Wednesday, April 16, 2008
10 Intresting Office InteriorsI like Three Rings the best They’re all interesting in their own way. Some are too silly for my taste.
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Body Blow to the Clinton Campain
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American Idol Top 7
Mariah Carey is the mentor this week. After all, she’s promoting a new album and being a mentor on Idol has turned out to be very lucrative for established artists. The trouble with Mariah is most of her songs are showboat tunes that rely on her vocal tricks to make them special. That can be the kiss of death for your average Idol contestant. And unfortunately, Michael Johns could have done something interesting, but he left last week.
However, the show started off with David Archuleta, who took on I still Believe effortlessly and arguably did it better than Mariah’s version. Once again, he’s safe.
Carly Smithson took on “I Can’t Live”, which is not originally a Mariah song. It’s a 70s pop classic. Carly did it well. Simon, however, was not feeling it. Despite the audience reacting so well to her performance. That might make her in the bottom three again since he seems to have some influence with his criticism. Michael Johns being a good example. I thought he did well last week, but Simon didn’t and now he’s gone.
Shyesha was next, handling a lesser well known Mariah tune called “Vanishing” and doing a tremendous job with it. She got universal praise from the judges except for Simon saying the song choice might hurt her. I’d say she’s probably safe.
Brooke White did “Hero”. It was apparent from her performance that her vocal range is nowhere near as flashy as some of the others. But she didn’t try to go there. She took it as an acoustic version and it worked, except for her lack of confidence in the middle. Simon kind of trashed it. So she may be in the bottom three.
Kristie Lee Cook, who has been getting better, even though I expected her to be gone by now, did a very good version of “Forever”. She countried-fried it, And it worked. However Simon once again played wet blanket. I’d shay she’ll be back in the bottom three tonight. But I think she has been improving week to week, and if she finds good songs, she could be a successful Nashville act.
David Cook (no relation) did a very cool alt-rock vrsion of “Always Be My Baby”. The judges praised it to high heaven so he is safe as can be. His star is rising on this show and he will probably be in the final two with David A.
Jasonm Castro really stepped it up this week with “I Don’t Wanna Cry”, doing some singing tricks I didn’t think he could pull off, It was a very good stretch for him. Randy didn’t dig it. Paula did. So did Simon. I’d say he’s safe.
So when it coems down to it, Mariah songs didn’t help the ladies. The men ruled the night. I suspect it will be three women in the bottom three tonight.
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