Idol Headlines for 08/06/09

@TheDannyNoriega twittered that he’ll be singing at the Dodger game this Saturday:

· I’m kinda nervous about singing the national andthem AND god bless america at the dodger game.. its aug 8th already XD

· the dodger game is this saturday not tonight people lol<3

· OMG I’M THROWING THE FIRST PITCH AT THE DODGER GAME! LOL!!

· AND I’m singing god bless america<3

· Yes, the game will be televised so you’ll all be able to see me I’ll make sure to wave at my twitter babies<3

· Dodger game is aug 8th tune in!

Too bad the concert reviewer missed most of the first half. It was nice however, that the Sun sent their pop writer. Also nice to know he didn’t have any biases coming in as he didn’t watch the show.

I’m glad he got there in time to give Matt a good review as Matt still needs to get signed. I was surprised he didn’t comment more on Allison. Seemed to like Danny and Kris well enough and of course spent most of his copy on Adam.

Loved the Baltimore Sun review. The Part 2 of the ultimate interview was likewise great.

This is my favourite quote from the review:

Even when he was sitting on a stool singing “Mad World” by Tears for Fears, he commanded the crowd’s attention.

The E online story about Drake seems to be scraped together. Adam didn’t really say much and how is he supposed to answer that question? They took a couple of sentences and tried to make a story out of it. If it’s going well great, if it’s not, and he says it’s not, then that leads to more questions. I always hate stories about who people are dating…..It’s always wise to say something positive and move on to the next topic. Good job Adam.

Nice article on David Cook, Kris and Adam here…

http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/SummerConcert/Story?id=8249302&page=1

The Baltimore Sun Review was fun.

LA Times Ultimate Interview Part 2 – continues to prove to be the Ultimate Interview. Just great.

The ABC New GMA article about Kris, David and Adam has some real interesting info in it but the attempt to weave the three of them together, and interrelate them is just clumsy. This particurly stuck me as odd:

When it comes to vocals, Lambert has been compared with Cook.

The both have great voices but who ever compared Adam to Cook?

I liked the ABC news intereview with Adam, David Cook and Kris. Looking forward to the GMA concert tomorrow. I do hope Adam and Kris can sing somthing else besides Mad World and Heartless.

Wow, that Daughtry concert review is harsh!

*The Baltimore Sun review was really good. I wonder what he would have thought of the first half if he made it in time to see it.

*The Press of Atlantic City Q&A with Kris just makes me adore him even more.

*Part Two of Adam’s LA Times interview is also really good. It sucks that Adam seems to have to constantly prove himself.

I forgot to mention this amongst my giddy rambling last night about the JC Penney appearance but apparently DC’s manager mentioned to someone he was pre-taping Regis & Kelly today.

That GMA crowd is going to be insane tomorrow! Still haven’t figured out what the best time to get to the park is.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/05/AR2009080502409.html

Not sure if I saw it here – the Washington Post Review of the concert on Tuesday. Also talks about Adam shopping somewhere around DC – ack, my luck for not deciding to go on my lunch break shopping spree!

Not the best written review, especially by WP standards. They glossed over almost everyone. But had love for Adam, Matt and Allison.

That GMA crowd is going to be insane tomorrow!

It really is. I wonder what the order will be? Will David be the closer or Kris? I’m assuming Adam will go first.

I forgot to mention this amongst my giddy rambling last night about the JC Penney appearance but apparently DC’s manager mentioned to someone he was pre-taping Regis & Kelly today.

That GMA crowd is going to be insane tomorrow!

I’m going to go to the GMA show tomorrow! The plan is to not even sleep tonight, and just be at the gates at a ridiculously early time! I’ve never done it before, but can’t wait! The only thing I’m worried about, what do people do for bathroom breaks when waiting? (Or should I even ask )

Wow, that Daughtry concert review is harsh!

At least Foxboro stadium was sold out. So, good for Chris.

At least Foxboro stadium was sold out. So, good for Chris.

That’s a huge stadium, so that is impressive.

“Entrance is on a first-come, first-served basis, so arrive at 6 a.m.

“Good Morning America” airs live from 7 to 9 a.m., with concert performances usually starting around 8:30 a.m. ”

Will there be only 30 min concert performances? Or the concert will run beyond 9 am but won’t be aired?

I think that is Foxwood casino, isn’t it? This is Daughtry’s small venue tour.

Here’s a Q&A from the Baltimore paper:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bal-idol-tour-0805,0,2874452.photogallery

It’s always interesting to hear Adam critique himself:

If you could have a do-over on any of your ‘Idol’ performances, which one would it be and why?

Probably ‘One’ by U2. I wasn’t really happy with that performance. I thought it was a little bit pitchy and unfocused. And also, when I go back from a technical standpoint, ‘Black and White’ was a great song choice and I had fun performing it, but vocally it’s kind of messy.

I LOVE the second part of the LA Times article.

I don’t know. We never talked about that, but what was interesting about that was I changed a lyric in [a Change is Gonna Come]. Instead of ‘I’m afraid to die,’  I sang, ‘I don’t see what’s wrong with a little glitter around my eyes,’  because I wanted the song to be about what I was dealing with on ‘The Ten Commandments,’  this weird, ignorant, ‘Why are you wearing nail polish?’  Like this weird discrimination because I was expressing myself and having people feel uncomfortable with that and then everything tying into my sexuality and just being alternative in any way and wanting the song to be about that. It’s interesting that that came full circle with ‘Idol.’  Really weird and the same issues. Maybe more far-reaching this time and less personal.

