You know the kids really love American Idol.
For the second week in a row the Idols murdered chose songs from the Beatles catalog. First off I will just say that I make it a general rule to never trust anyone who utters the words “Well I haven’t ever really heard any Beatles songs”.
Amanda Overmeyer: I really liked her early on but with each passing week she reminds me of someones drunken aunt doing karaoke. The original version of Back In The USSR totally rocked, I have no idea why she chose to mess with the arrangement. Her schtick is getting really old really fast. She will stick around another week thanks to……
Kristy Lee Cook: John Lennon was murdered on Dec. 8th 1980. Tonight there was a serious assassination attempt on his music by Kristy Lee Cook. Wait, ever noticed that famous assassins always have three names? Lee Harvey Oswald, John Wilkes Booth, John David Stutz……. Kristy Lee Cook. She does however score points with me for announcing to millions of viewers that she will blow Simon.
David Archuleta: The Long And Winding Road was a good choice for him. It has always been one of my least fave Beatles songs until I heard the stripped down version on Let It Be…Naked. Relatively good performance considering the two that went before him. I had a great pun for this but can’t figure out how to work it in. David Archuleta: The Young And Whining Kid. There it was. He isn’t going anywhere anytime soon and somewhere out there sits a giddy King Of Pop hoping that A.I will soon be “doing Micheal Jackson” one week.
Micheal Johns: Why does this guy keep bringing up the fact that he sang that Bohemian Rhapsody during Hollywood week? Because he has sucked since then. As he kicked into that Val Kilmer doing Jim Morrison dance I wondered if there was anyone out that could convince me that this guy IS NOT in his mid to late 30’s. Horrible. Slight chance of going home very soon.
Brooke White: This chick gives blondes a bad name. Halfway through Here Comes The Sun I found myself actually turning down the volume in annoyance of her near monotone interpretation of the melody. She could very well be the whitest girl in America. Horrible, but points for having the balls to tell the judges that “it’s OK to be negative”. I also can’t shake the feeling that at some point this season she is going to do Queen Of Hearts by Juice Newton.
David Cook: He also should be considered an accessory to musical homicide of Lennon’s music by doing a cover of the Whitesnake version of Day Tripper. I love the fact that Simon put him in his place by telling him it wasn’t as great as he thought it was. He is different so he will stick around another week at least. And for the record he used a talk box. Not a “voice box” as Paula & Randy said nor was it a vocoder as Simon mentioned.
Carly Smithson: Take Celine Dion, give her a big ass tattoo and dye her hair black and you get Carly Smithson. And I don’t mean that as a compliment. Cheesier and cheesier with every week and she has to learn not to annunciate so much. Her singing Blackbird was like watching the aforementioned Ms. Dion trying to cover You Shook Me All Night Long. I must warn you, if you have a weak stomach don’t watch this video.
Jason Castro: He is my fave this season. He always seems totally baked out of his mind and this week was no exception. He at some point it seemed like all he wanted to do was get back to the bong and that his version of Michelle was something in way. Not a horrible singer, but the Spicoli vibe wears thin after a while.
Syesha Mercado: I laughed when she mentioned that she wanted to “touch” everybody….. with the song. I just didn’t get this one. Then the judges proceeded to basically cream all over her performance of Yesterday. As if if Paul Mccartney wasn’t having a bad enough week as is, this performance stirred up the old “Paul Is Dead” rumors. Only this time it is his music that was feared dead.
Chikezie: Alright, so I actually really liked his performance the first Beatle week, but good lord what the hell did he do to I’ve Just Seen A Face? Started off sounding like Luther Vandross (skinny Luther yet even). Then he kicks into hoedown mode and does the worst harmonica solo this side of Alanis Morrisette. Horrible transition. Embarrassing, but I like me some Chikezie because he was an average Joe before he made it on the show.
Ramiele Malubay: Could give Brooke White a run at the crown of “whitest chick in America”. John Lennon once sang “the dream is over” and thankfully with this borderline creepy version of I Should Have Known Better, the nightmare that was Beatles week 2 was over. I like watching American Idol and all, but they should NEVER do another Beatles week. It was disgracefully what they did to John & Paul’s song and shame on them for only doing one George Harrison song and NO Ringo songs.
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