# American Idol, 5/6 & 5/7 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 6, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276 "2008-05-06T12:23:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [May 7, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276/41 "2008-05-07T00:33:53Z")
Based on the spoilers, which are now shown to be true, I think pretty much every singer is going to have a better second song. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276/42 "2008-05-07T00:34:03Z")
I’ll concur that he should have stayed more true to the original, he’s got all the runs to make it “his” anyway. I dig that maybe he was trying to get some of that originality crown from David C, but it wasn’t so much of an original arrangement as a justslightlydifferent one. That ending was weird, but still miles better than Jason’s performance. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276/43 "2008-05-07T00:38:38Z")
Aw, no, man. Don’t change up Baba O’Riley. (sp?) ---
**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:** [May 7, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276/44 "2008-05-07T00:39:06Z")
I have to keep the volume down tonight but I thought the main problem with Jason’s “I Shot the Sheriff” was the band. It seemed like they were playing a different song entirely. Does anyone else wonder if Jason is deliberately pissing off the middle-America by singing that song. Sort of the opposite of “God Bless the U.S.A.” pandering? David A. did a good job with “Stand By Me,” but did he change the lyrics? What’s up with the “you beautiful girls” thing? It seemed odd. Anyway, it was squarely in his strike zone. Boy in his interviews he sure seems _young_. I mean he is, but he had a “wise beyond his years” quality in the early days that seems absent now. I watched an interview on the idol website (from top 5 week), which mostly consisted of him repeating over and over: “Now I’m the only contestant left that is under 21. Everyone but me is over 20. They are all over 21, but I am not” and on and on a few more times. Of course you point a camera at me I’m not much better, but shouldn’t he be getting more comfortable with interviews, not less? David Cook’s Baba O’Reilley…misses, somehow. ☹ I thought the judges were going to eviscerate him…but they liked it. I dunno, it felt off to me. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276/45 "2008-05-07T00:39:34Z")
WTF? That would have been so much better if he’d done it in the normal tempo. Sorry, I forgot to add who I was talking about…this comment was about David Cook’s Baba O’Reilly. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276/46 "2008-05-07T00:39:41Z")
There are songs where the 1.5 minute length is just criminal. _Baba O’Reilly_ is one. Or maybe it’s just that was my teenage theme song. I liked his performance, it was just hideously chopped up. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276/47 "2008-05-07T00:41:47Z")
Man, this slow tempo sucks. This song should not be castrated. Come on, pick it up, dude. Double time. Nope. Sticking with the molasses-like tempo. At least he kept the “they’re all wasted” line. I was worried they’d make him cut it. That was still pretty nutless overall, though. That’s the kind of thing that makes me hate this show. They keep it so relentlessly safe. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276/48 "2008-05-07T00:43:04Z")
Paula: I’m really humbled to sit here and watch your soul. Well, now isn’t she special? Better than the first, and points for choosing a cool song, but I think I get what he was getting at in the pre-interview. It’s sorta more intimidating to be The Cool Rock Guy on rock night. Being the guy that can rock to Dolly Parton or ALW or whatever, well thats cool and different and edgy, blah blah blah. Trying to be the cool guy on songs that cooler guys already made famous? Rather daunting. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276/49 "2008-05-07T00:44:47Z")
Rascal Flatts can jump off a cliff. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276/50 "2008-05-07T00:46:08Z")
Sam Cooke is one of the best singers ever. His voice was just honey. And Sayesha is doing OK by him. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276/51 "2008-05-07T00:47:07Z")
Syesha did not just compare “a pivotal time in the civil rights movement” to her making the top 4 on AI, right? Right? The song now has deeper meaning?!? Ugh. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276/52 "2008-05-07T00:47:08Z")
Sy doing Sam Cooke. Did she change clothes? She sounds good. This is one of those technically flawless Syesha performances that somehow still seems boring. ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276/53 "2008-05-07T00:48:18Z")
How can Rascal Flatts be in the Idol audience when they are supposed to be performing on Dancing With the Stars tonight? Aww, Pauler made Syesha cry! ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276/54 "2008-05-07T00:48:58Z")
Why is Syesha sobbing on stage? ---
**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:** [May 7, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276/55 "2008-05-07T00:49:18Z")
Sy is crying. She’s human after all. I think I’ve grown to like her more every week. She’s a real pro and she’s never coasted. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276/56 "2008-05-07T00:51:29Z")
Oh, dear heaven, Jason just blew a line. Painfully. Ouch! ---
**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:** [May 7, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276/57 "2008-05-07T00:51:47Z")
Maybe it’s my TV. The band and the singers don’t seem to be synching up on my end. I thought Syesha did better with the Sam Cooke song (don’t remember the name) but wow is she losing it! :smack: Ohhhhhh crap. Jason just blew the lyrics of Tambourine Man. Bye bye, pretty guy. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276/58 "2008-05-07T00:53:01Z")
Castro, Dylan. He forgot the words. Not the best song choice. This just sounds like every asshole with a guitar around a campfire. Hell, I’ve BEEN the asshole with a guitar playing this song. He totally should have done “Rainy Day Woman.” How awesome would that have been? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276/59 "2008-05-07T00:53:50Z")
Too bad, because it was otherwise a pretty solid performance. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276/60 "2008-05-07T00:53:58Z")
Kinda ironic that after Jason blew his lines, Simon blew HIS line. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-6-5-7/448276.md?page=4)