American Idol Allison - Page 2

BTFLCHLD · #16 07-20-2009, 10:52 AM

allison sux.

tuigirl · #17 07-22-2009, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by BTFLCHLD

allison sux.

Any particular reason?

TrueFaith77 · #18 07-23-2009, 05:48 AM

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Originally Posted by BTFLCHLD

allison sux.

I'm glad somebody said it.

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Originally Posted by tuigirl

Any particular reason?

There's no doubting that she's a better singer than, say, me. However, she doesn't have IT. I watched all of last season of American Idol -- and there wasn't one performance that made me think she had a special or interesting or revealing way of interpreting a song. She couldn't hold my attention or offer variety within weeks of 1-and-a-half minute performances of songs that I already know. It's too bad. She has a recognizable tone to her voice that could make her stand out. She's the kind of performer that the judges would say would be instantly reocognizable if her song came on the radio... but I'd change the channel. She is not a compelling singer. Also, the entire season, she never really connected to the audience. She skated through because, each week, she was far from the worst.

Then again, I don't think Idol has hosted more than a handful of interesting performers in its 7 or 8 years. . .

tuigirl · #19 07-23-2009, 04:13 PM

ok, so basically your'e saying she's not ur cup of tea. This young girl basically isn't mine either, BUT, I look at her as a whole and look at whats out there right now as a whole ( ur Mileys, Ashlee someone and ur other synthetic wonders) and I think maybe sh'es a breath of fresh air.What other "rocker type " girls have you got? Avril? where's she, haven't seen her in ages.I'm thinking if given half a chance and a decent team behind her, then Allison stands a good chance of doing something reasonable. she has a lot going for her..she plays guitar, has alot of stage presence (take a peek at some of the Idol tour footage on youtube right now) has a crazy zany teenage personality that is about as far removed from any manufactured "star" out there at the moment and a sort of reminisant Janis Jopliness about her voice which makes her uniquely different.Plus she's only 17 and apparantly a bit of a song writer. Over the years we seem to have lost those individual souls like ur Freddie Mercurys/David Bowies and Marc Bolans and ended up in a "factory made" state of Britneys, Christinas and various hip hoppers, all sounding/looking the same. Allison (and Adam Lambert) could do well to bring back the FUN in music, which is why they're proving pretty popular on the road right now. I wish them both, all the best, in whatevers coming, and hope that Idol has finally produced something decent (apart from Kelly Clarkson of course, who's done alright) for the future.
Btw it's nice to see a bit of interesting discussion on Lindseys board, it tends to just bumble along sometimes.....

iamnotafraid · #20 07-23-2009, 11:48 PM

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Btw it's nice to see a bit of interesting discussion on Lindseys board, it tends to just bumble along sometimes.....

You got that right, this place (Lindsey's) is a real deadzone.
Maybe someone should contact Verizon?

tuigirl · #21 07-24-2009, 02:33 AM

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You got that right, this place (Lindsey's) is a real deadzone.
Maybe someone should contact Verizon?

Who or what is Verizon? ( haven't been keeping up with things I'm afraid, I've defected over onto another forum lately...)

tuigirl · #22 07-24-2009, 02:37 AM

oooh, and I forgot to mention in my above "what Allison has going for her" rant, that she also has the "machine" that IS American Idol behind her pushing her in whatever direction, giving her contacts etc, plus not to mention exposure to some 20, 000 people, every other night for the next 6 weeks., and so far, she seems to be delivering, so she must have something there in the first place to make it work. Meh, other than that wait and see what happens.

TrueFaith77 · #23 07-24-2009, 05:55 AM

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ok, so basically your'e saying she's not ur cup of tea.

No. That's not what I'm saying at all. I'm saying she's not anyone's cup of tea -- beyond the weird sentimental attachments some people make with contestants on American Idol. I'm saying I, with my limited knowledge of music, could name 1000 female vocalists who have more star quality and command of the art of singing than Allison (and, thus, would be preferable collaborators with Lindsey Buckingham) -- and probably more than half of those would not be my "cup of tea," so that has nothing to do with it. In fact, Allison is my "cup of tea" in that I like that kind of thing, but she's just a very weak practioner of a style I like. I'm on a Fleetwood Mac board after all so obviously I can appreciate a rocker chick. Sheesh. . . "cup of tea". . . I'm gonna be bothered all day trying to figure out how you got THAT out of my post.