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American Idol Goes Rock And Roll

curlio

2008-05-06 21:26:05

The Top 4 on American Idol tackled the broad genre of Rock and Roll this week as we head towards the finale in 2 weeks.

Ryan Seacrest starts out with the bombshell that 3 of the Top 4 have been number 1 in the votes. Then we're treated to a double "How Awesome" video clip, for rock and roll and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Then we were quickly into the performances with David Cook. He picked Duran Duran's "Hungry Like the Wolf," as apparently the theme is more like the 500 songs that the Rock and Roll HOF has designated as the most influential. It was a nice solid performance from Cookie, but nothing WOW like he's done before. Randy Jackson thought it was an okay choice and a solid performance but just okay. Paula Abdul said that watching Cookie grow has been remarkable. Simon Cowell thought it was good but a little copycat. Cookie didn't make it his own.

Syesha Mercado talked to Ryan about the tour beginning soon. Syesha is excited to be able to meet all of her fans. She picked "Proud Mary" to sing first. She was worried because it's been covered over 100 times and there are a lot of famous choreography moves to the song. She tried to mimic all of Tina Turner's famous steps as well as the dress. She's great at becoming someone else, but who is she? Randy loved it and said she was in the zone. Paula loved it and babbled on. Simon was smarter and saw it as a bad impersonation of Tina Turner.

Jason Castro was happy to note that he actually did know a few songs on the list this time. *Surprise* He picked Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" to perform tonight. I'm apparently biased, so we'll skip my "I loved it" comments and get on to the judges "non-biased" we-hated-it comments. Randy thought it was karaoke and nothing special. Paula wasn't crazy about it. Simon thought it was atrocious like a first round massacre. Gee, didn't see the "we hated it" things coming did we? Does anyone even care anymore what the judges think? Ryan noted that Randy and Simon almost seem ticked off at this point. Yeah, they are ticked off - America isn't listening to them.

David Archuleta was up next. He picked "Stand by Me," which he used to sing in his room but never in public. He was boring as hell, but naturally the judges just loved and adored it. Randy said that at least there is one guy trying to win it every time he gets onstage (and what's Cookie then, huh?). Paula says he's way beyond years (hey, I thought that was a bad thing according to Simon?). Simon said he could have whistled the song and it would have sounded better that the last song. Honestly, I think Archie could have stood there for his 90 seconds not singing just staring out at the audience and Randy Jackson would still have been orgasming all over the boy.

Cookie talked to Ryan about how this week would seem to be his week. Cookie said he was excited, but once it got closer he realized he had set the bar high for himself. He agreed he could have done something better with the first performance. For his second song, he picked the legendary "Baba O'Reilly" by The Who. He picked it because it's an iconic rock song and it's never been performed on the show. Honestly, I think Cookie could have held his own on Rock Star with that song. Randy said he is great and to just be himself. Paula wants more. Simon welcomed him back.

Syesha picked "A Change Has Gotta Come" by Sam Cook for her second song. She went on about how the song has a totally different meaning for her now because of where she's at in her life. Yeah, because that song is totally about changing from a karaoke singer to a less karaoke singer. Randy loved the first song but the second not as much. He felt she pushed too much. Paula made Syesha cry by going on about the wonderful vocals and welcomed her to her dream. Simon agreed with Paula and thought Randy got it wrong. Syesha continued to sob as a fight ensued. I tuned out, so I don't know what it was about. I think they all need to just get into a WWE ring and worked this crap all out.

Jason picked another Bob for his second song, Bob Dylan's "Mr Tamborine Man." He says it's a cool classic folk rock song. He forgot his words in the middle, but otherwise was great. Randy asks him what he thought forcing Jason to bring up the lost words. Paula wasn't blown away. Simon told him to pack his suitcase. Can I point out at this point that the judges are HUGELY inconsistent in criticizing the forgotten words problem?

Archie picked Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender" for his second song because it would be cool to sing a romantic love song. I liked his performance. It was one of his better ones this time around. Randy thought it was another great performance (~gasp~, Really?) and liked how Archie was so tender and caressed each word. Does anyone else find that description creepy coming from Randy? Paula said it was one of her favorites. Simon said he crushed the competition.

