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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 6:06 pm
lol didn't I ask about he hometown visits?!!! LOLOL
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 6:07 pm
Maineiac asked before you a little bit up, Lurk. I didn't see yours before I posted.
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 6:11 pm
oh I missed hers...well GMTA I guess!
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Maineiac
Member
08-24-2009
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 6:12 pm
Yes they do!!
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Bonbonlover
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 6:17 pm
Isn't it up to the contestants if they have choir, or musicians, lighting etc... the whole perf is up to them to design ... Isn't it??
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 6:17 pm
What as disappointment about Casey tonight. Dude does NOT know how to pick a song to save his life. After watching his hometime footage this weekend I thought he would really bring it. I think he draws a lot of his energy from his family and Texas roots. Maybe just a shy guy at heart who can't project outside of familiar surroundings. What a shame. If he really loves being a blues musician, though, his career will be so much better for being on Idol. I thought Lee did well tonight, but thought the choir was a deliberate attempt to mask his voice in case he dive bombed on the high notes. And kinda cheezy. Liked Skynard better. Crystal was the best I think.
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 7:12 pm
I thought Lee brought it! Great job.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 7:34 pm
Crystal's long been my fave, but Lee just zoomed past her tonite. He seems to have grown a lot and is hitting his stride while she's still about where she started. Should be an interesting finale!
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 7:43 pm
Ny, ITA with you about Casey. I've been saying for weeks that almost every time they show him rehearsing with a mentor he sounds GREAT and has that edge that made me really love him in the early rounds. But then he would do the live performance and it was a hollow shell of what we heard. I think you may have put your finger on the problem. When he's not comfortable he just doesn't sing well. I do hope after the show he finds someone to work with that can help him sound as good as I know he has the potential to. Because if he can get that voice going when infront of a live audience of strangers, along with his look, and I think he'll do very well. Also he MUST find his sound, and I really don't think he has. I think we can make a real comparison between Casey and Lee in that both started out with tons of raw talent and neither did great performing. But where Lee has gotten more comfortable and therefore stronger, Casey seems to keep moving into his shell. As for Crystal, she seems to have "smoothed" out a lot of her sound...softened it. And I'm not sure why. Her voice is better suited to having that smokey, raw edge to it (not unlike Lee ironically). I think that's been her main problem. I hope the vocal coaches aren't responsible for that, because it's SO not an improvement IMHO. I've been trying to vote for Crystal, since DialIdol has Lee blowing them both out of the water, but my damn phone keeps dying (I've been having problems w/it and it always seems to act up when I need it most!).
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Keldogg
Member
08-12-2005
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 9:00 pm
Wow, amazing what different people hear. To me, Lee was doing very well on his last song, until the choir came out, and then he started sounding really bad. Of course, without the choir, they wouldn't have had their "big ending". It's obvious they want Lee to win. The only way to make it more obvious would have been to have him wear a shirt that said "Pick Me". 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 9:06 pm
Well, Lee got one of my favorite songs.. haven't heard him yet.. but I'll be voting for Crystal and I did like her first song. Casey.. yeah that was underwhelming.. his chosen song But there are Casey fans out there who simply like Casey so .. who knows. Lee is good but his personality underwhelms me. but he's good. Interesting.. voting just started here and on my landline no problem but circuits are busy on cell phone.. (using the last number of the three) YAY, my magicjack decided to WORK! Sheesh Randy is gushing over Lee's first song? I mean it was ok, but... Well I agree Lee CRUSHED Casey..
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 9:19 pm
Lurk, I've got one phone in each hand, redialling for Crystal. Cell isn't getting through often enough and I don't have a third hand anyway.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 9:21 pm
Lee's Hallelujah is very good but... after hearing k d lang do it a capella at the Olympics recently, not quite so blown away as I might be. Clearly judges want a Lee win.. Gush gush gush.. ick..
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 9:22 pm
I checked out Eric Hutchinson (Casey's underwhelming song choice) and so not my cup of tea, but I read that one of his influences is Stevie Wonder. Imagine if Casey has done "Superstition," it would have been brilliant. The same kind of vocals he has naturally and everything. I wish Casey had been a student of mine when I was an Engish teacher, cause he needs some critical thinking skills. Yes I'm kind of harsh but with the lame song choices I just don't think he goes very deep sometimes. Nothing wrong with being a happy-go-lucky guy, but excelling musically needs more than just the skillz.