A change is gonna come…

*Part Two of Adam’s LA Times interview is also really good. It sucks that Adam seems to have to constantly prove himself.

Perhaps. It sounds like it is a double-edged sword to me. Adam clearly seems to get bored and eschew routine activities. Having to prove something seems to motivate Adam to work harder and keep him from getting bored.

Just a theory, but based on the info about Adam in the LATimes interviews, particurly Part 1 about his childhood and school
Adam is smart, very articulate and has great communication skills but can’t spell and transposes letters (“fianlly”)
he’s an academic underachiever who was bored in school
comments from his former teachers and folks at MET.
I’m starting to think Adam is dyslexic.

It wouldn’t surprise me if he is was dyslexic because it is so common among performing artisits. Many really gifted musicians, artists and designers are dyslexic (Mozart, Beethoven, John Lennon, etc.) because along with the challenges in some “left brain” functions comes some unique talents in “right brain” functions – artistic skill (visual), athletic ability in rhymic activies (dancing, diving etc.), musical ability, people skills, 3-D visual-spatial skills, vivid imagination, intuition, creative/global thinking and high level of curiosity.

I think that is Foxwood casino, isn’t it? This is Daughtry’s small venue tour.

A sidebar to the article said Showcase Live, which can be configured for 500-1000 people. http://www.patriots.com/stadium/index.cfm?ac=stadiumnewsdetail&pid=31843&pcid=42

I think that is Foxwood casino, isn’t it? This is Daughtry’s small venue tour.

A sidebar to the article said Showcase Live, which can be configured for 500-1000 people. http://www.patriots.com/stadium/index.cfm?ac=stadiumnewsdetail&pid=31843&pcid=42

Good point, Vada, but it’s not Foxwoods, that’s in Connecticut (no casinos is Massachusetts). It’s this place (link below). It’s not the stadium, it’s next door and it’s a smaller venue. My mistake. Well, at least he sold it out!

I think he is also playing at Foxwoods.

http://www.showcaselive.com/.

The LA Times interview is fantastic, even better than the RS interview. While RS was great, I felt it was heavily edited. It had to be for conciseness. I get the feeling that with the LA interview, every single thing Adam said is being published, hence the need for 4 parts!

Squirrely
Aug 6th, 2009 at 10:53 am
That GMA crowd is going to be insane tomorrow!

It really is. I wonder what the order will be? Will David be the closer or Kris? I’m assuming Adam will go first.

I hope Kris goes first. That way he can’t be accused of slowing the pace.

Adam is smart, very articulate and has great communication skills but can’t spell and transposes letters (‘ fianlly’ ) he’s an academic underachiever who was bored in school comments from his former teachers and folks at MET. I’m starting to think Adam is dyslexic.

That’s a HUGE leap. Adam said in the first part of the interview that he was a B student. That doesn’t remotely qualify as a bad student. I also don’t think you can criticize him based on what he wrote on a Twitter page. That entire universe is misspelled and every single Idol has done it multiple times.

I really really want this to happen. Please producers and directors read this article and make this happen.

Acting is one possibility. “I would love to try film and TV. Movie musicals are back,” he said excitedly. He holds out hope for one part in particular. “Dream role would be Judas in an edgy version of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ ” he said.

Interesting perspective on Ryan and the Judges from MSNBC.com:

Advice for ‘Idol’: Judges, host need to move on
Randy needs to quit trying to be cool; Kara needs to retire her inner fan

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32313619/ns/entertainment-reality_tv/

A few highlights:

Randy Jackson: Kill the ‘tude, a’ight?
Quit trying to be cool.

Your annoyances are legion and have been reasonably well-documented over the years. You’re repetitive. You turn to imaginary words like “pitchy” to get your point across, despite being a professional musician who surely knows the proper terminology. You ram inane catchphrases down our throats like Gretchen in “Mean Girls” still trying to make “fetch” happen.

Kara DioGuardi: Retire the fangirl aura
Realize that you’re on television, and downplay the fangirliness.

Maybe that’s a holdover from your extensive experience in the industry, where you could give the same advice to hopeful after hopeful behind closed doors and openly root for people without worrying that anyone would ding you for repetition or bias.

Simon Cowell: Are we boring you?

It’s fine that you’re Seà ±or Crankypants. That’s your thing. But it’s not just the bottom of the barrel that leaves you bored and unimpressed anymore. There have been times recently when your mouth offered praise while your face indicated “planning the quickest route to the airport.”

What’s worse is the way you only seem to perk up whenever you indulge in your frequent gay-panic jabs at Ryan Seacrest. They’re dumb, insulting and not in keeping with the family-friendly aims of the show. So knock it off and either find a way to bring back the spark or think about following Paula gently into that good night.

Wow, that Daughtry concert review is harsh!

At least Foxboro stadium was sold out. So, good for Chris.

The tour is doing really well everywhere. And, I know that Chris isn’t appreciated by some people, but this reviewer’s attitude about the band and songs just seemed to be much more negative than the other reviews I’ve read.

Just curious, with the contract that Matt has with his new show, will that interfere with him signing to a record deal? Would that create a conflict or not?

‘Good Morning America’  airs live from 7 to 9 a.m., with concert performances usually starting around 8:30 a.m. ‘ 

Will there be only 30 min concert performances? Or the concert will run beyond 9 am but won’t be aired?

