American Idol!?!??!???
First of all I don’t watch the show. Mrs. Sniff is into the show but I think American Idol is a fucken joke. If this show was REALLY about choosing the BEST individual singer I would be all for it. But the dolts who PAY to vote on this show clearly are a bunch of tone deaf small bus riders.
I peeping the very end of this show last night and I walked by the TV getting ready for a shower and Mrs. Sniff has the TV a little louder as she is in the other room. I catch this dude “the WINNER?” apparently singing at the end of the show and I yell out to Mrs. Sniff “that motherfucker didn’t win did he?
This dude clearly and very badly missed a note as they cut to a shot of the judges, as the audience cheered wildly.
This reminded me of a baptist church service when the preacher starts to go into his (pass the plate) theatrics, slurs and mumbles a bunch of syllables but the crowd on cue yells, AMEN, PRAISE THE LORD, THANK YOU JESUS! When he isn’t really isn’t saying anything. But I digress.
After he fucked up a note or two he completely butchered the rest of the song.
I am serious folks, is this show a fucken joke? Is this show some big elaborate spoof?
Some grey haired, Jay Leno looking dude who clearly can’t sing worth a shit is American Idol?
Over 10 million plus audition and HE is the best out of 10 fucken million people? What the hell!
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May 25th, 2006 at 1:14 pm
I got caught up in American Idol other years, but this year I haven’t been
watching much, since it conflicted with one of my line-dancing nights. lol My daughter
was rooting for Katherine to win. I don’t even know what Taylor sounds like.
(Sniffer said…)
“This reminded me of a baptist church service when the preacher starts to go into his (pass the plate) theatrics, slurs and mumbles a bunch of syllables but the crowd on cue yells, AMEN, PRAISE THE LORD, THANK YOU JESUS! When he isn’t really isn’t saying anything.”
And THAT reminds me of Ted Kennedy, when he does that very same thing. Rush has collected a couple examples on tape of the swimmer addressing the crowd, and as he’s yelling out to them, he suddenly stops saying actual words, and just goes into some complete gibberish that would be impossible to translate, since it’s not any language spoken on earth. It’s really quite strange. lol Have you ever heard what I’m talking about?
May 25th, 2006 at 1:37 pm
Sniff - I don’t watch American Idol often but this season I did catch a couple of episodes.
Here’s the bad part (and why I stopped watching), Taylor really was the best. the show is a joke.
May 25th, 2006 at 1:45 pm
Trinity: Oh god I remeber that, that was funny. Reminds me I wish Rush would bring back some of his old routines
Caller abortions, Feminazi Update.
ePixie, your kidding right? Man that is sad. I did catch one dude, bald who was decent. Last season the long haired dude
was decent too.
May 25th, 2006 at 1:48 pm
The bald guy was more of a rock singer (screamed a little), so no, I’m not kidding. I don’t know about last season since this is the first season I’ve actually watched an entire episode, and more than once.
May 25th, 2006 at 2:37 pm
I wasn’t surprised Taylor won - the Vegas odds were 10-1 in his favor. But his 1st runner up was by far a better singer. The people I root for almost never win (I did root for Ruben the year he won). Last season I was rooting for Bo Bice (sp?) the rocker, and this season Chris (the bald rocker) so I think my personal prejudice (rockers) is showing.
I don’t think the show is meant to chose the best singer. It’s meant to chose someone who will be commercially sucessful. And I think it works - all other winners of the show now are producing major hit records.
Do I think the people chosen to be in the show are the best singers in America? Of course not. There are tons of talented people who either don’t try-out for it, because they’re already working at real jobs (singing or other) and can’t get away OR because they don’t want to sing for a living. The people who try-out and get chosen want to be STARS in the American meaning of the word. That is a skill set that differs from being able to sing. It involves being quirky and standing out as different, but not so much as to turn people away. Delicate balance that.
I watch shows like this out of some odd delight in watching a competition. Just like some people like to watch sports even if they don’t like the teams or players. The thrill of the win and all that. I will admit to even watching beauty pagents, occassionally, for the same reason. I can enjoy seeing the joy it causes the winner (and family) to “hit the jackpot”.
As for PAYING to vote, that only happens if you use text message on a cell phone. The calls are free (not that I make them). And the callers are usually (a) pre-teen girls or (b) grandmas.
But this time they said there were 64 million votes. That is more votes then are cast in a Presidential election (of course, for AI you get to vote 3 times). I just realized….AI…. = artificial inteligence! LOL..
May 25th, 2006 at 4:18 pm
Text messaging is not free, so who pays for the calls. The cell phone companies are not going to process 64 million
text calls for free, so what is the catch?
May 25th, 2006 at 4:27 pm
Sendibg a text message is not free…. BUT the calls - regular old fashioned calls - to the 866 # are free (unless the person calling is using a cell phone that costs per phone call). It’s up to the person doing the voting to decide how they want to vote; phone (free) call or (cost) text msg. Back when I voted (for Bo Bice) I used the land-line free call method….