Comments on: Season 7 Final 3 Performance – Recap

By: RollTide

RollTide — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:41:34 +0000

Great recap, mj. I love the way you write. Even though it sometimes makes me snort milk up my nose.

By: weelassie

weelassie — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:09:21 +0000

MrsCastro
May 14th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
With the pimpage David Cook is receiving, let David Cook win, for heavens sake. What a shame to have him win in such an underhanded manner thoughÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ nothing to be proud of, FO SHO. What a SHAME.

I would say that the pimpage of both the david’s recently is pretty equal. throughout the season, however, lil david has been way more pimped and has been called the one to beat by randy almost all season. cook was just middle of the pack until he started showing his musical versatility. A versatility that no one else came close to. final three show-randy pimped lil david twice. simon pimped cookie twice. pauler doesn’t count. pretty even to me.

By: weelassie

weelassie — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:54:28 +0000

sciencefan,
i was listening to something justin g said tonight and it made sense. every year, they keep adding things for these guys to do. now they have the studio releases to squeeze in there too. they are constantly on the move. i guess last year they did the studio versions, i just wasn’t interested. but according to justin, they get busier every year. don’t know how true it is but it makes some sense.

By: sciencefan

sciencefan — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:41:46 +0000

I agree that Paula’s remarks were uncharacteristic.
I have heard her say that Simon whispers things in her ear for her to say.
He must have told her to say those two things because they sounded exactly like the things that Simon says.

They DO seem tired.
I don’t recall noticing that in previous years.

By: seattle_girl

seattle_girl — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:30:34 +0000

Is it just me, or does it seem strange that this week everyone talks about how tired the final 3 look and how it affected their performances? When just last week, Castro was ostracized and called a slacker, (and worse) for admitting he was exhausted and worn out?? Double standard or what?

Amen sista! The show was pretty flat for me what with no Jason to entertain and the lackluster energy of the final three. Why can’t the producers let these guys have time to pull together 1-2 quality songs instead of rushing through 3 so-so ones?? I’m enjoying my single of Mr Tambourine Man wayyyy better than the three performances last night.

By: itsalleternal

itsalleternal — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:03:50 +0000

CD’s are a weakening market these days with digital downloads, so you’ll have to wait for individual albums to be released in the fall.

(That also acts as an equalizer, since all of the finalists should have EP’s at least – and maybe even the semi-finalists?)

By: Jovi

Jovi — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:56:08 +0000

Just a reminder – last year right after the Finale Blake and Jordin both had EP compilations – like 5 songs each that you could download from Itunes. Maybe some of David Cook’s other songs like Baba O and Yo’ Face will be on that.

By: rita205

rita205 — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:49:33 +0000

I didn’t realize there was no CD last year. Last year I wasn’t as engaged. Maybe as grayhound suggests, they’ll do an iTunes compilation – doesn’t have to be a CD at all, just a compilation for download.

By: bean99

bean99 — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:49:22 +0000

They did the same thing last season. They seemed to make the strangest picks for the studio songs and they cut off their sales at the finale although I thought maybe they extended it by a few days. I doubt very much there will be a compilation cd and even if they did each of the top 12 would get one song.

I guess while watching I didn’t notice the bus warming up although did catch the 3rd place Randy put her in. Even a non-Syesha fan thinks that’s wrong. Now that I read what Mj had to say I have to agree that they were pulling all the stops for her to leave tonight.

By: star

star — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:38:56 +0000

Disappointing picks for the studio track again on itunes. Especially Longer for David A. Blech

Seriously. I needed a studio cut of Archie singing about his boo.

By: Allen

Allen — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:27:49 +0000

Disappointing picks for the studio track again on itunes. Especially Longer for David A. Blech

By: grayhound

grayhound — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:18:12 +0000

iTunes downloads are only available up to the Finale – wonder why? Maybe(?) a compilation is what I’m thinking, even though it wasn’t done last year.

I wouldn’t mind a compilation of some type, but I’ll be willing to bet it won’t have the ones we want either!

By: IGetCranked

IGetCranked — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:17:21 +0000

Duke, It’s MJ’s blog and she writes what she feels. I personally think she’s one of the most fair minded I have ever read.

By: Trina

Trina — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:08:47 +0000

The way Cookie came out from nowhere and started kicking butt despite others getting more hype reminds me so much of Kelly in season 1. The only thing I remembered about him once the semi finals started was he was the rocker with bad hair and terrible clothes. I miss MJ like crazy and I’m still pissed he left as early as he did, but he did fumble early and got his groove back too late. I don’t think he could have beat Cookie once Billie Jean and especially Always Be My Baby happened. ABMB, that was the night IMO he officially became the frontrunner.

DCFTMFW!!

By: teedubs

teedubs — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:04:38 +0000

I totally agree with the iTunes gripes. “Baba O’Reilly” and now this? I’m so bummed…really wanted to download “First Time.” Boo!!!