ESPN editors FTW!

A poster on DCO commented that she actually knows the ESPN editor who did the montage. He’s an Emmy-award winner and a “huge fan”. What a nice compliment for David!

I noticed that too. Whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s funny is that Simon later said he didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know what he meant when he said à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“worthyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to DC even though he said it twice to two different people! I guess some of Paulaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s loopy-ness rubbed off on him. Haha!

Haha, you could be right! I loved the montage of him mispronouning a bunch of names on the Best of the Rest show. The voiceover asks “but is he doing this on purpose?” and shows Simon saying to Paula, “I think I’m just going to try to get all of the names wrong today.” and she just cracks up. Then a guy comes in and Simon pronounces the name and the guy goes “yes”, and Simon, under his breath, goes “damn.” That just had me cracking up.

Rewatching is kind of fun. I like watching the show without the sense of “omg how is my favorite going to do?!” and being all nervous. Heh.

ETA: There really are some great moments in that montage – from the clips of Bobby Bowden and JoePa to the lyrics “but you’re still standing”, and the clip of Phil Fulmer being carried off the field at his final game at Tennessee – those just fit so well with the lyrical content of the song. But I think my favorite clip, just purely for the way the visual fits so perfectly with the lyrics, is the guy making the catch and basically doing a backflip as the lyric “I’m losing faith in gravity” is sung. Brilliant! ESPN editors FTW!

DCà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s audition was interesting because of the cognitive dissonance in his physical appearance with the way he answered the judgesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ questions.

So much word to this, and your entire post, smallie. I’m proud to say he was my pick from the very beginning because of exactly what you mentioned. Such a difference between his looks and his demeaner/personality. Very intriguing. Also, after he got his ticket and walked back out to Ryan, who else was waiting for this “punk poseur”? His mom, who he gave a big hug. He had me right there.

That ESPN montage gave me a grin a mile wide. I love sports montages, and this one was just a treat. I hope sports nut DC gets to see it.

I had no problem with personality and AI 7. I wanted to see a select group of talented artists, and for the most part, that’s what we got. Maybe the characters cast were not as drama worthy as Simon needs, but they were fine IMO.

I just cannot see myself invested in any singer like I was this season and Season 4. OK, maybe addicted is a better word. It seems impossible at this point in time.

I havenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t seen (so far) either David showing up on any Best Music lists of 2008. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m kind of surprised the fans of either havenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t sleuthed out any mentions (no matter how obscure).

I saw Crush on the AOL website at number 8 a few weeks ago. I think I’ve seen it elswhere before too but I don’t keep track.

I haven’t seen (so far) either David showing up on any Best Music lists of 2008. I’m kind of surprised the fans of either haven’t sleuthed out any mentions (no matter how obscure).

That review looks like it is from an 18 year old blogger that lives in the Phillipines?

Now that you mention it, Yes

Someone has now posted the Heroes/college football montage as a separate youtube. Man, ESPN did a great job of editing this. My favorite part, naturally, is the Georgia highlight on the words “you’re still standing” in the first chorus. But probably the most impressive editing is the series of hits with the drumstrikes on the bridge.

The Beat Review does a review of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“A Little Too Not Over Youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

That review looks like it is from an 18 year old blogger that lives in the Phillipines?

Simon told Brooke that her audition was a bit à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“worthyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  just like he said to DC. Still donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t really know what that means, but whateverà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Omg, I noticed that too! Is there some British usage of the term worthy where it means something is bit goody-two-shoes or holier-than-thou or something? Because I could kinda see that as being Simon’s criticism of Brooke and DC somehow. With Brooke, the reasons are more obvious, but I feel like Simon almost had the same reservation about DC, even though it was a bit more subtle.

DC’s audition was interesting because of the cognitive dissonance in his physical appearance with the way he answered the judges’ questions. In comes this nerdy looking guy (I say that lovingly) with this poseur-ish hair (again, lovingly) that looked to be some sort of an attempt at a punk rock or emo look, so you expect the guy to be an insecure/overconfident tool with something to prove. But then he opens his mouth to speak, and he’s this mild-mannered, respectful take-home-to-mom type guy. I don’t think Simon thinks much of “nice” people as compelling television characters– I feel like his comment about his friends was an attempt to provoke something, and he was almost disappointed that DC was so not edgier or more defensive. Honestly, I remember being a bit confused as a viewer about whether I’d care about this guy. (Then of course he opens his mouth to sing and it’s this awesome gruff but soulful rock voice and I decided cared.) Heh, I’ve obviously thought a bit too much about this topic of what Simon’s worthy comment meant, and how he initially felt about DC…

Also, ESPN montage FTW!

1. Simon told Brooke that her audition was a bit à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“worthyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  just like he said to DC. Still donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t really know what that means, but whateverà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

I noticed that too. What’s funny is that Simon later said he didn’t know what he meant when he said “worthy” to DC even though he said it twice to two different people! I guess some of Paula’s loopy-ness rubbed off on him. Haha!