Taylor Hicks the new...
Vote for the Worst contestant. Is it true Carrie Underwood was it at this point last year? Someone told me that, but I have no idea if it's true.
Can someone help make me feel good about this? Gray Charles is saying it's good, and I do respect their opinion.
I know some people are saying it's more to stick it to the producers at American Idol, but that could backfire. The association could be bad for him.
Then again how many people spend time voting each week because the Vote For the Worst website? I guess Taylor can use any votes he gets. There are only 4 performance nights left, so it could take The Powers That Be, that long to catch on that Taylor is on the VFTW site.
Here is what VFTW has to say:
*****
April 27, 2006
And we have selected our new VFTW candidate: Taylor Hicks! We even did our banner in grayscale as a tribute to our new pick! Why have we picked Taylor? Well, this show is not made for Taylor Hicks. He shouldn't be singing songs from the 21st century or be limited to Idol's cheesy song catalog. That's not his style, and I'm sure he joined the competition to try to bring something different. The producers don't want something different though, and it's obvious that they're breaking his spirit, even going as far as to make him change his song at this last minute last week because they didn't see "Try a Little Tenderness" as a love song. What? That doesn't even make sense. Tay-Tay is also incredibly VFTW because he either goes all out and acts crazy to entertain us (remember him missing the mic stand during "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" anyone?) or he phones in his performances while looking bored ("Just Once", "Country Roads Take Me Home"). Simon Cowell also hates Taylor, as is evidenced by his reaction at his audition and his reaction each and every week. Simon wants Taylor out now, because he can't stand to promote someone so unmarketable. So what do we say? Stick it to the show and vote for Taylor! He has the Soul Patrol, and now he has us, the Asshole Patrol! Hopefully we can work together to help Taylor win this thing!
And a follow up today:
April 28, 2006
We're back to clear up some things about our Taylor pick. 1) The "Asshole Patrol" refers to us, not Taylor or his fans. We're making fun of ourselves since people seem think we're asses. 2) We are not voting for Taylor because he's the best, we're voting for him because he's the worst on the show. But, this is not Taylor's fault, it's the fault of the show for pigeonholing him into a box that doesn't suit him. By making him change his songs and not letting him sing the way he wants to sing, they're making sure Taylor doesn't show off how talented he is. So, we think Taylor is talented and all that, but that he sucks on the show through less fault of his own and more fault of the show itself. Also, we like when he tried to kick over the mic stand. So beautiful.
Can someone help make me feel good about this? Gray Charles is saying it's good, and I do respect their opinion.
I know some people are saying it's more to stick it to the producers at American Idol, but that could backfire. The association could be bad for him.
Then again how many people spend time voting each week because the Vote For the Worst website? I guess Taylor can use any votes he gets. There are only 4 performance nights left, so it could take The Powers That Be, that long to catch on that Taylor is on the VFTW site.
Here is what VFTW has to say:
*****
April 27, 2006
And we have selected our new VFTW candidate: Taylor Hicks! We even did our banner in grayscale as a tribute to our new pick! Why have we picked Taylor? Well, this show is not made for Taylor Hicks. He shouldn't be singing songs from the 21st century or be limited to Idol's cheesy song catalog. That's not his style, and I'm sure he joined the competition to try to bring something different. The producers don't want something different though, and it's obvious that they're breaking his spirit, even going as far as to make him change his song at this last minute last week because they didn't see "Try a Little Tenderness" as a love song. What? That doesn't even make sense. Tay-Tay is also incredibly VFTW because he either goes all out and acts crazy to entertain us (remember him missing the mic stand during "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" anyone?) or he phones in his performances while looking bored ("Just Once", "Country Roads Take Me Home"). Simon Cowell also hates Taylor, as is evidenced by his reaction at his audition and his reaction each and every week. Simon wants Taylor out now, because he can't stand to promote someone so unmarketable. So what do we say? Stick it to the show and vote for Taylor! He has the Soul Patrol, and now he has us, the Asshole Patrol! Hopefully we can work together to help Taylor win this thing!
And a follow up today:
April 28, 2006
We're back to clear up some things about our Taylor pick. 1) The "Asshole Patrol" refers to us, not Taylor or his fans. We're making fun of ourselves since people seem think we're asses. 2) We are not voting for Taylor because he's the best, we're voting for him because he's the worst on the show. But, this is not Taylor's fault, it's the fault of the show for pigeonholing him into a box that doesn't suit him. By making him change his songs and not letting him sing the way he wants to sing, they're making sure Taylor doesn't show off how talented he is. So, we think Taylor is talented and all that, but that he sucks on the show through less fault of his own and more fault of the show itself. Also, we like when he tried to kick over the mic stand. So beautiful.
*****
I do get what they are saying, and I agree that AI has taken a little something away from Taylor, but I honestly think he can get it back on the show. We'll see. I guess this probably won't have a negative impact on him in any way.
posted by Sherry L at 9:01 AM
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