Two idol videos for your viewing pleasure

[jlh]

I know a lot of you are a bit dubious about American Idol, but just do me a favor and watch this video of Blake Lewis and Doug E Fresh. The kid in the red jacket was this year's runner-up.

I cannot wait to hear this kid's record. I have faith that Simon will find him a producer that will keep him from his worst excesses, which is better than having to find someone to actually give him some style.

Behind the cut: So that moment of Rymon staring at 1:44 in Wednesday night's show?

Do yourself a favor and don't listen to the audio. The Rymon stare is at 2:40 (which on this countdown clock is about 1:10) and happens very fast, but you know how I said in HD we'd be able to see Simon? I was so right! Damn that cameraman that passes through the shot.

Comments

[mahoni.livejournal.com]

given that his strengths and interests are so much different than what I typically think of as American Idol style, I'm that much more impressed with how far he got in the competition

That kind of maybe came out wrong. What I was trying to say was, I think I was wrong about my rather extreme assumptions regarding AI. Yes, it does encourage a certain kind of style, but my impression had been that uniqueness was not really welcome at all. On the other hand, the judges, and obviously the people watching the show, encouraged Blake's unique style when it worked. Which is what impressed me.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with you, and I think over the last three weeks Simon couldn't make up his mind. Like, his reptile brain said, 'black diva big voice' but he also could see dollar signs coming off Blake, and he couldn't tell which way to throw it, and ultimately it became about that lousy fucking single. Randy, OTOH, clearly is all diva, all the time, and like, yawn. Enough. Which is why I worry for Jordin. Paula was on the Blake train the entire time and as he isn't her kind of cute I think it was more the dance girl in her responding to how he was laying down the beat, etc.

But that's also why I think Simon will be able to get Blake the right producer, because you could see from that show that Blake needs another ear, an ear that he trusts, to tell him when to go all out and when not to.

oh, RYMON.