When the gospel choir comes out, Haley isn’t intimidated by the new voices on stage, which she was whenever she had backing vocals earlier and you could see her almost cower. It’s a bland beginning, but when Haley gets deeper into the song and she’s able to really tear into it, she gets a bit better. I’m not a fan of Haley’s up-do, which makes her look like she’s getting ready to perform at the Grand Ole Opry. My Take: I’m not sure I knew that this was called “The Earth Song.” Thanks for inspiring me to learn something Haley. But… but… Does that mean he isn’t in it to win it? “That was the highest degree of difficult and… YOU DID IT,” Randy yells. Randy calls Journey one of the greatest rock bands ever and salutes James for giving Steve Perry his props. “You couldn’t have picked a more popular song right now,” Tyler says before swearing a bit. Steven, J-Lo and Randy Say: Steven Tyler asks Randy if he recognizes the song. At least he didn’t break into tears, right? Realistically, this isn’t an easy song to sing and after a little early roughness, James hits all the notes assertively, which isn’t surprising given his strong upper register. Randy, who invented Journey in his basement from copper piping and frayed twine, is bopping in his head along, which is probably because James has added almost none of himself to what is an exhaustingly literal cover. The problem is that for voters, their generation already has a definitive karaoke version of this Journey joint and James Durbin isn’t replacing the “Glee” version (even if he’s wearing a Journey shirt to show his preference for the original). Sadly, they all know the song from “Glee,” rather than as the song that killed Tony Soprano. “Does anybody know this song?” James yells to the welcoming crowd. My Take: The last thing James Durbin needs is more of a personal emotional connection to a song. So Wednesday’s “Idol” is now one-half Inspirational Songs, mentored by nobody, and one-half Leiber & Stoller, mentored by Lady Gaga. Wednesday (May 11) night’s “American Idol” was supposed to be Songs of Leiber & Stoller, but the “Idol” producers looked at one of the greatest songwriting teams in the history of American popular music and decided they didn’t have enough songs to fill a whole show.
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