American Idol Top 4 Idol Chatter and Idle Chatter

[damo]

...well, that explains the 'stink'...

Good one!!!

 

[Tatania]

Haha, I don't HATE him. I liked him during Motown week but the screeching almost every other week is just not for me!!!

Let's finally get this straightened out. That sound Danny made last night - you know the one that sounded like a cat going through a wood chipper - THAT is screeching. It's painful, out of tune, and embarrassing. What Adam does is a controlled, in tune "rock wail" - the sort of thing you hear Tyler Perry or Robert Plant do in a good performance. Danny = and Adam =

How many times in a few minutes on stage can you sing "slow ride take it easy", not even look at each other through half of the song but be rock gods and connected ?

The duet that was not at all connected was Danny and Kris - another painful moment in the show. Danny's ego is so massive he's incapable of sharing the stage with another performer. He never looked at Kris and his focus seems to be to out-sing him. Alison and Adam's duo demonstrated the right way to do a duet. He supported her, made her look good, didn't try and overpower and both looked as though they were having a fabulous time with each other. Kris look downright miserable after his performance with Danny and I don't blame him.

I didn't think that was fair to Danny to show that part of the song in the recap.

The live show blog on EW.com explained this. With 15 minutes to go before showtime and no dress rehearsal they
"needed to tape short snippets of the Final Four's performances for the recap package at the end of the show. If ever there was a time to make the argument that this practice of taping dress rehearsal is ridiculous, given the ability of pretty much everything everywhere ever to utilize instant replay technology, this would be the time -- but tonight was so fraught with hysteria I just don't have the heart. Glambert took the stage in his chesty leather jacket, Cory asked us to make this "the most energetic 15-30 seconds of your life," and the band started into "Whole Lotta Love." Not "Dream On." Huh. Next was Allison -- looking downright hott in her leather pants and fancy hair -- and "Cry Baby"; then Kris and "Come Together." Which meant there was only one man who could possibly be singing "Dream On," and it was not the man for the job. "He can't hit that note!" I said to the journalist in front of me. "No way does he have that note!" And yet -- omg, Danny Gokey was fully of the belief that he could hit that note. I grabbed my friend's shoulder. He aimed for the note, landed in a neighboring county, trailed off. With four minutes to go, they started his snippet again. He aimed for the note again, and this time landed four states to the south, but there was no time to be precious about it.

Danny added a little doo-doo-doot between choruses one and two -- which he didn't do in dress rehearsal, meaning the clip they'd pre-taped was now essentially useless -- and then he went for The Note.
Thanks to the doo-doo-doot improv, the guys in the truck were forced to edit Gokey's recap clip down to just The Scream. Somewhere, I hope Howard Dean is smiling.
http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/05/american-idol-o.html

Was it me or did Kris look really, REALLY angry during/after his duet? Like very unhappy to be in that position. Danny threw his arm around him, and Kris just barely (and reluctantly) reciprocated. Just looked like a pouty teenager who wasn't getting his way. NOT that I blame him...he was so blatantly paired up with the losing team for the duet. There was no way they could do better than the A-Team.

He had every right to be furious. His singing partner was horrible and he and Alison are clearly being thrown under the bus. Danny could take a dump on stage and the judges would find a way to praise it and give him an A++ for effort. The bias in the judging is so obvious that any last shred of credibility they have is gone. Simon makes 36 million dollars per year for this show and these critiques is what we get??? We deserve a lot better for that kind of money.

Here is rock lesson #1. Adam could demo this, but I will just try to sum it up here. Danny needs to listen. cannot JUST scream, you have to scream an actual NOTE. That's the difference between singing a rock song and being killed by a large knife.

X. Unfortunately, all the contestants were trying to imitate Adam, both in the song arrangements and artistry. What they don't get is that he's the only one who has the technical ability to pull it off.

It was clear from the rehearsal footage who Slash thought rocked it out. All you have to do is listen to the original performances of both Aerosmith and Led Zepplin to see which of the two anointed ones sounds like an authentic rock performance and which one was a very poor imitation. That Adam can practically match the performance level of the legendary Robert Plant demonstrates once again the kind of world-class talent he is.

 

[asta]

Finally had time to go back and listen to last night's performances. Still liked Adam's the best by far but thought that Kris sounded better on hearing his a second time. Last night he suffered in the energy comparison but as a stand alone song it was pretty good. I hope that he is back next week.

I think it is funny to read about people who complained before last night that Adam had never been first in performance order but then still managed to complain afterward that going first also gave him an advantage. I think that for them Adam gets too much attention no matter in what performance slot he sings.

Also find it funny that people are saying that it is unfair to have had that horrendous final scream from Danny in the voting number recaps. I think that if he actually made that noise in his song that it is fair game for the recap. Don't sing like that if you don't want it shown on the show.

