Is American Idol Bad?

pearljam4512
pearljam4512 Posts: 4
edited May 2008 in Other Music
I have to admit I've been watching. At first I didn't like the thought of "making it by winning a game" but my wife has me hooked. Here is how I see it. This David Cook guy is amazing and if it takes this game to get someone like this out in the music world go for it. I might never watch this show after he gets the boot but I'm hooked on this guy. Here is a song from his band that broke up a couple of years a go. This is truely an awesome song. What would Ed and the boys think of someone like this? A game show winner or a musician?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfsdygQ1laA
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  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    Yes. It's bad. Don't get sucked in, it'll take your soul.
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    I have not watched it. So it is hard for me to say. I usually get a good feel from it from teh water cooler talk.

    don't all they do is covers?

    To me I'm usually more interested in the individuals uniqueness and creativity. They don't need a good voice.

    Neil young would never make it on american idol, but he is sensational with his lyrics and writing catchy tunes.


    For me i don't care if they can hit all the notes of a whitney houston song can they hit the right "chords" in me with lyrics and melody that get me excited.
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,249
    I've never watched it and I never will.

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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Of course it's bad and it has fuck all to do with music. It's still good TV though.
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  • eyedclaar
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    Without hyperbole I can say that yes, it is worse than Hitler, AIDS, toxic waste, hurricane Katria, and Keannu Reeves' acting combined.
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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,086
    pearljam4512 wrote:
    I have to admit I've been watching. At first I didn't like the thought of "making it by winning a game" but my wife has me hooked. Here is how I see it. This David Cook guy is amazing and if it takes this game to get someone like this out in the music world go for it. I might never watch this show after he gets the boot but I'm hooked on this guy. Here is a song from his band that broke up a couple of years a go. This is truely an awesome song. What would Ed and the boys think of someone like this? A game show winner or a musician?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfsdygQ1laA

    That axiom song sounds very cliched/derivative/dull
  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    mookeywrench wrote:
    That axiom song sounds very cliched/derivative/dull


    i just listened to it too. sounds like Theory of a Nickelfault to me.

    i did like the build of the music at that one point though, nothing great.
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    pearljam4512 wrote:
    I have to admit I've been watching. At first I didn't like the thought of "making it by winning a game" but my wife has me hooked. Here is how I see it. This David Cook guy is amazing and if it takes this game to get someone like this out in the music world go for it. I might never watch this show after he gets the boot but I'm hooked on this guy. Here is a song from his band that broke up a couple of years a go. This is truely an awesome song. What would Ed and the boys think of someone like this? A game show winner or a musician?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfsdygQ1laA
    Are you related to him by any chance? If so, disregard the follow statement because you won't like it. That guy is not amazing. How many more fucking nu-grunge derivative shitpiles do we need?
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Are you related to him by any chance? If so, disregard the follow statement because you won't like it. That guy is not amazing. How many more fucking nu-grunge derivative shitpiles do we need?

    nu-grunge derivative shitpiles

    That's SO what I'll name my next band
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    show is lame, the singers are lame, their costumes are lame, their haircuts are lame, the songs are lame. only caught the last two minutes last night because i watch Hell's Kitchen, which follows Idol, and man...... those people SUCK!
  • pearljam4512
    pearljam4512 Posts: 4
    No I am not kin to him. I guess I just long for some new, fresh rock. KOL andMMJ are awesome can't wait to see KOL in Tampa. But Nickleback, Daughtery, 3 Doors Down just will not lead rock after Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters leave. To me this guy is unique. Its way better than Artic Monkeys, RATM or Death Cab for Cutie. I would buy his CD. Maybe just wishful thinking.
  • DiRtyFranK38
    DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    american idol is a joke. sure they all can sing, but they just become puppets to the music industry and don't write shit themselves.

    dave cook will be another fuckin daughtry .. without a doubt. and what is daughtry? a complete millionare because he makes unoriginal radio pop/rock that girls between age 12 - 25 love. another nickleback. unoriginal .. boring .. annoying .. taking over the media. wtf has the world come to?

    not to mention cook RUINED baba oriley and actually sung duran duran by choice.

    his own song, isn't good but at least it is the kind of music he is into. fuel type stuff. i can appreciate that. if i heard it on the radio, i wouldn't dig it necassarily, but hey i'd be cool with it. HOWEVER, he wins idol, his music will sound nothing like that. i assure you.
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  • Cobbelstone
    Cobbelstone Posts: 35
    No, I don't think it's bad. It's about pop music, so why should any of us rock fans be concerned? If this is how the record companies want to sign pop acts, then what's the problem? There's always been pop music and there always will be. Also, I see it as a TV show, I don't focus on the actual music. I don't think that's the point of it.

