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'American Idol': Lady Gaga to mentor Top 4 on Leiber and Stoller week
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Lady Gaga is coming to "American Idol" for the Top 4 next week, not only as a performer for the results show, but also as a mentor for Leiber and Stoller week.It's an interesting week to have Gaga as the mentor, since she very much the hot thing right now and Leiber and Stoller songs are largely from the 1950s and 1960s. But maybe having someone as off-the-wall as Gaga will help the Idols not be too old-fashioned with their oldies theme.
And - this past week the Idols did the "Now and Then" theme and overall, the oldies were better than the new songs, so Leiber and Stoller might be alright. Their hits include "There Goes My Baby," "Hound Dog," "Yakety Yak," "Stand By Me" (with Ben E. King), "Jailhouse Rock," "Love Potion No. 9," "I'm a Woman" and "On Broadway."
The last time "Idol" did Leiber and Stoller, we were treated to some good performances - Bo Bice on "Stand By Me" and Carrie Underwood on "Trouble" - and also some not-so-good ones - Anthony Fedorov on "Poison Ivy."
One things for sure - if Haley Reinhart doesn't do "I'm a Woman," we give up.
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Wonder if scotty will do Hound dog or Jailhouse Rock.
Good Grief! The season is almost over and I'm still waiting for something CURRENT as a theme! This season has been most all American Icons of years gone by! Don't they think any of the contestants can handle a Top 40 hit? or even hits of the past 3 years? Is it time to put some YOUNGER people in charge of running the show? JMHO
James - Stand By Me; someone has to and he's the only one I think can pull it off. Scotty - Kansas City. Haley - I'm a Woman. I'm stumped on what Lauren should sing though..