I can't believe I'm watching this...

[rikibeth]

Yes, it's another American Idol post.

I also can't believe I'm giving it this much thought. Everyone I was even slightly interested in is gone from the show already. I really wanted the final two to be Amanda and Danny Noriega, because it would have been hysterical -- bluesy mama and flouncy boy. After that, I liked Carly's voice, and her Irish accent, and the Aussie's accent.

I'll admit I've been amused by Jason Castro. The dreads. The eerily blue eyes. The earnest stoner demeanor.

Which brings me to my thoughts on his song choices last night. "I Shot The Sheriff" and "Mr. Tambourine Man?" Really, Jason? REALLY?

Seriously, he could have stayed with those two artists, and picked MUCH better songs, ones where his gentle stoner earnestness would have been an asset, not a detraction.

How about "No Woman No Cry" and "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall?"

Jason, you let me down.

I was also not thrilled with David Cook. You'd think "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" would be HIS WEEK. But I didn't think he did a good job with his songs. "Hungry Like The Wolf" doesn't lend itself to being covered well -- it needs that Duran Duran slickness. And if you're going to do "Baba O'Riley," YOU NEED THOSE HIGH NOTES. If you can't hit them with Roger Daltrey's pure clarity, PICK ANOTHER SONG. The high notes MAKE that song, dammit.

Syesha was okay. She's no Tina Turner, but she was okay. Dammit, I wanted to hear Amanda doing that song.

It kills me to admit that David Archuleta did the best job last night. I don't LIKE him much.

So I guess in a few minutes I get to see what happens.

And I still can't believe I'm watching.

Comments

[la-directora.livejournal.com]

I'm watching right now. I normally watch the results shows on delay so I can fast forward through the AMAZING amount of bullshit they cram into them. (I can normally watch them in 20-30 minutes, including fast forwarding time.) But tonight I'm watching live. Which means not being able to fast forward through the group number. Every time I see one of these, I think, "This is what Simon is talking about when he says 'amusement park performance'." Dude. Poor David C. has a look on his face like, "Must remember not to act cool. Must remember not to act cool." Whoever arranges and choreographs these things should be shot.

I really liked David C's second performance last night. At the risk of sounding like Randy Jackson, I didn't LOVE his first one, but I did like it. Jason Castro has GOT TO GO. He's making me insane. His "earnest stoner demeanor" has turned into pure "stoner slacker demeanor" to me, which I don't find cute at all. Syesha was okay, yeah. And David A. was terribly cute, and did performances aimed at a demographic I am not in. :)

Last night I sent in text votes for David C. and for Syesha, on the theory that any votes for Syesha would serve to push her past Jason.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

I didn't like David C.'s performance. BRET MICHAELS did a better job with Baba O'Riley on "Don't Forget The Lyrics" last week than David C. did.

Of course, that's one of my favorite songs of all time, any time, and I'm very, very picky about songs with killer high notes. Remember the Freddie Mercury tribute concert? The ONLY performance I thought did justice to the original was the Bowie and Annie Lennox "Under Pressure." Everyone else had lost their top register and blew the notes, except for Axl Rose who shouldn't have been allowed on the stage, dammit.

[ihadtimetokill.livejournal.com]

I don't watch...or care for...American Idol, but I think that "bluesy mama and flouncy boy" would serve as a fantastic title for something. Comic, bad movie, horrendous sitcom, coming-of-age tale? I don't know. But it just cracked me up.

On principle, though, agreed about covering Duran Duran and Daltrey. I mean, c'mon. Seriously? This is part of why I can't stand American Idol. Please to stop with the butchery now kthxbai.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Well, see, this is the first season I've had TV to watch it, and eternaleponine controls the remote, so it's on... and Amanda did EVERY song as if she were Janis Joplin, so you knew what you were getting with her.

Danny Noriega (the flouncy boy) would have amused you -- especially when he did "Tainted Love." Wiggling his hips and flouncing all over the stage. It was adorable.

Otherwise? I really just don't like Idol.