# Hey! American Idol (March 6, 7 and 8th) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2007, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865 "2007-03-06T22:20:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/1 "2007-03-06T22:20:19Z")
What, no Idol thread? You guys’ll have to be my eyes tonight because I have to be somewhere else right when the whole thing starts. What was I thinking! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/2 "2007-03-07T00:35:04Z")
[QUOTE=koeeoaddi] What was I thinking! :smack: [/QUOTE] You weren’t, obviously. 😉 Good thing you have us. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/3 "2007-03-07T00:43:26Z")
I was fiddling around and waiting for someone else to start it. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/4 "2007-03-07T00:58:15Z")
I also do not think I’ll make it. Not going any where, but have been having a pretty stressful (in a kinda good way) week and do not think I’ll be awake in 10 minutes. You guys must talk much and label all singers! ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/5 "2007-03-07T01:03:01Z")
This is the first American Idol I see this season. Is Blake the program’s white rapper? What’s up, what is the theme today? ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/6 "2007-03-07T01:04:16Z")
I actually like this… first time I see this song being performed in American Idol… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/7 "2007-03-07T01:04:54Z")
Blake is original for AI, that’s for sure. I’m liking him more and more. ---
**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 7, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/8 "2007-03-07T01:04:58Z")
**Blake**. I liked that. This guy always entertains me. There hasn’t been anyone like him on the show before. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/9 "2007-03-07T01:05:36Z")
Blake is really picking some fun fun songs. He’s not such a great singer, but he’s fun. Cracked me up the way he did the radio edit over the word “ass”. (WTF?! Randy and Paula don’t know the song? Have they been living under a rock?) ---
**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 7, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/10 "2007-03-07T01:07:25Z")
I guess I’m exposing my age and cluelessness but I’ve never heard that song before either. What was it? ---
**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 7, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/11 "2007-03-07T01:12:21Z")
Sanjaya isn’t sucking and his hair looks better too. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/12 "2007-03-07T01:12:30Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] I guess I’m exposing my age and cluelessness but I’ve never heard that song before either. What was it? [/QUOTE] All Mixed Up by 311 ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/13 "2007-03-07T01:13:05Z")
Here’s my problem with **Blake** ’s song (something by 311 which I’ve heard before, but I thought it was Sublime at first, so what do I know?) – that was not so much a _singer’s_ song. He did a good job, but I can’t tell whether he can _actually_ sing or not. And since I’m not a huge fan of 311’s kind of music as a general rule (and do not even get me _started_ on what they did to “Lovesong” by The Cure, but suffice it to say that I think it is criminal and should be punishable by death) – it didn’t do much for me. And now **Sanjaya** is on, and I think I recognize this song, but I can’t tell, because I am distracted by how much he looks like a girl, except for those eyebrows. But: wow, even Paula isn’t impressed. That isn’t good. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/14 "2007-03-07T01:13:10Z")
I don’t like Sandy’s ironed look. He picked it up a little from last week but he’s just sooooo soft. I mean, hula? ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/15 "2007-03-07T01:13:42Z")
Sanjaya, Sanjaya, Sanjaya… I hate that song. And I never imagined that anyone could sing a song more wimpily than John Mayer. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/16 "2007-03-07T01:14:02Z")
Blake’s song? It was by a band called 311, and it was out in the early 00’s, late 90’s. It’s still played, although I think most of its audience is college students (or those that went to college those years). I don’t like this song, and I only heard the ending. And Paula is giving good advice, I’m surprised! ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/17 "2007-03-07T01:14:35Z")
I felt quite smart that I knew Blake sang a 311 song (All Mixed Up) and that 2 of the judges (maybe 3) didn’t recognize it. That doesn’t happen very often as R&B isn’t exactly my strong suit so a lot of the time, I don’t recognize the songs. I thought Blake did fine, he is memorable and the song suited him perfectly. Pretty much what the judges said. While I’m here, Sanjaya wasn’t as bad as he has been, I’ll give him that. He might be the type of singer that does quite well in a Studio. He does have a nice little voice…key word being little, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/18 "2007-03-07T01:15:16Z")
I must go to sleep. I’ve got to be up at 5 and I’m sooooooo tired. Why does this show have this power over 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 7, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/19 "2007-03-07T01:16:05Z")
**Sundance** doing Pearl Jam…poorly. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/20 "2007-03-07T01:16:31Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] I must go to sleep. I’ve got to be up at 5 and I’m sooooooo tired. Why does this show have this power over me? [/QUOTE] Pearl Jam! You cannot sleep. What an unusual show tonight. Harmless little funk, haha. And did he say King Jeremy the Wicked _ruined_ his world? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865.md?page=2)