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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 6:18 pm
Thanks for all the great spoiling, Maineiac.
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Cwcoop
Member
04-19-2008
| Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 6:29 pm
"Once", was the movie that featured "Falling Slowly". Beautiful duet tonight by Lee and Crystal. Beautiful movie.
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Jag2000
Member
07-01-2009
| Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 6:34 pm
No one mentioned that when Casey and Mike sang "Have You Ever Loved A Woman"...Ellen said "Yes I have loved a woman"! I think that their duet was the hit of the show. I still love Casey... 'Great eye candy'.
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Maineiac
Member
08-24-2009
| Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 6:53 pm
Jimmer, your welcome! Jag,I meant to type what Ellen said but forgot to got back and do that. I thought Crystal and Lee's was better but I'm biased towards Lee. I personally didn't think was that bad tonight. I also forgot to mention that before Mike sang he told Ryan his goal was to make it to F3 so this week is very important to him. After he sang, Ellen kind of slammed him by saying his goal should be to win the whole thing. I was thinking the same thing when he said that.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 9:50 pm
I honestly feel that it's Casey's week to go, but that he's also ready to go home. His brother and grandfather were in the audience and his Mrs. Robinson seemed so down home and small (in a good way, I loved it), that I got the impression he is shrinking away from this fame business and ready for it to be over. His duet with Mike was very professionally done, especially the guitar playing; you can tell they are both used to playing with other people and listened to each other. Very happily surprised at the pairing. (If you can't tell I've turned into a Casey Cougar and thankfully haven't done anything too mortifying like joining the Cougars For Casey Facebook page <shudder>. I think he's very sweet and adorkable <---word I picked up at TWOP.) Sorry that I am just getting into Idol as it is fading as a TV show.
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Bonbonlover
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 9:50 pm
I like Casey... and I thought he sang well tonight. But I wish he had chosen a different song so we wouldn't continue to have the Mrs Robinson innuendo's ... and I wish he had let his hair down... I also liked Lee tonight. Hope they both stick around another week 
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 3:50 am
I thought Crystal blew them all out of the water. I thought Mike was B O R I N G, I thought Casey was just ok, better than the other 2 guys, and while I like Lee, he was B O R I N G too tonight. I also notice that he has absolutely ZERO personality. He stands there when they are talking and does not change facial expression, move his head, nothing. No stage presence at all. To me, the only person who should win this thing is Crystal. Nobody else is even in the same league.
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Jgalt
Member
02-17-2009
| Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 6:03 am
Ginger, perfect, and ditto.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 6:50 am
Casey's not the greatest singer but the man can play both guitar and mandolin...and very well. His playing was the best thing about their duet, and quite honestly I thought their duet was pretty good. I noticed that Casey sang harmony, which isn't always that easy. I thought Crystal was much better than Lee in their duet.
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Bonbonlover
Member
07-13-2000
| Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 7:45 am
I don't think ANY of the idols have moved while on stage. Each one of them just stands there with their feet planted. I recall last year, Adam and Allison were bouncing all around the stage (and it seems as if the stage had some decoration/props as well). None of the idol hopefuls are performers.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 8:07 am
I think the playing of an instrument tends to limit their ability to bounce around the stage. Neither Adam nor Allison routinely sang with an instrument (did Adam ever?).
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 8:33 am
Casey's song choice was abominable. Lee doesn't have any personality (and did you notice how poor Crystal had to keep moving his guitar down so it didn't whack her in the face?). He's really clueless. That said, of the solos, I think Crystal is the only one who nailed it. But both duets impressed me. I thought those two duets may have been the best performances of the season. Sadly.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 9:32 am
While Crystal gave the best performance, I really didn't like it. None of the contestants this week did anything for me. Yesterday morning, I heard Mrs. Robinson on the radio and thought "I hope no one tries to sing this one tonight". Then, Casey did. I love the song, but he kept the vocal range so narrow that it didn't sound that good. Really wish Randy didn't do the whole Kara thing. If I was standing there, I would be totally embarrassed by the judges juvenile actions. This week, I think what we saw was the difference between Jamie Foxx and Harry Connick Jr mentoring. Harry really worked with them, arranging the songs, etc. He really brought out their talents. Jamie did what most mentors do, listen to their song and give a piece of advice. This may have resulted in kind of a let down on the part of the participants this week. I think Casey / Mike in the bottom 2 with Mike leaving.
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 12:31 pm
I wish they would retire "kiss from a Rose" from the song list.
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 2:21 pm
What Ginger said!!! ITA with all of it! There was a Yahoo main page story yesterday about what a flop Sinatra songs/week was. I read it and all I could think is, why are they putting all the blame on Sinatra. Has it occurred to them that folks aren't watching because this is the weakest, most boring bunch of contestants in Idol history??!! Why blame Ole Blue Eyes and not even mention the contestants as being a very real reason that folks just aren't tuning in as much?!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 3:14 pm
I took that quiz and said the reason why I wasn't watching was cuz the contestants weren't interesting or any good (or whatever the answer was). Yes, Sinatra week was a hard week. But this group of contestants can't seem to sing outside of their own specific genres and it's obvious. That's why I kind of like theme weeks... you can find out who's really got the chops to make it or who will only ever be able to fit into a single niche and never ever leave that niche.
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Jgalt
Member
02-17-2009
| Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 4:38 pm
Don't most singers have a niche? I know there are now crossover singers, i.e. Country to some rock, but there were always balland singers, country singers, rock singers, folk singers etc. I don't mind if the person does one thing fantastically well. I would love to see what Crystal would do in an album.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 5:07 pm
While it's somewhat interesting to see them try different things, I don't think Idol should be trying to find the best generic singer. Simon talks negatively about cruise or wedding type singers but the show makes them that way when it forces the contestants out of their particular specialty.
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Maineiac
Member
08-24-2009
| Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 6:07 pm
Jgalt and Jimmer, ITA with what you both have said.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 6:18 pm
But for the most part, I think many of the singers are too young to actually know what their niche might be. And while karaoke or cruise singers are bor-ring, I have to say that some of them are better than what I've heard this season! Just sayin'... 
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