With a broken wing

I love to read the blogs of a good music journalist.  They are so intense and professional yet are agonizingly candor in their comments.  But I haven't seen one lately.  The blog boards are overrun with people like myself, who want to put a word in edgewise about their favorite and don't care if a journalist has any comment because what I  have to say is more important. Note my mood above.

Jordin Sparks aced the winning performance even with her shaken nerves after Simon gave the first round to Blake. 

What some bloggers are referring to as "almost choked up" was what a good music journalist would call the "glory" note that chirped softly out of Jordin's closing rendition of "This Is My Now." 

I'll be the first to admit, that if the songwinners had written a beatboxing song then Blake could have very well sailed out with the winning performances since more would pay less attention to his singing and more to his beatboxing. But as it were Jordin's expertise seems to be those songs which have "coronation" notes ringing at the end of them and last night she did a repeat of Kelly and Carrie.  They too, on their finals had a passionate moment when they opened their mouth and the note almost failed to burst forth because of the passion exploding off the ending.

Well, "glory note," "crowning note," "coronation note, " whatever you want to call it, has most likely sealed Jordin Sparks's future as the next American Idol and the youngest I might add.  Randy said "you deserve it all, baby," Paula said "you have a lot to be proud of" and Simon said, "You just mopped the floor with Blake on that song."

Now, I'm not a psychic, but I have been able in the past to predict accurately when something was about to happen that seemed very unlikely in the eyes of others.  This was such a case early on in the season, but as time went by Jordin started pulling out front like the horse who was behind the whole time in the race and bringing out a fresh victory aura that became apparent to others as well.

Being a Tennessee girl and having lived all of my life in the south, I interpreted the look on Doolittle's face during the recap to say something like, "I hope you don't crack under the pressure, girl."  

Round one could have only been given to Blake for his beatboxing, and although he gave it his all on "This Is My Now" this was not enough.  Could he have built a fan base of teenie boppers who would spend all of Mom and Dad's hard earned money on .99 cent calls to vote for him for four hours? That's a possiblity, but I'm going by first impressions and sticking to that old chiche that first impressions are lasting ones. It's a clear win for Jordin.

So, although I am anxious right now, I will have my own "crowning moment" tonight when my prediction will be fullfilled.  And even if the two were competitors for the finale the picture below expresses how I think they looked together when they were trying their best to get to the finals.  

 

Speaking of finals, be sure to check out the American Idol message boards and blogs for a few comments about the finals. I found this on the American Idol posting board and had to steal it for this blog.  It looks like it came from a site called Turntablekitty or something like that. Soooo cute!
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American singers have always been Idols.

American singers have always been Idols. :

Oh, if I only had it to do over again!  I would not be writing novels or children's stories.  I would be a music journalist like the ones who followed Elvis' career when he was alive.  I think I have become a dedicated enough fan though, to write a blog or journal online now and then to express and promote an interest in the 17 year-old American Idol contestant, Jordin Sparks

Simon Cowell assigned an oldie for Jordin to sing in the AI competition the other night but when she selected an oldie to sing for the second number, he said she shouldn't be singing old songs.  I would recommend any reader to look at the journal on this link and explain his logic to me.  No need though.  I believe Simon has a secret desire to hear the oldies sung with a fresh young new voice.  I also read into it that he is signaling her to come out next week with modern songs because the votes are swaying to the contemporary in the competition. 

I later read the comments from the experts on the AI sites that Jordin's voice has not even matured to the point where she can hit the lowest notes, yet she has "lungs" and "very fast vibrato" as one reviewer commented.  Another said her voice range was already beyond the norm for her age and what a vocal she would probably bring on when she matured.  Whitney Houston's worst nightmare come true, perhaps? Not at all.  I believe Whitney will relive her own success by watching the new debutante.

Listen to the record below and decide for yourself if someone like her can nail this oldie. I think it would be a slam dunk!  Or as Jordin's father might refer to it as a touch down!

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American singers have always been Idols.

American Idol looks for untapped talent to bring into the twenty-first century music world.  Fans of olden days kept their radios at home tuned in to hear their idols' songs after watching them perform in movies.  Back then you had to have a gift for stardom to get to stardom.  Jordin Sparks shows a rare quality in contemporary artists that has been lacking since Elvis stepped into the spotlight on the Ed Sullivan show and her voice gives me the same goose bumps that Jeannette MacDonald and Patsy Cline gave me when I first heard them sing.  Take this song for example by Jean MacDonald.  Smoke Gets in Your Eyes was her hit and the Platters brought it back out.  Give it to someone like Jordin Sparks and it will surely turn out to be a fine rendition of the two versions of the retro music world. 

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