{"id":620,"date":"2007-03-20T20:31:43","date_gmt":"2007-03-21T01:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.99:8888\/blog\/2007\/03\/20\/1174440703077.html"},"modified":"2007-03-20T20:31:43","modified_gmt":"2007-03-21T01:31:43","slug":"blogentry-american-idol-3202007-british-invasion-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/?p=620","title":{"rendered":"[BlogEntry] American Idol 3\/20\/2007 : British Invasion Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After listening to the commentary from Peter Noone and Lulu, I&#039;m wondering if they really got the concept.  Seems like Peter&#039;s advice to everybody was &#034;Don&#039;t mess too much with the original, it was fine like it was.&#034;<\/p>\n<p><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><br \/>\n<script type=&#034;text\/javascript&#034;\n  src=&#034;http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js&#034;>\n<\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Haley does &#034;Tell Him&#034; and everybody loves it.  She gets poor Simon all hot and bothered by not wearing a bra under her little glittery shimmery top and shaking it right in front of him.  Personally I didn&#039;t love it, I thought she was concentrating more on getting from one side of the stage to the other and not singing all that great.\n<li>Chris R does &#034;Don&#039;t Let The Sun Catch You Crying&#034;, a cool Gerry and the Pacemakers song, and gets the first of many Peter Noone &#034;The original is good enough don&#039;t mess with it&#034; comments.  But the judges love it and go right to the &#034;You made it modern&#034; comments.  I still think the kid is too generic for me and won&#039;t last.  Although I liked the honesty is his comment when he said &#034;I keep wanting to just run it all over the place and have to control myself not to do that.&#034;\n<li>Stephanie does Dusty Springfield&#039;s &#034;You Don&#039;t Have To Say You Love Me&#034; which is a cool song, but she&#039;s very boring lately and all the judges point out that she&#039;s lost her edge.  Maybe because she reads the papers and all she ever hears about are Melinda and Lakisha?\n<li>Blake hits a major home run with a great modern remix of <a href=&#034;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?ie=UTF8&#038;keywords=Time%20Of%20The%20Season&#038;tag=suchstuff-20&#038;index=music&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#034;>Time Of The Season<\/a><img src=&#034;http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=suchstuff-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1&#034; width=&#034;1&#034; height=&#034;1&#034; border=&#034;0&#034; alt=&#034;&#034; style=&#034;border:none !important; margin:0px !important;&#034; \/>, complete with beatbox. Everybody, including Simon, loved it.  Well, everyone except for Peter Noone who said that the first row should watch out for &#034;all the spitting.&#034;\n<li>Lakisha goes with <a href=&#034;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?ie=UTF8&#038;keywords=Shirley%20Bassey&#038;tag=suchstuff-20&#038;index=music&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#034;>Shirley Bassey<\/a><img src=&#034;http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=suchstuff-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1&#034; width=&#034;1&#034; height=&#034;1&#034; border=&#034;0&#034; alt=&#034;&#034; style=&#034;border:none !important; margin:0px !important;&#034; \/> &#034;Diamonds Are Forever&#034;, which I would have thought a great choice for that big voice of hers, but the judges didn&#039;t love it.  Maybe she should have gone with Lulu&#039;s advice and done You&#039;re My World?  I don&#039;t think I know that song.\n<li>Phil does Tobacco Road, and leaves me pretty cold.  Just not interested, really.  Simon tells him he has no &#034;grit&#034;.\n<li>Jordin does &#034;I Who Have Nothing&#034;, more <a href=&#034;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?ie=UTF8&#038;keywords=Shirley%20Bassey&#038;tag=suchstuff-20&#038;index=music&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#034;>Shirley Bassey<\/a><img src=&#034;http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=suchstuff-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1&#034; width=&#034;1&#034; height=&#034;1&#034; border=&#034;0&#034; alt=&#034;&#034; style=&#034;border:none !important; margin:0px !important;&#034; \/> apparently, which I&#039;ve never heard of but Lulu loves.  