Danny Gokey – Worst Idol Performance Ever?

Danny Gokey has the potential to claim both the AI crown and the title for Most Trainwrecky Idol Performance Ever.

Omg, I can’t stop laughing. I have tears in my eyes.
Seriously, if Danny somehow wins AI after this fiasco …

I was stunned. The man literally SCREAMED at us–and the judges didn’t call him on it. They said he was safe.

I just hope that was to lull his fanbase into a sense of security. Seriously–that may be THE worst performance by a top four performer. Idol historians–who’s got the long term memory to help me out here?

It was not just the last note (although that is what unfortunately will remain in our ears for some time- mine are still ringing)…
Apart from maybe the first 10 seconds, the whole performance was a trainwreck– off pitch, shouty, it even sounded off-tempo sometimes. Really, really painful. I understand that rock is not his style, but this was ridiculous.

If this does not get him off the show, I am worried (about the state of Americans’ ears).

That video is demeaning to the feline population of America. I protest on their behalf.

That’s kind of funny when it’s all you hear. The rest of the song wasn’t bad until you get to that part. Worst idol performance? I think not – that goes to KLC’s 8 Days a Week and there’s many others much worse than Danny. I’m not even sure if it’s the worst top 4 with people like Nikki McGibbons in there. Even with the dreadful last note(s) I still preferred Danny’s performances to Kris’ which I found to be weak and boring.

Didn’t he throw in a little Ned Flanders doo-dippity bow-wow in the middle of that somewhere too? WTF was that doing in there?

I’ve been counting on a Danny Goking “shocking” 4th place elimination for weeks. I had no idea he would offer himself up like this to make it so much easier. Still, folks are fickle. Who knows how it will end up, and DialIdol has been useless this season. If we’re going on LAST NIGHT, he is obviously the one who should go home. If we’re going by the whole season, he is obviously the one who should go home.

Not since Howard Dean has a scream made so indelible an impression on the American psyche. And Howard’s, in retrospect, was nothing but a little bitty squeal compared to the shitastic Gokey Trumpet Blast. I think Elmer Gokey was definitely “dog whistling” the coming apocalypse.

This is definitely the worst performance on Idol ever! And the scariest thing is that Gokey still thought he did a great job when Simon criticizing his last note.
If he’s not eliminated tonight, I won’t support the show.

I don’t even know what to say. Could he still win after that performance? Because that would just be WRONG. That was a deal breaker to me.

And for the judges, it reminded me of the scene in Wizard of Oz where Toto pulls back the curtain revealing the Wizard to be a sham.

Poor Kitty! Truly, this was the worst. When did screaming become the new singing? The judges sure seemed to think that self-indulgent exhibition was just wonderful.

That video is demeaning to the feline population of America. I protest on their behalf.

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Why the contestants try sing this song… is imposible to do it with out sound karaoke….

The rest of the song wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t bad until you get to that part. Worst idol performance? I think not – that goes to KLCà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s 8 Days a Week and thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s many others much worse than Danny.

We’ll just have to agree to disagree on this point because seriously, from the get go, that was a trainwreck! I was laughing my ass off through that entire performance. At least KLC was actually on pitch for her song, and even if she wasn’t, she didn’t attempt to break my eardrums at the end which is sooo not the case with Danny. The fact that he was totally oblivious to how much of a trainwreck that performance is tells me that the man has either thinks too much of himself or has no musicality at all. And since all evidence points that he has some limited musicality at the very least, I am only led to conclude that he does think too much of himself. That the judges were actually tripping over their own feet trying to make up excuses for him makes me really and truly want him to now get into the final to either be totally slaughtered by Adam or actually win just so I can see what kind of career he could potentially have.

Maybe the judges were in shock and weren’t even sure what they had heard. If they review the clip and their critique, they should be embarrassed and ashamed that they gave him a pass on it and for WHATEVER reason felt they needed to handle him with such tender loving care………….

oh delete delete delete…….I wrote a bunch of stuff on this, but I guess it just is what it is and what’s done is done……so I highlighted and deleted any further comment at this time because for some reason, this infuriates me!

I was stunned. The man literally SCREAMED at usà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’and the judges didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t call him on it. They said he was safe.

Because their script said ‘eliminate Kris, build up Gokey and then Adam wins’. There must be punishment for going ad libbing.

Hysterical! Looks like my cat’s reaction. Wonder how many hits it will get today…

If you watch when it first shows the judges after dannys performance you can see right to the right of them slash laughing hysterically.

I was stunned. The man literally SCREAMED at usà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’and the judges didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t call him on it. They said he was safe.

Why is it that when Adam screams (which is beyond annoying), he gets praised for it but when Danny or anyone else does, they are criticized??? I can’t stand Adam’s screaming and sticking that dang tongue out when he sings….it’s like another Fantasia performance! :tongue2_tb:

OMG, I Flove Danny today. This is the most entertaining performance on AI EVER! I was laughing my ass of during it and at the end of the show. What a trainwreck! What a dreadful treat! Danny, I hope you stay. Thank you for making me laugh! You’re my hero!!!!!!!!!!

So my boyfriend hadn’t been home for Danny’s performance and he wants Danny to win as does my daughter. I played this back for them and neither of them could believe it. Trainwreck is mild. My hope is that he goes home. I want an Adam and Allison finale. Those two just rocked big time last night!

I was actually angry that Kris got such a pounding while Danny was given a pass for a “good try” or “A for effort”. That’s b.s. Danny has had the same raspy nasty sound every single week. He hasn’t grown in any way since the beginning. I used to be a fan, but find him boring now. Kris actually has some genuine moments up there. He was overpowered by this week’s genre, but at least he stayed in tune and didn’t wake the dead with a screech. My favorite has been Adam since “Satisfaction”, but I’d rather him go up against someone like Allison or Kris than Danny. I really don’t want to see Danny’s sappy homecoming.

LMFAO….to me it actually sounded like a cougar who inhaled helium rather than a cat, lol.

Did everyone forget Jasmine Trias on top 4 season three. That was AWEFUL!!! And I can’t stand Danny

Seriously, I am disappointed by the Gokey. He has more stage experience than Adam, really, when you consider he has to motivate and convince a roomful of people every week. Plus the rehearsals. That church element transformed Idol from season two. Because in season one, they were happy to cast the finalists based on cuteness and willingness to be in the waning boy-band/diva style.

I was very up on his technique in the first rounds and I still don’t hear more off-key notes than anyone else does in a live situation.

I think Rickey Minor hit it on the head when he said that Gokey was too sheltered to even have a list of songs in his head he knew could kill. The Pointer Sisters were preachers kids forbidden to listen to rock and roll in the house and they snuck out to their friends houses to listen to Stevie Wonder. I think Gokey really stayed in the church.

That said, I can’t believe there wasn’t some Michael English record with a guitar he couldn’t have killed. Both he and Kris could have been wiser. Gokey didn’t have to attempt something he’d never, ever do again in his life. But he probably doesn’t know “All Right Now” by Free or the Joe Cocker rock/blues version of “With a Little Help From My Friends” (that would have been fantastic for Kris, too.) Or “The Letter.” They would have gotten ragged on for being unoriginal but shit, the result would have been better.

They should have both scanned the Monster Ballads compilations out there. That’s rock. I also don’t get why everyone could run away from the actual genre in the disco week and they couldn’t in rock week? Kris couldn’t choose “Steamroller” by James Taylor? Or even the acoustic “Layla?” The rumor about “Gold Dust Woman” for Allison really excited me. Rock ballad, with a guitar.

This is why I like spoilers, I guess. It spoils nothing for me because even knowing the songs, you don’t know how it will all go down on stage.

That video is demeaning to the feline population of America. I protest on their behalf.

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haininh, my favorite quote of the day:

What a dreadful treat!

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This performance has come very close to overtaking John Stevens’ “Crocodile Rock” as most insanely shittastic performance on AI ever, in my mind.

I don’t know what was more egregious, Danny’s overall performance/scream/smug attitude/I don’t play nice in any sandbox, or the Shills praise of him.

But you have to admit, that was pretty damn funny and should make Best Week Ever and be replayed on Fox (and competing networks) across the country all day.

Danny upstaged the fabulous Debbie William’s getting injured on the set and the spinning globe’s crashing. Was it Danny’s powerful voice from hell that weakened the set?

It’s the gift that keeps on giving!

Extended Version, courtesy of Rickey

I think that was probably the most entertaining thing I’ve ever seen on Idol. The doo-be-doo-be-doos? Awesome. Paula stops dancing and her face starts melting when Danny hits his note from Hell? Even better. Slash laughing? Yay! The camera accidentally showing Adam’s family instead of Danny’s and they’re all trying to keep a straight face? Heh. Danny clapping for himself and saying he thinks it was good? Perfect. I hope they show that clip again in the recap tonight.

Why is it that when Adam screams (which is beyond annoying), he gets praised for it but when Danny or anyone else does, they are criticized??? I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t stand Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s screaming and sticking that dang tongue out when he singsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.

Because when Adam screams–it’s on KEY.

Also the tongue thing? It’s a technique.
I wish they didn’t close up on it every time, but that’s not Adam’s fault. The Video Director must have a hard on for it…

Why is it that when Adam screams (which is beyond annoying), he gets praised for it but when Danny or anyone else does, they are criticized???

Well, because when Adam screams, he’s actually screaming a note. It’s a high-pitched note which some might find unpleasent, but it’s actually a note. I’m don’t know what to call whatever it is that Danny screamed. It was kind of one of those sounds that you expect to hear should you ever end up in the Buffyverse and some demon is being wrenched from the earth. It certainly wasn’t anything related to music.

I’m not sure if Danny was delusional about singing this or he just concluded that since they were being forced to sing “HARD ROCK” that he was going to look ridiculous anyway, so why not just throw it against the wall and pretend he was singing in his hairbrush at home. There was no way he was going to have a good performance given the restrictions that appear to have been in place this week (either because Slash is an egomaniac/terminally stupid or TPTB are or both).

