David H. Really needs to redeem himself this week. “The Long and Winding Road” should be perfect for him. It’s the one I would have suggested for him myself.
A little slow but nice tone. Bridge was too slow as well. NIce tone, not bad. But this arrangement is dynamically very flat. There’s no builds. All in all it was ok, not his best but better than last week. The arrangemnet didn’t do him any favors.
David A. Is this the worst Beatles song ever, or did you just make it that with your arrangement? “Hotness”, Randy? Dude, I don’t usually fall asleep to “hotness”.
ETA: OK, everyone thought he was amazing; Simon thought he was memorable; it’s one of Queen Tonya’s favorite Beatles songs…it must be me.
Okay, David, you’ve redeemed yourself. It was a bit “safe” though. Almost boringly so.
Too many runs, I thought, but otherwise very good.
I’m surprised that I’m not hearing an “old-fashioned” from Simon. That was a very dated arrangement from David A.
Hmph. I’m feeling meh about Michael J. Granted, it’s a difficult song to pull off.
Micheal: A Day in the Life
He’s just so pretty. After all the “The who? Beetles? Who’re they?” stuff from the younger contestants, it’s hard not to love him just for having the proper respect.
I kinda dig that he acknowledged the difficulty of these minute and a half arrangements, it’s one of the most annoying parts of Idol.
Blah for the Aussie guy.
OK, I never really liked Aussie Michael, but he knows the Beatles. And this is a great song (though probably not for a short Idol pick). Now let’s hear him do it.
Ouch, did he chop up the lyrics so badly that he totally forgot what he was going to sing at the end there? That made no sense.
Tried to go for the quirky Bohemian Rhapsody repeat, and it didn’t work. Too bad.
Taylor Hicks nailed “A Day In The Life” during last year’s finale (was it last years? Or did he do it during his own finale?) and Michael just sounded…wheezy and strained.
I don’t get Michael Johns. His voice is thin and weak and shaky and he misses notes.
Man, little David A is gonna get a blanket party by the other contestants if Simon doesn’t stop using him as a benchmark.
“A Day in the Life” just isn’t going to work when it’s all chopped up like that and he didn’t really execute that well anyway, especially on the McCartney part.
Yes, self, Google has informed me that it was covered by Eddie Vedder. He did an amazing job too, IMHO. I have to stop listening to real performers on YouTube during commercial breaks.
I must be cranky today. Amanda is starting to really bore me. David A. did good, but not as good as the judges are giving him credit for - it was competent but nothing special. Michael Johns was pretty poor.
Pretty much the highlight of the show so far was Kristy offering to blow Simon out of his socks. I guess it’s about time she started displaying talent of some form.
Brooke: Here Comes The Sun
No instruments tonight, interesting. She’s twangy, though.
ETA: what in the heck is with that dress?!
Ouch. Is it just me, or is Brooke way off on a lot of her notes?
Brooke was super annoying for some reason. Also twangy and boring.
ETA: Wow, how gracious of her to be willing to accept the judges’ criticism. :rolleyes:
This song suits Snow White’s limited range. I’m not liking anyone too much today.
Really didn’t care for the arrangement of HCTS. The guitar is really the heart of the song, and they kind of minimized it.