Blake Lewis – Listen To His New Single, “Sad Song”

Catchy!

vocals are very weak. and this cover is so photoshopped. Blake is fat right now.

Awwww…I miss me some Blake. Love the song.

The song is okay. Nothing really special in my opinion. I’m just not the biggest fan of Blake, I guess.

I love it!
Very excited to hear how his new album will be. :]

Another battlefield? lol.

Loved Blake, esp. the pre-idol YouTube material.

The song it ´s catchy but his sound reminds me a lot of Howard Jones, Information Society, all that synth pop from the 80s that was very good at that time but now with The Black eyed peas and Lady Gaga on the scene with their dance/electronic more edgier and modern sound, I think Blake ´s is dated…I like Blake but I was expecting something more original, I hope I like his other new songs.

Never ever got into Blake…just too weird. I want to hear a singer sing. Not try and “fool” the listening audience.

I guess it might make the dance charts, but it’s really not memorable and doesn’t have a hook.

Maybe there will be something good on the album.

I like it but i wish the production was a bit better as far as the music. This is very Maroon 5′ish. He needs to add more bass or something. i think there is jus too much computerized music on there. But i like the sound, like i said, its very maroon 5′ish and i dig that kinda music.

It’s OK, but sounds very 80s to me. BEP he’s not. But then, I’m not super into electronic/dance, so I may be a poor judge.

Actually kinda surprised me how much it reminded me of Erasure. Probably the dance-y beat.

sounds exactly like “here’s my hello”

80′s is right. This song sounds like a remix of a Bucks Fizz reject. I’d be surprised if it made the charts.

I never watched the show before this season, so I have no preconceived notions about Blake. But I like this song. He sounds like Howard Jones or Morrissey.

I’d buy it on iTunes. It would be good workout music.

Is this release formal? I agree with MJ that remixes are needed.

I dont know if its because i loved him so much earlier, or what, but i think its really good!

I dont think its going to get a very good response. I hope it will, but idk, all of his songs sound very similar.

Kudos to the poster upthread who mentioned this is a total ripoff of Here’s My Hello, from his first cd. It was on the tip of my tongue but I just couldn’t place where I’d heard the chorus before.

I don’t see this doing much, maybe it will spike a bit in clubs but I doubt it. The guy has turned a fat, tattooed, sweaty douchebag since AI and it is sad that Melinda Doolittle had to finish 3rd.

It sounds like a pretty good song to me. I have no clue anymore though about what will be successful on radio these days. It all seems like a crap shoot. It does sound like it would fit with what is played on Top 40. Will this song get an Add date?

This is a sad song…

I honestly think this could be a hit. It sounds like a Lady GaGa song, Blake Lewis could be the male version of Lady GaGa.

I give this song 9.5/10

The song is fine but I have no idea what it will do on the pop charts. It seems missing a little something for pop to me.

Sunn Jul 20th, 2009 at 12:11 pm

80′s is right. This song sounds like a remix of a Bucks Fizz reject. I’d be surprised if it made the charts.

Bwah that bad eh, a later member of Bucks Fizz was a backup singer on INXS’s ill fated 1997 tour, and only later did I learn this and what Bucks Fizz was, kind of like ABBA, 2 guys, 2 girls, kind of thang.

In the words of Kelly Clarkson, I say to Blake, The Douchebag: “I don’t wish bad things, but I don’t wish you well…”

I never watched the show before this season, so I have no preconceived notions about Blake.

Well, I watched sporatically before this season but I also have no preconceived ideas about Blake’s douchiness or whatever. This has a very European feel or sound to me and it is catchy. It almost sounds like half the songs on rotation in the American Eagle clothing stores (it would need a cool video though, maybe NOT starring Blake if he’s gotten fat and sweaty).

Not my cup of tea.

Why does he sound British?

I liked it! The music overpowered the vocals a bit. I was glad to hear the Blake voice that I liked on AI.

I was expecting much worse.

