Clarkson Hopes Fans ‘Like’ Leaked Demos
Kelly Clarkson has shared with Billboard.com her thoughts on four unfinished songs leaking to the Internet.
The new material from Clarkson, never one to escape controversy, surfaced earlier this week via the Los Angeles-based music blog Pretty Much Amazing. The four songs — “Close Your Eyes,” “Ready,” “One Day,” and “With a Little Bit of Luck” — have varying sound quality, indicating that the tracks are in different stages of the recording process.
“I write all the time — lots of stuff not meant to ever be released, just working on ideas,” Clarkson tells Billboard.com of the leaked work. “The fact that people have heard music that’s not ready yet sucks, but I hope they like it.”
Headband Made of Hair
You know what I love? Super-funny April Fool’s jokes, that’s what. All that Rick-rolling? Hilarious. Seacrest announcing that the episode’s being preempted? Hilariouser. So many tricks coming from that man, a human joy-buzzer in shiny pants.
Tonight it’s just me and my pal Gary at my house watching the show. Everyone else we know is either off on some fancy vacation or working somewhere or sitting at home posting M4M “missed connection” notices on Craigslist. The husband/partner/whatever isn’t even home. He’s out at a movie. It’s like all my friends suddenly decided that watching the Idols misunderstand Dolly Parton wasn’t the most monumentally important thing a person could do with their Tuesday night.
American Idol Got it Right With Dolly Parton Night
Each contestant chose a Dolly song and sang it to her for her critiques. I noticed how some of them truly understood what they were experiencing, like Michael Johns. He welled with tears just talking about meeting her, and I felt like he truly recognized what a wonderful gift he was given that night. For people like me, and I’m sure thousands of others watching at home, we were living vicariously through him. Kristy Lee Cook, on the other hand, and several others for that matter, didn’t seem to grasp or appreciate what was taking place.
American Idol: Results: Jesus, Gravity, and Sticky Rice
Man, I love Dolly Parton. I’ve seen all her movies, some over and over again. To this day, I both blame and thank 9 to 5 and Steel Magnolias for making me a homo. She’s always sweet and hilarious when she’s on talk shows, and every time I see her I smile.
Color me surprised, then, when I turned on American Idol on Tuesday night and realized this bitch was a singer/songwriter. I thought the contestants were going to treat us to scene work from old Dolly movies. I had hoped that Carly would do that scene where Dolly told off her boss for treating her like a floozy in 9 to 5. Unfortunately, I was very, very wrong.
American Idol: Jason Castro watch party April 8
The next Jason Castro watch party is likely to draw the largest crowd yet, and it’s going to be at one of Rockwall’s most beautiful locations. Neighborsgo has the when and where, along with everything Jason.
Remember to wear your Jason Castro T-shirt and bring your cell phone to VOTE, VOTE, VOTE. Jason is joined in the final eight by David Archuleta, David Cook, Carly Smithson, Kristy Lee Cook, Brooke White, Michael Johns and Syesha Mercado.
‘Idol’ report card: Which Idols still get top marks?
While another freshman class struggles to make the grade on American Idol, a dozen members of the upper class have been tested in a broader arena. USA TODAY judges post-grad Idols, grading on record sales, airplay, creative abilities and the level of celebrity buzz sustained since their launch.
Simon Cowell to do Strictly Come Dancing
Simon Cowell is set to appear on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ as a stand-in judge.
‘The X Factor’ judge could be swapping shows with regular ‘Dancing…’ judge Bruno Tonioli for British charity ‘Children in Need’.
Simon will cast his eye over celebrity dancers on the BBC One programme, while Bruno will listen to pop hopefuls on the ITV series.
Bruno said: “We like a big of a giggle - there is no competition between us.
Endorsed by Oprah, bankrolled by Simon Cowell and Clive Davis, but is Leona Lewis all that?
If you haven’t yet heard of Leona Lewis, rest assured that two of the biggest powerbrokers in the music business — Clive Davis and Simon Cowell — are at work at this very minute to make sure that you soon will.