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Cindylouwho
Member
01-27-2009
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 9:41 pm
I've been a Casey fan for a while, but never deluded myself into thinking he could win it. Think he will go tomorrow and rightfully so. Have thought Crystal would take it all season long but tonight changed my fav to Lee. I thought both songs were far and above either of the others. Now rooting for Lee all the way.
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Kmm
Member
10-07-2005
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 10:22 pm
I think Casey knows exactly who he is...the problem is trying to fit that into the world of Idol. If anyone watched youtubes of his hometown visit, you know he is straight up blues...and he's really good at it. Fitting a 7 minute blues song that's half instrumental into 90 seconds doesn't really work. I admit that he could have maybe picked better songs...but the lists of available songs this season have really been pretty crappy. I've liked him from the beginning (my third fave after Lee and Crystal)...I never thought he'd win...but I think he's way better than he gets credit for.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 11:14 pm
Frankly, one of the things that I like about Lee is that he doesn't sing as much to the camera as the others. He sings to the audience. I loved both of his songs tonight. He seems to have grown from his first performance. Appears more comfortable singing in front of a large audience. I like Casey, but think he needs to be in a competition for another genre of music. The songs here just don't seem to fit his style. And, he suffers in comparison to others. Tonight, it was like he had given up. Crystal was okay to me. I don't see where she has grown that much. To me, she's exactly the same as when she started. Then again, I wasn't that hot on her in the beginning. Yeah, she could sing, but it's not really the type of music that I like.
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Kittystj
Member
08-10-2001
| Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 11:53 am
I agree that last night was Lee's night, but I would LOVE to hear Clay absolutely kill us with. Hallelujah...
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 4:28 pm
In terms of having "a moment," as they judges keep talking about, I have to say that Lee had his moment this week with his second song. I'm not enjoying Casey as much as I did earlier in the season, and I feel like Crystal is being forced to choose songs that make her seem much more "generic" than she really is. I don't like the fact that the contestants are made to pick from a list of songs that don't necessarily suit them. If the judges want the artists to show what kind of albums they'll be releasing, they need to stop putting such severe restrictions on their song choice! (Feel like I'm flogging a dead horse here!)
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 2:25 am
I don't think that Lee had a moment with his song, but that Simon did. I would have to go back to find the sources, but reading around the other boards, the manipulation of the judges becomes sadly apparent, and I remember over the years how those on Idol know when they see the headlights of the bus that is coming for them. Both Casey and Crystal looked resigned and Casey actually looked upset when being critiqued by the judges for a poor choice of song. 1) EW had Michael Sleziak interviewing of Aaron. Aaron talked about how there are few real choices for the contestants and how absurd it is when the judges criticize them for their choices, he said one week there were only 12 songs for all the contestants to choose from (must have been top 6) and that the day of his performance the band changed the key of his song because they thought it was easier for him, but it undermined his glory notes. 2) that Casey did well in his rehearsal on his choice when he was playing by himself, but that the band had still not learned the song yet (this was the same day as the performance) 3) Simon worked with Lee and the version of Hallelujah that Lee performed is a copy of what was performed on X-factor for a "moment" last season. I think the choir was overkill and threw Lee off key when they entered. I really don't know exactly what happens, but it is possible that having a live band is hurting the contestants because it is easier to sing to a predictable track and this might explain why for the last few years there has been more off key singing and may explain why the choices have dropped over the years from dozens of songs to a dozen songs. This is not the first time we heard about this, Mike also commented on the week when they only had 12 songs to choose among and he got the "out of the hundreds of songs out there, you chose this critique" in an interview. If I am not mistaken Siobhan once commented on the limited choice before the judges. To me, a moment is not manufactured but organic, in this case the choir, the slighting, the strings, the tympani, all things other contestants did not have, look like a moment, but do not impress me. Contestants can ask for special lighting or music or something, but they generally do not get all that they ask for, unless they are the chosen one. I can't ignore the manipulations. This season has yet to have a moment for me. It just has not been there. I think that Lee is a nice guy and this is not his fault, but I never, ever feel any connection with him and he is saddled with the judges never mentioning that he is off key (pitchy) while others are criticized for just that.
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Donnagg
Member
08-11-2007
| Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 10:03 am
Well I guess Adam was the chosen one last year. If I'm not mistaken Big Mike used a choir this year. I don't see the big deal with using one anyway. Also if everyone chooses from the same list it just shows us who can make lemonade out of lemons. I know in the past Idol has gotten permission from artists whose songs weren't on the list to let a contestant use it. I just think the talent this year hasn't always been up to the challenge. However I do think Kara and Randy didn't do Casey any favors with that song choice.IMO
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