Comments on: Season 6 Digital Song Compilations available at iTunes

By: marco5ny

marco5ny — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:53:09 +0000

Wonder why they choose so many songs that ultimately got the singer eliminated? For Haley, would have gone with Missing You. Although she screwed up the words during the live performance, it was a good download. Tell Him was a fun and sexy live performance but not her best vocal. For Phil, I would have chosen Where the Blacktop Ends. Would have preferred Melinda’s Home compared to the Oliver soundtrack song. Gina’s song was definitely not her best performance but can’t really include I’ll Stand By You in light of Carrie Underwood’s superior version. What horrible luck to have your best song covered a few weeks later by a better singer.

By: MaryS-NJ

MaryS-NJ — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:38:13 +0000

Great Choices: Blake, Phil, Lakisha
Good Choices: Chris S, Sanjaya
Not Much to Choose from Choices: Brandon, Stephanie
Bad Choices: Chris R
Worst Choices: Gina, Haley, Melinda, Jordin

I agree with this, although I thought Besame Mucho a great choice for Sanjaya. They picked the most boring song for Melinda.

They should have picked Gina’s “I’ll Stand By You” but they wouldn’t because Carrie sang it too this season. I preferred Gina’s version, FWIW.

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:56:30 +0000

There are some really odd choices on this compilation album. In the past, they’ve had a very limited number of songs to pick from (e.g. last year, it was the first 3 or 4 songs from the competition and in other years it had a theme such as “Soul”), but this year, they can pick any song they sang in the finals. There is no excuse for picking songs that were considered “their worst performance ever”. Who picked these songs?

Great Choices: Blake, Phil, Lakisha
Good Choices: Chris S, Sanjaya
Not Much to Choose from Choices: Brandon, Stephanie
Bad Choices: Chris R
Worst Choices: Gina, Haley, Melinda, Jordin

Chris R and Melinda had much better performances than the ones chosen. Melinda’s song is her most forgettable. They chose Gina’s and Haley’s worst performances. Gina would have been much better with “Smile” or “I’ll Stand By You”. Haley was better on “Tell Him”. Jordin should not be stuck with the coronation song. Give her something better to represent herself.

Last year, the contestants sang their compilation album song on the tour. For the sake of Melinda, I hope this isn’t true this year.

By: dancin

dancin — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:12:17 +0000

I don’t understand why Jordin’s Studio Version of Living on a Prayer is not on this .. its amazing

As for Phil… i much preferred his Where the Blacktop Ends

By: Lu

Lu — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:16:49 +0000

“only 3 choices actually made sense

Blake – You Give Love a Bad Name
Lakisha – This Aint a Love Song
Phil – Blades of Glory”

I totally agree!

By: bigjr6633

bigjr6633 — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:54:55 +0000

Who in the world chose these songs? I mean they couldn’t have any other song by Melinda. My Funny Valentine, I’m a Woman, Trouble is a Woman, or Have a Nice Day, anything except As Long as He Needs Me. Gina with Paint It Black, how by when she sang Stand by You and Jordin with that corny This is my now song. Seriously who decided these songs because they suck, only 3 choices actually made sense

Blake – You Give Love a Bad Name
Lakisha – This Aint a Love Song
Phil – Blades of Glory

Everything they could’ve changed

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:38:36 +0000

While “Smooth” wasn’t Chris R’s best performance on the show, I do like the studio version of it. I haven’t bought it yet, but from the clips I’ve heard, it sounds good.

I definitely need to get Lakisha’s “This Ain’t a Love Song”. Can’t remember if I have Phil’s “Blaze of Glory” or not. I think I do. I got several of his, one of Gina’s, and several of Melinda’s from the AI site during the season at the same time I was downloading all of Blake’s.

I think I’ll probably get Brandon’s, all of Sligh’s, a couple of Chris R’s, and a couple of Lakisha’s and that will be the extent of my downloading. With all the other ones I’ve bought, I’ve already given TPTB way too much $$ this year on downloads. I could have bought the whole collection. Except, I didn’t want the whole collection. Heh.

By: bean99

bean99 — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:56:40 +0000

I was disappointed in some of the choices. Gina had other performances that were better. Chris R definitely should have done a different one like Change the World. I think I would have given Haley Tell Him. The ones I agree with are Blake (although Time of the Season would have been good also), Chris S’s is good although too short, Phil’s Blaze of Glory is one of the only ones I liked by him, and Sanjaya because it was his only good one.

By: star

star — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:26:00 +0000

I can’t believe they picked “Turn The Beat Around” for Haley. That was an awful performance and it’s what got her eliminated. They should’ve used “Tell Him” instead.

Lakisha, Chris Sligh, Sanjaya, and Phil have certifiable Greatest Hits. The others, not so much. (Well, I guess Blake’s is, but I vastly prefer the live version of YGLABN to the recording.)