Chris Daughtry – Poker Face – Germany

I think its amazing. Great job, Chris.

I like it!

always a testament to a great song, when it can be covered by artists of other genres and it works….so kudos to Chris and Lady GaGa.

Ya know, I lol when I saw the headline and thought about it. But, I’ve gotta hand it to the guy, that was quite good, imo. I love Lady GaGa’s album and I’m not really much of a Daughtry fan (though I own his debut), but I like what he did. Selfishly, I wish it had been David Cook cuz I like his voice more, but kudos to Chris. Well done!

I really liked that. I think I’m becoming more of a Daughtry fan now than I was when he was on the show.

Poker Face as power ballad. Ha ha! Little too much vibrato in spots, but he did a great job.

I’ve always loved the way Chris can make any song an intense, grumpy, gloomy drama. Don’t want to listen to him all that much, for that reason (though when the mood is right, he’s great for it.) He definitely “makes it his own.” Good for you, Chris.

This reminded me of Kris’ cover of “Heartless.” A good song is a good song, but sometimes you can’t tell until you strip away the extra and do it acoustically.

Sorry, 37 seconds of Chris is just about all I can take.

This is so wrong.

Loved it! I especially loved the fact that he was actually able to turn this song into an acoustic rock tune! LOL. I agree that it is sorta reminiscing of Kris’ version of Heartless. Although Lady GaGa herself did an acoustic version of Poker Face, this one is different. I’m hooked!

Poker Face isn’t really suited for the guitar, but he did the best job with it that could be done I suppose. He should have done Paparazzi, that song has a melody that lends itself readily to an acoustic arrangement.

Love it! His voice is awesome. I love it when pop songs layered with so much autotune and effects are stripped down like this. It shows the true beauty of the song.

I really liked that!

I think Lady GaGa is HORRIBLE and I do mean AWFUL, HORRIBLE. I can’t stand her at all. But thank goodness there people like Daughtry who can make even the crappiest songs sound halfway decent, just like Kris Allen did with Heartless.

No bad. I quit listening half way. Although I’m not a fan of Daughtry or his way of rock, I have to admit that he did a decent job. He Daughtrize the song. As previous posters mentioned, a song with more melody will better suit this style.

I loved it. I wonder if he’d like to do a cover of “Love Game”

just picture it…..Chris and his guitar…..”let’s have some fun this beat is sick, I wanna take a ride on your disco stick”

I wonder what he could do with that? :rolleyes_tb:

Anyway, good job Chris!

Love it!

How does that even come up? “Hi, Chris Daughtry, thanks for coming in to promote your album for us! Now, could you sing ‘Poker Face’?”

Gotta say, he does a great job with it.

Genius! The ending!

I LOVE IT!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! I’m not overanalyzing it because I don’t want to….I just know that it gets me all tingly and goosepimply so that’s all I need

lucy Jul 2nd, 2009 at 2:52 pm

I’ve always loved the way Chris can make any song an intense, grumpy, gloomy drama.

THIS. My GAWD! He just sucked ALL the fun out of that song!

He can sing a.n.y.t.h.i.n.g. He really has an amazing voice and love the acoustic songs he does. I don’t like Lady Gaga, but love Chris’s version. I’m quickly becoming a big fan.

edit: keep focused on the subject, not on your fellow posters

I like that better than the original.

Really great job by Chris. Loved it.

That was strangely awesome.

I didn’t like it. It was kind of boring done this way, and he doesn’t seem to put much passion behind it. I like GaGa’s version way better.

That was good and I’m not a huge fan of his.

That was awesome! But has he been talking to Kris Allen? That is so something he would do!

I think I prefer Lady Gaga’s unplugged version of her own song, but that was kinda cool!

I prefer Chris’s version over Lady Gaga’s unplugged version. :shock_tb:
He is one talented man.

Gaga’s genius is debatable, that’s for sure.

Why is he wearing sunglasses?Did he just come from a poker gam or is he to be like Bono?

Doesn’t he have something of his own he can sing….why all the covers from former idols lately?

I effing love it!

Good, but the classic Po-Po-Po-Po and Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh is really weird. The rest of the song has a good melody, but not these two…
Chris did the best out of it through…

I prefer Chris’s version over Lady Gaga’s unplugged version.
He is one talented man.

They both are talented, but I kind of doubt Chris would be covering the song if he’d never heard Lady Gaga sing it.

Yes, Chris can sign this and I like the guitar arrangement. But I think it”s a little weird having Daughtry, or any guy, sing these lyrics. For example:

Russian Roulette is not the same without a gun
And baby when it’s love if it’s not rough it isn’t fun, fun

IMVHO This song just makes a lot more sense sung by a woman.

BootStar
Jul 2nd, 2009 at 4:19 pm
I think I prefer Lady Gaga’s unplugged version of her own song, but that was kinda cool!

