confession

opus

Allright, so I've been here going on 2 years. Read most of the posts, except car audio, those guys are freaks.:D I've posted 360 times, a few questions, a couple of smartass comments and the rest quite frankly were crap. And I stand before you tonight and will bare my soul.......











.........I'm voting for Taylor...........Soul Patrol

Ern Dog

I'm going McPhee all the way!

PolkThug

Ern Dog wrote:

I'm going McPhee all the way!

I'd hit it.

ND13

They both suck!!

heiney9

ND13 wrote:

They both suck!!

Indeed...........but I have McPhever. She's a hottie. I hate pop music like the crap that comes from American Idol, but she's a hottie, I'd like to see her win perhaps it will lead to something bigger than AI.

H9

ND13

The sad thing is she's only still there because of her looks. I was just listening to both of them and it was sad. There were several, that were voted off, that were FAR better singers than either one of these two.

opus

Kill joys. I bet you guys also think that 24 is unrealistic.:D

MrNightly

opus wrote:

Allright, so I've been here going on 2 years. Read most of the posts, except car audio, those guys are freaks.:D I've posted 360 times, a few questions, a couple of smartass comments and the rest quite frankly were crap. And I stand before you tonight and will bare my soul.......

Dang it Kev, you had me excited that you were actually gonna post something worthwhile!

Another crushed hope. Thanks a million for nothing. :cool:

heiney9

ND13 wrote:

The sad thing is she's only still there because of her looks. I was just listening to both of them and it was sad. There were several, that were voted off, that were FAR better singers than either one of these two.

Well, I think given a proper venue with material that suits her she actually has a great voice. The whole AI format stinks, as far as telling them what to sing, etc..... She is no Jewel or Sheryl Crow or Allison Krauss, but she's ten times better than the likes of Britany Spears, Hilary Duff, The Simpson sisters and the like, etc. That was my only point. It's not called American Singer....looks and personality play very prominent roles in being the American Idol.

H9

Ricardo

I think she did a great job with Over the Rainbow (again.....); when the song "fits" her, she does extremely well.

Early B.

Both of them are very good. Taylor is a great entertainer and the girl has the looks. The best one, though, was the rocker -- and I hate rock music. He was star material - period.

Danny Tse

Early B. wrote:

Both of them are very good. Taylor is a great entertainer and the girl has the looks. The best one, though, was the rocker -- and I hate rock music. He was star material - period.

He was offered the job of lead singer for the group Fuel.

As for AI, I think Kat will score an upset over Taylor. I think Taylor is the better singer overall, but Kat has the looks as well. In many ways, she got the complete package. It's hard to market Taylor since he would sound like a cut-rate Michael McDonald.

opus

Well, that was about one hour and fifty-seven minutes too long. :rolleyes:

polkatese

The Hick wins....

MacLeod

Im sure he'll go far too. Lets see, we've had about a half dozen of these stupid shows and only one has gone anywhere! Well that Underwood chick seems to be doing well.

Early B.

Taylor won because he is more marketable. Kat is very good, but not unique. When the folks at SNL spoofed him a few weeks ago, he was already being recognized in pop culture as an iconic figure.

Ern Dog

Well, you just spoiled it for me here on the West Coast. With the time difference being 3 hours. Oh well, I kinda thought Hicks would win although I liked McPhee more.

Actually, my Favorite singer was the bald rocker dude. He was awesome.

Early B.

MacLeod wrote:

Im sure he'll go far too. Lets see, we've had about a half dozen of these stupid shows and only one has gone anywhere! Well that Underwood chick seems to be doing well.

Huh? All of them have done very well so far.

MacLeod

Really?

I admit to not being that up on pop culture but I havent seen hide nor hair of that fat black dude or that scrawney white dude. I know Underwood won something last night at some country award and Kelly Clarkson is all over the place. Thats all I know of.

Dennis Gardner

Taylor Hicks.......................a nobody lounge singer 10 years from now.

brettw22

Whatever year that black girl won...........talk about a freakshow.......

I'd rather lose because when you win, they own your **** for quite a while while the losers end up making hand over fist as a 'loser'......

Early B.

brettw22 wrote:

I'd rather lose because when you win, they own your **** for quite a while while the losers end up making hand over fist as a 'loser'......

They own the losers, too. It's in their AI contract.

heiney9

My prediction is that in the long run Kat will fair better than Taylor. I'm sorry but his singing is good at best. I've heard better Karoke singers in the local bar. He does has the edge in personality however. I've never been sucked into this type of show and this year I was (yuck). Only because of Kat. I'm staying far away next year as I could put the time to much better use.

H9

bobman1235

Ern Dog wrote:

Well, you just spoiled it for me here on the West Coast. With the time difference being 3 hours. Oh well, I kinda thought Hicks would win although I liked McPhee more.

Actually, my Favorite singer was the bald rocker dude. He was awesome.

I thought it was live....


As for the other comments, I never really liked Taylor. He seems like a nice enough guy, and certainly has a personality, but nothing special in the singing department. He's got a good voice, but nothing worthy of winning the competition.

And BTW, American Idol "owns" them for like 6 or 9 months or something, after that they're free to sign contracts with whomever they want.... except maybe the winner.

criverajr

If you don't think the show is fixed your crazy. Their is no way these two were the best singers, American Idol has come to realize that none of their winners as really made in the mainstream, so they push their winners to parts of the music business they will do well. Carrie Underwood is a country star, Fantasia is a bust, Ruben Studdard was a semi bust, being out sold by Clay Aikens. Taylor has a niche and they AI does not want to keep putting up winners that turn out to be bust in the music industry. Look at the departed singers the one black girl was to big, the other to young and R&B is a very hard niche to crack. The other rocker also would have a hard time going mainstream, it;s all fixed.

CRJ

Mike682

I liked them both, although Chris was the best out of the bunch.

In my opinion, Kat is the better singer and Taylor is the better "entertainer".

Both will sell a lot of records, however, once Kat records her own material and expands beyond the American Idol general audience, I think she will sell more music than Taylor.

bobman1235

Hahaha, I love the conspiracy theories about it being fixed. It's VOTED on. It's a popularity contest, and the American public can be dumb. Of course the "best singer" isn't going to win every time, because there's always a faction voting for the hometown person, or someone they think is hot. Hell, if the best singer won, I think Parris should have made it. That girl's voice was incredible.

zombie boy 2000

bobman1235 wrote:

Hell, if the best singer won, I think Parris should have made it. That girl's voice was incredible.

I never even considered watching this show before this year, but once I heard Paris, I found myself watching. She was awesome, and once she was booted, I stopped watching. Seemed to me, she was far and away the most talented contestant.
As for the conspiracy theories, you hear a lot about the phone lines being tied up with too many calls. Seems that this would ensure that voting is as close as possible, but not necessarily determine a winner.

jgido759

brettw22 wrote:

while the losers end up making hand over fist as a 'loser'......

Can you say William Hung! :eek:

Probably made more money than anyone except Kelly Clarkson.

zombie boy 2000

jgido759 wrote:

Can you say William Hung! :eek:

Probably made more money than anyone except Kelly Clarkson.

You think he's making money doing this?:D


http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-05-18-hung_x.htm

Early B.

Wow, I'm surprised about the Paris comments. I actually thought she was the best singer, too. No question about it. Great stage presence as well. A natural.

I think she is only 16 or 17 years old, and she has the capacity to sell records to young and old alike.

In regards to the show being fixed -- well of course it is. Everything on TV is fixed (even most of the live shows.) It would be naive to think otherwise. The popular vote doesn't mean a damn thing (kinda like the last two Bush elections).