And oh my word did I just pontificate on Cook’s ass?

His ass is a thing of beauty to me, and any diminishment thereof would be a tragedy of Global proportions.

I actually can still remember the first time on the tv they did like a 360 revolving camera thing and I was like oooo, that booty. And that was when he was still dressing from his distressing “Last Week’s Laundry” collection.

*is ashamed* too

Yeah Kris Drizzle!

anyone has a link for this morning Kris interview?

(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Cutie pie ‘American Idol’  Kris Allen. Both are releasing albums this week. If you are looking for McSoulful crooning, Mayer is your pre-packaged tugger of heartstrings. If you want something more adventurous, new and not yet full of itself, definitely go with Allen. (Tuesday)

“Like John Mayer’s brooding soulfulness and dark good looks but would prefer to give your money to someone who’s less of a d!ck? Try Kris Allen!”

Hey, I’ll take it. Kris Drizzle!

Wish me luck tomorrow.

(The link just takes you to the entertainment page. I didn’t see the review)

You could talk about self-worshiping John Mayer, or you could talk about:
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Cutie pie ‘American Idol’  Kris Allen. Both are releasing albums this week. If you are looking for McSoulful crooning, Mayer is your pre-packaged tugger of heartstrings. If you want something more adventurous, new and not yet full of itself, definitely go with Allen. (Tuesday)

Not a John Mayer fan, but that was harsh.

ETA: this was the whole review?

http://biturl.cc/WB3

Bwah! I thought for sure the link would be to this epic piece of Cook banter: ‘Did you come here to see the hat or did you come here . . . for thissssss?’ 

Holy crap. I’m supposed to be asleep, and I just got hit with the ginormous time suck that is watching DC’s “banter” videos on YT. Gah!

I forgot how much I liked him as a person. I’d love to hang out with the guy. I just wish his music was more my style.

Conan may be a bigger audience, but its not necessarily a HAC rock music buying audience. The Vh1 countdown crowd may be more target rich for someone like Kris. YMMV.

It’s splitting hairs at this point and ultimately doesn’t matter – a bounce is a bounce regardless of where it comes from. But I have to agree with Tinawina. Based on timing and longevity of the bump I think where LLWD is sitting now is more a result of the VH1 countdown premiere and AT40 than Conan. A Tonight Show bump would have been visible through the night and morning, and would have been shorter-lived. Kris didn’t really start to move on iTunes until after VH1’s Sunday re-run (there’s also one on Tuesday) and Ryan’s show being syndicated out to its 50O+ stations. I think you guys will find VH1 a surprisingly good sales driver – Cook’s singles and album consistently saw a bump every single time either of his videos appeared on the top 20 countdown. I suspect it will be the same for this year’s crew.

Keel
11/16/2009 at 1:29 am

Wait, he has an ass?

Yes. And he’s not afraid to use it.

Bwah! I thought for sure the link would be to this epic piece of Cook banter: ‘Did you come here to see the hat or did you come here . . . for thissssss?’ 

Or even this?

Lots of yummy professional pictures lately, and a great review from Dallas, but seriously David doesn’t have face melting guitar skills. Neal certainly has them in spades, however. David has a face melting voice and eerrmmm ass

Wait, he has an ass?

Yes. And he’s not afraid to use it.

Bwah! I thought for sure the link would be to this epic piece of Cook banter: “Did you come here to see the hat or did you come here . . . for thissssss?”

He didn’t start doing radio interviews and gigs until after he got back from London. Kris didn’t finish recording his album until Oct 15th. Then he really started promoting the single in earnest.

But here’s what strikes me as different about that first lack of promotion for Kris, is that it won’t be the three weeks leading up into his album release on Nov. 17th. The single was dropped and when he had time, Kris started promoting it and he had weeks to do so before his album released. Unlike Kris, Adam wasn’t spending time after his single dropped finishing his album, the album was already wrapped up by that point. The only thing Adam has been slated to do these past few weeks has been 2012 stuff and general Adam stuff. And nothing scheduled to promote the single, but at it’s initial drop.

Anyhew, I know there is nothing any of us can do to change RCA or Jive’s actions, and certainly we probably all know each other’s stances by this part. But this was a new piece of information for me, so it interested me enough to comment on.

