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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:21 AM Original message |
To all the American Idol detractors, have you ever considered |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Great point. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. OK - the music's stupid. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 11:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. I'll agree the music choices aren't that great |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
2. Linking that trend to Idol is a stretch |
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Shadowen (742 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Indeed. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. I wonder, though, whether there is a real correlation... |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 11:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. It teaches them to vote |
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formernaderite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
44. don't they get to vote often on Idol? |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. yes, they're learning to vote early and OFTEN, lol! |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. good one |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
6. I have never watched American Idol & probably never will.... |
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liberalpress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 06:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
41. Marble? I thought it was granite.. and what's with the oddly shaped rock? |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
8. On Olbermann last night it was stated... |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
9. American Idol corrupts our youth! |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
10. I hate the show because musicians toil near banruptcy |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. not to mention |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 12:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. You are correct there |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 12:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. That's a much better way of expressing my point. |
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cmkramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 10:02 AM Response to Reply #10 |
48. Yeah but |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
51. True. The winners usually are young and.... |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'm not sure |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
12. I don't know about anyone here |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. I have never watched Survivor |
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987654321 (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
13. I don't watch the show. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
14. OTOH, after these kids invest their time in the show, their energy |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 06:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
40. you think they disappear after a couple of years? |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. it is a crass & empty exercise in melisma |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Actually, not all the music is |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. i see/hear smidges of it when my daughter is vegging on it. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. See, I just can't agree with that |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. De gustibus non disputandem. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Was it really? |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. i appreciate stravinsky as a pioneer. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
52. I don't mind it so much, but I seldom watch it. |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
45. 1. I don't have bad taste. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
19. You make a good point.. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. I wonder whether or not they pay |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. I really enjoy it, too - |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
53. BTW - sendero, I like your sig line. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
20. Since I seem to have made the most inflamed AI post, I'll reply here |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. You just... |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. No argument about the "news" reporting of it - but if something is the |
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Bombtrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
33. um, bullshit |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
36. Their being taught to hold their noses or |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
37. Oh Please! American Idol is doing this??? Dream on. |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
38. Interesting correlation attempt ... |
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ToeBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
39. No, I hadn't considered that... |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
42. American Idol is EXACTLY the type of distraction that makes apathy |
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demswin06 (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
43. Nope... |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Do ya think it'll |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 05:19 AM Response to Original message |
47. VERY Good point!!! |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
49. I seriously doubt that. |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
50. Actually, American Idol is the type of distraction that can cause apathy.. |
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