Since they’re doing more than one song, but only one that’s getting aired, I’m guessing the first song from each will be between 8:30 and 9am, and the 2nd will be after that, but not aired. Just my guess.

Can’t wait to see what they are singing. I’m guessing tour songs from Kris and Adam, but I can’t imagine Heartless and MW, due to the overplay already after the finale. Though maybe one of the two songs will be those.

That’s a HUGE leap. Adam said in the first part of the interview that he was a B student. That doesn’t remotely qualify as a bad student. I also don’t think you can criticize him based on what he wrote on a Twitter page. That entire universe is misspelled and every single Idol has done it multiple times.

So agree! I make tons of errors when texting.
Adam’s dad has said Adam was a B- student also, because he hated Math and was not good and it always brought his GPA down.

Will there be only 30 min concert performances? Or the concert will run beyond 9 am but won’t be aired?

Yes, it’s a mini-concert series. Green Day played for 45 minutes but since there are three performers, and they all need to be one stages between 8:30 and 9:00, bet it’s about 30 minutes. I thought that there were goind to be 6 songs, 2 songs each. One song for each on air during GMA and the second available only online.

The LA Times interview is fantastic, even better than the RS interview.

I think when the RS interviewer interview Adam, she didn’t know what to expect because he was new to most people outside the AI bubble. While the LA Times interviewer def knows better about Adam. He is also the one in this Adam interview.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPL4OB0zTfU

I don’t know when this ultimate interview happened, it may be done at the same time of the youtube one, it may be in a later time. I’m glad some interview(s) find Adam interesting and think it worthy to invest more time and paper space on him.

Can’t wait to see what they are singing. I’m guessing tour songs from Kris and Adam, but I can’t imagine Heartless and MW, due to the overplay already after the finale. Though maybe one of the two songs will be those.

They are only ‘overplay’ed to those who watch the vids every night. This appearance is mostly tour promo (both AI and David’s tour), so those who may yet be spurred to buy tickets are probably not reading here.

Unless of course, all three guys are debuting new singles, and that would be a treat for sure.

They are only ‘overplay’ed to those who watch the vids every night. This appearance is mostly tour promo (both AI and David’s tour), so those who may yet be spurred to by tickets are probably not reading here.

True. I’m always a little surprised when I search Kris on twitter and people write things like “OMG! Kris Allen played Heartless in the concert!” I have a friend who goes to the concert every year but doesn’t follow anything online. She has no idea what these guys are performing in the concert until she sees it.

I am now on board with burning the denim jacket. I voted in the poll last night as not really caring. However, seeing the GMA article with Adam sandwiched between DC and Kris, I have changed my opinion. The jacket is so not cool. DC and Kris look cool and Adam looks like a dork.

That’s a HUGE leap. Adam said in the first part of the interview that he was a B student. That doesn’t remotely qualify as a bad student. I also don’t think you can criticize him based on what he wrote on a Twitter page. That entire universe is misspelled and every single Idol has done it multiple times.

I agree it’s a theory, but it isn’t a huge leap. Adam and his parents talked openly about his high energy and difficulty with focus.

I never said he was a bad student, but that he was an underachiever. My son had a 3.8 high school GPA and was an underachiever. And a couple of his high school teachers said he was an underachiever.

There is more than just one misspelled word on Twitter. Adam is a poor speller, even some of his poetry was posted online had typos in it.

Finally, being dyslexic is not a criticism, and it’s really common. Dyslexica is also closely tied to high musical and visual arts talent — it’s not a bad thing.

I am now on board with burning the denim jacket. I voted in the poll last night as not really caring. However, seeing the GMA article with Adam sandwiched between DC and Kris, I have changed my opinion. The jacket is so not cool. DC and Kris look cool and Adam looks like a dork.

LOL! Adam and dork should never be used in the same sentence

I actually still like the jacket – it has “pizzazz” – maybe it’s the makeup and hair that overpower the nerdiness of the vest.

DC and Kris look cool and Adam looks like a dork.

but he’s a cute dork… I agree the picture would have been cooler without the denim vest.

I agree it’s a theory, but it isn’t a huge leap. Adam and his parents talked openly about his high energy and difficulty with focus.

It’s unfair to jump to conclusions, but my sense with Adam is that, at the very least, he has a great vocabulary, is quite articulate, and knowledgable about a lot of things (use of “big words” etc.) That said, I wouldn’t be surprised, especially with such strongly artistic inclinations from him, if he wasn’t the best student, which is hardly the worst thing ever in the world. And it certainly has little to do with his chosen career path.

Scan of the new Skechers ad they were giving out yesterday. I do like this one the best out of the three ads he’s done so far but I was getting dizzy yesterday because it was plastered *everywhere*. Not just in JC Penney but all over the mall too.

If you could have a do-over on any of your ‘Idol’ performances, which one would it be and why?

Probably ‘One’ by U2. I wasn’t really happy with that performance. I thought it was a little bit pitchy and unfocused. And also, when I go back from a technical standpoint, ‘Black and White’ was a great song choice and I had fun performing it, but vocally it’s kind of messy.

I still maintain Simon screwed Adam over with “One” – IDK, but that song did not seem like a good fit for him. Adam and U2 don’t really mesh stylistically. Though Simon has always been known for unusual picks.

A quick off-topic article on Michael Jackson’s unreleased music- if this is true, this may not be good.

