tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post7123086055538572500..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: AMERICAN IDOL: Top 2 + 10By Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-42069696187542951772011-07-04T23:54:49.540-07:002011-07-04T23:54:49.540-07:00I wonder where all those so called stars for Ameri...I wonder where all those so called stars for American Idol disappear after a few years when the show is over? Probably they have no talents so without a proper sponsorship they can't promote their songs.Tedhttp://www.creditcardspecialist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-33719047201387075382010-03-20T06:17:02.873-07:002010-03-20T06:17:02.873-07:00While the backstories are lame and tiresome, I thi...While the backstories are lame and tiresome, I think they're necessary, particularly at this stage.<br /><br />There has to be something that separates the mostly mediocre young belters from one another.<br /><br />Not to mention the fact that they cast the same "types" year after year, and they often sing the same songs. <br /><br />Doesn't part of your (wholly justifiable) ardor for Siobhan stem from the fact that she's a glassblower?<br /><br />When I see her tattoo, I think of Annie Potts on "Designing Women" pointing out why Mary Poppins was a pretty lousy nanny. A semi-obvious joke, but Annie really nailed it.Chalmersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-6465213594607381212010-03-19T04:56:41.940-07:002010-03-19T04:56:41.940-07:00I really love that show. I miss American Idol..I really love that show. I miss American Idol..denparserhttp://www.tv-survey.info/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-24570428308026263202010-03-18T09:57:58.271-07:002010-03-18T09:57:58.271-07:00I realize it's popular to hate Kara, but she d...I realize it's popular to hate Kara, but she doesn't really bother me. She's the only one who acknowledges on a regular basis that songs DO have lyrics, and they mean something, and it really helps if the singer appears to relate to that meaning. Tim might have thought twice of his Jason Castro version of "Under My Thumb" if he had any notion of the song's content and attitude. <br /><br />What is driving me batty this season is Simon hanging all over Kara. Ryan gave him a hard time about ita couple weeks ago, but he hasn't stopped. Is he coming on to her, or (more likely) is he just trying to get on camera as much as possible? If they really do watch these shows back, he would have realized by now how distracting it is to see him lurking in the corner of the frame every time Kara is talking. But maybe his ego keeps him from caring.<br /><br />Siobhan is fabulous. She's like a Tim Burton character. Maybe every season will need its own Glambert from now on.<br /><br />Ellen may have couched it as a joke, but I'm thinkin' she was just as annoyed as I was by DiDi's pronunciation of "fi-ur" (there are some songs where that would be fine, but not this one).<br /><br />I kinda liked Lacey, but she did deserve to go just for the stupid way she phrased "still I'm gonna miss you." Now THAT was annoying!Uncertain Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123915657797299263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-80811665424635035542010-03-18T06:31:48.294-07:002010-03-18T06:31:48.294-07:00"YAY! Look! Someone knows what lyrics are! Th..."YAY! Look! Someone knows what lyrics are! Thanks for the education, Kara!"Mr. Snrubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13343511203178580690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-28739618061970780302010-03-17T21:37:04.282-07:002010-03-17T21:37:04.282-07:00Ken, I can't believe a "Cheers" writ...Ken, I can't believe a "Cheers" writer failed to notice that Aaron's mother's name is Kelly Kelly. I'm dying for him to seranade her with "Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly....."velvet goldminenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-46348271658232775892010-03-17T21:22:27.332-07:002010-03-17T21:22:27.332-07:00The Stones did have a song called "It's A...The Stones did have a song called "It's All Right," so maybe that was the cause of the confusion.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-82395968180773192092010-03-17T20:28:46.359-07:002010-03-17T20:28:46.359-07:00I wanted to throw something at the TV the night Ra...I wanted to throw something at the TV the night Randy Jackson complimented Katelyn (remember her?) for comping herself on a Wurlitzer electric piano, when the whole world could see she was playing a Fender Rhodes. What are the judges smoking this season?<br /><br />WV: mongsoll: brand of sunscreen for mongeese.Dave Mackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13454782108761662940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-2989141096524907802010-03-17T18:48:29.437-07:002010-03-17T18:48:29.437-07:00"Casey James sang 'It’s All Over Now'...<i>"Casey James sang 'It’s All Over Now'. Wordsmith Randy called it 'bluesy, folksy, and rocksy', thus comparing Casey to three of his favorite dwarfs."</i><br /><br />Were they dwarves before he sat on them?<br /><br />Whlie Lee Dewze's voice sounds nothing at all like Dean Martin's, I gotta say, the idea of Dino crooning <i>Beast of Burden</i>, made me laugh. And if Dean had ever sung "I'll never be your beast of burden," I'd have believed him. He was way too lazy to be anyone's beast of burden.<br /><br />I didn't like Crystal's rendition of <i>You Can't Always Get What You Want</i>; I thought it was her weakest performance so far.