American Idol Judges – Another Season of Boring?

By James Sheldon on September 22nd, 2010

You already know who they are, right?

I don’t like this show. Yeah. I love the audition footage. It’s like absurdity in a can–easily accessible and preserved.

Beyond that, I don’t care so much for the format of the show, nor the name of the show. I could go with American Icon, or something like that, but there has yet to be one winner from this thing who has really knocked it out of the park. I think the closest would be Carrie Underwood (did she win?) in the realm of country.

Just like everything in the USofA, you gotta have a gimmick, and that gimmick can carry you much further than you should ever go in a singing-talent competition. Hey! Now there’s a name I could get behind.

BUT, allow me to stop myself in my own tracks. There are new judges. A spicy Puerto Rican-American we all know as J.Lo. An old school screamer we all know as Steven Tyler, and then of course, Randy Jackson–who is one of the most underrated bassists judging a reality talent competition.

Those are the judges. Randy Jackson is referring to it as “the remix,” and many have dubbed it “American Idol 2.0.”

Of course we know people will watch it, but I’m curious to see if these new judges move, or fight to move in a few new directions. Not so much Jennifer Lopez, but more so Steven Tyler, who has run the musical gamut…to be completely redundant. The harmonica? The mountain dulcimer? He’s laid down some strange stuff. Yeah, there have been a few rock acts, but most of them were watered down–sorry Daughtry and David Cook fans. Seriously, why can’t he just be Chris Daughtry? Digressing…

I’m still waiting to see this show allow someone who is rough around the edges, with phenomenally polished talent, stay rough around the edges without glamming them out. I want some indie sound within the pop regurgitation they expect us to turn to and eat up. No thanks. I’ll go with the fresh, unmolested offerings.

I know I’m spouting in a dream world, as if Nigel Lythgoe doesn’t have his puppet hand up the backs of the judges, but Steven Tyler…he’ll piss ya off. Look at his fellow Aerosmither’s. I think there’s insurrection potential there!