Anyhew, like what the LA times had to say about Kris, not so happy with the Boston Globe. And a lot more people out there like Red Guitar than I do. For me, “I Need To Know,” is most quintessentially what I like about Kris Allen. But hey, different strokes n’ all.

Oh and I saw that link on the side of the LA Times about the re-issuing of Space Jam Air Jordans. Man that bring back some good memories. I loved my Bulls in the ’90s. So good. sigh.

One recommends Red Guitar, with Kris’s most heartfelt emotions and metaphorical lyrics, the other likes Alright With Me, a fun pop confection. Sounds to me like an album that has something for everyone.

Jive played with the hand they were dealt. Kris had to finish recording the album.

I agree. And Adam has been busy, also.

BTW, I truly wasn’t being sarcastic. I am thrilled to hear that RCA is not behind on promotion. It’s good news to me. No sarcasm!

Jive had that weird Friday release, crappy single cover, and didn’t put up a banner. Allison’s roll-out has been strange and a complete failure so far.

RCA has had just as many problems-not to mention the iTunes craziness.

(except for that sneaky Friday release to iTunes for which they received a lot of questioning about because it was not standard procedure)

It crossed my mind that that might have been a sneaky test of the size of Kris’ hard core fanbase. Didn’t we (at mj’s) know about the release date a few days ahead of time? It would be more important to know that than to worry about first week sales, given their strategy.

I guess Jive did a shitty job at first also!

Jive played with the hand they were dealt. Kris had to finish recording the album. You can’t ship an album that’s not finished. Jive knows that it takes a while for a single to get up the chart. They probably wanted the song to have radio support when the album dropped.

RCA chose to drop later. They either don’t feel that radio support is necessary when this album when it drops or they thought the song would climb faster (like a more established artist’s might). Or possibly, they had difficulty choosing a single or the release got tangled up with TfM’s release. Who knows?

I’m not criticizing either label, but I sometimes wonder what they are up to. Jive has chosen to take the more established strategy of single releases, so it’s likely seeing fewer people wondering what they are up to. People can just say, well, that’s what labels do (except for that sneaky Friday release to iTunes for which they received a lot of questioning about because it was not standard procedure).

http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2009/11/16/kris_allen_kris_allen/?rss_id=Boston.com+–+Top+arts+and+entertainment+news

Eh, I’d say Conan has a bigger impact than the video. More viewers for Conan ‘“ even on a Friday night ‘“ than for VH-1. YMMV

Perhaps. Conan may be a bigger audience, but its not necessarily a HAC rock music buying audience. The Vh1 countdown crowd may be more target rich for someone like Kris. YMMV.

Two of Simon Cowell’s prodigies have new albums this week. ‘X Factor’s’  Leona Lewis releases ‘Echo,’  and ‘American Idol’s’  Kris Allen puts out his self-titled album. Who will win this battle of the talent-show winners?

How in the heck did Kris Allen get to be Simon Cowell’s prodigy? I’m not sure the man has even spoken to Kris since the finale, if even then.

Except…

At least that seems to be the case for Allison…although, not much going on there. I’m starting to think they always intended to push her only in the Latin market.

You could talk about self-worshiping John Mayer, or you could talk about:
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Cutie pie “American Idol” Kris Allen. Both are releasing albums this week. If you are looking for McSoulful crooning, Mayer is your pre-packaged tugger of heartstrings. If you want something more adventurous, new and not yet full of itself, definitely go with Allen. (Tuesday)

http://biturl.cc/WB3

The fan warring and the sarcasm? Stop it, please.

No, nevermind.

Girlygirl – do you have the correct link to that AT40 voting thingie?

Yes, Adam is polarizing because of both his lifestyle and singing style. Adam don’t need everybody to like him or his music. He just need a very small percentage of the world’s population, to buy his music. I think it’s a matter of opinion whether something is unique, organic or cutting edge, because everybody don’t think alike. The same things that made Adam popular on the show and the tour, will also make him popular with a broader audience. When you see him perform, you don’t forget it, because it’s usually memorable. That’s the main reason I am drawn to him and his music, because his live performances is even better than his recorded performances. I love hs album and can’t wait to see how he rearranges the songs when performing them live.