<![CDATA[<em>American Idol</em> Gets Ready To Shape The Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll Into Little Tiny Squares - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[<em>American Idol</em> Gets Ready To Shape The Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll Into Little Tiny Squares - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:13:47 EDT Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:13:47 EDT http://idolator.com/385830/american-idol-gets-ready-to-shape-the-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll-into-little-tiny-squares <![CDATA[<em>American Idol</em> Gets Ready To Shape The Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll Into Little Tiny Squares]]> http://idolator.com/385830/american-idol-gets-ready-to-shape-the-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll-into-little-tiny-squares#c5467457 Guess I could have waited a little longer.

jopari

]]> 33:385830:c5467457 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:13:47 EDT <![CDATA[<em>American Idol</em> Gets Ready To Shape The Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll Into Little Tiny Squares]]> http://idolator.com/385830/american-idol-gets-ready-to-shape-the-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll-into-little-tiny-squares#c5467439 I think it ate my comment, so I'm gonna repost it.

My guesses:
Archuleta - I agree with Rory B. Bellows about S+G.
Castro - Van Morrison, "Brown Eyed Girl"
Cook - The Band, "The Weight"
Mercado - The Eurythmics, "Sweet Dreams"

jopari

]]> 33:385830:c5467439 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:11:59 EDT <![CDATA[<em>American Idol</em> Gets Ready To Shape The Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll Into Little Tiny Squares]]> http://idolator.com/385830/american-idol-gets-ready-to-shape-the-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll-into-little-tiny-squares#c5467377 My guesses:
Archuleta - I think Rory B. Bellows is right about the Simon + Garfunkel.
Castro - Van Morrison, "Brown Eyed Girl"
Cook - The Band, "The Weight"
Mercado - The Eurythmics, "Sweet Dreams"

jopari

]]> 33:385830:c5467377 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:04:31 EDT <![CDATA[<em>American Idol</em> Gets Ready To Shape The Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll Into Little Tiny Squares]]> http://idolator.com/385830/american-idol-gets-ready-to-shape-the-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll-into-little-tiny-squares#c5467018 At least one of them needs to do the Boredoms' "Acid Police". And I don't care if it's not on the stupid list because it damn well should be.

DJorn

]]> 33:385830:c5467018 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:34:40 EDT <![CDATA[<em>American Idol</em> Gets Ready To Shape The Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll Into Little Tiny Squares]]> http://idolator.com/385830/american-idol-gets-ready-to-shape-the-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll-into-little-tiny-squares#c5465141 Heh, I just found my vinyl copy of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun." After Brooke's performance last night, I think a rendition of "Girls" would send her into full-on manic perma-smile mode. Entertaining maybe, but in a sad way.

It would be totally cool if Jason Castro took on a Talking Heads song and reminded everyone that this, in fact, "ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no clowning arowwwned."

Also, I personally forbid David Cook to sing "London Calling." In fact, I shuddered as I typed that. Just saying.

punkybunky

]]> 33:385830:c5465141 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:07:49 EDT <![CDATA[<em>American Idol</em> Gets Ready To Shape The Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll Into Little Tiny Squares]]> http://idolator.com/385830/american-idol-gets-ready-to-shape-the-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll-into-little-tiny-squares#c5463156 My guesses:
Cook = Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "American Girl"

Archuleta (if his dad picks) = Simon and Garfunkel, "Bridge Over Troubled Water"

Archuleta (if his dad picks after listening to David) = Stevie Wonder, "Superstition"

Castro = The Grateful Dead, "Uncle John's Band"

Virgin Nanny = Paul McCartney, "Maybe I'm Amazed" (although I would love to hear her do Madonna, "Like a Virgin")

Syesha = Mary Wells, "My Guy"

Its a shame because there really are a lot of great songs on that list. Still I know that of the 4 that are chosen -- 3 will be absolute shit songs.


Rory B. Bellows

]]> 33:385830:c5463156 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:08:37 EDT <![CDATA[<em>American Idol</em> Gets Ready To Shape The Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll Into Little Tiny Squares]]> http://idolator.com/385830/american-idol-gets-ready-to-shape-the-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll-into-little-tiny-squares#c5462960 @Varina: But they don't actually care about us; they care about ad $$.

They do care about ad $$, true, but the kind of $$ that's applicable to what we're discussing here is publishing money, the kind Idol has to shell out to rights-holders when they acquire the rights to cover a song on the show. Those rights aren't limitless; witness the show's seven-year effort to get the Beatles' interests to allow them coverage rights.

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:385830:c5462960 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:58:27 EDT <![CDATA[<em>American Idol</em> Gets Ready To Shape The Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll Into Little Tiny Squares]]> http://idolator.com/385830/american-idol-gets-ready-to-shape-the-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll-into-little-tiny-squares#c5462496 This is a pretty good theme! Great songs, open ended and flexible while still pimping SOMETHING...as Simon says it ticks all the boxes.

Mary

]]> 33:385830:c5462496 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:33:47 EDT <![CDATA[<em>American Idol</em> Gets Ready To Shape The Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll Into Little Tiny Squares]]> http://idolator.com/385830/american-idol-gets-ready-to-shape-the-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll-into-little-tiny-squares#c5462377 If this list is really the theme, AI will go and do something weak like narrow it down to 20 songs. It would be really, really cool for the viewers if the contestants actually got to chose from the list of 500 and turned in some great performances. But they don't actually care about us; they care about ad $$.

I would squeal if Jason or anyone did a Big Star song.

Varina

]]> 33:385830:c5462377 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:27:55 EDT <![CDATA[<em>American Idol</em> Gets Ready To Shape The Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll Into Little Tiny Squares]]> http://idolator.com/385830/american-idol-gets-ready-to-shape-the-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll-into-little-tiny-squares#c5461410 @Chris Molanphy: yeah i'm going to guess that 'i shot the sheriff' and 'legalize it' will also be off limits.

Maura Johnston

]]> 33:385830:c5461410 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:47:16 EDT <![CDATA[<em>American Idol</em> Gets Ready To Shape The Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll Into Little Tiny Squares]]> http://idolator.com/385830/american-idol-gets-ready-to-shape-the-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll-into-little-tiny-squares#c5461278 It's too bad they didn't go with this theme last year -- I would've liked to see what Blake Lewis would do with "Planet Rock."

More seriously, I have to imagine they're going to put some songs off-limits. E.g., they can't go back to the Beatles again, now that the two-week window for the Lennon-McCartney songbook has expired...right?

Even more seriously: assuming he doesn't get tossed tonight, Castro should do Big Star's "September Gurls."

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:385830:c5461278 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:42:13 EDT <![CDATA[<em>American Idol</em> Gets Ready To Shape The Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll Into Little Tiny Squares]]> http://idolator.com/385830/american-idol-gets-ready-to-shape-the-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll-into-little-tiny-squares#c5460606 As much as my sensitive ears want David Archuleta to give us a reprieve and perform "Green Onions", I worry that two and a half minutes of instrumental lip-licking will look awkwardly pornographic.

StuntKockSteeev

]]> 33:385830:c5460606 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:17:49 EDT