AMERICAN IDOL: Official Ledge Thread - Page 21

wondergirl9847 · #**301** 04-10-2009, 01:44 PM

Ricky Braddy was from this season. He was in the Top 36.

Unlike Curtis (Still love ya though.

), my fave is Anoop. I love his warm voice. It's soothing and comforting, even very sexy at times. Yes, I realize he will not win and I realize his stage presence lacks greatly, but that can come from experience. If you listen to his a capella group from UNC (Clefhangers), he's VERY good. He's used to having the guys singing with him, so him up there alone, I feel like he's lost.

I like Adam, when he's not screechy. My second fave studio song this year is his Ring of Fire (Ooh Baby Baby by Anoop is my fave).

Don't care about anyone else really, although Kris is okay. Gokey needs to quit yelling and acting like he can't breathe (a la Archuleta). Lil...SUCKS. Matt is okay, but he's too much like Timberlake to me. Alison is good too, but man does she look like Kelly Clarkson.

jannieC · #**302** 04-10-2009, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Chrislit18

and we all know its rigged for danny to win

Wait, what? No, please don't say this.

Adam is in a league far above any of these other contestants. I hate that I'm so into this show.

David · #**303** 04-11-2009, 08:21 PM

Is this show going to run as long as "I Love Lucy"?

jannieC · #**304** 04-11-2009, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by David

Is this show going to run as long as "I Love Lucy"?

It already has, which is odd because "I Love Lucy" seemed to go on and on throughout my childhood.

TrueFaith77 · #**305** 04-11-2009, 08:42 PM

Maybe he meant this season

TeenageMac · #**306** 04-14-2009, 08:27 PM

Imagine a Fleetwood Mac night (perferably next week!) with....drum roll please... Christine McVie as mentor!

How AWESOME would that be!

I know... I know... Probably the most unlikely scenario of them off, but maybe Brit Simon Cowell can convice Ms. Perfect...

ontheEdgeof17 · #**307** 04-14-2009, 09:46 PM

Ballads much?

Bottom 3: Kris, Matt, Anoop

Going home: Matt

TrueFaith77 · #**308** 04-15-2009, 09:23 AM

American Idol - Season 8
Top 7 (Songs from Movies)

The Idols not only don't know music, they also don't know movies. How appropriate that the man who ruined movies for a generation -- Quentin Tarantino -- mentors on the show that ruined pop music.

The Good

Adam Lambert - "Born to Be Wild" - More on Adam when I have more time (particularly in response to that recent New York Times piece on him). I rocked out to Adam's theatrical performance. He's perfected excitation, but I'm not convinced he's an expressive artist. Last night was junk food. He's like Quentin Tarantino: better than his lessers. But he's no Sanjaya or David Archuleta. Yet.

The Bad

Kris Allen - "Falling Slowly" - In a way, I'm glad Kris picked this song. Within the context of a contest, it shows how such indie drivel as the Once soundtrack fails to delight or to move. It's sentimental because it sells silly notions of romance with silly notions of art -- no beauty, no intensity. This is Kris without Dylan.

Anoop Desai - "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)" - Anoop's best-ever performance. And it was totally dull.

The U-G-L-Y (You Ain't Got No Alibi)

Allison Irehata - "Don't Want to Miss a Thing" - You know you're in trouble when the only good parts of the song are the screeching runs on the power notes. Of course, Simon loves it. Allison is really falling apart.

Lil Rounds - "The Rose" - I voted for Lil last night because I appreciate any contestant who calls the judges out on their lame, "broken record" advice. Her total lack of talent (she's NEVER sung a song on pitch on the show -- including her auditions!) exposes the show's stereotyping casting process. Good on her for fighting back against attempts to pigeonhole her. After all, the judges are the ones who put her no-talent behind on the show -- why act surprised now?

Matt Giraud - "Have You Really Loved a Woman?" - What a pretentious mess. It was like a satire of a lounge or bar performer.

What's Grosser Than Gross?

Danny Gokey - "Endless Love" - Danny whipped out the dead-wife card last night to solidify his frontrunner position. He keeps getting worse and worse as a singer, but that doesn't matter. Paula noted his manipulative song structure (at the end, he "slays" us) that has been the key to his success. Piggy-backing on the motif, Simon applauds Danny for sticking to the script and showing us more of his grief. In the savviest move of the night, Danny performed sans glasses (apparently he has some 18 frames that he alternates each week). So while Simon criticized Danny for his boring rendition of the song (complete with harp), Danny's beady eyes glistened, moist with crocodile tears. Stay Tuned: The frames will be back next week.

ontheEdgeof17 · #**309** 04-15-2009, 07:50 PM

Next week is Disco!

jannieC · #**310** 04-15-2009, 08:50 PM

This is the first time I've seen Miley Cyrus perform. Uh. Wow. What the hell was that?

ontheEdgeof17 · #**311** 04-15-2009, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by jannieC

This is the first time I've seen Miley Cyrus perform. Uh. Wow. What the hell was that?

I love that hot mess.

jannieC · #**312** 04-15-2009, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

I love that hot mess.

I was afraid she was going to rupture a disc in her neck.

skcin · #**313** 04-17-2009, 11:42 AM

This show is boring me more & more.

skcin · #**314** 04-22-2009, 12:33 PM

Allison did great, although I do worry that she may not have impressed the audience enough to get them to vote. Kris was a nice surprise. I must say I was not thrilled with Adam this week, but I think we all know he's safe.

Danny was blah. Lil, Matt & Anoop in the bottom. Lil will most definitely go; not sure who the other will be - I hope Anoop.

TrueFaith77 · #**315** 04-23-2009, 10:33 AM

No write up this week. I have lots to say too. Darnit. But Kris was best, to me, and Adam was second best. And everybody else was terrible.

Boo, I'll miss Lil.