American Idol performances that have blown you away

Cafe Society
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Remind me of some wonderful moments.
Bo Bice singing acapello “In a dream”
Hmm, just about everything Bo did I liked but this one stuck out in my mind

Clay Aiken singing “Solitaire”
I liked most of Clay’s performances as well but this one just really stuck with me. I love it.

I found a website that has recordings of the performances but I am unsure about postin links to other sites.

We all understand that the songs that really move a person is highly selective so I would appreciate no one deriding someone else’s choice.

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When Fantasia Barino (sp?) did her rendition of “Summertime, and the livings easy” it was recording quality.

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Constantine’s version of “Bohemian Rhapsody” made me actually get up and dial the phone.

Chris’ version of “I Walk the Line” was great. I would have bought it.

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What a great idea! I’ve been wishing lately that I could have a DVD or something that had all the performances on it, from all the seasons. And then that they were all separate tracks, so I didn’t have to watch ones that I didn’t want to. Maybe somehow be able to even delete the ones I don’t ever wanna see, but keep the great ones.

Bo Bice’s “In a Dream”, of course. And I loved John Stevens’ “King of the Road”. I had an audio clip on my old computer that I used to listen to a lot. See now my mind is blanking because I don’t have all those videos! I know that I was a huge LaToya fan, but I can’t remember a specific performance. And I’m sure Nadia blew me away at some point too.

Connie’s BoRap and Gedeon’s “When a Man…” both made me think differently about a performer that I previously hadn’t liked.

I guess I need to search the net and find some sites that have the clips

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Fantasia’s “Summertime” remains the high point of the entire series to me.

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I don’t have anything personally that blows my hair back, but my wife just loooooved Anwar Robinson’s “What a Wonderful World”. Found it on the web and burned it to her own personal faves CD.

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Kelly Clarkson’s “Stuff Like That There” was the highlight for me. I must have replayed that 20 times.

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Link, please?! I only watched the first season, and I’d like to see or hear some of the notable performances from previous seasons.

So far none really come to mind as being mind-blowing, though I certainly remember enjoying some more than others.

Thanks!

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I really liked Clay doing “Bridge Over Troubled Water”… and I’m going to admit this, I really loved Justin Guarini doing “Get Here.”

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Kelly Clarkson’s “Stuff like that there” was the first episode I ever caught, I was floored and an immediate fan of her and the show.

Kim Locke had some moments that just gave me shivers. I first noticed her doing “Band of Gold” with Frenchie and was impressed but when she did “Home” (The Wiz) and “I Can’t Make You Love Me” I was amazed.

Trenyce’s “I Have Nothing” was a total showstopper, LaToya’s “All By Myself” and George Huff’s “Lean On Me” stand out for me, as well as Carrie Underwood’s version of “Crying”.

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I loved Carrie’s performance of Heart’s “Alone”.

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“New York State of Mind” by Kimberly Locke

Just amazing.

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Add to that Amy Adams’ version of “Sin Wagon”, where she just absolutely nailed it. Could probably take over the Dixie Chicks’ singing duty if Natalie Maines gets sick ;).

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Was it Kimberly Locke who sang “It’s raining men”? Whoever sang it was just awesome.

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Another vote for Bo’s a cappella performance.

The other one that blew me away was Ruben’s first performance of “Superstar” (I think that’s the name–The Carpenters’ song…)