 

[jacksonsmom]

Let's finally get this straightened out. That sound Danny made last night - you know the one that sounded like a cat going through a wood chipper - THAT is screeching. It's painful, out of tune, and embarrassing. What Adam does is a controlled, in tune "rock wail" - the sort of thing you hear Tyler Perry or Robert Plant do in a good performance. Danny = and Adam =

Totally agree with you here! Adam is controlled, Danny was a mess!

 

[luvmy3]

Here is rock lesson #1. Adam could demo this, but I will just try to sum it up here. Danny needs to listen. You cannot JUST scream, you have to scream an actual NOTE. That's the difference between singing a rock song and being killed by a large knife.

 

[Nancy]

I'm a Kris voter!!

Me too until both phone batteries died..didn't have a lot of luck getting through but I did get some in.

Here is another results site. Their results have been pretty accurate. I like their predications for this week.

http://votenumber1.com/voteamericanidol.html

I tried to go to that site and work and it was blocked...no clue why since it seems pretty harmless.

I agree both ways. It kind of does seem unfair to have the two rockers together and the non-rockers together. But as someone said before, either Kris or Danny with a rocker wouldn't work out too well. Adam and Allison would overpower them.

The whole duet thing was a stinker. Totally not needed. I'm just wondering what the cheesy group number is going to be tonight?

 

[TiggWDW]

Me too until both phone batteries died..didn't have a lot of luck getting through but I did get some in.



I tried to go to that site and work and it was blocked...no clue why since it seems pretty harmless.



The whole duet thing was a stinker. Totally not needed. I'm just wondering what the cheesy group number is going to be tonight?

That's good that you didn't get through much. Every time I voted, I got through. I didn't vote many times though, maybe 10 or 15 times. My phone was dying. I haven't even voted this season until yesterday.

 

[Biscuitsmom31]

Danny should have sung this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxmx1Lee8yo&feature=related

Great song, and sooooo much more suited to his voice. Adam can wail, Danny can't. But, Danny can be raspy and sexy but Adam can't. Why did he try to do an Adam scream? I'll never know.

 

[damo]

Danny should have sung this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxmx1Lee8yo&feature=related

Great song, and sooooo much more suited to his voice. Adam can wail, Danny can't. But, Danny can be raspy and sexy but Adam can't. Why did he try to do an Adam scream? I'll never know.

I don't think I could ever find Danny sexy.

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

Let's finally get this straightened out. That sound Danny made last night - you know the one that sounded like a cat going through a wood chipper - THAT is screeching. It's painful, out of tune, and embarrassing. What Adam does is a controlled, in tune "rock wail" - the sort of thing you hear Tyler Perry or Robert Plant do in a good performance. Danny = and Adam =
.

Tyler Perry? The Madea guy? Did you mean Steven Tyler? Although I haven't watched any of those Madea movies and she just might wail like that.

I totally agree with what you said though!

 

[dahirsh]

The only reason they went with Duets was the time factor. This week we should have had 8 songs, but they barely fit in 6. Next week should be 9, lets see them try to fit those in.

 

[damo]

The only reason they went with Duets was the time factor. This week we should have had 8 songs, but they barely fit in 6. Next week should be 9, lets see them try to fit those in.

I don't get why they just can't make the show longer like Dancing with the Stars.

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndbaF5IcdAw&feature=player_embedded

 

[Bluestars]

Although I liked the duet with Adam and Allison, I wish they had been able to each sing two songs.

I think Kris will be voted off tonight, but you never know. I hope Adam wins, but I was certain Daughtry was going to win his season, or at least Kathryn, but that didn't happen.

 

[DarthKTrava]

...well, that explains the 'stink'...

 

[Nancy]

Although I liked the duet with Adam and Allison, I wish they had been able to each sing two songs.

I think Kris will be voted off tonight, but you never know. I hope Adam wins, but I was certain Daughtry was going to win his season, or at least Kathryn, but that didn't happen.

Oh I hope not. Kris has slowly become my favorite. I'd be fine with Allison going tonight and Danny next week...I don't think Kris could actually win sine Adam for some strange reason () has a huge fan base but I (and again just my feelings) think Kris is way more marketable.

 

[mandy200587]

I voted as much as I could but I stopped after a while, my hand was tired.

I do have to say i love kris allen's pre-idol music. hes very much the music I go and pay and see now so I would keep going after he finishes Idol.

Also some random Idol news, Ricky from this season had a chance to work with a bigger known indie artist Dave Barnes from Nashville on some writing session.

 

[damo]

I'd be sad to see Kris go tonight too. He sure wasn't happy after getting run over by that bus by Danny and AI last night. Poor guy.

 

[GoofyforDisney3]

I can't believe that no one has posted about Paula admitting to a drug habit. I am in complete shock (not!).

http://mjsbigblog.com/paula-abdul-c...-premiers-her-new-song-admits-to-drug-use.htm

 

[Disneylover79]

So about tonight... I can't wait to see daughtry... and as far as my predictions
Not spoilers just my opinion

Kris is going home tonight
I think it will me Allison and Adam in the finale... that would be a great rock out finale....