# 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:** 3
**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, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/41 "2009-03-26T01:09:07Z")
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…Smokey spelled out for you exactly what the song’s about, Sarver. You are not supposed to be smiling and playing with the audience. I’m so sick of people smiling through songs that are not smily songs! ---
**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, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/42 "2009-03-26T01:09:20Z")
Sarver… Starting off lame. He’s doing just what Smokey told him not to do. He’s trying to pussy croon a song that needs to have some grit and desperation to it. His tempo is too slow too. I think the word for the night is “nutless.” ---
**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, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/43 "2009-03-26T01:17:36Z")
Now I know who tw of the bottom three are. What the hell is wrong with Paula? “Its under my skirt”!!! ewww… ---
**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 26, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/44 "2009-03-26T01:18:07Z")
That new Glee show looks like it might be cute. ---
**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, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/45 "2009-03-26T01:23:30Z")
Aw Lil. Her voice was so big and rich, by far the most up to her song. But that was just not right. Too fast, or something. ---
**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 26, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/46 "2009-03-26T01:24:41Z")
I thought this was the best Lil had ever been. I don’t normally like her at all. Weird. ---
**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, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/47 "2009-03-26T01:29:16Z")
Coming up next, Adam is going to ask us to take a good look at his face. I find he’s the only person I really look forward to seeing this season. I hope he does something weird with the song, like wearing lizard skin boots and doing a Jim Morrison thing or something. ---
**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, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/48 "2009-03-26T01:33:31Z")
Aw, man. Tracks of My Tears. Love this song. Adam, your hair wins the night. ---
**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 26, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/49 "2009-03-26T01:34:39Z")
Adam sounds good, but I can’t get over the fact that he looks like an If They Mated between Elvis and Rick Astley. ---
**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, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/50 "2009-03-26T01:35:05Z")
Wow, Adam looks like a different person. I guess he’s going all out with the Motown look. He’s absolutely nailing this song too. This is fantastic. His best performance, I think, and best of the night so far. This guy is so different and works his ass off to try to be original. I really like him. ---
**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, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/51 "2009-03-26T01:35:53Z")
Damn, it’s official. Two weeks in a row means I need to take back my Adam hate. Crap. That was by far, by far, the best of the night. ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/52 "2009-03-26T01:36:30Z")
“I’ve got 6 words for you. ‘One of the best performances of the night’” 6? ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/53 "2009-03-26T01:38:15Z")
That was the best. 4 words. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/54 "2009-03-26T01:39:08Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Wow, Adam looks like a different person. I guess he’s going all out with the Motown look. > > He’s absolutely nailing this song too. This is fantastic. His best performance, I think, and best of the night so far. This guy is so different and works his ass off to try to be original. I really like him. This was the most tolerable he’s been all year, and would have been better if he didn’t sing the song as high as he did. The falsetto got a bit monotonous to me, but it was still pretty darn good. Additionally, this is the first time he hasn’t oozed musical theater. Even Ring of Fire was dripping with too many dramatic facial expressions. ---
**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, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/55 "2009-03-26T01:44:54Z")
[Gokey] Well, there’s a surprise – Idol contestant doesn’t take coach’s advice. ---
**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, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/56 "2009-03-26T01:45:49Z")
Gokey sounds kind of grunty and not that great. Borderline Karaoke. I just intutitively don’t like this guy a a general rule, but this is the first time that I’ve thought his actual singing was subpar. Thank you, Simon. “Clumsy and amateur.” Exactly. ---
**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 26, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/57 "2009-03-26T01:48:18Z")
Gokey got quite the Bitch Edit and none of the judges really took full advantage of it. ---
**Author:** ![fruitbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/58 "2009-03-26T01:53:18Z")
I started off hating Adam and I hate that song. So how did that end up being one of the best Idol performances I have ever heard? ---
**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, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/59 "2009-03-26T01:54:50Z")
Dirty Sanchez! ---
**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 26, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-24/490666/60 "2009-03-26T01:55:17Z")
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