Way too low of a register for Brooke. It sounded better at the end, then ended oddly, like the band all just decided to quit in the middle of the song at the same time.
I feel like I am in a weird Opposite World with Jason. When other people like him, I’m sometimes meh, like tonight. And when other people loathe him and want him to go home (like “If I Fell” and “Memory”) I absolutely love him.
I didn’t like the song David Cook did until it got to the chorus. Until then it was a three-note wonder.
Who would have guessed that Archie would do “America?”
Well, I don’t think Neil Diamond is that bad a songwriter, so I guess I’ll have out with that confession right off. Not my favorite or anything, but he knows what he’s doing.
OK, Jason’s best performance in weeks, I think, and Dave Cook did great too. Brooke, not so much. Overall, they’re doing more with Diamond than I thought they would because, while I respect the Neil, I think, it’s hard to “interpret” a Neil Diamond song.
David A just started… he’s breathing into the mike too much.
David A doesn’t have any guts in his voice; he’s too breathy and wispy for Diamond. Diamond songs need an edge, and David A doesn’t have any edges.
Archuleta just ok on “Sweet Caroline.”
One thing David A was not was the bomb.
Paula is totally out of it. She’s giving feedback on Jason’s second song we haven’t even heard yet.
Poor Paula. She’s so confused.
What second song?
Holy shit, Paula is toasted. She’s hallucinating performances that never happened.
OMG, Paula is WASTED, and this whole show is most definitely rigged.
I think it possible that the contestants did a practice round before the live round, which is why Paula got confused. Either that or she’s drunk.
Wow, totally concur with Mama Tiger… Paula is wonked tonight. Completely agreed with Simon, thought I wish they would do the feedback right after the songs.
I love Neil Young and all, but this just doesn’t seem like a good fit. I wish they would incorporate a “perform your own song that you wrote” night. I know it’s not going to happen, but still… to dream, to dream.
Brooke was hideous tonight… poor girl, I think she may be done for.
Why is that?
Both.
I’m pretty sure I’m going to be alone here, but I swear that tonight Syesha reminds me so much of Kathryn McPhee. The hair, the giant grin, the song choice… Not sure I can put my finger on it exactly, but that’s what I see.
And my vote is…
DRUNK.
Now THAT would be cool. Unfortunately, it’s only Neil Diamond.
Because she shouldn’t have had notes for a second song that didn’t happen yet. The fact that she had notes meant that she knew what she was going to say about Jason’s second performance before it happened.
She could have just gotten them confused with the notes for someone else’s song, I suppose. Who knows?