<br /><br />But then I've always had a problem with that song. It gets it backwards. What I've learned in Life is that you can't always get what you need, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you want.<br /><br />They defintiely need to lose the backstories. The minute I hear about religious backgrounds, and singing in church choirs, and talk about their great faith, I start disliking singers I might have liked if they'd kept their superstitions to themselves.D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-24857129390935660292010-03-17T17:13:13.393-07:002010-03-17T17:13:13.393-07:00I agree so so so much about contestants background...I agree so so so much about contestants backgrounds, it's a singing show not a background show!Pattyhttp://www.ultimatefitnessgear.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-76684719806526885132010-03-17T17:12:49.280-07:002010-03-17T17:12:49.280-07:00Ha! Mary Stella, you're funny!
"This sea...Ha! Mary Stella, you're funny!<br /><br /><i>"This season's home visits were the worst. Casey's mother all but said, "please vote for my poor, possibly brain-damaged baby" and Tim's folks guaranteed him a mugging by revealing that his sisters cross-dressed him when he was a baby. Maybe he's been mugged and that's why he chose to do a Bobby Sherman meets Bob Marley version of the Stones."</i>Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688301329863871296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-56498540290852015692010-03-17T17:02:06.704-07:002010-03-17T17:02:06.704-07:00Siobahn's version of "Paint It Black"...Siobahn's version of "Paint It Black" -- and I agree that it stole the show -- reminds me of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poJtbMq6XpM" rel="nofollow">my all-time favorite version</a>, by Chris Farlowe.tehttp://toeeeverett.aordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-49125052594510073492010-03-17T12:20:14.050-07:002010-03-17T12:20:14.050-07:00This season's home visits were the worst. Cas...This season's home visits were the worst. Casey's mother all but said, "please vote for my poor, possibly brain-damaged baby" and Tim's folks guaranteed him a mugging by revealing that his sisters cross-dressed him when he was a baby. Maybe he's been mugged and that's why he chose to do a Bobby Sherman meets Bob Marley version of the Stones.<br /><br />wv= utlyt or the Phillies second baseman scores a triple!Mary Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02186261066656584772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-89052998683316942132010-03-17T12:07:56.285-07:002010-03-17T12:07:56.285-07:00fab review!!fab review!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-49770395033012855642010-03-17T11:20:35.034-07:002010-03-17T11:20:35.034-07:00I cannot BELEIVE I am standing up for Kara (HATE H...I cannot BELEIVE I am standing up for Kara (HATE HATE), but she DID know which war. She said so at the beginning of her comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-32978577485879923282010-03-17T11:06:06.977-07:002010-03-17T11:06:06.977-07:00Just shows how little of a Stones fan I am. I alw...Just shows how little of a Stones fan I am. I always associated "All Right Now" with them. D'OH! Thanks for letting me know. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14406852065310986639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-73636793336741371982010-03-17T11:03:26.992-07:002010-03-17T11:03:26.992-07:00Woops-my bad-I was actually thinking of It's A...Woops-my bad-I was actually thinking of It's All Over Now not It's All Right Now.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03092805210074185421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-41377211286131890042010-03-17T10:43:57.485-07:002010-03-17T10:43:57.485-07:00Nobody had the, um, "Stones" to tackle a...Nobody had the, um, "Stones" to tackle a Keith song like "Little T & A" or "Before They Make Me Run?"<br /><br />Too bad.iainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64775269814273396532010-03-17T10:28:01.050-07:002010-03-17T10:28:01.050-07:00Wild Horses and I Dreamed A Dream are the only Sus...Wild Horses and I Dreamed A Dream are the only Susan Boyle tracks that made a (very mild) dent on the Billboard Hot 100 despite the massive album sales to rubes.<br /><br />She did an okay job with the song, nothing like the original, of course. That type of singer is what Simon Cowell really knows-he sure as shit doesn't know good music or what really goes into what a true artist does because he's always looking for gimmicks-his first records produced were awful novelty records sung by wrestlers recorded in a garage. In today's marketplace (and it's unfortunate that's not when he got his start) a pompous, arrogant, in many ways ignorant Simon Cowell wouldn't stand a chance.<br /><br />Keep that in mind whenever you hear him open his arrogant mouth from now on. And I don't care that he makes millions, etc.-he's just plain lucky as sometimes happens (Jim Belushi, anyone?) and his position (in the recording industry in a deal with Sony) wildly exceeds his actual abilities.<br /><br />Mick Jagger was basically a blues singer that put a rock twist on a lot of very good original material. You seriously can't think anyone on this abomination of a singing contest could hold a candle to someone who took the heart of those songs he grew up on years ago and developed his own style based around them can you?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03092805210074185421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20060156984555712452010-03-17T10:22:26.999-07:002010-03-17T10:22:26.999-07:00Note to Rich...
