This guy seems to think so after Ruben was dissed.
Why isn’t Ruben # 1. He’s clearly among the most talented. Is the fact that he’s a big, fat tub of goo putting female (the vast majority of Idol voters) off? Is he not pretty enough? Are people listening with their ovaries and not their ears? Is Ruben just too fat to be a marketable star? Why is Ruben not as beloved as the others?
Well, did it ever occur to you that those of us with taste are not watching American Idol?
The real question is why is that retard Josh still on the show, not being voted off before Trenyce (sp). It’s obvious how the show should have gone if going on musical talents alone:
Josh goes
Kimberly Lock goes
Trenyce goes
Leaving clay & ruben final 2
two fascinating topics you’ve put forth this week astro. And I disagree with both of them.
Well, I’m a woman, and I love Ruben. He could croon to me ANY day.
My guess is that the majority of Idol voters are not women, but very YOUNG women–teenagers, late teenagers–who may have less of an appreciation for his talent over his build.
And we mustn’t forget that the epitome of manhood (heh), Simon, booted off a fetchingly talented woman from the original show because she didn’t have the Look. I don’t remember her name, but she was big, too, and had a gorgeous voice. Maybe he was listening with his testes?
The real question is why is that retard Josh still on the show, not being voted off before Trenyce (sp). It’s obvious how the show should have gone if going on musical talents alone:
Josh goes
Kimberly Lock goes
Trenyce goes
Leaving clay & ruben final 2
Eva Luna,
I think I love you.
Marry me?
I can promise pie.
I’ll offer pie AND an XBox!
I am proud to say that I have never seen an episode of American Idol.
What Eva and tanookie said…
You silly men…if you want to earn the respect, admiration, and yes, perhaps even the lust of discerning American women, you need to learn what motivates us. I can make my own pie (and a damn fine one at that!), and I have less than zero interest in an X-Box.
Whether the same is true of the nubile young viewers of *American Idol, * I have no idea. I guess it’s all a matter of what you’re looking for in a woman. Navel piercings? I will disappoint. Musical taste? Mine is extensive, quirky, and refined at the same time, although I do like a nice merengue tune here and there. Most Top 40 stuff leaves me completely bored, however.
Yes, every single woman in America watched American Idol and collectively decided to “vote with our ovaries.”
Astro, you watch and care about what happens on this travesty of a TV show. I, on the other hand, wouldn’t watch it if you paid me. Who has bad taste again?
I think Eva Luna nailed it. My girlfriend is into Radiohead and Tori Amos, and I just recently turned her onto the Allman Brothers. So there’s one American woman, at least, with excellent taste.
My ovaries have better thing to do than watch American Idol.
Ditto.
(BTW - Kn*ckers quote would make a GREAT sig.)
Precisely. That show is proof that the apocalypse is near.
I’ve also never watched “American Idol” and never will.
I like Peter Gabriel, Elvis Costello, and REM, and lots of other stuff. I’m 38 and grew up listening to the Beatles, and the Stones. Is that ok with you?
Yet another “Me too” post. I can’t even listen to popular radio because it all sounds the same to me. (Holy crap - I’m becoming my mother!!) I get the feeling that these Idol-wannabes are probably mimicking the crap I don’t listen to anyway. No thanks.
I just had to laugh at the title.
this from a person who asked why Robbie Williams wasn’t hotter here.
Make up your mind already! Either we do have great taste (hence williams’ lack of popularity) or we don’t!
The fans of the most egregious offenders, manufactured pop acts and the like (and this includes the fun but meningless American Idol), do tend to be young and female. That is not to say that young American women have bad taste in music. But I’d love to see an attendance by sex breakdown of the unholy upcoming Christina Aguilera/Justin Timberlake tour.
Of course, young men tend to be the majority audience of ridiculous, empty-headed blockbuster movies so in my mind it tends to balance out. Also, as a young man, my musical tastes were all over the map and mostly ridiculous.
I think there’s something to be said for gaining maturity as you listen to music. At first, as you’re young, all you listen to is the easily available stuff. Some never progress beyond that, but many more do.