Missy Schwartz and I try to create a six-song set list that won’t turn the Idol stage into a hot honeyed mess. Check out our picks for Jason, Carly, Brooke, ballad-crazy Syesha, and the two Davids, then suggest your own!
Apr 22
2008
12:41 PM ET
What should the Idols sing for Andrew Lloyd Webber night?
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I laughed out loud at your (not so subliminal) pairing of Carly’s photo with “Superstar” blaring in the background. Babbling Brooke could do well with “I don’t know how to love him”
I think Jason would be great on “Any Dream Will Do” from Joseph. And, although it’s one of my favorite songs when Donny Osmond sings it, “Close Every Door” (also from Joseph) needs to stay far from the Idol stage – unless David Cook somehow rocks it would (which, actually, would be awesome).
I think Jason would be great on “Any Dream Will Do” from Joseph. And, although it’s one of my favorite songs when Donny Osmond sings it, “Close Every Door” (also from Joseph) needs to stay far from the Idol stage – unless David Cook somehow rocks it out (which, actually, would be awesome).
You convinced me. I need to just skip this week. I have never been less excited about an Idol theme.
I wish one of the ladies would tackle “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again.” Great song and captures a real emotion.
Erin put together a full list of options for all the Final Sixers with youtube clips and all. Pretty thorough.
http://www.wildbluffmedia.com/2008/04/21/american-idol-season-7-jesus-joseph-evitas-phantom-cats-of-sunset-boulevard/
What a waste of 7 minutes of my life that I will never get back. The choices were awful, the commentary all retreads. I want my 7 minutes back. But lesson learned, no more Idolatry
I don’t know show tunes and I don’t like show tunes and I don’t care about show tunes. About 97% of the audience would probably agree with me. More obscure, SLOW, dramatic songs. Grrrrreat.
Dude, you guys should not have even tried to pick songs this week. Almost all of your choices were from 2 shows! I actually think David Cook has the easiest choice this week since a lot of ALW is rock.
Dude, you guys should not have even tried to pick songs this week. Almost all of your choices were from 2 shows! I actually think David Cook has the easiest choice this week since a lot of ALW is rock.
I, for one, am looking forward to an infinitely higher class of songwriting compared to last week’s forgettable fare. Surprised that tunes from “The Phantom” aren’t being mentioned.
i agree that the fewer ballads, the better this week. but having said that, i want to see david cook show off his voice and actually *not* mess with the arrangement of whatever he chooses. to that end, i’d love to hear him do “love changes everything” from Aspects of Love.
it would make me so happy if no one did “memory”, but rumor has it that’s not the case. *sigh*
who wants to take bets on how cranky simon is tonight? he just LOVES the show tunes.
sorry RTA, but i would not put ALW on that high class of songwriting. i think a lot of his songwriting is trite. his shows were all spectacle. and while there are a few ballads that are pretty (“memory,” “love changes everything,” “any dream will do,” “i don’t know how to love him”), i don’t think he’s the best representation of what broadway can do. now if it was stephen sondheim night, then we’d REALLY see some fantastic songwriting…
this was not a good week for you two to be offering song choice advice. You clearly have no real working knowledge of the ALW songbook – that has hundreds of beautiful songs to choose from – not just the tired retreads from Evita and JCS.
kelley crowledy, at this point in the competition the more popular the song, the better the singer does. so those old retreads that everyone knows are the better choices than some obscure gem from 1979.