Has Anybody Ever Made Such A Fool Out Of You?

I’ll admit it, I love American Idol, but something happened on Tuesday night’s show that filled me with worry. The gray-haired guy, Taylor Hicks, sang “Trouble” by Ray LaMontagne.

Worry is my only friend.

The theme was 21st Century music, so the American Idols sang tunes by Train, Beyonce, Tim McGraw, Christina Aguilera, Creed, you know, popular crap, mostly pre-fab, formulaic, and/or written by someone else. Simon even commented to the kid who sang the Creed song that it was a bad choice because Creed wouldn’t be caught dead on the show. I have to disagree there. If Scott Stapp was desperate enough to release some old footage of him and Kid Rock getting it on with cock-star sluts, I’d venture to bet that he would denounce God to get back some fame…with arms wide open.

Even though he opened for Dave Matthews, I don’t think Ray LaMontagne would go on the show. Besides, to me, LaMontagne just doesn’t fit into that grouping. Maybe it’s because I felt like his music was sort of like my little secret and not for mass consumption. His album means something to me, and I just can’t accept if other people like it because they were jumping on the bandwagon, or because it was on Idol. It’s kind of similar to when I went to an Interpol concert two years ago and got so aggravated with the riffraff around me I just couldn’t stay for the whole show. Something happens when an artist becomes mainstream popular. It makes me not want to like them anymore.