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  1. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    Supposedly Queen has some interest in Adam. I'm not sure that would be best for him since his musical range exceeds what they do and the comparisons to FMercury would be unrelenting. You can't follow a legendary quarterback and not be constantly ridiculed...just can't be done (ask steve young).
  2. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    Adam definitely had to sing down to allen's level when trying to harmonize Queen. To his credit he did manage to harmonize their voices in a way I didn't think possible. It was a good performance. ATT is now denying that they ever stated that 38 million votes came from arkansas.
  3. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    AT&T supposedly reported that 38 million votes (out of almost 100 million) came from arkansas(?): Conway reacts to Kris' win - FOX16.com If that is true then AI really needs to reassess their voting process. Thats just stupid.
  4. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    Thank goodness for adam. This show would have been unwatchable without him...the ratings plunge would have been gigantic instead of the small decrease we saw. They better find someone who people will turn it on just to watch next season or I'm expecting disastrous ratings.
  5. OliverT

    The Unit: Season 4

    To convince people he had some issues. That was all that the unit had to see to "know" he was seriously disturbed and completely obsessed. Hope this series isn't done. It is a nice change of pace from the other crap out there.
  6. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    Don't really see it as pimping so much as good business. Sing order really doesn't matter by the time you hit the top 5. And even then one of those was a duet with allison. He gets more attention because he is more interesting and more talented and therefore keeps people tuned in (CHACHING!). I...
  7. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    Nah...while that might play a small role, I just can't see america voting for goliath when they have a choice. As for all the complaining about the "pimping" adam gets...does it occur to anyone that he gets that because he is that good? When someone demolishes the competition what do you...
  8. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    I think Kris will win because american LOVES the underdog and he is the mother of all underdogs in terms of talent and ability. One thing I'd like to see for the final 3 at least is for these guys to perform full songs. The Studio version of One is brilliant as adam reprises the roles of both...
  9. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    Watching it back he ripped out his right earpiece about halfway through. No idea if that was related but that song was pretty much destroyed by the background singer. I'll say that One was really good. I love that song but I've heard it so many times that I'm a bit tired of the melody so was...
  10. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    My god what happened with that background singer in Cryin? Sound mixing? Singing too loud? Made it almost unlistenable for too long. I liked heartless the best. Adam was awesome but the arrangements could have been better. Fingers crossed for adam-kris final.
  11. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

  12. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    Yeah I remember that as well. It looked like Blige didn't think Elliot deserved to be a piece of dirt on her shoe - she just kinda took over and shoved him aside. Way more awkward than the kris/danny duet last week.
  13. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    BANG! ;) You must have heard One before... YouTube - U2 - One http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_(U2_song) "The song is widely considered to be one of the band's greatest songs and is consistently featured in lists of the greatest songs of all time." Adam should kill it. Really...
  14. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    Yeah was listening closely to the differences between the two and they each have different strengths and weaknesses as vocalists. Plant has the rocker texture/graininess to his voice and Adam has a bigger range and his notes are more pure. Its kind of apples and oranges. The only real similarity...
  15. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    Not really a fair comparison or an indicator of future potential. LZ as a band is INCREDIBLE. While I'm constantly amazed by the versatility and quality of ricky minor and his band, they don't compare to the visceral vibe of a rock band like LZ performing live. I've listened to both versions of...
  16. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    Allison should have been in finals with Adam. Ah well. I'm guessing her voting block will go mostly to adam (people who like rockers and not ubiquitous whitebread performers) with a few to Kris (probably her teen supporters who think Kris is cute). Can't see any significant shift to Danny at all.
  17. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    Adam >> Allison >> Kris >>>....>>> Danny IMO you go home if you do this: YouTube - American Idol scream heard round the world! There are no words. For all the adam, taste or auditory challenged, haters who confuse singing with screaming please take note of what a scream sounds like.
  18. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    No response to adam's studio version? Damn. Its brilliant...far better than the live performance. Anyone who thinks he'd be good on broadway but wouldn't hack it in the recording studio just needs to hear that.
  19. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    I'm not typically a big fan of the studio versions of AI songs since they typically feel overproduced but just WOW: YouTube - Feeling Good ( Studio Version ) - Adam Lambert [HD]
  20. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    Still think this decision put allison into a very vulnerable situation. Another negative with using the save this week is the impact in the viewer. Once again we're going to have 7 performances in one hour with, possibly, comments from only two judges. Once again, it'll probably run overtime...
  21. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    They didn't so much waste the save as they might have just sabatoged their own competition. With two people going home next week and motivated fan bases for matt, lil and anoop (b3 tends to be a kick in the butt for fans even for contestants who have been there before), I think allison is in...
  22. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    Didn't need the lighting for Tracks of my Tears and the itunes studio recorded version of Mad World is just as amazing as the live version was... But, yeah, production and arrangement are important!
  23. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    Jules just weighed in. Good stuff: The Associated Press: 'Mad World' re-arranger praises Adam Lambert Basically how I'd put it - "Jules, 40, thinks Lambert put a signature spin on his cover-of-a-cover."
  24. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    I've always been a big fan of the Jules version (in fact its the only reason I keep a copy of the Gears of War promo on my 360 ;p). However, Adam's version was even better. Why? While Jules kept an even melancholy, haunting tone throughout his version, adam took took those same qualities and...
  25. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    The range of notes he has hit so far this season are C3->A5/B5 (ignoring "head voice" notes) which places him as a pretty rare countertenor. He doesn't have to try to be it...technically speaking he is it. Not sure about playing Christine as that requires a soprano. Freddy Mercury had a similar...
  26. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 8

    Huh. I actually found it pretty offensive as these forums go. Granted, I have mostly lurked over the years but I'm not really sure why Adam's sexuality matters or why its funny in any way. Not only that but the artistic comparison to Melinda makes no sense at all. As for the show, Another...
  27. OliverT

    Lost season 3 discussion....

    That was episode was epic. I think screen captures of the obit only show J(and then the beginning of a 'curved letter'...could be o, a, e, d, etc). I'm not saying it is sawyer but people are dismissing that possibility a bit too quickly. They tend to say Kate has to go home to him and...
  28. OliverT

    Battlestar Galactica Season 3 (Oct 06)

    Well, I think it showed the NCP backing away a bit (not running away) which is odd by itself. These guys are shown working near toasters a good bit and yet they back away in this situation? Obviously they know "something" is about to happen. 1. They know what is about to happen and are...
  29. OliverT

    Battlestar Galactica Season 3 (Oct 06)

    Ugh...that would make me cringe. ot
  30. OliverT

    American Idol - Season 5

    I have to agree. I don't care how good the song (SOtR) was last week - HUGE deductions for singing it 7 days later. Same arrangement as well? BLAH...incredibly boring. For this reason alone Taylor also "won" round 2 IMO. Taylor should win it going away. The "real" top 3 in my book were...
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