Tuesday, May 08, 2007
American Bee-Gees
This week sucked. Everyone was bad.
Blake should never beat-box ever again. Also, the new streak looks like he's channeling Kelly Clarkson circa 200-whenever the first American Idol was on. Stop doing things to your head, dude.
Lakisha is also kind of done. I liken her to a Fantasia wannabe, and that's not really saying a whole lot. She can sometimes sound pretty good, but most times she sounds like that loud lady at church who can sing, but needs to bring the volume down by a million. Or simply be taken to the cry room with the other screamers.
I am convinced that Melinda is someone's mom. She drives a minivan back and forth from the show, and likes tapered jeans. She can sing, but she's got to look and at least seem more young. My grandma loves some AI, so she might buy a CD from Melinda. But my grandma is/was a Clay Aiken fan, so I don't know if she really knows what good singing sounds like. Or at least what good music looks like (I know it's music, but come on, Clay knows no style, which by the way reminds me of this).
Jordin. Jordin. Jordin. I think she takes turns with Melinda when dropping off the kids at soccer practice, and she's 17. Wow. Granny city. She can sing, but she also has that kind of Carmen Rasumussen-thing, like she's got a sheep in her throat, going on. She killed it on the first song, the second song not so much.
Why pick the Bee-Gees as an entire week? There are so many other great songs out there for these fools to sing, and you pick them. I do like that Blake re-arranged whatever the second song was that he did. I'd like to see more of that because otherwise these folks will not move beyond simply copying other folks' performances. Bon Jovi week was hot for Lakisha, but dang, I think she's toast. Blake will be around because America loves white dudes, and American Idol contestants who are androgynous (see all the dudes from Season 1). He'll be gone next week though as long as Melinda and Jordin at least show up for one song. If Blake wins, it's a bit like if Justin Guarini had won: a huge mistake. That's why Kelly won, and why Blake will lose. Yup. ¶ 9:24 PM
Blake should never beat-box ever again. Also, the new streak looks like he's channeling Kelly Clarkson circa 200-whenever the first American Idol was on. Stop doing things to your head, dude.
Lakisha is also kind of done. I liken her to a Fantasia wannabe, and that's not really saying a whole lot. She can sometimes sound pretty good, but most times she sounds like that loud lady at church who can sing, but needs to bring the volume down by a million. Or simply be taken to the cry room with the other screamers.
I am convinced that Melinda is someone's mom. She drives a minivan back and forth from the show, and likes tapered jeans. She can sing, but she's got to look and at least seem more young. My grandma loves some AI, so she might buy a CD from Melinda. But my grandma is/was a Clay Aiken fan, so I don't know if she really knows what good singing sounds like. Or at least what good music looks like (I know it's music, but come on, Clay knows no style, which by the way reminds me of this).
Jordin. Jordin. Jordin. I think she takes turns with Melinda when dropping off the kids at soccer practice, and she's 17. Wow. Granny city. She can sing, but she also has that kind of Carmen Rasumussen-thing, like she's got a sheep in her throat, going on. She killed it on the first song, the second song not so much.
Why pick the Bee-Gees as an entire week? There are so many other great songs out there for these fools to sing, and you pick them. I do like that Blake re-arranged whatever the second song was that he did. I'd like to see more of that because otherwise these folks will not move beyond simply copying other folks' performances. Bon Jovi week was hot for Lakisha, but dang, I think she's toast. Blake will be around because America loves white dudes, and American Idol contestants who are androgynous (see all the dudes from Season 1). He'll be gone next week though as long as Melinda and Jordin at least show up for one song. If Blake wins, it's a bit like if Justin Guarini had won: a huge mistake. That's why Kelly won, and why Blake will lose. Yup. ¶ 9:24 PM
