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Re: American Idol, 1/16

I think the three best were:

1. Curly haired girl who sang "Over the Rainbow"
2. The 16-year-old boy who had that spot on his nose whose parents didn't want him to try out. Got a lump in my throat when he called his mom to say he made it.
3. The navy dude.

Overall, pretty bad. Lots of Michael Boltons up there.

 

Re: American Idol, 1/16

From the previews, it looks like Seattle is going to be even worse.

 

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Are they doing more than one week of previews this year? The website only implies this weekend, but I can't see them cutting us off the good stuff after two episodes.

 

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Now now. We all know she was "tired" after "doing a day-long round of interviews" and that she "might have been nursing a cold" and that "everything is fine" and she only needed a day off to "get over being tired."

 

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What would all of you sing on American Idol?

Me? Easy. My Humps.

 

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Something by the rising band from Los Angeles: Warrant.

 

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Something with a lot of scale ranges beyond my ability and vibrato moments in which my voice will crack. The judges really seem to get up for that.

 

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I'd only ever consider trying out for 'Idol' if I had the chops to sing 'Moon River' by the Mavericks.... but I don't, so I won't. But if I did.. that's what I'd belt out.

 

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That'd be worth it just to see Paula try to pretend she didn't know who they were.

"Actually, Paula, Cold Hearted knocked Heaven out of the no. 2 spot in August 1989."

 

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Oh, how I do love the first few episodes of this show.

It's not so much the dream crushing or the feel-good stories that I like. It's watching as the people who you know are complete assholes have their legs swept out from under them. Like the voice teacher guy. You know that guy's a complete dick on a daily basis. And Simon, with the "I think we've had some of your pupils in here today" line, just kills him.

What I've never understood about these first few shows are the people who are there with these terrible singers, encouraging them to do this shit. For the love of God, they know their loved ones can't sing. And at some point, they've at least walked into a store in which music was playing and should know the damned difference in quality. Why are they pushing their friends/wives/husbands/girlfriends/boyfriends to go in and make complete fools of themselves?

Like that first girl's boyfriend. How could that guy listen to his girlfriend sing with that wretched voice and still allow her to go on the show? At some time prior to packing the tent to go wait in the AI line for two days, you gotta say, "Baby, you're terrible at this singing stuff."

 

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"Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" by Milli Vanilli kept Heaven from going No. 1. That was a travesty.

 

Re: American Idol, 1/16

No question about it. Just a Gigalo, the David Lee Roth version.
boozlyboozlybop...zideebop.