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| Posted by: fuscia | | What songs would you like to hear the contestants sing? I loved hearing "Just Once".  | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: Larke2000 | | you mean other than "ice, ice baby"?
i'd love to hear "i'll be" if it's done right. Josh, the marine from last year, did it justice. so far i haven't seen any of the guys that could pull it off in the style that i like it. with that slight southern twang. | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: Lawless | | I would like to see some different genres/styles sung, by ALL contestants.
When they are down to the finals... I want them to have to do a country night, a disco night, a jazz night, etc...
I want to hear the different styles, because that will show if they can sing, or if they just have talent to do that one song. Know what I'm saying??? | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: tcb16 | | id like to see past some past idol stars come back and sing old hits. have kelly sing some whitney houston songs, ruben do some old school motown, and justin gaurini and RJ Helton sing a duet togethor (maybe on RJ's new cd?) | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: fuscia | | Wouldn't it be great when they get down to the top 5 or so, to have them sing the same songs? Have the guys sing one song, the girls another as part of the night.
Add to my list
"My All" by Mariah Carey I love that song  | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: mystic | |
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fuscia said this in post #6 :
Wouldn't it be great when they get down to the top 5 or so, to have them sing the same songs? |
Yes it would! And I think it would be a more fair assessment of the talent.
I think I would like to hear some songs by Chicago or Bread, etc.....something not too old, but not too new.
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| Posted by: oldbutafan | | Right now I'm having a hard time picking specific songs, and I have a tendency to lean towards oldies, so I'll shut up about that for now.
Importantly, I would like to hear THEIR interpretation of the songs they choose and not them copying the original artists' delivery.
I also still agree about them all singing the same songs at least with the final 2 or 3. It would be a great way to sort it out, and a very interesting challenge if their styles vary significantly.
I'm going to take a stab here and say if Paul McCartney is a guest judge there will be Beatle's songs. Even, if he can't make it as a judge, I'm predicting a Beatle's "Tribute" at some point. | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: mystic | |
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oldbutafan said this in post #8 :
Right now I'm having a hard time picking specific songs, and I have a tendency to lean towards oldies, so I'll shut up about that for now.
Importantly, I would like to hear THEIR interpretation of the songs they choose and not them copying the original artists' delivery.
I also still agree about them all singing the same songs at least with the final 2 or 3. It would be a great way to sort it out, and a very interesting challenge if their styles vary significantly.
I'm going to take a stab here and say if Paul McCartney is a guest judge there will be Beatle's songs. Even, if he can't make it as a judge, I'm predicting a Beatle's "Tribute" at some point. |
I LOVE the beatles...but to be perfectly honest...I dont think anyone could sing those songs the way they want them to...at least not at the pop standard they are looking for...there are a few, I admit, that could be, but I dont know...
Maybe McCartney and Wings songs would be better choices for them to sing...does that make sense?
Oh...but I agree Id like to hear more of their own interpretation of the songs chosen.
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| Posted by: fuscia | | Nothing wrong with oldies. I love them. I just want to see someone take an oldie and make it their own, like Clay did with Bridge Over Troubled Water. OMG he was so awesome. I wish I had bought the single.  | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: Old Scout | |
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fuscia said this in post #6 :
Wouldn't it be great when they get down to the top 5 or so, to have them sing the same songs? Have the guys sing one song, the girls another as part of the night. |
I'd really like to see that format for at least one of the final nights. Maybe when they're down to five or six left, as you said. I'd also like to see more than one theme night.
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| Posted by: okmkenny | | I'm a fan of the Beatles. Definitely I would say yes to a 'tribute'. If Paul were to be a judge, a lot of people would attempt their 'Yesterday's, 'Hey Jude's and 'Imagine's.
I'd love to see someone sing 'Here, There and Everywhere'. It's not an easy song, one can definitely tell if a contestant is a good singer or not with this song. | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: Poodle65 | |
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mystic said this in post #9 :
I LOVE the beatles...but to be perfectly honest...I dont think anyone could sing those songs the way they want them to...at least not at the pop standard they are looking for...there are a few, I admit, that could be, but I dont know...
