Carol King Me

Tonight on Idol…Jacob sang Carol King’s “Oh No, Not My Baby”. Well first of all…clearly, this week Jacob got his eyebrows arched. Besides that and the bowtie and those yellow shoes, I think he did better this week. The beginning of the song wasn’t that impressive, but he got into at the end and made up for it. I’m still concerned for him though. I’m not sure he’ll make it through even though he did hopscotch and everything, it may not get him enough votes.

The most interesting thing about the Country Girl’s performance was her earrings. Did you see her earrings? Those were some serious earrings. Why did she bring that boy up on the stage? That was awkward. Hopefully that will be enough to get her in the bottom in order to give Jacob a chance to survive. I’ve never seen the judges praise someone so much for missing a note. Whatever.

Haley and Casey’s duet wasn’t as great as their jazzy duet they did a couple weeks ago, but Haley has been sounding really good lately. I’m glad she’s back in her groove.

Thank the Lord for Babyface. He’s been giving helpful advice to the contestants. He gave the Country Boy a great tip on how to start that song (You’ve Got A Friend)…but I never want to hear him sing again. Have I mentioned that yet?

The Rocker Boy aka Trophy Head sang “Tonight Your Mine”. Once again, I’m not a fan, but I can’t really hate because he did a pretty good job.

Casey sang “Hide-E-Ho”. I had hide-e-high hopes for him and it was pretty good in the beginning, but then it never went anywhere.

Haley sang the get up in the morning song and I really enjoyed it. I liked the feel of it and she sounded really good. I like her and hope she makes it to the finals.

My psychic powers are telling me either Jacob or Casey are going home, but it really should be the Country Boy.

Chunky But Funky

Did my fellow Gleeks catch the latest episode with Mercedes singing Aretha Franklin’s “Ain’t No Way”? I love that show. Mercedes did a good job, so if you missed it, click here to check it out. Also on Glee that night was Gwyneth Paltrow singing “Turning Tables”, one of my favorite songs from Adele’s new CD titled 21. Gwyneth did okay, but of course Adele is way better. Click here to listen to Adele singing “Turning Tables” and tell me what you think. If you don’t have Adele’s CD you should get it. The first single off the CD was “Rolling In The Deep”. I really enjoy that song. Something about the music and the way she sings it makes me feel like its something you would have heard coming out of a church after hours in the back woods of Georgia in the 1950s.

Until next time…

MY LIP GLOSS IS COOL

It’s been a long time…I shouldn’t have left you…without a dope beat to step to (fyi – those are lyrics by Aaliyah for you old folks). Anyway, I’ve been super busy so I haven’t had time to post, but I’m back in full effect. I can’t recap everything from the last two weeks of idol, but I will say that Pia’s exit pissed me off more than words can say and I would’ve boycotted the show, but I have to continue to watch Jacob switch his hips and bat his eyelashes even though it frightens me. I’ve talked about his lip gloss before, but I want to talk about it again. I feel like initially it was subtle. He wore just a little for moisture, than a little bit more for some shine and last week he had full on gloss with a hint of color in it. Anyway, here’s what happened last night.

Country Boy – Again.....sounds like he sings the same song every week to me. I never want to hear him sing again.

Rocker Boy – Unfortunately he sounded pretty good. This was a good performance so I can’t really hate, but I’m just not a fan.

Haley (curly-haired girl) – “Rolling In The Deep” by Adele

I love this song and love Adele and will say more about her and her new album in another post, but I think Haley is finally back. I’m glad to see she’s been doing better these last few weeks because I had high hopes for her during Vegas week and then she kind of fell off for a bit.

Jacob – “Dance With My Father” by Luther Vandross
(sigh) This was not a good performance for him. Usually he’s really good and this time he just wasn’t that great. So…instead of talking about his vocals I’ll spend a little bit of time on his cosmetics. The last couple of weeks his lip gloss has been cool, but seems like this week he’s put away the lip gloss and decided to put all the focus into his false eyelashes. I bet you next week he wears both.

Casey (aka Seth Rogen’s cousin) – “Harder To Breathe” by Maroon 5

YEAH!!!! Thank you Casey! First of all I love love love that song and the album it came from, Songs About Jane is one of the best albums of all time! Seriously, it’s that good…every song on the album is amazing! Ok anyway, that performance was great. I’m glad he’s back to himself because he started out so strong then kind of lost his way for a while.

Stefano – “Closer” by Neyo

Before he even started singing, I was thinking this is a bad idea. This is just not a song you sing in a talent competition. Hopefully for his sake he can prove me wrong, but I doubt it. Nope. I was right. That was a bad idea. I think Stefano just bought his plane ticket home. (Remember, I’m half psychic so it will probably happen.)

Country Girl – “Born To Fly” by Sara Evans

Eh. Who cares? There was nothing special about that performance, but I still think Stefano will be the one to go home. Talk to y’all tomorrow.