We started the night with Casey singing "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" I cannot listen to this song without seeing Bill Clinton playing the sax on late night television. This was the campaign theme song. And though I hate getting political (especially in Idol blogs for the love of everything holy) and even being a registered Republican, I loved Bill. Unfortunately for Bill, he did not think much about tomorrow during his "escapades." As far as Casey is concerned, when they panned the audience for a split second who thought the sign read "Casey sucks" not "Casey Rocks?" This also started the night of "Let's try to Figure Out What the Judges are Thinking?" Some of the fave lines utilized by the judges are, "I don't know who you are. I'm not sure who you are trying to be. You need to decide what type of singer you are." I mean that is pretty much beat over the contestants' heads weekly. Now tonight we have great advice coming from the panel, "We know who you are we would love to see something different from you. I get who you are as a singer but you need to break out?" WTF? I mean if I were Casey next week I'd lose the guitar come out with a banjo and sing "Cotton Eyed Joe."
Lee-"The Boxer" LOVE this song. LOVE Simon & Garfunkel. We also found out that he has talked to Andrew and thankfully Andrew has not fallen victim of any random drive bys. My mother has decided Lee looks like my brother in law. Last season she thought Danny Gokey looked like my brother in law. I think my mom just wants my brother in law to be a contestant on Idol. She actually said tonight that should Steve make Idol she would vote a lot and if he won he could take care of her. So no pressure Steve, but let's get cracking before you miss the age cut off. Lee sang this song awesome. I have issues with the hand wavers in the front Idol mosh pit. It's bad enough seeing chicks waving their hands, but if you are a guy that does the same you should be immediately castrated.
After the commercial break, Ryan introduced Captain "Sully." My mother turns to me and says, 'That's the seat they gave Sully?" Then we really laughed. It was like way up in the mezzanine. Let's just think about this. This man landed an A320 Airbus with 155 people on board safely into the Hudson River. The Hudson River. It's not really that wide. You can swim across it if you are in reasonably good shape. He not only saved 155 people, but a potential catastrophe. Basically he did this:
and got the tee shirt that said, "I landed a ginormous aircraft into a river and all I got was a lousy Idol seat and a handshake from Seacrest." I mean the guy kind of rates for a better seat, on inspirational night of all nights!Tim- "Better Days" (Goo Goo Dolls)-As Emily so aptly put it, "I hope someday Tim's hair finds better days." What is with the side sweep? I am also starting to laugh how Tim smiles regardless of what they say to him. They can tell him he sleeps with farm animals and he would smile. It's getting comical.
Aaron-"I Believe I Can Fly"-Oh Aaron. He's so cute in that annoying Justin Beiber-ish way that I cannot even comprehend because I usually don't listen to music sung by teenagers. I personally feel he should go sing on one of those Nickelodeon Glee-esque shows they have. I just cannot take him seriously as an American Idol.
Siobhan- "When You Believe"Siobhan broke the cardinal rule of Idol. Singing a song by....WHITNEY. Never mind that Whitney can no longer sing due to becoming a crack whore. The judges hate when someone sings Whitney. Meanwhile, I thought she did really amazing, but apparently the judges and I hear different things when we watch the show.
Big Mike-"Hero" (Nickelback)-I just have to say it "That's enough Nickelback." (If you don't get that reference I must forward you the funniest e-mail ever sent to me). Big Mike's head, especially in that hat, looks too small for his body. He literally looked like Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice after his head is shrunken down:
And that might be a bit much, but he is just so jacked, everything next to his biceps looks small. I also think it funny when Simon insults Big Mike. You think he sits there thinking, "Dude I can bench press you?"Crystal-"People Get Ready"-I think Vegas is right with the odds of the finale being Lee and Crystal. She was just downright amazing. And I got a little choked up too that she got emotional seeing her dad in the audience.
Going home-no one. In the spirit of Idol Gives Back tomorrow, I predict it will be two people going home next week instead.
6 comments:
Oh my goodness, this was great, but I am cracking up over "That's enough, Nickelback." That was seriously the funniest email ever. One of my favorites was something like, "Answering the same letter three times in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely terrifying." So very true! I love the photo accompaniments to this re-cap! Beetlejuice rocks! As for the show - I just love Siobhan and thought she looked so adorable with her butterflies last night. She is fantastic. Lee is the man. Aaron - he's gotta go, him and his bad Members Only jacket. Seriously, who dresses this poor kid???
Oh I agree with your observations! What did you think about Siobhan's outfit. Oh my! How many butterflies did she need on her body? LOL
Kim, why do you not tell your faithful readers as to why you don't particularly care for Turning Japanese? It's quite a funny explanation.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Cotton Eye Joe! Then will we pan to random audience members that are dancing to it like they do at ball games. THE FAN CAM!
LOL To you and mom about Steve-o. When they came out of commercial and Lee was sitting there in his button down he looked EXACTLY like Steve it was almost scary. Not only does he have the blue eyes but he has the porno strip goatee too!
You and mom are hilarious with Sully! Great great paragraph! LOVED it!
HAHAHA Tim smiling is like when Armando used to sigh all the time.
I think Siobhan should have picked Moment In Time instead. Right? Come on, Kim, back me up on this. It's on every St. A's grad video!
That's enough, Nickelback. Though I LOVE this song and Steve informed me because it isn't done by the whole band and Simon is right, it does remind me of Spiderman, who is a HERO, who does good things, and inspires people to do the same. I thought it fit nicely with the night but Mike didn't sing it well at all. You need rasp for it. And shrunken head Beetlejuice rocks! We had that figurine growing up! You took off his head and there was a smaller head underneath! Man I still wish I had that action figure.
If I had to pick a bottom three it would be Casey, Mike, and Tim with Tim going home.
Great BLOG, Kimbo! :)
Oh Kim, you just made my night. I can't tell you how many times I laughed out loud. Seriously, the funniest thing I've read in a while. You were spot on with everything too.
OMG seriously the Beetlejuice photo and reference was frickin HILARIOUS... and I dont even watch Idol!! And yes, "enough nickelback" is right. Here's one of my faves from that email: I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it."
You crack me up! Another great re-cap! I have to watch the latest show before reading your next re-cap.
I agree about Sully. He's a hero and they give him a crappy seat and a handshake from Seacrest.
Tim smiling all of the time is funny. I wonder how much he really listens to what they say, or if he just smiles and then goes off into his own thoughts?
Siobhan sang "When You Believe" much better than Whitney. I saw a clip of her at one of her concerts lately . . . yep, I would ask for my money back at that concert.
Haha - too funny about the Beetlejuice reference! It wasn't a great night for Mike.
Lee and Crystal were my favorites of the night.
Ok - time to look at pictures of the adorable Preston!
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