# American Idol 2/23-25 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 23, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154 "2010-02-23T19:32:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154/121 "2010-02-25T01:25:56Z")
Aaron should be around for a long time. He will get 10-16 yr old teeny-bopper vote. I didn’t know the song but he seemed to sing it well. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154/122 "2010-02-25T01:27:53Z")
He’s killing a very lovely song. The falsetto is awful and he needs to back up off the mic. I’m trying to put the the singer’s name in each post but I don’t know his name. ETA: Jermaine. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154/123 "2010-02-25T01:32:15Z")
Ouch. Jermaine… ouch. Okay voice but as the judges correctly said, he oversang the hell out of that song. And that “Michael” stuff was awkward as _hell_, making him look like a jerk. I say he’s gone. What was the story with that, anyway? Did he blame a bad performance on this Michael guy? ---
**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:** [February 25, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154/124 "2010-02-25T01:36:13Z")
Why can’t I find this year’s recaps on TWOP? What am I missing? ---
**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:** [February 25, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154/125 "2010-02-25T01:39:51Z")
I was ready to hate Tim because of his stupid hair and, boy, did he come through. That was as bad as Lacey. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154/126 "2010-02-25T01:40:50Z")
Apologize was done way better by [Thomas Jefferson](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZfRaWAtBVg). ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154/127 "2010-02-25T01:43:10Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Why can’t I find this year’s recaps on TWOP? What am I missing? They’re [here](http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/american-idol/). You can find the recaps by going to the AI forum, then looking up on the menu that says “RECAPS FORUM WIKI.” The judges are again 100% right. Tim does _not_ have the falsetto / range to pull off that song. I actually kinda like the tone of his lower notes, and there’s something I like about his phrasing. But the song was all kinds of wrong for him. Interesting story about his getting the call after someone else was bumped. Sucks for the other guy, though. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154/128 "2010-02-25T01:44:34Z")
Ugh, I forgot that this show was on until backup boy. Is there a running recap anywhere? And who left so backup boy could come back? ---
**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:** [February 25, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154/129 "2010-02-25T01:47:51Z")
> [@LilyoftheValley](#): > > Ugh, I forgot that this show was on until backup boy. Is there a running recap anywhere? And who left so backup boy could come back? Little Orphan Tranny. He withheld information from the producers. He once had a singing contract. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154/130 "2010-02-25T01:51:52Z")
Are my ears untuned or something? I thought Joe was awful. And YAY, Randy said “for me for you”. I was missing that. Too bad there will not be any hopped-up seal clapping from dearly departed Pauler. And thank you **choie**! ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154/131 "2010-02-25T01:52:15Z")
AI would be infinitely improved by banning both Bryan Adams and Jason Mraz. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154/132 "2010-02-25T01:53:26Z")
It’s a really weak field this year, isn’t it? Not a single really compelling performance on either night yet. I think the only performers who have been at all interesting are Haeley and Todrick for at least trying to be inventive. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154/133 "2010-02-25T01:56:06Z")
“American Woman” is such a bar song. I have a feeling this is something he’s done a million times with cover bands, so it feels really safe. The arrangment is not really working. No momentum or groove. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154/134 "2010-02-25T01:56:28Z")
Yuck. Bad “American Woman”. Ridiculous beginning, soulless rest. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154/135 "2010-02-25T01:57:55Z")
Feel like I’m blabbing on and on. Another guy I was ready to hate because of his hair but I didn’t not mind Tyler’s American Woman at all. And the judgesl are really getting on my last nerve with the ‘be original’ and the ‘you’re too original’ bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154/136 "2010-02-25T02:03:54Z")
I’m with you, **Biggirl**. I didn’t mind that “American Woman.” In fairness, I really really love that song, and find it hard _not_ to like it. I like this guy’s tone, though I do agree that there was something a bit soulless in the arrangement. Joe has a decent voice, but I’m kinda over the “super-fast vibrato” coupled with over-abundance of melisma. When combined, the resulting song sounds like someone trying to sing during an earthquake. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154/137 "2010-02-25T02:04:37Z")
I’m tired of hearing them tell people to be “current,” as well. What the hell does that even mean other than to copycat whatever’s on the radio? And what’s original about being current? Vital artists _make_ the currency, they don’t copy it. Elvis, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Hendrix, Nirvana – none of them were copying anything current when they started. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154/138 "2010-02-25T02:06:04Z")
This guy sounds pretty good. He sounds like professional singer, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154/139 "2010-02-25T02:07:25Z")
Ellen is “E” to Randy now? Oy. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154/140 "2010-02-25T02:09:00Z")
That was really pitchy for me for you, dog. Yeah, I’m channelling Randy. I too hope Lee stays around. I like his voice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154.md?page=8)