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"Lost Sweathog Tyler Grady had a nice look and shtick, but he sang a mediocre song boringly."

No, that's not my theory why Tyler Grady failed to garner the votes to survive for another week of the "American Idol" competition. The song ? "American Woman" ? is not so much "mediocre" ? many songs sung on AI are mediocre. That can hardly cause sudden death. The problem is that the song insults American women, and American women are the main people who do the voting. I have hated this song since it came out in 1970. The original group that did this song was the Guess Who. They were Canadian, and they were insulting American women and insulting America:

American woman gonna mess your mind...
American woman, stay away from me...
American woman, get away from me...
Don?t wanna see your face no more...
You know I?m gonna leave
You know I?m gonna go, woman
I?m gonna leave, woman
Goodbye, American woman
Goodbye, American chick
Goodbye, American broad ...

Well, hell. He was asking to leave. Don't want to see our face? Fine! We don't want to see yours.

Full post as published by Althouse on February 26, 2010 (boomark / email).