Idol Elimination Night: Carry On, Wayward Amanda
Listen closely, kids. Hear that? That's the sound of John Lennon and George Harrison rolling in their respective graves.
Seriously, from Amanda inexplicably getting to sing the big "love you make" hook, to the Broadway-style line-formation singalong of the Abbey Road acid-casualty epic "Because," to the awkward moment when Ramiele's mic seemed to be turned off, to David Archuleta ironically singing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" so soon after his stage dad allegedly made him weep...well, tonight's opening Beatles medley had me and probably the rest of America crying out for "Help!"
Enough with the Beatles songs already, OK? Surely by now Nigel Lythgoe must realize that doing a second Fab Four Week wasn't such a fab idea. It's downright tragic to think that uninitiated youngsters unfamiliar with the Beatles may now forever associate this great band's music with travesties like this. So let's hope tonight is the last Beatlesque Idol episode for a while. And let's pray there's no Wings Night, no Traveling Wilburys night, and no Plastic Ono Band Night, either. And for the love of gawd, if Idol does a Ringo Starr Solo Night, I'll never watch this dang show again!
Oh, and it wasn't enough for tonight's show to wreck the Beatles' legacy--it had to ruin a perfectly good Clash song, too, in that Ford promo. Whoever came up with THAT idea is the real person who should've been eliminated tonight. Hear that distinctive rustle in the background? That's the sound of Joe Strummer rolling in his grave as well.
OK, OK, enough of my kvetching. There were some things to cheer about tonight--like the sassy performance by a suspiciously less busty Kellie Pickler, or the fact that my favorite contestants (Brooke White, David Cook, and Jason Castro, and thin-ice-skating Michael Johns) all made it through. True, none of them gave their best performances last night, but none of them deserved to go home just yet. I'm just so relieved that they've made the top 10, as they're now guaranteed a spot on this season's upcoming Idol tour and compilation album! In the words of Danny Noriega...Score!
And another really, really good thing happened tonight: The rock 'n' roll nurse got cut. I would've been even happier if bullet-dodging Kristy Lee Cook, who was also quite justifiably in the bottom two this week, had finally gotten the boot. But hey, Amanda Overmyer simply had to go. And better her than Carly Smithson, who was surprisingly in the bottom three tonight. (Carly's not my fave, but if she'd failed to make the top 10, Randy Jackson might've had a coronary--and that would have been bad, dawg.)
Anyway, good luck, Amanda. Good luck pursuing your fantasy of selling out a local bar in Lafayette. Dare to dream!
The burning question now is, with Danny and Amanda gone, who will Vote For The Worst endorse next? Watch this space...
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Everyone read this please. It is the best!
360. jsandzjamzz - 41 minutes ago
Hi all,
A review of your comments in THIS blog...
- NEW this week: I’ve not counted the multiple posts by those that did not READ (or comprehend) that their post may not show up for 5 mins or they never refreshed their browser & therefore posted several times in a very short span embarrassing themselves for life.
- I’ve summarized the entire list of actual posts thru about #320 from most often comment to the least. I know, get a life. I’ve been told that before, by my shrink, no less.
- I’ve not counted posts which simply agree with (or insult) others. I’ve also left off references to previous players-pawns-singers, er, contestants.
- Personal sentiments in parens (like this).
-Placements are not perfect. But hey.
NOTE: Some repeats from last week. Note #1 and #4.
1 Kristy, you are so lousy!! ("Duh" was invented for this)
2 No #2 'cause #1 was so overwhelming
3 Kristy SHOULD go home but if not, then Amumumanda and maybe Ramiele. (Ramiele)
4 (LW = 1) Kristy will go home. (Hmmmm, do you sense a basic theme here?)
5 Chikezie should go country
6 We need/want/have to have/ Brooke stay longer! (And she deserves it!)
7 Chikezie is very versatile!
8 David A won last night. (Sorry, Carly won. She sang the best, had more feeling and emotion. We all know David could emote over a pencil and 13-17 yr old girls, Paula, and grandmas would love it. Also, her performance emoted the creation of a new word by Randy of "Coolio-sis”. But damn she’s hard on the eyes!)
9 Kristy, what you say about HOW you sing means NOTHING. But how you actually SING does. (The exception is #10.)
11 Kristy said she could blow Simons socks off! (But it was funnier to see SHE was the LAST to catch on! A Pickler moment! I had a major real-time LOL!)
12 Chikezie! Chikezie! Chikezie!
13 Two weeks of Beatle tunes was torture! (On us, the performers, the music, humanity in general…)
14 Amumumanda is getting on my nerves!
15 (LW = 10) So-and-so should have sung this song, or that song. (They only have a small number to pick from.)
16 Pants that are "high-waisted" (did someone say Jason C?) are STILL ugly!
17 Michael flubbed some lyrics (Just his accent, silly! To plagiarize Roger Clements: I think you mis-remembered what you heard.)
18 Michael J is cute but his stock is falling.
19 Simon picks on all but David A (Cause Simon got 15-1 in Vegas betting on him while disguised in drag. What? That wasn't a disguise? I stand corrected.)
20 David H is missed
21 (LW = 15) Kristy is hot
22 We all are polite (and the same person)
Just mine:
You'll have to read on for the rest because of space limitations here.
As for this posting, I love this latest blog.
And thank you for posting it so soon, because I was dying to know what your thoughts are as the show unfolded. I bet you'll get tons of relevant and intelligent responses as usual.
You have to get a few guest bloggers because you've got some dedicated fans, like Joe T., Nate, Rain C, hunter, Greg Y., jsandzjamzz, and so many others who are nameless (and have usernames but I can't recall perfectly).
Such bloggers are a real credit to you. Thanks for all your hard work. I think you posted 7 blogs in 2 days. Whoa!!! Thank you.
All the best...
I heard it too LP! LOL.
"idol" tour is a joke anyway. they couldn't sell tickets last season, and this season won't be any different.
that girl has a voice
voters than male
I hope she goes soon!
Glad to see Kristy got another chance...hopefully she will pick better songs because she has a good voice.