Keep what’s left of this post FOCUSED ON THE SUBJECT.

If fans are dissing your favorite the WRONG ANSWER is to bait them. Leave fans of other Idols OUT OF THE DISCUSSION.

A couple of very chatty posters here are close to being put in moderation.

I could have sworn that Bucky originally was singing Lynard Skynard type music and said something about being mostly into that.

I remember him doing both. But southern rock is really a genre pretty close to country. It morphs into country quite easily, especially as country gets more rock-y.

Yes that is the music Adam has done on the show, but it is not, unfortunately, what he describes his post-idol music to be (and it is the music we will recieve after the show that I was referring to).

But it is pretty obvious that while I found it very difficult to enjoy Adam on the show, he is, FOR NOW, the break-out star of season 8 though he did not win.

We will see…

No, he’s not going to connect with everyone but it s doubful that any of the top three does.

And to tell the truth, sometimes these so called “performing skills”(movements,gestures,facial expressions), are just being acted out to look good and it is just performing.
Sometimes it is more phony than anything.
To me a heartfelt vocal is when the singer loses themselves in a song and lets go and sings from the heart, just not even caring what they look like in the emotion of it.
That is Danny. And why he has plenty of fans that see it and appreciate him.
I think a lot of singers are just performing and too conscious of their looks more than being into the song and the meaning. They “do” all the right movements and thats just not real imo.

I think we all just have to wait and see how well Danny will do. I personally don’t think he is all that great and never liked him as a performer, but he does have some fans. I don’t think the judges did Danny any favors by over praising him. This is one of the reasons why so many people dislike him. It’s not just people on the internet that don’t like his music style. I know many people that don’t follow AI on the internet and they never got Danny. I’ve actually haven’t met a person that likes Danny other than here on the internet.

And though Danny hasn’t the best personality in the world, it is hard to deny that he may produce songs of a bit more quality and meaning behind them.

I respectfully disagree. I am sure that there is a very heartfelt feeling in the Danny fan camp that his songs will come from the heart because of his life experiences. But in order, IMHO, for that feeling to manifest itself in song the singer must be able to emote that feeling not just talk about it. As has been referred to before, Danny wants to inspire through his words but he doesn’t know how to show it without talking about it. Real emotion is in body language and the eyes and the way someone breaths. And Danny doesn’t seem to know how to use his body. And if a singer doesn’t use all of himself to sing then the song is only about the voice and nothing more and it falls flat and doesn’t stir the soul of the listener.

I have listened to enough music in my life that I know when the songs are heartfelt. I know when someone “touches” me with their voice. Oftentimes I don’t even hear the words just the emotion. That is a singer that is meaningful.

And though Danny hasn’t the best personality in the world, it is hard to deny that he may produce songs of a bit more quality and meaning behind them.

Truthfully, I don’t find that hard to deny at all.

Aside from the huge talent gap, to me, Adam has more life experience and substance to draw from than Danny. And the quality of his work so far eclipses Danny’s. As for meaning, we have BoW, ToMT, MW, IICHY, FG, One, Cryin’, ACIGC and even NB as examples, as well as the many, many awesome pre-Idol songs he chose to cover. All in all, for me, for you, for me, not hard at all.

Mileage…

Seriously, all professional negotiators are appalled with Danny’s public comments regarding the progression of his record dealings.

Who are these professional negotiators, and for what business reason would they be appalled? I have negotiated many business deals. At times, such as with the acquisition of a competitor, it’s very important that the discussions are not publicly revealed. In other cases, people are quite open about saying that a potential collaberation is under discussion.

In this case, what is shocking about Danny “revealing” that he is in discussions or that other people have expressed interest? Doesn’t the organization that he has mentioned meeting with have an exclusive on him for a period of time? What in the hell would be shocking about them discussing it together? And what harm is there in saying that others have expressed interest? None. If it doesn’t work out, then Danny says that they didn’t come to an agreement. It happens all the time. BFD.

I think that this has about as much weight as the one where Danny cruelly handed Adam a humiliating photo to sign because he hates him and wanted to embarrass him, except, oh yeah, the photo was of Adam in costume for a role that I believe he was quite proud of. And these two guys like each other and express friendship for each other, which is of course quite inconvenient.

I’d be more worried if I was one of those three. No wonder they’re madly slapping songs together with songwriters.

Anyway, if he was to be signed, why is it taking so long? It’s been almost a month (or more than?) since we heard of Kradison’s deals, why is Danny’s deal taking so long to finish? Hmmm.

Honestly, I just want him to be signed to some small Christian label, release songs exclusively available to his church and foundation so we won’t ever have to hear from him again.