tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post4140798519680628879..comments2024-03-25T19:18:14.047-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: American Idol, Top 4: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame NightAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1237349333341676152008-05-07T21:32:00.000-04:002008-05-07T21:32:00.000-04:00No one should ever be allowed to sing "A Change is...<EM>No one should ever be allowed to sing "A Change is Gonna Come." EVER.</EM><BR/><BR/>Elliott Yamin could've rocked it.<BR/><BR/>Fantasia too.<BR/><BR/>Bo Bice even.Undercover Black Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08704721024820668555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-33258422997325050662008-05-07T14:16:00.000-04:002008-05-07T14:16:00.000-04:00I have to say that after the show ended, I turned ...I have to say that after the show ended, I turned to my husband and commented, this is the worst top 4 night I have ever seen. I think Jason Castro and David Cook are tired and want out. David A doesn't know what he wants, and Syesha is an actress playing the part of a soul singer. I think it's anyone's guess at this point, since there's not a clear winner. I see the judges trying to figure out who to back since their favorites are gone. It is all a game, but I hope in the future to hear more from David C.crazyladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18131041027417678405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-49006623710703145452008-05-07T14:13:00.000-04:002008-05-07T14:13:00.000-04:00One thing that has not been mentioned (at least up...One thing that has not been mentioned (at least up to the comments I read; perhaps it was somewhere here) regarding Syesha and her comments about Sam Cooke's Civil Rights-era song and her own American Idol experience, is that perhaps Idol success such as what she is experiencing IS an emotional testament to the changes we've seen in American society in the past few decades. I actually do not think she meant her comments to be taken the way they were (is she really directly comparing her Idol experience to that of black Americans in the first half of the 20th century? I don't think so); however, if we think about it, it makes sense for her to feel choked up after researching and listening to that song. She is just a person, yes -- but in the vein of civil rights, the implications of being black and female today, knowing certain opportunities will be offered her after Idol is a nice sock-it-to-history. <BR/><BR/>Of course, the music industry has always been a force in regard to the movement ... it can also be misleading and full of typecast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-12858623840557863312008-05-07T13:58:00.000-04:002008-05-07T13:58:00.000-04:00"Syesaha really pulled all strings with the tears ..."Syesaha really pulled all strings with the tears and the song being written during civil war ..soo here comes patriotic votes!!!"<BR/><BR/>Song being written during the civil war? What did she sing "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-44618947662546558332008-05-07T13:27:00.000-04:002008-05-07T13:27:00.000-04:00He needs 10 more years and a restraining order aga...<I>He needs 10 more years and a restraining order against his father....then get back to me.</I><BR/><BR/>I often wonder how much of his fanbase is squeeing 10-year-old girls and how much is simply people afraid of what his father might do to him if he doesn't win! And I don't even watch the show (I just enjoy the hell out of what you all write about week after week).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-52919668762682860552008-05-07T11:34:00.000-04:002008-05-07T11:34:00.000-04:00I mean, when you've made Randy mad, how much more ...<I>I mean, when you've made Randy mad, how much more clear could it be that you've wasted everyone's time?</I><BR/><BR/>I would suggest that making Randy mad would be a clear sign that you've done something very, very right.<BR/><BR/>And the word, anonymous, is "minstrelsy," which is a historically heavy noun. Thank God Elvis or Jagger or Ari Up or Joe Strummer or Terry Hall or even the early Police never performed on Idol. And it's a shame Simon couldn't get to Eric Clapton early enough to let him know that "Sheriff" is a song "you don't touch."