American Idol 9: Discussion & Poll (FM Theme Night?)

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Originally Posted by skcin

Oy. Aaron should go home. Tim was bland, but not awful. I'm still unsure about Mike's re-do of Eleanor Rigby. Kind of cool, but that tune is so perfect as is I'm leaning toward Mike's being blasphemous. Andrew's re-do didn't bother me in that way, but it wasn't that great.

Siobhan's vocal was beautiful. Casey was the best of the night, IMO. Loved Crystal as usual. Katie's vocal was great but she bores me. I thought Lee was off-key, but I guess it was just me.

Lee's version of "Hey Jude" hurt my everything. I can't even begin to describe how bad that was... The dude has a four-note range, which he embellishes with screams into an 8-note range, and the first mistake he made was to ratchet up the key from the original (when his actual voice is not all that high). Then came the off-key belting. Then came the faux-Springsteen posturing. And to be quite blunt- he looks vacant. Lights on, nobody home. Granted, nobody from this season is exactly a Mensa member, but I suspect this Lee dude was probably left back a grade or two in school.

I agree that Mike's rendition of "Eleanor Rigby" was just wrong. Does he even know what the song is about? Instead of sounding like a song about people living lives of quiet desperation, he makes it sound like some kind of soul jam.

The only passingly good performance was Casey's "Jealous Guy." I don't think he has a particularly great voice, but I think his rendition seemed to come from a genuine place and he made an inspired song selection. Of all of the finalists, I think he has the greatest potential to go on and become a recording artist. Sadly, it will most likely be in that bland, generic Nickelback-Creed-Daughtry vein. He won't win Idol, but he will be the most successful.

Although I didn't think he did too badly, I think this is finally Andrew's week to go home. However, in a just world, Lee would go home for that sh**eous rendition.