Thanks iTunes, Kind Of

Last week, Tuesday to be exact, I got a call from Timber at 5:20 PM asking if I wanted to meet up with her at the HP Pavilion to watch the American Idol concert.  As you may have guessed, it was the top 10 finishers from the FOX TV show, American Idol giving a concert.  The tickets started as 2 out of 40 that were allocated to her group (iTunes), they then found their way to her friend Diane who thought of us and gave Timber the tickets.  So thanks iTunes and thanks Diane for thinking of us.  I agreed and met them at the HP Pavilion at 7 PM and we got in and seated (really good seats by the way) just before the show got seated.  I don't think I have ever seen so many tenny bopper girls in one place in all my life.  This concert was definitely not for my demographic.  The order of the show was to start with finalist #10 and then work their way down to the person that won American Idol.  I can definitely say that all the people in the top 10 can sing, but the concert was more like a job interview of them showing off their vocal range and power than it was a real concert.  I hope that makes sense.  But overall the concert wasn't bad, but it wasn't up to what I consider the gold standard of concerts, Kenny Chesney.  Near the end of the concert, when the runner up, David Archuleta come on stage the entire arena erupted into pandamonium and I though my ears were going to explode.  The teeny bopper girls really love that guy.  At any rate, if you're a teeny bopper girl or want to relive the entire season of American Idol in about 3 hours you should go to their concert.  My favorite singer out of the bunch was the Aussie guy, Michael Johns.  I think he would be great as a lead singer of a band.  He could probably replace Eddy Vetter of Pearl Jam and most people wouldn't notice.  At any rate here is the set list as provided by the San Jose Mercury News:

Set list:

Chikezie:

1, "I Believe to My Soul" (Donny Hathaway)

2, "Caught Up" (Usher)

3. "So High" (John Legend)

Ramiele Malubay:

4, "I Want You Back" (The Jackson Five)

5, "Love Will Lead You Back" (Taylor Dayne)

6, "If I Never See Your Face Again" (Maroon 5 featuring Rihanna)

Michael Johns:

7, "We Will Rock You"/"We Are the Champions" medley (Queen)

8, "It's All Wrong But It's All Right" (Dolly Parton)

9, "Dream On" (Aerosmith)

Kristy Lee Cook:

10, "Squeezin' the Love Outta You" (Carolyn Dawn Johnson)

11, "God Bless the USA" (Lee Greenwood)

12, "Cowgirls" (Kerry Harvick)

Carly Smithson:

13, "Bring Me to Life" (Evanescence)

14, "Crazy on You" (Heart)

15, "I Drove All Night" (Cyndi Lauper)

Brooke White:

16, "Let It Be" (The Beatles)

17, "1234" (Feist)

18, "Yellow" (Coldplay)

Group medley:

"Pride (In the Name of Love)" (U2)

Intermission

Jason Castro:

"Over the Rainbow" (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole version)

"Crazy" (Gnarls Barkley)

"Daydream" (The Lovin' Spoonful)

Syesha Mercado:

"Umbrella" (Rihanna)

"If I Ain't Got You" (Alicia Keys)

"Listen" (Beyonce)

David Archuleta:

"Angels" (Robbie Williams)

"Apologize" (OneRepublic)

"Stand by Me"/"Beautiful Girls" (Ben E. King/Sean Kingston)

"When You Say You Love Me" (Josh Groban)

David Cook:

"Hello" (Lionel Richie) "The Time of My Life" (2008 "American Idol" Songwriter's Competition winner; first single for David Cook)

"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (Aerosmith)

"My Hero" (Foo Fighters)

"Billie Jean" (Chris Cornell version of Michael Jackson song)

Group encore:

"Don't Stop the Music" (Rihanna)