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I love the picture but “how to climax together” all over it.
Poor Carrie.
^ Haha.
jadore: Kirsten, I was just joking about Sligh, just a bit of sarcasm that fell flat, apparently.
Sorry about the misunderstanding. I’ve always meant to ask, is your user name from the French phrase “j’adore”?
I dont post a lot here but I read a lot and I enjoy the talk of Idol past and present seasons. If MJ wants us to talk only current then I would follow that wish..it is her blog after all but if she is ok with just Idol talk..I am a happy camper. I have read the guidelines before someone points them out to me..lol! A lot of the articles posted are about last season contestants so naturally talk about last season stems from reading the articles imo. I enjoy reading everyones views on the different subjects and LisaB your links are the best!!
About American Idol and TPTB….IMO..if you are going to have a show and a winner and let the public pick the winner then you need to act HAPPIER than a Pig in shit..about the person chosen…WINNING should mean something..if it doesnt then why have the contest at all?? And I hate being told that I didnt make the right choice based on CD sales..puhlease..music is about more than sales..and that is where TPTB differ from the viewing audience..they want a big money maker…we want who we love and who moves us! I think we got it right last year and TPTB can kiss my potooey!! Hushing now.
About Sligh, I really doubt he will be making any record as a solo artist until after August 23rd and the tour. At that point I suppose he could whip something together quickly, but I get the impression that he is more like Taylor in that he wants to be true to his artistic sensibilities and will want to take his time.
So, I can’t believe Sligh would be on the Idol speed course to get a record out 5 or 6 weeks after the tour ends like the winner will be. Unless… he has been made an offer by a division of Sony/BMG which probably has right of first refusal. I think Kellie started recording before season 5 ended (for one of the labels under the Sony/BMG umbrella) but didn’t release until after the tour was over.
Re: voting… I was a newbie to American Idol last season, got into it with great gusto and didn’t regret a single vote. However the PTB do not appear to value my contributions, do not respect last season’s winner and can’t resist rubbing it in.
Except for some votes for Chris Sligh (on behalf of steve-o), I’m happy to sit this season out. It’s nice not to get upset with worry about my favorite.
American Idol is now a means to an end for me. The end is something to chat about with my MJ buddies.
Sarah Rocks!
Go Team Plaid :)
JTFTW Taylor’s single is back at #20 on hit predictor and his single should be back at #20 on BB ALSO WE JUST ADDED 2 main radio station 1 in las vegas and the big radio station in pittsburg..it will not be on the stations added list until next monday woooooooooooooo another station we added was on april 5th so this thursday we should see that station on the take-off chart on AC mediabase
Sarah:
As always you are right on the money.. I have a feeling Blake will amaze us once again on Latin week. Can’t wait!…
He is the whole reason the show is worth it this year…
GO TEAM PLAID! BLAKE ROCKS!
With all due respect, I think that it is legitimate to comment that not all seasons of AI are created equal.
I can and have said that I think that the Family Edition of The Amazing Race was awful without being accused of having some obsessive complex with a contestant from Season 7. I’ve said that Season 5 of Friends was better than either Season 3 or Season 10 while not having any attraction to Emily (in fact, I did not like her at all after the wedding). And, I say that ER was better back in seasons 1-5 without being told it is unhealthy for me to fixate on Dr. Greene.
This blog is not unique in saying this season is not the best. Commentators from MSNBC, USA Today, EW, etc have all said the same. Even Mr. Chris Daughtry bashed this season in an interview and he can not be convincingly accused of being fan-girly about that guy.
While I agree that we should not focus on that guy (that is not the scope of this blog), I believe that it is possible for people to think that this season is not so great and yet still be mentally healthy people. One does not preclude the other. Certainly, people who are not a fan of that guy have stated here that they think this season is not so great, so it isn’t just one group.
Vive la difference and all that. I do not think this is the best season of AI, but I’m enjoying it none the less. It does not hurt my feelings that others do not like this season.
And, I think that Blake is pretty gosh darn cute and I think some could get fangirly about him. So, don’t write off this season’s guys too quickly.
From what I see there are three guys for fangirls to get their panties in a bunch over. The question is do these guys have the right stuff to keep their attention? I’ll leave the answer up the individuals..
Well, I’m sure TPTB from this tv show is happy we are even discussing it, past, present or future.. Ratings is the name of the game with AI. If talking about how it has evolved, good or bad, as a show keeps us watching, then that’s all that matters..
Sarah, I loved Blake’s hair that night!!
Did any of you read TWOP Jacob’s recap of that episode? He said this about Blake that had me LOLing:
“He’s dressed like a cat burglar from the future. He has come to steal my heart.”
Hey purple, I have the keys to the MySpace and have been slacking! I’m sorry - I got you added though. I had the thing privatized while I got it all setup but I made it public now, so anyone that wants to friend it is welcome:
http://www.myspace.com/teamplaid
I don’t really intend to do much with it, I just thought we should have one.
