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Last night, I was actually at home at the proper time, and the TV was on FOX after the TiVo grabbed King of the Hill, so I decided to heat up some dinner, cop a squat on the couch, and see what all the fuss is about with this "final five" on American Idol. (P.S. this is *so*![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
divadrummer's fault ^_-)
Y'all know that I've never really watched the show before, because 1) current pop music is generally crap, 2) "America" determines the outcome, which invariably means that anyone I chose as a favorite would be picked off, and I would be left feeling cranky and dissatisfied. This is because a large part of "America" is dumb, easily led, and/or has no taste. ::rotfl::
Bear in mind that the commentary I'm about to make is based on this episode only, and maybe a few snippets that I'd heard previously, at random, while making dinner. So, yeah, some of these may have been obvious to you for weeks, if you've been watching regularly. ;p
Anthony - It's fitting that he sang a Backstreet Boys song, because man, he sure *looks* like a Backstreet Boy. And from certain angles, he looks like he's 14 years old, which is weeeird. This fact makes his chin-fuzz attempt at facial hair really distracting.
He crashed and burned on the first song--he almost sounded like he either didn't know the song very well, or hadn't practiced much, because it was just that sloppy. He really loses his gusto on the lower notes, so bad song choice, boyo. The second one (the aforementioned BSB song) was okay, but didn't really blow me out of my chair. And maybe it was just me, but after the key change, I *swear* he kept going sharp on the friggin' tonic note. So not cool. He's probably toast this week.
Bo - This guy apparently came along about 10 years too late, because he's really working the Eddie Vedder/Scott Weiland style of vocals that pretty much every contemporary alt-rock band has poached since then. It ran pretty rampant through both of his songs, and his take on Stand By Me left a sour taste in my mouth. (the instrumental arrangement kind of blew, which didn't help) The second song was pretty okay, I guess, but again, didn't blow me out of my chair.
I have to say, the alt-rock vocals were less irritating from Pearl Jam than they are from this guy. Seriously, dude, you're on a pop show. If you want to get all "rawk!" with your vowels, go hang out with Hoobastank or whoever else is big this week.
Carrie - Speaking of people who are courting the wrong genre, this girl should have skipped AI and tried out for Nashville Star, because she's so country it hurts. I guess that's sort of a compliment, though, because at least your average country singer doesn't have her voice filtered and processed to the N-th degree like the big pop starlets do nowadays.
That said, she rocked it on her first number--you could tell she was into the song. The second one was kind of blah, but perhaps that's just by comparison, because she lit it up so much on the first. She has the actual vocal quality that I like about female country singers, but she also has so much of the twangy styling that I *hate* about country music. Sigh.
Scott - Um, why is this guy still here? He sucks butt, you guys. Not to mention the fact that he gives me the creeps like you wouldn't believe. I admit that he did jazz it up and have a good time with his first number--I'd heard some pretty embarassingly bad snippets of his past performances from the kitchen in previous weeks, and this was the best I'd heard from him. He was definitely feeling the song.
The second number was more reminiscent of the snippets I'd heard before, i.e. bad. Pitch problems, lack of flow, general crappiness. Also, his whole, "I'm not going home until I'm a STAR, blah blah fishcakes," thing got old pretty quick. Based on that alone, I will laugh my ass off if he gets voted off this week after all that posturing. Oh yeah, and: Cree. Pee.
Vonzell - I'm thinking she came along about 15 years too late, because something about her is very early-90's Whitney/Mariah. But, really, I suppose there's nothing wrong with sounding like Whitney or Mariah, because they really did tear it up back then! It's just a quality that probably doesn't market as well as it would have when I was in middle school.
I think Paula Abdul made the comment during one of Vonzell's critiques that she is a "true performer," or something close to that. She is absolutely right--Vonzell put a *lot* of energy into both of her songs, and I think that's what really propels her. She has some wobbly bits here and there vocally, but she has a lot of power to back up the energy, so the overall feeling is good.
In other TV news, OMFG LAST NIGHT'S VERONICA MARS AAAAAAHHHHHH!! They've hooked me so much on this show, and it was a fairly mind-blowing episode. THAT is how you tie up plot threads! My brain is melting and leaking out my ear, people. But, you know, in that good way. Um, yeah. ::rotfl::
Anyway, I'm just busting out some code at l'oficina. I got in mighty early today, so I get to cut and run in a few minutes. Tonight, I am going back to wushu, finally! ;_; It's going to hurt, but in that good way. Apparently, that's today's theme.
And, I'm spent.