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07278397835543484753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-17425785581502535192008-05-07T11:06:00.000-04:002008-05-07T11:06:00.000-04:00Did anyone catch that Archuletta did a little bit ...Did anyone catch that Archuletta did a little bit of Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls" in the midst of stand by me? I think maybe his dad-manager has been flipping through some mash-ups.rhamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02697134869139534503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-80733975858893162142008-05-07T10:44:00.000-04:002008-05-07T10:44:00.000-04:00The best part of the night was Randy being genuine...The best part of the night was Randy being genuinely angry about Castro's non-performance. I mean, when you've made Randy mad, how much more clear could it be that you've wasted everyone's time? <BR/><BR/>That would have been embarrassing for even a high school talent show. <BR/><BR/>YDA -- what a conundrum. Reading that EW article and seeing other mentions of the behavior of his dad --- I genuinely feel sorry for the kid. And he does have a voice. Yet the fakeness that is so pervasive on Idol seems to have found a poster child in him. <BR/><BR/>Ah well, only another couple weeks to go. and at least there was no mentor, woohoo!Mo Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01685367085407381479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-51731500201829240362008-05-07T10:36:00.000-04:002008-05-07T10:36:00.000-04:00No one should ever be allowed to sing "A Change is...No one should ever be allowed to sing "A Change is Gonna Come." EVER. I have never agreed with Randy more. She took a quiet and contemplative song and added unnecessary screeches. And to compare it to her "struggle" was completely offensive and degrading to a man whose death was probably in some part due to his race. Her tears were bogus. The entire thing was disgusting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-75725556628414214262008-05-07T10:18:00.000-04:002008-05-07T10:18:00.000-04:00Jeff's Brenda Vaccaro reference made me spew coffe...Jeff's Brenda Vaccaro reference made me spew coffee all over my monitor! Good one. <BR/><BR/>To whoever said watching YDA sing "Love Me Tender" made her feel like a pedophile: you are so right. I felt dirty and was glad he botched the song. Leave out the flourishes!<BR/><BR/>Castro: How do you not know "in the jingle jangle morning"??????<BR/><BR/>I thought Syesha started welling up after Randy gave her negative feedback.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-21215751399225321662008-05-07T09:58:00.000-04:002008-05-07T09:58:00.000-04:00i was terribly scared for David C cause this is hi...i was terribly scared for David C cause this is his genre ..thx heavens he wasnt a disaster... luved the 2nd song more than 1st though<BR/><BR/>Jason C was a total disaster.. im sorry but dont think his cuteness gonna save him.... <BR/><BR/>Syesaha really pulled all strings with the tears and the song being written during civil war ..soo here comes patriotic votes!!! <BR/><BR/>now i seriously cant get y Randy said everytime David A comes on he's produces amazin vocals.. come on i know they like the guy but that's that's just wrong.. david a forgot his words, last wk was called amatuerish which it was.. and u tellin me he's ALWAYS bring it? gemme a break...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-82500851098511231362008-05-07T09:42:00.000-04:002008-05-07T09:42:00.000-04:00Linda: it's like you read my mind, i feel EXACTLY...Linda: it's like you read my mind, i feel EXACTLY the same way about archie...now i just don't have to post my feelings :)leorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04498938749074364613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-61590432412287385322008-05-07T09:15:00.000-04:002008-05-07T09:15:00.000-04:00Wait: Wasn't the point that the audience DID know ...<I>Wait: Wasn't the point that the audience DID know who sang that song and held it against a performer who didn't seem to care?</I><BR/><BR/>I don't think the audience has that kind of musical sophistication, and just took it as Carly screaming about how Jesus is overrated.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-41271456435229677802008-05-07T08:29:00.000-04:002008-05-07T08:29:00.000-04:00David Cook blows.David Cook blows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-74508741152903311532008-05-07T08:27:00.000-04:002008-05-07T08:27:00.000-04:00Jason should've been booted a month ago. He's mon...Jason should've been booted a month ago. He's monumentally overmatched, and his singing is high-school cabaret level. As for Syesha, I think the judges have been brutal on her week after week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-43242773169022782392008-05-07T08:17:00.000-04:002008-05-07T08:17:00.000-04:00I can't believe people are actually defending Cast...I can't believe people are actually defending Castro's first song. It was horrifically awful and borderline offensive ("minstrely", whether it's a word or not, described it well). Randy and Simon were 100% right. It seemed like he so badly wanted to go home---hopefully he will.