I’ll put all of MJ’s peeps in the top friends, hee!!
Off to catch up on the rest of the thread.
Everyone keeps saying this but I see no evidence of this. My 8 y/o (early tweener) and her friends think he is silly. The 12-18 y/o girls on the discussion board I moderate think he is ridiculous and needs to go home yesterday. Sure this is anecdotal but I’d like to know where people are getting the idea that he has the “tween” vote.
Yeah it’s pretty sad when you get frustrated and decide to just quit talking about the CURRENT season of AI because every time you do, you get shot down and told that this season isn’t as good as last one, yada yada yada.
It gets boring. *yawn*
Sarah, great Daughtry recap–AND Go Team Plaid!!!!!!!!!!
I am living in the past….reminiscing about what could have been if Sundance, Tami Gosnell, Castro and, of course, Nick Pedro had gotten further…..
The auditions are filled with judging cruelty, but it also introduces me to some great voices…..Tami and Castro being two….so, I can’t be tooooooooo snarky about AI since I do get something out of it…
Again, if Nikki McKibbin with her awful voice can get as far as she did, I don’t see why Sanjaya can’t…
I am really not hearing what everyone else likes about Chris R…..color me Plaid….
I must be stoopid or just immune. No it must be me being stoopid because I really don’t see much of the my idol is better than your idol stuff going on.
I like this season for what it is. I made a comment that I didn’t get the Blake lovefest. He’s okay but c’mon now. I even mentioned I preferred season 5 talk to this Blake-love. Just my opinion. BFD. I don’t post much because I can’t find anything that motivates me about season 6…… UMMM…Lost my train of thought. (Which I think is a good thing that I did).
I like the show for the show and I suppose if I can’t abide by MJ’s guidelines I will try not to post.(I’m sure my will power will last as long as teen age boy with the head cheerleader)
I just read all of the pages and was sorry I did (other than Team Plaid posts, of course). I know not everyone is enjoying season 6 but it gets a little old reading about how boring it is at every turn. Some of us like it. I find season 5 boring now, or at least the same old same old.
Team Plaid!
Kirsten, yes it is, and thanks for asking
star, the teamplaid myspace page looks great!
Some 80’s pop, Latin style:
Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - 1-2-3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgVPRc5FBtk
Madonna - La Isla Bonita
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdoG4M2gMZM
Dave - I already said I’d stop with the Blake fangirly shit since it seems to bother people.
Don’t stop Sarah. Blake fangirly types have as much right here as the rest of them.
teamplaid.com
Dave, I don’t post too often either, because, like you, I find season 6 extremely uninspirational. I don’t get the Blake-lovefest either, but, to each his/her own. I’m not sure if this year is worse than season 3 or not. I see some striking similarities between the 2 seasons. We had John Stevens (Sanjaya) the 3 divas, (Melinda, Jordin and Lakisha) I don’t see the spunk from these 3 that drove Fantasia to the win. Whether you like her or not, that girl has tons of personality, not so much so from this year’s top divas.
is the sitcom christine hinting that Taylor hicks might come on the show..today on the show christine admits she has a fantasy date and it’s taylor hicks lol woooooooooo..i have fantasies like that to lol
great opprotunity for taylor to pop up as her date for real(on the show real )
I’ll be spending the majority of my time there, dave.
Chris Sligh said in his blog that if he had survived to this week, he’d be singing “Smooth” by Santana.
So…let me get this straight. First there was not nearly enough season 6 discussion going on. People are getting into the season more since the theme nights have started and NOW there is TOO much Blake discussion? Last time I checked he was involved in season 6. Tough crowd, I tell ya!
There’s never too much Blake talk, Dcd.
Well, I hate to break it to some of you, but Wednesday is Blake Lewis day in his hometown of Bothell, WA. I plan on celebrating.
I love Smooth. Sigh.
Nah, it’s fun - within reason. I loved season 5 passionately. I like season 6 casually. Season 6 is different and I can enjoy it without any emotional investment, but season 5 is my first Idol love, will never be forgotten and will always be my favorite.
ETA: Plaid makes the man. But only if he has a really nice caboose.
Platinium -
Didn’t Taylor mention in a recent radio interview that talks about him appearing in front of the camera were going on? And he was not at liberty to say any more than that?
I wonder ???
Thanks, tinawina, for putting it so much better than I ever could :-)
I imagine that it’s tough for someone who’s not a fan of Taylor to stand in a fan’s shoes…maybe the mentality (and I’m not trying to put words in anyone’s mouth, but I’m trying to draw on my own experience) is something like “how can anyone care so much about someone who sucks?” But for those of us who really do think that American Idol found an artist, not a karaoke mouthpiece, it is rather disheartening to see him kicked to the curb for the assembly-line rocker…even if, deep down in our hearts, we knew all along that’s what would happen.
