can tell you what he loves the most"
-- The White Stripes
Eventually we will have judges taking turns sexing up contestants they have turned their chairs for.
It was fun! Well, mostly fun. I'm sort of surprised to realize that the auditions might be my favorite portion of the show, that or the battle rounds. We watched both episodes back to back though and either I or the show was dragging towards the end.
Some of the banter was sharp, some of it was old out of the gate. I'm trying to remember if Christina usually starts out like she is enjoying herself or if this is a slightly different version. When she visits people backstage I always have the feeling that she is slightly disappointed that they don't seem happier that she is there. I started out pettily gleeful that Adam was not getting people on his team but as I slowly realized how much they were playing me became more and more irritated. Little Manchild indeed. Blake was Blake with maybe just a touch more sense that he would be the drunk asshole at the party, which is warranted when you are 4 of 7. And Pharrell, God, Pharrell.
This is where I admit to you that I watched (and quite enjoyed) a series this winter called The Taste on ABC. It involves four chefs (Bourdain, Nigella, Marcus Samuelsson and some French guy who is always on the verge of a stroke), they pick teams from auditions and compete against each other in challenges. The main gimmick of the game is pretty cool, the judges all blind taste so they could basically vote their own people out. Anyway the point is that Nigella Lawson is absolutely hilarious in this. She is a disaster. She pits her own team against itself and never fails to make the wrong decision and really has no idea she is doing either of these things. Both seasons her team has been the first eliminated. She isn't horrid at all, she can be quite nice and funny but she doesn't know how to play the game.
Pharrell seems a geniune sort of artist. I have a degree of faith that he means what he says, even though sometimes what he says, literally, does not string together a logical sequence of words, but understand what he is getting at. I loved how he sang with Bryce Wicklow even as I was a little eww about the bit as a whole. But I'm still not sure how much he understands how to win this game or even if he cares which is pretty great. He makes this show fun.
I took notes of course and for some reason am writing more than I used to because of the past two seasons of the TSAVFL -- there are now traits that apparently are notable enough to jot down. I WON'T APOLOGIZE. Couple of examples (I write in all caps and feel that is the best way to present them, I am not yelling):
I HATE THE ORIG LOVE HURTS BUT I LIKE WASHED UP BLAKE OPENER BETTER, THOUGH I DONT KNOW HOW MUCH MORE - B? B-? MEGAN LINDSEY - PHARRELL
YOU CANT FOOL ME AGAIN BRIA KELLY I MEAN BROOKE ADEE SKINNY LOVE WAS AWESOME BUT SHE IS BRIA KELLY PAT. SHE LOVES TIPS! - A BUT SHE IS REALLY BRIA KELLY - BLAKE good choice
Cantelope Girl was adorable. I hate cantelopes.
It was a super cool move to do a blind for the audience. Neither Deb or I would have voted for him.
Deb: "I want him on my team just because I want him on my team". I'll not say who.
Hey! There's a blog! I've not started one before so I'll be fiddling with the controls and stuff as we go along. The TSAVFL IS BACK, baby! The posts will be here.
Everything I say this season is with love,
Pat