Yes, I agree.

I love it.

I love Chris when he plays acoustic, so I am so there. I mean, if Kris could do Heartless, why not, right? I would totally buy this off iTunes.

I am trying to think of Adam singing Poker Face unplugged.

Love it!! This video is really making the rounds today… Ryan Seacrest and Perez H. have both posted links.

I am trying to think of Adam singing Poker Face unplugged.

Nice thought — I can hear it now. I wonder what he would do with the lyrics?

Cool!! I wish i could download that version. Awesome.

Nice version. He almost makes me like the song.

Love Chris! but not his verson of PF! :thumbdown_tb:

LindaInIowa Jul 2nd, 2009 at 2:53 pm

Sorry, 37 seconds of Chris is just about all I can take.

Congrats on making it that far, I quit 29 seconds in.

Tess Jul 2nd, 2009 at 4:31 pm

Doesn’t he have something of his own he can sing’ ¦.why all the covers from former idols lately

When you make a deal with the devil, then you sing what he wants, when he wants it.

Wondering why he’s singing a cover instead of something off the new album.

Interesting. I like it. I love Lady Gaga, and I absolutely flove “Poker Face”, so yeah. Good stuff.

just picture it’ ¦..Chris and his guitar’ ¦..’ let’s have some fun this beat is sick, I wanna take a ride on your disco stick’ 

Heh. Hi Tara! Miss you much!

Wondering why he’s singing a cover instead of something off the new album.

They did stuff from the old and new album.

It’s popular already. The DJ at my radio station was just talking about it. I wish I could download this version.

Can this be his new single instead of No Surprise? This one brought family members into the room from all over the house when they realized what they were hearing! I immediately made an MP3 of it. (Though I do agree with Weareallinnocent- I couldn’t help but imagine how much more longing David Cook would have put in his voice.)

ETA: Kimberann, go to Zamzar.com and put the Youtube’s URL in the Step 1 box, then follow their instructions. It’s really simple.

I…really liked that. I like the original too, but this is a nice take on it. Wouldn’t mind an mp3 if it’s out there.

Okay, I think I’ve figured out how to upload the MP3 to Mediafire for whoever wants a copy. Hopefully this link will work:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=715069a99ec395b77432d3c9683f450ad3593f536eba4919c95965eaa7bc68bc

Maybe I need to learn how to do pretty links next? :smile2_ee:

Why this song? How did he keep the “poker face” while singing it? Was he going to burst out laughing at the end? I think I was. Don’t mean to be mean, just didn’t work for me. Guess I’m in the minority on this one. When his song No Surprise comes on the radio (I’ve heard it only twice), I always think it’s the start of a Nickelback song at first.

Why is it that unlike most current singers, the idols sound better live than on stuido recordings? This just shows that most of the recordings by AI alums are overproduced.

Now I see how stupid that song is and I cant believe that Chris sang it. He should stick to Wanted Dead or Alive, or some of his other covers that were good. And he looked like a mole for some reason.

Some parts were ok but that is what I call screaming towards the end.

Lady Gaga is not my thing at all. I don’t like her, or her music. I think Poker Face is a dumb song, and I would have preferred Chris to sing a cover of another song if that is what the radio station had wanted. I absolutely loved his cover of RocketMan, that was an incredible cover Chris sang for a radio station. Take away my dislike of Lady Gaga and the song, and Chris was awesome-ness! I love his voice and style and I think he is so talented.

Thanks for the MP3 info. Mucho gracias. :smile1_ee: Nothing like a guy who sings it pure and simple. I don’t need any brooding, phony emotions to like a song. Thanks again.

This is the first time I heard the song sound like something I would buy. Daughtry did a lovely job with this song and made me like it. Bravo.

This is awesome! Well, I love Gaga’s original version to begin with so…

omfg….chris rocks this song……love it better than the orginal….he is so creative …..a true artist and musician……you rock chris…..

I also am in the minority as to liking this cover. Personally, I think it’s needs more of a rock edge (similar to David Cook’s recent covers of Johnny Hates Jazz’s Shattered Dreams and). This cover? A weeee bit to mellow for my taste (albeit I admit downloading one of the MP3 versions of this song, since the Lady GaGa original is WAAAAAY to cheezy for my taste).

As for why he did Poker Face, per one of his recent twitters, he was asked by the radio station that taped it to do some cover, and that his guitar tech suggested doing PF.

So, is he being ironic or earnest? It’s hard to tell. I dunno, I think with those particular lyrics, if you are going to do a rock cover, you should sing it with a bit of irony (like Dynamite Hack’s Boys In The Hood) and it’s not coming off that way to me. :ponder_tb:

I didn’t know that Chris played the guitar so well. It seemed like second nature to him, so effortless.

He did a decent job of it. I like Gaga so i love the original

Very Nice..I really like it!