| · Art imitating crap.
I don’t begrudge the American Idol folks for trying to squeeze as much cash as humanly possible from their "talent"-scoping franchise, but you’d think they could shell out and hire a decent band. Some of the idols-in-waiting have decent voices, but as they wail their way through the work of Otis Redding and The Four Tops, it’s tough to stomach the Casio-keyboard-demo quality of the backing tracks. Why fuck with Motown? – they got it right the first time.
Only slightly better is the work of Idol-gone-wrong William Hung. I certainly don’t mind him milking his 15 minutes of fame, but Inspiration is traffic-fatality bad. It’s messy and scary, but you can’t tear yourself away. I’ve been known to enjoy artists who can’t sing or play that well (RIP Wesley Willis), but Hung’s take on the "classics" Hotel California and Bailamos is only one step above karaoke. I sure hope he got paid well, because the AI folks are cleaning up on laughing at this guy behind his back.
AMERICAN IDOL 1/5
WILLIAM HUNG 1/5
JASON LEWIS
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