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Tuesday, August 29, 2006
8/30: Why didn’t Carly get cut?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Okay. My first dispatch about “Celebrity Duets.” It wasn’t quite as fun as I had expected. Sure, Little Richard was near incomprehensible, making Paula Abdul seem like JFK in comparison. His commentary was basically taking the name of the song and try to twist it into something, anything. Marie Osmond gabbed too much, leaving too little time for David Foster, who was clearly annoyed. I was actually expecting more interesting commentary from Foster and didn’t get it. And Wayne Brady was blander than ever. But he does do a good imitation of the “Carlton.”
In general, the non-singer celebs were almost too good to be campy, but not good enough to be great. The exception: Jai Rodriguez. That guy should be signed immediately. He is clearly the front runner, if America votes correctly. It was nice to see some of those legends, especially James Ingram and Georgia’s own Gladys Knight (Smokey Robinson didn’t sound good at all), but I’m not sure this will be a must-watch week in and week out. I can also live without Lee Ann Womack or Michael Bolton. Too bad they couldn’t get any rock stars or even pseudo rock stars like Bryan Adams or Rod Stewart.
Of the others, Lucy Lawless has potential and looks hot as a blond. Alfonso Ribeiro is goofy and has great stage presence, even if his vocals can get sloppy. He’ll be around awhile. A surprisingly stiff Cheech Marin reminds me of some random dude at a late-night karaoke bar. David Foster was much too kind to him. I can see him going home quickly. Lea Thompson has some skills and she’s aging like fine wine. Hal Sparks? A white boy trying way too hard. I don’t think he’ll last either.
Gold medalist Carly Patterson was clearly out of her element away from the gymasium (though it seems she’s been hanging at the Mickey D’s instead since she retired.) I personally thought she was by far the weakest and sorry, I hate “I Hope You Dance” anyway. I thought Chris Jericho’s first performance was weak, like he was overcompensating for being a rocker and big-time wrestler by trying to do sensitive. Didn’t work. I didn’t mind his duet with Peter Frampton rocking out “Signed, Sealed, Delivered.” But that was a bad song choice. Why were these two doing an R&B classic instead of something a bit more rock like Boston or the Cars or, well, anything from the 96rock playlist?
Ratings were somewhat disappointing: 8.1 million viewers. That’s worse than “So You Think You Can Dance,“ slightly better than “Hell’s Kitchen.” This is proof it’s difficult to beat the original — or in this case, TWO originals in “Dancing with the Stars” and “American Idol.”
Anyway— let’s have you thoughts!
8/29: Taylor settles lawsuit
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Gotta give Taylor credit for settling that lawsuit from a few days ago pronto. A producer in Nashville recorded a few songs for him in 2001 and released two on iTunes. Taylor put the kibosh on that with the lawsuit. It’ll be interesting to see now that the lawsuit has been settled will the songs go back on the market? Taylor got the rights to the songs and won’t pursue any financial damages against the producer.
Here’s a link to a fuller story on the settlement.
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