I’ve been working so much this past week; I didn’t even get a chance to blog about Idol. I was too tired to take notes and I had to go to bed immediately after Idol ended so I could get up at 4:30 in the morning. Fortunately, the mandatory overtime is DONE KAPUT FINISHED for the time being, and I can work a normal schedule and start living a more “normal” life. And don’t tell me to DVR American Idol. That’s kind of like trying to translate a joke into ASL (American Sign Language)…it’s just NOT the same.
But we simply HAD to record the “Stalker National Anthem”. Simon had it right when he called that guy “creepy”. Poor Paula is such a NUT MAGNET. I feel for her.
This morning I was reading my local newspaper and discovered an “Idol Recap” of Tuesday night auditions written by Tami Althoff of “The Daily Oklahoman” titled, “Embarrassment doesn’t deter ‘Idol’ hopefuls”. In the article, Ms. Althoff points out that some of the auditions should never have made it as far as they did, but I think the producers let these people embarrass themselves because it is “good television”, meaning it brings them ratings.
The judges (mainly Simon) constantly refer to some contestant performances as “bad karaoke”. I wonder how many of these “Idol hopefuls” actually show up at auditions thinking they can sing because they get drunk and sing karaoke all the time. These are the people without any experience of any kind, not even school chorus or church choir. Or do they actually sing in a choir and the director is too scared to tell them they can’t sing?
Flashback. I was in my junior high chorus because I love to sing. I mean LOVE it. As you know, I’m profoundly deaf and use hearing aids. But at 13 years old, I had NO idea I couldn’t hear myself sing. No one told me. Until one day, I was so off-key, the teacher was so frustrated she yelled at me in front of the entire class, “I know you can’t hear yourself sing, but you are way off.” I was so embarrassed I just sat there trying not to cry my eyes out. I never sang out loud in public again. Not that I let that incident stop me altogether. I learned sign language specifically so I could sing again.
I get embarrassed easily when I sing in sign language though, because people will stare at me and I can feel their eyes on me. This was at church when I still attended. But after church, several people would come up to me or talk to someone with me and tell them watching me “sing” touched them. I’ve even “sang” at karaoke while a friend was doing vocals to a song I knew. That was even more embarrassing to have all those drunks watching me!
Fortunately, I’m so much older than 28 now that I won’t even consider trying out for American Idol and embarrassing myself on national television. Scratch that statement. The age limit doesn’t mean anything to several of the people trying out. Just as that freak “Milo” who sang about “no sex allowed” while wearing a faux fur animal-print vest.
P.S. I think Weird Al needs to buy the “Stalker National Anthem” from the Paula Fan and record it!
