"All My Friends Told Me I Was An Awesome Singer"

See, this is why Stereogum rocks. You saved me from having to sit through an hour of dreck by linking to the best part.

Wow.

Posted by: Amanda at 01/28/05 10:55 AM | Reply
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The way it's presented reminds me of mockumentaries like 'A Mighty Wind'. Very good!

Posted by: Evan at 01/28/05 11:01 AM | Reply
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I can't get the link to work....can you post a download? Puh-LEEEEZE??!

Posted by: sarah at 01/28/05 11:34 AM | Reply
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I still cannot get over those camel toes!

Posted by: BeavisOnCrack at 01/28/05 11:40 AM | Reply
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"That doesn't make me wanna pursue any kind of singing career...unless it's in a rock band"...GREAT. Well, I HAVE heard worse in "rock bands", so she just might get her break after all.

Posted by: radzilla at 01/28/05 12:15 PM | Reply
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whats up with those hand movements? She looks like she is doing an impression of an elephant!

Posted by: h at 01/28/05 12:26 PM | Reply
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She had to be putting on some kind of act.

Posted by: pippincat at 01/28/05 1:01 PM | Reply
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Man, she TOTALLY ROCKS!

*sike*

Her friends must be invisible cuz that shizzle is BAAAAAAD.

Posted by: dingus. at 01/28/05 1:03 PM | Reply
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Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you the newest Scissor Sister.

Posted by: johnny at 01/28/05 1:16 PM | Reply
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i'd hit it.

Posted by: solace at 01/28/05 1:33 PM | Reply
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i believe her friends told her she could sing. they were probably terrified one of the voices would tell mary to attack if they didn't agree with her.

Posted by: Jenn at 01/28/05 1:44 PM | Reply
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i think she put on act so she could be featured on tv. there are moments when she almost starts to laugh. i don't know, maybe she really is crazy, but i think she wanted to stir up controversy.

Posted by: dtroit at 01/28/05 1:53 PM | Reply
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I don't think she put on an act. Last week, Scott linked to a post on some board where Mary described her experience after the audition. It was written in August, so I don't think that she was pre-empting her audition being shown on TV; she was just telling her story. In context (as she describes it) the whole experience did not sound quite as crazy as the edited version on TV made her out to be. I was almost disappointed to read it, actually. I quite liked the idea of her being some psycho with multiple voices in her head.

Posted by: h at 01/28/05 2:37 PM | Reply
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so i heard that carol king song last nite while dining out at this returaunt... omg i lost it! and i started doing the hand movements and my boy friend was laughing so hard. i want a t shirt w her face on it that says " im going to style hair thats what im good at."

Posted by: kitty at 01/28/05 2:49 PM | Reply
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> i want a t shirt w her face on it that says "
> im going to style hair thats what im good at."

i'd buy one.

Posted by: stereogum at 01/28/05 3:06 PM | Reply
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i love this chick but she doesn't hold a cnadle to leroy wells, the crunk kid who sang "got your money" and told simono he needs to get crunkd. his video is at www.leroy-wells.com

Posted by: donovan at 01/28/05 3:40 PM | Reply
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Yeah, she was totally going to laugh at the end when she sang her last song. I cannot believe that someone could be that utterly awkward. If she's realy I feel bad for her.

Posted by: pippincat at 01/28/05 4:35 PM | Reply
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'Idol' Wannabe Arrested After Audition

UPDATED: 12:42 PM PST January 27, 2005

A contestant on "American Idol" was in jail in Mobile, Alabama when his bizarre audition aired on Tuesday night.

Leroy Wells, 22, who stormed into the New Orleans audition room "crunked" out and repeatedly ranting "Can you dig it?," was arrested January 5 on charges of assault and firing a weapon.

Wells was arrested for reportedly shooting an handgun into an occupied vehicle.

"Mr. Wells allegedly shot the victim in his hip," said Moblie police spokesman Marcus Young.

According to police, Wells has been arrested seven other times on charges that include disorderly conduct and marijuana possession.

He was released on $11,000 bond on Wednesday night. His "Idol" performance was taped last summer.

Wells bounced on stage while talking about sandblasting paint for a living at a shipyard near his home near Mobile.

A stunned Simon Cowell called the performance "ridiculous" and joked he couldn't understand a single word Leroy said.

Posted by: dtroit at 01/28/05 4:44 PM | Reply
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That was awesome. How soon we forget William Hung. Can Mary parlay her "weirdness is originality too" into a record deal?

Posted by: WB at 01/28/05 5:33 PM | Reply
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that leroy wells kid is insane! haha

Posted by: amyfisher at 01/28/05 8:25 PM | Reply
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Roach needs a better bra. That would've helped her audition.

Posted by: AlexisT at 01/28/05 8:41 PM | Reply
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Stereogum- I love how you added "contains Mark McGrath". Like those warnings, "contains nudity...contains obscenity". Thanks for the warning!

Posted by: anothererin at 01/28/05 10:27 PM | Reply
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William Hung has so much to answer for.

Posted by: dennard at 01/29/05 6:03 PM | Reply
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CAN YOU DIG IT! I think Lil' Obnoxious Jon has competition. Everrbuddy in the club, get ready for a CRUNK OFF!

YEEEEEEEEAH!!!!

*dances with a plastic cup marked "crunk chalice" on it.*

Posted by: calliwell at 01/30/05 5:22 PM | Reply
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**jaw still dropped**

What the hell was that? No seriously.If that WAS an act..then kudos to Mary because God knows I need a laugh at the end of the day..but IF it wasn't then..what...the...hell..WAS..that?!
Leroy is off the chain! Then again I (unfortunately/fortunately)live in atlanta for the time being so I see a Leroy-esque person damn near every day..

Posted by: sweetpea at 01/31/05 4:17 PM | Reply
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dude leroy was just freakin trippin on something. lots of people act like that when all doped up or drunk off there ass. but mary is the REAL DEAL, i wish she was on every reality tv show. id watch religiously if she was.

Posted by: kitty at 02/02/05 11:09 AM | Reply
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boy i swear sometimes black people got to represent for grand bay alabama cause it seems no one else is know how to do it but me and him only us two trying to put grandbay alabama on the map yall got to step up and stop being so scarred

Posted by: lilcrunk05 at 02/04/05 10:10 PM | Reply
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