First, let's get the blindingly obvious out of the way. The catalogue of Lennon-McCartney is epic in it's breadth and depth. Therefore, to predict what the Idolists will sing is folly. But it's my blog so I get to tell them what I want them to sing. So here we go, in no particular order:
Casey: Back in the USSR, an old-school style rocker with guitar licks he can play with.
Crystal: I hear a bunch of songs for her but a cool stretch she could pull off is Helter Skelter; I also hear "Crystal-ized" versions of Blackbird, Come Together, or Eleanor Rigby.
Siobhan: Let It Be. Just sing it straight up and let everybody hear what a great voice you have and that you can be taken seriously.
Andrew: an Andrew-ed version of Hard Day's Night.
Aaron: he should bring his country-twang to either Eight Days a Week or Ticket to Ride.
Katie: she's probably going to get skewered no matter what but let's give her something upbeat and catchy like Can't Buy Me Love or Paperback Writer.
Big Mike: If he wants to break out of his R&B comfort zone, I would love to hear him sing Lady Madonna. But I think he could stay in his R&B comfort zone and still blow everybody away with the Stevie Wonder version of We Can Work It Out (on my short-list of all time favorite covers).
Lee: Day Tripper is a perfect rock type song for him. A possible alternative is Drive My Car.
Tim: BANNED FROM SINGING THE BEATLES!!!! And he should be convicted of a hate crime if he sings Yesterday.
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"USSR" & Casey, yes. I don't think it's a stretch AT ALL for Crystal to do "Helter Skelter." After all, Dana Fuchs covered it and she's of the same vocal ilk. Also, Lee doing "Day Tripper' makes sense; David Cook did it on one of the Lennon/McCartney weeks back in the day. I'm not commenting on Tim. I'm still pretending he doesn't exist in the competition at least until tomorrow night.
LOL...your Tim comment made my day. :P
No comment due to unfamiliarity with the Beatles' tunes due to my dissatisfaction with what was perceived to be your overly purient teenage interest in Beatle mania perceived by parents of my generation something to be put in check!
THEREFORE, I am ignorant tonight about Beatle music[except for "Let It Be" in which we mothers thought Mother Mary was code language for "mary'juana!!] and so will just chill because of no knowledge of what to critique.
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