In concert last month, four years after her Idol season aired, Crystal proved that the same
still held true. Her vocals were, bar
none, the best of any artist I had ever heard sing live. They made up for the fact that she sang
virtually no Idol songs at the
concert, they made up for the fact that she sang ten tracks from an album that
would not be released for twenty days (?!), and they made you hold out hope
that the next show you saw, it could be an all-time great. The tenderness in “Shine,” the finesse in
“Crazy,” and the transformation in “Holy Toledo” made you believe.
Next concert, with a little more crowd interaction and a lot
more knowable songs, Crystal will put it over the top. If she sings anything like she did on
“Hallelujah” and “Bobby McGee” this time, it will be, as Simon Cowell said in his
final Idol critique, ‘outstanding.’
Grade: A-
Endnote: I told Crystal Bowersox after the show that I had
been so over “Hallelujah.” She said,
“Um, is that supposed to be a compliment?”
I explained that I had been so
over “Hallelujah” – that her vocal made me plea for more and more verses, that I
discovered new things about a song I thought was long past any sense of
discovery. That part she recognized as a
compliment. ;)
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