Stevie Wonder this week was 50's week, as in 1950's!
Out comes Chris and what artist does he pick? Johnny Cash! What song? "Walk the Line". So here is the deal American Idol forces Chris into the 50's he says fine picks an outlaw country artist and turns the song into alternative rock and blows away the competition once again.
While it is great that he did well again and surely with out a doubt we will be hearing him again next week there is something larger at play here. Paula and Randy had their usual compliments and stated that he, "stayed true to who he is" but it was Simon Cowell who touched on the real story going on here. Simon stated, "you are the first artist we have had on American Idol who has refused to compromise".
To me that is just the tip of the iceberg. To me what we are seeing is the landscape of American Idol changed by one individual. Chris is not just a singer, he is a performer and an writer and he is using both to his advantage. Creating new versions of older songs or songs out side of his realm. Where do you think the music to Chris' version of "Walk the Line" came from? I'll tell you where, he wrote it, created it and gave it to the band to play. In effect we are watching Chris Daughtry rewrite the rules of American Idol. You are seeing the future of the show as some this year but the majority in the future will follow this formula and change music to make it fit who they are. If you missed tonight's episode I think it is fair to say you missed a tiny bit of TV history. See if a friend taped it or download the song, I am sure it will be on LimeWire.com in no time at all.