Is it two nights this week, or three, or one hour tonight and two hours tomorrow…?
All I know for sure is that it’s Idol Gives Back, Glurges, and Inspiratizes Week.
According to my PVR, tonight is a regular competition night, with the theme being ‘inspirational songs’. Tomorrow is Idol Gives Back, then a regular elimination night on Thursday.
When I saw "inspirational songs’ as the theme, my first thought was ‘yuck’. But then I thought about it some more, and there could be some interesting choices.
And of course, Kristy finally gets to sing ‘Amazing Grace’… (-:
“Amazing Grace” would be much more interesting sung by David Cook.
Cook doing Aerosmith.
Isn’t “Dream On” more cynical than inspirational?
That falsetto misssed by a mile.
Steven Tyler is one of those vocalists that you should avoid setting yourself up for comparisons too.
How is Paula breathing in that thing?
Correction, that wasn’t Cook it was the Aussie dude.
Sy doing something I don’t recognize.
Technically this fine, but rather boring. She’s not even done yet and I’ve already forgotten it.
Wasn’t that the Fantasia season-winning glurge song?
The problem the Aussie has, I think, is that he just doesn’t have a strong voice. It doesn’t matter what he sings, he’s just never going to nail it.
I liked Syesha, but when she hit the high note, my cat jumped off the coach, ran under the table and looked at me as if to say “WTF was THAT?”
OMG a ukelele. I can’t decide whether to be charmed or think it’s twee.
It’s a very typically him song though, I guess.
Castro doing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” on a ukelele.
That was interesting and different. I wonder if it was his own arrangement.
He said it it was some Hawaiian guy’s arrangement.
Weren’t the lyrics all messed up, though? I realize they chop the songs to hell and back, but nothing rhymed. Bugged the crap out of me. And I like Jason!
If you told me before this season that someone would sing while playing the ukelele on AI, I would never have believed you.
Simon thinks this is “the version from the internet”? I could not drive my car 15 minutes without hearing that song on the radio about 2 years ago.
I love the ukulele version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” and I think Castro did it justice. He sped it up just a touch too much, but it really is my favorite version of that song.
I think Castro has the most realized personal style of any of the contestants. He knows who he is as a performer. He doesn’t overreach. Randy always says “you did your thing,” but with Castro, he really does just “do his thing.”
That is the way the lyrics go in that version. Not an Idol thing.
I think this is a link; YouTube isn’t loading on my computer these days so I’m going by the description…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A2Jt4WOxN8
So that’s what was wrong with it. I was only listening, being preoccupied with devouring my meatloaf, but something consistently sounded off with the lyrics.
Gahhhh, that was a totally sucky version of Iz’s (Israel “Iz” Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole) version. bleh
It’s about time somebody pulled out the Arlen & Harburg! That’s one of my favorite songs. It’s not an original arrangement… it’s by this guy . (JC did credit him).
The original cover (heh) was actually a medley of “Over the Rainbow” and “It’s a Wonderful World.” It’s beautiful.
Thanks, Lily; I’ll check the link at a commercial. Right now I have to hate on Kristy. Just on principle.