My Rankings of each performance:
Top performance was Cookie's "Baba O'Reilly" with a 10
Number two goes to Archie's "Love Me Tender" with a 9
Cookie takes the third place performance with "Hungry Like the Wolf" earning him 8 points
Jason's two performances tied at 7 points each. "Mr Tamborine Man" would have earned him a perfect score if he remembered the words.
Archie's first performance of "Stand By Me" earns him 6 points
Syesha takes the bottom two with her "Proud Mary" imitation earning her 5 points while her sobby "Change" earns her 4.

Overall:
Cookie is in first place with a 9.
Archie is in second place with a 7.5
Jason takes third with a 7.
Syesha is last with a 4.5

American Idol sends all four home

Review: Joshua James' `The Sun Is Always Brighter`

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Who had the worst performance?
Members				Guests
	(0%)	David Cook	(4%)
	(36%)	Syesha Mercado	(10%)
	(64%)	Jason Castro	(84%)
	(0%)	David Archuleta	(3%)

curlio ( Website Owner )

2008-05-07 18:31:38

YATTA!
	ThuntJ said: But I have a question for Dusty, Curlio and everyone because my remember is broken LOL..... In years past has there ever been either 3 males or 3 females in the top 3? I was thinking there is always a mixture of the sexes in the top 3, that might save Syesha if she's getting the female votes. Let me know if you can remember. In Season Three the last 4 were females (Fantasia, Diana, LaToya and Jasmine). Seasons 1,4,5,&6 had mixes. Not sure about 2 because I didn't watch the first two seasons ( but I know that the top two for season 1 were Justin and Kelly so that was a mix too ).

"Now you know why lions eat their young" Capt. Phil Harris

GUEST ( Guest )

2008-05-07 19:10:58


	1. David Cook 2. David Archuleta 3. Sayesha 4. Jason "I'll never be a contestant on 'Don't forget the lyrics' now" Castro Actually, I'm kind of hoping that DC goes on to win. I think he'll have a big bargaining chip in terms of past history (see: Bice vs. Daughty and whether the artist had creative control). He will also have to out-suck Sayesha to get his fans to forget the Daughtry exit and let him avoid the top 2. If he's going to the top 2, he might as well have the title (based on Bice's "might-as-well-have-been-the-AI-19-made-it-suck-so-bad" debut effort).

Don't mind me, I'm just a guest.

Shenova ( Head Editor )

2008-05-07 20:09:13

She who thinks!
	curlio said: [...]In Season Three the last 4 were females (Fantasia, Diana, LaToya and Jasmine). Seasons 1,4,5,&6 had mixes. Not sure about 2 because I didn't watch the first two seasons ( but I know that the top two for season 1 were Justin and Kelly so that was a mix too ). Season 2 was mixed...the Top 3 on Season 2 was Ruben, Clay, and Kimberly Locke.

Candle

2008-05-07 20:45:53


	Again, I am late, but want to clock in before the elimination show tonight. My boy, Jason.. well, he might be the one going even though his fan base is huge.. And I really don't mind, because I think he's ready to go, and get on with his awesome career. Did you all know that Carly, Brooke, David C, and others.. have cds out on Amazon from 2000-2005? How does that work?? They do have some of the contestants on the "almost ready to release" list, so I pre-ordered Brook and Jason. Might get Michael John's, too. Anyway, I have never liked Syesha.. last night her moves were horrendous.. loose womanty, just downright ugly. Sooo, on with the show, what will be, will be..

Candle

2008-05-07 20:49:19


	HUH? I did not type Loose Womanty. I said loose womanty

Candle

2008-05-07 20:52:17


	I guess my word was bad?? I'll try again.. s--l--u--t--t--y Does that work? What's a womanty anyway?

GUEST ( Guest )

2008-05-07 21:00:57


	Jason as a much more unforgettable voice than Syesha. His voice sounded the strongest i've heard it in a long time. It was too bad he forgot the lyrics. Syesha is a bigger fan of Syesha than she ought to be, which in and of itself would keep me from buying anything she releases if it weren't for the fact that i already wasn't buying because her voice is so generic.

Don't mind me, I'm just a guest.

dusty ( Website Owner )

2008-05-07 21:07:59

Developer
	Candle said: HUH? I did not type Loose Womanty. I said loose womanty wahahahahaha.... ehm.. that was just funny, and it's been awhile that someone did that.. Anyway, guests have always the language filter on (thus swearing is filtered out, sometimes replaced with an alternative description.). As a member you can just go to your profile and select "off" under language filter :)