Okay, so my wife and Amy and Jordan have opened the American Idol can of worms on our blog, and Christie is now urging me to share the thoughts I've been spewing here at home with the world wide web (though mercifully, it's not world wide on this site. We couldn't fill a VW beetle with the population of this blog!).
So, my American Idol thoughts as we approach Andrew Lloyd Webber week...
Most people who know me know that I loves me some broadway musicals. Maybe it's the gay brother, who made sure I knew musicals growing up. Maybe it was rooming with Greg Rucka, who loved them as much as I did, in college. Or maybe it's genetic.
But I do loves the musicals. I really do.
And while Andrew Lloyd Webber is reviled in some corners, he's not reviled in this apartment.
Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita are two masterpieces. They get a lot of play around here.
Phantom of the Opera has a couple of GREAT songs that also get some play.
And, while it does little for me, my wife even listens to Starlight Express.
(Cats, on the other hand... I shudder at the thought)
Anyway, as you can guess, we're very excited for Webber week. A damn relief after Mariah week (another shudder for that).
I'm sad Michael Johns won't be here for it. He would have rocked on any number of the angry-man anthems from those musicals (the Judas numbers, or Che's songs).
So... what songs do we all want the Idols to sing?
I'll start the discussion with my thoughts.
I'd like to see David Cook handle the Judas songs, like Superstar or Heaven on Their Minds. Though he'd also rock out on The Lady's Got Potential or Oh What A Circus.
And I know that if Syesha sings Don't Cry For Me Argentina or Memory, I may need to pull an Elvis and shoot my TV. I'd rather see her sing Buenos Aires to try and get some life into her performances.
I'd love to see Brooke sing I Don't Know How To Love Him, or Another Suitcase In Another Hall.
I'd like Carly to stop trying to Diva her way through Glory Note after Glory Note while grinning like the Joker. She should relax and sing a less Diva number, like Another Suitcase In Another Hall. Or maybe she should mix it up and sing Gethsemane, even though it's usually sung by a man.
Jason should avoid the obvious stoner link to What's The Buzz, and sing High Flying Adored. Or he could sing There's Me, from Starlight Express (yes, Christie's bad taste is contagious). Plus, he could really have fun with King Herod's Song. But I'd imagine the Christ-mocking in that song will make it so no-one will sing it.
I'd like to see Archuleta sing something with a little life to it, something like Superstar or Goodnight And Thank You. But he won't. He'll sing Music Of The Night or Gethsemane. Good songs, and he'd sing them well, but he bores me at this point.
And that's what I want to see. I realize it's mostly JC Superstar or Evita, but hey... I likes what I likes.
