Comments on: Blake Lewis Tour Cut Short http://www.mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm American Idol - I Love This Cheesy Show Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ianamy http://www.mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm/comment-page-4/#comment-150290 ianamy Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:08:22 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm#comment-150290 <blockquote>There is no productive discussion. The site is mostly dominated by Archie fans and a few leftover Sanjaya fans. So all they do is bash Blake for his anti Archie and anti Sanjaya statements. </blockquote> If this is true, there should be hundreds of comments there hating Blake. But there are 6 in total. Rickey's is dominated by fans from every idol and general idol fans. There is a negative indifference towards Blake across idol boards. And when did fanjayas become the "leftovers?" You can say idol fanbase is not that important in getting a success career, but there are 25 million audience for the show. Alienating every possible fanbase like Blake did is not going to get him anywhere. About the album cover and music video, I remember they are Blake's own idea since he have the artistic control. So now the label is to blame for his own idea?

There is no productive discussion. The site is mostly dominated by Archie fans and a few leftover Sanjaya fans. So all they do is bash Blake for his anti Archie and anti Sanjaya statements.

If this is true, there should be hundreds of comments there hating Blake. But there are 6 in total. Rickey’s is dominated by fans from every idol and general idol fans. There is a negative indifference towards Blake across idol boards. And when did fanjayas become the “leftovers?”

You can say idol fanbase is not that important in getting a success career, but there are 25 million audience for the show. Alienating every possible fanbase like Blake did is not going to get him anywhere.

About the album cover and music video, I remember they are Blake’s own idea since he have the artistic control. So now the label is to blame for his own idea?

]]> By: Anne67 http://www.mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm/comment-page-3/#comment-150281 Anne67 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:17:51 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm#comment-150281 <blockquote>Thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s no way an R&D person worth their salt allows an artist to run with that cover. They just kind of pushed him into the big ol pool of public opinion and let him sink or swim on his own, really. </blockquote> sunchick I very much agree with you here, and with what you posted earlier. The same thing happened with his video. They could have made a video on a low budget and still came out okay. Look at Coldplays Speed of Light video, or Jessie; can't think of his last name...touring with Jordin, his video was produced by the same guy. Though that video...a whole different topic. He and Jordin started with a very small fan base after idol...Jive took what little she had and built on it. Blake for all the reasons mentioned above, was not able to. I do think the majority of his fans bought his CD, there just wasn't that many. You can go off of the response of the tour...which he did seem to get the best of, but not that many people went to the tour to begin with. Blake's problem was like pj stated above that he didn't appeal to the masses. Not the first idol for that to happen to and surely not the last.

Thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s no way an R&D person worth their salt allows an artist to run with that cover. They just kind of pushed him into the big ol pool of public opinion and let him sink or swim on his own, really.

sunchick I very much agree with you here, and with what you posted earlier. The same thing happened with his video. They could have made a video on a low budget and still came out okay. Look at Coldplays Speed of Light video, or Jessie; can’t think of his last name…touring with Jordin, his video was produced by the same guy. Though that video…a whole different topic. He and Jordin started with a very small fan base after idol…Jive took what little she had and built on it. Blake for all the reasons mentioned above, was not able to. I do think the majority of his fans bought his CD, there just wasn’t that many. You can go off of the response of the tour…which he did seem to get the best of, but not that many people went to the tour to begin with. Blake’s problem was like pj stated above that he didn’t appeal to the masses. Not the first idol for that to happen to and surely not the last.

]]> By: sunchick http://www.mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm/comment-page-3/#comment-150278 sunchick Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:44:33 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm#comment-150278 Oh pj that's so true. The artwork was decent but when you add that picture to it....ugg. Honestly, the album cover was the thing that initially tipped me off that the label support might not be very strong. There's no way an R&D person worth their salt allows an artist to run with that cover. They just kind of pushed him into the big ol pool of public opinion and let him sink or swim on his own, really. Too bad all the way around. Oh pj that’s so true. The artwork was decent but when you add that picture to it….ugg. Honestly, the album cover was the thing that initially tipped me off that the label support might not be very strong. There’s no way an R&D person worth their salt allows an artist to run with that cover. They just kind of pushed him into the big ol pool of public opinion and let him sink or swim on his own, really. Too bad all the way around.