I like the vest! I know I’m in the minority but I like it! Maybe not on anyone else on the planet but on Adam it works for me. The vocal comparison between David Cook and Adam is just bizarre. I love them both but they are entirely different vocalists.

Imagine my excitement to see an Idol article in my hometown Press of AC this morning. Then imagine my disappointment when they take the hey-Kris-how-do-a-gay-and-a-Christian-get-along angle and misidentify Ring of Fire as I Walk the Line. Total fail, Press, total fail.

I liked the ABC news intereview with Adam, David Cook and Kris. Looking forward to the GMA concert tomorrow. I do hope Adam and Kris can sing somthing else besides Mad World and Heartless.

I really enjoyed the ABC news article. It had some great quotes from all three guys and was really balanced. David, Kris and Adam all came across very well.

I don’t have much hope of them singing something different on the live show. But there’s always the second song on the website.

I’m assuming David Cook will be performing first tomorrow since he has to be at R&K by 9am.

Scan of the new Skechers ad they were giving out yesterday. I do like this one the best out of the three ads he’s done so far but I was getting dizzy yesterday because it was plastered *everywhere*. Not just in JC Penney but all over the mall too.

LOL, I just can’t get over the cheese of the Skechers *poses* BUT it is nice to hear that DC’s face was plastered everywhere!

I’m excited to see Kris, DC and Adam converge on the GMA stage tomorrow.

Q3:

There is more than just one misspelled word on Twitter. Adam is a poor speller, even some of his poetry was posted online had typos in it.

I don’t think people care as much about grammar and spelling anymore, in the text message age. Conveying the thought has become more important than the style, IMO.

I don’t see why it would be unlikely. I think we’re all people. Just because he doesn’t believe in what I believe in doesn’t make us not alike. We’ve become really good friends – people are people. We’re going to be friends, no matter what.

^^^ How many negatives can a person fit in one sentence? From Kris Allen, the guy who attended college on an academic scholarship.

If you could have a do-over on any of your ‘Idol’ performances, which one would it be and why?

Probably ‘One’ by U2. I wasn’t really happy with that performance. I thought it was a little bit pitchy and unfocused. And also, when I go back from a technical standpoint, ‘Black and White’ was a great song choice and I had fun performing it, but vocally it’s kind of messy.

I still maintain Simon screwed Adam over with ‘One’  – IDK, but that song did not seem like a good fit for him. Adam and U2 don’t really mesh stylistically. Though Simon has always been known for unusual picks.

I agree, with Adam on “One” being pitchy and unfocused. The two live performances on the Top 3, “One” and “Crying” were both not so good.

IMO “One” was not reallly a great song choice for Adam but I think that the arrangement for the live version was the real problem — and cutting it to 1:45. I think the studio version, which has the full version and don’t have that OTT vocal section is much better.

If Simon was going to pick a U2 song for Adam, I would have preferred — “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”, “Pride (In the Name of Love)” or “Beautiful Day”. These songs would work in 1:45 and seem to suit Adam’s vocal quality more than “One”.

Simon said he picked “One” because it is his favorite song, but in the past he has said that “Bohemiam Rhaposdy” was his favorite. Too bad he didn’t pick that for Adam.

I still believe that Simon picked “One” because of it’s association with Gay rights and social issues. Proceeds from the single were donated to AIDS research. The message of acceptance was welcomed by members of the gay community, many of whom interpreted it as a son telling a father he is dying of AIDS. It can’t be a coincidence.

Actually David Cook supposedly is pre-taping his Regis & Kelly appearance today. So that’s good, less rushing around for him tomorrow…

I thought I was the only one who found SYTYCD uninteresting this season. I watched it for the first time last year and then followed with SYTYCD Canada. It was fantastic. I fell in love with Joshua and Twitch. Everyone in the top 20 were so good. This year I started watching it and just couldn’t get into it. I taped it and never bothered watching the tapes and if I did watched 10 minutes of it and switched to something else. Hmmmmmm and I am not sure why. I understand they will be doing another series starting in September and I can hardly wait. There is nothing more exciting than watching amazing dancers or amazing singers. I am hooked on SYTYCD and AI

The Michael Jackson story is just bizarre. It is amazing to think that there could be 100 Michael songs that exist only on one hard drive. Including extra Thriller cuts and all those collaborations. I hope they find it and that it doesn’t crash!

I’m with Q3 on this one.

I agree it’s a theory, but it isn’t a huge leap. Adam and his parents talked openly about his high energy and difficulty with focus.

There is more than just one misspelled word on Twitter. Adam is a poor speller, even some of his poetry was posted online had typos in it.

Finally, being dyslexic is not a criticism, and it’s really common. Dyslexica is also closely tied to high musical and visual arts talent ‘” it’s not a bad thing.

THEORY: There isn’t anything wrong with being dyslexic – Q3 is right that when you have a gifted artist, generally their brains are wired a little different. If he was a B- student that has the communications skills, is high energy & gets bored easily.. then yes… he probably has a is an underachiever. These are signs of a person with a higher than average IQ. Not saying he is a genius, but higher than average. Under the right circumstances he could have been one of those kids taking college prep or AP course.

The LA times article is definitely worth a read. Very interesting.

