American Idol Recap: Who Had the Best Stones?
3. Didi Benami, "Play With Fire"
Let's count the things I'm forgiving: 1) The lyric slip-up midway through. 2) The weird last note. 3) The Medieval Times "opening trot" arrangement. The wild horses wave at the crowd and kneel! Didi's choice of "Play With Fire" was simply genius, a nervy advancement upon her usual bleating. She's not just the tears-ready gypsy with bangles and home-school values -- she's a hardened LA veteran with sparks under her coals. Quoth Didi: Meow. Also, get a load of that excellent critique from Kara. I can't believe it either forever too.
2. Crystal Bowersox, "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
Shockingly, the first few bars of this rendition were pedestrian. I felt like I was in the drugstore getting my prescription filled. Of valium, bitches. Nevertheless, the dreadlockyrie stepped up the showmanship with playful asides and apparent motor skills. A revelation.
1. Siobhan Magnus, "Paint It Black"
Siobhan rippled the mighty Cowell brow last night, as she tore into, hacked at and performed sassy alchemy on "Paint It Black." While the final screams weren't flawless, they were, um, otherworldly. Somewhere between Neptune and Melmac, if you ask me.
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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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