But, I’ve had fun all morning imagining how the season would have worked out if “strict themes” had been enforced all season. Imagine if Danny had to do country week “Slim Pickins” style? LOL. Imagine if Kris had been told “You sing ‘I Will Survive’ Donna Summer style or else!”. Imagine if Lil had been forced to sing “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” just like Tina did it…er..wait…I guess she did. This season would have been a lot funnier if they had, but man, would it have been tedious. So, hats off to the mentors who are flexible and don’t require strict adherance to a style format that not everybody can sing. Slash, you can go suck an egg with your “concept”. Your “concept” is a$$.

In other news, I still don’t like Danny and I now don’t like Slash because he’s making me feel sorry for Danny.

OMG! I’m laughing all over again.
I don’t know what was funnier, the weird scatting in the middle or the wake the dead banshee scream at the end. Was he trying to one up Lambert?
Too freakin’ funny. *runs to watch again*

I also donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get why everyone could run away from the actual genre in the disco week and they couldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t in rock week?

I’m wondering if Slash didn’t have something to do with their choices. Kris’ and Danny’s felt so wrong for them, but maybe Slash’s presence as a mentor compelled them (either actively or passively) to choose more bombastic rock. Otherwise, I think Kris would have chosen a Beatles song that was a better fit. Frankly I think he would have even been better off doing Revolution.

As far as Danny goes … well, I have no idea what compelled him to choose Dream On. But to be fair, I hate that song so I’ve never understood why anyone chooses it.

ETA: what Kirsten said.

Did everyone forget Jasmine Trias on top 4 season three. That was AWEFUL!!!

And she survived that week and they drove a bus over her the next week by making her sing big diva songs and we were all injured in the carnage. Oh, the humanity!

I can’t stop laughing. That video is hilarious. This performance will go down as the worst in Idol history.

(Kristy Lee Cook sang okay on “8 Days”, it was the arrangement that was incongruous and horrendous. Jasmine was tone-deaf but never did anything shockingly awful. And Adam knows how to scream, he handles it, it’s easy to hear the difference between a good scream and a bad scream. One is controlled and the other is what nightmares are made of.)

Did everyone forget Jasmine Trias on top 4 season three. That was AWEFUL!!!

Ah HA! There we go. I KNEW there was an idol historian in the house who could help me. Thanks tasia4eva.

That video is demeaning to the feline population of America. I protest on their behalf.

Hell, my cat is outside right now(along with a few alley cats and the neighbor hood bully Bluto, bad kitty) with a picket sign between his paws. He refused to eat this morning, and will not play with his squeaky toy until this wrong has been righted! My solution. Put an end to it. Let’s put the Go in Gokey. LOL!

I WAS SCARED.

IT WAS THE WORST PERFORMANCE EVER.

Kirsten, you are right about screaming on key. Wilson Pickett was signed to Atlantic because he screamed on the musical scale. James Brown did that too, just listen to “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag,” and “I Feel Good.” It’s the same operation vocally, as when Mariah and Christina do a high octave jump. It takes control and knowing what note you are hitting. It’s not random screaming.

And to be fair to Gokey, he was aiming in the right direction. But this was not a shot he should have taken. Nelson ballad, Dust in the Wind he could have redeemed from biker girlfriend last year, many many options but yes, the competition is wearing on them at this stage.

but maybe Slashà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s presence as a mentor compelled them (either actively or passively) to choose more bombastic rock.

I think that was it. But then they have to be able to say “no” and stick to what fits them, no matter the pressure. I guess that comes with experience and knowing one’s limits.

Letà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s put the Go in Gokey.

Now there’s a rallying cry I could get behind. :mrgreen_wp:

You could just sense from the first note that danny had this look in his eyes like, “Man, THIS was a BAD idea…” After his scream was over he looked like he wanted to puke right there on stage.

Good heavens. Slezak’s review still isn’t up. I hope his fit of apoplexy about last night didn’t put him in the hospital too. This theme is a menace.

If Danny doesn’t make bottom 2 after THAT, I am afraid he may be a lock to win American Idol. Danny could eat a baby on stage and still win if people love him after that.

After his scream was over he looked like he wanted to puke right there on stage.

So did I. So did I.

Danny could eat a baby on stage

Are you sure that’s not what he was doing last night? He certainly sounded like something that might eat a baby.

And now I’m feeling sorry for Danny again. Damn you Slash! Damn you all to hell!

That was worse than anything Megan Joy ever did. Oh my gosh. What was he thinking? Just no.

He was so bad, I don’t think he’ll go home. It was like…Normund Gentle on crack.

Oh my. I have no words. And, the dear-in-headlights look? Yeesh.

Danny, Danny, Danny. If you go home, you will be remembered. Believe me.

Slash was the suckiest mentor ever.

Imagine if Kris had been told à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“You sing à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹I Will Surviveà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ Donna Summer style or else!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ .

Exactly. But I think they can still say no. After the mentoring session, they get with the Idol band and can change it if they want (I believe). Or maybe not, and maybe there’s no time. I’d be curious later to know what happened.

That was worse than anything Megan Joy ever did.

omigod you’re right. And that’s really damning with faint praise.

So far we’ve had cawing and a scream to raise the dead. What a season to remember. I must add that Adam’s Ring of Fire screaming was pretty bad too (but not this bad). Adam however has not made a false step since.

But then they have to be able to say à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“noà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  and stick to what fits them, no matter the pressure. I guess that comes with experience and really knowing oneà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s own limits.

You’re right, although at this stage in their little fledgling careers, I can understand how difficult it would be to say no to a seasoned veteran. Not to mention the fact that Slash is a teensy bit scary.

Abbysee, re: the posse of angry cats outside your door … I think it’s best that you put it in terms that they can understand. Explain to them that Danny was trying to expel a massive hairball. A hairball full of broken dreams. Kris’ broken dreams.

I cannot be sure how the song choice worked this week, in terms of restrictions, but we do know that Slash mentored them on Saturday (he twittered about it), and they all had picked their songs by then, or had a couple of songs in mind, like Allison.
So the restriction from Slash could have been only that he told them they had to sing the songs without rearranging much.
If the list of songs given by the producers was very limited, then it was not Slash’s doing.
Adam obviously put things in motion some time ago to get LZ cleared, so the others could have done the same thing… I mean, there is a rock week of some sorts every year, right?

Yes, the worst performance ever- by a mile.

That he even thought he could do this boggles my mind- his own arrogance is what killed him.

Of all the rock songs he could have faked his way through with passable grades, he chose this one?
Really?
Really?

I danced with glee at the sheer magnitude of his craptacular disaster last night, I slept a sound sleep full of shock boot dreams, and will continue doing the happy dance all day today.

Epic show, epic fail!

:lol_tb: :lol_tb: And that was just the CAPPER. I shall suffer to give you the play by play….

We begin with a black pinstripe vested super scruffy faced spiky haired Danny looking like the bizarro version of David Cook during the AI finale last season making hilarious squinty attempts at camera eyef*ckery in the first ten seconds. OH, and here’s the close up revealing the constipated look on his face during “everybody’s got their dues in life to pay…” Then the song picks up and herrre we go into drunk uncle karaoke territory as the Gokester attempts to drag the mike around rocker-style… but wait! He rethinks the mike dragging, whew…and throws in a yeeeah yeeee dooby dooby doo- WTF? Finally, with Paula enthusiastically headbanging down front, we are met with the scream that broke the Idol stage as a thousand feral cats gather in the alley outside the theater, ticked off because the Gokey is giving them a bad name.

I think I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that he was all Hercales Hercales as he clapped. for. himself. and genuinely seemed to believe that he worked that shit out.

Oy.

I don’t know if it’s the worst performance in Idol history, but…well….it definitely goes down as the only performance in Idol history that resulted in Slash busting a gut in the audience.

but maybe Slashà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s presence as a mentor compelled them (either actively or passively) to choose more bombastic rock.

The power of Slash compells you…

Danny could eat a baby on stage

Are you sure thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not what he was doing last night? He certainly sounded like something that might eat a baby.

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Maybe the judges were in shock and werenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t even sure what they had heard.

I think so, and also they didn’t want their chosen one to fail, and also they were so mortified and embarrassed that they didn’t want to destroy him with the truth. It’s times like that that I truly appreciate Simon’s honesty.

Explain to them that Danny was trying to expel a massive hairball. A hairball full of broken dreams. Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ broken dreams.

I think there might have been some broken glass in there too. And maybe he was trying to expel it no so much like a hairball but more like one would a kidney stone.

I cannot be sure how the song choice worked this week, in terms of restrictions, but we do know that Slash mentored them on Saturday (he twittered about it), and they all had picked their songs by then, or had a couple of songs in mind, like Allison.
So the restriction from Slash could have been only that he told them they had to sing the songs without rearranging much.

Or maybe Slash gave them the restricted song list as part of “his terms” for showing up on the show. TPTB, if some dunderhead wants to be on the show to pimp his next song/movie/informercial gadget, don’t let them have “terms”. You are giving them a platform. Slash added nothing to this week. NOTHING. He ruined this week.

Slash gets to sit beside Bruce in my “Season 8 Disasters” shelf. To torture them, I’m going to have that other “Season 8 Disaster”, Danny’s last note, playing on a loop on that shelf. Megan will be Cawing as a counterpoint.

Ok, I obviously love Slash, but here’s some food for thought.

The times that we know Danny tried to get that note right, and missed, is FOUR (out of 4):
1) can be heard during the mentoring session
2) and 3) twice while they were recording the recap (this is reported in the “on the stage” piece on EW
4) during the performance (ouch)

So, it was not “hit or miss”– he just cannot go there. So, since Danny is totally oblivious of the fact, his mentor should have told him.

