American Idol Recap: Will You Ever Win?
4. Lilly Scott "I Fall to Pieces"
The pearly-coiffed punk actually sounds a lot like Ashlee Simpson, I'd hate to say. But her performance this week of Patsy Cline's jam seemed leagues better than her much-overhyped performance of "A Change is Gonna Come" from Top 20 week. The three chicks who bested her remain quirkier and a tad more consistent, and for that I fear for her future on the show. Still, she's a Top 12 shoo-in.
3. Didi Benami "Rhiannon"
She may not pack the sizzle of Crystal Bowersox or the space cadet whimsicality of Siobhan Magnus, but Didi Benami is just as compelling a performer, and definitely the most "vulnerable." Her version of the Fleetwood Mac classic was original, evocative, and intimate, and I'd buy it. In fact, I think she's the most marketable artist of the troop: a bleating singer-songwriter who reaches beyond the fairytale nonsense of Taylor Swift.
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When you google "Siobhan Magnus" under "images"> on the second page of results is a cover of High Times featuring Willie Nelson holding two giant buds of weed.
Coincidence?
I don't know what bothers me more a) that I will never understand the allure of Siobhan Magnus or b) that I agree with Kara (of all people!) when I say I don't know what kind of artist she'll make.
Who listens to R-E-S-P-E-C-T or the House of the Rising Sun and says "You know what those songs need, less soul. Less grit. Someone needs to go in there, and clean that shit up. Make it pretty." She adds a certain, Julie Andrews is going Downtown vibe to all her songs that for some reason, people really want. When she sings, I don't hear Soul. I don't hear Rock. I don't hear Country. I do, however, hear Up With People. Perhaps, she's in Simon's dreaded "Broadway" category, and that's why he can't support her. The question remains, what kind of albums would she produce? Christmas songs? A remake of You Light Up My LIfe? Wessonality?