I know this season sucks, but I can't not talk about American Idol. Last night Usher ushered the contestants along as they attempted R&B Soul songs. I won't even get started on Usher and his man handler that stood up every time he did protecting him from what,I'm not sure. I'm going to focus at the task at hand. It's my turn to be Simon and rip these contestants a new one.
In my eyes the talent is not that good this season. I don't even have a favorite that I'm routing for...and I always have a favorite. Siobhan sounded good singing Chaka Khan's "Through the Fire" for the thirty seconds of the rehearsal footage they showed...then she never sounded good again. The guy with the glasses whose parents are ex-gangbangers was interesting last night. I like the idea of stripping down a song for an intimate acoustic set, though I'm not sure Chris Brown's "Forever" has the lyrics that would provide the moment he meant to have. I will say it was definitely better than his performances the last couple of weeks. Why are they pumping Big Mike up so much? He's already pumped up enough. Is it me, or does anyone else think his clothes are going to rip at any moment? Why can't he just put on a larger size? Anyway, he's got a decent voice, but he's not as great as they're making him out to be. I understand...in a sea of mediocrity, he can seem like greatness, but let's not fool ourselves. His version of "Ready For Love" was no where near as good as India Arie's and his rendition of "This Woman's Work"can't even hold a candle to Maxwell's. The girl with the dredlocks was good, as usual and the guy with the blonde ponytail sounded good. My favorite performance of the night came from the former paint salesman singing "Treat Her Like A Lady". I love the tone of his gritty voice...and he's really cute too. I'd buy some paint from him...and I don't even need any paint.
I predict DiDi, who sang "What Becomes of a Broken Heart", will get kicked off tonight. Check back tomorrow to see if I'm psychic.
It's such a shame that this season will eventually be dubbed "How to kill a #1 TV show." Like you, I hang on because I like Ellen and something might happen this week. Every season I would have at least 2 or 3 favs, now I like a few but if they go, I won't mourn. I hope the powers that be will take a good hard look at this season's mistakes and vow to never, never repeat them.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, stuck with what we've got, I did find a few bright spots last night. I think curly-haired boy (Casey) did a respectable job on Sam & Dave's classic. Wasn't overwhelming but it was decent. No matter what you say I still like Big Mike and I thought he was exremely good last night.
DiDi did everything she could to completely suck the soul out of "What Became of a Broken-Hearted." Why she is still on the show is beyond me and why white-haired girl went before her boggles the mind. Ellen was right. It was way too dramatic and Ryan, nobody cares why the song "supposedly" means so much to her. It apparently didn't mean enough for her to sing it good.
Moving on. I sure hope Anita Baker wasn't watching the destruction of her signature song. Garcia (neck-tattoo boy) needs to spruce himself up. Maybe some contacts and no Elvis Pressley pompadours.
There was no doubt that Lee's "Treat Her Like a Lady" was the absolute highlight of the evening. One of my favorites anyway, and he just rocked it! That Crystal girl sure can sing. She never dissapoints.
And I guess I have to address the "Usher" elephant in the room. Who cares?? He's made a career out of being a copy-cat and the only advice he could muster was "connect, connect, connect, connect....
Whatever!