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Pants on the Ground: Wednesday’s ‘Idol’ highlight (VIDEO)
“General” Larry Platt is going to be all over cyberspace today. There will be mash-ups. There will be covers.
The energetic 62-year-old was the last hopeful to audition for Randy, Kara, Simon and guest judge Mary J. Blige in the Atlanta try-outs, and he rapped an insidiously catchy, original protest against gangsta’ fashion. Thus, he has virtually assured himself his 15 minutes of fame and an appearance on “Idol Gives Back 2010.”
I usually don’t go for these shenanigans but I am, in “Idol” parlance, “one-hundred million Brazilian” percent on board: I’ve already got the tune on a one-song iPod playlist set to shuffle, and I’d like to see him take Simon’s judge spot next year.
Check it out below. But be warned, it’s going to crash on the couch in your head for a few days:
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