# 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:** 2
**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, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/21 "2007-03-07T01:17:16Z")
The irrational hate is back. Sundance just friggin sucks. And is he copying Blake’s stupid pointy Flock of Seagull hair? ---
**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, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/22 "2007-03-07T01:18:27Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] The irrational hate is back. Sundance just friggin sucks. And is he copying Blake’s stupid pointy Flock of Seagull hair? [/QUOTE] But it looks ten times less greasy. Which I’m all for. ---
**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, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/23 "2007-03-07T01:19:06Z")
[QUOTE=LilyoftheValley] Harmless little funk, haha. [/QUOTE] I thought he said “punk.” What_ever_. I really want to like **Sundance** , but “Jeremy” is not one of those songs that should ever be rockabillified. I feel very possessive and protective about this song. Shut _up_, Randy! That _wasn’t_ hot – that was _sacrilege._ But, at least **Sundance** doesn’t look like a homeless mechanic this week, which I must admit I _do_ support. ---
**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, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/24 "2007-03-07T01:20:42Z")
[QUOTE=rockle] I thought he said “punk.” What_ever_. [/QUOTE] Ah, my bad. That does make more sense. ---
**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, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/25 "2007-03-07T01:22:35Z")
[QUOTE=LilyoftheValley] Ah, my bad. That does make more sense. [/QUOTE] Yeah, as much as anything can really make any kind of sense on this show tonight. My entire worldview is upside-down right now, and I feel nauseous. And scared. Hold 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, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/26 "2007-03-07T01:22:35Z")
[QUOTE=KarlGrenze] 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). [/QUOTE] Thanks. I’ve heard of them, I guess. The song sounded vaguely familiar. ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/27 "2007-03-07T01:23:36Z")
Travis Tritt! _Swoooon_ ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/28 "2007-03-07T01:24:45Z")
It’s Revenge of the Stylists week! 😃 I rather enjoyed ironed Sanjaya, and the cameraman carefully keeping Sundance’s Klingonesque faux-hawk out of the frame was awesome. I’m still sorta pulling for Sanjaya, I just think he’s got a better talent and tone than some of the others, if he can just grow into the confidence (and maybe balls) he’ll blow half of the rest out of the water. I’ll take a heaping helpin of that irrational Sundance hate **BG** ’s dishing out, and share in the general affection for Blake as well. ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/29 "2007-03-07T01:25:32Z")
Blake: Yich. Maybe it’s just because I hate 311. Sanjaya: I actually thought it was pretty good. Best so far. Sundance: Blech. Plus, something about “Jeremy” on Idol seems crass. Chris: Yawn. Voice too reedy for the song. ---
**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, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/30 "2007-03-07T01:25:53Z")
Chris Not Sligh is boring me. But I’m sure there are a lot of 9 through 13 year olds who love him. ---
**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, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/31 "2007-03-07T01:26:59Z")
Chris R. sucked. I don’t know why they’re pimping him. Sanjaya was actually better. ---
**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, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/32 "2007-03-07T01:27:00Z")
Wait … did Randy just say that **Chris R.** was singing a _Keith Urban_ song? It sounded like a Michael Jackson B-side, and it sounded kind of flat to me, besides. Have I, once again, gone around the bend? Wouldn’t surprise me, but I want to sure. Travis Tritt is aging very well, and he isn’t even my type, or anything. ---
**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, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/33 "2007-03-07T01:29:18Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Chris R. sucked. I don’t know why they’re pimping him. Sanjaya was actually better. [/QUOTE] If only Sandy could be as powerful as his eyebrows. . . And Jared continues the march of the scary eyebrows. And he isn’t singing very well. ---
**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, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/34 "2007-03-07T01:33:19Z")
Pearl Jam sung on Idol, it is wrong. And Southern rock twist on “Jeremy”? Weird… ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/35 "2007-03-07T01:33:33Z")
Jared looks like a mix between Carlton from _The Fresh Prince_ and some sort of bird-like muppet that I can’t put my finger on. ---
**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, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/36 "2007-03-07T01:33:36Z")
Jared…doesn’t suck exactly. This is just…really lame. ---
**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, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/37 "2007-03-07T01:34:45Z")
You know, I really love this Stevie Wonder song that **Jared** is singing … but only when Stevie sings it. There are, like, 940 million songs in the world. Why does everybody have to pick on Stevie? Or why can’t they at least pick one that isn’t _already_ so stylized? Tony Bennett just won a Grammy for “For Once In My Life” – who don’t we start there? ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/38 "2007-03-07T01:36:53Z")
[QUOTE=rockle] 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. [/QUOTE] Agreed about the 311 version of Lovesong. I do think Blake was good though. His voice suited the song well. I didn’t much like Sundance, but that was never my favorite Pearl Jam song anyway. There’s no melody except in the chorus, and I don’t like most of the lyrics either. ---
**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, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/39 "2007-03-07T01:41:46Z")
[QUOTE=Lama Pacos] Jared looks like a mix between Carlton from _The Fresh Prince_ and some sort of bird-like muppet that I can’t put my finger on. [/QUOTE] I was just thinking this! ---
**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, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865/40 "2007-03-07T01:42:13Z")
Yay, a song for an oldie like me! I don’t even mind Brandon’s voice which, as I have mentioned often, I don’t like. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-idol-march-6-7-and-8th/394865.md?page=3)