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"SIMON'S BEHAVIOR SHOW HIS TRUE COLORS?"
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"SIMON'S BEHAVIOR SHOW HIS TRUE COLORS?" |
WHAT'S UP WITH SIMON COWELL ROLLING HIS EYES WHEN VIRGINIAN CHRIS RICHARDSON SENDS A HEARTFELT SENTIMENT TO INDIVIDUALS TRAGICALLY AFFECTED BY THE TERRIBLE EVENT AT VIRGINIA TECH IN BLACKSBERG, VA. COWELL'S REACTION WAS IN BAD TASTE AND HORRIBLY TACKY AT BEST. I AT THAT MOMENT WAS RELIEVED THAT COWELL IS NOT AN AMERICAN, AS NOT TO SEND A MESSAGE TO ANYONE WATCHING PARTICULARLY TO PEOPLE WATCHING OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF US HERE IN AMERICA AND OUR ATTITUDE WHEN COPING WITH A TRAGETY OF THIS MAGNATUDE. LATER, COWELL MAKES MENTION OF THE EVENT AND HIS SEEMINGLY SINCERE CONCERN INCLUDING IN IT PAULA ABDUL AND RANDY JACKSON. MY ADVICE TO MR. COWELL IS TO ALWAYS BE AWARE THAT IT IS A LIVE SHOW AND THAT ANYTHING YOU SAY OR DO MAY BE CAUGHT, SO IF THIS SENSELESS AMERICAN TRAGETY SOMEHOW DISTRACTS FROM YOUR BUSY, ALL IMPORTANT AND SELF-ABSORBED MONEY MAKING SCHEDULE, JUST IMAGINE HOW ANYONE WHO IS PERSONALLY AFFECTED BY THIS IS FEELING AND IF THEY ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU HAVE, WHAT YOU SAY OR EVEN WHO WILL WIN THIS DISAPPOINTING SEASON OF AMERICAN IDOL. GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK.
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Snidget 43862 desperate attention whore postings
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04-18-07, 11:51 AM (EST)
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14. "RE: SIMON'S BEHAVIOR SHOW HIS TRUE COLORS?" |
That may be when they have a chance to speak, but he could have done something to get into it better than a throw away line after being very snarky. He could have gone to the producers an what happened in my intro film. They may have said no, but I would think that a producer would allow 10 seconds of the rehersal tape to be used like that. It isn't like it happend just before the live show. He could have done a dedication to Virgina Tech at the start of the performance. Start with, "I dedicate this performance..." before getting into the song. Or ended the song with a mention. A lot of them say thank you at the end, he could have snuck in a couple of words. He could have avoided doing anything snarky with the judges comments and just used his time with Ryan to say something about VT if it was so important for him to say something. There are a lot of ways to handle it then tossing it away after being snarky about how he is doing his nasally thing on purpose.
Thanks to Scarlett O Hara for the memorial sig pic.
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Snidget 43862 desperate attention whore postings
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04-18-07, 01:01 PM (EST)
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21. "RE: SIMON'S BEHAVIOR SHOW HIS TRUE COLORS?" |
I never meant to imply he had no RIGHT to say something.
He had every right.I actually missed the shout out to VT rolling my eyes (and typing on the ECST with the judges thing) over his nasally thing, mostly because I don't believe he does it as a technique. I think he sings that way because he sings that way. If he normally didn't sing that way and this song really called for it, it would be one thing. I don't like the overly nasal sound to singing even if it is popular on the radio. I don't like it when I sound that way which I do a lot because of allergies and asthma. I don't think is was just a ploy for votes. I also don' t believe Simon is a total ##### and would be dissing the deaths of so many people. He might, IMO, be isolated enough he didn't immediately get what he was doing and was doing a "what was that" Although given his famous lack of attention sometimes I could also see him reacting to the previous nasal statement and have missed what was going on. Your view of Simon may vary. I know he does the jerk thing well, but I also don't believe he really is that soulless.
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04-18-07, 12:49 PM (EST)
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19. "RE: SIMON'S BEHAVIOR SHOW HIS TRUE COLORS?" |
Well, I don't think Chris was being snarky with his nasally comments. Maybe I am biased because I like him and think he's a sweet guy. I think he just was emotional and got fed up for a second and tried to defend the way he sings.I guess he could've said something before he sang, but I would think that would've distracted him even more. He probably just wanted to get through the performance.
Right after he finished, I don't think that would've been a feasible time for him to say anything either. The crowd is cheering, they can't hear you, and Randy then starts in on his "ok, ok, yo dawg, ok, you know, yo" stuff that he always does to try and quiet the crowd down. Chris waited for the judges to say their piece, and then he said what he wanted about VT. I just don't see the problem with that. 
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04-18-07, 12:53 PM (EST)
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20. "RE: SIMON'S BEHAVIOR SHOW HIS TRUE COLORS?" |
>I think he was actually rolling
>his eyes at Chris's "nasally
>is a singing style" comment.
>I think Chris was being defensive. Whether "nasally" is, or isn't, a singing style, he probably should've just ignored Simon. And, just given his condolences. Thus, no eye-rolling. Anyway, maybe I missed it by not listening closely enough, but Chris didn't sound nasally. And, if he did, maybe it was out of emotion. If so, I think just giving the codolences would've come across better without his defensive reaction to Simon's "nasally" comment.
