I watch Idol so I can see talented singers breathe fresh life into songs I've heard a million times before. If they nail it (although few and far between), I fucking enjoy it to the maxx. Damien really nailed Wicked Game with his awesome arrangement and his falsetto runs, for example. And Daniel Hamill on Popstars Live when he sang I Just Whispered Your Name blew me away hardcore. Dan England in the semi's last year when he did "Tenderness" was AMAZING as well.
Bobby Flynn did not deserve to be there. He was there because they wanted to 'be different' this year, by introducing a couple of weirdos (him and Lisa). If you have gotten the impression that I dig 'quirkiness' or whatever, then you're wrong. I dig anything that is good. Quirky can produce some awesome stuff. Devo are quirky as fuck, but they also sound good.
Bobby Flynn does not sound good.
And not to mention it irritates me when the mainstream public sees this sort of thing as 'so original and unique' - just because they haven't listened to anything outside of what is mainstream. I'm not attacking the mainstream, there is a lot of good songs out there - but just because this guy makes Idol, they finally 'appreciate' something different. Yeah, sure, he doesn't really sound like anyone I've heard before. But that's because he sounds like shit and other people don't want to sound like shit. So it pisses me off that because he's on Idol he gets all this undeserved attention.
There are far better 'artists' out there than Bobby Flynn. And I can't stand his voice. And he didn't deserve to be on the show.
So there were many reasons why I couldn't stand him.
Most of all though, it was that muppet falsetto thing. Although it was funny to laugh at I suppose.
