Scotty sings some Elvis. Of course. I guess we should admire his restraint in staying away from Johnny Cash. They should have forced this kid to do some Public Enemy. What? Public Enemy isn’t in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? What again? Genesis is? Okay, well, I guess it could have been worse. Scotty talks a big game about going more rock than country with this performance, then does “That’s All Right Mama” and removes any trace of rock from it at all. He does add something else, though: Scotty prances impishly about onstage and holds the microphone in a weird flutelike fashion. He is like a strange Narnia creature in an untucked shirt. At the end of the song, a bunch of girls “spontaneously” run up and hug him. I guess people really like this kid! Well, Scotty is a hero to most but he doesn’t mean shit to me.

Paul F. Tompkins continues to be my reason to watch American Idol (via zeriously)

I don’t even watch AI and I still read his recaps. “Oh, and Steven points out ‘not only did the Beatles write great songs, George Harrison did as well.’ Oh, if only George Harrison and the Beatles could have collaborated on some music, how wonderful that would have been!” lolol