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Idol Thoughts

By
Paul Brown
Published: 14 April 2009Posted in: TelevisionTags: , , , ,

I missed Allison, but saw enough of her at the end to know that she held her own again. But as far as the rest go:

  • Anoop made panties wet all across the country.  He’ll make it through to next week.
  • Adam is still a force to be reckoned with, and that last note of his made neighborhood dogs cry out.
  • Matt is definitely in the bottom three, and in my mind, the bottom rung of the three.
  • “Hokey” Gokey started out sharp, then flat, but he recovered nicely.  I predict he makes it through.
  • Kris sang a relatively obscure song (even if it did win an Oscar), but was perfect.
  • Lil was just dreadful – too tentative when she should have been big.  And the only version of “The Rose”  I ever think of  anymore besides Bette’s is the Kinsey Sicks, and only because they mock the song so well.

So, if I have to guess who’s in the bottom three, I’ll go with Lil, Matt, and Allison, with Lil being booted.

Am I Really Writing About American Idol?

By
Paul Brown
Published: 31 March 2009Posted in: Music, TelevisionTags:

After today’s frightening and exhausting panic attack, my roommate, John, gave me one of his precious valiums from his stash, and I took it and then a two hour nap.  I’d never taken one before, but I’m not really sure it did anything, being somewhat significantly past it’s half-life.  Nevertheless, I woke and felt as if I didn’t need to vomit anymore, and the pressure off my chest was relieved.

Inspired by some of the people on twitter on the East Coast live-blogging American Idol, I decided that an evening of completely mindless and low-key entertainment was in order, so I sat in the TV room and watched the Top 9 duke it out.  Well, OK, I missed the first two singers, Anoop and Megan, but I watched them on the AI website, and I live-tweeted the broadcast, which was fun!

Here are my thoughts:

  • Anoop: Beautiful voice, lovely eyebrows, nice stage presence.
  • Megan:  She reminds me of Sarah McLachlan, with that breathy sing-song style.
  • Danny Gokey: as I tweeted, my iPhone kept wanted to rename him Hokey.  Tonight he just wasn’t on.
  • Allison:  Too distracted by trying to play the guitar at the same time as sing.
  • Scott: on the piano, sitting down, makes it difficult to sing and support one’s voice without a lot of practice.  He kept singing flat, which bothered me to no end.
  • Matt: why, oh, why couldn’t someone put a ball gag in his mouth?
  • Lil: Don’t make an alto sing a song for a soprano.  Also, she sings flat, too.  Isn’t pitch control important to anyone else but me?
  • Adam: Very Steven Tyler-esque, but considering he was re-arranging Wild Cherry’s “Play The Funky Music” it was completely appropriate.  A definite winner.
  • Kris: Another fantastic performance by a talented singer.

OK, so with that in mind, who do I think will be going home?  Well, having not watched any of the season up until this point makes it difficult, but I’ll say in order of likelihood: Scott, Matt, Lil, Allison, Danny, Megan, Anoop, Kris, and Adam.