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Wcv63

Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 02:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Welcome Midlifer!!

Fruitbat has great taste!! And Dahli..yes, yes, and YES!

Hobbes, I have other Kelly site links if you're interested. Just drop me a note in my folder and I'll make sure to get them to you.

Beachcomber...It was never explained why Smokey was a judge. I guess he has the credentials. Billy had taped segments before each song explaining why he wrote it, when he wrote it and what he thinks it'll take to be able to sing it. I thought that was pretty cool.

Kristin Holt kinda disappeared after giving us a tour and teasing us with promises of "inside info." I believe she's currently on the AI Simon Mall Tour so she is no longer living in the house. Maybe she was "voted off the island."

Pagal

Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 02:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Maris!

Whoami

Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 03:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh man, I hope that AOL poll is off. How in the WORLD could Kim C be over Kim L?

Fruitbat

Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 03:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Maris and welcome Midlifer. That poll is often wrong for the bottom three. I wish we were privy to the call in poll Fox has. Wonder why they do not publish that.

Maris

Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 03:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Dont know if you saw this at EW.com

''American Idol''

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Billy Club


What has gone wrong with this show? In a night of Billy Joel songs, Kimberly and Carmen disappoint, while Ruben and Clay get stuck in a rut, says Jessica Shaw


Eh. That basically sums up ''American Idol'' Tuesday night. Eh. Maybe I was just in a bad place 'cause it was Income Tax Day, but of these seven remaining contestants, did anyone really wow you?

When they could have chosen fitting songs from an artist as prolific as Billy Joel but ended up singing the cheesiest (''Tell Her About It'' and ''Just the Way You Are'') or simply the lamest (''My Baby Grand,'' ''It's Still Rock and Roll to Me''), something went seriously wrong. Simon was right in criticizing Ruben as he did this week and Clay in previous weeks. These guys need to try something new and not simply embrace the same shtick. If Kelly Clarkson had sung the same kind of song each week, she would have been a goner.

Clearly, someone else (me?) needs to be in charge of picking songs. Clay should have sung ''She's Got a Way.'' Ruben should have belted out ''Only the Good Die Young.'' Lashundra (oh, I'm sorry, Trenyce) could have scored some personality points (quit trying to be Whitney, dammit!) with ''Big Shot.'' And Josh Gracin might have actually sounded on-key with ''You're My Home.'' The only person who was pitch-perfect this week was my new fave, Kimberley Locke. Say what you will about her booty, but that girl, in the words of the terrifyingly plastic-surgerized Smokey Robinson ''can sang.''

While we're on the subject of Smokey, these guest judges have got to go. Gladys was the one and only addition who proved worthwhile because she could throw down the insults as well as Simon. The rest of them are just has-been hall of famers who are trying to recruit a few fans younger than 45. Three judges are plenty. Well, three judges would be plenty if Paula could articulate just one coherent thought in English. Get rid of that palm-clapping runt and bring on Gladys full time next season!

But back to the contestants. Though Carmen's performance of ''And So It Goes'' led Simon to say one of the cruelest things ever uttered on television (which, of course, I will repeat here: ''It was rather like going to some ghastly party and a child stands up at the end and sings for her parents. If I was that parent I'd say 'shut up'''), I still think she'll last another week. As for who will get voted off, my pick is the irritatingly earnest, squinty, and overplucked Kimberly Caldwell. She's not rock and roll to anyone...except maybe a Carnival cruise ship.

What did you think of the show? Post your comment, and we'll publish the best ones in our Thursday ''American Idol'' column on EW.com.

Watching2

Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 03:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, Wcv63! I'll definitely look and listen to all that's that's there when "my rising star" son (lol) stops playing the piano and I can hear something! I sure can't criticize him spending his time playing and composing on the piano. There's so many things a 15-yr-old kid could be doing instead, many of which "mom" would definitely not like! ;)

Fruitbat

Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 03:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, I love this article and the author.

Seamonkey

Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 07:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Me too.. I just posted my own Paula rants under tonight's show, then came here and found this..

YESSS.. palm-clapping runt indeed!!

Cathie

Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 09:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Paula's palm clapping (with fingers stretched out and not touching) has bugged me from day one! It makes me think of those little wind-up monkeys banging cymbals together (is anyone else old enough to know what I'm talking about, lol???)

Fruitbat

Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 09:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This article is very good. I am more positive in my take after watching the show but the simultaneous truth is I agree with Jessica Shaw too.

Djgirl5235

Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 07:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Welcome Midlifer!!!! I too got one of my close girlfriends that I work with hooked on this site... perhaps some of you have seen her around... Frenchy??? How about you come in and take a bow my girl!

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Weenerlobo

Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 07:58 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Maris, great article! I luv the suggestion of Gladys replacing Paula.

"...palm-clapping runt..." Yep, Forever Your Cheerleader.