]]> By: pj http://www.mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm/comment-page-3/#comment-150267 pj Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:38:55 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm#comment-150267 <blockquote>People say they have not purchased his music because of the way he acts. I see no reason to doubt their claims. People have varied reasons for purchasing CDs and there is no à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“right criteriaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  in my mind. So long as they enjoy their purchases for whatever reason, they have used their own à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“right criteriaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  IMO. Otherwise, everybody would be buying the same CDs and this world would be a boring world.</blockquote> I agree with you that maybe some buy records because they think people are "nice" or don't because the perceive them as "assholes." I wasn't trying to invalidate any of that. However, my point was that I doubt Blake's likeability factor affected his sales in any significant way. I think the likeability factor only goes so far. I seriously doubt the Idol fans who were turned off by him would have made a huge difference. Just like fans buying multiple copies will not change things. Blake needed to appeal to the mainstream, and he didn't. The music didn't appeal to the masses. That doesn't make it bad. You can argue it was lack of support or whatever, but I don't think it was his personality. Most people don't even know anything about his radio interviews.

People say they have not purchased his music because of the way he acts. I see no reason to doubt their claims. People have varied reasons for purchasing CDs and there is no à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“right criteriaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  in my mind. So long as they enjoy their purchases for whatever reason, they have used their own à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“right criteriaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  IMO. Otherwise, everybody would be buying the same CDs and this world would be a boring world.

I agree with you that maybe some buy records because they think people are “nice” or don’t because the perceive them as “assholes.” I wasn’t trying to invalidate any of that. However, my point was that I doubt Blake’s likeability factor affected his sales in any significant way. I think the likeability factor only goes so far.

I seriously doubt the Idol fans who were turned off by him would have made a huge difference. Just like fans buying multiple copies will not change things. Blake needed to appeal to the mainstream, and he didn’t. The music didn’t appeal to the masses. That doesn’t make it bad. You can argue it was lack of support or whatever, but I don’t think it was his personality. Most people don’t even know anything about his radio interviews.

]]> By: cruzceleste http://www.mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm/comment-page-3/#comment-150205 cruzceleste Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:46:31 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm#comment-150205 <blockquote>There is no productive discussion. <strong>The site is mostly dominated by Archie fans and a few leftover Sanjaya fans.</strong> So all they do is bash Blake for his anti Archie and anti Sanjaya statements. I also donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t hold much value on comments (5) from people that are à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Happyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  about another personà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s misfortune.</blockquote> Actually a lot of archies had said that they bought Blake ´s album... Blake anti Archie comments make noise but so did, Gina ´s and Hayley, in TMZ, and Constantine were totally more insulting than those made by Blake... I don ´t think much of Archie ´s fans even know about this cut in Blake ´s tour,or that there was a tour... if you visit fanbase forums nobody had mention the issue...

There is no productive discussion. The site is mostly dominated by Archie fans and a few leftover Sanjaya fans. So all they do is bash Blake for his anti Archie and anti Sanjaya statements. I also donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t hold much value on comments (5) from people that are à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Happyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  about another personà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s misfortune.

