American Idol - is it really as rediculous as it looks?

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I'm watching (for the first time) but with the sound down and Steely Dan on. I swear I just saw an updated version of The Brady Kids. Please tell me they weren't singing "Sunshine Day."

[daveskilt]

1. they are all really the same 8 people recycled

new coat of paint...new kids on the block/ menudo are back in business

[wyldwolf]

2. disposable fun

[dae]

3. I'm not a fan of the show and don't watch it; however, my wife loves it,

go figure.:)

[belladonna]

4. I was just telling a friend on IM that I ran across it channel surfing

Be VERY glad your volume was down. They were singing Manilow tunes, and singing them horribly. I feel the need to shower, or puncture my eardrums with an icepick after hearing that crap :puke:

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5. MANILOW tunes - really?

Yikes.

[Cheswick2.0]

6. the brady bunch had better tone and pitch

I watched it tonight (to punish myself apparently). They were all bad and I hear that they were the finalists from thousands of contestants? YIKES

[bkcc]

7. yes, it's crap...we all know that.

the scary part is not the poor quality of the music, but rather the fact that 65 million people voted in the final round.

i wonder if we'll get that many people to the polls in november.

[belladonna]

8. I thought exactly that as I watched

If only we could get that many people to give a damn about what happens to their country :(

[sundog]

9. i can't watch that show

it is sterile entertainment marketed to walmart america --

it reminds me of "star search" -- the show of my childhood that initiated my hatred toward talent searches -- precious child prodigies belting out horrible show tunes like fingernails on a chalkboard - get shivers up my spine just thinking about it -- ed mc mahon has simply been replaced by paula abdul, that's all

stay away from american idol-- it's bad for your health

just my opinion

[OKNancy]

10. We've already had the "I'm too cool to watch American Idol"

thread earlier this morning.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x1186607

I did a lot of punching through the two hour build-up, but that last song that Fantasia sang was filled with such emotional power that one would have to be made of stone not to be moved by it.

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11. Dangit, that's happened to me before

Start a thread with what I think is a "shareable" thought, and it turns out someone has already done it (and Matcom at that).

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Sheesh, its embarrassing, you know?