jlh | Standing in the Shadow of Smokey (Reply)

Right, so I was at dinner, and missed Matt and Kris, so had to wait til I came home to watch the whole thing. I will say, damn, the Saula. And I find it really adorable, and with so much off-stage Rymon I'm really happy to give the Saula fans the on-stage—especially as it's a marker of Paula being fit and sassy and coherent, and Simon being in a general good mood.

Attn singers: Stop fucking talking back to the judges. Ryan has time to fill and he'll use you to do it, but we don't want to hear it. Got it? All right then.

Matt, "Let's Get It On." Oh, remember Jared you guys? He's a VJ on Fuse now. Anyway, I really don't like this song much, as it's so overexposed. Matt was perfectly fine, and he needed to be, as it's his genre really. I'm sorry I didn't hear it the first time around, or I would have voted for him! The excerpt in the recap didn't do him justice.
Kris, "How Sweet It Is …." I find this song to be sweet, if a little dull, which is how I feel about Kris too. He does that thing he does, and he does it well, and I'm sure there are plenty who adore him.
Scott, "Can't Hurry Love." ali_wildgoose and I were talking about typical wedding Motown songs that we didn't need to hear, and this was at the top of the list. Yawn-o-rama. I hate to say it, but that was even whiter than Phil Collins' version.
Megan, "For Once in My Life." Oh, honey. Wrong song. Woe.
Anoop, "Ooh Baby Baby." He's so adorable! I thought it was pretty fantastic, so pretty, and his voice sounded great.
Michael, "Ain't Too Proud to Beg." That will hurt if he has to sing for his life tomorrow night! More like Dullsville, USA, but at least he was marginally more soulful than Scott.
Lil, "Heatwave." Seriously excellent wig. As jenncho said, her dress was a little more Tina. I agreed with the judges that it wasn't quite the right song, which sort of sucked, because she really should have owned this week.
Adam, "Tracks of My Tears." Okay, he finally did something I liked a lot. I liked the look, I liked the arrangement, I liked his performance.
Danny, "Get Ready." Ugh, so much bullshit running around, so little anything interesting whatsoever. And I used to like him!
Allison, "Papa Was a Rolling Stone." I adore this song, and wow, she was amazing! Even our friend N was impressed. I think she's my favorite in the entire competition now.