I agree there’s better music this year but I don’t agree about the talent. This year has a lot of talent but the contestants lack charisma. Season 5 had mostly charismatic contestants. Is charisma contagious?
PJ - you succeeded in making me smile :)
I’ll bring chess squares to the party!
Sarah, great! I’ll make sausage balls. It will be cool when Blake makes top 3 and they go to his hometown ;)
I doubt I’ll ever pick up on that Blake or Chris can’t sing. That’s a subjective opinion. I even think Sanjaya has some talent. I really like Blake’s voice. He can do amazing things with it and I don’t mean just beatboxing. I don’t particularly like Chris R’s tone, but I recognize that he can sing. He actually did a fairly good job this past week, even if it pains me to admit it.
ETA: I also remember all of Blake’s songs, from Keane to Mack to the Knife.
I’ll bring the beer.
Blake can really really sing, he even belted out on Mack the Knife.
JMHO.
I have njoyed each one of his songs. From Top 24 until now.
List:
Somewhere only we Know (great vocal, I loved his stage presence that night, that’s when I fell for him)
Virtual Insanity ( Great performance, cool dance moves, HOT falsetto in the end…)
All Mixed up ( HOT HOT performance, great voice and sexy moves)
Keep me Hanging On ( Very Smooth)
Time of THe Season (His BEST performance IMO, Wow!)
Love Song. ( Slow song but GREAT controlled VOCAL)
Mack the Knife (Strong vocal, even though that theme didn’t go quite well with him but he did the best he could. Good job)
Overall I would give him a 9.5 /10 Total for his performances
Once Top 3 night comes along I am sure I will give him a 10/10.
By the way Srah, now that Chris Sligh is gone I am hoping Blake is the one who sings SMOOTH by Santana. That would be HOT!
GO TEAM PLAID!
Blake and Melinda are my favorites this season. I look forward to their performances. Truth is,however, I probably won’t follow them after the season ends. Not invested in them.
Then NBC’s reality show “You’re the One That I Want,†created to cast the leads in the new Broadway revival of “Grease,†wrapped up its 11-week competition by crowning Max Crumm and Laura Osnes as Danny and Sandy. While the TV ratings were dismal, the musical has taken in more than $9 million in advance sales. And Broadway took notice…..
i recently learned that a friend of mine has been cast as frenchie. from what i saw of the nbc show, she’ll blow danny and sandy away.
I think that all of the season 6 contestants can sing, and sing very well. IMHO, the problems is not vocal ability (even Sanjaya), it is the fact that most of them are rather tentative. They seem to approach their vocals with less committedness than contestants (not all certainly) in other seasons. That would not be true, of course, for Lakisha who attacks her songs with all the sensitivity of a pit bull.
They don’t lack intonation for the most part, they lack dynamics. They either beat the song to death from beginning to end or don’t even give it a friendly shove. My favorite songs to sing in public involve a soft part, a punch in the middle, and a big finish….that gets the crowds attention. Even if you aren’t a flawless vocalist, a song with dynamics makes people think you are.
Melinda has excellent dynamics and control, but she has no personality dynamics.
You may not always need a glory note, but you have to change it up a bit…give it a boost, a build to a big finish…or something to take it from “that’s a nice song” to “WOW”. There just isn’t much “Wow” going on for this group.
YMMV as always.
I plan to celebrate Blake Lewis day by going totally fangirly. Oh wait, I already am. :D
And for those of you that don’t get the Blake love, that’s alright. That less of you we have to share him with. ;)
Chris Sligh singing Smooth? I am very grateful his vibrato never got hold of that song. Whew!
For those who missed it, the conversation went something like this …
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Julia Louis Dreyfus (of Seinfeld fame) is with a guy she really wants to date and starts telling him that she is dating another guy because her friends and family told her to stop having fantasy relationships and live in the real world.
The guys asks her,”so who are you having this fantasy relationship with?”
She looks at him and says “Taylor Hicks“!!
Oh BTW, some of you might not know this, but both Jason Alexander ( George Costanza in Seinfeld ) and Julia Louis Dreyfus are both excellent singers.
Listen to Julia perform the song — SUMMER SAMBA ( SO NICE ) here :
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sxcLlUWeSOg
Nevada, me too…
What do you mean by personality dynamics? Rewatch her “I Got Rhythm”– the judges were 100% on that one; it’s a vocal and performing masterclass.
Very true. I never thought about it that way. ;) I like Roll Tide’s way of thinking!
I like all seasons of Idol talk all very interesting to me!
Any other Melinda fans here? We need a cool name…come on Team Plaid help us know littles out! Am I the lone Melinda takes it all fan? lol! The Melindoos..the Melittles….man it is hard to come up with a name!!