# American Idol 3/24 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 25, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666 "2009-03-25T00:04:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/1 "2009-03-25T00:04:50Z")
Performers tonight, elimination tomorrow. I’m guessing that Michael will go home next, followed by Kris or Megan. ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/2 "2009-03-25T00:27:40Z")
Er… is it coming on tonight? ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/3 "2009-03-25T00:28:32Z")
Isnt it preempted tonight due to the president’s speech? for some reason, I thought it was Wed/Thurs this week. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/4 "2009-03-25T00:32:46Z")
You may be right. :smack: Well…hope it’s on tomorrow, then. ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/5 "2009-03-25T00:33:54Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > You may be right. :smack: > > Well…hope it’s on tomorrow, then. Just keep the thread warm until tomorrow night :D. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/6 "2009-03-25T18:06:35Z")
Just bumping this since it should air tonight, 3/25, and the elimination will be tomorrow night. ---
**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 25, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/7 "2009-03-25T23:54:33Z")
I’m going to be so bored by Motown night. I know these have cemented themselves as “classic” songs, but the entire classic Motown genre is just so painfully dated. Especially if this is the song list (and it seems like a reasonable enough guess): Matt Giraud - “Let’s Get it On” by - Marvin Gaye Kris Allen - “How Sweet it Is” by - Marvin Gaye Scott MacIntyre - ”You Can’t Hurry Love” by - Supremes Megan Joy Corkrey - “For Once in My Life” by Stevie Wonder Anoop Desai - “Ooh Baby Baby” by - Smokey Robinson and The Miracles Michael Sarver - “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” by - Temptations Lil Rounds - “Heatwave” by - Martha and the Vandellas Adam Lambert - “Tracks of my Tears” by - Smokey and the Miracles Danny Gokey - “Get Ready” by - Temptations Allison Iraheta - “Papa was a Rolling Stone” by - Temptations Here’s hoping for a good MJoy trainwreck. ---
**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 26, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/8 "2009-03-26T00:12:58Z")
That was a pretty emasculated version of “Let’s get It On.” Very boy band. Totally nutless. ETA Of course the judges liked it. Nutless is what they sell. ---
**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 26, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/9 "2009-03-26T00:13:37Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > That was a pretty emasculated version of “Let’s get It On.” Very boy band. Totally nutless. Marvin Gaye set a very high bar. Jack Black actually kind of made it fresh and interesting in High Fidelity. That was, as you said, nutless. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/10 "2009-03-26T00:15:36Z")
I think tonight will be decent because the song choices will be good. Matt, good song. Inoffensive performance. But I felt absolutely no sexuality in that performance at all. Sorry, dude. Blah, let’s _not_ get it on, 'kay? ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/11 "2009-03-26T00:17:33Z")
That was exactly my thought-blah. ---
**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 26, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/12 "2009-03-26T00:23:14Z")
Kris Allen: I think “inoffensive” will probably be the word of the night. He was managing a decent contemporary Jason Mraz/John Mayer/etc. sort of performance, with the exception of the start and the really stupid stupid end. ---
**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 26, 2009, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/13 "2009-03-26T00:24:15Z")
Chris wasn’t bad. You could hear his guitar a little better, but they’re still mixing it down too much. Pricks. His singing was decent. I’m not going to buy his album. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/14 "2009-03-26T00:27:17Z")
“How Sweet It Is”: James Taylor \< Kris \< Marvin Gaye (Of course, I hate James Taylor) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/15 "2009-03-26T00:34:00Z")
Scott-Holiday Inn Lounge. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/16 "2009-03-26T00:34:06Z")
Hmmm. I really liked both of the first two performances tonight. I thought they were both guys’ best so far. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/17 "2009-03-26T00:34:30Z")
Yuck, Scott, that was _not_ good. Did Smokey really say he made that “modern”?! ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/18 "2009-03-26T00:34:33Z")
Bland, bland, and bland. 3 in a row. ---
**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 26, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/19 "2009-03-26T00:34:37Z")
“You Can’t Hurry Love” is a perfect example of a song that simply cannot be modernized. It’s a product of its time, and really should have just stayed there. Especially when the singer, like Scott, is doomed to sing just about anything as an adult-contemporary hackjob. ---
**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 26, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/20 "2009-03-26T00:35:03Z")
I think Scott’s getting overpowered by this song a little bit. His voice is a little weak and a little pitchy. The window dressing isn’t really making up for it either. Kind of lame. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666.md?page=2)