Memphis: Pretty Tepid.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
All right. We're in for an abbreviated American Idol tonight, due to the State of the Union Address at 9pm Eastern. I'll have to do some Blognastics by posting here and then running over to post on Daily Kos.
Oh - that's not predictable. Empty Memphis streets followed by "where IS everybody??" followed by the throngs that showed up to audition. Yawn.
Ok. Annoying. My digital cable is freezing creating a jerky effect during the middle of the show. Aaagh!!
Ok. First, the first guy wasn't awful. He wasn't. There was promise there, but I agree that this year isn't for him. Then we got the awful girl with no personality. Then we move on to the energetic kid with the weird pants (his whole outfit is weird, frankly). And next to the unfortunate girl with the braces. So far there's no love in Memphis. I wonder if they wished they had let the first guy through?
The next teaser, however, looks promising.
Sundance Head. What a name. Interesting backstory, also. Son of Roy Head, a guy who had a hit that was knocked off the charts by the Beatles' Yesterday. Sundance chooses to sing Stormy Monday - BIG song. I LOVE him. Love love love him! He's edgy but I suspect, unlike Chris Daughtry, he's versatile. All three judges love him, too. Memphis has its first stand-out, and he's a guy I'm watching from here on out. Not a Taylor moment (instant fandom and love), but close.
BAD Simon!! Says "He just blew Taylor apart". My ASS. Simon's a sore loser. Why take digs at Taylor? I'm sure it has to do with the idea that he didn't want to put him through in the first place. Get over it, Simon. Taylor won.
And we're back. Beale Street. Elvis. Al Green (all-time favorite of mine). BB King. And back to the auditions. I actually kind of liked Wandera Hitchye. compared to what we've seen, at least she had a voice and pitch. Not the best, but not dreck. And we've seen a lot of dreck.
This better pick up soon.
Or not. Travis McKinney - ack. What is that??
Danielle McCollough chooses one of my ALL TIME favorite songs. And I'll add - it's one of THE hardest songs to sing. She's ok. She definitely has something, but there's pitch problems in there, and she pulled back on the parts she should have powered. While it may have been interpretation, it's usually a sign that a singer's compensating. She kind of changed key just a tad, but she's got a quality. At the very beginning, she momentarily put me in mind of Kelly Clarkson. And she's through to the next round.
And thus concludes Day 1. That's ALL we got from Day 1?? Jeez. This State of the Union thing is killing my buzz.
Oh how sad. A guy who thinks becoming the American Idol will get his wife back. Or get him Paula Abdul. I don't know which is more sad - the pipe dreams, his choreography, or his singing. Ah - and Simon enlightens the evening with the "bad wedding singer" analogy. While it may apply to this guy, did he not use the SAME analogy with Taylor??!
Wow. If this was American Cleavage, this girl would have a shot.
Wow. Sean Michel. I don't know what to think of him. It's clear he can sing - but I don't know that song, and it's difficult for me to tell if he did it well. At any rate, he's got rhythm. He MUST lose the Jesus/Castro/Osama look, though. And I worry that he's going to be one of these people that chooses obscure songs - it's imperative that he break out of that at Hollywood Week, because you kow they're going to be following him around because he looks so... odd.
Melinda Doolittle, the nervous background singer. REALLY like her - the second standout of the night. She obviously has nerve issues, but hopefully she'll get over them. She rocked. She also wins so far on personality - no attitude and very likeable.
Ok. The guy who missed the birth of his second child had better be good. May make a hell of a story if he's good, though.
Philip Stacy. Hm he started out a little shrill, but he got better as the audition went along. He's strong - good pitch once he settled down. He starts a second song and I think he starts that one better, but a fight ensues among the judges as to whether or not it was, in fact, better. He gets the go through at any rate, so good for him. My caution to him would be to RELAX and open his throat - I can SEE him tightening on the high notes and it pushes some of them towards shrill. Another note, it's a good thing his wife is behind him. I can't imagine anyone, let alone a married person, making it through the whole thing without the strong support of family.
HAND DOWN winner of the night: Sundance Head. No question - no one else even came close.
And with that, I'm changing my blog persona to go blog the SOTU. See y'all (I don't really think there's a "y'all", but hey - I'm trying) tomorrow night!
Labels: American Idol, Auditions
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