I am guessing Slash is not unhappy D goes, and so decided not to stop the trainwreck. Hence the fantastic SMIRK on his face.
Love him. If it works, love him more.

I think there might have been some broken glass in there too. And maybe he was trying to expel it no so much like a hairball but more like one would a kidney stone.

can’t. stop. laughing.

Kirsten, you are on fire this morning.

I am guessing Slash is not unhappy D goes, and so decided not to stop the trainwreck. Hence the fantastic SMIRK on his face.
Love him. If it works, love him more.

I know what you mean, but I would like to think that any mentor would be responsible enough not to willingly, even gleefully, let a train chug off a cliff. (I realize that history proves this not to be the case.)

What I would like to believe is that Danny was just so confident (or desperate) about hitting that note that Slash could do nothing but sit back and chuckle.

Frankly, there were people other than Slash who could have intervened anyway. Vocal coaches, for instance. Which leads me to believe even more that Danny was just hell bent on going for it.

Danny, Danny, Danny. If you go home, you will be remembered. Believe me.

Unfortunately, my recurring nightmares will remind me in exquisite detail. :flush_tb:

I dunno…I thought Danny was OK…pretty good, even. The screamy parts are kinda how the song goes, so…eh, it was fine. Far from being the worst Idol performance ever, which had to be Amanda’s “Carry On Your Wayward Son.” Not even the worst performance by a top-4 contestant…oh how soon we forget Baby V, who sailed into the top-3 on a rainbow of cute.

I’m no fan of Danny at all, but he turned in a relatively solid, if not terribly interesting, performance last night.

Yes! Howard Dean…LOL!!! Yes. THAT was the worst evah. This trumps all over horrible performances because he should’ve known better. AND because afterward he truly thought it was good. Jokie is delusional. He makes me beg for Michael Johns (which isn’t my cuppa). If he doesn’t go home with ith THIS performance, nothing will.

According to WNTS, there are only 19 performances in the finals that were worse than that.

If you are only comparing the Final 4 contestants, then he breaks even with Castro’s “I Shot The Sheriff” and Jasmine Trias’ “It’s Raining Man”.

But loses to Jasmine’s “Everlasting Love”.

I can honestly say that Danny made me appreciate Michael Johns’ performance of this song. Now, all I’m hoping is that the “Dream On” omg!shocking!boot! curse lives to see another season.

OMG I just can’t stop laughing, that was a TRAINWRECK. Although Kris baby is so in danger tonight, I’m not gonna put any points on him, I just can’t If Danny’s through after THAT performance, I’m just gonna laugh my ass off. Even though that means Kris is gone

I almost wet my pants when I saw this for the first time. Seriously, hilarious!

Did everyone forget Jasmine Trias on top 4 season three. That was AWEFUL!!!

I do not forget. I would listen to Jasmine Trias several times over before I would listen to Danny’s version of Dream On. And yes, I think it was also worse than KLC’s Eight Days a Week… which was mangled in rearrangment but still managed to be sung in human form.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know what to call whatever it is that Danny screamed. It was kind of one of those sounds that you expect to hear should you ever end up in the Buffyverse and some demon is being wrenched from the earth.

I said last night that it was the sound of chaos. I stand by that claim (but attribute the phrase to Lewis Black).

I think Rickey Minor hit it on the head when he said that Gokey was too sheltered to even have a list of songs in his head he knew could kill. The Pointer Sisters were preachers kids forbidden to listen to rock and roll in the house and they snuck out to their friends houses to listen to Stevie Wonder. I think Gokey really stayed in the church.

Agreed. Danny’s been hindered by song choices because his knowledge of pop music is so limited. He’s learning these songs from scratch, week by week, and that is a serious handicap. I give him props for that. And I also maintain that Danny was very, very good last week. When he goes out on the road for his press, I hope he sings “Come Rain or Come Shine.”

I don’t think that Danny’s performance was the worst performance on Idol ever. I think that the last notes that he sung weren’t good and that the song he chose was definitely not the best song choice for him.

“Dream On” is a difficult song to sing and most people can not the sung that way that it should be sung and Danny falls into that category. I do wish that he would have went with something more soulful/bluesy from the rock category. I think that would have suited him better.

Also, I think that’s it’s a possibility a lot of people outside of the Internet might not think it’s the worst Idol performance ever either. I could be wrong and if he goes tonight, then maybe a lot of them might think that it was the worst along with a lot of folks on the Internet.

But if he doesn’t go….then I think it’s possible might a lot of offline people might not think that, even if they didn’t like his performance last night.

I don’t get a “worst Idol performance ever” feeling when I think of Danny’s “Dream On.” I thought that Kristy Lee’s Cook “8 days A Week” was worse and was a bad performance all the way through. I thought that Danny started out okay, but that his performance got worse towards the end.

I can honestly say that Danny made me appreciate Michael Johnsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ performance of this song. Now, all Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m hoping is that the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Dream Onà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  omg!shocking!boot! curse lives to see another season.

That’s what we at my house were saying last night. Michael Johns was much better, and Adam could have done such a good job with that song.

This is a quote from WNTS….

“The date: May 12, 2004. The place: Los Angeles. The nightmare: the producers’ worst. The gravest threat to the future of Fox’s three-year-old smash hit, American Idol, had just arrived. It wasn’t a backstage scandal, nor a competing network’s series, nor even America’s TV viewers suddenly learning how to recognize off-tune singing. It was, in fact, a menace far worse than all of that combined.

It was a pretty, 17-year-old Hawaiian girl with a flower in her hair.

Normally, a gentle soul like Jasmine Trias wouldn’t qualify as much of a menace. But a week earlier in the AI3 Final Four, the young ballad specialist had crashed and burned like no Idol before. She unleashed a matching pair of Disco train wrecks that, five years later, are still ensconsced in the WhatNotToSing.com Bottom 40. Trias wept openly upon hearing the judges’ no-holds-barred critiques, and there wasn’t a shred of doubt in any corner of the land that she’d be sent packing the next night.”

That pretty much sums up the worst top 4 night for a contestant.

lefty, I interpreted the advice situation the same way you did: Slash and other coaches probably did tell Danny (or strongly hint) that he wasn’t cutting it with that last note, but being supremely cocky, Danny shrugged off their advice and did what he wanted to do just as he did a few weeks ago with Randy Travis. Part of being a pro (at anything) is recognizing your own weaknesses, and either improving them or finding ways to work around them.

1) can be heard during the mentoring session

Bingo! AND Danny seemed to be quite satisfied with himself during that mentoring session. I don’t pity him at all. He sounded good to himself and went with it. He exhibited poor judgement.

You know, it’s sort of like how any of us non-singers sound really good to ourselves when singing in the car or singing in the shower, but don’t dare sing publically. That’s probably how Danny heard himself when he let out the “whatever that was” during the mentoring session and probably thought, MAN, I’m GOOD!!!. Slash knew he was going to have trouble pulling it off and did try to emphasize how important it was to get that last note right, but Danny had already decided he nailed it (and you can tell that by his actions after he sang it in the mentoring session) and went public with it. He’ll eventually regret it.

Wow..that was bad…I didn’t even wait for the last note…I had to get the hell away before I pee’d myself!

But if he doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t goà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.then I think ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s possible might a lot of offline people might not think that, even if they didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like his performance last night.

A horrifying performance does not always equal elimination. As a poster above mentioned, Jasmine Trias slaughtered “It’s Raining Men” Top 4 night, but she wasn’t eliminated. LaToya London–a much better singer in every way imaginable–was booted instead.

If Danny has a strong fan base–and I think he does–they may have voted for him anyway despite his shiteous performance.

Yeah, pretty much. Sad thing, even though Kara fought valiantly to contain her laughter as GoPlease (tm someone else) finished, you can still see her reaction. Same with the others.

Telling that they all still praised the effort. They are doing the bidding of the producers (and whomever) to ensure the perceived good v. evil finale showdown.

I’ll applaud a daring and honest (non)shock GoPlease boot tonight, but I don’t for a minute believe I’ll see one. Sad, sad, sad…

Sorry, NO WAY does Gokey get any kind of a pass for that disaster. None.

I don’t care if he’s spent most of his life locked in a room somewhere, he’s still responsible for song choice (as they all are, BTW…Adam, Play That Funky Music???? Really???) and for knowing what he can sing and what he can’t.

He can’t. He couldn’t. And the creepiest part is…he STILL THINKS HE CAN. He’s standing there acting like the judges are clueless having given him the teeniest tiniest bit of criticism, and he’s all clapping for himself and saying, “Well I’ll have to listen to it later” (unspoken rest of sentence: but I killed it and in a great way and you idiots are WRONG).

I’ve been feeling ever-so slightly guilty that I dislike him so much, but now….my guilt is gone. SO GONE.

ETA: As for being “intimidated” by Slash…hell, he ignored advice from SMOKEY ROBINSON, who is an actual legend. I don’t see Gokey getting all bamboozled by a godless rocker for one minute.

well i won’t go as far as saying worst performance of the season coz the other parts beside that scream weren’t that bad. but probably the worst 5 seconds ever in a performance hahah.

oops double post

In other news, I still donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like Danny and I now donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like Slash because heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s making me feel sorry for Danny.

This is exactly how I feel. In the mentor video, it sounded like Slash was daring Danny to hit the big note or lose all credibility. A good mentor would have A) advised him to lower the key so he wouldn’t fall on his face, or B) arranged the song to skip the big note. I normally have no qualms blaming Danny for sucking Danny-style, but I really kinda blame Slash this time. That was kinda mean. I also hated that Slash looked like he was trying to intimidate Kris– I thought he actually made a valiant effort at infusing his own personality into his performance despite being overpowered by straight interpretation of the band.