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Snidget 43862 desperate attention whore postings
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04-18-07, 01:04 PM (EST)
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22. "RE: SIMON'S BEHAVIOR SHOW HIS TRUE COLORS?" |
He usually sounds nasally to me for most of his performances, *shrug*. It is a matter of opinion so we will never all agree on if someone is or isn't.
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YankeeDixieDoodle 442 desperate attention whore postings
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04-18-07, 01:46 PM (EST)
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23. "RE: SIMON'S BEHAVIOR SHOW HIS TRUE COLORS?" |
If he sounds nasdally to you, he probably is. I never pay much attention to his performaces because I'm more interested in Jordin's, Lakisha's and Melinda's. Trying to decide which one gets my vote. They all got my vote last night. Five each!
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04-18-07, 02:58 PM (EST)
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26. "RE: SIMON'S BEHAVIOR SHOW HIS TRUE COLORS?" |
I'm actually dumbfounded that so many of you are concluding simon was reacting to the Chris' nasally defense.Do you have it on tape? I'm three hours behind, so I was already aware of the event before the show came on. My VCR was going anyway, because I'd missed the first part of the show. So I was alert and waiting for the moment, and also had the ability to play it back about 10 times. it was NOT a smooth segue on Chris' part, from talking about his singing to giving his condolances. Ryan was rambling on, presuming that Chris' turn to talk was over. Chris had to force his way back into the flow of talk. He had two false starts before Ryan finally shut up and let him talk. And when he was through, the camera immediately flipped to the judges, I assume to capture their sympathetic reaction to this mention of nightmarish tragedy. And Simon clearly, imo, had an immediate reaction -- it was so sharp, it almost felt angry to me the first time I saw it. he first glanced at Paula, who was smiling sympathetically with her eyes on the stage, and then he shot an icy, cutting look at the stage and then flipped his eyes back and away. It wasn't an eye-roll. It was worse.
I have absolutely no doubt that he's so cynical in his view of the idols and their motives that as soon as he heard the words he leaped to the conclusion that this was a cheap ruse for votes. Didn't even cross his mind that people might actually be in pain.
Chris already was tearing up, just trying to get the words out. I hear the official Idol boards had an immediate upset reaction, and those posts were are killed pretty fast. Since it took TWO commercial breaks for Simon to make that stilted and forced offer of support, I wonder who raised the red flag and at one point.
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04-18-07, 03:17 PM (EST)
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28. "RE: SIMON'S BEHAVIOR SHOW HIS TRUE COLORS?" |
*sits next to MR*
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04-18-07, 05:37 PM (EST)
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30. "RE: SIMON'S BEHAVIOR SHOW HIS TRUE COLORS?" |
I agree with Priestdi, Simon was reacting to Chris's shout out. IMO Simon was irked that Chris said anything--whether for votes or sympathy for the people--I am guessing that he thinks saying something should come from Ryan or the judges.Simon then obviously got the quick message from someone that he looked like a jerk. I am bugged by what he said--echoing what I said on the EC thread--he said "Best Wishes" which to me is something you say on a happy occasion like a wedding but in America we don't say that at a funeral service or memorial service or visiting hours. Typically we say something like so sorry for your loss or you are in our thoughts and prayers (the later Ryan used at the opening of the show). Simon's clumsiness in trying to clean up the matter shows me more what he is like--along with his eye rolling. He has been snide and sniping at those he does not like, such as Taylor, and it is time that he was called out for it. I find it interesting what Priestdi reported--that it was discussed on the AI site and then removed. If it were not such a faux pas then why try to cover it up? It will be interesting to see what else is said tonight and I think Simon will have been told to "watch it" or be on his best behavior or whatever. You know, the guy in nearly 50 if not 50 already. Grow up, Simon.
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04-18-07, 09:44 AM (EST)
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9. "RE: SIMON'S BEHAVIOR SHOW HIS TRUE COLORS?" |
I'm with GB on this one. Horrid, horrid timing. No doubt. But the timing of Chris' comment, after getting lambasted by the judges and doing the dreaded talkbalk to Simon (which people hated so much when Chris S. did it), is a bit suspicious.
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04-18-07, 07:31 AM (EST)
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2. "Moved..." |
LAST EDITED ON 04-18-07 AT 07:42 AM (EST)from General Discussion to the Judges forum. Welcome to the forums. FYI, typing on message boards (not just here) in all caps is typically seen as shouting and considered rude.
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24. "RE: SIMON'S BEHAVIOR SHOW HIS TRUE COLORS?" |
I did notice Simon rolling his eyes at Chris, and at Ryan every time he opened his mouth, and at Paula whenever she gives her comments, and at Melinda because she always looks surprised. He rolls his eyes contantly. But that time, at that particular moment, it was worse than in poor taste!Chris was completely sincere, I mean he nearly had tears in his eyes while saying the words! He's from Virginia and is of the same age as many of the students that were killed, chances are he has ties to someone that lost their life. And as far as the nasally comment, has Simon ever heard Rascal Flatts??? They perfected nasally!!! The truth is that Simon hates country music. He acts like that every year on country night. He needs to broaden his horizon just a little!
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04-19-07, 00:08 AM (EST)
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Really, I wonder how people with no brains even find this site to post.
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