Originally Posted By trekkeruss The problem I hear with Robbie Carrico is that his voice is too "smooth," for lack of a better word. While I don't doubt his sincerity, it reminds me of the SNL skit where they have the Will Farrell and Ana Gasteyer play a married could who are also middle school music teachers who do gigs on the side. The wife, Bobbi-Mohen Culp, sings everything in an operatic voice. Not that he is nearly that bad... just that I don't hear a rocker voice from him.
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall <<<Long hair and knit caps do not a rocker make.>>> yeah, someone needs to tell him that. he talks talks talks about being a rocker, and rocking, all that jibberish. then david cook gets mostly good reviews for being rock, and he doesn't have long hair and the robbie get-up, robbie's act is wearing thin.
Originally Posted By mater4 I vote for Robbie C. and jason Yeager to go home. Robbie was just horrible and Jason had the cheesiest performance ever. David A was so awesome I had goosebumps. David Cook was great too. However he was a little cheeky when he reminded Simon of the rules. I think there are times when you take the critisism and just nod. He could have just said sorry I disagree.
Originally Posted By DAR Brooke was far and away the best tonight. I really liked Kristy(yes I listened to her) I disagreed with their assesment on Syesha I thought she was really strong. Amanda and Alexandrea should be worried and Kady shouldn't get too comfortable. But overall it was better than last night but that's because the girls are better this year save for David Archuletta and Michael Johns when he's on.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 1. Carly (Crazy On You): Nice song choice. She definitely can sing, it was ok for me, not super great. Very poised and mature. I hope she goes far. She needs a better bra though. LOL 2. Syesha (Me and Mr Jones): Man, I hate this song and I really like her so I'm trying to be objective. Ok, she s"a"ng it. The girls got chops, looks, charisma - whole package. However, I didn't like it. Think song choice was really weak. 3. Brooke (You're So Vain): Zzzzzzz. I like her and am rooting for her but she keeps falling flat. I just didn't hear what the judges did obviously. 4. Ramiele (Don't Leave Me This Way): Eh. 5. Kristy (You're No Good): Her whole stage antics just didn't do it for me. Really irritating. She looked like she was still on her horse. Everyone is so monotone. She was just kinda flat. Her actions were louder and more up and down than her voice. 6. Amanda (Carry On?): I love her voice. LOL, her get up was fierce but I don't think she stretched her vocals enough. It was all too made up. Ah, seems the judges agree. She takes it though, she's very mature. I hope she makes it further. Doesn't she look like Suzanne Pleshette? 7. Alaina (Hopelessly Devoted To You): She's gotta go. No. No. No. Although I can relate to the poor girl's food issues. ;> 8. Alexandrea (If You Leave Me Now): WTH was she thinking? This girl can sing. This was a complete mess. Aye yi yi! And the outfit, was she going hiking? 9. Kady (Try?): Wow, really off key. Doesn't she scream diva? That was horrible. Yikes, that was painful to watch cause she really digs herself. 10. Asia'h (All By Myself): <sigh> What happen to all of the strong singers? Aye yi yi - over sung, too low in spots. Blech. I agree with Simon. I have no clue who's in danger and who's not.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I put Brooke at the top this week because it was so natural for her. I don't like the song, but it just flowed out...effortless. Carly's vocal performance was very strong, but I put her in the #2 spot because she doesn't know how to work the camera. She moves awkwardly, and she made some rather scary faces tonight.
Originally Posted By topdisneymom At first I thought it was just me but then I heard it on one of those gossip shows that Robbie wears a wig. It sure looks like a wig when you check out his part. Could be my tv.
Originally Posted By JazzCat That's what I thought too, mele! I know what contestants I normally impressed with, but honestly I thought they were all boring tonight. Amanda was absolutely sickening.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Carly, Brooke and Ramiele were my top picks this week. None blew us away. While I liked Brooke's overall performance I was surprised that the judges liked it so much, they must hear something we don't. Asia'h sure chose a big song. I adore her spunk but maybe she is a bit too overconfident? Randy mentioned Celine but DH and I couldn't come up with the original singer. I think we were comatose from watching so many boring performances
Originally Posted By JazzCat Yep. It's Eric Carmen. It's bad that they compared it to the Celine Dion versino when it should have been compared to Eric Carmen's version. Asia'h was still sick, but I think she did pretty well. She's still one of my favorites.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 1. Carly (Crazy On You): For me, this was the best of the night. Great choice for her, and she showed why she's there. 2. Syesha (Me and Mr Jones): Liked it better than the judges. There's no good reason a woman couldn't sing this song, and she did all right. Not great, but I don't think she's in danger. 3. Brooke (You're So Vain): I'm with Lisann and amazddncal2. It was fine, but overpraised by the judges. 4. Ramiele (Don't Leave Me This Way): Like Syesha, this was not her best, but was good enough last week that she shouldn't be in danger. 5. Kristy (You're No Good): Great song choice - a real singer's song, and she should have knocked it out of the park. She didn't, which says to me she may not be capable of it. 6. Amanda (Carry On): Painful. Partly because it was just plain bad (pitch problems galore) and partly because I like her and want her to stay. What a terrible choice. Of all the REAL rock from this decade, why choose this bombastic piece of faux-rock that isn't even a good singer's song? I fear she may get knocked out tonight, but I hope she gets enough "residual good feelings" votes and stays around long enough to redeem herself. 7. Alaina (Hopelessly Devoted To You): Snoozefest. Hoping she goes home rather than Amanda! 8. Alexandrea (If You Leave Me Now): Not a great song choice, at all. Still, it had its moments, which says to me with smarter choices she's one to watch. 9. Kady (Magic Man): As good as a mimic as she is she probably SHOULD have tried to mimic Nancy Wilson a bit more; both because her voice wasn't hacking all of it, and because Wilson sold it without looking all diva-ish. 10. Asia'h (All By Myself): She was clearly under the weather - her first "big note" moment and she had to change into head voice. She got it together by the end, but then had to deal with (somewhat unfair) comments that she wasn't Celine. (And BTW, I think the original was by Eric Carmen). If it were me, I'd send home Alaina and either Kristy or Kady, but I fear for Amanda.
Originally Posted By mele I fear for Amanda, too. I really want her to stay because she's interesting but based on last night's performance, I think she's going to go.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Celine has a big voice. Too big, IMO. It seems like most everything she does, she does with a sledgehammer. As for Asia'h, I'd put her in the top half of last night's performances; probably fourth behind my top three.
