Finally American Idol got their grubby little hands on the Lennon/McCartney song cataloge. Even though this year’s contestants are very talented, I was nervous.
Sheyesha - Gotta Get You Into My Life - NO.
Chickeze - She’s A Woman - Ok.
Ramielle - In My Life - Boring, but ok.
Jason - If I Fell - eh, maybe.
Carly - Come Together - Yes!
David C. - Eleanor Rigby - YES!
Brooke - Let It Be - No!
David H. - I Saw Her Standing There - No!
Amanda - You Can’t Do That - Yea.
Michael - Across the Universe - Yes!
Kristie - Eight Days A Week - NO!!
David A. - We Can Work It Out - regrettfully, no.
Overall, I was not impressed. The stand out performances for me were definately Carly, David Cook and Michael Johns. I couldn’t even look at the tv during Kristie’s ho-down Dolly Parton on speed version of Eight Days a Week and my poor little David Archuletta…HE FORGOT THE WORDS! AND made it sound like Stevie Wonder’s version…um no. Speaking of words wrong - David H. got a bunch wrong but you wouldn’t know it if you weren’t listening carefully - he didn’t stumble, he’s just dumb. Kristie Lee Cook was soooo bad that even PAULA didn’t like it.
Needless to say, Sean and I were not happy - we were texting after every performance. Dear Top 12…you’ve got to step it up and apologize most of you need to apologize to The Beatles. Thanks, Jenn Kish.
I support the request for an apology.
And what was with Simon putting down every other song?! Last night was a cringe-fest.
I didn’t see them myself, I was in class at the time - but I imagine they were horrible. Might youtube them later out of curiosity.
But, generally speaking - a good rule of thumb for a musical artist is “don’t cover the beatles.”
And if you do TRY to cover them, do it well, remember the lyrics, and don’t CHANGE the lyrics.
Next week, they are doing Beatles songs AGAIN…so cringe fest at my house.
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