Posted on 03/16/2006 7:11:35 AM PST by SirLinksalot
Simon Cowell did not want Chris or Taylor Hicks to go to Hollywood in the first place. He voted against both of them at the first auditions but was outvoted by Paula and Randy.
Now the hypocritical Simon went on Howard Stern's show and predicted that Chris, Taylor and Kellie Pickler (?) will be the finalists.
Indeed! After Cowell had done everything he could to keep them from even being in the competition in the first place!
OK folks,
I’m not sure where to post this and this seems to be the latest blog thread, so here goes.
CAVEAT, not sure whether this is a reliable source but I got it from one of the YAHOO Taylor Fan Groups that successfully spoiled LEVON, EASY and TAKIN’ IT TO THE STREETS.
Here is the spoiler for 50’s night….(cutting and pasting )
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I got word from a great source ( his grandmother) look for Taylor tomorrow night sporting a blue suit with white shoes ha ha it has to do with the whole 50’s theme. She also told me it is 50’s night but the whole cast was flown to Vegas to see Barry perform. He has just recently released a brand new 50’s album.
He will be doing Buddy Holly and I think the song is Never Fade Away, it should be really good!
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COMMENT : If it is Buddy Holly, the correct title should be NOT FADE AWAY.
This was one of the first pop songs to feature the “Bo Diddley” sound, a series of beats (da, da, da, da-da da) popularized by Diddley, who used it on his first single, the egotistically named “Bo Diddley.” The signature beat originated in West Africa and was adopted by Diddley in the US, where many artists have used it since. For more, check out the Songfacts on “Bo Diddley.”
Holly recorded this on May, 1957 with The Crickets at Norman Petty studios in Clovis, NM. It was written by Charles Hardin and Norman Petty, “Charles Hardin” being Buddy Holly, whose real name was Charles Hardin Holley.
Until the end of his career, Holly recorded with his group, The Crickets, but he set up a deal with their record company, Decca Records, to release some songs under his name and have others credited to the group. This was credited to The Crickets and released on the Brunswick subsidiary. Songs credited to Buddy Holly came out on Coral Records.
Any comments regarding this song choice (if true ) ?
You mean a so-called "reality show" might actually be scripted? I'm shocked, just shocked. Next thing you're going to tell me is that Professional Wrestling is fake.
I think that is going to be a fantastic performance!
Can we forgo the singing tonight and just vote off Chicken Little, Kevin?
Another conspiracy hits the dust.
Any fool here who thinks that Taylor Hicks isn't the best singer this show has ever had needs to get their ears thoroughly checked. Man is a hell of a singer. Sounds like a man when he sings. Which I think should be required when a man sings. Elliot sounds like a Backstreet Boy. Chris is just a screamer. His voice is painful. And he only sings one style. And he sang Walk the Line the other night, a remixed version. American Idol let him get away with acting like it was his own version. It is an exact copy of a version done in like 1998 or 1999 by the rock band Live. I mean exact. That was crap. He should have given them credit. But AI wants him to win. Notice how they give him lights and smoke like he is already the winner. They are pimping him because they think he can sell albums. Maybe . But it doesn't make him the best on the show. And if it were album sales that counted, Taylor Hicks's first album is selling on EBAY for like 300$ and up. Not the Under the Radar album.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Taylor-Hicks-CD-In-Your-Time_W0QQitemZ4853524984QQcategoryZ307QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I like both Taylor and Chris. Either one could win. Both will be successful after AI.
bttt
American Idol: Simon Cowell Was Wrong About Taylor Hicks!
For much of the competition, Simon Cowell has been getting it wrong about Taylor Hicks. When the charismatic judge first saw Taylor Hicks in Las Vegas, he was against sending him through to the next round and told Taylor Hicks that Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul “will not put you in the final group to be judged by the public.” Cowell probably took one look at the nearly thirty year old, slightly chubby, gray-haired singer and thought it was too late for this guy to ever have any type of substantial career.
