American Idol does country tonight. And I have NOTHING good to say about it.
Taylor — I like him. He sucked.
Mandisa — I love her. She sucked.
Elliott — I like him. Sucko. With a weird, vacant stare.
Paris — I don’t like her. And she sucked. And that outfit! AND she wasn’t connecting in ANY way with that song. AND THAT OUTFIT!! Guess she was too worried about missing her gig as Mistress Tootie, the stable wench at Olde-Timey Times down on Melrose??
Ace — Gah! A face just made for pugilism. Lemme at him. *KAA-POWWW* right in da kisser!!!!
Kellie — Ryan asked her about her idiocy being an act, basically. NO, people! She is genuwinely STUPID! She is not canny enough to be purposefully stupid. And actually, she didn’t suck. And I can’t believe I’m saying that.
Chris — Eh.
All right. That’s it. I’m having a problem with the emotional vacancy of these performances lately. It’s like none of the contestants understands English or even listens to the words of their songs or even cares what those words may actually MEAN. They’re all so BLAH. They sing as if they’re all just expecting to be handed the title. Okay, here I go, strut, pose, try to look deep, fail, strut again, pose, oooh, almost forgot — fingerpoint! shake, point to permanent scar, if necessary, shake ass in judges’ general direction. Do I still have to do this or is it time to sign the contract yet?
Katherine — Everything about her seems so calculated, down to the slightest flick of the hair. It bugs me. She’s not natural. She’s too taken with herself, which makes me not taken with her at all.
Bucky — Isn’t country music your thang? Shouldn’t you be less sucky? Bucky?
So who goes home? WHO CARES??? I’m getting seriously bored with this season.
Gah. Where’s William Hung?
I agree on them not emotionally connecting with the songs. That seems to be why the shows have been sucking so bad lately. I don’t understand why the producers are letting them get away with it.
I loved Katharine’s performance though.
One thing worth noting is that just a few weeks ago we were saying this might be the strongest group of contestants ever on the show. Possibly our expectations ratcheted up as a result, and we’re more picky than we would have been.
Oh, and are you and Cullen sharing the same crack pipe? Simon was right, Paris was awesome!
Amen. I don’t think any of them connect – and I actually never really have.
When you see a real singer REALLY connect, you realize how much we have lowered our standards for these people.
Good observation…they are vacant performances with no connection. They were all much better when they were able to sing what they wanted, rather than adhering to the “themes”.
Dean — Hm. Who’s got the crack pipe, now?? 😉 Paris was GOOD?? Maybe I need to watch it backwards or somethin’.
red — well, yeah, and you just watched Liza, so you KNOW we ain’t seeing any of THAT! What if the bloated tick could come and show them a thing or two? Could she do it? Whaddya think??
Yeah, Shannon, maybe they need to be allowed to go back to that. Still, a performer NEEDS to find a way to connect to the material, a way to make it come alive. That’s what performing is. And they ARE given freedom within the chosen genre. They just lack self-awareness and self-knowledge. They don’t know their talent well enough to know what works for them and they haven’t seen life enough to FEEL the music deeply.
Well, knowing who was in the bottom three I feel vindicated. Bit of a shock about who got booted though.
Oh Tracey. The thought of the bloated tick coaching those kids on American Idol is terrifying. And yet also delicious.