Another One Bites The Dust

So American Idol was back to their "this is going to cost you some money" ways, as I downloaded some Queen tunes this morning.

One note about the bio of Queen from the beginning of the show. For those of you who don't know, or, like millions of younger viewers out there who had probably never heard of Queen, Freddie Mercury died of AIDS (or complications from AIDS I suppose). I can only imagine the meeting Fox had to decide whether or not to mention that.

Sr. Exec: "So, uhhh, that montage was great. What do we do about the whole Freddie Mercury AIDS thing?"

Jr. Associate Assistant Producer: "What's AIDS?"

Sr. Exec: "OK, that settles it. We'll just go with 'tragic death'".

I guess what I'm saying is that AIDS used to be a HUGE deal -- Rock Hudson, Freddie Mercury, Magic Johnson -- and now it gets lumped in to the same cause of death as something like "massive drug overdose".

On to the show:

I came in excited about Queen night -- great rock tunes and a varied enough catalog that their should've been something for everyone.

The highlight of the night came early when Ace suggested to Queen that they try "We Will Rock You", which is probably a top-ten rock anthem and one of Queen's greatest songs, with a different arrangement. Queen guitarist Brian May looks him right in the eye and says "we're not going to play our song that way". When Seacrest asked Ace about it later, Ace ignored him and answered a totally different question.

He then proceeded to give an embarrassingly over- the-top performance which should seal his fate tonight. Can't say I'll miss him. In all honesty, he should've done David Bowie's vocal part from "Under Pressure" because at least that has some his trademark falsetto. On a good note, the next time I'm involved in a Wild West style shootout, I'll be sure to give my opponent the "Ace Young staredown".

Quick question: Does Kellie Pickler take down a few shots of Wild Turkey and then decide on an outfit or is that a sober consultation between her and her stylist? And where do I get a black leather jacket with a rhinestone crucifix on the back, because that would really round out my wardrobe.

Quick question 2: If I look for photos on Flckr tagged with "Dominatrix" does Paris Bennett show up? Or would "Hooker" get me better results?

Kathrine McPhee gave a great performance last night, but when you go with a Queen song from the 1986 soundtrack of Highlander, and a boring ballad at that, you automatically don't get my vote. Take a risk McPhee, we know you got the vocals. On a side note, this is amazing.

Finally, Chris Daughtry, the fact that you didn't do "Another One Bites The Dust" was really, really, really, disappointing, and I agree with Simon that you are singing self-serving songs (not to mention songs that NO ONE knows). Plus you were wearing eye-liner last night.

Prediction for tonight: Bucky, it's time to go. Other bottom two possibilities: Ace, McPhee, Elliot Yamin.