American Idol 7

[Tippiechick]

Holy hell.


Castro - I WANTED TO STAB YOU FOR TOUCHING, NO, THINKING OF SINGING MEMORY. What the fuck? You didn't know it was sung by a cat? Are you not smart enough to RESEARCH the songs you'll be singing? I know you have AT LEAST one week's notice. Do you not Google Memory AT ALL? Damn you. You made my ears bleed. I could have stood you doing Any Dream Will Do...

Brooke -- WHY, WHY, WHY would you pick one of ALW's WORST songs? For goodness' sake MADONNA sang the song. It's not a good performance song. She's dying. That's not a great thing to sing about... Brooke, you should have done the Narrator's prologue as mentioned below from JatATTD or how about I Don't Know How to Love Him from JCS? Everything's Alright from JCS?
I would, however, have done just like you did and restarted the song. You had just started it and it was the perfect way to get back on track. If you hadn't, Paula would have told you that you should have stopped. You can't win with her sometimes.

Carly -- THANK YOU for listening to ALW! You are so much better off for singing what you feel is more like YOU. Can't say enough.

Cook - That was hot. I have a bit of lust going on when you sing. That topped it off. I was worried about you singing this song and trying to possibly ROCK it. But, you kept it clean and beautiful like the original...I had you pegged for JCS for sure. Really pleasantly surprised.

David A. -- I didn't like what you did at all. That song should have stayed female. Simon was right. I have trouble remembering anything except you took one of the great songs and made it blase'.

Syesha -- You chose a song that worked for you. It wasn't terribly "Lloyd-Webberish" in that it was an easier melody than most. The range is not like most of his songs and you clearly went off pitch toward the end in your yelling. I like what you did. But, would have preferred you stretching yourself like Cookie or Carly. Hell, even Castro tried to do something great. You COULD have sung Memory and rocked it. You might have even been able to carry off Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again. But, you chose something easy.

My bottom three:
Syesha, Castro, Brooke.

And, Castro would leave.


Dammit, I kept waiting for a Joseph song... Any Dream Will Do??? Anyone? Or how about another one of my favorites: the Narrator's prologue to Joseph???

I can understand why people chose so many Phantom songs. It's one of my fave musical theatre shows. But, c'mon... Don't you pull up his songs and LISTEN before choosing? There are OTHER songs out there.

[darling1]

I haven't watched AI for most of the season--i wasnt impressed. BUT, i like ALW and i saw CATS as a child.

i was surprised you didnt see me on stage behind that castro dud with a knife? i wanted to cry that song was horrible. paula was soooo polite to this dude. i wanted to smack her.


for kids who love music so much they have no clue.

great assessment!!!!

Originally Posted by Tippiechick

Holy hell.


Castro - I WANTED TO STAB YOU FOR TOUCHING, NO, THINKING OF SINGING MEMORY. What the fuck? You didn't know it was sung by a cat? Are you not smart enough to RESEARCH the songs you'll be singing? I know you have AT LEAST one week's notice. Do you not Google Memory AT ALL? Damn you. You made my ears bleed. I could have stood you doing Any Dream Will Do...

Brooke -- WHY, WHY, WHY would you pick one of ALW's WORST songs? For goodness' sake MADONNA sang the song. It's not a good performance song. She's dying. That's not a great thing to sing about... Brooke, you should have done the Narrator's prologue as mentioned below from JatATTD or how about I Don't Know How to Love Him from JCS? Everything's Alright from JCS?
I would, however, have done just like you did and restarted the song. You had just started it and it was the perfect way to get back on track. If you hadn't, Paula would have told you that you should have stopped. You can't win with her sometimes.

Carly -- THANK YOU for listening to ALW! You are so much better off for singing what you feel is more like YOU. Can't say enough.

Cook - That was hot. I have a bit of lust going on when you sing. That topped it off. I was worried about you singing this song and trying to possibly ROCK it. But, you kept it clean and beautiful like the original...I had you pegged for JCS for sure. Really pleasantly surprised.

David A. -- I didn't like what you did at all. That song should have stayed female. Simon was right. I have trouble remembering anything except you took one of the great songs and made it blase'.