Actually a lot of archies had said that they bought Blake ´s album… Blake anti Archie comments make noise but so did, Gina ´s and Hayley, in TMZ, and Constantine were totally more insulting than those made by Blake… I don ´t think much of Archie ´s fans even know about this cut in Blake ´s tour,or that there was a tour… if you visit fanbase forums nobody had mention the issue…

]]> By: mac http://www.mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm/comment-page-3/#comment-150201 mac Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:05:01 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm#comment-150201 <blockquote>I ventured into Rickeyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s and there are 5 replies in total to Blakeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s news. And people are happy that Karma finds Blake again.</blockquote> Not sure what the point of this statement is. Anyone that is a Blake fan totally ignores Rickey's site, because every Blake thread just turns into a Blake bashfest. There is no productive discussion. The site is mostly dominated by Archie fans and a few leftover Sanjaya fans. So all they do is bash Blake for his anti Archie and anti Sanjaya statements. I also don't hold much value on comments (5) from people that are "Happy" about another person's misfortune.

I ventured into Rickeyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s and there are 5 replies in total to Blakeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s news. And people are happy that Karma finds Blake again.

Not sure what the point of this statement is. Anyone that is a Blake fan totally ignores Rickey’s site, because every Blake thread just turns into a Blake bashfest. There is no productive discussion. The site is mostly dominated by Archie fans and a few leftover Sanjaya fans. So all they do is bash Blake for his anti Archie and anti Sanjaya statements. I also don’t hold much value on comments (5) from people that are “Happy” about another person’s misfortune.

]]> By: pj http://www.mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm/comment-page-3/#comment-150197 pj Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:35:34 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm#comment-150197 sunchick, I agree there were a LOT of factors contributing to Blake's problems with sales. One you forgot to mention was the terrible album cover. If I were a casual AI viewer who liked him on the show and I saw that at Target, I'm not sure that I would have been compelled to give it a try. sunchick, I agree there were a LOT of factors contributing to Blake’s problems with sales. One you forgot to mention was the terrible album cover. If I were a casual AI viewer who liked him on the show and I saw that at Target, I’m not sure that I would have been compelled to give it a try.

]]> By: mj http://www.mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm/comment-page-3/#comment-150158 mj Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:43:24 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm#comment-150158 <blockquote>I don't know whether there is real beef between him and 19 if they ask him back. </blockquote> The beef was with Clive and the record label, not 19, as 19M was not and is not Bo's management. He's managed by some peeps out of Nashville, who obviously did a great thing negotiating a guest spot for him on Idol. ETA: BTW, Sooo many AI fans hate Clive Davis and it starts all the way back with Clay Aiken. It's a long story. :).

I don’t know whether there is real beef between him and 19 if they ask him back.

The beef was with Clive and the record label, not 19, as 19M was not and is not Bo’s management. He’s managed by some peeps out of Nashville, who obviously did a great thing negotiating a guest spot for him on Idol.

ETA: BTW, Sooo many AI fans hate Clive Davis and it starts all the way back with Clay Aiken. It’s a long story. :) .

