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American Idol 2008--Live Thread
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Posted on 01/14/2008 5:52:03 AM PST by silent_jonny

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To: Clint N. Suhks; TonyWpi; BamaDi; peggybac

Oh... here’s the link to the thread - one final time...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1987354/posts

This better work...


10,561 posted on 03/18/2008 7:19:37 PM PDT by rock_lobsta (Client #10)
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To: Mr. Brightside
Time to move on.

To what, the Swinging Blue Jeans?

10,562 posted on 03/18/2008 7:20:15 PM PDT by Revolting cat! ("I am like...Dude......do you really....like want the Sex?")
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To: skateman; yorkie

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1987354/posts

This isn’t my thread, yorkie started it - but we can use it anyway...


10,563 posted on 03/18/2008 7:21:17 PM PDT by rock_lobsta (Client #10)
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To: rock_lobsta
This week was not as good as last week, but it was pretty good overall. I found myself in complete disagreement with the judges almost all night long too. The ones I loved they hated, and the ones I thought sucked canal water they raved about.

I also had serious issues with Simon calling everyone predictable except his little David A. -- if David Cook, Amanda, & Brooke are predictable for thier song choices then David A is definately predictable for his "meaningful Ballad of the week".

Anyway enough ranting, here are my rankings:

1. David Cook - Day Tripper - Absolute awesome. One of the best performances of the year for me. I also loved David actually recognizing the band whose arrangement he used.

2. David A - The Long and Winding Road - OK let's get real here, yea I ranted he is preditable just like Simon lambasted the others for being, but while he is predictable he is also the best voice in the competition. I like David C's style and performances better, but this kid has the goods to be a star for a long long time.

3. Syesha - Yesterday - Her best of the year, and that is saying a lot. I also loved the new hair - she was stunning tonight. She has the best pure voice of all the females, and tonight she got away from the "diva" songs that may be her downfall and showed us all the true depth and breadth of her vocal ability.

4. Chikezie - I've just seen a Face - OK I loved this, I thought the Harmonica was "EH", but I loved the bluegrass touch to the second half of the song, and thought he song his arse off the first half.

5. Michael - A Day in the Life - Simon, go suck an egg!! This was a vocal tour de force. Yes, a minute and a half does not do this song justce, but dayum what a minute and a half it was.

6, Jason - Michelle - Another solid vocal performance from Jason. I like Jason, I think he has a beautiful voice, but again he is just middle of the road, because while his voice is nice and melodic I am still waiting for the "kick" that I don't think is there.

7. Ramiele - I Shoulda Known Better - Not her best, but this was good. I liked it, but it was kinda safe, and just OK.

8. Brooke - Here Comes the Sun - I truly believe Brooke is a dark horse to win this thing, but tonight was just a nice safe Brooke performance. She did fine with an OK song, but she really needs to break out and WOW us soon.

9. Kristy - You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - I thought Kristy sounded very good tonight, but the song and the performance didn't really do anything for me. Kristy has talent, but right now she is just nice sounding wallpaper.

10. Carly - Blackbird - This was a total mess for me. Carly has grown on me, but this was just plain boring. And she had the mad psycho killer bunny stare going again while trying to sing "Sensitive". Did not Work for me.

11. Amanda - Back in the USSR - OK I said she should sing this last week, and she gave just the performance I thought she would, and she brought all her ability to the performance. but let's be honest, we could see or hear the same or better in any smoky Rock n Roll bar anywhere in America.

10,564 posted on 03/18/2008 7:21:24 PM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to protect it.)
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To: Netizen; Wolfstar; retrokitten; maggief; Lil'freeper; conservativebabe; All
Congratulations,
NETIZEN!

You are the

10,000th Post Winner!

To commemorate this event, David Archuleta will now perform a very special song. David …


Thank you. Thank you. I dedicate this song to everyone who has suffered under the Bush administration and this racist, capitalist society. Fight the power, my brothers!

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I traveled the banks of the River of Jordan to find where it flows to the sea
I looked in the eyes of the cold and the hungry; I saw I was looking at me


I wanted to know if life had a purpose, and what it all means in the end
In the silence I listened to voices inside me and they told me again and again:


There is only one river
There is only one sea
And it flows through you
And it flows through me


There is only one people
We are one in the same
We are all one spirit
We are all one name

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We are the father, mother, daughter, and son
From the dawn of creation

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We are one. We are one. We are one.


Every blade of grass on the mountain
Every drop in the sea
Every cry of a new-born baby
Every prayer to be free

Every hope at the end of a rainbow
Every song ever sung

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Is a part of the family of woman and man
That means everyone!


We are one! We are one! We are one!

10,565 posted on 03/18/2008 7:23:59 PM PDT by silent_jonny (Pray for President Bush, Pray for our Troops and Pray for our Nation.)
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To: TrishaSC
Heather Mills dumping water on Macca's attorney

Did that really happen?

