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I’ll miss Brooke White
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I’ll miss Brooke. I really will. I especially like her when she’s at the piano, and I think that should be the idea behind any album she records. But I also liked her personality and her constant smile.
And I really can’t understand why, other that the supposed “cuteness” factor, Jason Castro escaped the bottom two.
But the results are what they are, and I can’t change them. So looking ahead, we’re still on a path to the battle of the Davids, Syesha’s fantastic arrangement of “Thank the Lord for the Night Time” kept her deservedly alive, and next week will feature songs by artists in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame. David Cook should definitely get a chance to shine.
Three things struck me as interesting as I watched last night’s results show. First was the absolutely lame attempt by Ryan to cover up Paula’s gaffe Tuesday night. Apparently, the “rumors” aren’t true, and the slip was all a result of the judges being poorly informed about the format Tuesday night. “We love Paula, and she’s here to stay,” was the gist of what Ryan had to say. So were these untrue rumors the ones about her being stoned on the show (which is what I heard), or were they about her getting kicked off the show (which better fits Ryan’s comment)? That’s a stumper.
Second was the bizarre phone call from Simon’s first crush. The whole thing was almost too funny to be true, as if it were staged. That’s another stumper.
And finally, there was Neil Diamond’s performance, which was better than I expected it to be. Let’s face it: His voice has not held up well over the years. But he has covered for it by limiting the range of that new song. What most interested me were the lyrics of the song. Diamond is, or at least was, Jewish. Yet, while not specifically mentioning Christ, the song used several words that most fit a Christian context: amazing grace, faith, forgive, save, and several others. I kept thinking throughout that I could sing this in my church. Has Diamond converted? Does anyone out there know?
I realize that the presence of those words does not prove a conversion. But I thought the complete prominence of them and the large group of them throughout the song was interesting.
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