Season 7 Redux – Top 10
It’s the Fox Reality Channel Season 7 Redux – Top 10 episodes.
- Little Ramiele Malubay continued to suck large on the big Idol stage. At that point, she was done, all you needed was to stick a fork in her. Yikes that performance was all kinds of shrieky and pitchy. And for God’s sake, and all that is good and holy, “Alone” needs to be banned permanently from Idol. Please?
- I wonder if making the Top 10, and the tour made Jason Castro a little complacent. He squandered a perfectly good opportunity with a beautiful song that was perfect for him. Performing “Fragile,” he seemed to be going through the motions, and during the judges critiques, he admitted he hadn’t practiced much. WTF? Good thing he stepped it up the following week for Dolly.
- Loved the arrangement of Syesha Mercado’s “If I Were Your Woman” and she delivered it nicely. At the time, I agreed more with Simon. Listening to it again, my critique isn’t as harsh, but she totally needed to stop screaming at me. Loud does not = good.
- Oh, Chikezie. You dumbass. Going back to those retro old-school ballads was the death of you.
- Despite starting the song over, I still think Brooke White’s “Every Breath You Take” was a solid, if not earth-shattering performance. Ditching the band would not have made a difference, in my opinion.
- Michael Johns falls back on the old reliable Queen, singing “We Are the Champions” and gives the people, and the judges, what they want. I think I like this less than the first time I heard it. Listening to it now, it sounds generic and karaoke. Maybe I heard it too many times on the summer tour.
- Carly Smithson’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” wasn’t the wrong song. The problem was Carly’s shrill, frantic performance. This is the point where her performances began to get increasingly desperate. You could see her tense up when the judges criticized her, especially Simon. She just could not let it roll off her back.
- I may be in the minority here, but I kinda liked David Archuleta’s “You’re the Voice.” It was a bad idea to pick such an unfamiliar song, but nevertheless, I appreciated David’s earnest youthful appeal–the song suited him, and I liked that he tried for something upbeat again.
- Pandering to her country audience by singing the patriotic “God Bless the USA” at the point she was about to be eliminated showed Kristy Lee Cook to be a very smart contestant. It kept her out of the bottom three that week, and probably bought a few more weeks after that.
- Finally, David Cook. Well, yeah, Billie Jean was stunning. It was the beginning of David’s march straight to the crown.
Chikezie’s elimination was death-by-Luther. Sigh. It should not have happened. Ramiele should have been put out of her misery that week, but it was not to be. Not yet.
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First, LOL at the number of comments on this topic – reruns of last season! LOLOLOLOL! :biggrin_wp:
Hey I didn’t think that there might be folks who wanted to see it who didn’t get to back then though. So this is pretty cool, really, the reruns AND the re-commenting. Fun fun. Thanks, mj.
May I just say, and I have not read all of these comments, that Mr. Cook totally blew me away with Billie Jean this week. Again. And I saw it that night, live on AI. And I saw him do the entire song 3X live on the AI tour. And watched countless videos. And have at least 4 versions of the song on my iPod and 2 different video versions. And he blows me away every time I listen or watch. Still.
Oh drat, am I still in love with David Cook? Sigh. Yep, still addicted…no cure in sight….
:wub_tb:
Don’t fret kathrynTX, we could start a Betty Ford Clinic, only call it the David Cook Clinic and preclude treatment for any addiction unrelated to the Man himself. On day one, there’d be no vacancy and a mile long waiting list. Maybe in these down economic times, I should seriously consider creating such a place. Only potential problem would be no one would be interested in being cured, but familial interventions could still work.
(No offense or intent to trivialize addiction, btw. Just self-deprecating admission of personal obsessions here.)
Ok, I love to recap this because I never did it last year, so fun!
1. It’s beyond irritating that they put down season 7…I am not an AI lifer, in fact this is my first full season of watching, but who cares if there wasn’t a lot of weird personalities to contend with. The talent of this season makes us all want to watch and discuss these episodes a year later for the second time, that doesn’t sound so bad to me.
2. Michael Johns may sing note for note on WWRY/WATC, but the performance he puts on, the passion and the beautiful voice (ok and the looks)…sorry just not karaoke to me. And, if it is I want to know that karaoke bar some of you are frequenting because that must be some pretty great entertainment :lol_ee:
3. David Cook sounded amazing with Billy Jean, and until they all start performing original material on the show they are all copying so really I am ok with him covering Chris Cornell’s version (and CC was probably just wanting to boost his poor sales a little which is why he complained about DCook so I am not going to give him too hard a time).
4. I don’t think Brooke White is meant to sing dark/stalker songs–sad will work, just don’t try to turn a dark song cheerful!
5. KLC that was some impressive exploitation of people’s patriotism–she definitely was working to stay in the game.
Howdy weareallinnocent!
No offense taken! Yeah, it wouldn’t fly, your business model. I don’t think anyone with DCOCD really wants to get over it. That would be David Cook Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. And is it REALLY a disorder? OH sorry, getting WAY OT here!
