Top Four - American Idol Rocks

Here come my thoughts about the Final Four, remember - always before the judges say whatev...

David Cook - Hungry Like The Wolf - first of all, the fact that Duranx2 is in the rock and roll hall of fame is suspicious at best. He was fine. He's a shoo in for second place. Not a great show off of his voice - one group of notes all the way through.

Syesha - Proud Mary - This is a CCR song Syehsa. She's gone to the Kristy Lee Cook school of Glitter. And added a little shake-your-tail-feather. Maybe her best so far, she seemed less bland than she's been.

Jason - I Shot the Sheriff - I shot the boring. He is clearly stoned and has stopped trying to hide it.

David Archuletta - Stand By Me - Who is dressing this poor boy? He looks like Tom Hulce in Parenthood. I expect him to ask for 2 grand for a new business venture. "And all you beautiful girls..." Is that an ad lib? Oh and he sang great.

David Cook - Baba O'Riley - Interesting pick - Can't quite hit the high notes, but I'm impressed again with his ability to take a song and arrange it to suit him and tell a story with it. It shows how much more badderish the Duranx2 song really was though. His oblong head must be hypnotizing me.

Syesha - A Change has Gotta Come - she's playing the race card, try and vote her off this week, middle America! Simon's right, she shrieks up there - but still, can she please get further than Dread-head Spiccoli?

Jason - Mr. Tambourine Man - He is soooo baked. I think I prefer William Shatner's version. And then he goes up on the lyric. Wow. this guy has got to go. They should just escort him, his dreads and that ridiculous guitar out of here without giving out phone numbers. They should just grab the little pouch of weed that he surely has on him and arrest him on the spot. So much for the "year of the besterest talent ever." What a joke.

David Archuletta - Love Me Tender - a great choice for teenybopper target #1. He could get all the phone calls he needs. Imagine how many more he would get if he'd just OPEN HIS EYES.

Seriously. Spiccoli must go. I just hope he has the decency to order a pizza during the elimination round and have it delivered to Simon. That would make me love him. I can hear him now saying "I just thought it would be funny."

Comments

[Ken]

FYI Jason is a Christian and a worship leader from a large church in Dallas... while you might not like his voice or mannerisms are you really as shallow as thinking that he does drugs because of his hair? I really enjoy your blog, but this is a bit insulting... I am not a Jason Castro fan and actually prefer David Cook but jumping to conclusions can get you into trouble. OK end of rant...

[Amy]

Gotta agree with Ken here.

[Eric Bramlett]

Do you really think that I really think that he does drugs?

[Jenn]

Not sure why they called this R&R Hall of Fame week – contestants were to select songs played on “classic rock” or “oldies” radio stations.

I felt sorry for Rocker David - the sound was atrocious for his Duran Squared number. His cover of Baba was very good. Unfortunately for David, he was in the Kiss of Death first singer spot. And he’s not necessarily a shoo-in for 2nd place. He could suffer the same fate as Daughtry (although things have turned out rather well for that fella).

Syesha is no John Fogerty and she’s certainly no Tina Turner.

Perhaps Jason has tired of the whole AI thing and was actually trying to get booted last night.

Sorry, but Little David is about as exciting as watching paint dry. Yea, he’s got a nice voice, but he bores me to tears.

[ellie]

This erroneous exponential use has to stop! I teach fifth grade and "Duran Squared" wouldn't equal "Duran Duran" because Duran times Duran (which is exponential, or to the second power) isn't the same as double Duran.

See now Eric, people can be angry at me now instead of you.

I like the idea of our church growing exponentially, too. But if we simply get squared (ourselves timed ourselves), we'll go from 5000 attenders to 25,000,000. I think we'll need more chairs. Heymaybe some more folks will attend ICON!

See, Eric, these fifth grade math ramblings are meant to distract those who feel you were too hard on Jason. By the way, did anyone see Jason being compared to Jar-Jar Binks on the channel 9 news. Quite spot on...

[Tanya]

It was definately time for Jason to go - I think he should have went before some of the others. I can never really even tell if he cares to be there, I think Ryan was right when he said he seemed relieved to be done.