Lewis, a 22-year-old British singer, is the object of one of the biggest publicity blitzes in music-industry history. Her debut album, “Spirit,” comes out Tuesday in America on Davis’ J Records and Cowell’s SyCo Music. Its lead single, “Bleeding Love,” is already No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making Lewis the first U.K. female artist in 21 years to top the chart. In Europe, where it was released last November, the album has already sold 2.5 million copies.
Bad-girl side, vocal power on display
Underwood has been marketed as a country singer, and her Oklahoma twang and strong sense of place make that an apt home for her.
But that country sound was muted in concert by the backing of a rock band with only touches of a country sound. The band’s guitars never overwhelmed her voice, but they often warred with it rather than supporting it, and left her singing against rather than with the musicians.
Carrie Underwood’s Never-Ending Carnival Ride
After playing dates with Keith Urban and Josh Turner through much of 2008, Carrie Underwood has a new dance partner lined up for a run of shows that’s been added during June.
Jason Michael Carroll will come along for the Carnival Ride Tour, beginning with a performance in Cape Girardeau, Mo., June 8 and running through a show in Corpus Christi, Texas, June 24. That means both Carrie and Jason Michael will be leaving the CMA Music Festival before it winds up in Nashville. The annual event, which features four days of concerts and autograph sessions, is slated for June 5-8. Carrie has already been announced among the artists who will be on stage at LP Field during the four-day series.
The Hot 5 - April 6
Daughtry. There are boatloads of people who dismiss the music machine that is “American Idol,” so former finalists like Daughtry’s eponymous lead singer might feel like they’ve got something to prove. How about proving it by handily opening for one of the country’s longest-running and most successful big stadium acts? Daughtry is on tour opening for Bon Jovi’s “Lost Highway” tour, which was in Denver this week, and the band rocked it. Even the thirty- and fortysomething mom types who were clearly there to relive their big-hair-days glory were throwing up their hands and singing along. Chris Daughtry is a charismatic lead singer, and bassist Josh Paul is almost as fun to watch as Flea.
Audience cheers for a generic Daughtry
The band was traveling light — four guys on stools with guitars and a drummer — considering the size of the convoy. Sometimes the sound at the Ventura Theatre leaves much to be desired, but for Daughtry, it was great. Plus, he has that room-filling, near-perfect gruff classic rock ‘n’ roll voice, which doubtlessly helped him get this far. And this far was far away from the days when he sang “The Letter” well enough to get on “Idol” in the first place.
The band took a quick break about one-third of the way through when Daughtry did a solo acoustic version of what he said was his personal favorite, “What I Want.” The show was pretty much a straight-ahead rendition of the album — everyone knew the agenda and swayed gently to his by-the-numbers corporate rock songs. The crowd sang along when asked to, most fervently on “Over You” near the end, but also cheered to all the usual “Howzit goin’, Ventura?” prompts.
American Idol Goes to Camp
Bo Bice has some advice for the young’uns about American Idol.
And he’ll get the chance to give it at Idol Camp, the reality show’s summer performing arts program for kids ages 10-15.
“Everybody out there watches the show and has expectations of wanting to be an Idol, but we’re going to teach them how much hard work goes into it,” Bice told me over the phone during a concert stop in Atlantic City. “It’s not just about waking up and trying to be a star…It’s practice, practice, practice.”
Dierks Bentley gets the job done at BJCC Arena
Opener two: Covington, 30, hasn’t changed much from his days on “American Idol.” Same voice, same moves, same look. At the BJCC, unfortunately, his sandpaper singing tended to get drowned out by six backing players. Also, Covington’s set list was rather schizophrenic. It included his radio singles (”A Different World,” “It’s Good to Be Us”) along with covers of “Suspicious Minds” and “Another Brick in the Wall.” Country crossover next to Elvis Presley and Pink Floyd? Unless you’re in a bar band, that’s not a great mix.
Clay Aiken to release new album
The latest CD from the former “American Idol” contender is to be released May 6. It is his first album of original songs since his 2003 double-platinum debut, “Measure of a Man.”
Aiken’s single, “On My Way Here,” is to premiere Monday as an AOL First Listen.
