# Amercian Idol 3/27-3/28 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713 "2007-03-27T17:55:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713/1 "2007-03-27T17:55:57Z")
Gwen Stefani coaches the kids singing songs from the 90s. And she sings tomorrow, [my name day](http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3626)! Coincidence?? 😃 – **gigi** , aka Gwen(dolen) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713/2 "2007-03-27T18:07:40Z")
Oh dear. I can’t say I’m looking forward to this week. However, if I let myself off the hook and just go to bed early, I might find that I can live without seeing the rest of the season, and _then what?_ Huh? HUH? ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713/3 "2007-03-27T19:08:32Z")
Argh, I have to work tomorrow (start time 4AM). I’ve been getting Wednesdays and Thursdays off for the past couple of months. Unfortunately I have to fill in for somebody ☹ I might sneak a peek before I go to bed, though. Gwennie should be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713/4 "2007-03-27T19:34:37Z")
I can’t speak for the other “old fogeys” like myself who haunt these threads, but I for one am _terrified_ of what is going to happen tonight … mostly because I will probably _know_ at least 50% of these songs, and I probably _liked_ 25% of the original artists, and I will probably _hat_e at least 75% of these versions. But I will watch anyway, because we old people need _something_ to bitch about. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713/5 "2007-03-27T19:42:28Z")
Argh! Why did I have to volunteer to do a dinner party tonight? I (heart) Gwen…Oh well, there’s always YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713/6 "2007-03-27T19:47:06Z")
I’ll have to record tonight’s performance and watch later tonight or maybe even tomorrow. We might be putting an offer in on an acreage and our real estate agent (AKA “Dad”) is coming over to work on stuff with us. :eek: I’m terrified. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713/7 "2007-03-27T20:26:52Z")
Oh, god, I’m not going to know any of these songs. They’re all Stefani numbers? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713/8 "2007-03-27T20:31:24Z")
I’m with you, **Lib** …the only thing I know about Gwen Stefani is that she looks a little bit like Madonna. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713/9 "2007-03-27T21:02:21Z")
No, they won’t be hers, they’ll be '90s pop songs. Stefani’s solo stuff is pretty recent anyway. Back in the '90s she was still with No Doubt. I’m sure I’ll know most, if not all of the songs tonight. I graduated in '96. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713/10 "2007-03-27T21:47:49Z")
Sound worth watching–even though I would watch anyway! ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713/11 "2007-03-27T22:21:20Z")
Songs from the 90s!? That’s great! 🙂 I hope they’ll do “Bicycle Built For Two” and maybe “I’ve Been Working On The Railroad”! They probably can’t afford the royalties for “Kathleen”. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713/12 "2007-03-27T22:41:14Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] Oh dear. I can’t say I’m looking forward to this week. However, if I let myself off the hook and just go to bed early, I might find that I can live without seeing the rest of the season, and _then what?_ Huh? HUH? [/QUOTE] What?? Don’t abandon us now! > [@Liberal](#): > > I hope they’ll do “Bicycle Built For Two” and maybe “I’ve Been Working On The Railroad”! They probably can’t afford the royalties for “Kathleen”. Heh. That would be hilarious. I wonder what Sligh would do to rearrange [I Guess I’ll Have to Telegraph My Baby](http://www.archeophone.com/product_info.php?products_id=31)? “Dawg, these are classic songs. You should have just gone with the melody.” “I’m not familiar with the song, but you touched my heart.” “That crackling sound you hear is Edward M. Favor spinning in his grave.” ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713/13 "2007-03-27T23:39:53Z")
[QUOTE=yellowval] No, they won’t be hers, they’ll be '90s pop songs. Stefani’s solo stuff is pretty recent anyway. Back in the '90s she was still with No Doubt. I’m sure I’ll know most, if not all of the songs tonight. I graduated in '96. [/QUOTE] Please humor me and pretend you mean that you graduated from college in '96, and not high school, so I can feel like we’re the same age for a moment. OK? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713/14 "2007-03-27T23:47:35Z")
[QUOTE=rockle] I can’t speak for the other “old fogeys” like myself who haunt these threads, but I for one am _terrified_ of what is going to happen tonight … mostly because I will probably _know_ at least 50% of these songs, and I probably _liked_ 25% of the original artists, and I will probably _hat_e at least 75% of these versions. But I will watch anyway, because we old people need _something_ to bitch about. 😃 [/QUOTE] I dunno if I count as an old fogey or not, but I kinda stopped paying attention to current music in the late '80s, except for stuff that people recommended to me. So my knowledge of '90s music is very spotty, and stuff that was probably all over the radio I’ve probably never heard before. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713/15 "2007-03-28T00:01:19Z")
The stuff from the 90’s that I like (mostly hard rock and grunge) is all stuff they probably wouldn’t do. The stuff they will do is likely to be all the radio pablum that I’ve tried to block from my memory. I know Stefani only as that chick who looks like Madonna. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713/16 "2007-03-28T00:02:55Z")
Gahh, it’s even worse than we thought. The music of Gwen Stefani and the crap that “inspired” her? It’s going to be a long night. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713/17 "2007-03-28T00:04:48Z")
Last Dance is a '90s song? What’s up with that Lakisha? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713/18 "2007-03-28T00:05:58Z")
Lakisha: Competent performance. Boring song. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713/19 "2007-03-28T00:05:59Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Gahh, it’s even worse than we thought. The music of Gwen Stefani and the crap that “inspired” her? It’s going to be a long night. [/QUOTE] I guess that explains Donna Summer. I didn’t really like that. Sorry, Lakisha. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713/20 "2007-03-28T00:07:08Z")
LaKisha’s voice is fantastic but I was underwhelmed. She was just sort of mailing it in. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713.md?page=2)