As those who have followed this Blog know, I'm not a big fan of American Idol. I know, Big Surprise....but seriously I don't get why this show is huge. It's just another version of a Talent Show.....I think they had those on TV back in the 50's. It's Solo Artists singing....that's it. Hell I used to skip that part of Star Search when it was on, and I used to watch that show alot. I watched for the Bands and the Comedians. I think the thing I really don't like about the show is that it has the same spirit that alot of our Comedy has nowadays: it's downright mean. Remember when, in the 70's, when Comedy was Politically Incorrect, but no one really got offended because the spirit of the humor was just that; HUMOR. Now the spirit of Comedy is mean. Comedians aren't joking now, they are angry and bitter. Hey 8 years of Bush will do that to anyone. Let's look at the shows that have been real popular in the 00's so far. Temptation Island. A reality show where a couple, be it a married couple or an attached couple, go to this hedonistic Tropical Paradise and both are put into situations where there is pressure to give in to temptation. These are usually situations that would only happen in Porn Movies or Penthouse Forum letters or Romance Novels (which are nothing but soft porn.). Great!!! Life is hard enough as it is, and here some TV execs think it's entertaining to break up Marriages and Committed Relationships. Thanks guys!!! Notice the show is not on the air any more. They probably got hit with a huge lawsuit. The Bachelor/Bachelorette/Joe Schmo(or whatever that one was). Oh yeah great shows. Let's see here. We have a bevy of young women who "pimp" themselves out trying to vie for the attention of some Rich Guy. This Guy gets to kick out a gold digger.....I mean woman a show. Then he whittles them down to the "biggest and bestest" gold digger ever and they get married. Thanks again. Let's just treat the institution of marriage like a freaking contest. And they say Gays wanting to get married are endangering the instititution of marriage? Hell no. It's these cavalier Reality shows that do it. The Bachelorette is the opposite. Joe Schmo was kind of a reverse show. I actually thought the concept was a great parody of the others. They set this Rich Guy up and cast a bevy of Gold Digger's again. In the end the Gold Digger's find out that the guy isn't rich and he's just some middle class dude with a minimum wage job. Nice....... This all started with Survivor. Survivor isn't bad, I usually don't like the whole people being nasty to one another kind of thing. I usually just watch the challenges. Honestly the best Reality Show on TV is The Amazing Race. Everyone gets the same chance to win. People are jerks sometime on the show, but the jerks end up getting eliminated from the race quickly and you don't have to watch them anymore. On this show being a jerk usually bites you in the ass. I also don't like Big Brother. It's a bunch of 20 somethings in a house being catty and asinine. Wow that's what we want the world to see. Americans rewarding being an Ass and a back stabbing jerk off. Oh wait.....we've had Bush doing that for us since he stole the election in 2000. Anyway back to Idol. The majority of the Winners on this show don't amount to anything. Clay Aiken vanished into obscurity after putting out an album or two. Kelly Clarkson has had a hit or two, but had to become a slut in her videos to do it. Fantasia was a flash as was the other big guy. Poof...hot one minute, gone the next. Carrie Underwood has stayed on top of the Country Charts ever since she won. This all has a point folks....just wait for it. In 06 a dude named Taylor Hicks won. Now this guy is in his mid-30's but has premature grey hair and looks like your friends Dad. He also has this everyday Joe kind of way of dressing and has a style akin to Sinatra or any other Vegas lounge act. He is most noted for doing some Ford or Chey commercial where he just started belting out this tune, Vegas style. Everyone I know turned the damn channel when that came on. He put out an album but it dropped like a dead weight. On that same show was a guy named Chris Daughtrey. He came in 4th. As determined by Paula Abdul (a one hit wonder who has done squat since the 90's), Randy Jackson (a Bass Player/studio musician) and Simon "I'm the Biggest Dick in the World" Cowell who is a Record Exec for Sony. So these three idiots picked your friend's Dad, Vegas Lounge guy over Chris Daughtrey who's band "Daughtrey" has one of the best selling rock records in the Country. Yeah, shows what they know huh? I mean William Hung, the singing Civil Engineer from San Jose, has more fame than the person that won Idol the year he was on. You remember William don't you? He sang the most hysterical version of "She Bops" ever. I mean yes, not everyone that tries out can sing or should make the cut. It's just there are better ways of putting it than the three "judges" do. You could say "Look, your heart's in it, but your talent isn't there. I suggest a voice coach and singing lessons." Instead these folks get "You suck. Your Horrible.......God go kill yourselves..." etc etc. I wonder how many other 4th placers have hit it big? Hell last season there was a teen singer named Sanjaya who Simon hated but he kept winning. Apparently they let we the people (oh yeah we are such good judges of talent......can anyway ask why Coldplay still gets raves when the singer sings horribly and sounds like he's whining the whole time?) override their votes. To stick one to Cowell, Howard Stern urged his listeners to keep on voting for this kid. The only time I will every applaud Stern. This Sanjaya kid will end up another Disney product one day. Just you wait.
5 comments:
look, if you hate the show and all the people on it so much, why do you even bother caring?? GET A LIFE
I do have a life...it's the people that waste theirs watching every aspect of this American Idol crap (probably like yourself since you seem to be soooo upset about someone talking about your show) that don't have lives. Who says I care...I wish it would go away. Do you remember when Fox actually had shows that required some thought? Probably not. Besides, it's my Damn Blog Monkeyboy and I can bith about what I want. Did you not read the introduction?
Clay Aiken vanished into obscurity after putting out an album or two. Kelly Clarkson has had a hit or two, but had to become a slut in her videos to do it. Fantasia was a flash as was the other big guy.
Informed you are not.
Clay has sold over 5 Million Albums and has Headlined 2 Tours this year-not to mention numerous TV Appearances, in addition to all his Humanitarian Work. He has earned over 30 Million Dollars Touring and lives in a huge ass mansion in NC. In January he will be appearing in Spam-A-lot on Broadway while recording his fourth album.
Kelly has had at leat 5-6 Hits and has sold aroud 14 Million Albums. She Tours Worldwide. She also lives in a Huge Mansion in Texas.
Fantasia is currently starring on Broadway in The Color Purple to rave reviews and her shows are sold out.
If that is faded into obsurity, I bet loads of other Artist's wish they were that obsure.
That said I do think Idol has lost it's luster and in the years that it has been on it has only produced a handful of successes-Kelly, Clay, Fantasia, Carrie, and Daughry.
People lose sight of the fact that those from Idol that have been successful succeed despite Idol not because of it. People become fans of the Singer, not of the show. Many continue to watch because they hope the Magic is there-like in the Seasons that had Carrie, Kelly or Clay in them. Unfortunately Idol is stale now and the show has lost sight of the fact that the show is about the kids, not the Judges or the Big Name Guests. The Contestants? Far to many professionals and far to few talented amateurs.
Informed you are not.
That may be true, but I really don't care. There was never any "magic" in the show at all. It's a talent competition. Hell the Gong Show was a talent competition and so was Star Search. It's not the singers that make the show popular it's Simon being an ass that people reall really love........that's my point. Idol is just another 15 minutes of fame show. One day they will all go away and we will get more quality dramas like The Shield or the Sopranos or comedies like Cheers and MASH.....
Many people that are popular today appeared on Star Search-Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, and Britany Spears to name a few. Well you have a point about Britany.
Many famous Singers in the past got their start on Talent Shows. Have you ever heard of Frank Sinatra? Yep Talent Show.
But I do agree the Idol thing is wearing thin.
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