# American Idol 3/31-4/1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 31, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481 "2009-03-31T19:31:51Z")\ **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 31, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481/1 "2009-03-31T19:31:51Z")
Sarver left last week, and I really hope Megan goes this time. I can’t stand to listen to her. ---
**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 31, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481/2 "2009-03-31T19:54:24Z")
Does anyone know the theme tonight? ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481/3 "2009-03-31T20:03:54Z")
It’s iTunes Top Downloads night. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481/4 "2009-03-31T20:46:15Z")
I guess that means no mentor tonight? 1 hr 20 minute show according to the Dish TV Guide. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481/5 "2009-03-31T21:18:05Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Does anyone know the theme tonight? Boring music that does not suit them again. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481/6 "2009-03-31T21:39:27Z")
Well, it’s current hits, and a lot of wiggle room within that. They can pick crappy songs I’ve never heard from almost any genre! And since they all want to make hit songs, something better suit them. Anyway, I love the fact that the results show is on April Fools Day. And the judges have a “save” card they haven’t used. It would be a wasted opportunity if they didn’t exploit that combination. \ ---
**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:** [April 1, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481/7 "2009-04-01T00:03:28Z")
More haterbait: [Gokey’s grandfather died this week](http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/realityrocks/155330/danny-gokey-suffers-another-tragic-loss/). Cue the chorus of “dancing on another grave” nitwittery. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481/8 "2009-04-01T00:06:49Z")
What was that hand gesture Gokey made? It was the bird in England. Did he go for a peace sign and mess up, or is it some Christian/gangsta thing? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481/9 "2009-04-01T00:08:21Z")
It’s not really tragic so much as part of life to outlive your older relatives. Not saying it’s not sad, just not this huge tragic thing like losing a young wife. One of the things with those stories is that they dwell on one person, then you find out later somebody else lost their mom or dad in week 8 and nobody noticed because it’s not “their story.” Didn’t that happen one season where they made a huge deal about somebody’s father dying and it turned out somebody else’s father died during the season? ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481/10 "2009-04-01T00:08:44Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > They can pick crappy songs I’ve never heard from almost any genre! And Anoop didn’t disappoint on that front. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481/11 "2009-04-01T00:16:24Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > It’s not really tragic so much as part of life to outlive your older relatives. Not saying it’s not sad, just not this huge tragic thing like losing a young wife. One of the things with those stories is that they dwell on one person, then you find out later somebody else lost their mom or dad in week 8 and nobody noticed because it’s not “their story.” Didn’t that happen one season where they made a huge deal about somebody’s father dying and it turned out somebody else’s father died during the season? Not just died, but was killed while defending a violent attack on someone else, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481/12 "2009-04-01T00:17:09Z")
Yeah, I think he was a fireman or a cop or something and died in action. Megan sucks tonight. Too bad since it’s a good song. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481/13 "2009-04-01T00:17:42Z")
Megan has very white, perfect teeth. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481/14 "2009-04-01T00:18:09Z")
Megan just doesn’t even care anymore, does she? And she’s still doing that godawful vibrato. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481/15 "2009-04-01T00:18:29Z")
I’m sort of stunned at how bad this is. She can’t seem to hold a note, even a wrong note. It’s weird and awful. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481/16 "2009-04-01T00:18:38Z")
As did Megan. That was supposed to be a response to Lily. Lots of posts all at once! ---
**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:** [April 1, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481/17 "2009-04-01T00:19:06Z")
That’s the most I’ve liked Megan. She sucked… ---
**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:** [April 1, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481/18 "2009-04-01T00:21:21Z")
It took me half the song to recognize that was even Bob Marley. Poor Bob. He doesn’t deserve that. Having said that, I have to give her some reluctant credit for even knowing who Marley was, much less doing a deep cut song like that. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481/19 "2009-04-01T00:24:52Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > It took me half the song to recognize that was even Bob Marley. Poor Bob. He doesn’t deserve that. > > Having said that, I have to give her some reluctant credit for even knowing who Marley was, much less doing a deep cut song like that. It’s on the top 100 as covered by Lauryn Hill or somebody. Still, it pisses me off that Simon disses the song itself. He’s got shit taste in songwriting. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481/20 "2009-04-01T00:27:42Z")
Rascal Flatts is not “amazing” or “great” and not “everybody” likes them. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-31-4-1/491481.md?page=2)