(I’ll comment further on the other thread.)

I guess I am getting too old for this show, too. I am sorry, but this girl is WAY too young to be mentoring anybody! In fact, I think she might do well with some mentoring herself. But why learn to sing in pitch when you are making millions not doing it. Sorry for the sarcarm, but this really is ridiculous.

I don’t know if the show wants to attract a younger demographic and I really don’t care. The mentors have been a great guide for these young kids in the past. One can always learn from experience and great talent. But Miley? Really?

Forget about having someone help her out. Just have someone else, period! These young kids deserve so much better than this.

Mindy, maybe they will have someone there to help her out. This is terrible.

Shame on you, Idol!

That’s a great song, too! So we are survivors, both of us. Anyway, it’s time to let this go already. We are on the brink of another performance week. I certainly hope Tim can come up something better than last week’s debacle. He has nowhere to go but up! But if I am being honest, I am over him. To be honest, I never thought he deserved to be in the finals, and I am speaking about his voice, not choice of song! I give people a certain amount of time to impress me and then I just close my mind. The door is closed on Tim and may close on Paige, depending on what she does this week.

I think Siobhan will manage to surprise us again. I have no idea what she will pick, but I am pretty sure it won’t be boring. She’s my girl this season. But I am determined to enjoy the ride and not stress over whether or not she wins. I want to stay in the moment!

So, let’s see if Tim can pick a good teen rock/pop song this week. To be honest, I don’t know which contestant I want to go home. I know I want Siobhan’s performance to be outstanding!

No one is saying who the secret mentor is. Fred Bronson will be around for Bill Board’s #1 Hits, but the rest is a mystery!

Even without my personal experience, Tim’s performance was just awful on its face. If you are going to sing this kind of song, then give it the respect and dignity it deserves. Sing it with attitude! Don’t reduce it to some mindless, feel good reggae upbeat bit of nonsense. That is my honest opinion without even discussing the lyrics.

Rap music is filled with lyrics advocating violence against women, using profane and offensive words and disturbing images. I don’t listen to it. I am NOT advocating censorship of music, nor do I need a lecture on the subject. It’s despicable to advocate and encourage violence against women, but people are free to sing what they want. I don’t have to hear it or endorse it in any way.

The whole point of singing is to tell a story with your voice. I don’t think Tim had a clue as to what this song was about or the ability to give it real depth and meaning. I get the meaning of the song. I don’t have to like it, but I can still argue that it should be sung in a way that reflects the lyrics. I may not like what the song is saying, but that’s not the point! Tim isn’t capable of picking a song that would actually work in a reggae beat. He doesn’t know what he is doing and doesn’t seem to care. It was truly embarrassing and just plain bad. I stand by that and nothing will change my mind.

kariann,

Thanks for understanding. Just to make it clear, I have never been sexually dominated by a man in my life. On EW.com, Michael Slezak posted the lyrics to illustrate just how ridiculous and absurd Tim’s performance really was. He said it was about the sexual domination of a man over a woman. It’s a disturbing song, but certainly tame by today’s standards.

I did live with an alcoholic/addict and it was unspeakable Thank God I somehow survived and am now divorced. It was quite a while ago and I have moved on. But I don’t know that you ever really forget something like that. But I am not willing to let anyone tell me that my own personal experience is causing me to misinterpret Tim’s version of the song. I actually would have preferred that he sing the lyrics intelligently and give the song the swagger and edge it deserves. Whether I like what it says is another issue entirely. I am capable of separating the two. I just think that Tim should have an awareness of what he is singing and why.

Also, I loved, loved, loved Lesley Gore’s “You Don’t Own Me” and still do. There is another song that I sang when I was going through my divorce. It’s Elton Johns’ “I’m Still Standing”. That was my anthem!

Being married to an alcoholic was a horrible life experience for me. Physical and mental abuse can and does tear down a spirit. There is a Lesley Gore song called, “You Don’T Own Me” and I would sing it.

Mindy, I know and understand what you have been through. So, here’s some special hugs coming your way! *HUGS*

Murder,rape,sexual encounters,bloody hands, gun shots, calls for violence, death, mental depression these are just few if the subjects and images covered in the lyrics of the songs covered on Rolling Stones night and one could say they are not suitable for AI but over the years the viewers have grown more sophisticated and all these songs were big hits and are well known. Some of the subjects covered in one or two of the songs if interpreted thru my personal expierences stike home and bring very disturbing and painful memories but you know what its called artistic freedom and my personal feelings aren’t reason enough to call for censorship if the public at large isn’t offended or disturbed as I am. It’s just a talent show after all and the performances last about 2 minutes and next week or any week the theme is unlikely to be as dark as the Rolling Stone cannon.

I could not disagree more with your comments about “Under My Thumb”. What is especially disturbing, is how you attempt to rationalize what is being done to the woman by saying that she did it to the man first! Are you serious about this? Because I am quite shocked that anyone would in any way try to justify this kind of behavior. It’s appalling. This song is quite misogynistic in tone. Yes, the guy is bragging about dominating his woman, sexually and in every way possible.

Maybe if you had lived it the way I did, then you would understand why I find your remarks so offensive.

Also, making this song into an uptemp reggae ditty, is possibly the single worst attempt to revise a song in the history of the show. It was lousy on all counts!

I understand, MCL, why you enjoy Katie’s performances, as she knows the proper technique. I, too, enjoyed her performance this week. Would you say, though, that her age inhibits her from conveying emotion when she sings (talking about previous weeks, not this past week), similar to when Diana Degarmo was on the show?