It’s like Gokey heard he was the new VFTW choice and decided he had to instantly live up to the title. The Worsters must be delirious today – have they ever had a bigger and more immediate payoff?

I am also beginning to almost feel sorry for Danny. Almost. What made him think that “Dream On” would benefit from a do-wop treatment? Then the Note That Will Live In Infamy. If that was the first time I’d ever heard him, I’d think he was insane.

Awesome TV, for sure.

I think that he was trying to pull an Adam and fell flat on his face.
Sort of like last year when Archie tried to pull a Cook and rearrange Webber. Except Archie was good.

Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been hindered by song choices because his knowledge of pop music is so limited.

Hm. Maybe he could be a judge next season.

First, I doubt Danny has a truly limited knowledge of pop music. He’s not a cloistered nun, I’m pretty sure he knows as much as the rest of us.

Second, I disagree with giving a pass, on a show like this, to anyone whose knowledge of pop is limited. The person who wants this should eat/sleep/dream popular music and should know all about it. And probably all about a lot of other kinds of music, as well.(Like Kris? Like Adam?)

Ross

Hm. Maybe he could be a judge next season

Funniest thing I’ve read yet today.

Thank you!

Danny has been told for weeks now by the judges that he can do no wrong, and now he believes it. I’m sure he felt just fine about hitting that note.

If Danny Gokey doesnt know that no matter how many times he attempts to hit that note, he will NEVER be able to do it, if after all the attempts he doesnt hear it himself that he just cant fucking reach that note, then he shouldnt be on stage in the first place. That was horrific and from what I hear it was horrific each and every time he tried.

Its not like it was just a little nuance and maybe he didnt get it, it was a HUGE note and he should know his limitations. The sad part (well, not for me, I want his ass gone) is that he could have KILLED almost any other song last night but he wants to be Adam and let me tell you sweet cheeks, you will NEVER be Adam. Maybe you learned that last night.

The fact that the judges didnt rip him a new one over that dreadful rendition was sinful. It wasnt jus ok or alright, it was horrific from beginning to end. That deserved a sound trashing but they coddled him.

“Dream On” Danny. You aint no Adam. You couldnt spit shine his shoes. Shame on you for attempting that song.

Pfffttttttttt.

lol. what a great way to start my day. wow, i forgot how bad that note was last night.

Ten bucks says tonight the judges will backtrack on their praise for Danny as he lands in the bottom 2, but his fans will give him a pass.

This will absolutely make the EW 15 worst Idol performances of all time.

This is a totally biased review of Danny’s song. It sucked. It won’t get him voted off of AI, nothing can…remember he is doing all of this for a cause, and the cause is far greater than anything Danny himself does to try and sway the voters that maybe, just maybe you need a little bit of talent to go along with the cause.

I won’t ever say I have tried to like Danny but I find it harder and harder to do so. Last night he totally derailed a “friend” and had the inner gall to gloat about it. And then he “tried” to imitate someone else, failed miserably and still had the unmitigated gall to question the only negative comment he has ever received from the judges.

ETA: Now Danny will push the other Idols off the headlines….I’m sure that is what he has wanted for a really long time. The man has no decency.

This man just has no decency or humility. IMHO it is just sad that someone who professes to honor a memory and to set himself up as a good representative of his chosen religion, he comes across so self-serving and egotistical.

I’m just going to laugh myself silly when he is forced on the AI public after this is all over….but then, the voting public may be just tired of this show and what better way to send it packing than to make the Gokester the laughing stock of the recording and performing industry.

End of Rant…..And I can’t wait till tonight…I get to enjoy those marguritas and sangrias and Long Island Ice Teas that were floating around last night. I’m sure I am going to need them to dull the pain when my beloved AAK looses a letter. Damn!

Hm. Maybe he could be a judge next season

LMAO.

cwg509
May 6th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Ten bucks says tonight the judges will backtrack on their praise for Danny as he lands in the bottom 2, but his fans will give him a pass.

I bet you’re right – Simon will say he watched the tape and didn’t realize how terrible it actually was…but then the voting is over.

Run, do NOT walk, er click, and get yourself over to the TWOP recap of last night.

I don’t always love Jacob, because he’s a bit in love with his own output, but this is HILARIOUS. When you get to part about the imaginary interaction between Slash/Gokey…I CRIED I was laughing so hard.

Screwed up link…will retry…

I need a delete post option!

Oh hell. I’ll just type it and you can paste into your browser…

http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/american_idol/top_4_performances_1.php?page=1

Also, I think thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a possibility a lot of people outside of the Internet might not think ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the worst Idol performance ever either.

I was sitting with two people who watch the show but pay no attention to the Internet. They thought it was the worst performance ever.

If there are fans of Danny’s fans who claim–not just that they’ll keep voting for him because of who he is, which, fine–but that that was *good*, hmm.

It’s going to be interesting watching the Idol production shop Gokey around to the celebrity circuit and music industry as their runner-up, or Spaghetti Monster forbid, their winner, given that the public reaction to him–outside his hard core–is overwhelmingly “meh” where it’s not negative.

Right now, if Danny gets into the final two, he’s going to be the *only* finale performer who’s never broken 80 on the What Not to Sing collection of critical reactions drawn from media, blogs and boards.

That’s right, zero performances in the 80s or 90s. Every other winner or runner up had at least several. Even Diana Degarmo. Allison and Kris, noticeably, have a bunch each. Same way there iTunes sales appear to be much better then the Gokester’s.

That was just hideous, in truly epic fashion. I am *still* laughing! If he survives tonight as is unfortunately likely, I hope he is even more ambitious next week and attempts something even more challenging.

Downeast….you get an entire package of Oreos for directing me to Jacob’s piece at TWOP. Im crying so hard I had to use a paper towel, fuck the tissues but this, THIS was fucking hillarious! while describing Allison and Adam’s duet, which he didnt like much he said this…..

>>and Adam’s penis is pretty much wearing the rest of Adam as an afterthought, >>

Bwahahahahahahahahaha! That dude was effing funny today.

When I realized that Danny was going to be doing Dream On, I literally cringed. I really enjoyed MJ’s version last year. He really went out on a great performance.

I honestly don’t think Danny will be leaving tonight. If I were a betting woman, my points would be on Kris or Allison unless we get the OMG shock boot but I don’t see that happening. Danny is now the VFTW pick when makes me even more convinced.

okay i take it back…after watching it again, it is the worst performance i have ever seen in the finals stage on AI.
can’t. stop. laughing.

Aahhh I thank you Danny Gokey. You’re bringing so much joy into the world today *watches cat video again* :lol_tb:

I have to tip my hat to VFTW. They know how to pick ‘em.

Was Danny rehearsing when the Idol stage collapsed by any chance? Hard to believe these two calamities aren’t related somehow.

Absolutely the worst performance ever at this stage of the competition. I actually can’t wait to hear what Danny thought of it after he watched it back. That should be a priceless follow-up.

I’m sure he has fans that voted for that mess, but I can’t imagine he garnered much (any?) support from the casual voters. Which means that as great as last night was, tonight could be even better if America has managed to put the go in Gokey.

OMG. I just had an awful thought. If Gokey gets eliminated tonight, he will have to sing that song again!!!!! Please people. Think of your pets. Lock them up tonight as far away from the sound as possible. Do it for Fluffy. Do it for Patches.

Isn’t that recap INSANELY funny? The bit where he’s describing the meeting between Gokey/Slash…

“I notice you haven’t got a face.” “I notice you haven’t got a penis.”

(lies down. Cries laughing.)

Okay, just because I hadn’t seen it before and I was inspired by that snippet, I watched the mentor session…and Danny was practically on his knees SCREAMING INTO THE MIKE and you can just see Slash all…”WTF poser. If you don’t know how bad that is… Put your Member’s Only jacket back on and get out of my face.”

Then watching Slash trying to be PC about it for the interview…he’s hanging in there, then the smirk at the end TellsItAll.

EPIC. Just EPIC.

OMG. I just had an awful thought. If Gokey gets eliminated tonight, he will have to sing that song again!!!!! Please people. Think of your pets. Lock them up tonight as far away from the sound as possible. Do it for Fluffy. Do it for Patches.

I was thinking the exact thing, please, no, not again! omg! Pets! Whose worried about pets? When your familys hearing is at stake! And from what I hear (barely) All the cats of America are still in heat from last night! That performance was non human!

Don’t know if this was posted (sorry if it’s a repost) but here’s an extended version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGw8gjCwzEE&eurl=http://topidol.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/danny-gokeys-scream/&feature=player_embedded

you have to watch it until the end for the full “enjoyment” of the vid!

I loved Danny’s performance, which proved that Glambert isn’t the only contestant who can belt out an anquished wail that sends animals howling. I’d say the score is pretty even at this point. AL crashed and burned in a Ring of Fire and DG gave a rock artist’s interpretation of what happens when a dream turns into a nightmare.

Yessserrrrieeeee… this year definately isn’t as boring as last year….

If that performance wasn’t proof that Danny needs to go home, I don’t know what is.

The only disadvantage to him leaving be that we would have to hear the scream… again.

This is soooooo bad, this is actually a SCREAM versus the beautiful notes Adam can hit way up yonder. Danny is probably cringing himself at the playback of this.

I liked Slash on the show, we got some very good performances last night – and the best because it was so freakin bad, was Dannys – lol.

Seriously though he helped them to rock the place and I liked that he reminded Adam that with his gorgeous lower range he doesnt always need to go higher, loved the show last night

“”"”I am guessing Slash is not unhappy D goes, and so decided not to stop the trainwreck. Hence the fantastic SMIRK on his face.
Love him. If it works, love him more.”"”"”

THIS^^^^^^^^^^ OH PLEASE!

“”"”Why is it that when Adam screams (which is beyond annoying), he gets praised for it but when Danny or anyone else does, they are criticized??? I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t stand Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s screaming and sticking that dang tongue out when he “”"”

Because Adam is NOT screaming, he is singing a note so freaking high without going off pitch that is is a wondrus thing to behold, not laughable like Dannys actual scream.