May I ask for a little help from people who follow Idols (those who get recording contracts) closer than I do? I was reading this article:

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/entertainment/article_ba52acfa-3a7a-5143-b2f1-0127bfa0ab25.html

Kris is asked this question and the first line of his response took me aback a bit:

Q: What do you have planned for your album?

A: I’m pretty sure we can get out enough stuff so that 100 percent is not from the show. I’ve done a lot of writing sessions – it’s going really well. We’re getting into the swing of things and pumping out some songs. I think the sound will be pop-rock and definitely will have an organic vibe, as well.

I have never purchased (or even looked at) an Idol album release, so I am completely ignorant. I would suspect that the “coronation song” would be included for the winner, but: Do they normally include some material on the first album that was performed on the show? I guess I expected a few covers, but this answer kind of surprised me given all of the collaborators Kris and Adam have been working with.

MJ? Anyone that knows Idol recorded music?

There are more Adam design pendant for sale.

“Adam Lambert Raffle Details- 8/6/09
There are 40 pendants left to sell! We will randomly draw 40 names from the email list and those 40 people will be able to buy the 40 remaining pendants. ”

Some twitter news regarding this and the charity.

But he also made a comment that it’s unlikely now that Adam will get to design another one for Pennyroyal Silver:

@KellyC09 It doesn’t look like it right now. Talked to his manager today and he is involved with another charity and can’t do another of…

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Adam mentioned about a charity and I’m glad they are working on it and Adam didn’t gush it out. I hope it’s a well planned one and help those in need.

It is impossible to determine any of these people’s intelligence level from what we know about them. People can be very poor students with poor communication skills and be brilliant. Likewise, people can be excellent students with excellent communication skills and be of average intelligence.

Dyslexia affects extrememly bright people and it affects people who are not so bright. Unfortunately those people are not likely to be able to overcome the problem and learn to read.

My brother has dyslexia and didn’t learn to read until he was around 10, but has a 160 IQ. They said his condition was so severe that if he hadn’t had the higher intelligence, he would not have learned to read.

Do they normally include some material on the first album that was performed on the show?

I think that means NoBo is officially out.

leeaundra, I think Kris was just saying that he doesn’t have to put No Batteries (heh) on his new album.

*happy dance*

Do they normally include some material on the first album that was performed on the show?

They always add the coronation single, but sometimes it might be called a bonus track (mostly so it won’t get reviewed with the whole album). This is probably to say that No Boundaries will not be on there. Also, there were rumors of Heartless being re-released so that’s probably not going to happen? They probably had that as a backup in case they couldn’t get enough songs together by their deadline but it sounds like Kris is doing well enough in the co-songwriting area that they are moving along in good time, so that’s good!

aek – true, that is why it is only a theory.

Good point, Vada, but it’s not Foxwoods, that’s in Connecticut (no casinos is Massachusetts). It’s this place (link below). It’s not the stadium, it’s next door and it’s a smaller venue. My mistake. Well, at least he sold it out!

A good amount of tickets were free to people that purchased the new CD through DO

Any New Yorkers want to tweet Kris with some suggestions on where he should go for pizza? He’s asking David Hodges for advice, but I’m sure there must be some NYC peeps here who would have some suggestions…

Kris’ latest tweets:

@hodgesmusic ? I’m in new York and need some pizza suggestions. I know you are an expert on this subject.
23 minutes ago from TwitterFon

O New York….the quiet and still part of America.
23 minutes ago from TwitterFon

Do they normally include some material on the first album that was performed on the show?

I think some winners and runners-up have included one cover song from the show, but it’s not the norm. (Fantasia had “Always On My Mind” on her debut and David A had “Angels.”) Most likely they’ll record 20 songs and will have enough to cover a CD plus Walmart/Target/iTunes bonus tracks without resorting to covers, or in Kris’s case, resorting to putting No Boundaries on any version of the CD. Kris probably has unreleased pre-Idol material to throw into the mix too.

Kris has been saying all along that he wanted to write or co-write most or all of the songs on his album, but I’ll admit that makes me nervous. Of course he has been working with hit makers, so that should help. Would I feel better if Chief Creative Officer, Clive Davis was on a personal treck to find him a smash hit? No, I wouldn’t. I would still be nervous. I can’t wait for the first single.

:jittery_tb:

I forgot to mention this amongst my giddy rambling last night about the JC Penney appearance but apparently DC’s manager mentioned to someone he was pre-taping Regis & Kelly today.

That GMA crowd is going to be insane tomorrow! Still haven’t figured out what the best time to get to the park is.

I really enjoyed your giddy ramblings yesterday, Trina! Your story is too cute . I’d get there at the buttcrack of dawn. I have friends who’ve been to the GMA concerts and people do camp out to get good spots when it’s a big name. Please give a report after the concert!

I don’t think people care as much about grammar and spelling anymore, in the text message age.

Hmm, I’m younger than Adam and my friends and I all care about grammar and spelling. We’ll use short-hand and abbreviations when Twittering/texting, but try to retain basic grammar/spelling rules when possible. It’s kids who are Allison’s age, like my cousins and some of my younger friends, who seem to have completely thrown writing skills out the door. It’s pretty sad. That’s why Archie’s blogs and Twitters are so refreshing– at least his (cute) ramblings include punctuation and complete sentences! Anyway, that’s getting OT, but one cool thing about reading MJ’s is that posters here post so coherently/intelligently, especially for Internet standards. My brain and eyes thank you all .

Kris has been saying all along that he wanted to write or co-write most or all of the songs on his album, but I’ll admit that makes me nervous. Of course he has been working with hit makers, so that should help.

