Lil Rounds had a tough night last night on American Idol. Lil Rounds sang Tina Turner - What’s Love Got To Do With It. While vocally she put on a very solid performance all 4 judges gave her negative comments. They felt that it was a copycat performance, rather than a different artists interpretation of a song.
The theme for the show was, ‘the year you were born’. Meaning the Top 8 had to choose a song from the year they were born. Lil was born on October 20, 1984, which is why she picked the Tina Turner song.
The judges do have a point with their comments. Lil wasn’t Lil last night. Rather than singing in her own voice she was trying to sing with that distinct raspy Tina Turner voice. Lil Rounds still put on a great demonstration of her vocal abilities, however she didn’t really make the song her own. It is at this stage of the show where this becomes more and more important.
Check it out: (no video - copyright)
We can only hope that she will survive the vote, because Lil Rounds is a wonderfully talented singer, and she deserves to continue in this competition.
Here is what the judges had to say:
Paul Abdul said, “Ok, this is what I am going to have to say on this one. This was the week that I thought it was really important for you to take your own liberties. Go outside of the box, and prove to us that you know exactly who you are as an artist. However, I find myself repeating saying you’re a brilliant vocalist, we know that. We also know that, that gets you only so far. If you’re not able to take the reigns… To Ricky Miner, great band, I just think that you need to lead Ricky and the band into creating your own niche of a song that is so classic, Tina Turner. I don’t feel that you did and I’m really worried that it’s becoming a beautiful karaoke rendition, and you’re wonderful, and you’re much bigger than that.”
Simon Cowell said, “I think what Paula was trying to say was we are not looking for a second or third rate version of Tina Turner, because that’s what it was. Even to the point where you were copying the way that she walks. So it became one of those ghastly copycat performances other than some nice points at the end. It’s literally like we have lost you. I have no idea who you are. You are not making the impact you should be making on this show. Basically because you are either getting wrong advice or you’re making bad decisions and you’ve got to start becoming original. You’ve got to take a song that no one’s done before and make it your version on the show. Not some cheap karaoke version.”
Randy Jackson said, “Listen, we all love you. You are mad, mad talented. You definitely look hot tonight, but what those two just said is really important because it’s really real. I mean we tell you guys each week, you remind me of this, you remind me of that, you remind me of Mariah Carey, Keisha Cole whatever.. So you know what your wheel house is because it’s almost like you aren’t listening to us, cause you can do a lot of stuff, but Tina Turner is not you. It’s not. And that year there are an amazing bunch of songs you could have sung that could have been really you and you could have whoa’ed em’ out vocally, but it’s just not clicking right now. It’s just not happening. I don’t know.”
Kara DioGuardi said, “It is about making that leap from a singer to an artist, and that’s where you are struggling right now. Knowing yourself. And if you look at you up there when you are performing, your lower range, it really suffers. You’ve got to find your power down there. It can’t all be about when you’re up here. We have to see it throughout the whole song.”
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Paul Abdul said, “Ok, this is what I am going to have to say on this one. This was the week that I thought it was really important for you to take your own liberties. Go outside of the box, and prove to us that you know exactly who you are as an artist. However, I find myself repeating saying you’re a brilliant vocalist, we know that. We also know that, that gets you only so far. If you’re not able to take the reigns… To Ricky Miner, great band, I just think that you need to lead Ricky and the band into creating your own niche of a song that is so classic, Tina Turner. I don’t feel that you did and I’m really worried that it’s becoming a beautiful karaoke rendition, and you’re wonderful, and you’re much bigger than that.”
Simon Cowell said, “I think what Paula was trying to say was we are not looking for a second or third rate version of Tina Turner, because that’s what it was. Even to the point where you were copying the way that she walks. So it became one of those ghastly copycat performances other than some nice points at the end. It’s literally like we have lost you. I have no idea who you are. You are not making the impact you should be making on this show. Basically because you are either getting wrong advice or you’re making bad decisions and you’ve got to start becoming original. You’ve got to take a song that no one’s done before and make it your version on the show. Not some cheap karaoke version.”
Randy Jackson said, “Listen, we all love you. You are mad, mad talented. You definitely look hot tonight, but what those two just said is really important because it’s really real. I mean we tell you guys each week, you remind me of this, you remind me of that, you remind me of Mariah Carey, Keisha Cole whatever.. So you know what your wheel house is because it’s almost like you aren’t listening to us, cause you can do a lot of stuff, but Tina Turner is not you. It’s not. And that year there are an amazing bunch of songs you could have sung that could have been really you and you could have whoa’ed em’ out vocally, but it’s just not clicking right now. It’s just not happening. I don’t know.”
Kara DioGuardi said, “It is about making that leap from a singer to an artist, and that’s where you are struggling right now. Knowing yourself. And if you look at you up there when you are performing, your lower range, it really suffers. You’ve got to find your power down there. It can’t all be about when you’re up here. We have to see it throughout the whole song.”
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