Classic musicals night on IDOL:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-04-05-idol-tuesday-recap_x.htm
And...? Is this fellow's take identical to your own? He states a bias against show music...! That negates his comments for me.
I thought Bo was terrific last night. Loved his "Corner of the Sky"...first time -- out of seeing several productions of it -- in which the song was sung by someone with a voice. Of course, I've seen rank amateur productions, except for that William Katt version that was out on video years ago. Even then....
I thought Anthony did a wonderful reading of a song he should never have picked. I cringed when I read what he would sing. I was amazed at how well he sang it. I was not surprised at the nonsensical reception Simon gave it.
He was every bit as good on that song as Carrie was on her poor choice of "Hello Young Lovers." Of course, Randy and Simon calling the song "boring" was a bit much...and says VOLUMES about their breadth of musical appreciation (i.e., none). I think the songs are overly familiar and NOT fodder for "pop music" competition. But then, someone DID make it a theme night.
I cannot imagine anyone having Nikko as a favorite...but Randy thinks he's the greatest, as does the writer of that USAToday piece. He has no voice. He is flash, and "styling" and a whole lot of heart and "wannabe"...but he doesn't have the vocal skills to back it all up. He'd be a great lipsync act.
Constantine and Nadia and Vonzell were very pleasing, I thought.
Anwar....oof. I kept waiting for him to hit just one note that was actually part of the song and hold it for more than three seconds...but it wasn't to be.
Scott sucked.
The 3 Stooges were absolutely the worst thing about the entire evening. They spoiled the fun of the whole evening. And not one single time did any one of them say anything that was complimentary, constructive, instructive or valuable in any sense of the word. They are useless.