Maybe McCartney and Wings songs would be better choices for them to sing...does that make sense?
Oh...but I agree Id like to hear more of their own interpretation of the songs chosen. |
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| Posted by: oldbutafan | | There are sooooooo many songs that the Beatles either performed -- many they wrote, (especially John and Paul), and others that were written for them.
Monday was the 40th Anniversary of the Beatles' appearance on the Ed Sullivan show ( yikes ! ) and there are Beatles Tributes everwhere.
okmkenny ... Welcome  to INReview. You mentioned "Here, There ..." and I agree that's would be a great song choice. ( BTW, I would also love to hear Clay sing that one.) | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: Old Scout | |
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old_scout said this in post #11 :
I'd really like to see that format for at least one of the final nights. Maybe when they're down to five or six left, as you said. I'd also like to see more than one theme night.
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Oh, I forgot to mention some songs. Well, I'd like to hear them sing songs that are among my own favorites, songs that are easily recognizable by the audience but are not heard a lot, and songs that allow them to show their talent and range.
For the guys, I'd have them sing songs from Simon & Garfunkle. For the gals, songs from The Carpenters.
Specific examples? Hmmm. How about "An American Dream" for the guys and "The Rainbow Connection" for the gals?
"The Rainbow Connection", written by Paul Williams, is a pretty unique choice because American audiences mostly associate it with Judy Collins and very few (or none) of the female contestants would be able to sing it in her key. Karen Carpenter DID record it but it never got onto one of their hit albums. It has been released on CD in Japan but not here. Karen's voice is at the other end of the range from Judy's. The contestants would have plenty of room to create their own version somewhere in between.
"American Dream" was written by Paul Simon, of course, but was never one of their big hits. The song has been used in a couple of movies, including his own One Trick Pony and even a Ken Burns documentary (about the Statue of Liberty) but it never got widespread airplay. It would be a good test of their vocal range and talent.
Old Scout
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| Posted by: fuscia | | The Rainbow Connection? I associate that with Kermit the Frog. We must be thinking of different songs.  | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: oldbutafan | | I didn't know of another "Rainbow Connection" either, but I always liked most anything Karen Carpenter sang ... ( Maybe her brother would be a good guest judge.)
The only "American Dream" I recall is the version "The Engineer" sings in Miss Saigon | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: Old Scout | |
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fuscia said this in post #16 :
The Rainbow Connection? I associate that with Kermit the Frog. We must be thinking of different songs. |
No, Fuscia, that's the same song.
It was sung by Kermit in The Muppet Movie but Judy Collins took it high onto the Billboard charts afterwards and released it on only one of her albums. Judy's version is VERY good.
Quite a few artists have recorded it but not a lot of people have heard Karen Carpenter's version because it has never been released in this country. Paul Williams actually wrote it with Karen in mind.
Old Scout
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| Posted by: Old Scout | |
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oldbutafan said this in post #17 :
I didn't know of another "Rainbow Connection" either, but I always liked most anything Karen Carpenter sang ... ( Maybe her brother would be a good guest judge.)
The only "American Dream" I recall is the version "The Engineer" sings in Miss Saigon |
I'm sorry, Oldbutafan & Others .............
My memory is not what it used to be. Sometimes I trust it too much and come up short. Like now.
The correct name of the Paul Simon song is "American TUNE", not American Dream.
Here is a link for the lyrics:
http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/p...rican_tune.html
And here's a site where you can listen to a MIDI version of the tune (the melody is by Bach):
http://sglyrics.myrmid.com/midi.htm
Old Scout
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| Posted by: fuscia | | Kenny Loggins did a great rendition of Rainbow Connection as well. I sing that song to my kids. | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: JPLs_hot | | i think i'd like to hear JPL sing Hey ya by Outkast....and guess what? at the AI3 season tour he does!! | | Reply To this Message
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