‘American Idol’ Finalist Ace Young Visits Fox 5
American Idol’ season five finalist Ace Young visited fox 5 Friday. He’s releasing a self-titled debut CD later this summer but gave us a preview!
Diana DeGarmo honorary spokesperson, Global Youth Service Day
CMT One Country, the pro-social initiative for cable network CMT, and Youth Service America have joined forces for the second year in a row to help motivate youth in America for Global Youth Service Day on April 25- 27, the largest volunteering event in the world.
Events kick-off Friday, April 25 and run through Sunday, April 27.
Local Teacher Meets Idol, Indulges in Ice Cream
Brittany Thorngren, a teacher a Turner Middle School, never dreamed her fondness for Dreyer’s “Cheesecake Diva” ice cream would win her a party and a private serenade from an American Idol finalist. Thorngren, who is both a fan of the ice cream and the show, was not only serenaded by Chris Richardson, a finalist from American Idol 2007, but she won an ice cream party for 25 people.
Ford to kick off new marketing campaign on “American Idol”
It was a “do or die” campaign designed to redefine the Ford brand and boldly move the foundering automaker back into prominence and profitability.
But the highly touted and heavily researched “Bold Moves” has been scrapped after less than two years for a new multimillion-dollar marketing effort expected to be publicly launched during Tuesday’s “American Idol” show on the Fox network.
“Drive one” tells the story of Ford Motor Co.’s product lineup, improved quality and accomplishments in safety, fuel economy and technology, spokesman Jim Cain said in a statement Friday.
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They don’t come much funnier than Dave White at the Advocate!!
in response to Kelly Clarkson’s response: “i.e., are the songs we purposely leaked as bad as the My December tracks?”
..my answer- close…
The Chicago Tribune piece perfectly sums up my feelings about Leona. Not that she doesn’t have a great voice, but I just wasn’t getting her……….the perfectly packaged diva. When I watch her, every move, every expression, every moment of her hands going through her hair seems to be choreographed - there is nothing genuine that I can see. Maybe they packaged Whitney like that, I don’t remember. But when Whitney was in her prime, she had genuine passion and feeling - that seems to be missing in Leona. for me, anyway.
http://www.tmz.com/
I hope I did the link correctly. They came up with their own choices for song spoilers for Inspirational Song week. As slimey as TMZ can be, these are pretty damn funny!!!
Gotta say Little D’s is HILARIOUS!!
LOL Bax. Those *are* great. I especially like KLCrap’s and Jason’s. ;)
Here’s the direct link, in case they put up more posts and that post goes further down the page.
LOL. Hilarious!
Heck yeah, Dave White! I love those recaps. He almost seemed to be extra snarky this week with Dolly here and all, but he’s as hilarious as they come.
@baxter: LOL. Just LOL. Those are like, dead-on. And it’d be such a treat if even one of the Idols actually sang what TMZ listed for them. XD
I heard on tv that Mariah Carey week is next after Inspirational week.
I heard Leona Lewis on Oprah, but I didn’t care for her. I don’t think her voice is unique.
I wonder how closely matched the buying public is to the voting public?
In another blog, the idols were rated this way in iTunes sales:
1 - David Cook
2 - David A & Michael Johns
3 - Jason & Brooke
4 - everybody else
Just for the fun of it, I worked out some informal statistics based on Dial Idol standing totals for the last 4 weeks.
My order worked out like this:
1 - David A.
2 - David C.
3 - Michael Johns - tied
3 - Carly - tied
5 - Brooke
6 - Syesha
7 - Jason
8 - KLC
What’s making this contest interesting is that the results seem to vary quite a bit from week to week, giving me the feeling that it’s still anybody’s game.
As people are eliminated and some voters shift to other contestants, it will be interesting to see who gathers the most votes to themselves.
LOL at the tmz song choices. I would have to vote for Michael if he sang “Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport.” I think I saw the Wiggles perform that live.
I can’t wait to see the real song list because I have no freakin’ idea what would be on Idol’s approved song list. They probably just run a program that looks for the words “believe, hope, together, faith, love, angel, Jesus, God, world and someday” and any song that has 3 or more of these words fits the bill.