I’m not a Kris fan, but I think writing his own music will only help him. I think this is probably his strong point so he should really flaunt it. I think when it is all said and done, he’ll do well.

LOL, I just can’t get over the cheese of the Skechers *poses*

I’m nuts but I loove the cheesiness of the ads! I think because every official RCA picture of him he always looks angry so the Skechers stuff is a nice contrast. And, well, its good they’re at least music related and they didnt make him pose with puppies like Carrie :laugh_tb: When he just arrived yesterday and the media started snapping pictures a Skechers rep handed him a sneaker to pose with. I thought it was hilarious watching him do the pose/cheesy wide grin thing while wearing his pointy boots. At one point I thought he was going to burst out laughing.

Thanks sma11ie! I’m heading to the line for Nokia in a bit. supposedly theres lots of people in line already and some are heading straight the park after the concert tonight is over.

Q: What do you have planned for your album?

A: I’m pretty sure we can get out enough stuff so that 100 percent is not from the show. I’ve done a lot of writing sessions – it’s going really well. We’re getting into the swing of things and pumping out some songs. I think the sound will be pop-rock and definitely will have an organic vibe, as well.

I keep getting the impression that Kris is still working on songs for his album and isn’t close to done. Is this typical? I would think that to get the album out by mid-November they need to pick the tracks by the begining of September.

And, has there been any word on who is producing Kris’ album?

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/american-idol-kris-allen-plays-nassau-coliseum-1.1352756

Newsday/Glenn Gamboa

New short Kris interview.

I must be a poor speller and/or dyslexic too, because I can’t pick out any mispelled words on Adam’s twitter page, other than some text speak here and there.

The LA Times Adam interview, wow. He makes me feel like I haven’t lived at all. :laugh_tb:

If you could have a do-over on any of your ‘Idol’ performances, which one would it be and why?

Probably ‘One’ by U2. I wasn’t really happy with that performance. I thought it was a little bit pitchy and unfocused. And also, when I go back from a technical standpoint, ‘Black and White’ was a great song choice and I had fun performing it, but vocally it’s kind of messy.

I like how self-aware Adam is, because yeah, his One performance kinda sucked and was his worst performance of the season, imho. His B&W had some issues, but wasn’t a total mess and it’s emotional connection made up for it for me. So I concur with you Adam! If only Adam had just sung One on the air the way the studio turned out. Oh well, no cryin’ over spilt milk at this point.

Excited about GMA tomorrow with David, Adam and Kris. I know blah blah blah, MW and Heartless, but new songs for online, huzzah!

Oh and video interview from Baltimore I haven’t seen here before: http://www.cbsradiobaltimore.com/mix_morning_show/

LOL, I just can’t get over the cheese of the Skechers *poses*

It ain’t easy being cheesy

Thanks, Becky, Vada, AC, and cheese for your feedback. I’ve watched parts of seasons 1-3 and all of seasons 6-8. I only watch if someone really catches my eye to root for. I’ve only been moved to buy any of the contestants’ music this season (depending on how good the product is). This season, I liked Allison, Kris and Adam (in no particular order).

I am still curious if winner/runner up albums from other seasons included much cover material (from the show or otherwise)? Is there any kind of a ratio of previously performed music to new music (or a trend) on the first releases? I don’t remember enough of what they did on the show to even compare it to the tracks on their debut albums.

I could, perhaps, see Allison having more covers than the two boys. I don’t think covers are necessarily bad for new artists – some familiar music can help sell albums and even be hits as singles.

In a completely unrelated question, why would Matt be in Philadelphia today? Kris and Adam are in NY with the band. I am geographically challenged. lol

I have never purchased (or even looked at) an Idol album release, so I am completely ignorant. I would suspect that the ‘coronation song’  would be included for the winner, but: Do they normally include some material on the first album that was performed on the show? I guess I expected a few covers, but this answer kind of surprised me given all of the collaborators Kris and Adam have been working with.

Here’s what the last two winners had on their first albums:

David Cook – 13 to 15 tracks – including 1 American Idol bonus track “Time of My Life”, 1 hidden track, 1 iTunes pre-order bonus track, 1 Japanese/Wal-Mart bonus track.

Jordin – 13 to 16 tracks – including 1 American Idol bonus track “This Is My Now”, 1 digital bonus track, 1 digital/Christian Store bonus track, 1 digital/Wal-Mart bonus track.

And looking at older Idol album it looks like Kris needs about 15 or 16 tracks. He might need to do 25 or more demos to find the right songs for the album. That a lot to accomplish on top of the tour. No wonder he looks so tired!!

Matt and the rest of the Idols (aside from Kris and Adam, who we know are in NYC) are in Philly because they are playing Atlantic City on Friday. The TPTB probably don’t want them roaming around the casinos, so are headquartering them in Philly, which is easily the closest big city to AC (about 40 minute drive). I’m assuming they will head down to AC in the morning.

Meanwhile, I haven’t seen anything that suggests Kris is behind with his album. Here’s a snippet from his Newsday interview…

“We are working hard with some artists, some pretty big writers in L.A. and we’re getting in some songs as well. We’ve got some pretty good stuff so far.”

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And we know he’s been working on his album pretty much every off day he’s had, plus he was working on it before the tour started. He repeaedly has said the plan is to have it out before Thanksgiving, and I haven’t heard or read anything that suggests he won’t be able to meet that deadline.

