Bad State Of Gruntledness

Zombyboy David_J is doing a Thing where he’ll be presenting a song in a vain attempt to stave off the stigma of “American Idol Blogger”.

It’s an excellent idea, So I’ll play along at home. I’ll post an MP3 of a song and why it’s currently one of my ‘100′.

The mp3 will be available for a week or so, unless I forget to delete them.

Let’s be clear. These are going to be songs I like, and driven mostly by “what’s Matt listening to righ now”. My music library is… far ranging. You’re likely to see Louis Jordan as much as The Hellacpoters. I’m going where the music takes me at the moment.

Dave is continuing his unmanly and disturbing fascination with American Idol. And he seems to have infected Andy as well.

Maybe it’s something in the water in Colorado.

Now, tempting though it is, I’m not going to make fun of two ostensibly mature adults blogging about a show that seems aimed squarely at the 13 year-old girl market. No, I’m more magnanimous than that. I come not to mock, but educate.

You see, Andy says the following in all apparent seriousness

Taylor – doing “Try a Little Tenderness.” I just don’t think anyone will ever top the version from the movie “The Commitments.”

What?

Now, granted, Andy may have been distracted by the boobies of the atmittedly fetching Katharine McPhee, but no one will ever top The Commitments version? Unless you have some serious Soul chops you shouldn’t get anywhere near Otis Reddings catalog, and I have no idea if this “Taylor” organisim* does or not. I’ve never heard him sing and will probably die a happy man.

But to appear to claim The Commitments version is somehow definitave?

No, ’tis but a shadow of the true Amber.

Otis! Monterey, June 17, 1967. Five minutes fifteen seconds of raw power. He blew Hendrix off the stage.

That’s what ya need to top.

Good luck with that.

*I hesitate to use the term “person” to describe someone who resembles George Clooney to that degree.