# American Idol - 21, 22, 23 Feb **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 21, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532 "2006-02-21T21:48:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/301 "2006-02-23T22:16:48Z")
I must’ve missed it…anyone know exactly what Taylor’s comment was? ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/302 "2006-02-23T22:17:51Z")
> [@Winnie](#): > > Has anyone seen this yet? Becky O’ and her twin did some Maxim spread 2 years ago. Looks like they are no stranger to the spotlight: > > [Idol Singer Strikes Sexy Pose with Twin](http://www.comcast.net/entertainment/index.jsp?cat=ENTERTAINMENT&fn=/2006/02/23/332209.html) Ok, this. . . > [@](#): > > “They were athletes in college, then models, and now they’re vocalists,” Burchette said. “We look forward to their political careers.” Is hilarious! > [@Liberal](#): > > (2) He doesn’t really understand the Levon lyric. For the record, neither do I. Not just that line (which I see your explanation for in the other post), but the entire song. I tried to parse it, but it doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. Of course my brain could just be in mush mode due to Ace Overload (don’t ask me to explain – it transcends explanation – sorry). ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/303 "2006-02-23T22:22:58Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > I must’ve missed it…anyone know exactly what Taylor’s comment was? “The lyric means so much to me because it possesses family values. I’ve had a great father figure in my life.” — Taylor Hicks ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/304 "2006-02-23T22:28:47Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > For the record, neither do I. Not just that line (which I see your explanation for in the other post), but the entire song. I tried to parse it, but it doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. Of course my brain could just be in mush mode due to Ace Overload (don’t ask me to explain – it transcends explanation – sorry). Hope this helps some. An old thread from General Questions: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=239580&postcount=10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=239580&postcount=10) ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/305 "2006-02-23T22:50:08Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Hope this helps some. An old thread from General Questions: > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=239580&postcount=10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=239580&postcount=10) Yes, actually. Thanks. I couldn’t figure out who was born on Christmas day, Jesus or Levon, or who Alvin Tosig was, so all the relationships didn’t make sense, which now they do. Now that I have the characters straight, I disagree with a couple of your observations/interpretations, but that’s not for this thread. Thanks again for the insight. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/306 "2006-02-23T22:54:46Z")
That’s cool. We can disagree and still be okay. Perception is what art is all about! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/307 "2006-02-23T23:20:54Z")
My cable box got fried by a retarded cable tech yesterday, a couple hours before AI came on; still waiting today for a replacement. Is there anywhere to download the episode online? I only found a site that wants a $17.88 membership fee fo the download. Anyone know of any others? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/308 "2006-02-23T23:25:23Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Anyone know of any others? Registation required, but it looks like [this board](http://www.theidolshow.com/forum/) may have what you need. And thanks for the quote, **Lib**. Much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![diecast\_cars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@diecast\_cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diecast_cars)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/309 "2006-02-23T23:27:51Z")
1 1-Katharine mcphee-she has it all-i just hope she’s not on drugs, she looks little hairy on some of the lines 2-Kellie pickler-love her personality 3-Mandisa-wonderful performance 4-Lisa tucker-she’s great for a youngster 5-Becky O’Donahue - beautiful but not my pick 6-Ayla brown-so-so 7-Paris Bennett-really sweet, but I hope she doesn’t get through because of her family. I think she could do it without AI) 8-Kinnik sky-looked beautiful but didnt like her performance 9-Melissa mcghee-didn’t grab me 10-Heather cox-nothing special 11-Stevie scott-doesn’t do it for me-boring 12-Brenna gethers-can’t stand her attitude 1-Chris daughtry-really like everything about him 2-Taylor hicks-can’t help but love him 3-Ace young-he’s too reminiscent of Cheesy last year the way he makes love to the camera 4-Patrick hall 5-Bucky Covington 6-Elliot yamin 7-Kevin covais-love him but honestly-he’s not the “idol type” 8-David Radford 9-Will makar 10-Gedeon mckinney-did nothing for me 11-Sway penala-horrible 12-Bobby Bennett-get real! ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/310 "2006-02-23T23:39:06Z")
