Well I for one is terribly saddened to see my girl Amanda eliminated on American Idol. She was the only one with the guts and grit to tell it like it is. A basically fuck-you attitude. Oh how I love people who kick the status quo in the gut! I really liked her 'this is me and I'm not gunna change for nobody' carefree attitude. How refreshing was that?? Unfortunately, that was her downfall. She was too unique for the follow-the-leader tastes of the American Idol audience. They like bland copycats. The one exception? Taylor Hicks, who brilliantly and methodically beat the odds. Amanda wasn't mainstream enough, apparantly. I guess all those moms in the audience didn't want their little girls to be like that biker chick Amanda! Whoa! Fright!
So what are we left with? The bland blank-stare androgyny of little David Archuleta, Jason Castro, the off-spring of Whoopie Goldberg & John Travolta, horse-girl Kristy Lee Cook, tattoo covered Carly Smithson and a bunch of other boring contestants whose names escape me. Sigh.
Well, I wish you good luck Amanda, and I have feeling that Taylor was rooting for you as well. Stay true to yourself and your music!
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
American Idol 7 A Bore - Bring Taylor Hicks Back!
I'm terribly sorry, but I'm watching this year's crop of wanna-be's on American Idol and so far it's a terrible bore. Yawn!! Let's be honest - it just is. Yea, you've got the first potential teeny-bopper AI winner in your mist with David Archuleta. He's does nothing for me musically, but I KNOW the teen girls will love this young boy. You got the overhyped Michael Johns and the failed recording artist Carly Smithson. Oh boy.
And then there's Amanda Overmyer who is the only slightly interesting person to me just because she's different and I respect people who try to stand apart from the mainstream pop field. I doubt she'll last too long though. Nigel will make sure of that, unfortunately. The rest of the field you can have. They are all totally forgettable.
Perhaps one of you guys can wake me up when somebody this season rips a performance like Season 5 Winner Taylor Hicks did in one of the show's best - the week he grabbed Otis Redding's "Try A Little Tenderness" by the throat and delivered like no-one's business. I do believe he actually impressed Simon with this. I know Simon would refuse to admit to this today, but the film doesn't lie.
Let's look at this performance from one of the most talented, if not THE most talented artists ever to come out of that show - someone who knew how to grab an audience by the balls and not let go:
And then there's Amanda Overmyer who is the only slightly interesting person to me just because she's different and I respect people who try to stand apart from the mainstream pop field. I doubt she'll last too long though. Nigel will make sure of that, unfortunately. The rest of the field you can have. They are all totally forgettable.
Perhaps one of you guys can wake me up when somebody this season rips a performance like Season 5 Winner Taylor Hicks did in one of the show's best - the week he grabbed Otis Redding's "Try A Little Tenderness" by the throat and delivered like no-one's business. I do believe he actually impressed Simon with this. I know Simon would refuse to admit to this today, but the film doesn't lie.
Let's look at this performance from one of the most talented, if not THE most talented artists ever to come out of that show - someone who knew how to grab an audience by the balls and not let go:
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