Rocco's Pop Revolution: Seen through the eyes of someone living it

Linc: You don't like Katy Perry?? Whaat?? Why do you sing "Teenage Dream" in the shower??/ Lee: JUDDD HA JUD HA HA!! JUDAS!

If Lee D. does not cover “Judas” or “Bad Romance”, “Poker Face” or I’m sure his personal favorite, the one about the disco stick, on his stop in NYC in June I’m just gonna start my own Lady Gaga cover concert in the back. I hope you all will join me.

I wake up this AM and see this on Twitter so I immediately click the link, because I’m a curious cat, and then I see him posing like he’s in a JC Penny catalogue.

Nice blazer, stud!

Anyway, it’s a great little interview. You can read it HERE and I will just bastardize it below. Cool? Awesome!

Q: Do you find yourself wishing that you had judges like the Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler?

LD: Well I won, so not really. I mean it worked out well for me in my season, but, I think they’re cool, and would be great to have as judges, but, I was fine with mine.

I love this. I read this as “Umm no you moron. Why would I change my judges?? They loved me. I don’t want to hear what Steven Tyler things of me when he’s coming down from an Acid trip and I certainly don’t want to know what J Lo thinks of herself”.

What do you mean Leeeeee? You have purple spots on your face.

Q: Do you think the new judges make it easier?

LD: I’m sure the contestants don’t think so, you know. They’ll deal with it the same way we all dealt with it. But I mean, I definitely think that the show is a little more encouraging this year than past seasons, I think the judges are… it’s very positive this year, which isn’t a bad thing, you know, being positive is never a bad thing, but, I think people, viewers like the drama, they want to see people get torn down… they want to turn it on, see people, you know… they want to see the Simon Cowell saying “You’re the worst”, that’s why people watch, you know, so, but, I think they’ve come down to the final three and they’re all really talented, and anyone of them can win, so I think that the show’s been great this year.

It’s like Lee really knows me. That’s EXACTLY why I watch this show. Why do you think my favorite part of the season was when they decided to tell Haley she sucked?? Because I like to see the contestants give the bitch face. I didn’t see the bitch face once from Lee and my one goal in life is to have him look at me that way. And then we will laugh and *high five*.

hahah *high five* Rocco! That was a good face right??

Q: Do you have a favourite?

LD: No, not really. I think that they’re all pretty talented and I think that they all going to do something in music, one way or another, whether they win or not, so, I’m just defending music and I’m a fan of all three of them.

Lee should have just said Haley because now he has the wrath of Haley coming after him.

What chu say Lee Bear???

Q: How do cope with comparisons to previous winners and does it get intimidating at times?

LD: No, and I think that the only people that make those comparisons are people that don’t really listen to the music and are just fans of the show. I mean, its one thing to sit there and watch ‘American Idol’ and write about it, but it’s another thing if you like music, and you listen to it, because if you listen to the music, there is absolutely no way in a million years you can compare any of the artist to each other. But, lots of time people don’t do that, and they just watch the show and they say “hey, that guy’s got brown hair, that guy’s got brown hair, they’re the same person!” I mean its ignorance really, for people to write that kind of stuff. It doesn’t bother me at all. It’s not intimidating because I’m me, so, what Carrie Underwood does, what David Cook does, or Chris Allen does, I mean the list goes on, Kelly Clarkson does, what Taylor Hicks does. My career is my career and my music is my music, so, the common, you know, bond, between all of us is that we’re all on ‘American Idol’, we can all share in that experience. But the show is supposed to be made so once you are off of it, you can go do what you want and make the music you want to make. And it’s almost as if sometimes people love you on the show and then when you’re done they just want to get to the next season and watch the next contestants, so, you’re either a fan of ‘American Idol’ and music, or you’re a fan of ‘American Idol’. There’s two different kinds of situation there, so, but for me, it’s not intimidating at all, I love the fans, and, I think they’re great, and if it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t be where I’m at, so, I mean, the success of other people coming from the show, really doesn’t mean anything to me at all.

Okay. I admit I didn’t read that answer thoroughly because its way too long (I did really awesome during the reading comprehension portion of the SAT’s don’t you worry!) but I just want to state, like I’ve done before, that I hate the “white guys with guitars” thing. And I may have called Lee D., a bear, a non-gay Gap model, and the most fun person on the planet , but I never called him WGWG. I’m not that cold hearted.

And as for his comment about the brown hair….. Lee, who really has the best head of brown hair?? I rest my case.

I have really great hair!

And then he pretty much just goes on to say how he misses friends and family, no regrets, loves writing  music, hates the song “Earth Stood Stil” blah blah blah and then the mother of all questions is asked! And this photo makes so much sense now.

paws up monsters!!

Q: Lady Gaga or Katy Perry, Why?

LD: That’s a really hard question… Lady Gaga… If I had to pick.

LADY GAGA?!?!? I mean Katy Perry isn’t Abe Lincoln or anything, but that’s like picking Ronald Reagan as your favorite President (I have no idea what that means… that was an awful comparison, but just go with it.)

And plus, answer the entire question dude! He didn’t say why he chose Lady Gaga. I’m gonna keep asking him that over and over if I ever meet him.

Rocco: Why did you choose Gaga over Katy Perry?
Lee D: What?
Rocco: Why? Is it because Katy  Perry’s parents are bat shit crazy???
Lee D: Ummmm… do you want a picture or something??
Rocco: WHY?!?!
Lee D: Security!
Linc the Sink: Yes???
Lee D: She won’t stop asking me about Lady Gaga.
*and then me and Linc the Sink fall in love and ride off into the sunset wearing the hat of all freakin’ hats*

(This all went on for way to long. Sorry)

-Rocco