Wednesday, May 03, 2006
American Idol: May 3 (Damn You America! Damn You!)
Before the show started, I was fairly sure that Paris would be leaving the show tonight. Not that I thought that she deserved it, not because I wanted it to happen, but because she’s been near the bottom regularly. With just five contestants left there wasn’t much cover left.
Being right sucks on occasion.
Paris is vivacious, amazingly talented, cute, fun, and has the kind of voice that drives writers to mangle metaphors for. Or something like that.
I stand by my earlier statement: she would do better, artistically, without American Idol. It’s just unfortunate that she made it high enough that she probably owes them her first-born album before she can go and find out precisely what it is that she can bring to the world of music. One wasted album of over-produced, forgettable pop music before she can get serious about her craft.
Sure, Katherine is cuter, Chris is an easier sell, and Taylor is blessed with more charisma than I would have guessed the first time he walked in to audition. It’s near impossible to imagine that any of them will actually bring something memorable to the world of music. I think Paris has that potential, and I hope that her family helps her reach the heights that her talent suggests.
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Personally, I’m drunk.
That should count for something in Paris’ defense.
I nearly typed something embarassing. Luckily, I stopped myself in time. Why is my spelling impeccable when I’m drunk?
Scanning through those sentences, I think I’m pretty thankful that you have that you have mastered the Drunken Typing Technique.
Why? Is there something strange in my content?
Heck, I even got the apostrophe right in the possessive for “Paris”. That should count for something.
No. It just seems that there is at least one really good opportunity for an embarassing typo in there.
Ah. Well, I’m certainly one of the best at never letting an opportunity go unmissed.
I suggest that Katharine quickly move into acting. Preferably in R-rated movies with a nude scene or two. Judging by the onslaught of Google hits on my site, I think many, many other people feel the same way.
Of course, I’d still respect her in the morning.
Paris is very talented, but I feel her voice needs to mature physically. She has such a squeaky high-pitched natural voice, but she still manages to sing with some pretty deep and rich tones. When her voice matures into that of a grown woman’s, singing with such deep tone will be less of a stretch / struggle for her. She’ll be that much better. Here’s hoping that she can extricate herself from the “prepackaged pop nightmare” that is AI (you wrote that line, I like it). That must have hurt for you, you were pretty in-the-tank for Paris ... lol!