I've got company this week so this entry is going to be a little different because we have plans for tomorrow and I can't be up half the night as per usual to get a decent review done. So I'm writing while I'm watching and this entry will be updated as the show progresses.
Paul (I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues by Elton John): I really do NOT like this guy's voice. Can we just get rid of him AND Haley this week? Pretty please? And then just skip next week so I don't have to fuss about not getting an entry done. Please? He was marginally better than Naima, but not by much. Singing second will not help him either.
Theia (Colors of the Wind by Vanessa Williams): She can bloody well thank Naima and Paul for their horrid performances this week. Compared to them, she was very good. The question is, will she be memorable enough to pass through to the next round. Randy had a point about the constant ballads. Let's see something a bit more upbeat next week. Considering the song and what movie it is out of, it was a rather predictable choice. Ms Lopez dropped the name Adele. Nope, sorry, I don't hear it. The girl that most had that quality didn't even make it through the Hollywood rounds.
James (I'll Be There For You by Bon Jovi) : Ut oh. We all remember how I feel about people covering Bon Jovi, yes? I really wasn't feeling it tonight, sorry. I will say that it was better than the others so far and I half expect that he'll be near the top of the Chart this week. His only real competition these days are Casey, Scotty and Pia anyhow.
Haley (I'm Your Baby Tonight by Whitney Houston): What was the rule regarding singing certain singers, especially ones like this one? Come on, y'all know it by now. Don't make me say it. This was somewhere between James's performance and Paul's, but closer to Paul's. Me no likey. Randy's confused with her. Let me clarify for the Dawgman, she sucks. I'm still waiting for her to WOW me and I'm afraid that it's just not going to happen.
Stefano (If You Don't Know Me By Now by Simply Red): He's at least in key. I'll give credit for that. I was terribly bored and wondering when the song would end. This is the same reaction I have with The Long and Winding Road and Hey Jude, so it's really not a good thing. I don't believe he'll be in danger this week.
Pia (Where Do Broken Hearts Go by Whitney Houston): Of the girls, Pia's the only one who can truly tackle this type of artist. I'm not digging the arrangement, though. She's in no danger this week either. It'll be a while before this one gets voted off, unless she has a horrid week.
Scotty (Can I Trust You With My Heart by Travis Tritt) : Baby Elvis! Awesome. He so needs to tackle some of those songs sometime in the up coming weeks. Excuse me while I go somewhere to SQUWEEEEE..... *throws her leather-look stainless steel grommet studded panties at the big screen tv* That note, that note *SQUWEE!* I know where a buck-twenty-nine of my ITunes allowance is going this week!
Karen (Love Will Lead You Back by Taylor Dane): Everytime I look up I half expect her to sing Don't Cry For Me Argentina. This was dull and was off in some areas. I can't see me buying any kind of cd from this one, winner or not. Sandwiched between the two that she's performing between, I don't see anyone remembering anything of her performance short of that huge-assed bun on her head.
Casey (Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana): This was a big chance to take, a very big chance. I don't think I'm feeling it because it's more screamy than simply intense. Excuses can be made that he hasn't been well, but it can't be used for every week. I think this is going to be a rough week, vote-wise for him but do believe that his fan base will take a look at his past performances and that will help him through this rough patch.
Lauren (I'm The Only One by Melissa Etheridge): Poor girl's got the flu. I'm wondering who had it first, her or Paul? Doesn't matter because the flu really helped out. Melissa E has this grit to her voice and the flu just added that little extra something that Lauren needed to pull it off. Singing in the next to last place and being sick will help her because we all know that illness gets the kids sympathy votes for at least one week. She needed this after last week's fiasco.
Jacob (Alone by Heart) Oh hell. Mr Vocal-Olympian is in the pimp spot this week. What horrid luck. *sighs* *cries and whimpers pathetically* My ears, they be bleeding!!!! Way to friggin slaughter it, and I do NOT mean in a good way. He needs to be thankful he's in the pimp spot. Well, that and the copious amounts of SUTA they were blowing tonight. I think he needs to have the proctologist check him for burns up and in there. I'm fairly sure that they went beyond 3rd degree with that amount of SUTA. Maybe they should have suggested a sun-screen enema before performing in an effort to prevent singed colon. Here's how to perform this song (and I wasn't a fan of her's at all). Vocal gymnastics are not overly welcome for this one, power is.
Worst this week, IMHO:
Naima: She was horridly off key
Paul: Off key and out of rhythm as well
Jacob: horrible assassination of a very well respected rock ballad (although he more than likely will not end up in the B3 thanks to singing position)
Other possibles:
Karen: boring, Unmemorable
Theia: same as Karen, although I won't deny that they were in key... because they were
Haley: same as both of them and not nearly as pleasant to listen to
Casey: I suspect this performance is not going to translate well to the casual viewer, Adam was the same way last year.
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