Five Idol-wannabes remain and they’ll be doing the songbook of Neil Diamond tonight. I don’t have anything extremely brilliant to say—American Idol does not lend itself to brilliance of any sort—so what I’ll do is pick songs for the contestants. Here we go.
David Archuleta: “September Morn” or “Until It’s Time for You to Go”
Jason Castro: “Song Sung Blue” or “Cracklin’ Rosie”
David Cook: “Brother Love’s Travelin’ Salvation Show” or “I Am…I Said”
Syesha Mercado: “Love on the Rocks” or “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”
Brooke White: “Heartlight” or “Play Me”
I’ve increased my odds by waffling and choosing two per contestant. I ought to get one or two right that way.
I think they’ll save “Sweet Caroline” for the group number on Wednesday. “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” would be a good one for David Cook, but I don’t know if they’d use it because the Hollies recorded it first.
Tune in at 8:00 PM on Fox to see just how bad a song picker this Turkey really is!
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WHAT??????? He hasn’t performed his second song for the TV audience yet!!!!!!!!
Brooke WAS a nightmare. Good for Simon.
RIGHT ON, Simon!
I liked that Syesha did it the “old fashioned” way. He told Jordin that last season. He’s got a hang up about that.
He cuts through the popularity contest crap and gets to the heart of the performances. Kudos to Simon.
A hang up? No, an opinion. Opinions, as we know, are like assholes: we’ve all got one and they all stink!
Which comment was the one about David Cook?
I missed what he said about Jason. Could you fill me in?
Speak for yourself
He said David Cook was just above average.
And Jason?
He said Jason was forgettable. David just above average. Brooke a nightmare. David Archuleta – amateurish.
This is going to make the little girls swoon.
This gonna suck.
You mean the ones they pay to wave their arms in the mosh pit?
I def. heard the Brooke part.
Well, I don’t mind Jason’s singing on this…but I don’t believe these sentiments coming from a kid this young. Especially one wearing dreads.
It would help if he could sing on-key, but he sucks throughout. He’s so college dorm sing-along night tonight that he makes me want to go to the sandwich machine.
This performance is rated IS
Hey will you get me a ham and cheese?
Yet, he’ll be second-best vote getter.
Aw, give the kiddo a break. I thought he did it with feeling.
This sucks.
He’s boring me to death….well, not yet.
I vote him the one most likely to evoke memories of Neil Diamond performances.
I think he did the song from Phantom last week and now wants to stay in a similar mode.
He’s rocking it a bit now but I don’t like it at all.
I thought Brother Love would have been a good choice for him.
Sometimes The Diamond bores but sometimes he’s great.
Maybe Bro Love will be the group song.
Paula remains irrelevant.
Wow. “Brilliant.” Maybe I just didn’t like the song.
Yeah, it worked for me…and it worked for Simon, so I must be right.
I have a hang up about Brooke.
Aw, you got that modesty thing going
What’s your “hang up” about Brooke?
Guess Turkey’s at the sandwhich machine.
I can’t stand her singing.
This one will be a wet dream.
I can’t believe she’s going to take on this song. What a dunce.
Arizona and CA ain’t between two shores.
Stupid idea, Neil.
Arizona’s fine but it ain’t home no morrrrrrrrrre….
(You goin’ back there soon, Brooke!)
This isn’t as bad as I thought it would be.
It probably was a good choice for her because she needs the drama so as to take attention away from her voice.
In summation, Paula…
Yeah, I agree with the panel on this one.
So, a million times zero is what?
I mean CA and AZ are between two oceans…but not like NY and Ca…you know what I mean.
This song is not working for David.
I am so sick and tired of his voice and his mannerisms….AND AND AND….H I S F A C E!!!!
He’s not giving the song enough emotion. He’s just repeating verses.
It’s because he sings them all exactly the same way.
Yeah, that earnest expression is starting to bug me.
But he listened to Andrew Dice Clay about keeping his eyes open—mostly.
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