Comments on: AMERICAN IDOL

By: recsan

recsan — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:21:01 +0000

buang buang mo!

By: recsan

recsan — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:19:29 +0000

hehehehehehehehehehh

By: Dani

Dani — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:08:28 +0000

I really hate American Idol, but Adam Lambert is amazing.

By: mille

mille — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:52:49 +0000

take away the caption, and it might actually be funny.

By: Sassy

Sassy — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:32:22 +0000

I’ve hated american idol in principal since day one, but i must say Adam Lambert was the first one who impressed me, when he sang/performed i was in awe

By: mille

mille — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:32:10 +0000

MIRANDA MIRANDA MIRANDA.

I’m sorry. I’ve wanted to do that for, like, forever.

By: nutella

nutella — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:47:00 +0000

I think the op is giving AI a bit too much credit. As I see it, American Idol is just a reflection of the music industry today. In reality its the consumer that is ruining music as they are the ones that watch and buy crap. If they didn’t, AI would’ve never gotten off the ground.

By: 15 Minutes of Shame

15 Minutes of Shame — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:31:06 +0000

*also applauds*

By: 15 Minutes of Shame

15 Minutes of Shame — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:29:52 +0000

thank you, sir.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:35:35 +0000

Love that picture.

By: Rosalie Hale

Rosalie Hale — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:32:18 +0000

i can’t believe they fired paula!!!! she was like 40% of the show

By: megg

megg — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:19:34 +0000

ONLY since 2002?

By: aly1243

aly1243 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:25:35 +0000

adam and allison are my 2 favs!

By: MaestroKyle

MaestroKyle — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:39:17 +0000

Too True. I’m a bassoonist in an orchestra, and I have a lot of respect for our chorus members. Singing like they do takes true talent and know-how; This B.S. about singing along with a tape like you do in 3rd grade music class is nonsense.

By: Anelise

Anelise — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:26:00 +0000

Actually it is NOT fake. They sing real music, and introduces the younger generation to michael jackson, the beatles, motown etc. And I bet the top 13 of any year can outsing 90% of today’s chart toppers. HA

By: pompom

pompom — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:20:32 +0000

winny win win…

By: pompom

pompom — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:19:00 +0000

WIN.

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:12:48 +0000

That idea would be fine if Pap Idle and its ilk didn’t pervade the radio and Tv news and chat shows so much these days.

By: bronzechains

bronzechains — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:33:37 +0000

Right on, Lu. If you hate the music on the show, stop wasting time blowing the whistle on it and being a hater. Turn off the TV, and listen to whatever you do actually like.

If you like it, watch. If you hate it, don’t watch. It’s that simple.

By: mint

mint — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:12:41 +0000

sad, but true.

By: Lu

Lu — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:15:32 +0000

I’m always a little bit enraged by theses sort of LOL Celebs. I understand that humor is all about opinion, and some people will find this hilarious and “full of win.” Still others will argue until they’re blue in the face about how it’s totally wrong.

I just want to say that, in the end, whatever this LOL’er has made their opinion to be, we who enjoy the show (or even just some of the singers that come off of it) can keep enjoying the show for as long as it’s on. There will always be flak, but people give flak to others only to make themselves feel better.

As a musician, looking at some of the singers from American Idol, they are damn good. Adam Lambert has a range that a lot of males don’t have (as most humans are only blessed with about a two-octave range). That may not “redeem” the show in anyone’s eyes, it’s not supposed to, it’s just a fact.

Also, people have been singing songs written for them by songwriters since the beginning of music. Not all great vocalists are also songwriters, not all great songwriters are also vocalists. Just because someone doesn’t write their own music does not mean they aren’t connecting, it doesn’t mean they aren’t an artist. I don’t think Aretha Franklin wrote a lot, if any, of her own lyrics, but she’s still considered an amazing artist.

Just my two cents.

By: alec

alec — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:09:20 +0000

ANd to finish the job it started is joeness bros and miley ciris

By: Ha

Ha — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:51:46 +0000

….

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:18:23 +0000

American Idol is diminishing the respect for singers everywhere. It sends out the message that any regular jackoff who can stay on key is a musician and a learned vocalist, which is total b.s. Try actually LEARNING something about music first, assholes!

By: Morne

Morne — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:58:00 +0000

Nice.

By: yomomma

yomomma — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:33:55 +0000

…I like American Idol…
But yeah, they mostly suck.

By: Igloo McCoy

Igloo McCoy — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:53:45 +0000

Or a chest to pin it on, Sir Honeydew?

