Tuesday, May 20, 2008

American Idol

"Let's get ready to rummmmmmbbbbbbble." That guy was on American Idol tonight. Did you know he has that phrase copyrighted, has the rights to it in some way, maybe like a trademark? And that he probably does make a fine living going around to events saying it?

They had a whole boxing theme, as it was David Cook vs. David Archuleta in the finale. The finale competition, that is, because the finale-finale is tomorrow.

Then it was time for the singing, and our favorite, David Cook, let us down. Since it was a boxing theme maybe he took a dive for some reason. His first song sounded pretty good (and actually I preferred each one to David Archuleta's songs), but David A. had the advantage in sounding more popular, more mainstream. Also David C.'s songs, except the first one, didn't seem to have that special quality in touch with the evening. They just sounded like typical songs, and David A.'s songs sounded like they were meant to convey something about him, about the competition, and about his feelings.

So Simon Cowell had it right, that it was a knockout on David A.'s part. It could be David C. sees some advantages to coming in second. One of those theories. But who knows.