My own beliefs are in my song

[jlh]

dreamerren should be pleased that they didn't do the silly judge thing, but then, we got baby pictures. And thank goodness, we got little buck-toothed chubby-cheeked Ryan, and Simon mysteriously holding a plastic gun.

ETA: Saw it! See below.

Wow, they went spectacularly over tonight, didn't they? I fear that Ryan dropping his tie bar was some kind of omen.

1. Danny, "Stand By Me." I have a very complicated relationship to this song, but I'll set that aside. I thought the arrangement was really, really shitty. I thought Danny did his Danny thing which I continue to not really care about.
   
2. Kris, "All She Wants to Do Is Dance." Seriously what is with the Vegas tonight? I feel like we completely lost the admittedly ridiculous lyrics, so I'm not entirely sure why he was singing this. (I also don't know what Kara thinks was young about the song to begin with.)
   
3. Lil, "What's Love Got to Do with It." Why is she walking around the stage like Tina Turner did in the video? Seriously, Lil, how can we find out who you are when you're a new person every week?
   
4. Anoop, "True Colors." The editing of that song was really, really odd. But the performance was good.
   
5. Scott, "The Search Is Over." This is everything I hate in one little bundle. He was rushing at the beginning, and was well off key at the end, and the guitar playing looked ridiculous.
   
6. Allison, "I Can't Make You Love Me." She was fantastic, wasn't she? Simon's right, though, because for whatever reason, she isn't coming across and getting a fan base.
   
7. Matt, "Part Time Lover." Is it like, "The Hat of Soul Singing" or something? Now, I really can't stand this song at all-but I really like what he did with the arrangement. (That's how you use horns, by the way, Kris.) I'm not sure about that strobe light thing, but that's okay.
   
8. Adam, "Mad World." So I think we all knew that he'd do Gary Jules version from Donnie Darko, and the staging was very effective. He sounded pretty fantastic-he's unerring in his song choice, really-and I liked how he changed it up even within that cover version. He's definitely what Cook and Blake begat. As for the standing O that's already controversial, I don't think Simon meant it as such-I think that since he didn't have enough time to say anything, and no one else would be talking, he wanted to do something that would have a very big impact. If they all hadn't been chatty patties at the top of the show, he would have stayed seated and said "fantastic" in that way that he does. So that's what I have to say about that.
   

Poll Crazy Eights!

I voted for Allison and Matt, mostly because Adam really, really doesn't need me. Then I checked DialIdol and started voting for Kris too.