American Idol... C'mon, fess up - who's watching??? - Page 3 - Guitars101

TopJimmy78 · 05-20-2005, 07:29 AM

I have watched it this entire season and man Bo fkin rocks, he has impressed the shit out of me, that dude can sing in any style and man to sing in front of a national television audience acapella like that takes some fkin guts, dude is fkin versatile and has got stage presence, he just looks like he is at home up on stage!!

**joeydahlia** · 05-20-2005, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by TopJimmy78

I have watched it this entire season and man Bo fkin rocks, he has impressed the shit out of me, that dude can sing in any style and man to sing in front of a national television audience acapella like that takes some fkin guts, dude is fkin versatile and has got stage presence, he just looks like he is at home up on stage!!

He rocks alright,he was arrested for doing rocks...lol

Go buy his cd when it comes out...

JoeyDahlia

**KC_ArtRocker** · 05-20-2005, 09:52 AM

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DuDe no real rocker would ever do that. it just a joke on us (the public..)

do you really think bo can sing???

Bo wins they make money on top 3 if Bo had lost they make money on top 2

why do you think rubben beat out clay..it just a scam...

JoeyDahlia

Dahlia, you've got some paranoid schizophrenia going on. What's up with all the conspiracy theory stuff? I don't think it is a big secret that people are wanting to make money off this show. Pretty soon you'll be claiming that Ryan Seacrest is secretly working for the C.I.A.

**joeydahlia** · 05-20-2005, 09:55 AM

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Dahlia, you've got some paranoid schizophrenia going on. What's up with all the conspiracy theory stuff? I don't think it is a big secret that people are wanting to make money off this show. Pretty soon you'll be claiming that Ryan Seacrest is secretly working for the C.I.A.

Well it's just a scam,why were all the other rockers tossed away like trash..

How could that not bother you...

Joey Dahlia

**KC_ArtRocker** · 05-20-2005, 10:25 AM

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Well it's just a scam,why were all the other rockers tossed away like trash..

How could that not bother you...

Joey Dahlia

Not sure which other rockers you are referring to? Constantine made it pretty far.

**joeydahlia** · 05-20-2005, 11:33 AM

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Not sure which other rockers you are referring to? Constantine made it pretty far.

hahahaha,

I am talking about all the rockers on Idol from the start who were told,

we are looking for a pop star..and all the little rockers were tossed into the dumpster...

JoeyDahlia

TopJimmy78 · 05-20-2005, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by joeydahlia

He rocks alright,he was arrested for doing rocks...lol

Go buy his cd when it comes out...

JoeyDahlia

I am planning on it!!

Goport · 05-20-2005, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by joeydahlia

hahahaha,

I am talking about all the rockers on Idol from the start who were told,

we are looking for a pop star..and all the little rockers were tossed into the dumpster...

JoeyDahlia

Hiya lil' joe!! I am glad to see you are relaxing your practice schedule to allow for tv and golf.

Goport · 05-20-2005, 01:30 PM

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Yeah, you might want to check him out sometime on American Idol. He is a cock-smoke most of the time....unnecessarily so. If I were on American Idol, I would wait for him to give his usual "you could barely score a gig singing Karaoke in a hotel lobby," and I would have to reply, "oh really, because your commentaries sound like the opening act of open-mic night at the corner comedy club."

Update - I just caught 10 minutes of AI and I still think SC is on the money - I saw Bo for the first time singing "I can't Get No Satisfaction" and he said the earlier performances were better (and my wife assusred me they were). He also said his version of ICGNS was "just a bit of fluff ... like her" (referring to Paula) which made me laugh so much my wife sent me back into the studio. He was on form imo.

Now, to put it in perspective, the UK version of this program was full of saccarine fools and SC was the only one to cut through the bullshit. Exporting him, Like Ann Robinson (weakest link) takes the humour out of context and it doesn't always work in the US. From what I saw it was the generic SC being brutally honest. I guess it doesn't travel well - but if he has got you guys hating him I am sure he is happy

wahwah · 05-20-2005, 03:57 PM

Of all the shit that happened with the 'Pop Idol' shows, at least we got the best r 'n b voice for 20 years to come out of it. Stand up Lamarr. Awesome singer and prolly one of the truest voices NOT to win in this hyped up programme and still have a very LONG career.

Stiglar · 05-20-2005, 04:26 PM

I have to say simon pretty much always cuts through the crap and is harsh when things need to be said . alot of the time the other judges are just too nice ... I'm with goport on this one !

**stingx** · 05-20-2005, 05:11 PM

I find myself agreeing with Simon most of the time. I am the sort who likes people like Simon who don't sugar coat things and are consistant. My wife likes the show and I find myself watching it with here and I think Bo is a pretty damn good singer.

**KC_ArtRocker** · 05-20-2005, 05:16 PM

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I have to say simon pretty much always cuts through the crap and is harsh when things need to be said . alot of the time the other judges are just too nice ... I'm with goport on this one !

Ok, let me get very specific here in what my point is, as i think that we may agree on certain things more than seems apparent. I won't argue against the value of Simon cutting through the crap to get to the truth. I agree, he is often-times the only one of the three (in the US version) to offer up the truth when someone is sub-par. I too appreciate when he tells it like it is when it needs to be done. But what i watched last night completely sealed my opinion of Simon Cowell AS A HUMAN BEING.