Sounded good to me.  Randy gives a big compliment with the prediction &#034;One of the best I think we&#039;ll see tonight&#034; and we&#039;re not half done yet.\n<li>Interview with Peter Noone, and he even confirms that his biggest advice is &#034;Stick with the melody.&#034;\n<li>Sanjaya, dear Sanjaya, love of the Internet.  Tries to decide between &#034;You&#039;ve Really Got Me&#034; (is it You or You&#039;ve?) or &#034;I&#039;m Into Something Good&#034;, a <a href=&#034;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?ie=UTF8&#038;keywords=Hermans%20Hermits&#038;tag=suchstuff-20&#038;index=music&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#034;>Herman&#039;s Hermits<\/a><img src=&#034;http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=suchstuff-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1&#034; width=&#034;1&#034; height=&#034;1&#034; border=&#034;0&#034; alt=&#034;&#034; style=&#034;border:none !important; margin:0px !important;&#034; \/> classic.  Noone steers him away from that one and tells him to stick with &#034;You&#039;ve Really Got Me&#034; which I can just tell is going to be brutal with the judges but I bet his fans still like.  At least he attempts to rock it out.  Actually Randy likes it (&#034;I&#039;m in shock, best performance to date, the new Sanjaya&#034;).    Simon points to a crying little girl and says &#034;I think her face says it all.&#034;  A little weird.  She didn&#039;t stop crying through the whole show, but apparently it was because she was happy.\n<li>Man, I don&#039;t care about the fan questions.\n<li>Gina is doing <a href=&#034;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?ie=UTF8&#038;keywords=Rolling%20Stones&#038;tag=suchstuff-20&#038;index=music&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#034;>Paint It Black<\/a><img src=&#034;http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=suchstuff-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1&#034; width=&#034;1&#034; height=&#034;1&#034; border=&#034;0&#034; alt=&#034;&#034; style=&#034;border:none !important; margin:0px !important;&#034; \/> which is about as rock as it gets.  Starts out weak, and her outfit is ugly.    The drums in this song are awesome, by the way.  I don&#039;t like her version, it&#039;s too high.  Simon calls it torture.\n<li>Chris Sligh is actually going to do Henry VIII?  Is that a joke?  Oh, wait, it is a joke.  He&#039;s doing <a href=&#034;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?ie=UTF8&#038;keywords=Zombies&#038;tag=suchstuff-20&#038;index=music&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#034;>She&#039;s Not There<\/a><img src=&#034;http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=suchstuff-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1&#034; width=&#034;1&#034; height=&#034;1&#034; border=&#034;0&#034; alt=&#034;&#034; style=&#034;border:none !important; margin:0px !important;&#034; \/>.  Much better, I like that song.  That&#039;s the kind of British Invasion stuff that&#039;s my favorite.  I don&#039;t love his version, although I think his voice is good.  Just not the kind of match I was hoping for.    Once again he argues with Simon, which I hate.\n<li>Melinda closes the show with &#034;As Long As He Needs Me&#034;, another one I&#039;ve never heard of.  I&#039;m disappointed that nobody did To Sir With Love.  Judges love it, but what else would you expect?  It&#039;s Melinda, the chosen one.\n<\/ul>\n<p>So who&#039;s it going to be this week?  Well Sanjaya is always a possible choice, although the judges seemed to get a kick out of him this week.  Phil got a lousy review, as did Gina.  I think it could be Phil.  <\/p>\n<p\/><b><a href=&#034;.\/search.action?query=american+idol&#034;>More American Idol stories&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p\/>Technorati: <a href=&#034;http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/american+idol&#034; rel=&#034;tag&#034;>American Idol<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After listening to the commentary from Peter Noone and Lulu, I&#039;m wondering if they really got the concept. Seems like Peter&#039;s advice to everybody was &#034;Don&#039;t mess too much with the original, it was fine like it was.&#034; Haley does &#034;Tell Him&#034; and everybody loves it. 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