BILLS4LIFE Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 It wasnt a great night,but Ace and Chris sounded the best imo.
HurlyBurly51 Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 This was the first time this season that I didn't like any of the performances. Elliot was the closest one to 'good' there was. They should really consider hiring Barry to work with them every week.....when left on their own, they tend to drop the ball. 645150[/snapback] I don't get all the Yamin love. Every week I think he blows it and finally the judges will hammer him, only to hear them rave about how great he is. Could he have pictures or something? All their praise is building a false impression, imho, that he is actually talented and unique, thus keeping him around much longer than I'd care to see. I think he's the only one who I truly dread when they announce his performance is upcoming.
ajzepp Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 I don't get all the Yamin love. Every week I think he blows it and finally the judges will hammer him, only to hear them rave about how great he is. Could he have pictures or something? All their praise is building a false impression, imho, that he is actually talented and unique, thus keeping him around much longer than I'd care to see. I think he's the only one who I truly dread when they announce his performance is upcoming. 645183[/snapback] lol, I take it you don't like him I don't think he's got any shot in hell of winning, but I think he has had a few strong performances. I think he'll probably get knocked off in a couple weeks.....he doesn't really have the 'it' factor. I thought Katherine was just okay tonight....when Simon said that it was almost as good as Christina Aguilera's version, I nearly crapped myself. I just didn't think it was all that great. All I know is that they need to bring back Barry.....the Barry factor is huge, man.
GoodBye Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 Bleh! Bucky's time is up. I liked Chris, Ace and Taylor's performances the best.
slothrop Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 It wasnt a great night,but Ace and Chris sounded the best imo. 645179[/snapback] Are you F-ing kidding me! ACE! First, the "dude's" (i use that term in a non-litteral sense) first name is ACE! Second, I feel like I am watch a gay-er version of the backstreet boys when he "sings." Then he give that same look into the screen when he ends the song. It is agonizing to watch him every day cater to the New Kids on the Block demographic (10-14yr old girls).
LabattBlue Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 And Paris reminds me more & more of Mantasia every week, especially in the way they are pimping her...only thing missing is the "yeah yeah yeahs".... can't wait to see her sent home. 645097[/snapback] Agree 100% on little cutesy Paris. Every week the judges like Elliott, but this is the first week that I thought his singing was good. My bottom 3... Lisa Ace Mandisa Lisa doesn't survive out of the bottom 3 this week.
HurlyBurly51 Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 Agree 100% on little cutesy Paris. Every week the judges like Elliott, but this is the first week that I thought his singing was good. My bottom 3... Lisa Ace Mandisa Lisa doesn't survive out of the bottom 3 this week. 645283[/snapback] I thought Lisa was one of the better performances last night. Maybe her and Taylor were the only ones I could stomach. Why does everyone hate on Lisa? Am I tone deaf
Mark Vader Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 BuffaloDenny Posted Today, 11:37 AM QUOTE(LabattBlue @ Mar 29 2006, 06:40 AM) Agree 100% on little cutesy Paris. Every week the judges like Elliott, but this is the first week that I thought his singing was good. My bottom 3... Lisa Ace Mandisa Lisa doesn't survive out of the bottom 3 this week. I thought Lisa was one of the better performances last night. Maybe her and Taylor were the only ones I could stomach. Why does everyone hate on Lisa? Am I tone deaf My Bottom 3 Predictions are: Ace, Bucky, & Lisa. Eliminated: Ace To answer your question about Lisa, IMO she has been the most disappointing contestant on the show. She showed some promise several weeks ago when there were 24 contestants. Since then she has sounded like she is doing karaoke. However I thought she was pretty good last night, I do'nt know why the judges ragged on her last night. I only have her in the bottom 3 because I thought there were better performances than her last night.
Mark Vader Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 Are you F-ing kidding me! ACE! First, the "dude's" (i use that term in a non-litteral sense) first name is ACE! Second, I feel like I am watch a gay-er version of the backstreet boys when he "sings." Then he give that same look into the screen when he ends the song. It is agonizing to watch him every day cater to the New Kids on the Block demographic (10-14yr old girls). 645192[/snapback] Agreed. Ace has done nothing since he got here. He sounded weak last night. Please America, get rid of this no-talent looker.
