A Hard Day�s Night - Our contestants took on the Lennon/McCartney songbook. The duo penned 35 #1 songs. More than any other songwriting team in history. The good luck (or please don�t ruin my songs) message from Sir Paul was a nice touch.
It is difficult to fill two hours with performances of 9 contestants. No mentor tonight and much mindless babble. With such a prolific list from which to choose, I had hoped the songs chosen would not have been performed by former Idols. Some yes, some no. And how could such great songs, with few exceptions, be performed so average?
Let�s break it down from the best to the rest.
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American Idol: Season 9 Top 9
Casey James � �Jealous Guy� from the album �Imagine� � only contestant to choose a John Lennon solo song, saw the powerful side of him, his personal best performance by far � Randy said loved acoustic guitar, really impressed, loved that you did this, heartfelt � Ellen said your best performance to date, soulful, beautiful arrangement, moved by it, beautiful � Kara said vulnerability, tasteful, depth, but think you can do more still � Simon said best performance of the night so far, emotional, very impressed tonight.
Crystal Bowersox � �Come Together� from the album �Abbey Road� � consistent, cool changes, couple lyrics lost (Carly Smithson slayed this in Season 7) � Randy said another solid performance, definitely worked, not your best but loved it � Ellen said need new way to tell you how great you are, made it current, loved it � Kara said one of my favorite performances, Bonnie Raitt feel, more accessible � Simon said that�s a performance I could hear on the radio, quirky, terrific, much better than last week.
Katie Stevens � �Let It Be� from the album �Let It Be� � strongest performance from her in competition, changed it up in a good way, nice vocals (Kris Allen owned this in Season 8) � Randy said best performance ever, hot vocal, ridiculous � Ellen said changed it just enough to make it your own without disrespecting it, will not be in the bottom 3 this week � Kara said great vocal, confident, blossoming, never looked and sounded better � Simon said got it right tonight, felt like you were singing it about somebody instead of robotic.
Michael Lynche � �Eleanor Rigby� from the album �Revolver� � vocals spot on, turned it soul, over performs, (David Cook�s first Beatles choice on Season 7) � Randy said I�m not sure it all worked, some great, could be on your album � Ellen said you can do anything, huge risk to change it so drastically, incredible � Kara said fire, vocals amazing, made it commercial today, great job � Simon said didn�t love it, too theatrical, too over the top, confused what kind of artist you want to be
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