jlh | We are the World! Or at least, the awesomest part of it! (Reply)

I feel like last year they took the "songs of inspiration" a lot more literally, so this year the song choices were more interesting. And oh my god, Ryan needs to STOP with the HAIR or soon he really will look like Top Cheftestant Richard, and no one wants that.

Michael, "Dream On." Why is he wearing another ascot? Why is his clothing so tight in an unflattering way, when he has a pretty good body? Anyway, as usual, Simon was right about imitating a rock star and Randy was right about the pitchiness because that falsetto was not as good as it should have been.
Syesha, "I Believe." Well, it was good at the beginning, but I feel like it didn't work that well at the end. And Randy and Simon were right about the whole not connecting with the song exactly.
Jason, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." He's playing a ukelele. We were charmed, and so was Simon.
Kristy, "Anyway." I'm finding her defiance to be so uninteresting. I'm waiting for the theme when she can't sing some country song because I feel like she's been coating on shit that is just easy for her to sing. I never thought there was the tiniest chance that she'd be out tonight, but now I know it. She is so shameless and awful.
D.Cook, "Innocent." No one knows this song. So no one will know what the hell he was doing in that verse with the usual Our Lady Peace weirdness except, like, Canada. I loved the writing on the hand; it was very rock and roll.
Carly, "The Show Must Go On." She is seriously a different person every week. Like, I'm dizzy. I want to like her but I have no idea who she is. Like, if she had brought all this drama to Total Eclipse of the Heart then she'd be our drama llama and the whole thing would make sense, but she didn't really. She had a few weird vocal moments, and I totally don't know what the hell she was wearing; unlike Simon, I didn't think it was all that flattering.
small David, "Angels." Wow, way to take all the romantic aspects of the song completely out. How can you really make a Robbie Williams song sound holy? Have small David sing it apparently. Which is not to say that it wasn't completely fucking amazing. WAY better than Jessica Simpson's crappy cover. (And if you haven't heard Robbie's version, omg, EMAIL ME and I will send it to you, because that is what's in Simon's head as a comparison.)
Brooke, "You've Got a Friend." The dress is a little literal, Brooke; singing a song from Tapestry doesn't mean you have to dress like it's 1973.