According to reports from TV Guide, Simon Cowell is promising big changes on Idol this year. With auditions and the tour underway we can only guess what is going though his head.
Chief among Cowell’s complaints was what he called the overwhelming media-savviness of this season’s contestants. “I’m not sure that they ever showed their real personalities,” he said. “They were like robots.” (Nevertheless, he praised last season’s runner-up, David Archuleta, on his recent success, calling him “the perfect pop star.”)
Of course the way I read pop star it was said with the enthusiasm and happiness that rich people who have never had it tough say we should support the poor by taxing ourselves. Pop star coming out of Simon’s mouth sounds just the opposite of when he says something like Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, or The Clash.
Pop music has its place in our society, but it is not a lasting place. We enjoy it in small amounts for a short period of time and then forget about it. I am praying this is the case with David Archuleta.
