Yeeeeeesh. To hear the “Songs From Film” performed on American Idol last night, you’d think that the majority of movies contain really terrible music. And the songs that aren’t automatically terrible, like “Mrs. Robinson,” were somehow made terrible by the especially goat-like voice singing it. (Sorry, Casey James .)
For the second time in as many seasons, Jamie Foxx was on board to mentor and really, he did as well as a singer who relies on Autotune could. We got individual songs from all the contestants which, let’s be frank, were all crap, but we also got two duets (Lee and Crystal singing “Falling Slowly” and Mike and Casey singing “Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman”) that made up for them. For their solos, Lee DeWyze sang “A Kiss From A Rose,” Michael Lynche chose the Michael Jackson song from Free Willy, not to be confused with the SWV song from Free Willy (why did a whale movie have such a hit soundtrack?), Casey sang the aforementioned “Mrs. Robinson”, and Crystal Bowersox covered “I’m Alright” from Caddyshack, which wins points for originality if not for execution (it wasn’t bad, it was just…weird). It was a more entertaining show when we just ignored the singing and mentoring and watched Simon Cowell try to comprehend the state of American cinema and figure out why a movie like Free Willy exists.
Our prediction is that Casey gets eliminated this week. Jon Bon Jovi is performing tomorrow night, so no matter who goes home, we’re hoping he sings them off with “Blaze Of Glory”.
