I'm not talking about the sad state of affairs on Congress or any of the other things that can get one so downhearted and frustrated these days. No, I am talking about something much more serious.
This year's "bad" auditions are almost over on American Idol, with just some next week, and let me just say that I am extremely disappointed with what I have been seeing. Don't get me wrong, there were some weirdos and oddballs, but they just aren't getting me excited. I don't have the same level of schadenfreude that I usually get. What I enjoy most about these first few weeks of every season is the "how do they live?" people. The ones where you wonder how they wake up in the morning and dress themselves and feed themselves and interact with other people. This season I just kind of feel bad for them because they aren't mostly just bizarro people, but people who are truly pitiful.
So with that in mind I thought I would share with you a classy YouTube, but I can't embed it so you are going to have to just have to click the link. This is actually a classy YouTube with no irony intended. Here is another one, that isn't as good a song or as good a video as the other.
Oh, and this means that American Idol blogging at The Misspent Life is officially BACK, babe.
The Gay Nazi? Ernst Roehm, eat your heart out.
Posted by: Donny Osmond | 25 January 2007 at 23:17
I'd like to hear King Taylor's opinion about this season's talent.
Posted by: Card's wife | 26 January 2007 at 03:14
The King has not yet condescended to watch. He's been too busy catching the Charlie's Angels reruns. When the competition gets fierce, trust that he will weigh in with his regal verdict.
Posted by: King Taylor | 26 January 2007 at 03:25
Well, if Simon's comments are any indication, King Taylor is probably not watching. One of the guys in Memphis--with the weird goatee--sang really good blues and Simon said something like "he ran rings around Taylor."
Posted by: Misspent | 26 January 2007 at 05:01
No one with a weird goatee runs anything around the King. Except perhaps his dinner on a platter.
Posted by: KT | 26 January 2007 at 05:02
Never let it be said that you can't speak or sing German with an awful nasal accent. That video is proof that you can.
Posted by: Khaki | 26 January 2007 at 05:04
That's because that ass, Simon, still feels like a fool for his initial incorrect assessment of Taylor and his abilities.
And I'll bet YOU'RE still smarting from the moody Kathrine's defeat. That and the fact that she ended up to be such a jerk.
Posted by: Donny Osmond | 26 January 2007 at 05:09
May I just say one thing?
"I don't mean to be rude, but... What.The.Bloody.Hell.Was.That?" (Simon Cowell voice)
Posted by: rannva | 27 January 2007 at 12:27
Schnappi is feeling completely upstaged.
Posted by: Khaki | 27 January 2007 at 21:50
That is Max Raabe, one of the best German acts out there! I think he is tops!
Don't tempt me with the Schnapp.
Posted by: Misspent | 28 January 2007 at 10:52
There is something to be said for his enunciation skills. Americans are definitely too lazy for that kind of lip smacking and tongue twisting stuff! Plus most of them can't roll their Rs (which would instantly send them to special ed if they lived in a country that required rollig R skills...)
Posted by: rannva | 28 January 2007 at 12:10
Yes, those rolled r's, it's one of the qualities that keep you watching even though you're repulsed. Kind of like not being able to take your eyes off a car accident in progress.
Posted by: Card | 29 January 2007 at 06:48
Speaking of which, I would like to publicly state my disappointment that YouTube does not have any good versions of I Will Wait For You from the Umbrellas of Cherbourg. The only one I could find was a rather horrid rendition of poor quality by Liza Manelli. Ugh.
Posted by: Misspent | 29 January 2007 at 10:08
Also, it is impossible to find a good version on iTunes.
Posted by: Misspent | 29 January 2007 at 10:08