Last night, I was actually at home at the proper time, and the TV was on FOX after the TiVo grabbed King of the Hill, so I decided to heat up some dinner, cop a squat on the couch, and see what all the fuss is about with this "final five" on American Idol. (P.S. this is *so*
divadrummer's fault ^_-)Y'all know that I've never really watched the show before, because 1) current pop music is generally crap, 2) "America" determines the outcome, which invariably means that anyone I chose as a favorite would be picked off, and I would be left feeling cranky and dissatisfied. This is because a large part of "America" is dumb, easily led, and/or has no taste. ::rotfl::
Bear in mind that the commentary I'm about to make is based on this episode only, and maybe a few snippets that I'd heard previously, at random, while making dinner. So, yeah, some of these may have been obvious to you for weeks, if you've been watching regularly. ;p
Anthony - It's fitting that he sang a Backstreet Boys song, because man, he sure *looks* like a Backstreet Boy. And from certain angles, he looks like he's 14 years old, which is weeeird. This fact makes his chin-fuzz attempt at facial hair really distracting.
He crashed and burned on the first song--he almost sounded like he either didn't know the song very well, or hadn't practiced much, because it was just that sloppy. He really loses his gusto on the lower notes, so bad song choice, boyo. The second one (the aforementioned BSB song) was okay, but didn't really blow me out of my chair. And maybe it was just me, but after the key change, I *swear* he kept going sharp on the friggin' tonic note. So not cool. He's probably toast this week.
Bo - This guy apparently came along about 10 years too late, because he's really working the Eddie Vedder/Scott Weiland style of vocals that pretty much every contemporary alt-rock band has poached since then. It ran pretty rampant through both of his songs, and his take on Stand By Me left a sour taste in my mouth. (the instrumental arrangement kind of blew, which didn't help) The second song was pretty okay, I guess, but again, didn't blow me out of my chair.
I have to say, the alt-rock vocals were less irritating from Pearl Jam than they are from this guy. Seriously, dude, you're on a pop show. If you want to get all "rawk!" with your vowels, go hang out with Hoobastank or whoever else is big this week.
Carrie - Speaking of people who are courting the wrong genre, this girl should have skipped AI and tried out for Nashville Star, because she's so country it hurts. I guess that's sort of a compliment, though, because at least your average country singer doesn't have her voice filtered and processed to the N-th degree like the big pop starlets do nowadays.
That said, she rocked it on her first number--you could tell she was into the song. The second one was kind of blah, but perhaps that's just by comparison, because she lit it up so much on the first. She has the actual vocal quality that I like about female country singers, but she also has so much of the twangy styling that I *hate* about country music. Sigh.
Scott - Um, why is this guy still here? He sucks butt, you guys. Not to mention the fact that he gives me the creeps like you wouldn't believe. I admit that he did jazz it up and have a good time with his first number--I'd heard some pretty embarassingly bad snippets of his past performances from the kitchen in previous weeks, and this was the best I'd heard from him. He was definitely feeling the song.
The second number was more reminiscent of the snippets I'd heard before, i.e. bad. Pitch problems, lack of flow, general crappiness. Also, his whole, "I'm not going home until I'm a STAR, blah blah fishcakes," thing got old pretty quick. Based on that alone, I will laugh my ass off if he gets voted off this week after all that posturing. Oh yeah, and: Cree. Pee.
Vonzell - I'm thinking she came along about 15 years too late, because something about her is very early-90's Whitney/Mariah. But, really, I suppose there's nothing wrong with sounding like Whitney or Mariah, because they really did tear it up back then! It's just a quality that probably doesn't market as well as it would have when I was in middle school.
I think Paula Abdul made the comment during one of Vonzell's critiques that she is a "true performer," or something close to that. She is absolutely right--Vonzell put a *lot* of energy into both of her songs, and I think that's what really propels her. She has some wobbly bits here and there vocally, but she has a lot of power to back up the energy, so the overall feeling is good.
In other TV news, OMFG LAST NIGHT'S VERONICA MARS AAAAAAHHHHHH!! They've hooked me so much on this show, and it was a fairly mind-blowing episode. THAT is how you tie up plot threads! My brain is melting and leaking out my ear, people. But, you know, in that good way. Um, yeah. ::rotfl::
Anyway, I'm just busting out some code at l'oficina. I got in mighty early today, so I get to cut and run in a few minutes. Tonight, I am going back to wushu, finally! ;_; It's going to hurt, but in that good way. Apparently, that's today's theme.
And, I'm spent.
