Video: Carly Smithson - Top 11 - Blackbird

Occasionally American Idol transcends the Starz In Their Eyes -style horror and provides a moment that shuts me down. This week Irishwoman Carly Smithson chose one of my favorite Beatles songs, Blackbird , and she sang it right from the soul. It was sublime. Typically, Simon didn't get it because it wasn't Westlife or Leona pap. Carly explained why she chose the song afterward ( watch here ), but it doesn't take a genius to understand the emotional [...]