The Weblog of Daniel Tashian

Well we went to the Taproom last night with Jay and Leann and L and I. We saw Pete Finney. Then we watched American Idol and this Urban kid sang Leonard Cohen (the Jeff Buckley version) and did quite a good job. Everybody freaked out for “Big Mike” who sang a Maxwell song I didn’t know. Kara was crying and Simon said it was the best of the night. I would be afraid what Simon would say about me. I would have to pick like some really strong song….Like “My Way” or something like that. What else could you do? Something by Queen. I am too old to be on there. They’d be like: “Somebody’s uncle has stolen the microphone!” I was trying to think of what song to do this morning. How about “Rocky Mountain High” by John Denver. No! I know! Take Me Home Country Roads!! Like an amazing version of that song! Simon would be like: “I know you didn’t.” The other thing is that that they stop the song after one verse and a chorus. What about “Girl From The North Country Fair” – that wouldn’t work at all. I’d like to see it. Or “Gentle On My Mind” – that would be great. But Leonard Cohen was a step in an interesting direction and it took somebody like Jeff Buckley to popularize that song so that young kids from Ohio can hear it. Personally I think of Buckley as more of an R and B type singer. He can lay it on quite thick on the ballads but he really knocks it out of the park on “Everybody Here Wants You” – it’s like Prince or something. Oh! What about the Prince catalog? Bob Dylan’s “Serve Somebody” might be interesting on idol. I love thinking of these impossible songs being on there.