Songs picks for the contestants

American Idol: Season 5 Forum

Okay, I was working on a list of songs, for the remaining 10 contestants, and what I think would be good choices for them... or, just a song that I would like to hear them sing. If you're willing, please do the same.

I will do some picks for Taylor since I am part of the Soul Patrol

Taylor:

*Desperado- the Eagles
*Everytime you go away
*Georgia- he does the best Georgia since RC
*She's Gone- Hall & Oats
*Here without you- 3 doors down

other SPFans want
All About Soul-Billy Joel
Any Rod Stewart


Elliott-

*Home-Brian McKnight

CHRIS


• How You Remind Me - Nickelback
  
• Bent - Matchbox 20
  
• Jumper - Third Eye Blind
  
• You and Me - Lifehouse
  
• Jaded - Aerosmith
  
• Be Like That - 3 Doors Down
  
• Arms Wide Open - Creed
  
• I'm A Believer - Smash Mouth
  
• Bad Day - Fuel
  
• Because of You - Nickelback
  
• One Song Glory - Rent (Broadway night)
  
• Shameless - Garth Brooks (Country night)
  
  MANDISA
  
  
• Survivor - Destiny's Child
  
• All For You - Janet Jackson
  
• Angel of Mine - Monica
  
• He Wasn't Enough Man - Toni Braxton
  
• Fine - Whitney Houston
  
• More Than A Woman - Aaliyah
  
• A New Day Has Come - Celine Dion
  
• Bootylicious - Destiny's Child
  
• There Words - Natasha Bedingfield
  
• Out Tonight - Rent (Broadway night) (She would bring the house down with this)
  
  TAYLOR
  
  
• Hook - Blues Traveler
  
• Still of the Heart - Lenny Kravitz
  
• Steal My Kisses - Ben Harper/Innocent Criminals
  
• Meet Virginia - Train (I think that he would be AMAZING on this one)
  
• This Time Around - Hanson
  
  KATHARINE
  
  
• Believe - Cher
  
• Angel - Sarah McLachlan
  
• Here With Me - Dido
  
• Breathless - The Corrs (She would bring down the house with this)
  
• Underneath Your Clothes - Shakira
  
• Stay - Lisa Loeb
  
• One My Own - Les Mes (Broadway night)
  
  ACE
  
  
• Sugar, We're Going Down - Fall Out Boy
  
• I Knew I Loved You - Savage Garden
  
• Everything You Want - Vertical Horizon
  
• Someday - Sugar Ray
  
• Smooth - Santana/Rob Thomas
  
• This I Promise You - N'Sync
  
  ELLIOTT
  
  
• U Got It Bad - Usher
  
• More Than That - Backstreet Boys
  
• Deep Inside Of You - Third Eye Blind
  
• Escape - Enrique Iglesias
  
• Just Want You To Know - Backstreet Boys
  
• Fix You - Coldplay
  
• I Belong To You - Lenny Kravitz
  
• My Girl
  
• How Deep Is Your Love - Saturday Night Fever (Broadway night)
  
• I'll Cover You (Reprise) - Rent (Broadway night)
  
  KELLIE
  
  
• This Kiss - Faith Hill
  
• Behind These Hazel Eyes - Kelly Clarkson
  
• Listen To Your Heart - D.H.T./Edimee
  
• Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know - Britney Spears
  
• A Little Bit - Jessica Simpson
  
  LISA
  
  
• Never Had A Dream Come True - S Club 7
  
• Crush - Mandy Moore
  
• What A Girl Wants - Christina Aguilera
  
• Tell Me How You Feel - Joy Enriquez
  
• Don't Say Goodbye - Paulina Rubio
  
  BUCKY
  
  
• You'll Think of Me - Keith Urban
  
• This Little Girl - Jon Michael Montgomery
  
• God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You - N'Sync
  
• Bless This Broken Road - Rascal Flatts
  
  PARIS
  
  
• Candy - Mandy Moore
  
• I Try - Macy Gray
  
• Almost Doesn't Count - Brandy
  
• A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton
  
  

I agree with you about Chris' voice. It's just so raw. But, I don't think that he's the only good one there.

What other songs can you think of that he would sound good doing, mystic?

Wait what is the theme tonight?

songs of the 21st century. Nice to see you in the AI forum PC.

Chris should sing...

ding ding ding ding

How You Remind Me - Nickelback

I was listening to my iPod today, and this song came on, and I was just sitting here, picturing Chris singing it.

Something To Believe In - Poison

Well I think you have good song choices for everyone. Last night I wasn't surprised that Taylor did "A Crazy Thing Called Love." I told my mom last week that would be a good one for him.

For Chris...
I have thought...
Nickleback.."Someday"

Next week - Rod Stewart classics. Tune in everybody and listen to some REAL music for a refreshing change!

Mystic.... EXACTLY! Each person has a preference, and that doesn't mean that one kind of music is better than another... or that Rod Stewart is "real" music, where as Queen wasn't! Queen has amazing music.... and it's very real.

I hope that we have some great performances with Rod Stewart's music though... because it could be really good, or really boring and drab.

I would LOVE to hear these songs... and I might pick multiple for one person... and not put another's name down, at all.

Maggie May (Taylor)
Forever Young (Elliott)
I Don't Wanna Talk About It (Chris)
Have I Told You Lately
So Far Away (Katharine)
The First Cut Is The Deepest (Chris)
This Old Heart of Mine
Tonight's The Night (Ace)
Young Turks (Chris)

Ladies, Rod is far from my favorite. I don't care all that much for a lot of what he sings other than the standards that they will be doing next week. I meant to put the accent on the music itself, not Rod's singing.