The Rolling Stones didn't sing...Note to Rich...<br />The Rolling Stones didn't sing "All Right Now". That was recorded by a group called 'Free'Mr. Musicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-9943196395096765312010-03-17T09:55:40.143-07:002010-03-17T09:55:40.143-07:00Another terrific recap, Ken (especially as I agree...Another terrific recap, Ken (especially as I agree with you right down the line). Yeah, Lacey's got to go... I've heard that sliding, pitchy, baby-doll singing voice somewhere before... oh, yeah, in a Manila transsexual cabaret show. The reason your spell-check doesn't flag Siobhan is that it's a legit name... we just don't meet many of them here in L.A. I too love her combination of talent, good looks, and, yes, endearing strangeness. I wish the producers hadn't troweled on so much makeup, but her performance was the one knockout of the night, even if it wasn't technically perfect. I suspect she went back to the flats because of the stairs, but hope she's wobbling around on heels again next week. Bowersox is talented, to be sure, and I hope she gets a career out of this, but I don't see her taking the top spot.Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688301329863871296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-48369571646967700672010-03-17T08:47:50.334-07:002010-03-17T08:47:50.334-07:00Okay, I'll admit to being a sap. Somebody has ...Okay, I'll admit to being a sap. Somebody has to do it.<br /><br />Without the personal and family vignettes I wouldn't feel any connection at all to these people. It allows me to root for them rather than just sit back in my Lazy-Boy and rag on 'em.<br /><br />Go, Crystal!Dave Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36282954634599893762010-03-17T08:13:18.258-07:002010-03-17T08:13:18.258-07:00As one of the few people in the world who happens ...As one of the few people in the world who happens to have a sister named Siobhan, guess who I'm pulling for also? The rest of them be damned!!!!!....<br /><br />That said, it seemed that none of them ever showed any of the baser grit and soul (and yes, sometimes even a sly little bit of put-on by Mick) that I always heard in the original versions by the Stones... I don't know if it's a generational thing, or if everyone tried to put too much ornamentation into their covers, or that the contestants just didn't seem io "get it" when it comes to Stones songs... Whetever happened to starting with the Blues and working from that point of reference?....Tom Quigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959628996361620134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-3493333768722353782010-03-17T07:25:13.383-07:002010-03-17T07:25:13.383-07:00Didn't you love it when Ryan prefaced Lee'...Didn't you love it when Ryan prefaced Lee's performance by announcing how nervous he was? After the song, Ryan asked, "Just how nervous were you out there?" Lee totally ignored Ryan's question and just commented on the song. Does AI really need Ryan? He's such a boob!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-61167850004477930542010-03-17T07:23:55.217-07:002010-03-17T07:23:55.217-07:00Excellent recap! Agree with it all, especially La...Excellent recap! Agree with it all, especially Lacey. Both my wife and I hated it and couldn't believe the judges liked it. Tim was just horrible, and I agree with you on the winners. I'm glad no one did "All Right Now". They'll probably do that as a group tonight. yawn...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14406852065310986639noreply@blogger.com