I hope someone is brave enough to not sing some big schmaltzy ballad, but I suspect that those who can glory note, will glory note. I’d like DCook to sing a slowed down, acoustic “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding,” please, but I won’t hold my breath.
Yes, that will definitely be interesting. I have a feeling a great majority of Ramiele’s votes will go to David Cook, with Carly/Syesha, and Jason splitting the rest. I don’t think Brooke or Kristy Lee will get much of the votes, just because their singing styles are so different from Ramiele’s and their relationship with her wasn’t given very much airtime.
Also in recent weeks, I think David Cook, Carly, and Syesha have been the biggest gainers in picking up the votes of eliminated contestants (Amanda, Chikezie, David H).
OMG. That would be beyond awesome. I’m going to make that my pick for him this week.
But yeah. Never in a million years.
primeminister - why do you think the bulk of Ramiele’s votes will go to DCook? Just curious, because he’d be the last person I’d expect her votes to go to.
I think they’ll probably be split between Carly and Syesha. And of course, the Jasiele shippers will vote for Jason. :)
I do think that DCook and Carly probably got a good number of Amanda’s votes, and Syesha probably got a lot of Chikezie’s. Not sure who David H’s would have gone to.
I don’t know…it’s plausible…his farewell message to her on the show was very nice. Maybe that would be enough for her fans to go, “Oh! That’s sweet! Let’s vote for him!”
Many of them may go to Jason…but I hope they go to Cookie!
I honestly don’t think most people vote based on a friendship between the contestants. Maybe some do. But I’d guess that most voters probably don’t even know whether they were close or not.
I think a lot of people vote based on musical styles they prefer. And I see almost no link musically between David and Ramiele. Gawd knows, if DCook were to leave, I wouldn’t be voting for say, Kristy or Syesha. My votes would more likely go to Michael or Jason, if I were to vote at all.
Fanbases are important at this stage of the game, but also important is having the best performance of the night. There are a lot of people who vote based just on that.
Wait. He had a farewell message to Rami on the show? Damn, did I miss something? D:
If that’s the case though, he might have actually gotten some of her votes. But I think a lot of them went to Carly and Syesha — Pinoys are suckers for girls with big voices. I can attest for my family and our Pinoy friend circle on that.
While that is probably true most of the time, I do think in a few cases, supposed “friendships” can influence where the votes go. Ace’s votes probably went to Chris after he was kicked off even though their singing styles are so different. Perhaps, a good part of Ramiele’s fanbase voted for her based on personality (and some of Danny’s fans swung over to her camp based on her relationship with him on the show). I would think that, if they continue voting based on personality and friendships, DCook could look to be the biggest gainer with the “big brother” relationship he had with her. Plus, DCook being darn good every week sure doesn’t hurt! This is all my speculation, of course.
Hisaki, I think they are refering to the farewell message on AI Extra. DC said something like “I love you, and I’m so happy that I can call you a friend.” It was sweet.
@Sarah: I looked that up on YouTube. And, just, aww — it was sweet.
My favorite of the leaked Kelly songs is “Ready.” Love it!
Cheese- Where do you get these song ideas?? You are freakin brilliant. When I grow up I want to be you… :)
I loved three out of the four Kelly Clarkson demos. It’s very close to the stuff I loved most off her “My December” album, and I think they’ll work both as acoustic pieces AND as big-ass pop pieces.
I’d love to see all the idols dressed in white capes trimmed with feathers singing this years number one song of inspiration, “I Am Your Brother” (with mandatory gospel choir and cameo appearance by Renaldo Lapuz , of course.)
Tee Hee BEE!!!
Oops, yeah, that’s what show I meant. This darned head cold I’ve got muddles my brain.
Anyway, I do think that some fans will switch allegiance because of friendships of contestants on the show after one gets voted off. It’s a mixed bag for the reasons, though.
Me? I think if my fave was voted off I just wouldn’t care enough to vote anymore…it hasn’t happened to me yet. It is still early in the game this season, and some people have more than one favorite…or at least another contestant they feel they can get behind if their favorite leaves.