And we know he’s been working on his album pretty much every off day he’s had, plus he was working on it before the tour started. He repeaedly has said the plan is to have it out before Thanksgiving, and I haven’t heard or read anything that suggests he won’t be able to meet that deadline

He’ll meet the deadline. All the idols follow the same process… they start by writing and listening to songs and they record rough demos of some of them while on tour, occasionally laying down vocal tracks for real at various stops along the way. If the single is chosen and going to be released early they record it while on tour. Aside from that, the bulk of the vocal tracks are laid down in the couple of weeks following the end of the tour in September. The album gets mastered and printed in October, released in November. Rinse, repeat next year.

And yes, most of the time they attempt to record at least 30 or so songs and pick the best 15 or so to make up the main album plus bonus and hidden tracks. That’s why it is so hard for these albums to be anything other than good, as opposed to great.

I agree, Ladyguard. I couldn’t even remotely care about this season’s SYTYCD until Top 10, which was *not* the case for S2, 3 or 4. I enjoyed this season, but it didn’t have the “wow” factor for me that that the show had in the past. Maybe it’s because I wasn’t blogging it, but I can’t even remember most of the numbers (tho Crash Test Dummies will always be right up there, b/c it was so Wade-like, unlike his cheerleader dreck piece), whereas I can remember at least 75 percent of the dances from S3 and 4 (I only watched S2 after it aired on MTV, I believe). I hope that Brandon or Jeanine win, but I only voted a few times last night for Brandon, whereas I dialed my fingers off last year for Mark. So I hope I enjoy S6 more. (Maybe I am still in Idol detox, tho. )

I think Adam’s interview in the LA Times is the best I’ve read. Both parts are so detailed. I learned a lot more about Adam in these than I have in any others, tho Lyndsey Parker’s interviews were always fun and of course Michelle Collins from BEST WEEK EVER totally cracks me up. I am rather sad Richard Rushfield went to gawker.com, because I think he will need to be really snarky there for effect and his in-depth reporting will go out the window. Too bad. I listen to Adam’s studio ONE and am sad he couldn’t have done that on the show. It’s one of my three favorite studio tracks of his. I keep hoping he’ll perform it live, but I suspect not. God, I hope we don’t have to hear MW and Kris’s HEARTLESS and Cook’s CBTM. I know that everyone hasn’t heard these, but if you watch morning TV then you HAVE (even if you aren’t and Idol-aholic) and you might think, wait, is this all they’ve got (especially with Adam and Kris)? So songs from the Idols Tour would make sense from them to perform and then they can, you know, PLUG THE TOUR (which is why I assume they’re on there; I suspect Cook *will* do CBTM as his latest single, but that might not be the case).

And I agree re: Kris. It seems like he has a long way to go on his album. OTOH, he has always been a bit quiet (HA, A BIT) about it, whereas Adam…has not.

I also enjoyed the ABC interview with David, Adam, and Kris.

In his time away, Allen has become very friendly with Lambert. Earlier this year, they roomed together on “American Idol.” While on tour, they’ve become more familiar with each other’s hidden talents. While Allen said he has maintained the “weird talent of blowing bubbles out of my mouth,” he’s also discovered his former rival’s quintessential quirk. “It takes [Lambert] longer to do his tour makeup than the show,” Allen joked.

Oh, dear god – these articles just TRY to give more material to the Kradam fanfic, don’t they

Oh and video interview from Baltimore I haven’t seen here before: http://www.cbsradiobaltimore.com/mix_morning_show/

Thanks Truthiness, that’s a good interview too. Seems Baltimore ppl excel in AI interview.

Q3:

And, has there been any word on who is producing Kris’ album?

Are you kidding me? This is Kris we are talking about. LOL If they need a guy to safeguard the code to the nuclear ‘football’, this is your guy.

This guy was in the pic that mj posted a few days ago with Chris D. and Kris in a studio.

http://www.thegrixer.com/mikeelizondo.html

NOOOO!!! I heard that Katy Perry is supposed to guest judge on Idol too. Season 9 sucks before it has even started. =(

NOOOO!!! I heard that Katy Perry is supposed to guest judge on Idol too. Season 9 sucks before it has even started. =(

Wait…Katy Perry? Oooh, I approve. She could have interesting things to say, if she doesn’t go the “everyone’s wonderful” route.

tinawina wrote:

He’ll meet the deadline. All the idols follow the same process’ ¦ they start by writing and listening to songs and they record rough demos of some of them while on tour, occasionally laying down vocal tracks for real at various stops along the way. If the single is chosen and going to be released early they record it while on tour. Aside from that, the bulk of the vocal tracks are laid down in the couple of weeks following the end of the tour in September. The album gets mastered and printed in October, released in November. Rinse, repeat next year.

And yes, most of the time they attempt to record at least 30 or so songs and pick the best 15 or so to make up the main album plus bonus and hidden tracks. That’s why it is so hard for these albums to be anything other than good, as opposed to great.

That process sounds grueling – and exhausting. 30 NEW tracks on demo to pick from? (I don’t know a thing about bonus/hidden tracks either.) What happens if they don’t have 13-15 good ones? Do they then delve into the Idol/cover tracks?

Last I read, Allison hasn’t recorded anything yet. Adam has been more forthcoming (perhaps too much so – his hyperbole/setting expectations concerns me) about his album than Kris has. I have a suspicion that Kris is on track, but he won’t talk much about it. I think he has surprises hidden – that’s his admitted M.O.

