Wow. Adam. Honey.
What was that? I loved it, don't get me wrong, but I'm not exactly AI's core demographic either. "Ring of Fire" in 80s glam rock style FTW.
I'm actually calling a swing and a miss. But props to you for going for the bleachers, OK? And maybe you should have played it safe and done
"I Can't Make You Love Me". but then you would have blended in with everyone else. I'm calling this the most controversial performance of a song EVER on Idol. But tone down the eye-fucking. Just because I want to fuck you doesn't mean that everyone else does.
And yet... I liked it better than anything else I heard the whole night. And spare me the "How dare he defile Johnny Cash" bullshit. Cash did vastly different takes on other people's songs all the time. (
"Hurt", anyone?)
And that mentor country star with a face like a dried up apple core? "We don't see too many boys wearin' nail polish where I'm from." Then you need to get out more, you idiot. (Plus, I'm getting this vague recollection that this was the guy who married the manager 20 years his senior when the rumors about his "preferences" were getting a bit too loud. Now it makes sense.)
The judges tonight were all acting like someone pissed in their cornflakes. They bitch the contestants out for being too different, then they bitch them out for being too the same. I hate these god-awful theme nights, and country is the WORST. Why not let them pick what songs they do best?
As much as I love Adam, I am growing to hate Danny. He just bugs me. He sang "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and as someone on TWoP said: Jesus take the wheel, please, and steer into the oncoming semi so that I never have to put up with his self-important preaching again. SO MUCH WORD.
So Adam, next time, you GOTTA play it safe, OK babe. Still flove you man, though.