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April 30, 2009

American Idols Cover The Apples In Stereo Hot off of covering Lykke Li, American Idol's remaining hairstylist victims Adam Lambert and the Not Adam Lamberts kept it indie for this week's Ford commercial challenge with New Magnetic Wonder's "Energy." Watch it here. Next week: "Two Weeks"?

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Didn't watch the Idol's rendition, but it couldn't possibly be as good as the original because Frodo did not direct the video.

Posted by: Zing at 04/30/09 11:58 AM  | Reply
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god that's all kinds of weird. plus that ad has new levels of cheesy filters/styles going on. interesting

Posted by: littlepants profile link at 04/30/09 12:07 PM  | Reply
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This is all just a setup for Jeff Mangum's triumphant return to public life on this season's finale.

Posted by: megaindiedouche at 04/30/09 12:16 PM  | Reply
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i turned it off when i realized the car wasn't going to hit them.

Posted by: ian g at 04/30/09 1:46 PM  | Reply
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My reaction is pretty "meh"
I mean, this isn;t so far away from what the Apples do in the first place, so its hard to be upset. They are pop to the core.

On the other hand, the cover isn'tgood enough to get exited about.
The video isn't funny enough either.

Posted by: FlimFlam at 05/01/09 2:17 AM  | Reply
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Funny that Idol is sponsored by Coke in a BIG way. And yet this song is from that Pepsi campaign.

Posted by: Jacob at 05/01/09 4:46 AM  | Reply
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This is the Apples worst song.
It makes me want to vomit.
So it was fitting for Idol stars to sing it.

They should have covered "Green Machine."

-Farmer Ted

Posted by: Farmer Ted at 05/01/09 9:06 AM  | Reply
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"American Idol" and "indie cred" in one thought? What an oxymoron!

Posted by: Country PAul at 05/02/09 2:41 AM  | Reply
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