Elton John Says 'Idol' Vote Is Racist

[CatWoman]

NEW YORK - Elton John (news) thinks there's something "incredibly racist" about viewer voting on Fox TV's "American Idol." John — who rehearsed with the show's wannabe pop stars during a recent week in which they performed his songs — said three performers he was really impressed with "happened to be black, young female singers and they all seemed to be landing in the bottom three."

"These three girls would have the talent to be members of The Royal Academy or Juilliard," the British singer-songwriter told reporters. "They have great voices. The fact that they are constantly in the bottom three, and I don't want to set myself up here, I find it incredibly racist."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=494&ncid=762&e=1&u=/ap/20040428/ap_en_tv/people_elton_john

[Fenris]

1. How does he explain Ruben Studdard?

:shrug:

[CatWoman]

2. Forget Ruben Studdard

explain the Asian guy who can't carry a tune if he had a wheelbarrow.

[ronnykmarshall]

4. Racist? - Maybe

STUPID? - HELL YES!

[Fenris]

6. Touché!

Midori takes the match! I concede!:hi:

[DrWeird]

8. Or Clay Aiken.

Yes, the white guy who lost on American Idol to a black guy became a big hit among certain members of the community.

And the reason Hung is famous is the same reason why Steppen Fetchit was famous.

[Piperay]

12. Yeah, I wonder...

I remember last year this white guy who sang "Like a Virgin" beat Hung in doing the worst, weirdest, bizarre rendition ever but he dropped from sight. Seems like people are enjoying making fun of "Hung" more than they would some guy named "Smith" or "Jones" etc.

[Piperay]

3. I dunno...

I think that the three best singers (all who happen to be black females) split the vote between them and that is what happened. :shrug:

[DAGDA56]

5. So, Sir Elton...

...pony up some scholarship money. Send them to The Royal Academy or Julliard...hell, the royalties to "Bennie and the Jets" alone would do it. (At last something good would come out of that particular piece of tripe)

[CatWoman]

9. HEY!!!!!!!

Bennie and the Jets is a wonderful song!!!!!

BENNIE & THE JETS


LYRICS —




Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Available on the album goodbye yellow brick road

Hey kids, shake it loose together
The spotlight’s hitting something
That’s been known to change the weather
We’ll kill the fatted calf tonight
So stick around
You’re gonna hear electric music
Solid walls of sound

Say, candy and ronnie, have you seen them yet
But they’re so spaced out, bennie and the jets
Oh but they’re weird and they’re wonderful
Oh bennie she’s really keen
She’s got electric boots a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine
Bennie and the jets

Hey kids, plug into the faithless
Maybe they’re blinded
But bennie makes them ageless
We shall survive, let us take ourselves along
Where we fight our parents out in the streets
To find who’s right and who’s wrong

[DAGDA56]

13. No problem with Bernie's lyrics...

...but the ending of "BENNIE...thumpa thumpa...BENNIE...doodliethump...BENNIE, BENNIE, BENNIEBENNIEBENNIE and the J-E-E-E-E-E-Ts" used to drive me nuts when it first came out. You must admit, however, it made a ton o'money.

[ZenLefty]

7. This sounds strangely familiar...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=1063865

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=1066356

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=1066673

[CatWoman]

10. LOL

Familiar???

or repetitive????

:hi: Lefty

Sorry, didn't see it posted previously.

[ZenLefty]

11. Hee hee

I think the record down here is ten dupes, so it's not bad at all.

:hi: Midori.

[DrWeird]

14. Gsodones Garcuois! Ten Depus?!

Waht Therdas Wree Tshee?