# American Idol Top 13 3/10... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969 "2009-03-10T16:00:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/61 "2009-03-11T01:39:51Z")
Adam is clearly the best of this lot. He’s the real deal. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/62 "2009-03-11T01:40:18Z")
I think Adam is a little sharp. Still the guy’s got some life and originality in him. I think he’ll have some potential on weeks when he isn’t saddled with such a crappy theme. ---
**Author:** ![judikium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@judikium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/judikium)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/63 "2009-03-11T01:42:01Z")
I think Adam’s great…but I hope he has a performance soon in which he doesn’t yell at me. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/64 "2009-03-11T01:42:34Z")
I think Paula actually has an accurate insight underneath all her babble. Adam is practically engineered to be an AI contestant. Themore I see of the guy, the more I like him. He manages to be perfect for this show, yet original and creative at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/65 "2009-03-11T01:43:18Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > Megan was awful. And how is that even a Michael Jackson song? It’s like having Beatles week and hearing “Octopus’ Garden”. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/66 "2009-03-11T01:44:03Z")
It’d be interesting to see an _openly_ gay guy go deep in the competition. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/67 "2009-03-11T01:45:00Z")
Is Adam wearing a tan shirt underneath the green one, or is he just really… really… smooth? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/68 "2009-03-11T01:45:30Z")
> [@Nutty\_Bunny](#): > > It’s like having Beatles week and hearing “Octopus’ Garden”. At least the Beatles wrote it! I like the song, anyway, but I guess that’s beside the point. It’s more like having Beatles week and hearing “Roll Over Beethoven.” You’ve got a good catalog there, you don’t need to do a duvet (i.e., cover on a cover.) ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/69 "2009-03-11T01:45:55Z")
> [@Nutty\_Bunny](#): > > It’s like having Beatles week and hearing “Octopus’ Garden”. This is a better example…“Stop and Take the Time to Smell the Roses”. Yes, I’m quoting myself. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/70 "2009-03-11T01:46:09Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > It’d be interesting to see an _openly_ gay guy go deep in the competition. _Is_ Adam openly gay, though, or just _obviously_ gay? ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/71 "2009-03-11T01:48:12Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > _Is_ Adam openly gay, though, or just _obviously_ gay? The latter. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/72 "2009-03-11T01:49:58Z")
I guess with photos of him tongue kissing another dude all over the Internet, it’s both. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/73 "2009-03-11T01:59:20Z")
Oh yeah, ‘doing it for the kid’ always requires dressing like a hooker and singing a song about… a hooker. Great role model, mom. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/74 "2009-03-11T01:59:49Z")
She’s screwing up the chorus of this song. She’s totally losing the sharpness on the timing tricks that make it interesting. Simon nailed it. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/75 "2009-03-11T02:00:56Z")
Please dial carefully, kiddies- don’t want to accidentally run up mom and dad’s phone bill on sex lines. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/76 "2009-03-11T02:01:03Z")
Why does every girl who’s ever on this show always have a fucking kid? ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/77 "2009-03-11T02:03:01Z")
I’m pretty sure that not EVERY girl on this show has a “fucking” kid. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/78 "2009-03-11T02:03:04Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > “Rocking Robin” is a Jacko tune? Did he cover this or something? I wasn’t aware of hm covering it. From the J5 era, if at all, I’m sure. Notably, I sing karaoke. Not that song, of course, but when a participant does get up to perform it, the title card on the screen shows up as “Rockin’ Robin”, below which is the legend “M. Jackson,” as though he had been the writer of the song. I’ve always assumed that this meant that he _bought_ all rights to the song, back in the olden days, when he was rich, and buying everything from the Beatles catalog to the Elephant Man’s corpse. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/79 "2009-03-11T02:08:58Z")
Impressions during the recap: Scott and Jasmine were even worse than I’d noticed during their performances. Anoop and Megan were just as bad as they seemed the first time through. Kris seems like a dark horse to really go far. He has something likable, and more talent than we’re really seen so far. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/80 "2009-03-11T02:09:30Z")
Every time I hear that song now I think of Andy’s (on The Office) cell phone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969.md?page=5)