American Idol 8: Let The Laughs Begin
Last night Maria and I saddled up on the couch and tuned in for the latest season of American Idol. For a premier episode it was okay. I don’t think either one of us were super thrilled with the talent and is it me or did they cut a lot of the goofs and bad singers out? Don’t get me wrong, there were some pretty horrid singers, but I’ll get into that. But first off let’s check out the new judge, Kara DioGuardi. For a first impression I thought she was pretty good. Idol claims that she wrote over 100 hit songs and has worked with all of these amazing artists… well, some were much better than others, but I digress… so she at least has a pretty good standing as far as being a judge. Of course Idol throws in the “classic” footage of her working in the studio and nodding her head and being all “into it”. I think that part is absolute bull spit concocted by the producers to give her even more clout than she really has. Regardless I felt her first appearance was good and she definitely gave her opinion and showed some promise as far as getting into stuff with the other judges.
Granted I am not big into pop music or what you would imagine American Idol music to be, but I have never heard of Kara DioGuardi until she signed on with Idol. The reason I bring that up is because of the crazy cowgirl in pink who tried out last night and brought her notebook with over 100 original songs and who, subsequently, was the biggest fan of Kara DioGuardi EVER… Really? You not only knew who she was but was also the biggest fan? I think not. It really wreaked of the producer “BS” I described above and I think we will see a few things like this throughout the process in order to attune America to Kara DioGuardi and further implant pseudo information about her to hype her credentials. Conspiracy much? Yeah, I think so.
But enough of Kara…KA-RA, KAR-A… who gives a rip, really? Let’s talk about these people! Okay first off there were some talented singers in there. The blind guy was pretty cool… You have to chuckle at Ryan Seacrest when the blind guy came out and he tries to high-five the dude. The “out of the closet” fellow looked like a buddy of mine but could certainly sing well. One of the stand outs as far as the first episode was the pink haired, punky looking gal, Emily, who I think sang “Barracuda” by Heart. Great song and in my opinion a great audition. Plus she is in a band and has some experience. She could potentially be the next “rocker” chick on Idol, however we know from the last 7 years that the “rocker” chick never makes it.
The weirdos were definitely out in force as well. Starting with the wannabe rock star. I can only imagine this guys life after that was on last night. I think that the term “POSER” really fits here. I mean this guy was the epitome of poser. Never trained to sing, never put any work into a career except buying the rock star gear and dressing like a wanker. I felt bad for this dude and THEN he started to beg. Nothing worse than a bad signer begging to be on American Idol… well, except for BEING that singer. Michael Gurr was the Adam’s family looking guy with a very interesting voice. I don’t think that I could explain the sound, but Maria and I were laughing our butts off when he came on! The biggest flop of last night was the “soon-to-be-famous-for-nothing” bikini girl with the horribly nasal voice. She made it through with the help of Randy and Simon but was totally oblivious to the joke. Paula and Kara were appalled as they should have been but I really didn’t need to see Kara stand up and start scattin back and forth with the bikini bimbo to see who really has the best pipes. WE KNOW this chick can’t sing, don’t make it worse by looking as bad as the contestant (just a thought). Overall, I guess we both enjoyed it, but we are definitely looking forward to tonight’s episode and the non-stop train wreck that is American Idol.
Lancaster, PA