10,566 posted on 03/18/2008 7:30:45 PM PDT by silent_jonny (Pray for President Bush, Pray for our Troops and Pray for our Nation.)
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To: Fawn; Miss Didi
I listened today and Rush is Right on.

I agree, especially when he laid into that caller named Billy. "You're fifty-eight and you're whining about something that happened when you were sixteen? Get over it!"

YES!

10,567 posted on 03/18/2008 7:32:49 PM PDT by silent_jonny (Pray for President Bush, Pray for our Troops and Pray for our Nation.)
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To: Lil'freeper
Anyone watching that Guitar Hero commercial with Slash? too funny.

That's a great commercial. I'm not into Guitar Hero at all, but watching that makes me want to try it :)

10,568 posted on 03/18/2008 7:33:59 PM PDT by silent_jonny (Pray for President Bush, Pray for our Troops and Pray for our Nation.)
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To: Wolfstar
(Michael) I think we may be seeing the limits of his talent, unfortunately.

It's certainly looking that way. The song tonight didn't help at all either. He should have picked a shorter song instead of trying to condense that one into 90 seconds.

10,569 posted on 03/18/2008 7:36:06 PM PDT by silent_jonny (Pray for President Bush, Pray for our Troops and Pray for our Nation.)
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To: MagUSNRET
David Cook and Amanda can go on tour together...Jack Daniels and Rogain can sponsor them LOL

LOL!!

10,570 posted on 03/18/2008 7:38:14 PM PDT by silent_jonny (Pray for President Bush, Pray for our Troops and Pray for our Nation.)
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To: kjam22
The voice box sucked.... that was not good.

I agree it was unnecessary.

That would have been a perfect opportunity to show off some straight-forward guitar playing skills. But he had to go for the gimmick.

10,571 posted on 03/18/2008 7:39:29 PM PDT by silent_jonny (Pray for President Bush, Pray for our Troops and Pray for our Nation.)
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To: silent_jonny

Was that Joe Isuzu as one of the Krisnas?


10,572 posted on 03/18/2008 7:41:19 PM PDT by rock_lobsta (Client #10)
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To: Fawn; Wolfstar
What bothered me was how he said his mother would say racial slurs that made him cringe. NIce....

Yes. But the outright hate spewed from Rev. Wright goes unmentioned. "I profoundly disagree with some of the things he said ..."

BS. If that were true, Hussein, you and your family wouldn't be neck deep in his "church".

10,573 posted on 03/18/2008 7:42:02 PM PDT by silent_jonny (Pray for President Bush, Pray for our Troops and Pray for our Nation.)
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To: Wolfstar
I think Brooke White is my favorite among the girls.

I really like her too.

10,574 posted on 03/18/2008 7:44:25 PM PDT by silent_jonny (Pray for President Bush, Pray for our Troops and Pray for our Nation.)
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To: Miss Didi; Wolfstar
but how DARE anyone bash their grandmother for the whole world to hear???

All for political gain.

10,575 posted on 03/18/2008 7:45:05 PM PDT by silent_jonny (Pray for President Bush, Pray for our Troops and Pray for our Nation.)
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To: silent_jonny

Guitar Hero is a blast to play - got GH3 for my son as a Christmas gift.

I got hooked quicker than he did...


10,576 posted on 03/18/2008 7:45:39 PM PDT by rock_lobsta (Client #10)
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To: silent_jonny; Netizen

Congratulations, netizen! What a thrill!

Maybe you can be up on stage with Archuleta when he sings that as the Obama Campaogn Song at the Dem Convention!

(jonny—that was really funny!!)


10,577 posted on 03/18/2008 7:46:01 PM PDT by Palladin (Barack HUSSEIN , we know your game!)
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To: silent_jonny

David Cook is pining for Frampton Week...


10,578 posted on 03/18/2008 7:46:33 PM PDT by rock_lobsta (Client #10)
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To: silent_jonny; Fawn
BS. If that were true, Hussein, you and your family wouldn't be neck deep in his "church".

Exactly. Wright's church AND that horrifying "black theology." Fawn (and everyone), if you haven't heard about this "black theology" that Wright preaches, go this FR thread, to Post #40. It will chill you to the bone.

10,579 posted on 03/18/2008 7:47:14 PM PDT by Wolfstar (Circular firing squads do not kill the enemy. They kill us.)
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To: commish

Good recap.

It was strange tonight. Many of them were off-key;then there was the harmonica; the voice box; the sassing by the contestants to the judges. Really weird stuff going on.

My ears hurt. Maybe it was all those screaming girls sitting up front.

My bottom three:

Syesha—Ramiele—Michael


10,580 posted on 03/18/2008 7:50:21 PM PDT by Palladin (Barack HUSSEIN , we know your game!)
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