American Idol may be tired and over-long and tedious and stuffed to the brim with jarring product placement.
But it knows one thing. Despite all the criticism it receives, at least American Idol knows that there’s no worse thing on Earth than an acoustic reggae performance of Under My Thumb by the Rolling Stones. Apart from, you know, everything that Lacey Brown has ever said, done or thought.
Last night Lacey Brown became the first of American Idol‘s final 12 contestants to be sent home, after performing a version of Ruby Tuesday that sounded like she’d just pulled a tranquiliser dart from the back of her neck. So goodbye Lacey Brown – we’ll always remember you. Specifically we’ll always remember you as the woman who wasn’t even as good as an acoustic reggae version of Under My Thumb. Not a great obituary, is it?
