Randomly Yours, Bouffe: American Idol Tour, Anaheim, California, July 22 2007

Monday, July 23, 2007

American Idol Tour, Anaheim, California, July 22 2007

Interviews:

Idols impress in Anaheim show
http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/jordin-song-blake-1783196-idols-crowd

The stars, Jordin and the Cake boys, gave the fans what they wanted.

Chris Richardson proved to be the workhorse, appearing in nine of the first 25 numbers. What Chris lacks in outright star power, he makes up for in versatility. He gave us pop ("This Love"), soul ("Ain't No Sunshine"), country (a duet with Jordin on "What Hurts the Most"), played acoustic guitar twice and manned the drums for "Crazy" and "Hey, Jude."

Runner-up Blake Lewis got a three-song mini-set at the end of the first act. The opening "Time of the Season" fell flat and the closing "You Give Love a Bad Name" was fine.

But it was the middle song, Maroon 5's "She Will Be Loved" that provided the evening's most interesting moments. Armed with an acoustic guitar and a foot-controlled playback unit, Blake built the song layer by layer into a dense fugue, topping it off by injecting a phrase from U2's "With or Without You."

If he can write songs as well as he can rethink them, Blake will be the one member of this year's Idol crowd we'll recognize 10 years from now.The stars, Jordin and the Cake boys, gave the fans what they wanted.

Chris Richardson proved to be the workhorse, appearing in nine of the first 25 numbers. What Chris lacks in outright star power, he makes up for in versatility. He gave us pop ("This Love"), soul ("Ain't No Sunshine"), country (a duet with Jordin on "What Hurts the Most"), played acoustic guitar twice and manned the drums for "Crazy" and "Hey, Jude."

Runner-up Blake Lewis got a three-song mini-set at the end of the first act. The opening "Time of the Season" fell flat and the closing "You Give Love a Bad Name" was fine.

But it was the middle song, Maroon 5's "She Will Be Loved" that provided the evening's most interesting moments. Armed with an acoustic guitar and a foot-controlled playback unit, Blake built the song layer by layer into a dense fugue, topping it off by injecting a phrase from U2's "With or Without You."

If he can write songs as well as he can rethink them, Blake will be the one member of this year's Idol crowd we'll recognize 10 years from now.

Excellent review, with pictures:

American Idols Live! @ The Honda Center, Anaheim, CA 7/22/07
http://billboard.blogs.com/mobile_beat/2007/07/american-idols-.html#comment-77028868

Exert:

The crowd erupted as the sounds of someone beat boxing was heard and the second Blake stepped on stage everyone seemed to get out of their seats and go absolutely insane. Blake began his three song set with the Zombie’s “Time of Season.” Blake sounded great live and the more I looked up at the big screen the more I realized, not only an this boy work the crowd, but he sure as hell knows how to work the camera as well.