As for the continuing discussion of originality, bravery, boldness, etc on AI – I take all that to mean “within the confines of the show and its confines.” So far, AI does not allow ORIGINAL SONG night. Until they do, everyone is singing a cover, possibly a cover of a cover. And apparently they are free to do some re-arranging. Or not. All I have to go on is THE PERFORMANCE. I don’t think anyone prior to Season 7 or any contestant on Season 7 could’ve done pretty much ANY of the songs that Cook did and succeeded like he did. I like that Paula called him SMART too because that was a big part of his performances – knowing where to find the versions HE could do best, knowing what he was capable of in the first place, and knowing what he honestly could relate to. Ya gotta THINK about those things. And well I think he also has admirable instincts.
Also, I actually liked Archie 2nd best that night! I liked his You Are the Voice and I didn’t know the song. But he was so HONEST and earnest. I think I’d like to see him LIVE, although I haven’t bought his album.
I’m a huge fan and do have his album, which I love, but I think nothing sounds as good as Archie live. For me, there was not a single studio recording of his during AI that topped his live performances – even when he flubbed lyrics. He just seems to thrive on the energy of the audience.
I agree, and it made the performance very endearing! Too bad it turned so many people off as well.
lefty, ya know, I DID see Archie LIVE! 3X. And met him a couple of times, albeit very briefly. He really amazed me. He is really as connected and “into” the music as anyone. He connects with the audience too. And I don’t just mean the 12 and 13 year old girls who think he’s cute. (He IS cute too!) I really truly gasped when he sang Angels at the last AI show in Tulsa. And I thought his You Are The Voice had just as much passion and emotion as his live performances.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm…I just didn’t catch the Archie obsessiveness though. I guess there was no room for it after I was totally sucked in by Mr. Cook.
Can’t wait for tonight! Dolly Parton night, right?
More than a little jealous that you saw him in Tulsa – that Angels was amazing … the only one I’ve actually kept on my iPod.
Ditto in reverse. :happy_tb:
My favorite of all nights. My brother is in town with his family and I’m making them all watch it with me, like it or not. Nearly everyone was awesome for Dolly!
Okay, I’m late to the party as usual. I even watched this online earlier today so I could comment earlier. It didn’t work out though and by now peeps are watching and getting ready to comment on a Little Sparrow, A Mountain, An evil J-woman, Traveling through life and a singer who’s best when he sings R&B. I guess I don’t remember the others so well…
Anywhoo, for some reason Billie Jean on the original night didn’t evoke the emotion that it did for some/most and I’ve had to process why this is. My conclusion: 1) I was already rooting for and pretty much sold on DC. 2) I just didn’t understand music and what constitutes greatness at this point, and I still have a long, long ways to go. That’s what is so awesome about this site AND following someone who fits this mold.
So that night DC started singing and I started to say something and was shushed by my hubby who went up to the TV and knelt down by it as if he was watching Ohio State in the last seconds of playing Texas in the Fiesta Bowl (often seen sight in my home when his fav college or Pro team is playing, AND btw, hubby DOES know music). To say the least, he was stunned and shouted, “He nailed it!”, or something to that effect.
So fast forward to present time and watching this show again online I’ve upped my capacity for music because yeah, DC was head and shoulders above all others that night.
In light of this, MJ really did a great job with Queen, but I now see how karaoke-y he was in past weeks.
Jason and Brooke were my two other favorites on the show and I do believe the band drowned out Jason that night. I did like Brooke the second time around and heh, thought she made a stalker song sound kinda like a love song, maybe?
KLC, love this song! I thought she did a fine job with it, but it didn’t cause me to vote for her.
Archie, I have mixed feelings on this because while I liked his energy in this song, I think the few times I’ve seen him do Crush, he’s much better on that.
Syesha, I was never a big fan, but listening with my ‘new ears’ for music, that girl can sang! Still not my cuppa, but great voice.
Chikezie did blow it this week, poor guy.
RM, never a huge fan and her pouty lips did bug me.
Carely, I love this song and so wanted to love her singing it…
David A’s
You Are the Voice
I could tell David loves this song.
This was the 1st time I had heard You Are The Voice. Since then I have listened to it so many times.
This song was unknown to so many when David sang it. Now many know it and love it because of the risk David took performing You Are The Voice that night on AI.
I think rarely did they mic Jason correctly. Which isn’t an excuse so much and I know I could go grassy knoll there, but it just seemed like they didn’t know how to mic softer singers. Or want to bother trying.
I am one of those people who believe that everything happens for a reason and though it may suck at first, it served a purpose and something better happens in the end.
Once all hell broke loose about Billie Jean//CC…and it wouldn’t die….David Cook had to prove that he didn’t need to do anyone’s cover of a cover again, even when his version was so much better. While everyone else was just preparing to sing songs (mostly karaoke), and I might add–they bored me to tears…David Cook, the artist, emerged. David Cook started to do his own arrangements. It became quite obvious to people in TV land that this guy was in a totally different league than anyone else on that show. He no longer was a contestant–he was a guest performer. What emerged were original arrangements such as ABMB, Little Sparrow, All I Really Need is You (he gave Neil Diamond goosebumps!!!), First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Dream Big and my favorite–The World I Know.
The rest is history.