They're showing American Idol season five on OneTv at the moment. They just started with the studio shows, there's not even a top 12 yet (is it 12 or 16?) ... Anyway, The boys sang last week and when Chris Daughtry (an early favorite) sang Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi. Its a good song, in fact, its a classic and the judges responded very favorably to it.

But Randy called him current. He said that his style was similar to Bon Jovi and Matchbox Twenty... now, I can see that. He does sound very similar to Rob Thomas and if you listen to his new album, it is very reminiscent of early Matchbox 20, Nickelback and other so-called rockers... but is it current? I don't think so. I think that style is falling out of... well, style. Current, to me, brings to mind Fall Out Boy, Muse, Panic at the Disco, My Chemical Romance, Cute is What we Aim For.. bands like that, whose names are complex and whose songs have titles that run off the page... These bands feel current. Why? 'cos the beats are new, they're influenced by more than just an electric guitar. But I think the one element that truly distinguishes these bands and lends them their current-ability (?) is the fact that the lyrics are so tripped out. These songs are so verbous, the lyrics rarely rhyme and almost never make sense, but they make you bob your head and sing along (after googling the lyrics, of course)

So, I think for Randy to call Chris current is completely false, he's good, he's got a great voice, but he is nowhere near as ground-breaking (lyrically or musically) as the aforementioned bands.

k... that's all I have to say.

Happy New Year, bloggers... be good this year.


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-Layla

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