It’s reported that the band was rehearsing “Dream On” when the ball fell and all hell broke loose.
Danny’s dead cat scream for the pre-recorded clip.

Coincidence?

I think not.

The rest of the song wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t bad until you get to that part. Worst idol performance? I think not – that goes to KLCà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s 8 Days a Week and thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s many others much worse than Danny. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not even sure if ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the worst top 4 with people like Nikki McGibbons in there. Even with the dreadful last note(s) I still preferred Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performances to Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ which I found to be weak and boring.

I agree with a lot of what you are saying. I can’t think of all the performances that I thought were bad right now off the top of my head, but I think that there have been others that were worse than Danny’s.

Including Kristy Lee Cook’s “8 Days A Week, some of the songs that Jasmine Trias sung, some performances that Sanjaya gave, etc…

Also, I prefer Danny over Kris as well. I would rather Danny stay around instead of Kris.

I wonder who is going home tonight? Dial Idol has everyone safe but Adam in their rankings. Their GeoPredictions chart which have been a lot more reliable than their rankings this season, have Kris and Allison in trouble. It looks like Kris is in the most trouble.

But I also think that he gets a lot of text votes, so he could be safe, and maybe Allison will be the one that goes home. And there is the possibility that Danny could go tonight. I think that Adam is safe.

I think that whatever happens tonight, it’s going to be one of the more interesting elimination show this season. I think that there are going to be a lot of strong reactions on the Internet, regardless of what happens.

If Danny goes, then a lot of people on the Internet, will be celebrating, if he stays, then a lot people on the Internet will be angry. Because Kris or Allison will probably be going home. I think that tonight’s show will definitley be interesting.

“Danny is probably cringing himself at the playback of this.”

I doubt it. He’ll think it was terrific.

My, My. I’ve had a busy and stressfull morning, so imagine my delight at coming to MJ’s and finding an entire post dedicated to the horrendous shit that was Danny’s performance last night.

The judges have no freaking balls – I can’t believe they wouldn’t call that for what it was. Excuses and A’s for effort? It’s a competition – you should reward results – not the freaking effort.

And the outfit? Danny walked out a failure in that ridiculous ensemble last night. He didn’t even need to sing so badly. Also, I literally fell out of my chair in laughing convulsions when I got a look at his necklace during the duet.

The fact that he ended that shit with clapping for himself, an “I’ll have to listen to it back” and even threw in a “whatever” to the judges, just made it all the more awesome.

So, let’s recap, Hideous fashion choices, crappy singing, lameass delivery during duet, obnoxious banter after performance. Packaged together, that should all send anyone home. Not teflon Danny though, I’m sure he’ll be the first one called safe. This is reality tv, and tragic back-stories trump talent every time.

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When I realized that Danny was going to be doing Dream On, I literally cringed. I really enjoyed MJà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s version last year. He really went out on a great performance.

Last year, I didn’t really enjoy MJ’s version. I thought it was another clumsy Johnsy attempt at big voice arena rock when he should have been singing bluesy soul.

Now? After the Gokester? Michael Johns’ Dream On is the poster child of understated nuance and finesse. LOL

What a difference a year (and a beyond-atrocious performance) makes!

FWIW, I enjoyed Slash. Sure he probably brought about, directly or indirectly, the classic rock flare with little improvisation last night. But it sure beat last year’s so-called rock night on that front. Even though enjoyable, I remember last year thinking, Whaaat? That was Rock night?? But, then again, I love me some classic rock, so there’s that.

And as for Slash and Jokey? I totally believe Slash gave Gokey fair warning about taking on that song and really needing to nail that note. Karaokey simply insisted and believed he could totally do it. As it turns out… well, we all know how it turned out…. LOL

Why is it that when Adam screams (which is beyond annoying), he gets praised for it but when Danny or anyone else does, they are criticized??? I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t stand Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s screaming and sticking that dang tongue out when he

Because Adam does it on key! Danny’s HOWL came across like a voice over in a horror movie!
Horror-endous!

So, it was not à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“hit or missà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ he just cannot go there. So, since Danny is totally oblivious of the fact, his mentor should have told him.

I am guessing Slash is not unhappy D goes, and so decided not to stop the trainwreck. Hence the fantastic SMIRK on his face.
Love him. If it works, love him more.

Hee, I loved that too. Did anyone really expect Slash of all people to be all intervention-ish and help Danny leave behind his poseury ways and come to rock and roll Jesus? I imagine Slash is kinda thinking something along the lines of…at least Axl was a douche who really could mutha effing WAIL and rock his ass off, when he felt like it. I got no use for this guy.

It’s up to the singers to take away the right message from the mentoring session, and if Danny wasn’t sensing Slash’s mysteriously hidden eyeballs rolling like a mo fo the whole time they were interacting, well, too bad so sad. I’m not crying for him. I am, however, crying with laughter. Because damn, I don’t think he realized he had stepped in some proverbial dog doo and tracked it all over the stage until Simon pointed it out to him. And even then, I got the impression he wasn’t going to believe it until he watched it back.

I don’t feel sorry for Danny. Not. At. All.

Danny has not taken a single mentor’s advice this season…not Smokey’s, not Randy’s, not Slash’s. Sure, maybe Slash wanted to sabotage him a little (and if I’m being honest, if that’s the case he’s my frakking HERO now), but in the end it is Danny’s smug self-righteousness that made him attempt that note, not Slash’s mentoring.

I’m praying that Danny leaves, but that’s not going to happen, is it? *sigh* the fix is in and has been since the beginning.

I do have to agree that there have been far worse Idol performances. That said, I think the last note could possibly be the worst note in Idol history. Man! That was B-A-D!

My dream would be that Danny gets the boot and the judges demand that he NOT sing the song again. For the sake of the children.

Sing with me, sing for the jeers
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears
Sing with me if its just for today,
Maybe the good lord will take Danny away!

Scream On! Scream ON!
Scream! until my dream comes true!

The more I sit here and think about it the more convinced I am that they couldn’t possibly let someone who produced such an ungodly bastardization of a song win this thing.

Say what you will about conspiracy theories and darks cabals in the night, there surely to God had to be a huge meeting where all TPTB are forced to sit and listen to that over and over before being asked “Is this who you really want to win American Idol?”

Fair, not fair I don’t care.
The perpetrator of such shit needs to be claused the hell out of there as fast as he can pack his bags.
If they allow him to progress one inch further in this competition they will henceforth and forever more be one giant joke of a show.

Not that they aren’t already, but good Lord.

Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s reported that the band was rehearsing à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Dream Onà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  when the ball fell and all hell broke loose.
Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s dead cat scream for the pre-recorded clip.

Coincidence?

I think not.

LMAO! So possible!

Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s reported that the band was rehearsing à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Dream Onà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  when the ball fell and all hell broke loose.
Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s dead cat scream for the pre-recorded clip.

Coincidence?

I think not.

LMAO! So possible!

Yep, first the mansion cleanup and now this. Danny is going to owe 19E a fortune. :laugh_tb:

Danny’s not going anywhere this week except home to Milwaukee, ‘cuz his loyal fans (including me) were jamming the phone lines last night…. they were busier than ever.

But I will admit that even we had to laugh at that performance. Believe it or not (and I know many posters on this site don’t), Danny’s a bright guy. Sure, his attempt at playing rock star was an Epic Fail. But he hasn’t taken himself too seriously yet, so why should he start now?

As Ricky Minor said, DG really is a local kid who grew up in a lower middle-class neighborhood and learned to sing in church, which is pretty much the only place he has ever sung.

He was cast by the producers as the anti-Adam… And he played that role brilliantly last night, eh?

I don’t agree with the notion, which seems fairly widespread, that Danny is untouchable. In fact, I do think he will be eliminated tonight. There is a lot working against him.

-First, the performance, and that Sasquatch Scream (TM, Danny Gokey), was very likely the worst performance at this stage of the game in eight seasons. The note was so out of control, so manic, so frightening, that I cannot image a worse sound coming off that stage.

-Second, he was not blasted by the judges. He was not told, “Pack your bags, Danny”. That would have fired up his fan base. Instead, he was given the sort of middling commentary that usually gets people in trouble. Lots of his fans (most of whom are middle-aged and much older, I’d think) probably went to bed after a few minutes voting.

-Third, because Danny appeals more to an older crowd, I doubt he gets nearly as many text messages, meaning his “in danger” status on DialIdol is worse than it looks.

-Fourth, we all know that it is the casual voters who make the most difference. Tell me, how many of them do you think he hooked last night with that performance!?

-Fifth, Danny may have been safe last week, but he was also coming off his best Idol performance ever. What makes us think he is equally safe after his worst, and indeed one of the worst, ever?

-Finally, Allison ended up (with Adam) in the pimp spot. Kris, who is benefiting from Matt voters, was blatantly mistreated (performing twice in a row, in the middle of the show, being forced to sing with Gokey, etc.), he looked annoyed by it, and he did something really neat with the Beatles song. I bet he grabbed voters. Plus, his fan base was probably on fire.

When you add it all up, I think the team of Adam-Allison-Kris will live to sing another day. Gokey will be eliminated.

^^^ I can only hope and pray that you’re right.

oh rbidol, I truly wish I had your optimism.

Also, I just want to say that I find it interesting that so many peeps are comparing Danny’s performance to Adam’s Ring of Fire for epic disastrasnous (probably not a real word but it does express the jest of this post). IMHO Ring of Fire is probably one of Adam’s greatest triumphs….it may not have played well on Idol, especially on Country night, but as a stand alone song it was beautiful and ballsy. More and more of Adam’s fans (and notice I said Adam’s fans) rank this as one of their favorites.

