{"id":612,"date":"2007-03-27T20:24:36","date_gmt":"2007-03-28T01:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.99:8888\/blog\/2007\/03\/27\/1175045076010.html"},"modified":"2007-03-27T20:24:36","modified_gmt":"2007-03-28T01:24:36","slug":"blogentry-american-idol-3272007-gwen-stefani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/?p=612","title":{"rendered":"[BlogEntry] American Idol 3\/27\/2007 : Gwen Stefani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I heard that Gwen Stefani (No Doubt) was the special guest this week, I thought it could be pretty cool. I liked that era of music. They could easily have gone with a 90&#039;s theme. Instead we got a bunch of Police and Donna Summer in a boring &#034;what inspired me&#034; theme week.  Was it stuff that inspired Gwen Stefani?  I couldn&#039;t quite figure that out, why would we care what her inspirations were?<\/p>\n<p>\n<script type=&#034;text\/javascript&#034;><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = &#034;pub-4716552313955049&#034;;\ngoogle_ad_width = 728;\ngoogle_ad_height = 90;\ngoogle_ad_format = &#034;728x90_as&#034;;\ngoogle_ad_type = &#034;text_image&#034;;\ngoogle_ad_channel =&#034;1714283069&#034;;\ngoogle_color_border = [&#034;336699&#034;,&#034;000000&#034;,&#034;B4D0DC&#034;];\ngoogle_color_bg = [&#034;FFFFFF&#034;,&#034;F0F0F0&#034;,&#034;ECF8FF&#034;];\ngoogle_color_link = [&#034;0000FF&#034;,&#034;0000FF&#034;,&#034;0000CC&#034;];\ngoogle_color_url = &#034;008000&#034;;\ngoogle_color_text = [&#034;000000&#034;,&#034;000000&#034;,&#034;6F6F6F&#034;];\n\/\/--><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script src=&#034;http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js&#034; type=&#034;text\/javascript&#034;>\n<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lakisha<\/strong> (<em>Let&#039;s Dance, Donna Summer)<\/em> &#8211; Does doing classic disco tunes show any real range for Lakisha? Sure it was faster than her usual, and she actually moved around the stage, but maybe I just hate the song in general. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris Sligh<\/strong> (<em>Every Little Thing, The Police<\/em>) &#8211; Chris can&#039;t stay on the beat and everybody calls him on it, judges and Gwen Stefani as well, going so far as to say that it&#039;s painful for the audience to listen to. It really was bad this week, even his look was off. He looked fat and winded, quite frankly. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Gina<\/strong> (<em>I&#039;ll Stand By You<\/em>) &#8211; Unlike Lakisha, Gina brings us a &#034;stand there and belt it out&#034; song, and the judges go nuts for it. Simon&#039;s all compliments as well, saying &#034;That wasn&#039;t one of your best, that *was* your best.&#034; <\/p>\n<p><strong>Sanjaya<\/strong> (<em>Bathwater, No Doubt<\/em>) &#8211; Oh dear God what did Sanjaya do to his hair this week? If we rule out the fact that he looked stupid, it really shows that the kid has a set on him. They make fun of his hair every week, so now he&#039;s saying &#034;I dare you.&#034; That&#039;s confidence. He reminded me of a character from Mad Max or something. Simon tells him that it doesn&#039;t matter what they say, the people that like him will vote for him. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Haley<\/strong> (<em>True Colors, Cyndi Lauper<\/em>) &#8211; Going against the advice of the professional, Haley mucks all around with the melody of the song and the judges don&#039;t love it. They tell her that it&#039;s boring and too adult\/contemporary, and anybody could have done that. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Phil<\/strong> (<em>Every Breath You Take, The Police<\/em>) &#8211; Hey, he&#039;s got the hat back. I can&#039;t decide which I like better. At least this hat fits. I do like his song this week, maybe it&#039;s not so bad that he&#039;s stuck around. The judges like it as well. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Melinda<\/strong> (<em>Heaven Knows, Donna Summer<\/em>) &#8211; Have the judges ever said anything bad about Melinda? I don&#039;t think so. The worst Simon said was that he didn&#039;t like her outfit. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Blake<\/strong> (<em>Love Song, The Cure<\/em>) &#8211; I can&#039;t believe that Blake busted out such a kill yourself slow song like The Cure. I dig Blake, I want to see him win the whole thing, but man I wanted to put him out of his own misery during that song. The judges, on the other hand, really liked it. Simon told him multiple times that he&#039;s the best of the guys. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Jordin<\/strong> (<em>Hey Baby, No Doubt<\/em>) &#8211; I really did not enjoy Jordin&#039;s version of the song, but I can&#039;t put my finger on why. Seems like more of a team effort sort of song, not really a solo thing. Plus, can we talk about the outfit? She looked like she just got off of field hockey practice and decided to wrap a picnic table cloth around herself. Totally distracting. Seriously, was that gym shorts she was wearing? <\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris R<\/strong> (<em>Don&#039;t Speak, No Doubt<\/em>) &#8211; I just don&#039;t enjoy the way this kid sings, what can I say. Gwen calls it &#034;vocal Olympics&#034;. Blah. It&#039;s slow, it&#039;s all over the place, and he&#039;s got a weird habit of looking over his shoulder like he&#039;s expecting the band to come up on stage or something. Time to go. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking of time to go, I have no idea who it will be this week. Sanjaya has really messed up everybody&#039;s predictions. 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