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I won’t be ashamed to admit it, but I first heard this beautiful song on an episode of Dawson’s Creek. It was an episode where Jen (played by Michelle Williams) was in a mood (as they all usually were on the show) as she was trying to decide whether to go on holidays with her estranged parents or her has-always-been-there-bestfriend Jack (played by Kerr Smith). In an attempt to clear her head, she puts on this song and gets up on an armchair and totally just rocks out in a very cute way. I fell in love with the song then and I haven’t stopped loving it since.

Many people mistake the title of this song as ‘Teenage Wasteland‘ because the words ‘Baba O’Reilly’ are never once mentioned in the song but be assured, it’s the correct title. This song was the main reason I went to see The Who in Dublin. And this week when David Cook sang it to get into the top 3 of the Season 7 American Idol competition… I loved it even more!

I don’t even really know why I love it so much. Sure, it’s a great song. Sure, it’s got amazing lyrics, composition and yadi-yadi-yadda. But I usually fall for songs that tie in to something significant that happened in my life. But this song has managed to creep into my heart and has permanently lodged itself inside without any significant event to remember with it. So much so that I will do my best to catch any and every episode of CSI: NY that I can (it features this song as the theme song).

It could be my all time favourite song. But there are quite a few songs that could give it a run for it’s money… I may write about these songs. I may not… we’ll see where the tide takes me.

What’s your all time favourite song?

Obviously, I lost.

There were plenty of inspiring celebrities who did their part to convince us to donate but I just wanted to talk about my favourites. I was so very moved by Annie Lennox. Her video with the kids orphaned by AIDs, and her extremely powerful performance. I’ve been a fan of hers ever since I can remember and tonight I was reminded why. She just commands such attention, such passion… such grace.

I also liked Fergie’s performance even though I’m not a huge fan of her music. I will also be a fan of Fergie because I used to watch her on Kid’s Incorporated as little Stacy Ferguson (see where she gets Fergie from?), which incidently is her real name. If I’m mistaken, please correct me but I’m pretty sure that’s her real name. Kid’s Incorporated inspired me when I was a child, it inspired me to start singing and to discover my voice. My childhood dream, was to be a singer and Stacy was one of the biggest reasons I auditioned for the first season of Canadian Idol (nothing came of it, but that’s another story).

Of course the biggest pull for me to watch the show was none other than the biggest star (in my world) and probably the only person who can do no wrong (again, in my world): Brad Pitt. You would think that as I get older, I would get over this childhood crush but alas, it has only intensified with age. They cute and geeky way he walks on stage, the adorable hand wave, the oh-so-sexy way he talks and those eyes. Those intense eyes. Ok, I’m going to stop before I explode. I just can’t believe that it’s been three years since Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on New Orleans and there are still people without homes.

It was nice to see Ben Stiller, Ellen Degeneres, Jimmy Kimmel, (his girlfriend) Sarah Silverman, Robin Williams (what on earth are you wearing?), and David Spade. It was not nice to see all the confetti all over the place during the final song - hi, should we really be creating so much litter in this day and age?

There were a lot of worthy causes shown on this year’s episode of ‘Idol gives back’ and while I will partly agree with those out there that argue that these kind of charities are only band-aid solutions… I also think that band-aids never hurt anybody before so why not donate. So I donated. I only donated a small amount, but like they kept saying on the show, even $1 will help.

p.s. I thought the final 8 did a great job on Seasons of Love, and sung some nice harmony on the final song.

Photos (respectively) courtesy of allposters.com, fashaddix.com, latimes.com and i can’t find the site that I got the ‘idol gives back’ logo from again.

Sounds like a good title to a song or a poem actually. Almost every Tuesday, I end up watching American Idol because my Mum watches it and we’re usually eating dinner when 8:00 p.m. rolls around. Today, I discovered that Carly Smithson, a contestant on American Idol is Irish. And she’s been getting amazing feedback from everyone including the ever-hard-to-impress Simon Cowell. I hadn’t been paying attention in previous weeks because I usually wash the dishes, but because I cooked tonight my Mum washed the dishes. It was the first time I had heard her speak! And I really miss Ireland because of it! I feel like revisiting The Beatles this week was too much of a good thing. But I loved that Carly sang Blackbird.

And Paula needs to shut up! She goes on for way too long and there is no substance to what she says! Every single one of her ‘comments’ could be said in 5 words or less. *sigh* It’s so sad because I still love her as an artist. Anyway, so I actually really hate the show because everyone (Randy, Simon, Paula & Ryan) on it is so annoying but I feel like I might just keep watching the singers perform because they’re all quite good. If I had to pick a second favourite, I would probably pick Brooke White because she has family in Halifax, NS. And she’s so the type of singer that I love. Of course, I have a favourite male singer too: Jason Castro! Because he sung my all time favourite song: Hallelujah by the late Jeff Buckley so well.