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Top 11 – Grand Ole Opry - Mentor: Randy Travis
An interesting session in mentorship...Adam turned an old Johnny Cash classic into a smooth, Persian version! Read about it:
Adam Lambert's "Ring of Fire" on American Idol Burns Up the Internet
From Yahoo!
But of them all, none has caused such a wave of commentary on the internet, although Anoop Desai and Kris Allen have generated quite a bit of traffic, as Adam Lambert's Persian version of Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire." People either loved it or hated it, but they certainly felt something when they heard it. Randy Travis said he was "speechless" when he first heard Lambert's version. Those typing up blogs and comments on the internet weren't, though. Some even wondered why he was allowed to perform something on Country Week that was so obviously not country.

As for the American Idol judges, Kara DioGuardi thought it was strange but good. Simon Cowell said he knew exactly what Randy Travis was thinking: "What the hell was that?" Cowell also said that he thought that there were people all over the country throwing their televisions out their windows. He added that it was "indulgent rubbish" and an "horrific" performance.

Randy Jackson jumped on the end of Simon's negative tirade and slammed on the brakes, disagreeing with Cowell. He liked it, thought it was current, and said that it was as if "Nine Inch Nails were doing a country song." (Johnny Cash recorded "Hurt," which is a song composed by Nine Inch Nails.) Ryan Seacrest turned to Randy Travis and asked how he though Adam Lambert had done. Travis just smiled in return. Ryan supplied, "Still speechless."

It was certainly different. It also displayed Adam Lambert's amazing vocal control. As a lifetime Johnny Cash fan and one who loves "Ring of Fire," this writer loved it -- except for that one moment when he let himself go up really high about two-thirds through the song. Otherwise, masterful.