I’ve uploaded some mp3’s of a few of the male singers songs that they’ve sung so far on the show. These are NOT the itunes versions - they’re recorded from the broadcast itself, so you’ll hear audience clapping at the end and the sound isn’t “CD quality” etc. But if you’re like me and just want a quick version to remind you of the performance, they’re fine. I did insert a fade-out over the audience clappings to make them less jarring when repeat-looped forever. :)

You can access/play them from my largely empty & generic media gallery, which is where I occasionally dump files I feel like sharing. They use Window Media Player embedding.

The songs include:
David Archuleta - Imagine;
David Hernandez - Papa Was a Rolling Stone;
Michael Johns - Light My Fire (Top24 version);
Michael Johns - Bohemian Rhapsody (Hollywood week version, includes him introducing himself b4 singing);
Luke Menard - Killer Queen

I know Luke Menard’s version of “Killer Queen” was pretty much universally panned, and my initial reaction to his performance was also a horrified “ewwww.” But the funny thing about music is that sometimes, if you go back and listen without any visuals, you begin to realize that vocally, it’s not anywhere as bad as you might have first thought. It’s amazing how watching the singer on a stage can really affect how you perceive the vocals. So while I don’t think Luke Menard can hold even a burned-out candle to the great Freddy Mercury, if you listen to his vocal without having to watch Luke’s uncharismatic stage presence, it’s actually not too bad.

Btw, as a website notation: I’m not planning to upload all the performances from the show - this isn’t meant to be a major file-site, it’s a blog. Har. I had these offhand and thought a few people might be interested, so up they went onto my server. My media gallery is empty because it’s a new installation, and I haven’t gotten around to either transferring old stuff from previous galleries or putting new things up, yet. Hence, there’s no separate link to it on this blog page, since it’s, y’know, not worth visiting on any general basis. To be honest, I may never get around to doing anything with the media gallery beyond a place to put files that I’ll refer to from this blog. *shrug* :)