American Idol Round of 4: A Horseplayer's Perspective

[ArlJim78]

Love the Bee Gees but it didn't help most of them in my view.

Blake I have to say was pretty bad, like Randy said, dude we know you can do the beat box thing but you don't have to do it every song.

Lakisha ho -hum

Melinda- no noticeable flaws but nothing earth shaking either.

Jordin, well the first song didn't do much for me, but her second song I thought was just terrific. I didn't watch her but just listened to it. It was at that point I said that this girl is the top talent on here, and should win in a close decision over Melinda.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

Love the Bee Gees but it didn't help most of them in my view.

Blake I have to say was pretty bad, like Randy said, dude we know you can do the beat box thing but you don't have to do it every song.

Lakisha ho -hum

Melinda- no noticeable flaws but nothing earth shaking either.

Jordin, well the first song didn't do much for me, but her second song I thought was just terrific. I didn't watch her but just listened to it. It was at that point I said that this girl is the top talent on here, and should win in a close decision over Melinda.

Jim,
I don't disagree with anything you said, I suspect Jordin has the most raw talent of the group, Melinda is the most consistantly excellent...it will probably come down to what Jordin does from here on out cause I suspect we'll see excellent performances from Melinda as always...can Jordin handle the pressure as the contest winds down? Two of her last three performances have been substandard (for her), now rock and the Bee Gee's were tough gigs and maybe the choices from here on out will better suit her but Melinda has shown she can sing most anything...well, I'll hold off on Joe Cocker songs.

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Jim,
I don't disagree with anything you said, I suspect Jordin has the most raw talent of the group, Melinda is the most consistantly excellent...it will probably come down to what Jordin does from here on out cause I suspect we'll see excellent performances from Melinda as always...can Jordin handle the pressure as the contest winds down? Two of her last three performances have been substandard (for her), now rock and the Bee Gee's were tough gigs and maybe the choices from here on out will better suit her but Melinda has shown she can sing most anything...well, I'll hold off on Joe Cocker songs.

I agree with that, Melinda's edge over Jordin could be in her consistency.
For Jordin her chances probably depend on the song selection.


Tonight it would seem that Blake is the obvious choice to go, but I wonder if being three on one, female to male, will give him an advantage say over Lakisha? hmmm.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

I agree with that, Melinda's edge over Jordin could be in her consistency.
For Jordin her chances probably depend on the song selection.


Tonight it would seem that Blake is the obvious choice to go, but I wonder if being three on one, female to male, will give him an advantage say over Lakisha? hmmm.

After last night, I don't care which one of them it is -- just please God let us not have another abysmal week like this one. Last night made me miss Sanjaya, at least we'd be laughing for the right reasons.

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

After last night, I don't care which one of them it is -- just please God let us not have another abysmal week like this one. Last night made me miss Sanjaya, at least we'd be laughing for the right reasons.

yeah I agree, it was a letdown. Right at the time you'd expect peak efforts. Of course the music choice had a lot to do with it.

I hope next week is Johnny Cash night. Lets see what they do with that. Or like Somer said, lets give Joe Cocker a try.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

yeah I agree, it was a letdown. Right at the time you'd expect peak efforts. Of course the music choice had a lot to do with it.

I hope next week is Johnny Cash night. Lets see what they do with that. Or like Somer said, lets give Joe Cocker a try.

I can see LaKisha doing She Came In through The Bathroom Window or Blake beat boxing to With A Little Help From My Friends...that could make me swear off the show forever! I think LaKisha will leave tonight for the reason mentioned, 3 women have to share the vote against one guy, I just don't see three women in the semi-finals.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

yeah I agree, it was a letdown. Right at the time you'd expect peak efforts. Of course the music choice had a lot to do with it.

I hope next week is Johnny Cash night. Lets see what they do with that. Or like Somer said, lets give Joe Cocker a try.

If they would go back to a country style, Willie Nelson would be the choice...all three girls could handle Crazy for example. Elvis songs would be cool also.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

yeah I agree, it was a letdown. Right at the time you'd expect peak efforts. Of course the music choice had a lot to do with it.

I hope next week is Johnny Cash night. Lets see what they do with that. Or like Somer said, lets give Joe Cocker a try.

Don't they usually have a "current top 40" week? Maybe that's in the next week, but I think it would be really really refreshing for them right now to cut all this retrospective 70s/80s crap and have them sing....I dunno.....the KIND OF SONGS THAT WOULD BE ON THEIR RECORD ON POP RADIO IF THEY WIN!?!??!

[Buffymommy]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Don't they usually have a "current top 40" week? Maybe that's in the next week, but I think it would be really really refreshing for them right now to cut all this retrospective 70s/80s crap and have them sing....I dunno.....the KIND OF SONGS THAT WOULD BE ON THEIR RECORD ON POP RADIO IF THEY WIN!?!??!

That is what they save for the last week. I think next week is where they pick a song and the judge's pick a song for them.

By the way, I thought Jordin did a good job with her second song.