American Idol: And Then There Were Six - Part Deux
I experience like we’ve been here before. Well, we kinda were. Last week, American Idol used the first Judges’ Save ever and extended the sentience of one Matt Giraud. So, this week, we have all seven contestants again.
I expected last night’s Disco Theme to be a Donna Summer / Bee Gees spectacular, and I was half right. Of the seven remaining contestants, three of them gave their best shot at a Donna Summer euphony. A couple were very good, one was OK at best. We also heard a Bee Gees track, an Earth, Wind and Fire hit, and a Yvonne Ellman prototypical, completely redone. Overall, I thought the whole night went pretty well, at least it was much better than last weeks’ uninspired performances by almost everyone.
Here is how I saw last night’s performances, ranked best to worst:
1. Kris Allen – Kris took Donna Summer’s master-work hit She Works Hard For Her Money, and changed the entire arrangement. He sang it with acoustic guitar in hand, accompanied by congo drums and a pair of other instruments. Kris took a big chance, going “unplugged” like that, but it definitely paid off. Moving creativity. One could easily hear Jack Johnson or Jason Mraz singing this song like this.
2. Adam Lambert – First, I have to say that it was very knotty deciding numbers 1 and 2 this week. I’m very tempted to call Adam’s performance 1A instead of 2. Like Kris, Adam took his bother choice, Yvonne Ellman’s If I Can’t Have You, and completely redefined it. He slowed down the tempo and you could almost feel his pain and sorrow while he sang. You have to inclination the combination of power and control that Adam displays week after week. Very Freddie Mercury-like in that consideration. Plus, he made Paula cry, yet again.
3. Allison Iraheta – Allison took the disco standard Hot Stuff, by Donna Summer and gave it the lurch edge treatment, which is quickly becoming her trademark. It really is a credit to her that she can take almost any song and rough it up, while still allowing the original rapt of the song to remain intact. She has great originality, all the more impressive because of her age.
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