Believe it or not, Rick Astley was only five years older in 1988 than Idol contestant David Archuleta is now when he recorded his No. 1 hit, "Never Gonna Give You Up."

Of course, the reason I mention Rick is because the boy wonder of American Idol Season 7 sounds just like him. Rick had one of the great white-boy soul voices of the late 1980s and early 1990s, and I wouldn't suggest Archuleta is close at this juncture.

But the potential is clearly there, as evidenced in this well-done but terribly cheesy performance from Tuesday night. The well-done goes to the kid. The cheesy goes to the hokey, hokey arrangement. Could Ricky Minor have found more annoying keyboard patches with which to work?