Syesha -- You chose a song that worked for you. It wasn't terribly "Lloyd-Webberish" in that it was an easier melody than most. The range is not like most of his songs and you clearly went off pitch toward the end in your yelling. I like what you did. But, would have preferred you stretching yourself like Cookie or Carly. Hell, even Castro tried to do something great. You COULD have sung Memory and rocked it. You might have even been able to carry off Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again. But, you chose something easy.

My bottom three:
Syesha, Castro, Brooke.

And, Castro would leave.


Dammit, I kept waiting for a Joseph song... Any Dream Will Do??? Anyone? Or how about another one of my favorites: the Narrator's prologue to Joseph???

I can understand why people chose so many Phantom songs. It's one of my fave musical theatre shows. But, c'mon... Don't you pull up his songs and LISTEN before choosing? There are OTHER songs out there.

[tinydancer]

Tippie, I agree with you. I don't know how the hayle Castro knew nothing about that song! He was awful, but I haven't gotten him from the beginning. David C., on the other hand was awesome!

Either Castro or Brooke goes tonight.

[ComradesTrue]

Tippie- Great review.

I actually missed the show, but who needs to watch when I can just get the Reader's Digest version from you in a much more entertaining format!

Honestly, I am losing interest in this season. David C is the only one left that is the least bit interesting to me. Can we just fast forward to the finals? Although it pains me to no end thinking about him having to sing some "Inside my Moment's Heaven" krapola song.

And seriously? Castro had no idea about Memory? What a bonehead.

U2 in 3D at the Imax was much better last night. Sounds like I made the right choice.

[Tippiechick]

Originally Posted by Blondie93

Tippie- Great review.

I actually missed the show, but who needs to watch when I can just get the Reader's Digest version from you in a much more entertaining format!

Honestly, I am losing interest in this season. David C is the only one left that is the least bit interesting to me. Can we just fast forward to the finals? Although it pains me to no end thinking about him having to sing some "Inside my Moment's Heaven" krapola song.

And seriously? Castro had no idea about Memory? What a bonehead.

U2 in 3D at the Imax was much better last night. Sounds like I made the right choice.

You should download his songs from his indie album Analog Heart. AI had it removed from Amazon. But, I have the whole indie album he put out and it ROCKS. It's David Cook as artist and Analog Heart as album title. I won't say where you can download it *cough* L I M E W I R E . C O M *cough*, but you should give it a listen.

[nittanyalum]

CRAP!!!

Who the hell keeps voting for Brooke????!?? If you're out there, STOP IT.

Syesha better not go home tonight.

[Tippiechick]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

CRAP!!!

Who the hell keeps voting for Brooke????!?? If you're out there, STOP IT.

Syesha better not go home tonight.

Hey Nittany, pm me what's going on... I have a three-year old who is quite adamant that Diego's Magical Missions is more important than AI.

[tinydancer]

What the hell are people thinking?? Leaving the two weakest performers in the running...

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by Tippiechick

You should download his songs from his indie album Analog Heart. AI had it removed from Amazon. But, I have the whole indie album he put out and it ROCKS. It's David Cook as artist and Analog Heart as album title. I won't say where you can download it *cough* L I M E W I R E . C O M *cough*, but you should give it a listen.

I found another site for DC music: http://davidcookrocks.fuzz.com/ It has songs from the albums with the local band he used to front and if you scroll down the list of songs, starting with "Silver", there are songs from his solo album listed. Good stuff!!!


ETA: Tippie, you're right, David's stuff ROCKS. I've had it playing off that website link I posted in the background while I've been getting some work done and I'm officially hooked. I'm on my 3rd run-through (of mostly his solo stuff).

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by Tippiechick

Dammit, I kept waiting for a Joseph song... Any Dream Will Do??? Anyone? Or how about another one of my favorites: the Narrator's prologue to Joseph???

I can understand why people chose so many Phantom songs. It's one of my fave musical theatre shows. But, c'mon... Don't you pull up his songs and LISTEN before choosing? There are OTHER songs out there.

I'm not a huge Idol fan, but Mrs. DA is and I watched last night because of the Lloyd Webber theme because I've seen almost all of his musicals in NY, London or here in Denver.

I turned to my wife late in the show and wondered why all of these rockers weren't singing from Superstar or Joseph.

They really didn't do their homework.

As for Phantom, I'd guess it's his most famous and successful musical and maybe they had at least heard of it.