Territorial Bloggings
A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
AI:7 - The Top 8 get inspired
Idol Gives Back week. Yipee…
Bill Ford’s in the house. I wonder just how they were ever able to get him on the hook…
Wow, not only were the performers inspired this week, as it looks like Paula’s boobs were inspired to make another appearance this week. (were they the chihuahuas that everyone kept mentioning?)
Let the guilt-a-thon begin with an 8-pack of ‘inspirational’ performances.
Hopefully they won’t be insipid performances.
Michael - Dream On - Aerosmith. Nice. And he actually sounds a tiny bit like Steven Tyler did way back in the day 30+ years ago before he became the caterwauling wall of sound that we all know & love. The falsetto? Yeah, dawg - he went for it & got it. That was great, both to show that Michael is still hot, and to show just how awesome good that Aerosmith was back in the day. Their early stuff. ROCKED. DAMN. HARD. But, Michael? Lose the ascot. Kthx.
Syesha - I Believe - A song by Fantasia? Fan-freakin-tasia? I am writing this before hearing the song, having paused the DVR so I can write this — SYESHA MUST BE ELIMINATED. THIS IS NON-NEGOTIABLE. I do not care how anyone else performs for the rest of the show. Syesha deserves to go, as she has proven that she has no ability at all to chose a song properly. And I don’t like Syesha’s attitude that much anymore, either.
Jason - Somewhere Over The Rainbow - A ukulele version, huh? Ok, it works for me. Risks being a bit kitschy, but I think I remember it from the movie 50 First Dates, and it was actually kinda sweet there. It didn’t have the emotional power of Kat McPhee’s tour-de-force performance in AI:5, but it didn’t really have to be all that, did it? I liked it a lot, and Castro’s fans will like it even more.
Kristy - Anyway - Staying with Country? Good choice. She’s looking very good tonight, and that never hurts, especially when it’s a contemporary good looking rather than an old-fashioned good looking. I think that Kristy has a career waiting for her in Nashville - not as a superstar, but definitely as a successful singer of some sort.
David C. - Innocent - Hrm. A song from a band that might not be known by the widest range of people. Potentially a risky choice, no matter how much he likes it personally. It started out a little rough for me, and it never really improved all that much. He was into the performance, emotionally, and that was all well and good, but I just didn’t get it tonight. This was his weakest performance to date, IMO. He’s due an off week, but he’d better not make a habit of it, because he’s still my favorite to win the whole shebang. ‘Pompous’ isn’t the best word to describe the performance - ’self-indulgent’ is.
Carly - Show Must Go On - Queen’s always a risky choice, and it usually kills the guys who take it on. Carly looked fierce tonight, and she sounded just as fierce. She took the risk and made it pay off. This girl has really got the goods, in terms of the vocal instrument with which God has blessed her. This wasn’t my favorite Queen song, but she did it fierce justice.
David A. - Angels - He had a hard time picking an inspirational song? But when doesn’t he sing an inspirational song that hits us over the head with a message? Sheesh! SMOKE MACHINES? Spare us the dramatics. Aw, I guess it was a technically good enough performance, but I still find him an ever more annoying presence on my TV, particularly when he’s not singing. It’s like we’re looking back at the teen pictures of a little old troll doll.
Brooke - You’ve Got A Friend - Well, it feels kinda strange writing this, but Brooke’s in the pimp slot. Well, I think this is a song that’s right in her 70’s/hippie/folkie chick wheelhouse. And Brooke didn’t disappoint, as she did a standout job with it. For this week, on tonight’s show, this was the song & performance you wanted in the pimp slot (with Jason’s being a close second, I think…).
The Top: Jason
The Safe Middle: Michael, David A., & David C.
The At-Risk Middle: Carly, Brooke, & Kristy
The Bottom 3: Syesha, Syesha, & Syesha
Should Go Home: Syesha
Will Go Home: Syesha
Maybe the most inspiring, hope-filled moment for me tonight? The very first teaser advert for SYTYCD? - now that’s what I’m talkin’ about!
As for AI, tonight was ok. Not the best we’ve seen, but not the worst, either. AI this week? Well, I’m not a huge fan. At least I don’t have to worry about watching it tomorrow night. It’ll be like an unexpected night off, before jumping back in with the results on Thursday.
Hopefully, the results show won’t be too difficult to sit through.
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you really need to send me an email :)
done and done!
you'll love this, i went into a customer yesterday to repair an instrument. the first thing the lab technician asked me was did i watch AI... she's never had a conversation with me whatsoever and she wants to know if i caught the previous nights AI, wow.
while i'm here, how in the world do you know about the "containment area"?
oh, thanks for playing along with my snarkyness, you had the missus on the floor!
Frank:
AI is big enough to bring folks together - strange, but true.
I know about the "containment area" from having lived in Chapel Hill for 6 years (worked in RTP for most of that...), followed by 6 years in Winston-Salem.
And I'm always up for a good exchange of snark, my friend! ;-)
Ummm... are you saying that Syesha should go home? HaHa! I too am sick, sick, sick I say, sick of her and that phoney smile of hers...she inserts it at the most inappropriate times. I loved Jason's performance, David C. left something to be desired, Carly sounded great -I did see the "angry" thing that Simon spoke of, Brooke, ah Brooke sang a song off of what just might be the best album ever "Tapestry" by Carol King. I must have listened to that album (yes album) a million times in the 70's. And then Rob got me the CD several years ago for my birthday. Unfortunately, I think Brooke felt like she had just sung for the last time on AI stage. She has never seemed that "down" after a performance before last night. David A. is just...goofy,gawky, immature. I really cannot see him having a big time career unless it is just making CD's. And Kristy Lee was fantastic! She really is country---hot looking country! And I think the most exciting moment of the night was the flash of SYTYCD!!! Jennifer feels I have been sucked into the vortex of reality tv and I am trying to take her with me....oh well, live in my house,...
later,
bigsis