# American Idol 3/28, Songs of the 21st Century **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 28, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256 "2006-03-28T16:02:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256/61 "2006-03-29T01:18:20Z")
Sweet Zombie Jesus. Is this a race to see who can suck the most? Kellie was just terrible. Bad song choice sung poorly. Man am I sick of her schtick. And Ace. This was his “rock edge?” He managed to remove what little edge that song had originally. ---
**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 29, 2006, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256/62 "2006-03-29T01:18:30Z")
Simon is exactly right. You can see that at any karaoke bar on any weeknight. I’m glad these people are getting called on their suckiness tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256/63 "2006-03-29T01:20:54Z")
[QUOTE=rockle] Oh, Ace. You’re so pretty, but please shut up. Just … _stop singing_. [/QUOTE] I was about to throw up when he sang “hair” and then _touched his hair_! But I thought he sucked a little less than the other two. So far a pretty weak start, though. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256/64 "2006-03-29T01:23:27Z")
Taylor Hicks scares me. Although I can tell they’ve picked up good clothes for him and improved his hair. He still scares me… I don’t know the song he’s singing… ---
**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 29, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256/65 "2006-03-29T01:24:03Z")
This is a great song. And a really good choice for Taylor. Hope he blows it out. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256/66 "2006-03-29T01:25:05Z")
I love Taylor. I’ve never heard this song before and yet I’m loving this performance. God, he’s a wonderful performer. ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256/67 "2006-03-29T01:25:12Z")
Never heard the song before, but I liked it a lot and liked the performance. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256/68 "2006-03-29T01:25:23Z")
Never heard the song he’s singing, but he’s doing well with it. The way the show has been so far, he could come out and sing Crazy Frog and still not be in the bottom three. ---
**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 29, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256/69 "2006-03-29T01:25:30Z")
meh. Kind of disappointing. He didn’t really bring any energy to it. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256/70 "2006-03-29T01:25:39Z")
Decent song choice; solid performance; nothing spectacular. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256/71 "2006-03-29T01:26:31Z")
Holy cow! Pauler is making sense to me. Am I drunk? ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256/72 "2006-03-29T01:26:40Z")
Back to normal… the judges disagreeing. I’m still scared of him… I take it that Simon doesn’t like Clay Aiken? ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256/73 "2006-03-29T01:26:51Z")
“Tonight I’m going to sing a song that’s never been done on ‘American Idol’ before” … what, like “Idol” is so old that it was born in the manger next to Jesus or something? Have all these people been sniffing glue? Or have they gotten brain damaged from having their pancake makeup baked under Kleig lights? What is the world coming to? WHO WILL THINK OF THE CHILDREN? ---
**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 29, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256/74 "2006-03-29T01:27:39Z")
The original version of “Trouble” really kicks ass. Taylor did ok with it but nothing special. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256/75 "2006-03-29T01:27:52Z")
No gospel! Sing Mary, Mary Why You Buggin’! ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256/76 "2006-03-29T01:28:37Z")
Mandisa is back to her gospel roots… Is it just me, or do I think she’s lost weight since the competition started? I like it… ---
**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 29, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256/77 "2006-03-29T01:28:50Z")
What is this screamy crap that Mandisa is singing? ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256/78 "2006-03-29T01:29:51Z")
I was actually looking forward to hear Mandisa sing some old-fashion gospel, but I didn’t really like that song. Just okay. ---
**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 29, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256/79 "2006-03-29T01:29:54Z")
Mandisa was ass. Loud does not equal good. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256/80 "2006-03-29T01:29:54Z")
Huh. Kind of a flat night all around. She did okay, but it just didn’t punch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-28-songs-of-the-21st-century/350256.md?page=5)