Mark Vader Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 I don't get all the Yamin love. Every week I think he blows it and finally the judges will hammer him, only to hear them rave about how great he is. Could he have pictures or something? All their praise is building a false impression, imho, that he is actually talented and unique, thus keeping him around much longer than I'd care to see. I think he's the only one who I truly dread when they announce his performance is upcoming. 645183[/snapback] I do'nt understand the love for this guy either. Since the show started I have seen Elliott as middle of the pack. He was good last night, but I have'nt seen him give a great performance. Why the judges gush over him so much is beyond me. Unless he does a complete turnaround, I see him gone in about 2-3 weeks.
Johnny Coli Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 Wow. That was one of the most painful hours of TV I have sat through in a long time. And as such, this post will be excruciating for many of you, so proceed at your own risk. Forcing this show down to an hour even though there are still ten finalists makes for a rushed, unfocused sixty minutes of television. The song arrangements were abysmal, the judges were cranky or outright bored the entire night (Paula…uppers are red, downers are blue), and without the usual between-song, feel-good background stuff that makes the show campy and a target for ridicule (why the hell else would we watch this show?), it‘s reduced to crappy karaoke. Add in the fact that I’m still reeling from last week and Corporate Rock showing us who’s really pulling the strings by eliminating the most compelling and dangerous contestant this competition has ever seen, and we were due to be let down by this week’s torturous “talent” contest. Lisa Tucker is learning a valuable life lesson on AI. People suck and life isn’t fair. No matter what you do, your boss will still beat you down, and someone with less talent will always get promoted over you. You’re not quite enough of a loser to get our pity, and you’re not nearly good enough to get our begrudging respect. Welcome to the land of Mediocrity and Apathy. We’d embrace you, but the rest of us milquetoasts loathe what we’ve become and acknowledging you would only remind us of how we’re not going anywhere either. She could be on the way out this week, but we really don’t care because she means nothing to us. Kelli Pickler. There are a few rubes out there who are still duped, but the rest of us all have real idiots in our lives and sure as hell don’t have room for pretend ones. The vacant blonde pop-star thing has been done to death, and unless you can bring something new to the table, you will end up kneeling under it. She’s safe, though, because while there are plenty of blonde bimbos in entertainment, there are also plenty of horny teenage boys with cell phones. Ace Young. When he started pulling his shirt down my first thought was that he was going for a nipple shot. My second thought was that I was going for the remote because I don’t need to see Ace Young’s nipple on my TV. Then we saw the scar and my wife shouted, “Holy sh--! He shaved off his own nipple!” Awesome! Covais is gone, but what an outstanding plot development. One of the contestants is having a psychotic break and is skipping down the road to self-mutilation right in our living rooms. Watching a fairly decent-looking guy freak out on national TV and showing up each week with a new scar, a hideously self-shaved head, or missing an ear would make for riveting television. Alas, no such luck. It was a basketball (?) injury. I hate the mentally stable Ace Young even more now. Taylor Hicks. What does it say about this country when ten-year-old boys are dieing their hair grey? They already grow up too damn fast, and now they’re skipping adolescence and their roaring 20s and going straight to middle-aged boredom? No binge drinking? No dabbling with weird cults? Have we become too conservative? Societal musings aside, Taylor Hicks blows. All he had was the spazz dance, and he abandoned it for a fake leather jacket, designer jeans, and “singing.” A colossal blunder on his part. His whole thing was running around like a nut, whooping and hollering, and yelling “soul patrol” to everyone within earshot. We all assumed he could sing at least little, like we assume porn stars could “act” if really pressed. But we don’t watch porn for the acting, and no one will pay to see a fat guy with grey hair sing unless that fat guy with grey hair is also making an ass of himself. I like him even less now that I know he can’t sing. Mandisa. I’m a fairly smart, well-traveled person, but there are still plenty of things I have no idea about. Not only did I have no idea they made jeans in that size, but I don’t consider myself better for knowing it now. Two Easter hams parading around on stage singing gospel is not my idea of entertainment. But, like I said, there are a lot of things I’m ignorant about. Chris. Nice rehab job by FOX regarding last week’s rendition of “Walk the Line.” They barely had time this week to squeeze in all the commercials, yet they still made plenty of time to explain away the controversy. How about explaining why the most popular contestant in the history of the show was voted off last week because Corporate Rock and Roll was too scared of what he stood for? How about spending some time on that, FOX? Anyway, Daughtry is safe, of course, but I can’t stress enough that every week he sticks around is another nail in the coffin of his career. Katherine McPhee. (edited…the