Of course Simon Cowell turned out to be wrong, and the judges did put Taylor Hicks through to be judged by the American public. After a semi-final performance of “Levon,” Simon Cowell even seemed to be coming around and admitted his error saying “I said in the beginning, if you remember, I didn’t think you should make the finals of this competition, I was wrong.”
However, during the early stages of the top twelve finalists competition, it became obvious to many viewers that Taylor Hicks was not Simon Cowell’s favorite. While Simon Cowell would sometimes begrudgingly acknowledge how good a singer that Taylor Hicks was, he constantly criticized his dancing style, ridiculed his wardrobe, and made insinuations of intoxication. While the true motives of Simon Cowell are often a mystery, the perception among many fans was that Simon Cowell did not like Taylor Hicks because he did not look marketable.
However, looks can often be deceiving. When a nerdy looking guy named Clay Aiken auditioned in Atlanta, Georgia, there probably weren’t many that imagined he would eventually finish second in the competition (and go on to have the most successful career of any of the competitors that season). Even though vocally the two singers sound nothing alike, there is one large similarity between Taylor Hicks and Clay Aiken.
Both Taylor Hicks and Clay Aiken have extremely loyal and supportive fan bases. There is something about seeing a singer that probably wouldn’t have a chance otherwise make it on American Idol that can build a strong level of support among fans. How many executives would have given a geeky looking Clay Aiken or a gray haired Taylor Hicks the time of day? In fact, Taylor Hicks had been trying to make it in the music industry for years and at his age, American Idol was likely his last chance. At its best, American Idol takes the decision of who will make it out of the hands of executives who think they know what America wants and puts it in the hands of the American public.
Even though Simon Cowell jumped on the Taylor Hicks bandwagon and proclaimed him as the favorite after Chris Daughtry was eliminated, Cowell seems to still not completely get what makes Taylor Hicks so special to his fans. After Taylor Hicks gave one of the most exciting performances in Idol history with “Living For The City,” Simon Cowell couldn’t resist taking another shot at Hicks wardrobe calling his purple jacket “arguable the worst jacket I’ve ever seen in my life.”
Where Simon Cowell is still getting it wrong is that he is criticizing part of what creates the mystique of Taylor Hicks. The unusual wardrobes, the crazy dancing, the head bopping screaming out of “Soul Patrol” is all part of what Hicks' fans love about him. Perhaps more than any other Idol finalist, Taylor Hicks sends the message “I’m here for my fans, and I’m going to do what I think is best for me and my fans, and nobody’s going to change me.” Taylor Hicks has a special connection with his fans that builds trust and creates a level of support so strong that he could do an album that defies what is normally accepted in mainstream music and it would be tremendously successful. Great singers don’t conform to molds, they make the molds and often redefine the type of music that becomes popular to the public at large.
By the end of competition, Simon Cowell did finally get it right for once. After Taylor’s performance of the new single “Do I Make You Proud,” Simon Cowell declared “assuming that I was right that the show was tied, then you just won American Idol.” Perhaps, Cowell finally realized that a singer doesn’t have to look like an Idol to be an Idol. America doesn’t need another cookie-cutter pop artist. America needs a Taylor Hicks in all his crazy dancing, purple jacket wearing, harmonica playing, soul singing glory.
Sure...and this time next year you'll be asking "Taylor who?" If talent was gray hair he'd have a lot of it. But it isn't and he doesn't.
Cowell was right about one thing: he said when Hicks dances around he looks like the drunk dad at a wedding.
Look me up in a year. If you remember to do that, then I was wrong. If you don't, then I was right and it's "Taylor who?!"
Wow...you're really deep...like a puddle. For God's sake, get a life. Is this really worth pissin', moanin' and arguing about? It was a friggin' joke. Apparently you take American Idol so seriously no one can kid you about it.
I regret having responded to your useless post. I'll never make that mistake again. Not get your last word in and then let it go, ok?!
Jeez...
Yeah, I've seen your website, pal. It could use some more attention. It looks like it's straight outta Internet for Dummies.
So quit yer snivelin' and get back to work.
And BTW, this really is my last word to you. Bye.
Taylor's album will go triple platinum. And if it doesn't, I'm still right unless you remember to look me up in a year and state otherwise.
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