<![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:35:55 EDT Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:35:55 EDT http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4789358 @DanielEdward: Oh, there's plenty of hate to go around. Carly Smithson shouldn't be allowed in the competition, considering she's a professional already, so I'm not even considering her a valid contestant.

Is it wrong for me to want Sanjaya's sister back because she's so hot?

Lucas Jensen

]]> 33:369574:c4789358 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:35:55 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4782486 @jasonelias: Typos above..

jasonelias

]]> 33:369574:c4782486 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:08:27 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4782482 I love the excuses this year, dead friends, fragile lil' black birds, blown off socks. Ahh, just sing the song and don't get smart in the mouth on you're way out.

I don't know why Simon is so hard on Carly, it's like he's gunning for her or something. She is good, she can't help it if her husband looks like a rattlesnake.

jasonelias

]]> 33:369574:c4782482 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:07:57 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4779806 Aren't you guys being a little hard on poor David A? I think Carly Smithson's robotic singing and strange facial expressions were WAY more distracting during last night's performance....

DanielEdward

]]> 33:369574:c4779806 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:33:13 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4778932 @whoneedslight: Me too, esp. since I remember saying to my gf as we watched David A. lick his lips once more: "I swear, he's some sort of alien-lizard, like in V. I expect him to pull off his mask any minute now."

Thierry

]]> 33:369574:c4778932 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:57:27 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4778893 @On the Spot: I believe he said "I'm not wearing them" when Paula made the monitor comment.

egg cream

]]> 33:369574:c4778893 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:56:13 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4777078 @Lucas Jensen:

The V analogy made my day.

whoneedslight

]]> 33:369574:c4777078 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:52:31 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4774502 @whoneedslight: At least somebody appreciates me. Wait, were you crying out of sadness?

Lucas Jensen

]]> 33:369574:c4774502 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:21:51 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4774478 i don't understand how you can grow up loving music, be an aspiring singer, and know so little about the beatles and what their catalogue has to offer.

bad song choices indeed.

f1sh3r

]]> 33:369574:c4774478 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:21:06 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4773926 I feel almost certain that I DID notice Michael wearing the in-ear monitors. Perhaps you were looking for them in the re-cap video at the end, which was obviously footage from dress rehearsal (!!!), where he didn't screw up the re-jiggered lyrics to the end of Day in the Life. Can't believe no one's mentioned that...

On the Spot

]]> 33:369574:c4773926 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:00:07 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4773146 David A. drives me nuts with the lip smacking and Seyesha wore a nice outfit.
Can anyone confirm that while sparring with Simon did Amanda drop the S-Bomb?
I'm sure I heard it. Did anyone else?

180killer

]]> 33:369574:c4773146 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:30:18 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4773120 I was taking my girlfriend's garbage out last night and from one of her neighbor's places I heard an ungodly marass of sloppy strings and some woman giving out with sporting event National Anthem-style overemoting squawkery. I thought "What in God's name is that? Andrew Lloyd Webber?" Then, as I started down the stairs my brain caught up and I realized "That was 'Yesterday." I then thought "Christian rockers move in, maybe? But where were the overly-processed drums? I don't smell hair product..." Then about twenty minutes later I thought "Oh! My Dad is Better Than Your Dad or whatever."

NickEddy

]]> 33:369574:c4773120 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:29:23 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4772836 Whoops, sorry.

PrinceHal

]]> 33:369574:c4772836 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:19:09 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4772829 Every time I hear about another tragic case of Beatles ignorance I think "where where the PARENTS?" Oh yeah, by and large too busy pimping their kids out to raise them on a diet of quality music.

PrinceHal

]]> 33:369574:c4772829 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:18:38 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4772774 Every time I hear about another tragic case of Beatles ignorance I think "Where were the PARENTS!?!" Oh yeah, by and large too busy pimping their children to raise them on quality music.

PrinceHal

]]> 33:369574:c4772774 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:16:49 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4772230 @whoneedslight: Well, I beg to agree. This isn't any old group of 11 kids; they're aspiring pop stars. Some familiarity with a band that has more Billboard number 1 singles than any other band in history makes sense to me. Many of their formulas are still very pleasing to the public ear (not that that will make anyone any money anymore). I mean, sure, they don't have to know the Beatles, just like guitarists don't have to read music, but it makes a lot of sense.

janine

]]> 33:369574:c4772230 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:58:37 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4770443 @whoneedslight: I beg to differ.

Ned Raggett

]]> 33:369574:c4770443 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:48:42 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4769642 More than anything, I'm shocked by what seems like a complete absence of any knowledge of the Beatles by some of these kids. There is no excuse for that.

whoneedslight

]]> 33:369574:c4769642 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:13:43 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4769116 Amanda Overmeyer forgot that Beatles songs have melodies. RAWK =/= TUNELESSNESS.

Kristy Lee's single-ply voice notwithstanding--and ignoring the annoying modulation they wrote into her chorus--it was the perfect song and arrangement to mask her lack of talent. She's MOR this week for me.

Bob Loblaw

]]> 33:369574:c4769116 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:53:24 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4768679 @Lucas Jensen:

I am crying.

whoneedslight

]]> 33:369574:c4768679 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:36:24 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4768667 @Rob Murphy: Oh yeah, Archie is going to be safe from now until the end of time. The pumped-up tween screams indicate that much.

Maura Johnston

]]> 33:369574:c4768667 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:36:07 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4768557 Also, you probably won't be surprised to hear that DialIdol has David A. as safe -- by a wide margin -- and a bottom 3 of:

9) Chikezie
10) Amanda
11) Kristy Lee



Rob Murphy

]]> 33:369574:c4768557 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:30:26 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4768484 I had a last-minute commitment last nite, and then got caught up in speech-mania!, so I missed the show live. By the time I got free, I was so beat I could only make it through Amanda's opening performance before I cried "uncle!" and went to bed.

I think my enthusiasm for last nite's show was killed off when I heard it would be another Beatles nite. Based on your report, it sounds like I didn't miss much.

Rob Murphy

]]> 33:369574:c4768484 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:26:21 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4768385 @Thierry: Sponsored by Chapstick or Carmex. Those lips have gotta be raw. A concert would be like an outtake from V.

Lucas Jensen

]]> 33:369574:c4768385 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:21:20 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4768249 Also, that lip-licking thing is one of the most distracting/annoying performing tics I've ever seen. Can you imagine a 2-hour long David Archuleta concert/lip-licking extravaganza?

Thierry

]]> 33:369574:c4768249 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:14:28 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4768225 Maybe America will keep Kristy Lee around to see if she really can blow Simon's socks off...

Thierry

]]> 33:369574:c4768225 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:13:05 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4768103 You know how Ryan said McCartney originally titled "Yesterday" "Scrambled Eggs?" Everytime Syesha sang the word "yesterday," my brain automatically substituted in "scrambled eggs." It made the song much more enjoyable.

Chikezie was the best; the rest (even my beloved Castro) were boring.

jenocyde

]]> 33:369574:c4768103 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:06:08 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4768092 @whoneedslight: everyone was pretty chatty last night, i thought! except ramiele, but i suspect that was because of time constraints.

Maura Johnston

]]> 33:369574:c4768092 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:05:39 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4768055 What is "American Idol"?

???

NickEddy

]]> 33:369574:c4768055 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:04:02 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" And The Sound Of Many Broken Wings Flapping]]> http://idolator.com/369574/american-idol-and-the-sound-of-many-broken-wings-flapping#c4768017 Carly needs to stop talking so much.

whoneedslight

]]> 33:369574:c4768017 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:01:26 EDT