Thursday, April 26, 2007

live wongie: american idol gives back


celine dion & elvis presley - if i can dream
[oh the cheese! the cheese! but all of the performances for american idol gives back are for a good cause (which is why all the links go to the itunes page.]


kelly clarkson feat jeff beck - you love me so
[amazing performance, but who let her wear that muumuu on stage?]


annie lennox - bridge over troubled water
[adore her and love this performance (though she sounds a tad warbled), but wear a bra woman!]


carrie underwood - i'll stand by you
[what a difference two years makes. AI alum carrie is now a bonafide star and totally legit as a singer. who knew?]

2 comments:

Anthony said...

It struck me as a pompous bit of self-promotion for a franchise that has returned a fraction of what it has taken in - or nothing, if you ask me.

What they gave back isn't even a third of their ad revenue from one show. Meanwhile, they are in their sixth season of stealing money from viewers, phone voters, advertisers and the general public.

And, what a shocker ... no one was eliminated, which means that all the votes were for naught, since they get to milk this nonsense for another week of prime-time advertising revenue.

wongie said...

i agree with you totally, but at the same time, if they didn't do anything, there wouldn't be the 60 million that was generated that evening. it's a bit of a catch-22, but this show is the biggest program in america at the moment.