The annual American Idol charity special had better live up to its name and give back come Wednesday night, because this evening, the show that becomes my obsession for five months a year just took and took and took, and when it had run its 60-minute course, my good mood, my enthusiasm, and quite possibly my sanity had gone missing. All that was left, in fact, were some uneaten mixed greens and a couple of heinous trout bones on a dinner plate (et tu, grocer?), along with the unsavory task of writing words of praise about Kristy Lee Cook.
The weird thing is, I can't even blame the episode's theme, ''inspirational music''; where I'd expected eight consecutive servings of pabulum, the remaining finalists instead offered up a (relatively) decent(ish) assortment of songs, including unschlocky tracks by Robbie Williams, Aerosmith, and Carole King. Too bad most of the vocal performances didn't live up to the material.
The worst offender of the night truly hurt. For seven straight weeks, David Cook has ridden a wave of great performances (''Hello,'' ''Day Tripper,'' ''Billie Jean'') to the front of the season 7 pack and has turned me from an early doubter into a fan who doesn't even care about that comb-forward (though I was happy to see the sexy, stylin' side part once again tonight!). And while, sure, it was inevitable that Rocker David was going to hit a pothole or two on his way to the Nokia Theater, nothing could have prepared me for his thoroughly disjointed effort on Our Lady Peace's ''Innocent,'' which he performed with all the awkwardness of a man who'd accidentally wandered onto the set of Dancing With the Stars and found himself asked to perform a paso doble with Edyta Sliwinska.
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The weird thing is, I can't even blame the episode's theme, ''inspirational music''; where I'd expected eight consecutive servings of pabulum, the remaining finalists instead offered up a (relatively) decent(ish) assortment of songs, including unschlocky tracks by Robbie Williams, Aerosmith, and Carole King. Too bad most of the vocal performances didn't live up to the material.
The worst offender of the night truly hurt. For seven straight weeks, David Cook has ridden a wave of great performances (''Hello,'' ''Day Tripper,'' ''Billie Jean'') to the front of the season 7 pack and has turned me from an early doubter into a fan who doesn't even care about that comb-forward (though I was happy to see the sexy, stylin' side part once again tonight!). And while, sure, it was inevitable that Rocker David was going to hit a pothole or two on his way to the Nokia Theater, nothing could have prepared me for his thoroughly disjointed effort on Our Lady Peace's ''Innocent,'' which he performed with all the awkwardness of a man who'd accidentally wandered onto the set of Dancing With the Stars and found himself asked to perform a paso doble with Edyta Sliwinska.
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