American Idol Recap: Crystal Vision
6. Paige Miles
Her version of Kelly Clarkson's "Walk Away" was fine. Whatever. But let's discuss Kara's reaction to the performance, where she warned, "If you knew who I wrote that song about, you wouldn't be smiling." That's the single most terrible, unqualified reaction I've heard this season. For a judge who seems bent on making contestants "interpret" songs, Kara is downright puritanical about how correct an interpretation is. Now I wonder if whenever Kara claims a contestant doesn't "connect" to a song, she actually means the contestant didn't squint during the emotional parts, or stamp a foot during a power note. Her criticisms may be more superficial than I already thought! A Herculean feat, in my eyes.
5. Michelle Delamor
Now, I dressed Scott Stapp in a jester's outfit and bricked his drunken body into a catacomb for a very specific reason: I did not want Michelle Delamor to cover a Creed song. When she whipped out "With Arms Wide Open," I closed my arms and used my feet to kick spare bottles of Amontillado at the screen. But God strike me dead, she performed it with flair! Unfortunately that's about as much Stapp as I can stand. Quoth common sense, Michelle: Never more.
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louis, love your writing... love your passion!
Perhaps if you had switched Lilly's position with Katelyn's, we'd be closer in sentiment. What was it about Katelyn's decision to make The Scientist even more lugubrious than it originally was (though I love the original) and then end it on a strange loud incongrous high note that seemed like a good idea to her? Her power is in her belter voice, not her gift for reinterpretation. Siobhan has a strong voice as well, but no soul. She needs to steer away from Aretha and head towards Aerosmith. And, Lilly, well she provides Idol with something I admit I didn't know it needed... the look of a frosty Leather Tuscadero and the voice of a modern day Blossom Dearie. How strangely endearing.
You know how protective I am over Leather Tuscadero. Lacey Brown is like backwoods concession-stand Pinky.