I hope this is ok to post. Here is a link to a guest book for Claudette Yamin atlegacy.com. There are messages to Elliott and his family from all over the country. It is quite touching how people just loved her and remembered her from S5.
http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=106831459
The vocal masterclass lady is back from Florida (there’s a link in the blogroll on the main page) and has finally written her review of Tuesday’s show.
She liked Carly, MichaelJ, Syesha and DavidA, while acknowledging that DavidC was ill.
Interesting what’s said at the end of the DavidA review….
“Just a word of caution – at times, I heard evidence of vocal fatigue –a husky quality that “came and went” intermittently during the performance. Pace yourself wisely, David, and watch that you do not over sing during the rehearsal process. Your voice is still young and is still developing as we speak, so give it (and yourself) the rest it (and you) deserves.”
My computer won’t allow me to post the link.
Point being, the ‘vocal fatigue’ gets worse every week up to the final. Interesting to see if AI takes steps to limit DavidA’s rehearsal time in order to protect a ‘young and still developing’ voice.
Viewing DavidA as money in the bank., I doubt AI will act in his long term interest.
For the person who asked was Whitney Houston packaged this way, you betcha. The deal with Whitney was she was first signed as a zygote extremely young. She did some duets with a couple of r&b singers, and she was awesome vocally, but she was very raw, and very tough sounding and looking. She was wisked off to undergo and massive overhaul, both the way she spoke and dressed in public, the entire shebang. The street talking, tough talking Whitney, became the princess. It was all a farce that she could not maintain, that is why those who knew her were not really shocked when she began her marriage to Bobby and the decent into drugs. That was more the truth than her image that Clive created for her.
As for Leona I don’t know how much overhauling they had to do for her, because unless they were grooming her before the Xfactor, because alot of those affectation and crap are stuff she’s been doing for years. It’s sorta like if you are a young girl and you want to be a singer, you crib stuff from your idols. I expect she liked Mariah alot and see alot of those kinds of things and immulated them. I also don’t think that she had that many rough edges like Whitney did because she comes from a different background and environment. I can’t vouch for her originality cause there really isn’t much new under the sun, only a fresher aproach to the old. William Hung was original, but he sucked, lol. I will give it a listen before I buy it but I do like her voice.
I agree. I think musical style is a big determining factor in how the votes go. That being said…for the DCook fans out there….the only horse he should be concerned with right now is Michael Johns. I think once Johns goes (which he will), DCook will pick up most of those votes. That’s the only duo I see really splitting votes down the middle with Brooke/Jason to a lesser extent.
People are voting on the performance of the night…but if DI is taken even a smidgeon seriously, I think Cook has the second biggest fanbase that will vote blindly. By most accounts, he did well, but not as well as MJ or ArchuD2…and yet, he virtually TIED MJ. MJ probably carried the casual vote. ArchuD2 is basically marching his way towards that finale for better or worse, that is certain.
Kelly Clarkson is still my favorite AI winner. I like what I’m hearing.
When Jason leaves (later rather than sooner) I know my votes would either go to DC or CS.
I guess I am the casual voter. I voted for Michael Johns for the first time last week because it was the best performance he had in a long time and I wanted to support that. I voted for Syesha and Carly because I thought they were very good. I voted for Archie cause he made me cry. If any other these 4 leave early I guess what little voting I do would go to Cookie, who I have voted for when I thought he was very good, not so much last week. Since I really think one of my favorites will win, and I haven’t totally narrowed down who it will be cause it changes from week to week I am enjoying the season so much more than when I have a singular favorite. Frankly I think that I will be hearing the Davids, Michael, Carly and others on my radio in the next year or so. This is a very competent group.
Oh, I don’t know how many R&B fans are here and I keep hearing people compare Syesha to Whitney in particular, but when I hear her recordings she reminds me of a singer called Tamia. She’s married to a basketball player, I think his name is Grant Hill. She is a mainstay on urban AC, her biggest hit I guess was “Stranger in My House” a few years ago, she’s got a another song I’ve been hearing recently….. That is who Syesha sounds like and if she choses that kind of song she can have that kind of success.
I’ve been thinking about what the kids might perform for Inspirational Night, so I decided to look up what the contestants did LAST YEAR. (Thanks to mj’s big blog.)
