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Originally Posted by TheCalm
This.. my Andrew fanboyisms have been very prevalent ITT but damn there's no way I can defend that performance on Tuesday. Like c'mon dude you need to step it up. Stop putting the damn guitar down. Rolling Stones week I understand but this was billboard #1 week you could have picked anything semi-recent and did a cool acoustic with it. Yeah I've seen his youtube vids too and there's no question he has talent but he has to do what he's GOOD AT.
Has Crystal ever put her guitar down yet? no. Crystal sings what she likes and does what she wants, he needs to do the same. If creative arrangements on guitar is your thing there's nothing wrong with that. There's so many ways to make it work with tempo changes, range, song choice etc where you can keep things fresh. To anyone who says he's a one trick pony I completely disagree. Aside from his excellent hollywood week he had one of the best auditions, and that was on his voice alone. He doesn't have a great falsetto or anything but the dude can sing and that's been proven just not as of late.
I have to completely agree with Kara for once tho, that's not him. At least not the same guy that people became fans of. What happened to the swagger that he had during his audition and hollywood week? It wasn't there. If he goes back to that and just jams out on guitar there's still hope for him. I mean **** 95% of ppl thought he'd be in the bottom 3 tonight most said bottom 2 and a lot thought he was gonna be bottom 3 last week. He can still turn it around but he needs to do what he's good at..
I'll make the same point about Andrew right now that I made about Katie a few weeks ago. The judges are being rough on Andrew since the top 24, just like they were being tough on Katie up until last week.
Andrew, do this, Andrew, do that. etc.
This isn't the problem: Andrew not using/using the guitar. Andrew singing new songs, Andrew singing older songs.
This is the problem: His voice isn't that great. Even on Straight Up, which Kara can't stop talking about, his vocal is just decent. It's a great arrangement, and a nice "remember when" moment.
If Andrew could sing like David Cook, he wouldn't have anyone complaining about him/to him. I guess Crystal would be a better comparison this season. Crystal just does her thing and does it well, and sings well. Andrew does his thing, and does it ok, and sings just ok. The Fall Out Boy song was fun, and he sang it ok, he just isn't capable of much more.
Strip away the guitar, you have a guy that reminds you of Gokey, but can't sing as well as Gokey. Andrew really has 0% chance of winning this, and not much higher of a chance of actually having a recording career.
In comparison, I believe that Lee has a strong natural voice, and will hard work, could actually be pretty good. I just don't think Andrew has the chops. If you disagree, watch the two performances sans guitar. He's not Paige or Tim bad, but he's not much better vocally.
cliff notes: If Andrew could sing really well, he wouldn't have all this nonsense going on about him. He can't sing really well. Therefore, gg