By: Igloo McCoy

Igloo McCoy — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:52:01 +0000

Dude, your sarcasm actually inflicted pain on me.

By: Forge

Forge — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:39:37 +0000

It is crap television and crap music and I could honestly not care a tiny bit less about what charities they give to. Or what “charts” these “people” are on the top of.

By: Forge

Forge — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:37:03 +0000

You think that sound of rocks being shaken in a cigar box was the studio audience laughing? They augment the hell out of “live audience” television. There probably wasn’t more than 10 percent “live audience” in anything you heard.

By: Forge

Forge — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:34:52 +0000

Mmmuhhhh?? American viewers and listeners will accept anything that’s fed to them. If we gave them Three Dog Night they’d like that too. But we don’t because real music is too expensive to produce because you have to pay artists and songwriters; it’s far easier to have your music written and produced by a committee and have a bunch of little kids pretend to perform it.

By: Traitorfish

Traitorfish — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:50:19 +0000

I’d say it’s having absolutely no impact on “real” music. All it does is accelerate the cycle of worthless fire-and-forget b-list pop singers. No big deal.

By: Josey

Josey — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:38:26 +0000

Haha, the guy on the top is making the GIRUGAMESH

By: ladykitteh

ladykitteh — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:30:12 +0000

Openmindedness FAIL.

By: ladykitteh

ladykitteh — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:28:51 +0000

Everybody loves the Macarena

…Right?

By: ladykitteh

ladykitteh — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:28:10 +0000

I highly doubt their raising money for charity has anything to do with the quality of the music on AI, whether “fake” or “real”.

By: ladykitteh

ladykitteh — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:25:59 +0000

WIN.

By: The Stabbing Pen

The Stabbing Pen — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:15:47 +0000

Nah. American Idol only kills music for those who use it as their main source of musical enjoyment. And those people are idiots, and they should be killed.

By: jl

jl — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:46:23 +0000

i guess we have differing definitions of “fake,” but i appreciate the joke.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:37:10 +0000

And yes, I realize that I used the word “the” twice in a row. I humbly beg your icy forgiveness…

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:34:44 +0000

Wow. Yes. *fabulous* burn. A real scorcher. Your commanding presence and use of the the subtle and nuanced language of insult is astounding.

By: MLD

MLD — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:31:20 +0000

Congrats. You want a medal?

By: MLD

MLD — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:27:28 +0000

laugh tracks go back to days when real comedy WAS on the air.

And Full House used a live audience. Laugh tracks/canned applause were infrequent in that show. Insult fail

By: DocHoneydew

DocHoneydew — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:40:37 +0000

I take great pride in never having watched more than a minute or two (and even then it was muted) while waiting for a real show that was on after American Idol.

By: robotbears49

robotbears49 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:29:47 +0000

I love you.

By: robotbears49

robotbears49 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:27:57 +0000

Well, American Idol is a ridiculous trainwreck of commercialism. But the contestants are actually very, very talented people, for the most part. It is definitely not easy to perform a song you’ve only had a week to practice, live, in front of millions of viewers. They’ve got no lip-synching, no auto-tuning, no overproduced beats. So when you do find someone even marginally talented on this show, you know they’re a thousand times better than all the Britney Spears or Lady Gagas of the world.

I would bet that whoever wrote this is a bored teenager who’s never watched the show, judging from the fact that they can’t spell. Please, know that “real music” is not the same as “music you like”. You are not the coolest person in the world, and your choice of music is not a standard of the musical world.

No one is killing music. And if someone were, it would be the arrogant losers who tell anyone else that what they like is not “real music”.

By: DINNER

DINNER — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:54:18 +0000

Win.

By: Fiz

Fiz — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:58:30 +0000

No, music’s well and thriving. I just wish music snobbery would go away though. I love Animal Collective. I also love the Macarena. Surely there’s no harm in that?

By: ShadowQuest

ShadowQuest — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:36:14 +0000

Gee, and that’s why Queen offered Adam Lambert, the runner-up of this year’s Idol, a chance to be their new lead singer.

That’s why Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Hicks, Daughtrey, Kellie Pickler and Fantasia are hitting the top of their respective charts.

That’s why American Idol raised MILLIONS the past two years for charities all over the world, including several here in America.

Because it’s all fake and “killing” music.

Uh-huh. Sure.

By: Segaphile

Segaphile — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:47:16 +0000

Hell YES. Thank you.