So yesterday, I watched a good chunk of the American Idol Finale. And in some respects I think it's a bigger night for music than the grammys have been for the past thousand years. Yes yes, American Idol doesn't have The Police Re-uniting for the first time in 30 years. Nor does it have Sir Elton John and Eminem doing a duet. But what it does have is music..... yes.... music (very loosly used). The night is about performance, good or not. The night is about performing. Top whatever females doing a Beyonce medley then a surprise performance by Beyonce. Beautiful. It's a vocal show, so you can't base merit on instrumentation. Fat Bottom Girls with Jack Black, the sense of ironical humour is uncanny. Sure there are a lot of problem with the concept of American Idol, but the finale is a statement about music today, while still throwing it back to the early days. Judas Priest seems like an odd choice but then again there are 2 Judas Priests, there's the old rock n' roll Judas Priest with Living after Midnight and Breaking the Law; and then there is Painkiller Judas
Priest. (We'll just ignore that Turbo Lover ever existed). The Grammys are useless, they fill the pockets of the suits. A self pat on the back for all the hard work they've done. The only merit the Grammys has
is the music education charity program they have. But that isn't syndicated with the Grammys, a group of famous, rich musicians can start that on their own. Yes yes, American Idol is waste of air and life, but that doesn't mean
it's not entertaining. And it also means it doesn't put on a good show.
BTW Judas Priest without K. K. a BIG THUMBS DOWN
they're still metal gods, but Judas Priest is on it's final legs without K. K.
Also, I really don't think it's worth mentioning the Spiderman musical with The Edge and Bono. Good luck to them is all I'm gonna say, and that they should stick with U2.
Also again, TLC? uhhhh, I love Chilli, but without Left Eye it's not gonna be special like it used to