It would be nice – especially early in the competition – if some kind Doper would, when recapping the show, list the song titles along with the singer. Cuz (a) I have a hard time keeping names straight at this point, and it’ll help to be able to say “oh, yeah, the Come to My Window guy” and (b) half these songs I’ve never heard of before. Much grass. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/311 "2006-02-23T23:44:48Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > That’s cool. We can disagree and still be okay. Perception is what art is all about! 🙂 Indeed. Fascinating interpretation, though, and I do appreciate the insight. > [@lissener](#): > > My cable box got fried by a retarded cable tech yesterday, a couple hours before AI came on; still waiting today for a replacement. > > Is there anywhere to download the episode online? I only found a site that wants a $17.88 membership fee fo the download. Anyone know of any others? > > Thanks. The blog I linked to on the previous page ([here it is again](http://www.rickey.org/blog/)) has video clips of most of the male performances from last night, and both audio and video files are available for download at [http://www.theidolshow.com/forum/](http://www.theidolshow.com/forum/), which requires registration. ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_Windchill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Walter\_Windchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter_Windchill)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/312 "2006-02-23T23:50:15Z")
Funny Liberal should mention Levon Helm (even if it’s via a link). When Taylor first said he was singing “Levon,” my brain thought “He’s going to sing a Levon Helm song!” and I was excited. He would do GREAT with anything Levon sang. I hope he has a chance to sing, “Well Virgil Cane is the name and I served on the Danville train, until Stonewall’s cavalry came and ripped up the tracks again…” Yeah, that would rock. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/313 "2006-02-24T00:03:25Z")
Night before last I was in a full tilt mom conundrum: Paris or Lisa? Either would satisfy that ‘sit her down at the table, feed her something hot and tell her how proud we all are’ instinct. Good thing I’ve got my own kid to fawn over cause after last night she and I were both blown away by Taylor Hicks and his Hot Licks. The attitude, the stage presence, the song and, dear God, the voice! Since he needs a runner up, Chris can stick around. Rest of the bunch can all go home. > [@Reloy3](#): > > Taylor Hicks – Great, but still needs to be on Nashville Star rather than Amertican Idol… Feh. He’s got a blues/rock voice. Send him back a few decades and he’d be singing with Traffic, John Mayall, Canned Heat or Creedence Clearwater Revival. This guy could probably do folky acoustic stuff brilliantly, but I don’t see him as a country star. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/314 "2006-02-24T00:14:09Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Good thing I’ve got my own kid to fawn over cause after last night she and I were both blown away by Taylor Hicks and his Hot Licks. The attitude, the stage presence, the song and, dear God, the voice! Since he needs a runner up, Chris can stick around. Rest of the bunch can all go home. > > Feh. He’s got a blues/rock voice. Send him back a few decades and he’d be singing with Traffic, John Mayall, Canned Heat or Creedence Clearwater Revival. This guy could probably do folky acoustic stuff brilliantly, but I don’t see him as a country star. I think this guy is awesome, too. You might enjoy [this article](http://www.al.com/entertainment/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/114051731135010.xml&coll=2) from the Birmingham News, which quotes him quite a bit. Interesting to note that the exaggerated affectations are at the request of the producers. > [@](#): > > Hicks says producers for the show, Ken Warwick and Nigel Lythgoe, have encouraged him to be as flamboyant on camera as he might be in the grittiest Southern saloon. During his audition for the judges in Las Vegas, for example, Hicks says he first approached Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell in a subdued manner. > > Warwick and Lythgoe, who had seen Hicks in earlier rounds, missed the Joe Cocker homage and Ray Charles movements they’d seen him perform before. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/315 "2006-02-24T00:26:35Z")
> [@Walter Windchill](#): > > Funny Liberal should mention Levon Helm (even if it’s via a link). > > When Taylor first said he was singing “Levon,” my brain thought “He’s going to sing a Levon Helm song!” and I was excited. He would do GREAT with anything Levon sang. I hope he has a chance to sing, “Well Virgil Cane is the name and I served on the Danville train, until Stonewall’s cavalry came and ripped up the tracks again…” > > Yeah, that would rock. It would indeed! Great choice. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/316 "2006-02-24T01:04:58Z")
I like Simon teasing Seacrest! ---
**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 24, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/317 "2006-02-24T01:12:37Z")
I gotta say I’m liking Ryan a whole lot more this season than ever before. Probably because I did not like him much in previous seasons. The “Seacrest out!” is gone. The frosted spikes are gone. And he’s the only one who can poke Simon effectively when Simon’s being a super dick. ---
**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 24, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/318 "2006-02-24T01:12:48Z")
I feel horrible for Taylor having to participate in those ghastly group sings. It is so not him. ---
**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 24, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/319 "2006-02-24T01:16:44Z")
I am already sick to the gills of Ace doing that thing where he points at the camera and then thumps his chest. ---
**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 24, 2006, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/320 "2006-02-24T01:18:25Z")
There’s only about 15 minutes worth of actual program in the results show. It should be a half an hour because this is too long and too boring. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532.md?page=17)