author is happily married) Bucky Covington. I thought he did a good job, and by God I’m rooting for this kid, now. Everyone else in this competition has something to fall back on. Talent, looks, teeth. He’s got nothing but a trailer and a job painting cars back home. But he shows up with a dumb grin, mumbles through a song, and takes his beating from the judges. I think we can all relate to that on some level, perhaps even as a metaphor for our own lives. I showed up to work today, pretended to listen to my boss, mumbled something under my breath with a smile on my face, did a half-ass job on a project, and now I’m killing time writing about a TV show instead of doing my mundane job. I continue to despise Paris Bennett. Eliott Yamin. What a freaking mess, Elliot. The get-up was right out of Abercrombie and Vagrant, the white-guy-from-the-hood dance was laughable, he forgot the words to the song in one spot and got the lyric spacing wrong in another. I just don’t get why this guy is considered a favorite. I figured he'd get sacked a few weeks ago, but once again I’ve completely underestimated the segment of America that votes in this thing. What’s the draw with this guy? And why are the judges washing his balls every week? Bottom three: Lisa, Bucky, and Me. This was a terrible review of one of the worst hours of TV I’ve ever had to sit through. Shame on you for re-living it with me. Anyway, I still think Lisa goes, but I wouldn’t be shocked to see Bucky get booted or me get fired for slacking at my job.
buffaloboyinATL Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 Thanks for the link. I feel so cheated. I was heaping praise on Chris for having the ability to rework a song with such wonderful results. That ability is something that AI has never found in a competitor. I guess they still haven't. Instead of the next Joe Walsh, CD is looking more like the next Joe Biden. 639824[/snapback] I like how they called him out on this last night. I have a feeling that the judges and Barry Manilow et al, thought it was his own arrangement and they were upset that he tried to pass it off without crediting Live. Seacrest basically said, it's gonna be hard for you to do the genre shows unless you can find a rock remake of one of the songs on the list each week. Simon, who credited him for his originality and for not selling out last week, stated this week that he had to "show a different side of himself" aka selling out.
The Dean Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 I don't watch the show...but, I make sure to tune into Johnny's review every week. Mr. Coli is producing some of the best stuff on the net these days, IMO.
ajzepp Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 I don't watch the show...but, I make sure to tune into Johnny's review every week. Mr. Coli is producing some of the best stuff on the net these days, IMO. 645923[/snapback] If you aren't watching the show, I don't think you have the proper context to truly appreciate his wit!!
The Dean Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 If you aren't watching the show, I don't think you have the proper context to truly appreciate his wit!! 645928[/snapback] I'm sure it's even funnier if you've watch the show. But, i can't take that kind of pain...never been a masochist.
Live&DieBillsFootball Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 I like how they called him out on this last night. I have a feeling that the judges and Barry Manilow et al, thought it was his own arrangement and they were upset that he tried to pass it off without crediting Live. Seacrest basically said, it's gonna be hard for you to do the genre shows unless you can find a rock remake of one of the songs on the list each week. Simon, who credited him for his originality and for not selling out last week, stated this week that he had to "show a different side of himself" aka selling out. 645863[/snapback] Come on...are they trying to tell us that no one on the show including the band was aware that it was a rock remake of that song? How did the band play it? Did Chris write out all of the arrangements for the whole band so that they could play it? Why does it matter if he sings a rock remake of a song every week? Can't he Karaoke to a remake just like the rest Karaoke to the original? I actually thought that his version was better than Live's version of the song. Was it original? No, but neither was anyone else's song.
ajzepp Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 I'm sure it's even funnier if you've watch the show. But, i can't take that kind of pain...never been a masochist. 645943[/snapback]
Live&DieBillsFootball Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 I don't watch the show...but, I make sure to tune into Johnny's review every week. Mr. Coli is producing some of the best stuff on the net these days, IMO. 645923[/snapback] I agree. I almost hope he gets fired so that he can post his critiques here on a full time basis.
LabattBlue Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 Kelli Pickler. There are a few rubes out there who are still duped, but the rest of us all have real idiots in our lives and sure as hell don’t have room for pretend ones. The vacant blonde pop-star thing has been done to death, and unless you can bring something new to the table, you will end up kneeling under it. She’s safe, though, because while there are plenty of blonde bimbos in entertainment, there are also plenty of horny teenage boys with cell phones. 645649[/snapback] Another great review.
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