Queen Killers

Here's a cringe-inducing scoop from USA Today regarding which Queen songs the American Idol dopes will be performing tonight. Brian May should be ashamed of himself.

(By the way, you'll be happy to know that Ace has "urbanized" We Will Rock You. Of course! That's what the song was missing! Urbanization!)

•Ace Young, We Will Rock You: "I urbanized the verses a little, just by riding on (the notes). I put a little R&B soul on it. When we were done, they said, 'That sounds like a record.' "
•Bucky Covington, Fat Bottomed Girls: "Yes, we all love the fat-bottomed girls."
•Chris Daughtry, Innuendo: "It's a relatively unknown song. It just had a mixture of a dark feel and a positive message. And I just found out they've never performed this live."
•Elliott Yamin, Somebody to Love: "I was drawn to the passionate emotion of the song. I heard a lot of soul in it."
•Katharine McPhee, Who Wants to Live Forever: "How could (this) not be fun? We're working with so many different legends."
•Kellie Pickler, Bohemian Rhapsody: "We only have 1 minute and 30 seconds, and the song is really long. Having to cut so many pieces is really hard to memorize, because I'm not singing the song as it's originally played."
•Paris Bennett, The Show Must Go On: "Being with the band was a big experience to me, never being with a rock band before. I was able to pick a song that fits me, that's still rocky."
•Taylor Hicks, Crazy Little Thing Called Love: "You listen to a Queen song, it's really melodic and very powerful, and the dynamics (are) really cool."

Comments

[bicurious idol]

Wow Pickler and Bohemian Rhapsody....doesn't someone shoot someone in that song...I think I need a gun...Actually the whole night sounds like it will keep me rolling on the floor. Urbanization of We will rock you...doesn't he say he "urbanizes" every song? Is he even urban?Good choice for Hicks....safe bet though.LOVE fat bottomed girls for Bucky. Hilarious...at least I will get a good laugh for the night!

[Sean Daly]

You'll have to give me the full down-n-dirty rundown tomorrow, Bicurious Idol.I'm reviewing the Black Eyed Peas/Pussycat Dolls show at the USF Sun Dome tonight.

[P-Train]

Well...glad to hear someone is pulling out Fat Bottom Girls. I posted in the Prince blog that I thought Daughtry should have done it...but Bucky just went up in my book a notch, which isn't saying much, but I think it will be funny and people will like it. "I was just a skinny lad, never knew no good from bad...". Perfect.Gray guy picked one of the only songs he could handle, but lame choice. The scary crooner already did a hatchet job on this song a few weeks back.Pickler doing Bohemian Rhapsody? I mean, come on. This is a joke, right? Freddie Mercury is going to roll over in his grave.The ahmish guy will probably do well with "Somebody to Love", a la George Michael at the Queen tribute concert some 10 yrs. ago.I should have set my VCR...

[Guy]

Based on these song selections, Bucky & Pickler have the highest potential for disaster and are the likeliest canidates to get voted off.Either way, Red America will be in mourning -- at least until the new Dixie Chicks CD hits the streets next month.

[sparky]

I like Chris' and Taylor's picks. And how in God's name do you urbanize We Will Rock You. I'm already sick of the falsetto (when is Bee Gee's night).

[stpeteczar]

The "urbanization" of We Will Rock You" is actually not a stretch. It has a near old-school rap arrangement to begin with...short rapid-fire rhymes built on a 2/1 beat. Maybe this lightweight is going do it New Jack Swing style: "Slap it up,flip it, rub it down...OHnoooo...We will rock you!"Hell, maybe he should have urbanized "Fat Bottomed Girls"...

[Janet K. Keeler]

You didn't miss much tonight. Most everyone was bad or boring. It didn't help that the band overpowered the singing. And the light show is really overkill. Pickler looked like she was at a Halloween party trying to scare everyone with the flashlight-under-the-chin trick. This season is turning out to be a snoozer, partially because of the lame theme nights. Just because the living Queen dudes agreed to be on American Idol doesn't mean it's a good idea. Not very entertaining.

[Anonymous]

It really was like a bad drag show. Queen looked miserable & frustrated - especially with Ace's rendition of We Will Rock You.... Pickler was downright scary resembling the Chucky doll and poor Paris looked like a 16 year old dominatrix! It’s bad enough the vocals missed the mark but the stylists …. What were they thinking?

[Guy]

Pickler actually surprised me. While her song selection had disaster written all over it, she managed to pull it off. Of course, it helped that she looked like Lita Ford's daughter.Ace is done.

[Sherrie]

Gotta say, Bucky's twangy, country-fied version of Fat Bottomed Girls was disturbing as hell. (Though not nearly as disturbing as Pickler squealing "I'm KEEELLLLY!!!" and flinging herself into the arms of a clearly repulsed Brian May.) Scary stuff.Sherrie

[Sean Daly]

I didn't get home until 2ish last night -- but that didn't stop me from waking the Forever Fiancee and grilling her about Idol. The sleepy thing didn't cough up much, but she did manage an "Ace sucks" before going back to bed.Thanks for the updates. From what I'm hearing, Ace's luck has run out.

[Sean Daly]

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[Sad2m8o]

AI does Queen was an absolute abomination of the works of one of the finest bands on earth. Any chance of voting off all contestants (particularly Chris Daughtry, whose On the Waterfront/Stelllllla approach to each song is wearing desperately thin)?Prime chances to shine, shot down by scream queens and Stella dreams, how did so many miss so much?

[sparky]

Although I think Ace has as much talent as a fart in a sleeping bag. I beleive the Amish Leprechaun is toast. First and foremost he was inaudible, the band drowned him out.Bottom three - Ace, Bucky and Elliot. And the winner I mean loser is Elliot (ET phone home).