Quick Impressions for tonight ...
Simon gives himself a 9 1/2 out of 10.
Me to him --- More like a 4/10. You're becoming completely and utterly irrelevant, mate.
Every single note? Oh come on...............
Well said. I hope she goes, so Elliot will at least have another chance. I have a bad feeling about him, though.
I thought Taylor was fabulous tonight! And when I got through to vote for him it was his voice saying thanks for voting for me!
He has such a cool look on his face. It is like he is looking right at you personally. I hope he continues to receive strong votes. I believe Taylor will be very successful with or without A.I. now that he has been discovered. Taylor makes the judges look silly and childish in my opinion.
And there's the difference between Taylor and Katherine. Taylor communicates the song with every bit of his being (except when he's forced to do a cr*ppy song at the last minute) -- the listener/viewer understands the song through his performance.
Contrast that with Katherine. That 2nd song? What the hell was that all about? During the first part of each sung line, she looked ready to murder someone, but at the end of the line, she would throw back her head and smile that beauty pageant smile. What!!??? I don't get it! I still don't have a clue about the meaning of that song. Totally weird and, really, it p*ssed me off.
You know what else p*sses me off? Simon and the whole "wedding singer" thing. Like being a wedding singer is the ultimate insult. If I went to a wedding and had a guy like Taylor or Elliot singing, I would be floored. And happy. And isn't that what entertainment is all about? Making people happy? Who deserves our respect more -- the wedding singer who gives his or her all to make a couple and their guests remember a moment for the rest of their lives, or an Ashley Simpson or any of about a hundred manufactured "singers" out there who all look the same and sound the same and don't make you feel anything but regretful that you wasted 3 minutes listening to their latest *HIT SINGLE*!!?
/rant
Agree with all of this. PTFMWB best vocal? No way on earth. Best performance of the year? Yep. Then he dialed it down with a very soulful version of Something. Simon couldn't help but make that rather good comment. Taylor can sing. And sing quite well (just listen to the mp3's of his studio stuf). But he was also born to entertain. MTFMWB was pure entertainment. You can;t help but smile when you see that type of performance. Loved it.