I wonder how many of Danny’s fans (that’s an oxymoron to me but that is for another time and place) would rate his performance last night as one of his best? But then, she says as the Danny distancer she is, he hasn’t sung much that is good the rest of the year, so maybe they do consider it one of his best.

AL crashed and burned in a Ring of Fire and DG gave a rock artistà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s interpretation of what happens when a dream turns into a nightmare.

I don’t know about comparing Adam’s RoF to Gokey’s Dream On. While people may have hated Adam’s interpretation of the song (I enjoyed it, but I can understand why people might not), you have to admit that his vocals were completely spot on during the entire performance. On Dream On, Gokey was pitchy throughout the entire song, and ended with the most tragic scream I have ever heard on that stage. I literally wanted to hide out of embarrassment. Yet somehow he avoided much criticism.

Poor Kris. I fear he will be the one to go…and he so does not deserve to tonight.

Just a note to say the video is one of the funniest effing things I have seen in a long time. Genius combining of the hideous scream with the cat. Actually, the original video of the cat’s real scream? Way better than Danny’s.

Okay, just because I really needed the laugh, I re-watched the Scream again. And if I were the most generous person in the world (and seriously tone deaf), I would say that he was on pitch until :08 of the scream. From :08 to :11, really, even Mother Teresa probably wouldn’t be able to be so kind and call that singing. That was a blood curdling scream that I will rewind over and over and over again because it’s so bad it’s good. And I would give an arm and a leg to have Adam sing that in the preordained Adam/Danny finale just so he can show America how it’s properly done.

FWIW, I enjoyed Slash. Sure he probably brought about, directly or indirectly, the classic rock flare with little improvisation last night. But it sure beat last yearà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s so-called rock night on that front. Even though enjoyable, I remember last year thinking, Whaaat? That was Rock night??

When Slash tweeted last week that he was going to work with the Idols (can’t remember his exact words), I thought this was going to be a great week. Slash is a musician and I thought that he was going to actually work with the Idols. To help them to come up with arrangements that worked. Worked for their voices.

But, what Slash really meant by doing things his way was that he was going to make this the worst karaoke night we’ve seen in quite some time. If I wanted to see people sing badly to carbon copy versions of hard rock songs, I would go over to the neighbour’s house and watch them play Rock Band. At least then, I would get my own chance of caterwauling to the songs myself. Rock music is all about innovation and innovation was strangled this week.

IMO, one of this season’s high points has been that we’ve seen so many unique takes on songs. Some have worked and some have not, but it has kept things interesting an entertaining. Slash’s craptacular mentoring meant that we got a tedious, horrific snooze fest. Usually, I can look forward to Adam going against the grain and surprising us. Think he’ll go all screaming disco? Nope, he’s singing a ballad. And so on. Interesting arrangements of all types of songs. What did we get this week? Paint-by-numbers. And then there is Kris. Almost flawless in picking/arranging songs for his range and voice. But, did we get that? No, we got to see him struggle with a song way out of his comfort zone. Blah! Even Danny usually manages to pick something that kind of works for his voice (not great, but not epic trainwrecks). I don’t care if Slash thought it was funny to let Danny hit that wonky note. I had to listen to that wonky note and I’m still angry about that. And there were innocent children and animals that had to listen to that. Think of the children. Think of my poor dog! He’s a sweety. He doesn’t deserve that kind of abuse.

So, I say forget about arguing whether Danny had the worst peformance in Idol history. I submit that Slash was the worst mentor in Idol history. He took a season full of innovation and turned it into the most karaoke night we’ve had since Season 1. It was his concept. He demanded the terms. He owns the disaster.

^^^^sleepyinsominac… no need to rewind over and over… just watch the “extended version” I posted earlier for your enjoyment LMAO

That was seriously funny. I keep think about Danny saying last night, “maybe I need to listen to it” or something like that. Well, buddy, here’s your chance.

I can’t believe the judge’s looked the other way here. Last year, MJ got told it was the “wrong song” and he’s “wannabe” for a vastly superior performance. This year? Danny gets lauded for his courage in picking such a “difficult song” and gets an “A for effort.” Agenda anyone?

“”"”So, I say forget about arguing whether Danny had the worst peformance in Idol history. I submit that Slash was the worst mentor in Idol history. He took a season full of innovation and turned it into the most karaoke night weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve had since Season 1. It was his concept. He demanded the terms. He owns the disaster.”"”"

I think Slash will go down in history as the best mentor, with possibly helping to create the best MOMENT in AI history, now if we can only see the Danny scream on the next Scream movie – that would be perfect!!!1

Spencer, thank you about that. I am considering ripping off the audio and making it my ringtone for Halloween.

About Slash and his mentoring, I agree that he wasn’t the most effective person they have had on the show. And he probably should have dissuaded Danny from doing the wail at the end. But then again unless he actually encouraged Danny to go for it, I don’t think that Danny himself could be excused from even attempting it. He couldn’t not have heard himself. There is no way that he didn’t know that it was that bad.

sumidol: Wanted to throw in a word that I agree about Slash. He was the irrelevant, pompous mentor ever.

Worst Idol Performance Ever?

Yes. Heck, that would have been one of the worst AUDITIONS. But Top 4?

Worse, he’s completely clueless about how horrific he is – he was singing badly in the rehearsal clip, when he still had time to change the song. He thought he could take on Adam. Scary. But the judges STILL pimped him & drove the bus over Allison & Kris who were so much better. Just as scary.

I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t believe the judgeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s looked the other way here. Last year, MJ got told it was the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“wrong songà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  and heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“wannabeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  for a vastly superior performance. This year? Danny gets lauded for his courage in picking such a à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“difficult songà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  and gets an à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“A for effort.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Agenda anyone?

I have to heartily agree, but I guess this is nothing new on idol, is it? Didn’t Adam also sing his song exactly like Robert Plant yesterday and they said nothing, but then they turn around and tell others that they are singing just like the original?? Double standard.

But, what Slash really meant by doing things his way was that he was going to make this the worst karaoke night weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve seen in quite some time. If I wanted to see people sing badly to carbon copy versions of hard rock songs, I would go over to the neighbourà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s house and watch them play Rock Band.

I don’t know. I really enjoyed last night’s show. Maybe they didn’t show much of Slash’s mentoring, but we don’t really know what happened behind the scenes and how he worked with the kids. I thought the band was just phenomenal in giving a true Rock sense of the songs. I think that is where Slash and Ricky Minor came in. They gave the contestants a great Rock feel to the music. I normally do enjoy when the arrangements are changed, but I think the songs that they sang last night were such classics, that I would have hated it if they wouldn’t have sounded like the originals. I LOVE Led Zeppelin and Whole Lotta Love! Just the way it is. To hear it in all its fine glory (especially that last part of the song “Way down inside, Woman, you need, LOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVEEEEE”) from Adam was just a highlight of the season for me. The same with Slow Ride from Adam and Allison. I have played that song so many times on Guitar Hero, that I could almost picture each of the colored circles in my brain on each note. I was air guitaring through the whole song. Again, I wanted to hear it just the way it was. Maybe that was just me, but I thought last night’s show was one of the best of the seasons. I really loved it. (well…except for Gokey…but I did enjoy the trainwreck…sorry to admit)

I submit that Slash was the worst mentor in Idol history.

So. Right. On. In fact, I would submit that Slash was the very Danny Gokey of mentors… selfish and self-congratulatory.

Although far less oblivious…

Well, sure, maybe Slash had his own agenda and message. Isn’t that what rockers do? But nothing about what I saw tells me he coaxed Danny or anyone else into a crash and burn. Maybe he did want to show in no uncertain terms that the work he does and has done for decades ain’t as easy as it appears. And we separate the wheat from the chaf and all that. Plus, Jamie Foxx last week didn’t redo arrangements, by and large, he gave performance tips.

Here’s Slash’s advice, spot on for each:

Adam, don’t improvise so much with the high stuff, you’re lower register sounds really good. Right or wrong? Right.

Allison, actually, I don’t remember her advice. LOL

Kris, hey you wanna play the guitar, here use mine. Add a little energy, even though admittedly playing guitar limits your movements. Right or wrong? Right.

Danny, really tough song, you’ll really need to nail that final note, it’ll make or break you. Right or wrong? Right.

True, I’m biased toward rockers, so grain of salt and all. But in a season of “innovation” as you say, I don’t think it’s all wrong to do a straight week. And, “classic” rock week seems like a good enough time to me. It’s classic for a reason.

Sort of like (only way different lol) Cook choosing not to mess with an ALW song during Weber’s week last year. Who knows if it was Slash, or the contestants, or a combo that led to the purist performances this week.

Anywho, I as mentioned, and it probably should have been my main premise, last year’s rock week disappointed me and this year’s didn’t. At least we knew at the end of the show that the theme was classic rock. And that’s all good with me!

Mileage, etc.

I laughed at this video all last night, and not too suprisingly, am still laughing at it today. LMAO

I don’t disagree that his advice was ok. However, he’s the one responsible for the structure of the theme in the first place. Easy to succeed inside your own bubble. A true mentor serves those he mentors, not himself. But as you say, mileage.

Mind you, without the comments of the judges, I would have enjoyed the night more. A lot more.

There have been other songs that I think were done worse (KLC slaughtering the Beatles comes to mind) but I think that this ranks as the ultimate Top 4 EPIC FAIL and certainly worthy of overall Top 10 all time worst.

sunchick FTW! THIS. I wish I’d written THIS!

We begin with a black pinstripe vested super scruffy faced spiky haired Danny looking like the bizarro version of David Cook during the AI finale last season making hilarious squinty attempts at camera eyef*ckery in the first ten seconds. OH, and hereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the close up revealing the constipated look on his face during à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“everybodyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s got their dues in life to payà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Then the song picks up and herrre we go into drunk uncle karaoke territory as the Gokester attempts to drag the mike around rocker-styleà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ but wait! He rethinks the mike dragging, whewà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦and throws in a yeeeah yeeee dooby dooby doo- WTF? Finally, with Paula enthusiastically headbanging down front, we are met with the scream that broke the Idol stage as a thousand feral cats gather in the alley outside the theater, ticked off because the Gokey is giving them a bad name.

