I like that Chris Sligh wisely got more humble and went for the “Aren’t I the luckiest guy in the world” image instead of the too cool for school thing. Nice voice, but I don’t like to watch him sing; his mouth is oddly small for his face and it’s distracting.
Sanjaya has so much talent hiding in there, I love his voice but wanted to light a fire under him. I hope he stays in.
AJ and Phil I just didn’t care about, total meh. Jared wasn’t quite up to Mr.Gaye but it’s just such an awesome song he gets a pass.
Chris S. was the only notable one so far. It was a great performance and yeah, his wife is very pretty.
Sanjaya, little Sanjaya, I want him to do well. He is so likeable and he does have a good voice, but I think he may be too inexperienced and nervous for this show right now.
If Blake could have given Sanjaya 50% of his onstage charisma/passion/oomph, they’d have both been better off. Love Blake, but he was a little over the top.
My daughter called to tell me she liked Blake Lewis. My son thinks he’s good. He appeals to the younguns. I liked last weeks performance much better but this wasn’t bad.
Virtual Insanity is one cool video and has always been one of my favorites. I never realized how tough it was to sing until Blake made an attempt at it, however. He was alright but I suspect if he didn’t beatbox he’d have gotten a much different reaction from the judges.
I have no idea if Simon is right about Blake copying the original singer (who was it, Jameer-something?) but I think he’s missing the boat on the likeability of this kid as a performer. The scatting was cool.
Funny, I guess I’d underestimated the popularity of Jamiroquai. I was under the impression that he was fairly well known the world over…shows what I know.
Well, I’ve never seen the video but I do like the song. I absolutely agree with the rest. I wasn’t watching the screen, and his singing just didn’t seem paced right or quite on-key. But then again, I thought that about him last week when he got good reviews too. Maybe I just have a Blakeblock in my ears.
Alrighty, I’m gonna get awfully peeved at all these kids if they keep singing songs I don’t know. Harrumph.
I liked Richardson tonight, even though I thought there might be something weird going on with the sound quality. There were parts in the beginning where the music was drowing him out, I hate when they do that.