]]> By: sunchick http://www.mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm/comment-page-3/#comment-150156 sunchick Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:23:36 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm#comment-150156 I think Blake got caught in a negative publicity snowball partially of his own making, but I also think the label signed him at a time when there was a lot of behind the scenes shake ups and he was a casualty of the Clive demotion. He might have initially had Clive's support when he was signed, but in the long run it didn't seem to mean much and I don't think the label had much interest in promoting his CD. So, you have a single that has to thrive without label support and the huge push to radio that comes with label support. He would have needed a big grass roots swelling of support to succeed, and that never happened for a few reasons. Break Another wasn't ear wormy or gimmicky enough to catch on, and it's not a song that lends itself well to live performances. And then his live performances showed a lot of vocal stress and he sounded different than he did on AI. Then there was the weird bandana wardrobe stage he was going through, the fact that his face looked puffy at the time (I was wondering if he was taking steroid treatments for vocal chords problems). Then there was his personality shift from cuddly funny AI Blake to the guy that was relieved that he didn't have to think about TV censors any longer, and that guy was obviously feeling the stress from the lack of label support. He reacted by venting and talking way too freely, and a lot of the goodwill he had built up with his AI fanbase slipped away. Then of course the fact that his album didn't sell huge out of the gate attached a Guarini-esque stigma to his name. His label dropped him, which didn't help the public perception. Snowball effect, it all just added up. As for his actual music, I do think his album is underrated. I like a few of the songs quite a bit, I like 80s influences and I like electronic music. But I like his pre-AI music a little better. Taking the experimental artist out of Blake and trying to fit him into a cute pop guy Timberlake box wasn't what I had anticipated. I always thought Blake would have been better served being marketed as a niche artist right out of the gate. It would have suited him better musically, and he would have had lower expectations. The remixes of HMW are better than the original, and the song seemed to have more success in the club scene and on the dance charts than in the mainstream. All that said, I think if Know My Name was the first single, and it had a huge radio push and decent video, similar to Tattoo, that Blake's career might have turned out differently. Maybe. I think Blake got caught in a negative publicity snowball partially of his own making, but I also think the label signed him at a time when there was a lot of behind the scenes shake ups and he was a casualty of the Clive demotion. He might have initially had Clive’s support when he was signed, but in the long run it didn’t seem to mean much and I don’t think the label had much interest in promoting his CD. So, you have a single that has to thrive without label support and the huge push to radio that comes with label support. He would have needed a big grass roots swelling of support to succeed, and that never happened for a few reasons. Break Another wasn’t ear wormy or gimmicky enough to catch on, and it’s not a song that lends itself well to live performances. And then his live performances showed a lot of vocal stress and he sounded different than he did on AI. Then there was the weird bandana wardrobe stage he was going through, the fact that his face looked puffy at the time (I was wondering if he was taking steroid treatments for vocal chords problems). Then there was his personality shift from cuddly funny AI Blake to the guy that was relieved that he didn’t have to think about TV censors any longer, and that guy was obviously feeling the stress from the lack of label support. He reacted by venting and talking way too freely, and a lot of the goodwill he had built up with his AI fanbase slipped away. Then of course the fact that his album didn’t sell huge out of the gate attached a Guarini-esque stigma to his name. His label dropped him, which didn’t help the public perception. Snowball effect, it all just added up. As for his actual music, I do think his album is underrated. I like a few of the songs quite a bit, I like 80s influences and I like electronic music. But I like his pre-AI music a little better. Taking the experimental artist out of Blake and trying to fit him into a cute pop guy Timberlake box wasn’t what I had anticipated. I always thought Blake would have been better served being marketed as a niche artist right out of the gate. It would have suited him better musically, and he would have had lower expectations. The remixes of HMW are better than the original, and the song seemed to have more success in the club scene and on the dance charts than in the mainstream.

All that said, I think if Know My Name was the first single, and it had a huge radio push and decent video, similar to Tattoo, that Blake’s career might have turned out differently. Maybe.

]]> By: ianamy http://www.mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm/comment-page-3/#comment-150155 ianamy Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:21:01 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm#comment-150155 I am not familiar with Bo, but he was invited back to perform this season. I don't know whether there is real beef between him and 19 if they ask him back. Eliiot was in the show this season twice. It seems the idol people genuinely love him despite he is not signed with them. The idol performances gave him a bump in his career. Can't say that Blake is going to be invited back next season, though. I am not familiar with Bo, but he was invited back to perform this season. I don’t know whether there is real beef between him and 19 if they ask him back. Eliiot was in the show this season twice. It seems the idol people genuinely love him despite he is not signed with them. The idol performances gave him a bump in his career.

Can’t say that Blake is going to be invited back next season, though.

]]> By: cruzceleste http://www.mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm/comment-page-3/#comment-150154 cruzceleste Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:20:42 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm#comment-150154 <blockquote>I ventured into Rickeyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s and there are 5 replies in total to Blakeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s news. And people are happy that Karma finds Blake again.</blockquote> I wouldn ´t take fans at Rickey as a reference... after all they are more passionate that normal fans... I wasn ´t a fan of Blake ´s music style, because is had an old feel to it in my opinion... to electronic or whatever... it wans ´t the kind of music that will get popular... I think in a previous related Blake post someone point out that his song where being play in discos... I seriously don ´t think that being a "bad" guy had anything to do with him not selling...I mean I don ´t think Sanyaya (sp) and Archie ´s fanbase are strong enough to hurt another contestat...

