Thursday, February 7, 2008

american idol thoughts #2

last night was the last of the auditions - best of the best and worst of the worst. there werent as many really horribly bad people this year as i seem to remeber from past seasons. most of the people who auditioned for the judges were either horribly bad and in costume and there for entertainment value only, decently good or better and on their way to hollywood or hopelessly delusional about their own talent. and 95% of these people were let down gently and left without the screaming, threatening and cursing i also feel was more rampant in past seasons. maybe they just edited it out this year? the judges were nicer in general and the contestants were more mellow.

hollywood week = drama according to the previews. we will see. there have been some interesting moments in the past.



here is what i am struggling with. last night they showed a girl who sang some song and sucked then came back and sang a dolly parton song decently well and was put through. grandma shane would be proud, from what i have heard. jeremy said she looooved dolly. the song was islands in the stream which i have never heard before. however, somewhere in the depths of my brain the lyrics were floating around but not exactly how ms. parton sang them.



this is some r&b song from the 90s and they kinda sampled the song but changed some of the words and i feel like i am taking crazy pills. does anyone know what song this is?

something something something, that is what we are lalalalalala fly away with me to another world, we will rely on each other oh oh oh from one something to another oh oh...



anyone? help? next thing you know i will be shaving my head and speaking with a british accent if someone doesnt stop the madness!



also, it isnt cool to date both of a set of twin brothers. just a little tidbit. not that i know from experience (i love you shane but just not like that) but the twin brothers (in their matching clothes - hello! they are 25 not 5. ick) and their girlfriend last night seemed a little off. the most expression they had the whole night was when they told the camera they had told her she was better than she actually was so she would embarrass herself. nice loving well adjusted family? i think not.

6 comments:

annaO said...

That 90's r&b song? actually the dolly parton song, remade. she originally sang it.

islands in the stream, that is what we are, fly away with me, to another place, we rely on each other woah woah.

californiameaghan said...

i know that she sang the dolly parton song but i know the remake and i am trying to figure out what the remake is. because in the nineties r&b song, they words arent islands in the stream.

Anonymous said...

It was originally Dolly, but remade by Babs Striesand and Kenny Rogers. This was the version most commonly on the radio. And I'm really surprised you don't know this song, little muffin, cuz it was one of your grandmother's faves!!!
I'm just sayin'

Anonymous said...

If you get the name of the song I am looking for it too. It is not the Dolly Parton one like you said...I heard that p;enty in the '80's. This is the one that came out in the late '90's and was some type of r&b. No Kenny or Dolly or Babs involved in this remake what so ever... came out around the same time as I'll Be Missing You, which was played to the same tune as "Every Breath You Take" by The Police.

Anonymous said...

It's me again...I adore Wikipedia..The song is Ghetto Spastar (That is what you are) by Pras, featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard and Mýa.

Hope that helps!

Anonymous said...

spelling error: Ghetto Supastar