70’s night! “You can ring my bel-el-ell, ring my bell!” Donna Summer! Kool & the Gang… Here we come!
Michael Johns: Is it just me, or is his mike not on?? Something seems off with the audio. I don’t know… I agree with Randy it wasn’t his best, but it wasn’t bad. This guy has “it”. Paula is coherent, but always nice, and Simon didn’t like the song choice, but Paula tried to defend him. Seacrest tries to bait him into arguing with Simon, but Michael just admits to a crush on Fleetwood Mac.
Castro gets to be used for the Itunes commercial.
Jason Castro: He hates interviews. But he’s doing the guitar on stage. Bold. It works for him. He’s a pretty boy with a nice, soothing voice. Randy says the vocals were bad, and I’m not sure if we were listening to the same guy. Paula agrees with me, and likes his arrangement. But she wants to see him ditch the guitar. Simon thought it was too “schamltzy” and that it was bad vocals and that it wasn’t right. I guess the guitar covered the vocals too much for me?? not sure. Maybe my hearing is off again.
Luke Menard: Says his experience in an accapella band is helping. I like this so far… the hair is yummy this week… I think he beats the Aussie this week. Randy says it was a tough song, and this was his vibe, pitchy, but good. Paula is very coherent, and says that it was the perfect song. Simon is saying it was a mistake. Says he had no charisma and that it was whiny. Seacrest is confused, and Luke says last week he was 0 for 3, this week 2 for 3, he’ll take. Seacrest encourages people to vote for “dawson’s creek”… I hated that TV show. You’re not helping Seacrest, shut up.
Pimp spot! Robbie Carrico’s turn. Seacrest is bringing up the boy band versus rocker thing. Carrico is trying to say that there is so many different styles of “rock”, and he isn’t the the style of Rock that Simon is thinking of. He also loves to drag-race. Awesome.
Robbie Carrico: “Hot Blooded” Awesome! *S* hmm… sounds like it got a little rough there in the middle. DH says this guy just doesn’t have the energy of the original. Randy says rock is not Carrico’s thing, and agrees with DH that he doesn’t live up to Foreigner. Paula says it must be frustrating to hear people say your not authentic. Randy adds in, rock is an attitude, not something you should have to prove. Simon says quit getting offensive, and the vocal was decent.
Danny Noriega: Slow songs suck. He’s got a nice voice in this though. He’s gotpersonality, that’s for sure. That goes a long in this competition. Randy said the vocal had some problems, mostly because he was over-thinking the song. Paula says his voice is nice, and agrees with Randy. Simon also agrees with Randy, and says that Danny looks great on camera. Danny admits that he got a bit carried away last week after the disaster that was his song last week. Simon gets all excited because Danny agreed with him, but the most Danny will admit it “ish!” Because it would totally pain him to admit that Simon was right, and he was wrong.
David Hernadez: Starts on the stairs, and DH is already saying no! It’s a bad song for him. DH says he has no soul in the song. Dude can blow!! He hit it all. I’ve never heard the original, so I liked this…. but DH is comparing him to original. Randy gonna back me up, says it was “Hot dawg!” Paula says his personality came out, he didn’t over do it, perfect. Simon says best vocal of the night so far. Simon says he likes the David H takes criticism without sulking. Interesting since last week he said he liked the back-n-forth when the contestants try to argue with him.
Jason Yeager: I don’t know. Maybe I just don’t like this song. Hard, because I never heard the original, is it supposed to sound like this. Randy must agree with me, because he doesn’t like it. Pitchy and Karaoke. Is Randy reading off Simon’s notes? Paula says the song was too easy for him, that there wasn’t enough of a range. Simon says last week was boring and this week was awful, and that the ending seemed like he was drunk at a party. Simon says he’s a good singer, but not a good performer. Paula did not disagree enough to be vocal, but you could hear her intake of oxygen at that last statement.
Simon told Seacret this isnt’ the Oscars! Enough with the long speeches! we need to play the off music! I agree! Seacrest end it already! I want to watch Jericho! Dh said if I wasn’t blogging it, he’d fast foward through this crap to get to Jericho already.
Chikeszie: Hey! No Pimp Suit!! He looks good without the pimp suit. Cool, his name is Nigerian for “something well created by God.” Interesting. Hey! He has his eyes open! one of the few I’ve seen who sings with his eyes open. he he he! He slipped his own name into the song… fun. This song sounds good from him, not sure anyone else could pull that song off. Randy says Chikezie is back! That is was “hot baby!” Paula says it was clever to dig at Simon on the “remember my name” bit. Simon says it was a million times better then last week. OMGoodness! He loves the suit?? NO!!! Say it ain’t so!! Burn it! Never ever ever wear the magenta pimp suit! Simon is teasing him, and his mother wishes he would shut up. Chikezie shouts out to Donnie Hathaway’s daughter who is singing backup. Kinda cool.
David Cook: A self proclaimed “word nerd”. This guy is more “rock” then Carrico, who keeps defending his rock-ness. Cook is also playing guitar, but he knows how to work the stage with it… Sounded great. Randy loved that he threw the picks out into the crowd, and says Cook is the Real Rocker this year. Paula, who is still coherent, gives props to the band, and says that every Jr. High girl falls for the guitar player cuz of that song. Simon says it was solid, but that his “word nerd” will come back to bite him because he doesn’t have charisma, but Cook tries to get ballsy by saying he doesn’t have to win Simon, just the crowd. Paula says, duh, women like smart men.
David Archuleta: He can blow… DH says he’s doing pretty good. Somehow I get the feeling he needs tiny little gold glasses or something… Randy says one of the best vocals in the show. Paula wants to hug him and love him call him George, or dangle him from her rear view mirror… Ok then! Simon says it was extremely risky to do John Lennon, but it paid off, and that now, David A is the one to beat. He’s so embarassed by the screaming girl-fans… it’s pretty cute. I kind agree with paula, but I don’t think I want him hanging from my rear view mirror. But he does make me want to hug my GeekBoy just a little tighter.
It’s hard to pick for elimination this week… Last week the guys sucked, and it was easy. This week, they’ve been pretty good. I’d probably pick Menard and Yeager are gone. Although Cook’s arguing with Simon might come back to bite him.
Guess we shall find out on Wednesday. I’m out. Time to watch Jericho!!