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Tuesday, May 13
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SYESHA MERCADO-RE-MI-FA-SUCKS
Just when I think I've gotten a lock with my Syesha prediction, my dreams of winning an American Idol betting pool have been soaked and ruined in my tears, all from hearing one terrible song: "Fever".
What is it with Idol contestants and the song "Fever"? Every season, someone does it, and it usually sucks ass. It's campy beyond belief.
But no campier than Dan Fogelberg's "Longer" -- someone on the CBS lot was doing some serious lines...
David Archuleta, you are my generation's Michael Bolton. But I'm coo' with that. Better than GAY Aiken. Get it? Because it rhymes with CLAY? OH, ME!!!
What's really interesting about Idol this season is how incredibly dependent the contestants are with song arrangement -- performances are merely secondary to the magic of Ricky Minor and crew, and it makes me wonder if the Idol band has any biases on singers and secretly chooses the cool/goosebump-inducing musical devices (chord substitutions, key changes, etc.) on their preferred contestants (the ones with the schmalziest moments always make it to the next round).
And I think they do -- something tells me David Cooke's ride to the Top 2 is tied to his arrangements; there is no doubt that the Idol band sees Cooke as a refreshing take on the series and is playing with all the tricks in their musical bags solely because Cooke is allowing them. Thus, more energy and creativity is put into the music, thus more goosebumps.
Double Davids could be a title for a gay porn film.
This year, trying to sneak into the Kodak doesn't seem all that exciting anymore.
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