The biggest surprise for me tonight was that Slash actually strings together entire coherent paragraphs of speech.  He was more clearly spoken than Randy and Paula put together.  Not sure if he was a big help to the contestants or not, but I enjoyed what appeared to be his honest appreciation of their talents.

Kris and Danny must have felt like the set crashing down before rehearsal was the least of their worries.  They are the two "non-rockers", but they not only had to sit and listen to Adam and Allison nail their performances, but they also had to team up for the duet.  They had to rearrange chairs on the deck that was stacked against them.  (For you writers out there, I know that I mixed my metaphors.)

I couldn't possibly say anything more complimentary about Adam's performance than was already said by the judges, the audience, and hundreds of thousands of bloggers and message board afficionados who meet to discuss AI every week.  Slash understated it beautifully when he said, "Adam's got pipes."

I didn't love the song that Allison chose either, but I still thought she did a great job.  I'm glad she didn't pick Piece of My Heart.  In addition to nailing the song in performance, she also spoke up for herself when she heard Simon's comments.  Best of all, she did it without whining.  Her answer to Simon earned his respect, too.

Kris picked up the guitar, determined to give it the Slash treatment on the Beatles's Come Together.  Instead, he gave it the crash treatment.  The attempt at edginess came off as sharp as a cake icing spreader.  Talk about a mismatch between artist and song.  If he'd gone to church and wailed out those lyrics, someone would have shouted, "Hallelujah.  He's speaking on tongues."

This brings me to Danny. Ahh Danny.  Asking you to rock out to Aerosmith is like waiting for John Denver to perform a Metallica medley.  All screaming and no soul.

I'm going out on a limb with my prediction.  Kris and Danny in the bottom two with Danny going home!