Well you won't like next week's theme ....
(I'm kidding ;-D)
Well you won't like next week's theme ....
(I'm kidding ;-D)
You almost got me. I like the Beatles, but even Simon suggested that another week was perhaps too much.
The good
David Cook - Day Tripper - great song and great performance. As usual, Simon does not get "rock". Sure, the channeling of Peter Frampton might have been indulgent and over the top for a 1'30" song but what was the last major song you heard someone use the voicebox? Bon Jovi's Living On A Prayer circa 1987? Very good perfomance.
Carly Smithson - Blackbird - it was pretty good. The original was a lot more "staccato" sounding which, I think, made the song great. Carly had it running all together which worked for her but was distracting to me as a fan of the original. That being said it was a good vocal.
The mediocre
Archuletta - The Long And Winding Road - I listened to it without watching it and I thought it could be great it just wasn't. He sang it too high and it was very breathy. It was just okay. the original from McCartney is just so pure and his voice has a lot of depth and texture and Archuletta was a million miles away from that...but the stupid tween girls with unlimited texts plans love him so. Honestly, I think he could be great but he has some issues.
Syesha - Yesterday - ditto here. I wanted to love it but simply listening to it was just okay. again, sang too high and no depth or power behind it. Meh...
The Aussie - A Day In The Life - Simon thought the arrangement was a mess but for what he was trying to do, he did it pretty well. It was just a very complex song to boil down to a minute and a half. I like his voice and the Vedder tone made it work okay. He has yet to have that "wow" moment outside of Bohemian Rhapsody.
The bad
Amanda - Back In The USSR - Decent for what it was but it's getting old...
Quick aside on that song - In high school (around 1984) I went to "Model U.N." and our team was assigned the Soviet union in the Security Council. We wanted to have fun with it so we intentionally showed up late and came in with a boom box blasting that song. Ahhh, the memories...
Kristi Lee - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away - just not very good. She's still smokin' hot though...
Brooke White - Here Comes The Sun - Boring. Simon was very right when he said Syesha sang what Brooke should have sung. I think the tone of her voice is much richer and she could have sang the hell out of that song. bad choice.
Jason Jack Johnson Castro - Michelle - It all sounds the same to me. He's a Jack Johnson wannabe and I get tired of that stuff after about 3 songs. He needs to do something different but I'm not sure he can. Hallelujah was several weeks ago and he's still feeding on the carcass.
Chikeze - I've Just Seen A Face - what the hell was that? 60's, soul, bluegrass, harp fusion? Did not get that at all. He can sing but that was a mess.
Ramiele - I Should Have Known Better - bad arrangement, bad bad, bad vocal...just bad. Her whiny, needy butt needs to find a therapist.
Who should go home? Any of the bad ones except Brooke.
Who will go home? Kristi Lee.
With Paul McCartney having to shell out big bucks (er, Pounds), to get rid of Heather, this opened up a huge plus for Beatles fans everywhere. Paul has agreed, (finally), to allow the ENTIRE catalog of Beatles songs to be released on iTunes starting in a few months. The deal between Apple Computer and Apple Records will help Paul meet his financial obligations to Heather.