Well, I'm calmer than I was in my post before. Anyways, this my American Idol critique/rant all based on a bias point of view. I only started listening when the second round of songs came around so here it goes:
David Archuleta-
"With You" Chris Brown Round 2
I couldn't stop laughing! I know it's mean to say but it is simply the truth. It just didn't suit him and I couldn't help but agree with Simon and Randy with their comments. Randy said that it's just not him and Simon made a funny comparison. He compared Archuleta singing this song to a "Chihuahua trying to be like a tiger". All true.
"Longer" Dan Fogelberg(sp?) Round 3
I have never really heard this song before so I can't really be an accurate judge of it, but I thought it was nicely sung. It suited him WAY more than his second song choice. I also agreed with the judges opinions on this one. Randy said it was a "Hot one", Paula said it was "a lovely performance" and Simon said that he "sang the song well".
Syesha Mercado-
"Fever" Peggy Lee Round 2
I absolutely love this song originally, so I was a bit skeptical about it. In the end though, I liked her variation on it. I agreed somewhat with what the judges said. Especially, about her needing to show that she is a contemporary artist and able to record contemporary kind of songs.
"Hit Me Up" Happy Feet Soundtrack Round 3
I never heard this song really before so I couldn't really judge this one either. But I thought it was good. She showed everyone that she sings contemporary music but the thing is, just like paula said, I'm not sure if that genre is for her.
David Cook-
"Dare You to Move" Switchfoot Round 2
I have heard of Switchfoot before (meant to live, Stars, and of course Dare You to Move just to name a few) and I love them. Now you know I'm being completely honest when I say this..."No matter how much I love him, I have to agree with all 3 of the judges. It was a bit lacking at the beginning and wasn't very, you know, complete."
And YES I said that.
"Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Aerosmith Round 3
It was definitely better than the second performance hands down. I was able to get into the song more this time around. YAY for him! It had a certain grandiose effect about 1 minute into the song. But it can never be as big and epic a song as "Always Be My Baby". But I still loved it. All three judges were spot on with their critiques. And the comment that made me completely squeal was Simon saying that "David Cook Wins the night". The entire crowd was up on their feet and everything.
Final Thoughts (How Jerry Springer of me, I know)
The Final Two Will be...... At first I thought that I would be wrong in assuming
David and David because Syesha looked like she might make it
but, at the end of the night,
David and David= Top Two
But then again, who knows, right? I guess we'll all figure out tomorrow night.
Until then,
GOOD NIGHT ALL
