# If you start an AI thread and nobody posts, does it make a sound? American Idol 4/11 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246 "2006-04-11T17:00:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246/81 "2006-04-12T00:38:57Z")
Katharine sang well enough, but the song is not one I like that much to begin with, and her performance made it song like a generic Disney song. ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246/82 "2006-04-12T00:40:15Z")
Oh my god, I’m in bizarro-world. This was the first time all season that I thought Kat did not-sucha-great job, and the judges drool over her. Also it can’t help her that they shot half the song at her _back_. What is going on? Is it April Fools day? ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246/83 "2006-04-12T00:40:29Z")
Jeff, perhaps that’s the reason it was originally used in a Highlander movie… it sounds like a moviesoundtrack? ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246/84 "2006-04-12T00:41:08Z")
[QUOTE=JeffB] Katharine sang well enough, but the song is not one I like that much to begin with, and her performance made it song like a generic Disney song. [/QUOTE] What a great way of putting this! Katharine is beautiful and sang the song beautifully, but it still came across as generically boring. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246/85 "2006-04-12T00:44:00Z")
I hope Gomer does good. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246/86 "2006-04-12T00:44:34Z")
Elliot looks crazy… ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246/87 "2006-04-12T00:44:38Z")
Elliot already sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246/88 "2006-04-12T00:45:03Z")
Okay, nevermind ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246/89 "2006-04-12T00:45:39Z")
He’s completely suck all the soul out of that song. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246/90 "2006-04-12T00:46:16Z")
[QUOTE=RachelChristine] What a great way of putting this! Katharine is beautiful and sang the song beautifully, but it still came across as generically boring. [/QUOTE] I think she has picked up Lisa’s torch, and she is the new Hall of Presidents automaton. Bucky is doing a good job so far … is he going for the high note? No. _Wuss._ But he was really great tonight. He’s loosened up a bit. Good for 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:** [April 12, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246/91 "2006-04-12T00:46:26Z")
Elliot was ok, but I think he would really suffer in a comparison to Freddie on that 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:** [April 12, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246/92 "2006-04-12T00:46:55Z")
The band is drowning him out and the backup singers are louder than he is and he looks too happy. O.K., this is my favorite Queen song and I don’t think anyone could have lived up to it. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246/93 "2006-04-12T00:47:10Z")
That’s not really a singing type of song. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246/94 "2006-04-12T00:47:37Z")
I thought Elliot did REALLY well… maybe I am watching a different show than everyone else ;). ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246/95 "2006-04-12T00:48:33Z")
Ok, he scares me… Taylor scares me… And val, is this what you said he was hiding the past few weeks? Cuz he still looks annoying to me… ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246/96 "2006-04-12T00:48:38Z")
HAHA… Taylor missed kicking the stand! ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246/97 "2006-04-12T00:49:09Z")
Heh. Taylor is kind of a spaz, but he’s doing aiight. Why didn’t he do this song last week? ---
**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:** [April 12, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246/98 "2006-04-12T00:49:09Z")
Ha! Ha! He missed the mike stand. Go Taylor! ---
**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:** [April 12, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246/99 "2006-04-12T00:49:33Z")
Ooooh at the Big Dramatic Lighting! First Kellie, now Kat, whoa. How can you not love the Highlander nod? I liked it, I’d have of course liked it better had they not murderlized the arrangement, and she maybe coulda toned down the power-ballad vibe a wee bit, but she’s got a beautiful voice and it was courageous somehow. She’s not a breathtaking beauty but one of those types who’s pretty sneaks up on me, there’s a moment every week where the camera angle or expression is just right and I’m amazed at how gorgeous she is. Is it possible that Elliot has never heard Somebody To Love before?! How is that possible! Not as good as I’d hoped, some of the choices were kinda wonky, but still a feel-good song. His voice is like buttah, I could see buying something of his. Watching Taylor have fun is just fun, I don’t know whether to ‘yay’ or ‘aww’ but it’s all good. 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 12, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246/100 "2006-04-12T00:49:47Z")
Well he sounds a lot better than that other guy did on this song. I like how he whiffed on trying to kick the mike stand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-an-ai-thread-and-nobody-posts-does-it-make-a-sound-american-idol-4-11/352246.md?page=6)