Dobrindts Dot Com: American Idol

I love this show. I do. I'll admit it and fight anyone who makes fun. It's not that I am into mindless pop culture but I like music, don't mind people making fools of themselves and find brutal honesty appealing. This year I think had the worst group in general but has two singers since the show started that are probably the top 5 of all time. I still think Kelly Clarkson is a great singer. I think she is the only really great singer that has won the show. She has a great voice, good stage presence and again, a great voice. I've written about the screeching monkeys that have been crowned the winner before and to me none of them comes even close to someone I would pay to listen to.

So this year it started off the same. With one exception. When Patti and I were watching the first round where the cattle really make fools of themselves, we watched Taylor Hicks and loved him from the get-go. Patti and I saw Ray Charles in concert on our one year wedding anniversary and are big fans of Otis Redding. We like that kind of music. At that time and as we followed him through the competition we thought we were the only ones who liked him, but it turns out he is one of the two favorites.

The other one who I really think has legs to win it and carry it over to some success is Chris Doughtry. I think he is almost the level of Kelly but more limited to a style.

When the show had their top 24 I felt that there was maybe 1 girl and maybe 2 or 3 guys who were any good. I actually felt that almost all the guys were better than all but that one girl. I forgot her name and am not connected to the internet but I think its Kathryn McPhee or something. Pretty good voice but Patti loves her, as well as most critics, but I don't see it. She is not unpleasant to look at and has a good voice but nothing that stands out, at least to me.

The show in general has been awful this year. For some reason they had a few weeks where they prodded out these ancient singers to work with the contestants. Barry Manilow? Stevie Wonder? The Gambler Kenny Rogers? They are all good singers in their own right but not when someone else is doing there stuff. To be fair, the contestants only had to sing Stevie Wonder's songs, the rest just added their guidance which was a joke. The Stevie Wonder thing was a disaster. They could have chosen the moronic kids songs that my 4 year old listens to and come out better. His songs are tough for HIM to sing them, forget someone else. To be honest, almost all of the themes were pretty bad. I don't remember any of the previous seasons having such a run of bad weeks. It was like my dating life before I met Patti.

I have to say one other thing. Paris whatever her name is was terrible. Awful. Listening to her talk was like driving a nail through my skull. What was even worse what the way those three sycophants kissed her ass because of her aunt or grandmother or someone who supposedly was famous at one time. It was like listening to a left wing nut heckle a republican speaker. I was embarrassed for them for the way they were acting. When someone young does or says something stupid, I chalk it up to age. But when those three judges did it every week I wanted to throw up in my mouth.

On that note, I saw a video clip of some old lady heckling Paul Rumsfeld the other day at a speech. I wonder if these idiots watch themselves and think "damn, I'm proud of myself". I guess they do if they think that form of protest works, but for normal people there are more effective ways of protesting. Long live the Queen.

Now that I think about it, the three judges are crazy. Randy says "dude" and "dog" and the same exact thing over and over. Paula says nothing of substance. The only one that people really care about is Simon and for some reason he pulls punches. He needs to get down and nasty and tell it like it is. And like a bad pet owner who hits their dog, the rare time that he says something nice to a singer will be that much sweeter.

Just thought I'd share.

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