I just saw SATC2! Go, Ricky, indeed. How’s Stan Walker doing in his career?

I can’t have an opinion on who should have won, but I’ve been disappointed a number of times with the results in our Australian version of the show, so I just try and take it with a grain of salt nowadays. The voting just seems to go weirdly sometimes ~ maybe it comes back to people assuming someone’s such a shoe-in that they don’t vote as much for them. But here, we’ve seen that it doesn’t seem to have mattered much in the end ~ the great ones still end up getting contracts and becoming artists. Ricky-Lee was voted off in 7th place in 2004 but her Can’t Touch This is on the SATC2 trailer and soundtrack. Go, Ricky. 🙂

I felt like Christina Aguilera (sp?) was a bit overwrought and uncomfortable to watch. I know she’s had a kid and all, but dang, she should fire her stylist or whoever suggested the spandex outfit she wore. Not a hater, but I wouldn’t want to see Springsteen, Jagger or even Justin Timberlake (or Bieber) in a speedo either. Don’t get me started on Janet Jackson! Some people like that cat suit thing she had going, but it only served to remind me of the days of when she was in much better shape.

ALSO: I thought I was watching a duet with Janet and Michael via old stock footage at point. I kept waiting for the special effect of when Janet would morph into Michael. She just sounded so much like him. Very scary!

I thought Chicago needed some oxygen tanks because they just couldn’t do it last night. And I am a big fan of their music. This was just sad. Same with the BeeGees. Yeah, I can how it gave you all these memories of your childhood, but they just shouldn’t be performing anymore. Let their legacy of music speak for itself.

Hall and Oates were okay.

Alice Cooper looked exactly the same! I know that’s a lot of makeup, but he didn’t look bad at all and he sounded good. Although I have to admit, the way he was twirling that cane in his hand I felt sure he was going to do some martial arts ass whooping on the zombie kids standing around him.

I liked the Alanis/Crystal duet, but (PC lyrics aside) I didn’t understand the pacing/crossing choreography. Made no sense. On Another Note: I, too, must be a pervert. Please don’t tell my parents!

As I mentioned in response to Jason’s post yesterday after I heard the results, I can’t comprehend how anyone could think Lee should have won over Crystal. I think Crystal will have a helluva career in the music biz, but I am still scratching my head as to what the voters were thinking. It’s like someone trying to convince me not only that black is actually white, but that 2 plus 2 really does equal 5.

Done with AI. It’s turned into Star Search with a bigger budget. At one time it felt like an exclusive club dedicated to finding some real talent, but the last couple of seasons have shown me that any idiot with a text capable phone can join and the new members think Jersey Shore should be nominated for an Emmy. No accounting for taste.

I will end this rant with a quote from the great Simon Cowell who summed it up best when he was being booed by the crowd for not liking a really bad performance by one of the contestants a few seasons back.

“What are you booing for? We are trying to find a performer whose music you’ll buy. You wouldn’t buy that song on a CD.”

Only time will tell what happens to Lee, but rest assured I will be downloading anything Crystal Bowersox puts out.

I’d been so sure for the whole season about Crystal winning because it was so OBVIOUS that I was speechless when Lee won. Still scratching my head.

When Hall & Oates first appeared, I thought, “Did they replace Oates?” because he DID look too young and was sans mustache.

Did you worry for Joe Cocker’s health at all while he was singing? He was screaming some notes that I thought might give him cardiac arrest.