I think I would be remiss if I didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t mention that he was all Hercales Hercales as he clapped. for. himself. and genuinely seemed to believe that he worked that shit out.

Oy.

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know if ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the worst performance in Idol history, butà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦wellà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.it definitely goes down as the only performance in Idol history that resulted in Slash busting a gut in the audience.

And then someone else linked David Cook singing TWIK in the finale to give us an idea of Danny’s twisted fashion sense. Oh HOW could you do that to us? David. David Cook. Singing The World I Know. And then we have him in the same paragraph with that craptastic, horrendous, OTT, rididulous, egotistical, amazingly awful howling Gokey performance? Oh oh oh I’M IN PAIN! I must listen to some David Cook…TWIK, Man in the Box, Creep even! AAAAAARGGGHHHHHHHH.

Oh, man. That was worse than Casey Carlson’s rendition of The Police and Matt’s “Viva la Vida” combined. I haven’t cringed that much since Amanda Overmyer butchered Kansas last year. Unfortunately I don’t think Danny will be eliminated but he’ll at least be Bottom 2. This season, EVERYONE will have hit the seal at some point–when was the last time that happened? Blargh, if it weren’t for Anoop, Allison and Adam, I wouldn’t even bother with the tour at all. I am glad Anoop is home in Chapel Hill and that he didn’t have to suffer through all the crap that went down last night.

I feel bad for Kris fans. He got the bus and he didn’t deserve it. If he or Allison go home tonight, no way is Danny going to pick up their votes. He very well may have lost the win with that death cry.

Wow, thanks kathryntx for taking that bullet. I knew something kept me from clicking that link! Cook’s TWIK?!

Well, just goes to show ya, I did get the impression when Karaokey said he’d been watching others’ performances that he’d been watching Cook. His feeble attempts at swagger and mike stand work tipped me off. He really should just be genuine, it might work for him, given his fanbase and the model he wants to be.

Oh well…

Why is it that when Adam screams (which is beyond annoying), he gets praised for it but when Danny or anyone else does, they are criticized???

People generally describe what Adam does as “screaming,” but it’s not. It’s actually a fairly difficult vocal technique that he uses when he goes for the high notes. He can sing those notes in a “normal” voice, too. He just doesn’t, for the most part.

That poor cat in the video. Who would do something so cruel to an animal that it would scream like that?!

ETA: I liked Slash as a mentor, except I have a feeling Kris not doing his usual arranging of a song was Slash’s idea. But other than that, yeah. He knew Danny couldn’t hit that note, and he tried to warn him without saying it outright. Hokey Gokey didn’t catch on.

I thought Slash was great as a mentor. Loved last night for many reasons.

The duet of A & A took top spot in my night last night, those two are just adorably awesome together.

Adam & Allison: Both solo’s were great.

I don’t think Slash should have to take the heat for Kris/Danny solo’s and craptastic duet. It’s not his fault.

I also think Slash was warning Danny on that last note. He knew Danny did not have the chops for that song, hell everyone knew it. Danny should be packing his bags after that performance, no excuse on top 4. Kris should not be going home.

I thought Slash’s mentoring was fine. Danny didn’t say he went into the mentoring session with two songs or that Slash talked him into Dream On. What was Slash supposed to do – go over the classic rock genre with Danny song by song to see if he could sing something passably well? Not his job.

I’ll be LMAO when Danny is safe tonight!

I for one thought Slash was a great mentor. It’s nice to see someone with exacting standards who doesn’t kow tow to the contestants and insist on hewing to the “if you can’t say something nice….” school of wussy thought. He was brought in to mentor ROCK night — not folk rock night (for Kris), glam rock night (for Adam), blues rock night (for Allison), or dying cat rock night (for Gokey). He told each contestant what he/she had to do to turn in a solid rock performance, and it was up to them to deliver.

When the suggestion went around last night that maybe Adam would do “Stairway to Heaven” I automatically thought, great, maybe someone else will trot out that other old hackneyed, overplayed chestnut “Dream On.” Thanks Gokey for not disappointing!

Has PETA chimed in yet about the extreme cruelty inflicted upon our nation’s pets last night?

I normally do enjoy when the arrangements are changed, but I think the songs that they sang last night were such classics, that I would have hated it if they wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have sounded like the originals

I don’t consider any songs sacred. Even actual sacred songs can be re-arranged (there is a jazzy version of “Ave Maria” I love).

Personally, if I did think a song was sacrosanct, I would rather have it “sullied” by a Kris style re-arrangement than to keep the original, pure arrangement and have it “crucified” by Danny and his horrendous note-from-Hades (perhaps covering Styx earlier made him think about crossing the River Styx)

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t disagree that his advice was ok. However, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the one responsible for the structure of the theme in the first place. Easy to succeed inside your own bubble. A true mentor serves those he mentors, not himself. But as you say, mileage.

I so agree with this. I much prefer mentors who try help the Idols be their best and make the best show for me to watch. Your’e right, Slash is the Danny Gokey of mentors.

I watched Danny’s vid for the 10th time and what the hell happens in the middle? Its like he is doing pretty good and then the rug is pulled beneath him and godayum but its a mess.

Im totally over the excuse that its not his genre, no one else gets to use that excuse so why does he? and the judges suck for not calling him on it, for using kid gloves to cushion their critiques of his crappy performance.

I think whats the funniest part of the vid is the end when he thinks he is so damn cool and stands there with hands behind his back like a puppy waiting for his treat cause he peed on the paper and not the floor.

and wtf was that whole do- do dowoppy thing in the middle?

He wont go home but he should. IMO.

He knew he couldnt hit that note, he should have chosen something that would not make him a laughing stock.

I didn’t read all the posts yet. Needed to catch my breath from all that laughing. God, you guys are hilarious.

Since I’m going on a Go-Go-Gokey tear, I was just wondering

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m wondering if Slash didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have something to do with their choices. Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ and Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s felt so wrong for them.

Actually, Allison asked Slash which song to choose, didn’t she? Kris had second thoughts about Revolution, though he didn’t really say why, other than it didn’t feel right. Slash doesn’t seem like the type to tell you right out if he thinks it’s right or wrong song(unless he wanted to be really mean), could be his style might be to let you experience the song to see if it felt right to you. He did warn Danny about it being a tough song choice. Also, I remember there was one week when a mentor (can’t remember who) said Danny left out some lines in his song, and told him to put it back in. In the end, Danny didn’t listen, the backup singers did it, and the performance wasn’t well-rated.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll be LMAO when Danny is safe tonight!

I’ll do the same if he wins. TPTB will get exactly what’s coming to them.

“IMHO Ring of Fire is probably one of Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s greatest triumphsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.it may not have played well on Idol, especially on Country night, but as a stand alone song it was beautiful and ballsy. More and more of Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fans (and notice I said Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fans) rank this as one of their favorites.”

Substitute Dream On for Ring of Fire and Danny’s name for Adam’s and the above would pretty much sum up his fans’ opinion of Danny’s performance last night. I’m sure they thought it was “beautiful and ballsy” too.

I think any weeks like when they are country or rock should stay that way.If its itune or movies then change them up.Over the years i think making them do the things they never do pulls the cream to the top.When adam did rof i did not like it.I could never bash adam for rof for not being a good vocal.Danny has got to the piont he thinks he has a better vocal then adam.Go look at last week after simon said give them 2 (allison/danny)credit for being top 2.When they show his face look at him.Its like damn right i am the best.
Danny has a hardcore fan base but i wonder if that (agenda pushing)base will be there for him when the album fails.He is being built so high up by them that this guy is going to have a MAJOR problem when it happens.
I will not bash danny for doing that song.I dont think he would of tired it a few weeks ago.I just hope he learned from it.I hope he sees now that his story and agenda pushing base has got him here.I guess we will see tonite

“Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m sure they thought it was à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“beautiful and ballsyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  too.”

Ballsy OH MY YES – beautiful, well, it could have been if he had been anywhere near where that note was supposed to be, therein lies the difference between A and D – Adam always lands the note, Danny – not so much

The difference between Adam’s RoF and Danny’s Dream On is that you can criticize RoF for being too OTT or not to your taste, etc., but you cannot, reasonably, criticize the vocals. Adam hit every single solitary note in his version of RoF. Dream On was a pitchy mess from the first note and that final scream was agonizing. It wasn’t simply a matter of taste or being OTT that doomed Dream On, it was horrendous vocals.

“”"”So. Right. On. In fact, I would submit that Slash was the very Danny Gokey of mentorsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ selfish and self-congratulatory.

Although far less obliviousà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦”"”"

I believe that if you liked Adam or Allison then Slash was the best but if you liked Kris or Danny then Slash was the worst. I like Adam and Kris the best and I thought he was right on in what he told them, Adam picked up on but Kris did not, he really needed more energy last night and Kris just did not bring it, I hope hope hope that Danny, ignoring Slash’s good advise also, goes home because of it because between Kris and Danny, Danny was the worst.

I think that Danny will be safe tonight. Even though his performance was aweful, he has a very loyal, well-organized fan base. I’m at least hoping for a B2 showing! I think Kris was off and knew he was getting run-over by the bus. Kris really wasn’t great. But if there is justice, he will survive.

Many Danny fans justify his poor performance of “Dream On” by sayinig it’s equivalant to Adam’s RoF. But that is not a widely held belief:

- “Dream On”: Danny was off key and couldn’t hit the octave leap scream at the end. He was foolish and arrogant to even attempt a Steven Tyler song.
WNTS rating = 10 and the low rating was were very widespread (SD = 11).
The only lower ranked performance in a late round was “Everlasting Love” by Jasmine Trias AI3 – Final 4 which got a 7.

