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And I hope Taylor picks his performance up a couple of notches. He needs to.

I agree!

I was thinking that other songs he could do might be Stevie Ray Vaughan's. Like 'Tell Me', 'Love Struck Baby', 'Pride And Joy'. I think he could do those very well and put pressure on Chris IF Hicks really sings from the gut. jmo

I agree with JMO and that's exactly my point -- IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO SONG CHOICE. In a competition like this, you are limited to less than 2 minutes and you've gotta show how good you are in this limited time-span they give you. No matter how talented you are, you aren't going to impress if you sang for example -- HOME ON THE RANGE ( as an extreme example ).

Therefore, here is an honest comment from someone who has heard Taylor's self produced CD and knows what he's capable of doing. If all you want is fawning and flattering praise, this isn't going to help Taylor Hicks.

All who know his abilities know that EASY was not the right choice and we have to be honest about it. Taylor's style IS NOT Lionel Ritchie. Take this as constructive criticism instead of taking it as an attempt to "dump on" him. HIS FANS ( me for instance) WANT HIM TO WIN, that's the reason we were concerned.

Let's be honest, Eliott Yamin and Chris Daughtry's performances were SUPERIOR to Taylor's and it all came down to song choice.

THINK OF IT THIS WAY --- HOW WOULD CHRIS DAUGHTRY/ELIOTT YAMIN LOOK LIKE IF HE HAD CHOSEN TO SING "EASY" ? Get the point ? Either of them would look average as well.

Taylor really needs to choose a song that highlights his uniqueness and abilities instead of a safe “coasting to home” one that he did last week.

EASY is well…. too easy. With only 2 minutes to perform your song, it does nothing to WOW anyone and WOWing the audience is WHAT IT’s ALL ABOUT in a competition like this. If you simply want an easy listening song, this isn’t the venue for it ( go put it on your CD later to fill in space). Therefore, all Taylor did was to simply play to his fans, doing little to ADD to his fan base with that one. BUT ADDING TO YOUR FAN BASE IS WHAT THIS COMPETITION IS ALL ABOUT IF YOU ARE IN IT TO WIN !!

I mean honestly, If I were watching AI for the first time last Wednesday night, and that was my first exposure to Taylor Hicks, I would have been like, “Whatever.” Simon was right in this sense — IT WAS AVERAGE. ANY singer ( even Lionel Ritchie himself) would have gotten that response with a 2 minute performance.

I wouldn’t have given him a second thought, and I doubt I would have bothered to vote for him. That’s why he has to step his game up next week, and continue to bring it every week.

Here is a warning to Taylor if he wants to go deep in the competition and not be kicked off prematurely at say number 8 or 9 ….

Every week there could be new folks tuning in, and he has to grab those people along with the diehards he already has if he’s to have any chance of winning this thing. Hopefully he’ll improve and will choose a better song this week. LEARN FROM THE MISTAKE OF NADIA TURNER !!