There was some special on last night in conjunction with American Idol called (something like) "Idol's Worst Auditions." As the name implies, this show featured the worst of the William Hungs. This featured clips from Idol auditions all over the world. Simon was a judge in every one of them. What I witnessed was not a person acting as an assertive talent scout trying to merely sift through people to find the gold nuggets, but a person who appeared to take personal pleasure in slashing people to the ground, even people who were obviously kind of fragile and vulnerable to such slicing commentary. They would show Simon saying something so completely unnecessary (even after the person auditioning already got the point that he/she was not going to make it through) and then they would show the person's face, which was filled with suicide-like terror, and then go back to Simon's face and he was just staring them down like it was a personal vendetta. The look on these people's faces prior to Simon getting in his last words was something like "Well shit, I thought I was pretty good, but apparently I might not be. Although I'm disappointed, life goes on." After Simon threw in his final commentary their facial expressions were more like "I am going to find the first private location in this building and slice my wrist up with the closest sharp object I can find." Before last night's special, I just thought that he was annoyingly over-critical, hyper-subjective and pompous, but what I saw last night really affected me and my opinion of him. He struck me as borderline evil in his motivation. I agree that some people obviously need to just be told...point-blank...that they are not fit for a singing career. But his commentary is so over-the-top sometimes, in conjunction with the look on his face, that I've got to wonder about the nature of his motivation. Even my girlfriend opted to turn it off after this one incident where the person auditioning (a seemingly nice and genuine person) had received negative reviews from the judges, and clearly got the point that he was not going to make it. He even started to turn and walk out of the audition room, and Simon stopped him to point out that he was the worst singer in the entire world (he reinforced it by stating it a couple of times) and that no one would ever buy an album by him. The look in Simon's eyes was so sinister...and the look in this guy's face was so torn-to-shreds that we both turned off the TV and were done with that show. It wasn't funny anymore, it was just plain dark.

Fortunately....to end on a good note....Simon's pompousness DID cause me to turn off the TV and go down into my studio to jam out some tunage, so I guess at least ONE positive did surface from that bafoon.

**stingx** · 05-20-2005, 05:26 PM

KC it's all done for the ratings. You cannot tell how ANYONE is based on how they are on TV. He may very well be the world's biggest douche IRL but on TV he is how the network wants he to be. As for those people auditioning, if you had to sit through thousands of William Hung-like talents, you'd be acting pretty similar. You need thick skin to be a performer. If you can't take the heat then get out of the kitchen, as they say

**KC_ArtRocker** · 05-20-2005, 05:37 PM

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KC it's all done for the ratings. You cannot tell how ANYONE is based on how they are on TV. He may very well be the world's biggest douche IRL but on TV he is how the network wants he to be. As for those people auditioning, if you had to sit through thousands of William Hung-like talents, you'd be acting pretty similar. You need thick skin to be a performer. If you can't take the heat then get out of the kitchen, as they say

That's a fair commentary, StingX. Perhaps it would be more succint to say that the persona that Simon reflects on AI is not someone that I endorse or would ever associate myself with.

05-20-2005, 07:29 AM	#31
TopJimmy78 PinkyAppleBuns Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 6,009	I have watched it this entire season and man Bo fkin rocks, he has impressed the shit out of me, that dude can sing in any style and man to sing in front of a national television audience acapella like that takes some fkin guts, dude is fkin versatile and has got stage presence, he just looks like he is at home up on stage!! __________________ Do you use your powers for good or awesome? The Whatchamacallit is a superior candy bar :rock: Shipwreck the sun, I'm on your side An army of one, onward we'll ride And whisper your songs, birds to the air We'll bury all of our burdens there--Audioslave "Heaven's Dead" That shit right here is soo good, it will make you go home and slap yo momma--Mandy Love on some southern cooking

05-20-2005, 03:57 PM	#40
wahwah Ear Candy Distributor Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: High Wycombe in leafy Bucks. Posts: 10,658	Of all the shit that happened with the 'Pop Idol' shows, at least we got the best r 'n b voice for 20 years to come out of it. Stand up Lamarr. Awesome singer and prolly one of the truest voices NOT to win in this hyped up programme and still have a very LONG career. __________________ "Purveyor of Home Cooked Tone since 1978 or thereabouts" www.blackrose-rockband.co.uk www.chris-watson.com http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...?bandID=251339

05-20-2005, 05:11 PM	#42
stingx Napoleon Dynamite Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Land of Cement Shoes Posts: 4,664	I find myself agreeing with Simon most of the time. I am the sort who likes people like Simon who don't sugar coat things and are consistant. My wife likes the show and I find myself watching it with here and I think Bo is a pretty damn good singer. __________________ Calling me a "guitarist" is like calling Jeffrey Dahmer a chef. My Soundclick Website

05-20-2005, 05:26 PM	#44
stingx Napoleon Dynamite Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Land of Cement Shoes Posts: 4,664	KC it's all done for the ratings. You cannot tell how ANYONE is based on how they are on TV. He may very well be the world's biggest douche IRL but on TV he is how the network wants he to be. As for those people auditioning, if you had to sit through thousands of William Hung-like talents, you'd be acting pretty similar. You need thick skin to be a performer. If you can't take the heat then get out of the kitchen, as they say __________________ Calling me a "guitarist" is like calling Jeffrey Dahmer a chef. My Soundclick Website

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05-20-2005, 04:26 PM	#41
Stiglar Crazy Admin Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,165	I have to say simon pretty much always cuts through the crap and is harsh when things need to be said . alot of the time the other judges are just too nice ... I'm with goport on this one !

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