"Ace of Spades" by Motorhead.


....okay, just kidding! I always thought "Never Been To Spain" by 3 Dog Night would be a great song for one of the guys to sing. "Thing Called Love" by Bonnie Raitt for the girls would be good, or the original version by John Hiatt. But there are way too many sleepers this year. And if they're not singing sleepers, they're singing cheeseball songs like the one I just saw, Donna Summer's "Last Dance". Come ON!

Lena: You have great taste in music.

Cindy B.

Hehe I've been threatening DS with the same thing since he was in kindergarten. He's in high school now. The look of abject terror on his face is priceless, even now!

Cindy B. : Thanks! I love music, all sorts, all genres. I'm even trying to appreciate some of the hip-hop stuff, but that's just a bit of a stretch for a 70's-gal like me (decade, not age, although they're merging faster than I want to think about :o !

Hey, just a thought... Do the contestants have to choose from a pre-determined list of available songs? Who makes up that playlist? I sure wish I had some input -- I'd give 'em a playlist with some spunk to it!

Feel like making love the kid rock version

I agree, Lena... their song choices could really use some of your spunk. :)

I'm not 100% sure how it works, but I know in order to perform a song on the show, you have to have the artist's permission. That's not true for the initial auditions because they are performed a capella and are not earning anything from it, so you can sing whatever you want at an open audition (there are a bunch of other reasons/regulations, but that's it in an itty bitty nutshell). That's why some people sang Kelly Clarkson songs for their auditions, but now they can't because she hasn't given Fox permission for them to sing her songs on the show.

I wish they would pick more upbeat songs or, if they must pick ballads, pick something I know so I can tell if you're doing it well, not some obscure song I've never heard before! :dizzy: I think if I were on the show, I would do some obscure stuff, but it would be fun (Center of Attention by Guster, maybe a little quirky OAR). Ooh, and I think I'd do '8 Days a Week' by the Beatles (and just change all occurences of "girl" to "boy") :p

I think I would choose one of the songs from my first CD, "Eight Days a Week" by the Beatles. Maybe follow it up with Roberta Flack's "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face." Okay, I paid $50 to a guy at a Beatlefest to record the CD and I think Simon Cowell would pay me $50.00 not to sing.:D

Ooooo "First Time Ever I saw Your Face"... absolutely beautiful song. I need to go ITune that!

Addendum: Anything from Joss Stone, Dido or Norah Jones. My new three favorites. ;)

My daughter was the "new" kid, she joined drama in her freshman year. One of the things they had to do was sing acepella--She picked Alanis Morrisette's "Ironic". Two of the girls in the class were in choir too and after she was done, they were like "wow" and tried to get her to join. She didn't--she said the school was a "jock" school and most of the ones who were in choir were also the snobby jocks. BTW she is also very athletic and when they saw her in gym class the coaches were on her big time. The funniest story she told about gym class was when they did archery. She had won patches at a christian summer camp for archery and blew some of the guys away. The only ones that did as well as her were the ones that did bow & arrow hunting.

Hi Jules

Your daughter sounds like a neat kid and able to be her own person! Glad you can be so proud of her!!

I'd probably pick "Superstar" by Jamelia, I love that song! Or "Creep" by Radiohead. With editing of the swear words of course. Or if I was feeling really fed up of Cowell "Not if you were the last junkie on earth" by Dandy Warhols!!! We get a lot of Cowell here, as he is British, he's so annoying (but kinda cute in a black t-shirt!!!)

I though tof a good song--True Colors by Cyndi Lauper which was also recorded by Phil Collins so male or female could pull it off!

Both my kids are very special!! I am very proud. Neither are followers which made me glad and both will stand up for the under-dog!