At first glance, the English version is more ‘You messed up, lied to me, so go away’ ; the Spanish version seems more more like ‘You really hurt me, I am leaving (Adios, me voy)’ . It seems subtle, but in the Spanish one there seems to be more emotion, like you sense she got hurt. In the English version it sounds more like it was a hookup that just didn’t work out.

I totally agree with this. The Spanish version sounds more serious, more emotional and way more mature. There are implications of a previous night. There’s pain in this one, nut just anger.

Her voice is also much more Allison in this version. At first I thought I was going to be disappointed with it, but I actually like this version even better.

LoveDaRocker
11/05/2009 at 12:05 pm
From another thread!!!!!!!!!!!

girlygirl Here’s the Spanish language version of FIBOU
http://www.box.net/shared/a5bmp4imji

El viernes te olvido yo!
Very good too.

Thanks for bringing the link over. She sounds really good…I like the vocal roughness of this version — more trademark Allison. Hope we get the album song snippets soon as I’m anxious to hear what the rest of it will sound like.

Having said that, I think these things are pretty much like the AI tour, where you have to expect different genres and be able to switch gears. And, having seen the Season 7 AI tour as well, I can attest to the fact that although Jason isn’t a rocker and has the laid-back stoner image, he has serious stage presence.

I’ll be interested to hear you Spanish speakers’ take on the lyrics and what changes were made. I already know about the title change to “forget”.

girlygirl Here’s the Spanish language version of FIBOU
http://www.box.net/shared/a5bmp4imji

El viernes te olvido yo!
Very good too.

Its going to be really, really fun to see how her career progresses.

Yeah ‘” I almost said something in my last post about the whole swearing thing ‘” talk about driving the online fussbudgets crazy!

It’s not like she doesn’t already use that word all the time, so for us fans is nothing new.

Yeah ‘” I almost said something in my last post about the whole swearing thing ‘” talk about driving the online fussbudgets crazy!

It’s not like she doesn’t already use that word all the time, so for us fans is nothing new.

PRMari: Maybe they’ll release it as a single after she hits 18, heh.

Yeah — I almost said something in my last post about the whole swearing thing — talk about driving the online fussbudgets crazy!

I keep on being pleasently surprised by how they’re treating her musically and image wise.

Exactly. My expectations for this album were very low, and now with all the tidbits we’ve gotten I’m starting to have a hard time keeping my expectations from rising too much. Definitely a better problem to have than the opposite!

Now that we’ve seen the artwork for the back cover of the CD, it certainly seems like they’re going for an “insurgent rocker” vibe. I think it’s kind of an interesting contrast with the image that’s going to be printed on the CD itself, which seems more like a Demi-style thing. Maybe it’s the same sort of one-foot-in-each-world thing that I’ve said about FIBOU — something to appeal to the more teeny-bop crowd, and something to appeal to the other folks.

I don’t think it will be a single, not because it’s a cover but because of the type of song/music it is and the type of artist they may want Allison to project at the moment. I sort of see this song as a bonus for Allison and her Idol fans who want to see her rock out hard. Hopefully it’s a sign that in time, if she’s successful with this album, she may be allowed to do more music similar to this.

I keep on being pleasently surprised by how they’re treating her musically and image wise. I thought for sure they would make her change her hair color and poppify her image, thankfully, that didn’t happen. I thought they wouldn’t let her record in Spanish and they did. I didn’t think we’d be getting any rock tracks in this album, I guess I was wrong. Add that to her very cool looking mixed gender band and I’m liking what I’m seeing so far.

LoveDaRocker: Is anyone bothered by the fact that this is a cover?

Speaking for myself, absolutely not. This kind of thing has gone on for decades (for example, see the Beatles’ early albums, which had plenty of R&B covers). And it’s especially un-noteworthy when you’re talking about a cover of a little-known song (which this is) by a little-known artist (which this is).

Also, isn’t Dilana releasing an album this month (according to Wikipedia)? Will the album include ‘Holiday’ ? [...] Wouldn’t it be bad that two somewhat similar artists are dropping albums the same month containing the same song?

As has been noted, yes, Dilana’s album will include Holiday. But that still doesn’t bother me at all. Even if, say, Allison’s version were to be released as a single, it would only cause a stir among the online fussbudgets, while Dilana would be laughing all the way to the bank to cash her songwriting royalty checks — making more money off it than Allison, if I understand the royalty allocations to writers vs. performers correctly.

And yes, I do think that Allison’s version could be released as a single (at least, presuming Dilana’s doesn’t go anywhere, which it likely won’t). Rapid-fire single releases of the same song do happen. The case that always sticks in my mind is Can We Still Be Friends back in the 70s, which Todd Rundgren wrote and got into the Top 40, and which Robert Palmer released a year later. I see from Wiki that Palmer’s cover didn’t get quite as high on the charts, but I could’ve sworn at the time that it was a bigger hit, as I recall hearing it on the radio a lot more than Rundgren’s original.

Anyway, assuming Dilana’s single remains obscure, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see it as a single for Allison. Of course, I also wouldn’t be surprised to see it not be a single.

In that list of song writers and producers, Toby Gad is also a pretty big name, albeit a pop one.

I think with the effort they put into her album Allison is here to stay! All we need is some promo and the music will sell itself!

It sure seems like it, very excited

Yikes, it won’t let me edit my post, why not?

I know! I used that feature a lot, and now it doesn’t come up. MJ wassuppp!
As a correction: Allison’s album drops in Dec. and Dilana’s in Nov., so, technically, not in the same month. But y’all got the point.

About the LLWD issue. I thing that people were bothered that a singer who they imagined to be this great songwriter and and brilliant artist when it comes to re-arrangin songs released as his first single a song by The Script (who mainstream and quite big in Europe and are on a big label) and sang it in the exact same way. Allison isn’t wasn’t labeled by her fans in the same way as Kris. Foremost people expect her to have some rock songs on her album, to sing her heart out and to make a great performance. Other skills, like songwriting, will come with age…