Music review: Lackluster 'Idol' concert Aidin Vaziri, Chronicle Pop Music Critic （我欣赏这位记者） Thursday, July 10, 2008 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/09/DDPG11M9V0.DTL The last season of "American Idol" was kind of a train wreck. The ratings dropped, Paula Abdul's incoherent jibber-jabber started to grate, and, in the grand showdown between tongue-tied teen David Archuleta and trying-too-hard grunge stalwart David Cook, most viewers voted with an enormous shrug. 上一季美国偶像真是乱七八糟。收视率跌了，宝拉的胡言乱语逐渐让人不耐（真的是 逐渐吗？），然後啊，盛大的闭幕典礼是两个大卫，一个口吃另一个硬装硬摇。大部 份观众都默默的耸耸肩投投票。 None of that kept thousands of preadolescents and their parents from filling out Tuesday's "American Idols Live!" concert at the HP Pavilion, which featured the 10 finalists from Season 7 reprising their well-worn karaoke routines. For most of those onstage, whose names and faces were already becoming hazy memories even before the 53-date tour started in Arizona last week, it was one last chance to belt it out in front of a sizable crowd before moving onto the corporate party circuit or busing tables. For the final two, it was an opportunity to show that they were capable of repeating the crossover success of Kelly Clarkson rather than the humiliating fall of Justin what's-his-face and that other one, with the gray hair and the bad Joe Cocker imitation. 不过这些都挡不住上千万的青青少年与父母亲涌进HP Pavilion（某场地），一同共 襄盛举这场盛大的卡啦ｏｋ演唱会。大部分的参赛者早已成为模糊的回忆了，这次巡 回，是他们最後一次面对大规模的观众露脸的机会了。而这两位大卫，则是要证明自己 可以重现Kelly之光，而不是像Justin一样跌个狗吃屎。 The three-hour concert was predictably mercenary: The bottom six, appearing in order of elimination, got to perform three songs each, along with a head-scratching ensemble cover of U2's "Pride (In the Name of Love)" before being cleared off for a half-hour intermission in the name of selling everything from breakfast bars to life insurance. Out of that bunch, Australian-born Michael Johns and Irish singer-songwriter Carly Smithson were the only ones who didn't look entirely out of place in the spotlight, thanks in part to gut-busting covers of classic rock staples by the likes of Queen, Aerosmith and Heart, but more likely because both held major-label contracts before appearing on the show. 果然这三小时如预期般是来抢钱的：底六(10-4)，自淘汰顺序起，一个人唱三首歌， 并且加上一个令人搔头难耐（乱来XD）的合唱：U2的Pride(in the Name of Love)， 最後再加上半小时上厕所的工商时间影带。整体观之，只有澳男MJ与爱尔兰歌手词曲 家卡莉（这谁啊）仍然存活在小的可怜的舞台上（好啦，其实是灯光下），这都归功 於他们重唱了超high的经典摇滚乐，例如Queen一干人等，不过这也没啥啦，啊他们两 个参赛前都拿过大公司的合约啊。 Spacey as ever, dreadlocked Jason Castro helped usher the audience back to its seats for the second part of the concert with a brisk acoustic set that somehow made "Over the Rainbow," Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" and the Lovin' Spoonful's "Daydream" sound like one long drone. Syesha Mercado, meanwhile, delivered passable versions of Rihanna's "Umbrella" and Alicia Keys' "If I Ain't Got You" but failed to raise any goose bumps with songs that were designed to do just that. 一样放空到不行的卷头，称职地把观众们自摇滚的美梦中摇醒，安分地将大家逼回位子 上坐好。唱了例如SOTR等一干节目中唱过的歌。沙下唱了还可以的小雨伞以及If I ain't Got You，但是并未有任何激情演出。 The shrieks filled the room well before the first spike of Archuleta's hair rose from beneath the stage, with the singer sitting behind a fog-shrouded piano for a low-key cover of Robbie Williams' "Angels." The 17-year-old crowd favorite seemed genuinely terrified by his surroundings and struggled to get his fragile voice heard above the din, even as he boldly mashed up Ben E. King's "Stand by Me" with Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls." 当小弟的第一根头发从地上伸出来的时候，尖叫声满溢整场，小弟唱的是低音版Angels。 17岁的小弟似乎被四周给吓坏了，他的声音在喧闹的场内挣扎的求表现，就算他唱了混合 版的Stand by Me。 Season 7 winner Cook seemed just as overwhelmed but worked hard to compensate with exaggerated rock bluster and effusive gratitude. 冠军大厨如以往般看起来被吃掉了，并且相当努力想要用夸张的摇滚气息与过激的 感恩表现来调和掉。 "I've waited 25 years to stand right here," he said, bowing his head as audience members held up signs that read "Marry Me" and "Cougars for Cook." 「我等了二十五年才能站在这」大厨说，并且对着观众敬礼，正好对着观众举着牌子如 下：「嫁给我吧（误）」、「我要我的大厨」。 He's certainly a capable rock singer, not all that different from Chris Daughtry, but Cook's decision to throw all those chugging riffs and sweaty metal vocals behind limp songs by Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson and Diane Warren seemed like the kind of thing that would have got him a round battering on the actual "American Idol." Where is Simon Cowell when you need him? 他当然能够被称作摇滚歌手，不过其实跟Chris Daughtry没啥差别。不过大厨决定在演 唱会重唱LR/MJ/DW，并且以独特疑似便秘的喉音诠释之，这都是在节目上会被狗血淋头 的梗。塞门，你在哪？帮帮大厨吧。 E-mail Aidin Vaziri at [email protected]. （请写信骂他不要骂我）XD -- Pathway Towards Freedom http://blog.pixnet.net/morissett --

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