# American Idol - 11,12 March \[open spoilers posibble, open at your own risk\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969 "2008-03-11T15:16:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/21 "2008-03-12T00:23:05Z")
Chickezie was really entertaining. Took balls to go for the high notes, too. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/22 "2008-03-12T00:23:44Z")
Someone needs to help that boy pick his clothes better. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/23 "2008-03-12T00:24:27Z")
Syesha was not good at all. She’ll be around for a few weeks and that’s about it. Chikezie was great. Maybe this season is finally turning around. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/24 "2008-03-12T00:26:10Z")
Back to my predictions holding up. “In My Life” as painfully boring muzak. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/25 "2008-03-12T00:26:23Z")
I was really impressed by the guy who did “She’s a Woman.” Partly because he knew the song existed (I love the tune, but it’s not well known), and partly because he really did a good version. That was cool. ---
**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 12, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/26 "2008-03-12T00:26:41Z")
Not liking this. She’s off the beat a lot. tempo’s too slow. Too Breathy. She’s not respecting the melody. She has no rhythm. I really like this song too, but she didn’t do it justice. The original has a great vocal by John Lennon. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/27 "2008-03-12T00:26:59Z")
Chikezie was…insane. It was fun to watch, but what the hell was up with the golf outfit? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/28 "2008-03-12T00:27:31Z")
“In My Life” was exactly what I expected. Kind of melodramatic and completely uninspired. ---
**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 12, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/29 "2008-03-12T00:28:31Z")
Ryan and Chick sittin’ in a tree. . . I thought Remoulade was good. She could do better. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/30 "2008-03-12T00:29:26Z")
Ramiele’s performance was one of the most boring things I’ve ever seen. ---
**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 12, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/31 "2008-03-12T00:29:48Z")
“In My Life” is _not_ a boring song, Simon. You hurt your credibility when you say things like that. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/32 "2008-03-12T00:32:57Z")
Chikeze knocked it out of the park. I didn’t know he had it in him. Remiel wasn’t as bad as the judges said she was. I don’t really like what she did with the song, but she did an okay job. Better than Sayesha. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/33 "2008-03-12T00:33:10Z")
Well, it’s a boring song _choice_ in the sense that it’s obvious and predictable that someone would do a maudlin, uninspired version of it. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/34 "2008-03-12T00:34:12Z")
As someone who totally grew up on Lennon/McCartney – I probably know every word to every song through the White Album – thus far the only one I’ve liked is Chikezie. He really went in a totally different direction, but that’s the thing about so many L/M tunes – they really hold up to almost _any_ interpretation. I’ll never forget once as a teenager hearing a L/M tune in a soft arrangement when I was out somewhere with my dad, who claimed to hate all music post-1945 or so, and he commented on what a lovely tune it was. He wouldn’t believe me that it was a Lennon/McCartney tune, but it showed me that their stuff can really hold its own against almost _any_ arrangement. Except as karaoke, which is what Ramiele just performed. \ And I _love_ that song, but still nearly fell asleep! She turned it into total pablum. Shame on her! Syesha was just “pitchy” enough to annoy the crap out of me. And her performance just didn’t hold up well. I sure hope we get more adventuresome arrangements/performances. Bravo to Chikezie for having the guts to perform the song in a way I, at least, have never heard and never imagined – but worked! ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/35 "2008-03-12T00:36:22Z")
Love this song… and it’s a nice version… but a little breathy. So they can even play instruments this season. Wow. ---
**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 12, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/36 "2008-03-12T00:36:56Z")
Jason sure doesn’t sound like he comes from Texas. I’m afraid that Jason’s weak voice will do him in. He’d be a great singer/songwriter type guy-- if he wrote good songs. I still like him. I thing he’s pretty and I like his dreds. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/37 "2008-03-12T00:38:09Z")
“I feel your heart”? Seriously? Is Paula high? Stupid question. ---
**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 12, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/38 "2008-03-12T00:38:17Z")
I thought Jason was ok. It was basically right down the middle of the fairway. Jason doing what he does with his accoustic guitar. It was solid but nothing special. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/39 "2008-03-12T00:38:37Z")
What a terrible song choice. One of the things that makes that song so good is the harmonies. Singing it solo robs the song of quite a bit. It was dull. ---
**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 12, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/40 "2008-03-12T00:39:39Z")
[QUOTE=Harborwolf] What a terrible song choice. One of the things that makes that song so good is the harmonies. Singing it solo robs the song of quite a bit. It was dull. [/QUOTE] Yes! That’s what was missing from that song! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969.md?page=3)