I ventured into Rickeyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s and there are 5 replies in total to Blakeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s news. And people are happy that Karma finds Blake again.

I wouldn ´t take fans at Rickey as a reference… after all they are more passionate that normal fans… I wasn ´t a fan of Blake ´s music style, because is had an old feel to it in my opinion… to electronic or whatever… it wans ´t the kind of music that will get popular… I think in a previous related Blake post someone point out that his song where being play in discos…

I seriously don ´t think that being a “bad” guy had anything to do with him not selling…I mean I don ´t think Sanyaya (sp) and Archie ´s fanbase are strong enough to hurt another contestat…

]]> By: ggdoorsfan http://www.mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm/comment-page-3/#comment-150153 ggdoorsfan Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:18:41 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm#comment-150153 I bought Ace's CD too.... :bye_tb: He may not have been considered the best singer in his season, but for me he was pleasant enough.... I hope he finds his niche in the industry, and achieves a measure of personal and commercial success.... I bought Ace’s CD too…. :bye_tb: He may not have been considered the best singer in his season, but for me he was pleasant enough…. I hope he finds his niche in the industry, and achieves a measure of personal and commercial success….

]]> By: Kirsten http://www.mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm/comment-page-3/#comment-150152 Kirsten Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:17:47 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm#comment-150152 <blockquote>So, Blakeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“nicenessà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  or lack thereof shouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t be an issue and probably had nothing to do with his sales.</blockquote> People buy things for different reasons. I just bought a set of dishes because I thought they looked nice. Somebody else might buy dishes because of their high quality. Some other people might buy dishes because they are cheap. Some other people might buy dishes because they saw them in a movie. Which group of people used the correct criteria for purchasing dishes? They all did. They bought dishes. So long as the function and meet our needs, who cares why somebody bought them? Some people on this board have expressed that they have purchased CDs because they had a positive impression on somebody. I presume that it makes them feel good that they did this and helps them to enjoy the CD. More power to them. That's one sale. That's sales. I can see arguing that one sale isn't significant, but a sale is a sale. I don't think all Artists go on the View just so they can meet Elizabeth and the gang. They go because they want to move units. They go because they want people to become interested in their product. Same with all those radio interviews. If you come off as a complete a$$ and your performance isn't up to par, you will turn off some of those potential customers. Granted, some people will think you are cool for being an a$$ and that might get you some customers. It's a balancing act. All I can say is that I have spent the last year watching fans drift away from Blake for one thing or another (e.g. he lost a lot of fans on the general pop music boards for what were perceived to be anti-gay comments). The Internet community is small, but losing those devoted fans doesn't help and it certainly won't help in the future. People say they have not purchased his music because of the way he acts. I see no reason to doubt their claims. People have varied reasons for purchasing CDs and there is no "right criteria" in my mind. So long as they enjoy their purchases for whatever reason, they have used their own "right criteria" IMO. Otherwise, everybody would be buying the same CDs and this world would be a boring world.

So, Blakeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“nicenessà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  or lack thereof shouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t be an issue and probably had nothing to do with his sales.

People buy things for different reasons. I just bought a set of dishes because I thought they looked nice. Somebody else might buy dishes because of their high quality. Some other people might buy dishes because they are cheap. Some other people might buy dishes because they saw them in a movie. Which group of people used the correct criteria for purchasing dishes? They all did. They bought dishes. So long as the function and meet our needs, who cares why somebody bought them?

Some people on this board have expressed that they have purchased CDs because they had a positive impression on somebody. I presume that it makes them feel good that they did this and helps them to enjoy the CD. More power to them. That’s one sale. That’s sales.

