Turn away if you don't dig American Idol

[sereneorange]

Okay, now I do not dig Adam Lambert. I am sick of that cheesy little girl and I want Adam to go away and hit Broadway where he belongs.

They did country night on AI tonight.

While I am not an Adam Lambert fan, I am a big Johnny Cash fan. He picked Ring of Fire. I groaned.

But wait.. it had sitars and he was bending his voice in a clever, clever way. This was like Johnny Cash meets Led Zepelin. I loved it.

And yes, I know Adam is a good singer. Doesn't mean I am not sick of him. Beyonce is a good singer and I cannot stand the sound of her voice either. At least that heifer isn't always winking into the damn camera.

Comments

[gloriousburdens.livejournal.com]

i LOVED his version of Ring of Fire. I just loved it!

[eonblue21.livejournal.com]

I think his range is amazing and I think he's a great performer/singer but he could have taken any song and mangled it in this manner and it would have sounded the same. Why mangle a classic?

Just my 2 cents.

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

I didn't think it was a mangle. I really enjoy songs arranged for different genres if they are done well. It probably helps that I really enjoy sitar.

[eonblue21.livejournal.com]

there are few situations wherein liking a sitar would help but this was probably one of them :)

I don't think this had to happen is what I meant. I didn't hate it but it was almost unrecognizable. To me that's mangling, not just changing the arrangement, especially with the unnecessary runs and liberties he took towards the middle and end.

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

the best part of the song was definitely not his 80's hair band squealing. I did dig the arrangement though, and that was someone else's doing.

[reanimated.livejournal.com]

oooh i think i like him. reminds me alllllmost of jeff buckley's style. which you can't hate on.

[reanimated.livejournal.com]

okay yes. jeff buckley influence for real. wow. and sorry, anyone who doesn't think jeff buckley was amazing is not allowed to listen to music ever again.

[badjuju1.livejournal.com]

I thought it was brilliant!! :D

I need to purchase the download asap!!!

I would have never expected to be so thoroughly entertained by American Idol on country music theme night!!!! (normally that's one of my least favorite nights because I generally don't like the twangy country songs (though I will admit there are still exceptions to that rule), so tonight I was pleasantly surprised to hear so many of the idols changing up the songs so they didn't sound so country-ish ;)

[meowvatar.livejournal.com]

Damn. I hate all things Idol, especially after last year's uber-sucky season, but that was WONDERFUL. Wow. I want to hear the whole thing.

He's EXTREMELY talented, wow!

[antigone-ks.livejournal.com]

I've been meaning to ask this of someone for years, but I always forget about it. Everyone I know from Houston hate Beyonce. Which, granted, is like 10 people out of 5 million, but still. I've heard some really nasty things said about her and a total denial that she's really Houstonian, kind of like how I deny that Fred Phelps is a Kansan. What's up with that?

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

I am not in denial that she is a Houstonian, and she is INCREDIBLY popular here, however, I cannot stand the sound of her voice and when she speaks, she sounds stupid to me. I don't dig her. But I have never heard anything about her being a nasty person to anyone or anything .