>On May 7, 9:50 am, Michael Schey yahoo.com> wrote:

>> Yup. Wife and I are fans. Watch it each week from season 2 to the
>> present. Thanks to Tivo I can still get to the gym and watch it later
>> in the evening, which we did together and in about 40 minutes instead
>> of having to sit through the commercials. It truly is a guilty
>> pleasure and it IS a bit of family TV time, and it is fun, so flame me
>> all you want but even someone who has a music collection as large as I
>> do and as varied as I do can still be not overly critical of what some
>> people think is the lameness of this show and enjoy it anyway.
>>
>> Thoughts.
>>
>> David Cook - I liked his first song. Straight ahead by the numbers
>> version of Running Like The Wolf. Second song, alternate version of
>> Baba O'riley was excellent, though I thought it was just missing a
>> little something. It could be the stress of his brother's illness
>> that is not letting him push the envelope a little more. Regardless
>> of whether he wins or loses, this guy is going to be a star in a year,
>> in the same vein or even more so than Daugherty.
>>
>> Sayeesha - I liked Proud Mary. I disagree with Simon with what he
>> said about imitating Tina. If you ARE going to try to imitate her you
>> need to give it a good shot, and she did. Loved her version of A
>> Change Is Gonna Come and know why she was so emotional afterwards. In
>> my opinion, she may be the runner-up this year but this is also a
>> popularity contest and she may fall short. She will do well on the
>> tour and probably have a good career.
>>
>> Jason Castro - He REALLY is a stoner surfer dude. No question about
>> it. I Shot The Sherriff, Marley style, was ok, but he got creamed by
>> the judges. And, trying to do a Dylan song with all those WORDS is
>> not the right thing for him and he forgot a 'whole bunch of lines' as
>> he said. Unfortunately, he has a HUGE fan base and it is quite
>> possible he does the unthinkable and stays on when he should have been
>> gone weeks ago. Bad, bad, choices of songs. In two years we will be
>> asking "Jason who?".
>>
>> David Archuletta - Got the deserved sweet spot tonight and shone like
>> the true gifted singer he is. Stand By Me was awesome because he did
>> NOT do it straight forward and by the book. His voice was on tonight
>> and when it is it truly is amazing for someone that young. When they
>> announced he was going to do Love Me Tender I cringed, because I
>> thought it was too much for him and I really don't like the song and I
>> want to see him do a happy, bouncy, fun song for a change but he
>> really nailed it. He SHOULD win AI, but it truly is up to the voters.
>>
>> Michael
>> (http://michaelschey.blogspot.com/)

>
>to placate the RMAS idol haters, my wife and I went to the Iota club
>in Arlington Virginia to see Matthew Ryan. Matthew is a long time
>favorite and a leading member of "This guys really deserves a bigger
>audience" club. He has a great new, and surprise, surprise,
>critically acclaimed new CD, called Matthew Ryan versus the Silver
>State. He was great last night, backed by a four piece band that,
>shall I say "he rocked the house" Played a mix of material from
>across his catalogue. He is only an adequate singer, but a great
>lyricist and songwriter.....anyway, the highlight of the show was
>after the final encore. A girl in the audience had been requesting a
>song all night, so he dismissed the band, walked into the audience,
>with only guitar and no microphone, and lead her and her friends in
>singing the song, with the rest of the audience gathered around.....it
>was a very cool thing to do.
>
>Anyway, oh yeah....we too tivoed idol and ran through it last night.
>Blahhhhhhhh.....glad i didn't stay home. Too bad they didn't keep
>Michael Johns and Carly.... I wouldn't be surprised to see Jason
>stay another week. I think he is gaming the show and knows that the
>least likely to move on, often does move on.....