As always, I respect your varying tastes, but is it okay if I continue to hate that kind of "music"?

It's totally okay, AZ. That's why there are so many different styles of music. Because people have different likes, and dislikes.

I dont know what I want them to sing now. I think they could have done without Rod Stewart.

I would like to have maybe seen them do someone a little different...I just dont know what.

I think Heart music might have been a good choice. Heart has so many different sounds. They have rock, ballads, etc.

Yeah...Heart would have been a good choice for any of them to sing.

I wouldnt mind seeing Ann or Nancy Wilson come on AI and help out.

That's an AWESOME idea, mystic!!!

I'm a pretty big fan of Heart. I keep a lot of their songs on my iPod, and listen to them quite frequently.

I think that Katharine would do unbelievably great singing one of their songs.

I happen to be a Rod Stewart fan and think the change of pace will give us all achance to hear how good the remaining wanabees can really sing.

His music is varied enough to have a lot of different songs.

HOWEVER IF They are singing the classics. They need to cool down the rock and roll and study Sinatra


Rod has made a whole new career on singing songs like The Way you look Toninight and They can't take That Away from me. Always. Etc

I am looking f orward to it If you all know, he is in now Very popular all over again

Harry Connick Jr has come out with an old standards like Sinatra,Michael Buble; is doing great doing the old songs and mixing with the new

Hi Mystic long time no see.

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Mystic, I like the Heart idea.

HC has a fantastic voice! He's not too hard on the eyes either.

Once again, I have to say that I agree with mystic. While it's nice to hear the contestants singing different styles (like something other than rock for Chris), none of them will be putting out an album of the 50's or 60's style music. We aren't watching "Lawrence Welk Idol" or something like that.

If there was a Lawrence Welk Idol, I can promise you that I'd never watch it. And I bet that the ratings wouldn't be as good as you think. But, who knows... maybe I would be proven wrong.

Still, it's great, in my opinion, that we have people on AI with different styles. I would be bored if they were all singing the same exact things. When they add a little flare to the songs, it brings out a bit of their personality.

When Rod night is here I bet you all will be so surprised at how good he really is in concert . I am just getting back all the CDs I lost of Rod and Harry and Buble'

The talent will be great with Rods songs He has a wide range oif music. Anyway i am looking forward to it

Talking of Harry. He used to live down the street from me in New Orleans. Nice kid then great talent now.

We have to keep our minds and ears open to all diferent kinds of music.

Last year Mystic and myself were big Bo fans while most everyone else liked Carrie.
That doesn't stop me from being a well rounded music lover.

I am keen to hear it all. Thats the only way we can Fairly Judge THE TALENT. Let them sing everything then we will have a winner.

Good seeing you too Mystic

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I could give literally thousands of examples of why I find so much of today's "music" so distasteful, but I have better things to do. The kind of music that the younger generation lstens to and spends money on does not come close to comparing with the wonderful stuff from the past, IMO. Last year I posted a comparative video. Now here are audio excerpts from that video. It speaks for itself.

Play and compare this with this!
Just click on 'Download Now' and play these two 20 second sound clips. It provides examples of two very different kinds of music.

Sorry you have ONLY PROVEN THAT TWO VERY GOOD SINGERS HAVE TWO VERY GOOD SONGS. Forget all this bickering and enjoy the music.

Happy Easter!!!

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Now Delta, it's not AI season without AZ and Mystic disagreeing on music. It's bound to happen that people disagree. How boring it would be if we all had the same taste in music.

You are so right . I remember last year . I would rather forget last year between Az and Mystic.......... But children will be children Ha Ha.....

Have a great day all

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Oi vey... if you think that's bickering, then this world is in trouble. I've MISSED the conversations that have such passion in them, regarding different opinions, etc...

They aren't being children, at all... they are being passionate!

They can do what they want. Ihave a never ending battle with AZ so I know Passionate. He is being mild this year, Hence the child like inference.

Last year AZ and Mystic almost came to blows and Fuscia had to step in. Conversations are one thing but out and out fighting is another

Hey Kriss have you heard UB40s Kiss Me and Say Goodbye? Its a great combination of Ballad and soft Rock. I think you would like it. Heard the group on Letterman or Ferguson one night late and got AZ to download that song for me. Now I am playing it to death.

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Actually, I'm more aware of everything that happened in here last season, as I'm a huge AI fan... so, I remember it all, quite well.

AZ, mystic didn't hit you first, it was a set up. I threw the snowball when you weren't looking, and ducked outta there, and so all you saw was mystic! My plan worked well, didn't it?

First off, Im not bickering, arguing, etc.

Personally I dont care who listens to what.

My only point is that instead of constantly going on and on about how one's music choice is "real" while stating that anothers choice isnt "real" (whatever that means)...one should just L E T I T G O.

Anyhow...the reality is, as much as one doesnt want to admit it)...their choice isnt that acceptable choice of today.

Johnny Mathis or Greenday......Greenday will win hands down in the younger to mid age generation. Unless you are 60 and older (with a few exceptions under that age), Johnny Mathis isnt something one wants to hear.

So...my point is, when one is too busy stating that his/her choice is better than everyone else's, therefore the rest are wrong, then perhaps maybe he/she should just...and I repeat...just let it go and allow those others to just like what they like too!

*Rolls eyes....steps of the soapbox...and turns on my "real" music*

Mystic, in an ironic way, you sort of prove my point in some of the things you say, but I'm not going to prolong this debate. As you say, you have your tastes and opinions, and I have my own.

We're still friends. Viva La Difference!