<BR/><BR/>Syesha might be acting, but she looked great and didn't sound bad either.<BR/><BR/>Cook botched two golden opportunities but could still win if he comes up big on the last show. <BR/><BR/>Archuleta will sell a lot of copies of his first album. Where he goes when the 10-year-olds who buy it grow up I don't know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-72020739082440627492008-05-07T08:15:00.000-04:002008-05-07T08:15:00.000-04:00Jason Castro was so bad, I felt sorry for him. I m...Jason Castro was so bad, I felt sorry for him. I mean, why do that to yourself in front of millions of people? It is clear he has given up and wants to be gone. When he was singing "Tambourine Man," I imagined him set up on a street corner in NY with his guitar case open and full of quarters. It was god awful. Please send that kid home. He is in the time of life when he believes he understands Marley's music and Bob Dylan, but really he had no frickin' clue.<BR/><BR/>David Cook disappointed me so! Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame and you pick these 2 songs? Baba O'Reilly must be sung from beginning to end in order to work. 90 seconds of it? Bad choice. Same with "Hungry Like the Wolf." I can think of a number of Duran, Duran songs (if he so wanted to do one of their songs) that would have worked better for him. But better to choose something entirely different.<BR/><BR/>But I did vote for him a few times, because he deserves to be in the final two.<BR/><BR/>Syesha? Well, I have to admit I LIKED her version of "Proud Mary." I sorta liked that she started it out slow, her dancing was really very good, and she seemed to have latched onto her 'stage' self which works much better than her real self. However, the 2nd song was not good. <BR/><BR/>And I thought she started crying b/c of what Paula said...that she 'had made it' and achieved her dream. Which was rather refreshing to see...Syesha with some real emotion up there.<BR/><BR/>David A. - if this kid wins...the record producers are setting themselves up for another American Idol failure. He doesn't have the depth or musical talent to go anywhere. He would be a flash in the pan and then disappear into obscurity. He needs 10 more years and a restraining order against his father....then get back to me.<BR/><BR/>Whenever this kid talks about song choice, all I can ever think is...he's lying. His dad chose these songs, and now he's making up reasons. Ugh.K J Gillenwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12023089365553324315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-35380212573981354222008-05-07T07:05:00.000-04:002008-05-07T07:05:00.000-04:00Man, you liked Archuleta a LOT more than I did.Mor...<I>Man, you liked Archuleta a LOT more than I did.</I><BR/><BR/>More than a lot of people did, apparently. <BR/><BR/>I'm not saying I'm actually a fan of what Young David does. I wasn't even that dazzled by his Imagine. But I understand what plays well with the Idol audience, and this was the first time in months that he seemed to be bringing that sort of performance instead of coasting on a nutbar fanbase.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-6194016945604336072008-05-07T06:46:00.000-04:002008-05-07T06:46:00.000-04:00My husband mentioned that nails on a chalkboard wo...My husband mentioned that nails on a chalkboard would be an improvement over having to listen to David Archuleta again.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Screw ups or not, Jason Castro is the ONLY contestant left who ever looks completely comfortable on stage. He looked like he was having a blast last night when he sang his first song. I enjoyed it more than any other performance.<BR/><BR/>He will surely be kicked off tonight. It seems no one is allowed to have fun on Idol without being chastised and asked to leave.KrisMrsBBradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14988742743150495260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-79224775120141098702008-05-07T05:04:00.000-04:002008-05-07T05:04:00.000-04:00I cannot for the life of me understand how can Arc...I cannot for the life of me understand how can Archie's 'Imagine' be considered a golden standard when it's a symbol for every single thing I hate about this show. And tonight he did it again, effectively ruining one of my favorite songs. Why on earth would someone go all Archuleta on 'Stand By Me'? (yes, this is totally a phrase now) Just sing the frakking song, dude.