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I continue to watch American Idol season after season, despite being frustrated with the show for various realistening to the singing and the music of the show (sin country music nights.) However, this season has proven to be significantly dull.

Last night’s show really got me fired up annoyed and if you want to make a gay man really angry, you do what happened on AI last night. Dedicate a night to the Broadway music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and have inexperienced singers put their amateur twists on it.

After Madonna sang “You Must Love Me,” you can’t mess up the lyrics like Brooke did. She was doomed to fail before she even started singing. This was one of the first movies Madge acted in and you actually believed her with all sincerity. Sorry Brooke, you lose and you made my blood boil with your rendition.

Ending the night was Carly singing a song from one of my all time favorite musicals, Jesus Christ Superstar. She sang the title track and ruined that song, as well. She missed the cunning, questioning sarcasm that goes along with the song. The tongue in cheek aspect destroyed by Carly’s overly layered version of the song. I am supposed to laugh a bit when the line, “Did Muhammed move a mountain or was that just P.R.?” I am sons. I do enjoy not supposed to cringe.

If you want to make a gay man angry, ruin Broadway songs on an overproduced and overly formulated televison program like American Idol.

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Madonna’s latest addition to the music world will be released a week from today. Its title is “Hard Candy” and from sample listens, as one may expect, it is a new sound. Madonna speaks to her new album, ”The title is a juxtaposition of tough and sweetness. Kind of like I’m gonna kick your ass but it’s going to make you feel good. And of course, I love candy.” However, since the release is a week away, a Madonna fix can be fulfilled in four minutes.

“4 Minutes” featuring Justin Timberlake has been released as the album’s first single and comes with a fantastic video where Madge and Justin run throughout London. Dance remixes of the song are available on iTunes and although these remixes don’t quite hit the same mark that some of the remixes from Confessions on a Dancefloor did, they provide plenty of entertainment whilst awaiting the release of “Hard Candy.”

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