Comments on: Idol Blogging

By: Greg C.

Greg C. — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:49:44 +0000

I watched tonight and apparently they decided to re-enact a “Songs of Worship” mail-order commercial. Much worse than the “‘Songs of 70s” or “FM Lite Rock” ones.

By: Matt Moore

Matt Moore — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:53:10 +0000

They’re actually kicking someone off tonight… they stretched Idol to three nights this week so they wouldn’t have to boot someone on Idol Gives Back night.

The 2 people next week trick wouldn’t have worked as well this year since it wouldn’t have been a surprise.

By: COD

COD — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:35:46 +0000

Anybody else think David Cook’s song selection was sort of a FU move? It’s inspirational song week, and he picks a song by his favorite band that half the AI audience has probably never heard of? I think between his brother being sick and knowing he can score a record deal on his own at this point he’s not gonna be too upset to get the boot in the next couple of weeks.

By: Bronwyn

Bronwyn — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:35:33 +0000

Well I suppose it’s good no one sang it. No one could hope to beat Kermit.

And no one should try.

By: Danno49

Danno49 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:31:05 +0000

Bronwyn:

“Did anyone sing ‘The Rainbow Connection’?”

Yes. The lover, the dreamers and me.

(ducks tomatoes)

By: DontBurnTheDay

DontBurnTheDay — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:28:05 +0000

The last few weeks of AI have not been satisfying - this season has definitley peaked with the first week of the Beatles songs.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:36:14 +0000

Randy’s comment only solidifies what I have been saying all along — the judges don’t know shit about what they’re doing. Jason Castro is consistently moving product on i-tunes. From Hallelujah to Somewhere Over the Rainbow this week, he is the only one that sings and moves an old song into the i-tunes charts. The idea that Kristy Lee Cook would sell more albums is laughable. She may have the country bloc voting for her while the show is running, but that’s only because they have no one else. When she is compared with other country stars, she will never sell. The producers and judges fell ass-backwards into the popularity of this show and still don’t get what the American public wants.

By: Bronwyn

Bronwyn — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:12:02 +0000

Did anyone sing “The Rainbow Connection”?

By: Buck

Buck — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:09:53 +0000

Smithson reminds me of Grace Slick. And I like the anger. Sometimes anger is inspirational.

I just can’t feel the love for Michael Johns. I don’t know what it is about him but I almost always feel like he is doing more shouting than singing. I really liked his bluesy stuff and I think that is where he excels.

I was surprised to hear Randy say on Larry King the other night that he would sign Kristy Lee Cooke but would not sign Jason Castro.

I guess it is all about marketing.