Daily Archives: April 21, 2010

The kids are singing “inspirational” songs tonight. Since this is clearly a subjective matter, it should be renamed “Pick whatever you want, so long as people donate to our charity” night.

01.  Casey James		“Don’t Stop” by Fleetwood Mac – He has some awesome guitar chops, but the vocals were just average.  Casey, you better start stepping up!
02. Lee DeWyze		“The Boxer” by Simon and Garfunkel – This is my favorite S&G song, and I loved this performance.  THere were some places where the phrasing was kind of funky, but I appreciate the artistic liberty taken.  This guy is kicking ass–could he win the whole thing?
03. Tim Urban		“Better Days” by The GooGoo Dolls – Ugh, the vocals were terrible on this.  It is really too bad he is not better, because he has potential.  The whole not-singing-on-pitch thing really ruins it for me.
04. Aaron Kelly		“I Believe I Can Fly” by R Kelly – A Kelly doing R Kelly? Why do they keep letting him pick songs that are too big for him?  Can someone help the high school student with song choice, please?  He had slightly better vocals than Tim, but Tim pulled it off better, honestly.  I didn’t like anything about it, and I think he will be heading home tomorrow.
05. Siobhan Magnus		“When You Believe” – I actually liked her vocal tonight when she didn’t push too hard. The arrangement was a little weird in the middle and it didn’t really go anywhere. Also, it sounded in rehearsal that she was hitting a bigger money note than she did in the performance.  Unfortunately, I think she has already hit her peak, so from here on out, it is all downhill.
06. Mike Lynche		“Hero” by Nickelback – Well, it definitely wasn’t as good as last week, but it was ok.  And in comparison with the mediocre performances tonight, it actually ranks in the top half!  He could have picked a much better song, though.
07. Crystal Bowersox	+1/2	“People Get Ready” – Wow, it was obviously not her best vocal, but what a heart-felt performance!  So much emotion – I love it!  I love the mic stand, too – tres cool.  I didn’t like the glam look from her, however.  She should stick to the hippie look.

I think Aaron is the odd man out tonight.  His cuteness has run its course, and his vocals just don’t get it done onstage.  I have a feeling, though, that Casey could make a surprise appearance in the bottom three.  That dead-mans spot is, well, deadly.

Crystal and Lee take the top spot again!  Everyone else just pales in comparison.

IGB is tomorrow, otherwise I would expect a “Huff”-ing for sure, with Crystal as the Huff-ee.  With the jam-packed two hour show, however, I don’t think there will be time for Seacrest antics.