Watch Allison Iraheta perform a stunning acoustic version of “Don’t Waste the Pretty” live at the Hot 99.5 studios in Maryland, outside of Washington DC.
Holy sh*t, this girl can sang. Her raspy, throaty vocals are in full display here. Do. Not. Miss. After the jump.
The tune is from Allison’s debut album, Just Like Me, set to be released December1.
ETA: “Don’t Waste the Pretty” and “Just Like You”, performed at the B104 studios in PA:
- Allison Iraheta ‘“ Just Like You ‘“ iTunes Pre-order
- Allison Iraheta - Just Like You ‘“ Amazon
- Friday I’ll Be Over U ‘“ iTunes
- Friday I’ll Be Over U ‘“ Amazon
Video after the Jump…
Hey JohnM, hasn’t she hit at least a G on the third octave? I know I’m a little rusty on the octaves up and down the staff, but hey, you’re the rhythm guy.
And yes Dont waste the pretty is now on the iPhone and being blasted on the car.
Btw, that Billboard article makes me feel better about Jive’s commitment.
Has she? My apologies — I don’t have a record of her hitting anything above the F (on Cry Baby and Barracuda), which makes exactly two octaves. But I didn’t watch a whole lot of tour videos (didn’t want to burn out). I’d love to know where she went up to the G…
Man, now I really feel out of it! What Billboard article? My wife was telling me about an article that said they were going for Hayley/Avril territory with her, but she can’t remember where she read it.
But I think the mere fact of the New Moon promo indicates a pretty strong commitment, as I can’t imagine that that came cheap.
John, I posted the link on TWoP. But just in case, here it is again.
http://twitpic.com/qdsl1
It’s hard to read but basically some big guy on Jive was saying that she’ll be targeted to her teen peers but also hitting the Latin market with the release of El viernes te olvido yo to the radio as well.
I’ve never seen the “Avril/Hayley” article but that’s surely a good place to start with her, much better than Miley/Selena/Demi.
Thanks. For some reason I’ve been forgetting to go to TWoP recently. That’s a pretty cool article — and very appropriately titled!
INCREDIBLE!!!
Sometimes I have questioned my enthusiasm for this girl. Now I think it wasn’t enough!
Her guitar playing added a lot to it. I hope she does more of that.
The bridge section was a lot better here than the Pennsylvania performance. And I have the feeling it will get better the more she performs it.
I thought that the second single should be DWTP. Now I am not so sure. Need to hear the produced songs. NOW!
Yep…In case you hadn’t realized it by now…She’s THE REAL DEAL folks…You can LISTEN TO SNIPPETS OF HER NEW ALBUM here:
http://seed.sproutbuilder.com/YwCT_gkfG19s_XT7
Anybody home?
OK, for all you hardcore Allison fans lurking in this “underground” thread, I bit the bullet and went to the Torrid “listening party” this afternoon. Did anyone else, go – anyone at all?
First of all, my mistake, I was actually expecting some kind of event. Like maybe a little table with some volunteer handing out some promotional material. I also expected more than the 3 people (2 sales clerks, and myself) to be in the store at 3 PM, Pacific Time. Keep in mind that I was a (almost) 65 year old man hanging out in a young woman’s clothing store, supposedly shopping for a present for my wife. Actually, that part was partially true, as my wife is a plus size, and I would have gladly bought her something if I had seen anything remotely right for her. But, in 5 minutes I knew that there was nothing in the store appropriate for her taste.
Now I had to stall for about 40 minutes, while one of the sales clerks felt determined to help me find something to buy.
To make matters more uncomfortable, the speakers were very close to the corset section, not exactly where I wanted to hang out. But, I was determined to at least get some reasonably good sound out of this venture, so I steadfastly lurked by the pink corsets.
On to the album – cutting to the chase.
All of the non-FIBOU cuts give us plenty of the Allison we know and love. I liked “Robot” much more than I expected. It’s really catchy and might make it as a pop hit. I think the production “Just Like You” also is very strong and is a great showcase for Alli. DWTP is solid, but I absolutely love the acoustic (maybe a little bit more). I was a little disappointed in “DIFD” – but I think I need to hear it again. Liked “Still Breathing” a lot more than the snippet. Real nice song. “You Don’t Know Me” is good, but I have a feeling that a live version could be even better. Have to reserve judgment on most of the others until I hear them again, especially Scars and Beat Me Up. However -
“TROUBLE IS”. Absolutely blew me away. I love, love LOVE the way Allison delivers this song. Wow! I love everything about this solid song. If this isn’t a hit it’s a crime!
One other thing – I swear I didn’t hear Holiday. I might have been distracted by the sales clerk at that time, but it’s hard to believe I wouldn’t have noticed that song. Wonder if the Dilana situation caused them to pull the song? Hope not, because I love Holiday.
Anyway, the second sales clerk, who actually knew who Allison was and was a fan, gave me a little pink bag with an Allison decal and a discount coupon to their store. And that was the end of my adventure.
Again, was I the only one? BTW this was at the South Bay Galleria in Redondo Beach, CA.
I guess Sunday afternoons are slow business but glad you got to hear it.
I’ve read a lot of comments about how gorgeous Trouble is is and it seems that they didn’t play Holiday in any store, I don’t know why, maybe because it was too hard or something.
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PRMari, just wondering:
Did Jorge Nunez made something out of his stint in Idol?; and
Was there any buzz in PR regarding the fact that Gokey’s wife was Puertorrican? He mentioned he would go there to visit family after Idol. I like Gokey, not enough to forgive Rock Week, but wish him well.
For the 2 or 3 of you who might actually still be checking this thread, and not obsessing over the topic of the day (Are you a member of Team Glambert or Team Slambert?):
Allison’s twitter account mysteriously has morphed under the name of Quinvherli Mananà , Location: En la Punta del Serro. 4 followers, 1 post. It no longer appears on her official web page.
Interesting, since her last post prior to this purge was something like “I’m so proud of your crazy ass, mi hermano,” to guess who.
I will now wait anxiously for hundreds of comments to this posting.
http://twitter.com/Allison4RealzzZ
MJ just started a new thread.