It’s not that catchy (and Blake’s voice is weaker than the track). It reminds me of a song that would be played on one of the lesser music channels in the UK where a girl walks around the city late at night, getting on and off public transport.

There, I have Blake’s video mapped out for him as well.

Kudos to the poster upthread who mentioned this is a total ripoff of Here’s My Hello, from his first cd. It was on the tip of my tongue but I just couldn’t place where I’d heard the chorus before.

Hey, I heard Blake’s song 1000 miles when I was at an amusement park the other day.

Anyways, about Sad Song, I dunno. I find everything that Blake does way too generic. I hope this new album is going to be really different from his first one, because I remember thinking it sounded like a cross between High School Musical and N’Sync. Which basically means that it was really generic. =/ Still love Blake though. Wish he would sing songs straight more often. I really love his singing voice. I can’t see this song doing too well by means of selling.

Whoa, Battlefield. LOL.

Why does he sound British?

I know. He sounds kind of like that guy in Season 7 who was living in his car and got cut right before the semi-finals–he sucked on Stand By Me–what’s his name?

It’s not horrible, but the electronix really cover the voice, which is a shame b/c he’s decent singer.

Suzanne- omg, i know who you’re talking about. Josiah Leming? I’m laughing right now.. haha

Blake Lewis is not fat. Neither is Adam Lambert, for that matter, which has been another criticism by some people on this blog. It’s getting tiresome how people fling “fat” around on here, especially when the people are prob. actually too thin.

Anyway, I want to like this song by Blake, but it’ll take a few listens. I never heard any of his previous stuff on the radio, which I never really understood. I thought some songs were as good as some of the other crap that gets played.

Kinda like it. Would be a good road trip song or a song to clean the house to!

I know nothing about Blake the douche – he is the reason I started watching Idol at all because he lives (lived) a couple of miles from me – and I loved him on the show and voted like a madwoman. However, I never tuned in to the Idolsphere until this season, so never heard anything negative about him. Didn’t ever hear a song off his album, didn’t buy it. I know several people who grew up with him and like him, so here’s hoping the douchebaggery is a thing of the past and he finds success.

MJ is right… it sounds like it would fit in with his first album. I liked ADD, so to me that’s not a bad thing. Very 80s synch, though. I wonder how that will fly. Good luck to Blake. I don’t buy that he’s a douche, but that’s just me.

cool song! go blake!!

Blake Lewis is not fat. Neither is Adam Lambert, for that matter, which has been another criticism by some people on this blog. It’s getting tiresome how people fling ‘fat’  around on here, especially when the people are prob. actually too thin.

I think the word is “bloated.” The guy has made no secret of his love for partying and all that goes with it. He doesn’t have the stature or metabolism to handle the constant drinking. I predict a massive beer gut in his near future.

The song is one big bowl of meh.

This is such crap. And he’s supposed to be a beat boxing machine? What’s with all the (mediocre) singing then? A thoroughly autotuned, vocoded, synthesized hot mess. Pet Shop Boys, anyone? What decade is this?!

^^”I think the word is ‘bloated.’ 

Just had to LOL at this….this would be worse than “fat”…I think.

I like post-idol Blake a lot more than the one on the show. I really enjoyed Audio Day Dream. The sounds of the 80′s are making a comeback.

Blake’s awesome! I really like this new single. It’s still very Blake but the overall mixing and production is much better than songs from ADD. Can’t wait for the new album!

I think there are a lot of other better sounding retro-80s dance-techno bands out there right now (Friendly Fires, Passion Pit, to name 2- wow, is use of alliteration required??). I think Blake will have a problem getting this any kind of play, club or otherwise. Don’t know anything about his douchebag-ness or weight/bloat.

Ok, now I am starting to possibly feel bad for the guy…

Liked the lyrics, kind of melancholy, don’t like the synthetic sound, would never listen to it again of my own free will. Somebody with really good vocals could strip it down like Kris did with Heartless and it would work for me, but not Blake.