When I heard this song I had no idea it was from a former American Idol contestant. This proves true talent can surpass the Idol machine!
I vaguely remembered Elliot Yamin from American Idol. I wasn't a fan of his while he was a contestant. I remember him as the funny-looking guy with the funny name. So I'm driving and I hear this song on KISS-FM here in Phoenix. (Full disclosure: I worked for the station when it was launched but currently work for 98-7 The Peak. So I'm a radio geek).
The song I heard on KISS is Wait For You by Elliot Yamin, but I didn’t realize that until after I heard it. First off, you can’t tell me this is a white dude singing an R&B song! But it is. It’s Elliot Yamin, the Idol contestant who was beat by Taylor Hicks and Katherine McPhee. I am actually not even sure of his cultural heritage, but I’ll go with Paula Abdul as my source because she called him “one funky white boy” during his run on Idol last year. But enough with what could be construed as the reverse racism. It really doesn’t matter what color you are as long as you can do the song justice, and Yamin does with Wait For You. There’s a lot of emotion in his voice, a lot of romance and the song and hey – I’m a chick. I go for that.
I can’t even tell you the lyrics to a Taylor Hicks song and he was the winner. I couldn’t even tell you the name of one Taylor Hicks song. I do sing along with the Katherine McPhee song, Over It. I dig that one too. But this Elliot Yamin song is the one I’ve already listened to over and over again, teenage-style, on MySpace.
You should probably visit Elliot Yamin’s MySpace page and listen to it too because it’s worth it.
