I'm so done with this season. David Archuletta won this season about 4 weeks ago. But I guess I need to finish out my critiquing. Seriously, I'm more into Dancing With the Stars than AI. I at least want to watch Kristy Yamaguchi, where as with AI, I don't want to listen to anyone. Even Deadliest Catch is boring so far this season. Well, at least I have Lost.
David Cook singing Hungry Like the Wolf. Whoops, they forgot to mix in any of the music, so it's all his voice. And it's not all that good. Man, this mix is killing me. It's someone singing rock a cappella. Well, he didn't really do anything with it. And it wasn't all that great. Grade C+
Neil Diamond night? Boring. It's going to be the easy listening radio station tonight. I'm ready for one of the worst lineup of song choices ever on the show.
I'm also not all that into the top five. There's some likable people, but are they great singers? And yeah, I'm late on this again. I just can't watch it while it's actually on TV. I gots stuff to do. Yeah, it makes my commentary less relevant, but it's not like it's important anyways.
Jason Castro singing Forever in Blue Jeans. I guess this is okay. But what did I say about the easy listening station? Yeah, it's that. Grade C
Here's Divebomber from our show on this past Saturday. A couple points of note - our kids are 15 and 13. Jordan's classmate is also 15 and he plays bass for us. His name is Cullen. He's really good. Victoria sings a couple lines by herself. It's cute. Could you imagine being in a band with your mom? In related news, we have a show this Saturday as well. You can check out that info on our myspace or facebook pages.
I know I kinda exaggerate a lot, but this is no exaggeration. Carly's choice to sing Judas' song from Jesus Christ Superstar is by far the worst song choice anyone ever had.
What makes it even worse - is she was going to sing one of the best songs from Phantom.
I have video evidence! Compare the quality of these two songs.
Here's the song she wanted to sing from Phantom sung by Sarah Brightman and the Josh Groban, who was gracious enough to come down from his kingdom in the clouds to sing this song...
Wow, there's not a whole lot of people left. Hey, look they brought the band down to the stage. I always thought having the band thirty feet above the singer was totally goofy - it made it look more karaoke (expect for all the off key harmonies).
Andrew Llyod Webber night. Weird. I like it, but it's weird. I always thought his music was a little too like, "Hey, I'm singing an entire sentence." But whatever, he has some good stuff. The Phantom of the Opera is really good. I'm more partial to Les Miserables, but Andrew Lloyd Webber is good at what he does.
I've seen it so many times where Christians are not only hesitant to label themselves as a Baptist, Methodist, Reformed, Calvinist, Arminianist, Conradist, etc., but also think it's a bad thing. We've seen so many divisions in the Church and a lot of people attribute that to labels.
The common thinking goes, "What can't I just call myself a Christian? Why do I have to label myself? Why can't I just say I believe the Bible because labels are bad."
David Archuleta singing When You Believe. What's weird is I just saw Prince of Egypt this weekend (this song is from that movie). It's a good song. He's doing his typical thing. I'm just not into his voice. It sounds dull, there's no shine to it. I mean, he sounds fine, but there's no sparkle to it. It was okay. Grade B
Carly singing Without You. She sounds pretty good low. She at least switched to her higher register without totally screwing up. But it just doesn't sound perfect up there. She usually pinches her higher notes. This was the first time I wasn't totally cringing at the top note. Not bad. Don't know what's up with the judges, she's crap in previous weeks and they praise her, she finally does decently and they don't like it. Weird. Grade B
My step-daughter and I performed a song at her school talent show. It's a New Order song. If you look closely, you'll notice my good looks and how I glow just a bit from my amazingness. Though the judges didn't comment on it, I'm sure that's why we did well. And yes, I'm playing a childrens' guitar.
Inspirational Songs? That's weird. It should be motivational sports movie songs like Rocky and Karate Kid, that'd be awesome. On to the judging and the ranking for this week.
Michael Johns singing Dream On. He could really solidify himself as the front runner tonight. Good choice. Wow, that guitar is really loud in the mix. He's doing really well. It was totally solid. Not perfect, but really solid. Great performance. His stock is really rising in my book. Grade A-
Syesha singing some Fantasia song. Why pick a song people don't know? And why pick a past American Idol's song? She's actually doing fairly well, but I'm not sure it really connected. Ha, Randy just said it lacked a special connection. What's up with the judges repeating me? Grade B
Divebomber (Facebook, Myspace) actually has a show on May 3rd in Maheim, PA. We're kind of a punk rock Partridge Family cause my entire family is in on it along with Christopher! (Topherbook) on drums Jordan's classmate on bass. Yes, two ninth graders and a seventh grader. It's gonna be a whole lotta fun.
Sorry, I'm late again. Life is a bit busy for me. By the time I put this up, I already know that Ramiele got kicked off. I pretty much knew that she was venerable a bunch of weeks ago when she just picked lame song after lame song. She has the best voice out of the girls, but she just can't pick the songs. Unlike Brooke who is the exact opposite (for the most part), a mediocre singer picking songs that really work for her. On to the performances.
Brooke singing Jolene. This isn't all that great. The one good thing is that she seems really natural with her guitar and backed by a couple of musicians. There's nothing really going on though. Grade B-
Sorry, I'm a bit late on this one. Anyways, the person I ranked as the best performance last week got kicked off. I can understand it a bit, but I thought she was unique enough to last really far. But whatever, she'll be fine.
Ramiele singing Heart's "Alone". Okay, so it's a really hard song. She needs to show off her upper register. Apparently she's sick. Well the lower part she's got great tone, but she's off a bit. Let's see if she can show off her upper range. She doesn't sound comfortable. Oops, she didn't quite hit that first big note. Um, great song that ended pretty boring and messy. Grade C+.
American Idol, doing another Beatles night? I wasn't so sure about it when I heard they were doing it. And after watching it, I am sure it was a bad idea. Tonight ended up being a snooze-fest. Well, here's my commentary as I watched the show with my ranking at the end.
Rocker Nurse singing Back in the USSR. Well, she's finally dressed normal. She definitely knows what kind of singer she is. This isn't that great of a song. She's trying to do more with it. She's a natural performer. She'll need a little more variety if she wants to stay in all the way. But I don't really know if she really cares about staying in all the way - and I like that. It was good, not great. Grade B.
Band of Brothers is a DVD set I can't stop watching.
We're out of soda so I'm hatin' life.
While I'm talking random stuff, you can send me cool news about Christian artists so I can put it up on Decap. But not stuff about your friend's band, but you know, bands people have actually heard of. Thanks. --Conrad
We get to finally see the top 12 Finalists, most of which you'll forget two weeks after they get booted off. Remember, when you talk about this with your friends, people do not get voted off, people get voted for. It sounds dum, but people always say, "Who got voted off?" No. It's who didn't get enough votes to stay in. And people don't necessarily vote for the best, but to keep people they like who are venerable. So let's get that straight, because this is vital to our survival as a culture. On to the show.
