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Basically........Jason Castro Sucks
Jason Castro has spent the past three months perfecting his image as the slacker dude with the guitar who doesn’t try very hard but sneaks by on his natural gifts and personality. Every week, the judges have gotten more and more annoyed at his style, but it doesn’t seem to faze him.
The audience has passed Castro along from week to week at the expense of more talented performers, allowing him to drift into the final four. Now, he’s at a point where he’s the least adept singer and performer remaining. Combine that with an “Idol” staff that seems determined to create a pop star without allowing them to sing any songs that are actually played on Top 40 radio stations and disasters happen.
The show deserved what it got — the worst pair of performances, at this stage of the competition, in the show’s seven-year history.
‘I’d pack your suitcase’
Castro had one of those nights where nothing went right. He had to once again sing challenging and less familiar songs, since this week’s theme centered on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Though more relevant to the radio than Neil Diamond and Andrew Lloyd Webber, the theme still required everyone to perform songs found on classic rock or oldies stations rather than pop radio.
News reports indicate that “Idol” is losing its younger viewers. Perhaps that’s because the contestants are forced to sing songs that are more suited to their parents’ tastes instead.
Castro tried to make the best of things by making the obvious connection to “I Shot the Sheriff.” “It’s a song by Bob Marley — go figure,” said the dreadlocked guitar player, figuring that he might as well play the stoner image to the hilt. But his vocals were bad enough that even that spiritual kinship couldn’t save him.
“Jason, stand back,” Simon Cowell warned, and then lit into him. “That was utterly atrocious. Sorry. That is a song you do not touch; the arrangement was atrocious ... this was like a first-round audition massacre. I don’t know what you’re thinking.”
“I was thinking Bob Marley! Yeah!” Castro said.
“The only similarity was the hair. That was it,” Simon said.
That meant he needed a great performance on Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man.” Instead, it was worse.
Much worse.
The arrangement was rushed, as though the band was eager for the whole thing to be over with. Castro then topped off the night by blanking on the lyrics. The best that can be said about it is that the song eventually ended, and he managed to make it off the stage without falling down.
“Jason’s not in the zone tonight. I don’t know what’s going on,” Randy Jackson said.
“I’d pack your suitcase,” Simon added.
Castro’s only hope of staying in the competition is that the viewers can’t actively vote against someone. But unless he gets sympathy votes, he should make Simon look prophetic when the results show airs.
Source
Rest of the article is there. They briefly discuss the other contestants, too.
Poll #1184191 Who should go home?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All
P.S. Performances if you missed it and want to watch some sucktacular and yet hilarious performances by the "Top 4" idol contestants
Jason Castro has spent the past three months perfecting his image as the slacker dude with the guitar who doesn’t try very hard but sneaks by on his natural gifts and personality. Every week, the judges have gotten more and more annoyed at his style, but it doesn’t seem to faze him.
The audience has passed Castro along from week to week at the expense of more talented performers, allowing him to drift into the final four. Now, he’s at a point where he’s the least adept singer and performer remaining. Combine that with an “Idol” staff that seems determined to create a pop star without allowing them to sing any songs that are actually played on Top 40 radio stations and disasters happen.
The show deserved what it got — the worst pair of performances, at this stage of the competition, in the show’s seven-year history.
‘I’d pack your suitcase’
Castro had one of those nights where nothing went right. He had to once again sing challenging and less familiar songs, since this week’s theme centered on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Though more relevant to the radio than Neil Diamond and Andrew Lloyd Webber, the theme still required everyone to perform songs found on classic rock or oldies stations rather than pop radio.
News reports indicate that “Idol” is losing its younger viewers. Perhaps that’s because the contestants are forced to sing songs that are more suited to their parents’ tastes instead.
Castro tried to make the best of things by making the obvious connection to “I Shot the Sheriff.” “It’s a song by Bob Marley — go figure,” said the dreadlocked guitar player, figuring that he might as well play the stoner image to the hilt. But his vocals were bad enough that even that spiritual kinship couldn’t save him.
“Jason, stand back,” Simon Cowell warned, and then lit into him. “That was utterly atrocious. Sorry. That is a song you do not touch; the arrangement was atrocious ... this was like a first-round audition massacre. I don’t know what you’re thinking.”
“I was thinking Bob Marley! Yeah!” Castro said.
“The only similarity was the hair. That was it,” Simon said.
That meant he needed a great performance on Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man.” Instead, it was worse.
Much worse.
The arrangement was rushed, as though the band was eager for the whole thing to be over with. Castro then topped off the night by blanking on the lyrics. The best that can be said about it is that the song eventually ended, and he managed to make it off the stage without falling down.
“Jason’s not in the zone tonight. I don’t know what’s going on,” Randy Jackson said.
“I’d pack your suitcase,” Simon added.
Castro’s only hope of staying in the competition is that the viewers can’t actively vote against someone. But unless he gets sympathy votes, he should make Simon look prophetic when the results show airs.
Source
Rest of the article is there. They briefly discuss the other contestants, too.
Poll #1184191 Who should go home?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All
Who SHOULD go home tonight?
View Answers
Jason Castro
697 (57.2%)
David Cook 52 (4.3%)
Syesha Mercado 169 (13.9%)
David Archuleta 89 (7.3%)
Who? / I don't watch 212 (17.4%)
Who WILL go home tonight?
View Answers
Jason Castro 587 (48.6%)
David Cook 27 (2.2%)
Syesha Mercado 339 (28.1%)
David Archuleta 28 (2.3%)
Who? / I don't watch 226 (18.7%)
P.S. Performances if you missed it and want to watch some sucktacular and yet hilarious performances by the "Top 4" idol contestants