<BR/><BR/>So far in the finals, Archuleta was just boring and mediocre, tonight he infuriated me. Yuck.dark tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461345493748899275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-80692480806580852642008-05-07T01:48:00.000-04:002008-05-07T01:48:00.000-04:00Is it just me or have they been turning up the voc...<I>Is it just me or have they been turning up the vocals/turning down the band more and more throughout the season? It's now at a point where you can barely hear the band. </I><BR/><BR/>Yes yes yes! That drove me nuts all night. What a disaster the sound mix was. It didn't do the singers any favors. <BR/><BR/>Wake me when this is over. Cook is the only thing worth watching. <BR/><BR/>Thank you, Kendra, for adding the word permastone to my vocabulary. mwah.Mo Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01685367085407381479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-16894510453898343232008-05-07T01:14:00.000-04:002008-05-07T01:14:00.000-04:00Big Ted, were you shocked at Castro's performance ...Big Ted, were you shocked at Castro's performance or the judges' reaction? Because I agree with you about why they reacted the way they did, and find that deplorable. Because what Castro did was so far from minstrelsy and so much more honest than Mercado's bizarre rationalization for her "Change" tears, that booing (and booting) Castro for a spirited performance of a song he obviously loves just further drives this show towards the soulless void of suck where the Archuletas of the world reign supreme.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02438138745372633266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-44568054645716436892008-05-07T00:44:00.000-04:002008-05-07T00:44:00.000-04:00To me, Syesha's version of "A Change Is Gonna Come...To me, Syesha's version of "A Change Is Gonna Come" is the only time any of the singers actually connected with one of the songs they performed tonight. And that's despite the fact that it was technically imperfect, or that she had to get all glammed-up Beyonce-style to do it, or that she just heard of this thing in history called the Civil Rights Movement and it reminded her of her own situation on "American Idol. "She still made the song touching and beautiful, and that trumped everything else.<BR/><BR/>Jason Castro, on the other hand, was worse than bad. I don't think the judges seemed so offended just because his singing was so lousy -- they saw him performing a song with a specific cultural background that he obviously knows nothing about, and it made him seem almost like some pothead frat-boy singing Bob Marley in blackface. I actually found it kind of shocking.<BR/><BR/>(His next performance really was much better, although I don't think it's much of a compliment to say that he stays on melody better than Bob Dylan.)<BR/><BR/>I agree entirely about David Cook -- "Hungry Like the Wolf" was just him adding those patented David Cook grunge sounds to the wrong song, while his "Baba O'Reilly" could have been great but needed some time to build from the slow part to a rocking-out part.<BR/><BR/>As for David Archuleta -- to paraphrase Paula, he is what he is. His vocals are beautiful but incredibly boring, and he needs at least 15 more years of life experience before he has a chance of putting any soul behind the music. At least his "Love Me Tender" didn't sound like an Elvis impersonation, which is hard to do. I'm sure that by 2010 his voice will be ubiquitous on the radio, in elevators and in dentists' offices everywhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-6038555725156594562008-05-07T00:36:00.000-04:002008-05-07T00:36:00.000-04:00Jason Castro's performance clarified one thing for...Jason Castro's performance clarified one thing for me.<BR/><BR/>They must not do any drug-testing on this show.XWLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13646729965929680256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-92122697011590135242008-05-07T00:08:00.000-04:002008-05-07T00:08:00.000-04:00Boy...I don't know what you were hearing when Arch...Boy...I don't know what you were hearing when Archuleta sang - I thought both performances were hideous (his breathing between notes sounds like Brenda Vaccaro on that infamous Tampax commercial from the 80s!). But on this night, that hardly mattered. The rest were almost as bad.Jeff Vacahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14453383642378380406noreply@blogger.com