Kris Allen – Listen to His Original Songs
These songs are from an album Kris Allen recorded called Brand New Shoes. The song “Brand New Shoes” goes on forever, but I like “Beautiful Moon” and “Wastin’ Time”. He does have a Mrazzy vibe…
Songs after the JUMP…
“Brand New Shoes”:
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“Beautiful Moon”:
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“Wastin’ Time”:
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Any comparisons to Archuleta do NOT serve Kris well. He is just not in the same league. IMO.
Well, vocally they aren’t much alike. DA does, however, love the Mraz-ish music and tends to lean in that direction when writing songs.
The only reason anybody compares him to DA, though, is because they’re both cute, smallish guys who look like they share a stylist.
Except Kris’s hair last week which I would liken to a rat’s nest.
I like more than one guy this season and Kris isn’t one of them. I find him to be boring and bland and feel his looks are what’s kept him here so far. I have a feeling he was in the bottom 3 in votes last week so will have to step it up tonight. I think his biggest problem will be Matt because I don’t see both of them lasting for long.
The thing for me is that to win this thing, or even come close you really have to be distinctive. Almost all of the idol winners were distinctive. I don’t even like Daughtry that much, but when I hear his voice, I know exactly who he is. Same with Ruben, Fannie, Carrie, certainly Kelly. I just don’t get a wow, that’s Kris Allen feeling. It’s nice, pleasant, but to coin a Simon phrase, I am not jumping up and down. I think his cuteness and singer-songwriter vibe, distinguishes him from the fodder, but I don’t know if he has enough of any one great attribute to make him worth picking up my phone to vote for him.
I seem to be in the minority, but I really like Kris Allen. I like his voice. I see him more of a James Taylor kind of guy. He is laid back, he has a lovely voice, is a good guitar player, and on top of it all seems to be a really nice guy. I look at every other contestant this year and see someone already out there that does what they do as well or better than them. I do see an Adam-Taylor Hicks connection given their over the top style and Taylor has had limited success, although he makes a great Teen Angel in Grease. Lil Rounds is a lot like Fantasia and again, she has had more of a Broadway career than a Top 40 career and there is similarity with Syesha, but I think Lil has the passion and emotion of a Fantasia while Syesha always seemed a little cold to me. I don’t actually hear the Jason Mraz resemblence with Kris. I think Jason Castro was going for that and didn’t quite do it, or his own spin was more powerful, not sure which. I am hoping Kris does come out with a stand out performance. I would like to see him stick around. Thanks for posting some of his music. He’s a talented guy. Still, no one this season comes close to a David Cook or a David Archuleta for me, and I wasn’t an Archie fan. Still the talent from our two Davids of season 7 was undeniable.
That, and they both have this thoroughly wholesome vibe about them. But yeah, other than that, that’s about it.
While DA has the better voice, Kris sounds the more current. Despite Archie loving him some Mraz, it’s still up in the air if he can succeed in pulling off Mraz (since I have yet to hear anything of Archie’s that is in the neighborhood of Mraz or Jack Johnson) while Kris Allen does have that quality.
Wasting Time approaches Jason circa Waiting For My Rocket To Come
Looking forward to hearing Kris perform tonight…he’s from Conway, AR….he’ll know how to do a country song right! : )
“Works For Me” has a Mraz-vibe. I could totally see Mraz singing that song. “Somebody Out There” isn’t quite Mraz (he doesn’t really do straight ballads), but it is an acoustic singer-songwriter-type song. DA also does an amazing cover of I’m Yours in concert. The kid can pull off a lot. Plus, I don’t see how DA isn’t current given his post-Idol career thus far.
I think Kris is current–his vocals don’t have to match what is currently out there as long as his style does. And I think it does.
Yay! Kris killed it (in a good way) tonight. imo, of course.
Ah shoot. I liked Kris a lot better before I heard those songs. They were a little boring to me. I don’t think he will outlast Matt, Danny or Adam. I don’t like Adam and I don’t think he belongs on this family show. I worry every week, that is going to do something obscene.
Boring??? I dont think so. I have to wonder what people are looking for when they think he is boring. He is just not over the top like others. As far as the songs…from what I hear that is a CD with 11 or 12 songs. I can’t think of many CD’s I have ever bought that I “loved” every song. He did not pick 3 songs listed….maybe they are not his best work. That was over 2 years ago. I have personally been to a “Kris Allen” show in NW Arkansas and he is anything but boring. He is an amazing vocalist…but also a great guitar player and pianist. My favorite song at the show he sang was one he sang sitting at the piano. And as far as him getting this far because of his looks….really…because bikini girl is gone. So now it is a sin to be nice looking and have a great voice. Some people kill me! I think of all of the contestants that I will buy a “Kris Allen” CD when the time comes……and it will.
Kris is MUCH MUCH better than stupid David.
Awe the idol fans did not like season 8?
It was the only season i was sad i missed. Never watched idol in my life, nor did i care, and that is probably why i didn’t make an effort to look up Adam Lambert, when my ma asked me to, when the show was actually going. Even the RS that showed up in the mail [and i kept it, the cover said: 'keep me'], it did not make me look at Idol. But then ma sat me down Nov 7th and showed me Adam stuff and i was ok, yeah so? But there was just a vibe that kept me watching. TBH, rarely do i like his stuff the first time i hear it, even now when i adore the kid. Then of course I needed to look into the show he was on and the whole everyone is mad at Kris Allen deal. I was determined not to like Allen at first, but then i watch AI on in reruns in January [oh look it is not a show of ballads like i thought]… and the Kradison, my goodness, adore them. Gokey too. They just have a vibe, I really like. Now when i was looking into the show, I did see lots of past idol performances and some i liked: Carrie’s Alone [got to love Heart], Cook… it was a theater number, very different from what he normally does, but i thought he was Hinder the first single i heard. And i do own Kelly’s 2nd cd, Hazel eyes, man. Now don’t get me wrong, these people are really good, i can understand why people like them, but for me personally, they do not have the it factor. I will listen to them on the radio and watch a vid, but will i buy a song or go to a concert..no. Adam was the first person i have wanted to see in 10 years in a concert. After watching Kris’ Manila concert online, want to see that boy too. Lately been watching Allison online and i want to see her. Gokey went country on me, if he went with a rock sound, Three days Grace, etc. I would be more likely to watch him.. But AI8: my idols of choice.