American Idol Recap: Who Had the Best Stones?
6. Andrew Garcia, "Gimme Shelter"
He's plateaued, yes, but Andrew's vocals catapulted him back into the competition this week. And none of Christina Aguilera's rubbable genies had to pop of their herpes-infested Disney vaults to make it happen. Bravo, Mr. Garcia. You avoided a second artistic Altamont.
5. Casey James, "It's All Over Now"
When Casey started playing the guitar without touching the chords, I knew a renaissance man was in our midst. Or a LIAR. Watch that performance and explain that one-handed playing to me, someone! It's so effing weird. (A Movieline commenter just explained it all to me. See below.) Casey's vocals were fine, his charm hinged on whether he was smiling, and the final product was a delicate iTunes purchase. Altogether, it's a bit of a win. A single button-tug in the awkward male stripping of life.
4. Lee Dewyze, "Beast of Burden"
In what was his best performance of the competition, Dough-Eyes/Doozy jauntily clanged and howled through a streamlined take on "Beast of Burden." Simon hawed a bit, but he's just upset that Susan Boyle didn't have the cleverness and low self-esteem to cover this instead of "Wild Horses."
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Regarding Casey James' one handed guitar playing:
His guitar was tuned differently than a "standard" guitar. Most of the Stones' guitar parts are written for a guitar tuned to "open G," which means that by strumming without depressing any of the frets a G Major chord sounds. This tuning is kind of banjo-like and gives the Stones' their kind of quintessential Stoney-ness.
Hope that clarifies things.
Did you check out Didi's sideways swipes at Siobhan (*she's this dark, funny little girl isn't she?*) and her ENTIRE FAMILY (*everyone else in my family is sleepwalking thru their lives!*).
That she's actually a good singer is so distressing.
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