I am of the opinion that there’s no way to figure out what they might sing. The field is wide open.
2007’s Idol Gives Back
1- Chris Richardson “If I Could Change The World” by Eric Clapton
2- Melinda Doolittle “There Will Come A Day” by Faith Hill
3- Blake Lewis “Imagine” by John Lennon
4- LaKisha Jones “I Believe” (Season 3 coronation song) by Fantasia.
5- Phil Stacey “The Change” by Garth Brooks
6- Jordin Sparks “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from the musical “Carousel”
The following week was Bon Jovi week
1- Phil Stacey - “Blaze of Glory”
2- Jordin Sparks - “Livin’ on a Prayer”
3- Lakisha Jones - “This Ain’t a Love Song”
4- Blake Lewis - “You Give Love a Bad Name” with only drums
5- Chris Richardson - “Wanted Dead or Alive”
6- Melinda Doolittle - “Have a Nice Day”
Phil and Chris went home on Double Elimination night.
I’ve been back and forth with voting between Michael and David C. The first two weeks of the semis I voted for Michael, then when David started catching fire with Hello I switched over to him and have been voting for him since..until last week I voted entirely for Michael. David is my favorite but I genuinely thought Michael was better last week. I don’t know what his fanbase is like but I tend to think he got lots of casual votes last week. Also people like me who originally liked MJ before he started going downhill may have been inspired to vote for him. I do think there’s a lot of splitting between him and DC though.
My daughter votes for Jason and I’m pretty sure that when he’s gone she’ll either stop voting altogether or switch to David A.
Yeah, I actually think that sometimes instead of jumping to another singer some actually do stop voting. I have actually backed the winner 5 of the 6 years so far and can’t remember what I did the year I didn’t have my favorite in the top two. I know I didn’t transfer all of my ferver to someone else.
In a few cases, sure. I’m saying that overall, people are going to vote based on musical style. Especially since to the casual viewer, it probably doesn’t seem like there is any “particular” person that Ramiele was close to. To most people she probably seemed close to everyone. Sure, she called David her “big brother” in a pre-performance video package, but she also said in that same video package that she was close to Brooke, who is like the mom of the group. Anyway, sure, he may get some of her votes, but I wouldn’t count on it. I still think people vote based on the style of music they like.
Re: Chrace. When Ace got voted off, my votes did go to Chris, but not because of their friendship. They went to Chris because he was my other fave, but I always felt like Ace needed more help with votes than he did. At the time, I knew of just as many Ace fans who flocked to Elliott, and some who stopped voting all together. I didn’t even watch the show much less vote on top 3 week after Chris was kicked off. Couldn’t stand to not see him there (yes, it sounds melodramatic, but I don’t care. :P). Then, I sent in a few texts for Taylor in the finale.
After George Huff was eliminated in season 3, I stopped watching all together. I didn’t care after that. I watched the finale because it was the finale, but I didn’t vote.
The other 2 seasons I’ve watched (4 and 6) my favorite wound up as runner up, so my ass voted all the way to the finale. Ugh. :)
dulce - I agree with you. I think that the two David’s probably have the biggest dedicated fanbases at this point - meaning people who will vote no matter what. And I also agree that Michael and DCook are likely splitting some votes, and that whoever gets voted off first will likely transfer votes to the other. So where is that Michael Johns voodoo doll? Just kidding. :) Sorta.
Ruh roh. A post in moderation. Trying to figure out what word set it off. :)
JSG - and regarding that vocal fatigue - it’s only gonna get worse when they have a concert almost every night this summer.
He may not be my favorite on the show, but I do think he has a good voice and I hope someone is watching that.
I vote primarily for Michael but would probably throw my votes to David C if Michael left first. I like both of their voices and type of music. I don’t see Ramiele’s votes going to DC. She seemed to be close to Brooke and Kristy but think more of her fans would pick either Syesha because of the type of songs or David A or Jason because they’re young guys.
I have to agree. As an Ace fan, I enjoyed the Chrace love, but I certainly didn’t vote for Daughtry because he and Ace were friends. In fact, I thought the show put Daughtry in the bottom 2 with Ace to emphasize that love, which was annoying. Either way, I had planned to vote for Elliott when Ace got the boot, and I did.
