At the subway station tonight, I climbed the six flights of stairs to the Beetle, unlocked the door, sat down, put the key in the ignition, and turned. The radio came on. I heard not a song but a commercial for American Idol<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Tonight, the show was in Las Vegas. And the Idol<\/I>ators were going to be mangling… err… singing<\/i> from the Beatles songbook.<\/p>\n
I don’t watch American Idol<\/i>. I couldn’t tell you who won any particular year, except for the first year because that was Kelly Clarkson, and she’s had a pretty decent musical career because she has a pretty good voice and a pretty powerful set of pipes. (Full disclosure: I was actually listening to Clarkson’s fourth album, All I Ever Wanted<\/i>, today.)<\/p>\n
Otherwise, though, I have no idea what goes on with American Idol<\/i>.<\/p>\n
But, the commercial had me curious and, so, when the time came I put on American Idol<\/i>. And I suffered through twenty minutes of abject butchery of Beatles classics, from “Get Back” to “Here Comes The Sun,” and I decided that no<\/i> one should suffer through such indignities.<\/p>\n
If I had the power to read minds for a day, I would want to know who the fuck thought that letting a bunch of young karaoke singers mangle the Beatles library was any sort of a good idea.<\/p>\n
Because it’s not a good idea. Not at all<\/i>. If those twenty minutes were anything to judge by.<\/p>\n
The truth is, though, I really wouldn’t want to read minds on a regular or semi-regular basis. The inside of my head is a strange enough place as it is. There’s no need to compound the confusion by having access to someone else’s thoughts.<\/p>\n
I barely understand my own<\/i> thoughts sometimes, and I’ve had thirty-odd years to get used to them. I can only imagine what I would make of someone else’s thoughts. I’m not sure I’d even understand<\/i> them.<\/p>\n
What I do<\/i> think would be neat, if I had psychic powers, would be to see the world through someone else’s eyes, to hear the world through their ears. Not read<\/i> a mind, per se<\/i>, but to experience the universe through someone else’s perceptions. A different vantage point, a different baseline for understanding the universe.<\/p>\n
That<\/i> would be cool.<\/p>\n
Maybe a little too Being John Malkovich<\/i> for some. But I<\/i> think it would be awesome. And that’s enough for me. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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