2011 has been a pretty blah year musically, but I somehow managed to scrape together a couple of lists for you. First up, the 20 songs that I loved most in 2011. Including a country song, a Rihanna song, and Eurovision.
Yes, you can take my cool person card away now.
My darling friend Lori. We had David Cook, rock and roll, and deep love for each other. So I know that this video would have made her squee with delight. DC, kids, and Bon Jovi.
Just a moment of real sadness for the day. Then I remember she’s kick my ass for being mopey.
I think Idol critics mistaken the word “star” for something completely different than what I believe it means. “Star” doesn’t mean Madonna. It means someone who has a loyal and rabid fan base that does consistently well. Kelly and Carrie may have exceeded the expectations, but need I remind you that both had rather mediocre début albums. Kelly made her name on her second album, and Carrie was saved from country obscurity by “Before He Cheats”, which crossed over by being a great song.
David Cook’s major label, Idol champion album was a really good record, and it went platinum in a world where platinum once again is a difficult thing to achieve. He also pulled a Kelly and demanded more of an input on his follow-up. As I am a huge fan of his before-Idol indie release Analog Heart, I was excited. As much as I loved David Cook, the rush to make the Christmas market left me wondering about some of the choices. As great as “Light On”, “Bar-Ba-Sol”, and “Come Back To Me” are, there are unworthy songs that haven’t sat well with me years after the initial rush. I trust David’s judgement for the most part, and I hope the natural evolution of Idol winners careers gives me a superior album.
The show was completely worthless except for the fact David Cook sang and it was awesome. And Stefano went home finally and that was awesome. And it looks as though Jacob and Haley are next in the go home queue.
Other than that- nada.
Well, this. This is always fantastic.
Yeah. Some things just make sense to me, and that does.
Lacey went home instead of hellish Tim Urban ( oh, guess who’s my Gokey-Sanjaya!!!!). I can’t say it was a wrong choice, because Lacey was terrible. Still, I have to put up with UrbanHell for another week, so I’m still gonna be cranky.
Orianthi performed, and she seems pleasant enough as a rocker girl with a guitar, but I didn’t find her song all that special. The less said about Ke$ha, the better. ( How did this girl get a record contract?)
No, last night was all about the opening performance. Eschewing, thankfully, the group number, Idol brought back David Cook to rock out on “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and made me smile for the first time this season. Everyone has an Idol contestant that makes them happy. David Cook is mine. He sounded fantastic, and he’ll be back for Idol Gives Back later this year.
The only thing left to say is that the elimination shows are still ten minutes worth of material stretched out over an hour. Basically, I waste my time watching this crap.
