I wasn’t able to post this before but when I first heard Andrew Garcia’s version of straight up, I just fell in love with it. As Kara Dioguardi said, “genius”. I totally agree. I really love it when a contestant flips a song, make it his own and make it sound better than the original.

Most of the time the original song is better than any revivals or renditions but there are a few that stand out. One is last year’s “Heartless” by Kris Allen. This season, given proper polishing, Andrew’s Straight Up was it. I’m pretty sure we’ll hear some more like these from this season’s contestants.

You know wnat I would really like to see? I want to see Andrew perform a full version of this song.

Check out the youtube/utube video of Andrew Garcia’s Staright Up rendition.

Now here’s Paula Abdul’s version