    In terms of someone like David Cook, he isn't "rock," he's the American Idol or pop version of rock. Do I think he should win American Idol? Yes, I enjoy watching him in the context of the show. Will I ever buy his albums? No, because I don't like that kind of music. If I had a kid would I mind if they listened to him? Certainly not, I would much prefer it to 95% of the other pop acts out there.
  • pearljam4512
    pearljam4512 Posts: 4
    Besides PJ,FF,MMJ and KOL who is rock today?
  • muppet
    muppet Posts: 980
    As dumb entertainment, I think it's pretty good. The artists that it produces, however, I think are just bland and unoriginal.

    I don't watch it much (live in the UK) but that contestant, David Cook. Isn't he just a carbon copy off that Daughtry? Who was a carbon copy of all those stupid post-grunge bands? Who in turn were a watered down version of artists like Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains?

    But...I got to admit. I liked this cover of Baba O Reily.

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=67aTYnUOjBk

    I think they're good singers, it's just that none of them do anything that's fucking remotely new. I guess being original wouldn't guarantee a huge cash return.
  • Igottago
    Igottago Posts: 483
    pearljam4512 wrote:
    No I am not kin to him. I guess I just long for some new, fresh rock. KOL andMMJ are awesome can't wait to see KOL in Tampa. But Nickleback, Daughtery, 3 Doors Down just will not lead rock after Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters leave. To me this guy is unique. Its way better than Artic Monkeys, RATM or Death Cab for Cutie. I would buy his CD. Maybe just wishful thinking.

    You honestly think this douchebag is better than the Arctic Monkeys? That's laughable. I don't even care for RATM or Death Cab, but they are both more credible than this shit. The guy is a manufactured putz, there is nothing unique at all about him or his shitty excuse for music.
  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    the show is terrible, but I will admit that simon cowell is absolutely hilarious. I love his obnoxious rude attitude. Him along with jeremy clarkson.
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  • journeyman
    journeyman Posts: 135
    Yes. Bad.
  • Can You Say Octopus?
    Can You Say Octopus? Posts: 105
    muppet wrote:
    As dumb entertainment, I think it's pretty good. The artists that it produces, however, I think are just bland and unoriginal.

    I don't watch it much (live in the UK) but that contestant, David Cook. Isn't he just a carbon copy off that Daughtry? Who was a carbon copy of all those stupid post-grunge bands? Who in turn were a watered down version of artists like Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains?

    But...I got to admit. I liked this cover of Baba O Reily.

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=67aTYnUOjBk

    I think they're good singers, it's just that none of them do anything that's fucking remotely new. I guess being original wouldn't guarantee a huge cash return.

    Ed said it best "Its about time that these corporate cocksuckers leave songs like this alone..." --MSG 1998

    I dont know if im more pissed that people like it or that Pete gave Idol the rights to the song (along with CSI). THe build up is terrible. It is generic and the original and PJ's cover piss all over it.

    American idol puts hacks into the music industry. They take average people with average talent and package them up with nice shiny bows and sell them to the masses...which eat that shit up...It makes it seem like anyone can be in the music industry, which is just flat out untrue...It does take talent, creativity and originality. It is no wonder that music sales are down with the stale crap that is pushed down consumers throats.

    Obvious exception is Carrie Underwood...She has an awesome voice and there is a fantastic version of Paradise City on youtube...

    Thank God for Pearl Jam and Radiohead and U2 and MMJ and Foo Fighters and the Black Keys and BRMC and the BOSS and others for being original. They may not put out perfect songs all the time, people may complain about stuff they do (like the people who say Avocado was a terrible record), but who cares??? They fucking rock and seeing them live gives you that feeling that you dont get when you listen to Daughtry, Nickleback or Bo Bice.

    Please stop supporting unoriginal,boring artists...if you do it, they will keep making music.
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  • ii44
    ii44 Posts: 430
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Of course it's bad and it has fuck all to do with music. It's still good TV though.

    Yup.

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