I can see arguing that one sale isn’t significant, but a sale is a sale. I don’t think all Artists go on the View just so they can meet Elizabeth and the gang. They go because they want to move units. They go because they want people to become interested in their product. Same with all those radio interviews. If you come off as a complete a$$ and your performance isn’t up to par, you will turn off some of those potential customers. Granted, some people will think you are cool for being an a$$ and that might get you some customers. It’s a balancing act. All I can say is that I have spent the last year watching fans drift away from Blake for one thing or another (e.g. he lost a lot of fans on the general pop music boards for what were perceived to be anti-gay comments). The Internet community is small, but losing those devoted fans doesn’t help and it certainly won’t help in the future.

People say they have not purchased his music because of the way he acts. I see no reason to doubt their claims. People have varied reasons for purchasing CDs and there is no “right criteria” in my mind. So long as they enjoy their purchases for whatever reason, they have used their own “right criteria” IMO. Otherwise, everybody would be buying the same CDs and this world would be a boring world.

]]> By: mj http://www.mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm/comment-page-3/#comment-150151 mj Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:07:23 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm#comment-150151 <blockquote>MTV article author can hardly contain his/her disdain for Blake. Had Blake be a nice guy, maybe these writers could cut this pathetic guy some slack.</blockquote> Nah. I could find a ton of articles like that about lots of Idols, "nice" or no. Just <em>being</em> an Idol is a set up for ridicule. It's too easy. Notice other Idols who lost their record deals are included in the article and and are targets of the writer's sarcasm as well. I'd bet my house that the writer has no idea about the BIG internet brouhaha over Blake Lewis and the terrible, terrible things he's said in interviews. He found an easy opportunity for snark (an Idol losing his record contract), and ran with it. Bo Bice is included in that article, and he's an interesting example - An Idol who is as nice as pie and lost his record contract after a year--<em>despite</em> his album going gold. I'm not going to recount the story here, but 19 totally screwed that guy over. And such a nice guy. It was sad.

MTV article author can hardly contain his/her disdain for Blake. Had Blake be a nice guy, maybe these writers could cut this pathetic guy some slack.

Nah.

I could find a ton of articles like that about lots of Idols, “nice” or no. Just being an Idol is a set up for ridicule. It’s too easy. Notice other Idols who lost their record deals are included in the article and and are targets of the writer’s sarcasm as well.

I’d bet my house that the writer has no idea about the BIG internet brouhaha over Blake Lewis and the terrible, terrible things he’s said in interviews.

He found an easy opportunity for snark (an Idol losing his record contract), and ran with it.

Bo Bice is included in that article, and he’s an interesting example – An Idol who is as nice as pie and lost his record contract after a year–despite his album going gold. I’m not going to recount the story here, but 19 totally screwed that guy over. And such a nice guy. It was sad.

]]> By: ianamy http://www.mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm/comment-page-3/#comment-150147 ianamy Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:44:26 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/blake-lewis-tour-cut-short.htm#comment-150147 http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/09/16/american-idol-man-curse-strikes-again-blake-lewis-cut-loose/ MTV article author can hardly contain his/her disdain for Blake. Had Blake be a nice guy, maybe these writers could cut this pathetic guy some slack. I ventured into Rickey's and there are 5 replies in total to Blake's news. And people are happy that Karma finds Blake again. Being nice cannot get you everything. But if Blake still thinks there is no relation between being a tool and his fail, some pattern is probably going to continue. http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/09/16/american-idol-man-curse-strikes-again-blake-lewis-cut-loose/

MTV article author can hardly contain his/her disdain for Blake. Had Blake be a nice guy, maybe these writers could cut this pathetic guy some slack.

I ventured into Rickey’s and there are 5 replies in total to Blake’s news. And people are happy that Karma finds Blake again.

Being nice cannot get you everything. But if Blake still thinks there is no relation between being a tool and his fail, some pattern is probably going to continue.

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