- “Ring of Fire”: Some people hated it; others, including me, loved it. But love it or hate it, Adam was pitch-perfect throughout the entire song. WNTS rating = 51 with a very wide range of opinions on the performance — the most pollarized opinions in Idol History. (SD = 35)

edit: don’t bait posters or tell them what to do

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“IMHO Ring of Fire is probably one of Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s greatest triumphsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.it may not have played well on Idol, especially on Country night, but as a stand alone song it was beautiful and ballsy. More and more of Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fans (and notice I said Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fans) rank this as one of their favorites.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Substitute Dream On for Ring of Fire and Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s name for Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s and the above would pretty much sum up his fansà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ opinion of Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance last night. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m sure they thought it was à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“beautiful and ballsyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  too.

I was just over at AI.com, and yup, you nailed it. They now think Danny is even more rockin’ than Adam! Woo!

But seriously, I’m never going to be able to listen to Dream On again.

The only way Gokey’s version could be called “ballsy” is if the definition of the word had been changed to mean “sound reflective of the noise made by the average male creature when their testicles are crushed in a vice.”

But seriously, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m never going to be able to listen to Dream On again.

THIS!

The only way Gokeyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s version could be called à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“ballsyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  is if the definition of the word had been changed to mean à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“sound reflective of the noise made by the average male creature when their testicles are crushed in a vice.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Maybe that’s what they think it is? DAnny fans are kind of dilusional…

Many Danny fans justify his poor performance of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Dream Onà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  by saying ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s equivalant to Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s RoF.

I’m such a huge sucker fan for irony. LOL

So peeps who thought that RoF was an atrocious, abomination, sacrilege, and an insult to the genre view Dream On as its equivalent. That’s rich.

RoF for some was an OTT arrangement and offensively sexual performance for Idol. The vocals were immaculate. Really, really good. Dream On was a straight arrangement with regrettable vocals. No real comparison, but I do so like the one articulated above. LOL

ETA: And, again, Starrlight captures it better than I could ever hope to… LMAO!

Slash is a Guitar GOD not a lead singer. I’m sure he didn’t really know what to say? I mean GNR was not about vocal tech, music sheets and techniques, they just gotout their and let it rip. He probably didn’t offer much because he really doesn’t know much (about singing that is)

As far as this idea tha Slash would purposly throw Danny under a bus… that proposterous! I’m pretty sure that Slash could really give a $hit who goes home or who wins. He’s pimping his solo stuff, staying relevant, nothing more.

The only way Gokeyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s version could be called à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“ballsyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  is if the definition of the word had been changed to mean à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“sound reflective of the noise made by the average male creature when their testicles are crushed in a vice.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep, first the mansion cleanup and now this (the destruction of the set when Danny let loose his caterwaul). Danny is going to owe 19E a fortune.

Has PETA chimed in yet about the extreme cruelty inflicted upon our nationà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s pets last night?

Danny, youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re now also responsible for the medical fees of all those eardrums you punctured!

Guess that’s why TPTB need to let him win, else he’d go bankrupt from all the expenses and lawsuits. And I very much doubt that American Idol will pay for them, tho’ they should, since they inflicted Gokey on us.

All I can say is that I hope the autotuner’s working on full blast for Danny’s studio version …. it will be interesting to see how they tweek that one to sound half decent … of course it could be that they get Adam in to sing the last note how it should be done, for him.

Danny is going to make a fortune on the last night alone! Horror flicks everywhere are going to want to get their hands on it! Oh and on Halloween tracks? Scary!

Worst case scenario: Danny makes the bottom 2 but isn’t booted – making his fans vote HARDER next week, pushing him into the finale.

:wallbash_tb:

The reason last night’s show was weak is because it needed that live dress rehearsal — it was clearly nervewracking for most of them.

P.S. I thought Slash was a great addition of a real live rock star, and right on with his assessments. He has played with the greats and is the real deal. Possibly as intimidating as having Pavarotti on Opera Night without a live dress rehearsal? (– and would we criticize the performances as harshly then too? Okay, yes we would.)

I played that vid and my 6 year old daughter ran in here and asked what the screaming was. I told her it was from Idol last night and she said “God that was unpleasant.” That pretty much sums it up for me. I laughed last night when I watched it, and I woke up this morning still laughing about it.

Possibly as intimidating as having Pavarotti on Opera Night without a live dress rehearsal? (à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ and would we criticize the performances as harshly then too? Okay, yes we would.)

If Pavarotti comes on this show as a mentor and makes the kids sing straight up opera (no re-arrangements allowed) I’ll say he sucked as a mentor too regardless of whether they get dress rehearsals or not.

Of course, since Pavarotti is dead, I don’t see that hapening unless Gokey managed to raise him from the grave with that note last night.

Slash is a Guitar GOD not a lead singer. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m sure he didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t really know what to say? I mean GNR was not about vocal tech, music sheets and techniques, they just gotout their and let it rip. He probably didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t offer much because he really doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know much (about singing that is)

That could be true. It is possible he didn’t have a clue. Still, it’s pretty depressing when a musician gets pwned as a mentor by a geeky movie director.

I’m not sure which made me lol more, this one or Rickey’s. I’m really hoping for a remix of the talk back he gave to the judges last night. “Whatever” my ass. Plus, his self clapping needs to be immortalized. Even if he doesn’t go home, at least he brings the lulz.

I laughed last night when I watched it, and I woke up this morning still laughing about it.

Me too. And I still am. Haha. Perhaps if Danny didn’t come off as such a smug, unlikeable guy, maybe I’d feel sorry for him? Hah. Actually, probably not.

Well at least now the Karegokey Fans know the real definition of the word “shriek”.

Careful with that Axe, Danny.

Long time lurker here, but I just wanted to give a comment on this topic. First of all Danny’s performance was horrible. Embarrassingly horrible.

I am not a Danny hater, nor a Danny lover. I think Adam should win, although I don’t think he’s the greatest thing since sliced bread, but he is the best overall. I think Danny has a good voice, actually a very nice voice, when he uses it right. But that just sucked.

Anyhoo, what I really wanted to add was the perspective of the dj’s when I was riding to work this morning. There are three people on in the morning. It’s a nationally syndicated very popular show.

They began talking about AI. Talked about Adam first. They all have liked Adam all season. They played his song. The female said Adam was the best voice on AI ever.

Then they talked about Allison. Said she was great. They played some of her song. One guy talked about how she talked back to Simon, but not in a negative way. He said that it seemed like no matter what she did, they just didn’t seemed pleased. He mentioned Lil, and how it was the same for her. They talked a bit about how great Allison sounded for her age.

Then the one guy, the producer(he was the only one who actually watched last night) I think, says this final four are all great singers. Then he pauses, and almost apoligetically says, “well, except Kris, I don’t think that he quite can measure up voice-wise.”

Then he says (calmly, with no fanfare)…”and here’s Danny’s” (Meanwhile, I’m bracing myself because I get embarrassed myself when other people embarrass themselves). So they play it from somewhere midway and right through the end. The lady dj says, “well that wasn’t bad” The male dj says, “they did get him on that last note didn’t they?” And then goes into how that song is so hard to sing, that unless you can do it over and over in a studio, it’s hard to pull off”

And then they went on to Kris. Played it. Someone said something to the effect of they all sounded okay. And that was it…I was shocked.

My point is, that this may be how the average veiwer saw it, as opposed to those of us on the Internets, especially those who hate Danny. Again, I thought it was BAD, and I was totally expecting them to either laugh or act like they were embarrassed for him, but no. They didn’t make a big deal of it at all.

So who knows what will happen tonight. I feel certain Kris and Danny are the bottom 2. I won’t guess who goes home.

I Hope your right aek, but I think that Alison and Kris may end up in the B2 tonight!

I thought ROF & PTFMWB were both hideous and painful. I at least liked part of Danny’s song which is more than I can say for either of those. I do think it was a poor choice. Why they didn’t let him (& Kris) do a different type of rock is beyond me. Makes me think they were slanting the night even more towards Adam and possibly Allison to a lessor extent.

RoF is what actually made me an Adam fan. Dream On? Well, Gokey made me laugh.

Why are all the Danny fans fighting so hard against Adam? What because Danny tried and failed at immulating Adam you are mad at Adam? Look at it this way, Simon, Randy, Paula and Kara are all pros in the business. They are judges for a reason. If they, as well as the mentors say that Adam is a cut above the rest, it’s because he is. You can believe what you want to believe… or what your heart wants you to believe but at the end of the day, there is NO WAY that Danny is better or even as good as Adam. Facts are Facts…

It will be so interesting to see what Danny says about his performance tonight.

I thought ROF & PTFMWB were both hideous and painful. I at least liked part of Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s song which is more than I can say for either of those. I do think it was a poor choice. Why they didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t let him (& Kris) do a different type of rock is beyond me. Makes me think they were slanting the night even more towards Adam and possibly Allison to a lessor extent.

I agree. I also feel Danny and Kris would have done well with more practice time on their duet. They actually sounded pretty good, but didn’t perform well. Danny actually does have a better voice, though. I like Kris, too.

edit: I meant I agree about the pairings and the type of rock. I think Adam has been very consistent.

Oh, FFS! Is anyone seriously comparing this trainwreck to Adam’s Ring of Fire?

The arrangement of Ring of Fire may not have been conventional but Adam’s vocal was a masterclass.

Danny’s vocal, on the other hand, it’s such a disaster that it’s hilarious.

I hope Adam’s detractors who accuse him of shrieking, screaming and screeching can now see the difference between those noises and an off the radar note hits with control, pitch and tone and appreciate just what a skill it is to do that.

Still, Danny can be proud of having inadvertantly been responsible for one of the funniest moments in AI history.