As for Ramiele, I have no idea who her fans will vote for. She really doesn’t have much of a musical identity, so her fans could go any which way. I don’t think Idol Extra is a big enough show to make David Cook’s comments to her sway votes his way.
PJ!!!! Are you still here?
PJ, Sarah -
I know someone who went to Ace’s AI Chicken Soup book signing today. She said he performed 3 songs off of his new cd and they were fantastic! YAY! We must have a big party when that cd comes out. I’m sure lots of Elliott fans will buy his cd whether they like it or not - lol. He’s a hero in Elliott fan land since he made the time to come to Claudette’s funeral. I wasn’t surprised but it was sweet.
Awwww Lu. That Ace is a sweetie. :)
I’m totally all for a party in chat or something, when the cd is released!!
I’m not even implying that it is, even though I didn’t even watch it on TV myself…I saw it on the Internet (which may mean it is being watched by a far larger audience than what one might expect). I’m not sure where Rami’s voters will go, frankly. I don’t even think it matters. I do think it will be scattered more than likely. I know her fan base was largely Filipino, and probably some young people as well, and I’m sure some others. I’m not young (nor Filipino), so I probably really have no clue who her fan base would vote for. I can only speculate and share my opinion, for what it’s worth. Ha!
All I know is I’m a David Cook fan, and I’ll not be voting otherwise from here on out. If by chance he goes home before the final two, I won’t vote at all. I guess I can really only speak for myself.
Come to chat :-)
ETA: CJ, I am starting to believe online fanbases only take you so far. Last I checked (about a week ago) Jason and David were neck and neck at the official boards.
That said, I don’t think that will help Jason last longer than Cook, Johns, or Archuleta. I’m sad about that, b/c he’s my fave. I’d like to see him in the top 5 at least.
He sure is. He signed her book “In memory of Mama Yamin”… awwww :(
Party in chat on Ace’s release day sounds great to me!
abbysee - I was the one wondering how they marketed Whitney. Interesting stuff. I wouldn’t believe any of it after watching her 1993 Billboard performance where she looked and sang like an angel, but……..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp0InVyJYec
I got hooked on Being Bobby Brown (I’m kinda embarrassed to say!! he, he) and that kind of killed my image of her. She was obsessed by that man - among the other problems she had - and I’ll never understand why.
Time will tell with Leona.
and now on to season 7 - please don’t let Kristy sing Amazing Grace, AI. please don’t do it.
I can tell you a little, she came ungroomed from working as a receptionist in a small high street office, think it was an estate agents? Her main criticism on the show was she appeared to have zero personality and confidence. Her reactions to praise were almost exactly like Melinda’s were which started to get up people’s noses as to how sincere it was. I think she is extremely shy. Simon was always pimping this big time. But unlike Melinda she just stood and sang a technically perfect song with no connection or emotion. Her only gesture was what we labeled “beseeching hand” which you are right abby, was copied from Mariah. My daughter and I had a game where we called “hand” where we would say “hand” when we thought she was going to do it.
They’ve done a lot of work with her and she is big on the news here at the moment as being the first UK act to top the US charts in 21 years. Simon is smiling all the way to the bank. She does have a good voice and is a pretty girl and seems genuinely sweet but I still don’t like that riffing style of singing. Gonna stick cheese in my ears for Mariah this week….
Judy I know of which I speak and that totally loony show bears it out pretty well. Where there’s smoke…., lol, well maybe with Bobby and Whitney we need to stay away from the smoke, lol. She was obsessed with him.
Geekygirl that was the exact affectation I was thinking about, everytime I see her do it, I think Mariah 101. Hope she doesn’t go wacky like Mariah did, or Whitney for that matter. She seems like a very sweet, talented girl.
Ha! Leona and the hand thing - I cannot watch her because of that.
Last night I checked out some vids of Whitney in her last singing gig that I know of in Malaysia. very weird performance and her voice just was not there. sad, sad, sad.
Judy, I saw that too, they gave her much love, but she is indeed a shadow of her former self. It is sad.