The Beatles On Idol

[A bit late but I've been a busy bee...]

Its hard not to enjoy the American Idol Top 12 Performance Show when the theme is 'John Lennon & Paul McCartney Song Book'. That's two of the 4 members of The Beatles for those who have been living under a rock. Perhaps it's easy being less judgmental about the contestants singing techniques when one is singing along to the songs. I for one, love The Beatles and pretty much know all the songs. Although admittedly I was introduced to The Beatles through Stars On 45 who did a medley of their songs. A google on Stars On 45 led to a Wikipedia entry which had a little trivia on the studio band from Holland:

It is (to date) the longest titled song to ever chart in Billboard, and is subsequently known by the shorter nickname, "Stars on 45 Medley".

You learn something new every day.

By the way, Tthe official title is "Medley: Intro 'Venus' / Sugar Sugar / No Reply / I'll Be Back / Drive My Car / Do You Want to Know a Secret / We Can Work It Out / I Should Have Known Better / Nowhere Man / You're Going to Lose That Girl / Stars on 45". It's a bit of a mouthful but don't knock it though, cos the song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on June 1981.

I enjoyed most of the performances that evening, except for Kristy Lee Cook who sang a gawdawful country version of Eight Days A Week. So did David Hernandez deserve to be booted out? He's got a sleazy come hither look yes, but he performed better than Ms Cook. Simon says she sounded like, "Dolly Parton On Helium". I totally agree because Simon is all knowing. All hail Simon.

Brooke White rocked my houseboat, and those who write for Television Without Pity (one of the wittier websites available on Planet Frivilous next to Go Fug Yourself) agrees with me here:

Brooke White's rockin' the side pony, and as with all things Brooke, it shouldn't work, but it does anyway. She tells us about nannying and how hard it is to be away from other people's babies. She's so sweet, she almost cries the whole time she's talking about how much she loves everything in this whole world. "Let It Be" is the last Beatles single, and Brooke White is magic, so this should be good. She starts on the piano and as usual it's like she's a returning artist who is just here to be nice to the show, rather than a person competing on a game show. Everybody in the audience has their Jesus arms up in the air, and the backup singers sound very holy. I don't think I've ever cared this much about a person on this show, I just love her. I cannot separate this out from my own experience or tell you what it's like, because I don't even like this song, but Brooke loves it enough for us both, and I love Brooke White like our own private Penny Lane. She is like seeing a unicorn in the forest when your feet hurt from walking.

Comments

[EmmaGoodEgg]

I SO agree with Cookie and Tina...Eight Days A Week countrified??? Say it isn't so! And David deserved another week at least...xx

[Cookiedough]

My predictions for the bottom 3 were, as Simon put it, SPOT ON! But I really thought that Dolly-Parton-on-Helium deserved the boot this week. The Beatles' songs should NEVER be sung country! Especially "8 Days a Week". It's sacred!

[Tina]

Goodness. I do not know why Kristy Lee Cook is still in! She took it to heart about singing country, and I don't think she should make every single bit of the song country! Shivers went down my spine listening to her performance, so I put my fingers in my ears when channel-surfing landed me on the rerun.

Hernandez deserved another week.