Idol Nostalgia

A few things about last night’s American Idol:

What’s with all the Bryan Adams? Is he popular again, cause I missed the memo if he is. Was there a choice of songs they had to sing? Maybe if you didn’t come prepared or lost the coin toss you had to sing whatever the producers said. And apparently the producers are stuck in 1991 cause that's when that song came out (holy crap Batman - can you believe that was 17 years ago? yikes. Some of those contestants probably thought the song was new seeing as they weren't even born way back then). It seemed like everyone had quite a range of different songs, and then about a dozen people all sang (Everything I Do) I Do it for You (and yes, the parenthesis are how the song is actually titled - don't get me started on how stupid that conceit is). So either they didn’t know any of their own songs and were forced to sing that one, or there is a secret love of Bryan Adams and old Kevin Costner movies amongst American Idol hopefuls.

Along with sheet music, they were also apparently handing out popsicles because an inordinate amount of people had green tongues for their auditions. I suppose it could have been a weird plague going around but I am assuming that would have made the news, so it must have been candy of some sort. And just a small tip to anyone planning on singing on national tv – unless you can hit those high notes with out opening your mouth like a hippo, make sure your tongue is a normal color. It is distracting when it is not.