James Hudnall: Vote for Taylor!
James Hudnall, It’s the Idol Finale: Vote for Taylor!, in writes about tonight’s much anticipated Americian Idol finale:
Taylor is a refreshing change of pace. He’s an antidote to the negativity. And frankly, I love the fact that he doesn’t fit the mold of what some people think should be popular or cool. Who decides that nonsense, anyway? I’d say the arbiters of cool are unqualified for their job. The Taylor haters don’t like his dancing, or his gray hair, or his slight paunch. All those things don’t speak of youth or hipness to them. Maybe they’re afraid of age coming at them like an unstoppable freight train, so they fixate on these ludicrous examples of objectified humanity that we get shoved down our throats by the mavens of cool.
Voting takes some commitment, but there are ways to simplify the task. I’ve had Dial Idol set up on my computer for a while now. Each week you download a quick update, set it in motion as soon as the show ends and let your computer’s DSL internet connection do the work. That frees me up to add votes using my land line. I can get about 4 to 6 votes per minute dialing by hand. Last week I used Skype to dial, in an effort to save my wrist, but Skype was much slower to dial than my own fingers! I’ve heard there is an automatic dialer for Skype, but I don’t know if I will be using it.
My biggest problem tonight is how to keep voting for four hours. Why would I even do that? Well, I’ve gone this far trying to honor Taylor Hicks request to help him win this contest…so why would I quit now. My wrist will not be functional tomorrow.
I heard that the Birmingham News published a list of ten reasons to vote for Taylor Hicks. Here they are:
Taylor Hicks should win “American Idol.”
1. Song choices approved by reps for George Harrison and Bruce Springsteen. How cool is that?
2. Compare their dance moves. No contest.
3. Because he’d never, ever smile nonstop while singing “Ain’t Got Nothin’ But the Blues.”
4. If Elvis had a little brother, he’d look like Taylor.
5. “Saturday Night Live” doesn’t spoof just anyone.
6. A soul man trumps an ice princess every time.
7. Gray is the new blond.
8. Taylor didn’t wear Paula’s tacky new jewelry line on camera.
9. With Soul Patrol, we’re talkin’ ’bout a revolution. McPheever sounds like a sickness.
10. So Katharine’s dad will really have a reason to cry.
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