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American Idol's Top 12 To Sing Rolling Stones Songs Next Week

Friday, March 12th, 2010

According to Entertainment Weekly, the theme for next week’s performances by American Idol Season 9’s final 12 contestants will be Rolling Stones songs. It’s not likely there will be a celebrity mentor from the band, but the catalog provides many outstanding song choices. Adam Lambert drew attention last year belting out “(I Can’t get No) Satisfaction,” and Susan Boyle surprised many last year when she turned in a stellar cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horses.” in anticipation of next week’s performances, check out some classic Rolling Stones music below.

  • Watch “It’s Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It)”
  • Watch “Miss You”
  • Watch “Start Me Up”

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'American Idol': Like it or not, 'Wicked Game' reminds me of planetarium sex …

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

On last night’s American Idol, Siobhan Magnus (who, according to Slezak, looks a little like Doctor Who’s Billie Piper) made an impression by singing Chris Issak’s iconic ballad “Wicked Game.” my first thought ran along the lines of “Ooh, yay, a decent, smart, unexpected song choice!” But I was soon overwhelmed by flashbacks of the Rachel ‘n’ Ross Doin’ it in the Planetarium scene from Friends. this keeps happening — remember when I got excited/embarrassed that the emergence of Yemen in the real (read: non-PW) news made me think of Chandler? I never considered myself a Friends fanatic (related: I have no friends), but I guess it’s stuck with me more than expected. Let’s relive history!

“The little cluster of stars next to the big one? That is Randykara Major.” the weird thing is I loved “Wicked Game” long before that episode of Friends, and would sort of prefer to think of the very Sexy Video for Wicked Game instead of ROSS AND RACHEL. I don’t quite understand why so many of my pop culture awareness needs to be rooted in Friends, but the effect is irreversible at this point. I just need to go with it. Damn you, Monica Geller!

Does anyone else “suffer” from a Friends-dominated frame of reference? and how do I make friends?

Read more: Michael Slezak’s full recap of the Top 12 females: Ladies Blight

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