I do hope NoBo is a dead issue for him. I hope pulling it from the tour means it won’t be on his album (I don’t think Adam has to include it on his, does he?). I agree with those who say that it was not written for either Kris or Adam. (Given Kara’s reaction during the final 3 elimination, I feel certain it was written for Danny.)

Q3 wrote:

Here’s what the last two winners had on their first albums:

David Cook – 13 to 15 tracks – including 1 American Idol bonus track ‘Time of My Life’ , 1 hidden track, 1 iTunes pre-order bonus track, 1 Japanese/Wal-Mart bonus track.

Jordin – 13 to 16 tracks – including 1 American Idol bonus track ‘This Is My Now’ , 1 digital bonus track, 1 digital/Christian Store bonus track, 1 digital/Wal-Mart bonus track.

And looking at older Idol album it looks like Kris needs about 15 or 16 tracks. He might need to do 25 or more demos to find the right songs for the album. That a lot to accomplish on top of the tour. No wonder he looks so tired!!

Q3 – those “older Idol albums” – is there a ratio of cover to new material – or is it mostly new material? This all sounds so daunting to me – for any of the three with recording contracts and are touring. They have two weeks before October after the tour ends. Do they just record themselves into the ground during that time (they can’t be using demos for the album releases)? Good grief, Gertie…I am tired just thinking about it.

Now I am wondering if Adam, Kris and Allison are letting each other hear their demos or at least the music as they go along – or are they not supposed to do that?

What happens if they don’t have 13-15 good ones? Do they then delve into the Idol/cover tracks?

No. If there aren’t 13-15 good ones, they’ll just have to have filler (bland, unextraordinary) songs on the album. There won’t be more than one or two cover songs at most. This is where they’re supposed to demonstrate that they’re more than “karaoke.”

I must be a poor speller and/or dyslexic too, because I can’t pick out any mispelled words on Adam’s twitter page, other than some text speak here and there.

The LA Times Adam interview, wow. He makes me feel like I haven’t lived at all.

Yes, I thought I lived a pretty cool life so far and Adam had be beat by 22! I can’t wait for the next installment.

Here’s the article about the tweet bio that inspired last night’s Twitter trend #fianllyadam

Adam Lambert is on Twitter, spokesperson confirms

Look at the comments. Here’s one:

Why hasn’t he corrected his ‘Bio Fianlly here to shut down the posers’ 
‘Fianlly’  is spelled ‘Finally’ 

There’s at least one thread on ONTD_AI with a collection of these.

Note: dyslexica is not about being a poor speller – that’s one of many indicators. It is about decoding information differently than most people. Dyslexics more often than not push boundaries and do things their way — sound familiar.

The New York Times is recording that Paula will be replaced, and that Katy Perry will also be a guest judge.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/yes-there-will-be-a-fourth-idol-judge/

Yes, There Will Be a Fourth ‘Idol’ Judge
By Edward Wyatt

LOS ANGELES ‘” The search for the next ‘American Idol’  will also include a search for a new fourth ‘Idol’  judge. Peter Rice, the chairman for entertainment at Fox Broadcasting, told a meeting of the Television Critics Association on Thursday that the popular series will seek to replace Paula Abdul this season with a permanent fourth judge rather than return to a panel of three judges, as the show had before Kara DioGuardi joined the panel last season.

For the audition rounds, which begin this weekend, ‘Idol’  will employ various female pop-music stars as guest judges, Mr. Rice said. Among them will be Victoria Beckham (a k a Posh Spice) and the singer Katy Perry, though Mr. Rice said that he did not expect that either of them would have the time or the inclination to join the show permanently.

Mr. Rice said that he hopes to have the permanent replacement selected by January, when the show begins its ninth season on Fox with taped episodes of the auditions and when the top contestants come to Los Angeles for Hollywood Week.

Mr. Rice said he did not expect that negotiations with Ms. Abdul would be re-started; asked several times how he would react if she called and said she had made a mistake by leaving the show, he said he believed the negotiations were concluded.

Asked what he would be looking for with a new judge, he replied, ‘What we need to find is someone who has great chemistry. It’s really a casting job,’  one that is dependent on interaction with the other judges and the contestants.

‘There are multiple right answers and there are multiple wrong answers’  to who the new judge should be, he added. ‘Our job in next four to five months is to really consider what makes this the most fun and the most entertaining.’ 

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/yes-there-will-be-a-fourth-idol-judge/

Do they just record themselves into the ground during that time?

Yes. Pretty Much.

Now I am wondering if Adam, Kris and Allison are letting each other hear their demos or at least the music as they go along – or are they not supposed to do that?

I’m pretty sure last year’s guys let each other hear songs while on tour. I remember them talking about it.

This is why people keep saying you are lucky if you get 2 or 3 really good singles and the rest is halfway decent filler. If you are lucky, the album will be in the competent to good range.

Not that its is impossible to pull off something great, it is just really really hard and involves quite a bit of luck. I hope a 3 of them mange it this year. I like Kradison a lot.

This sucks! Adam finally gets his Twitter up and running and then someone hacks the whole site!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_tec_twitter_outage

Scan of the new Skechers ad they were giving out yesterday. I do like this one the best out of the three ads he’s done so far but I was getting dizzy yesterday because it was plastered *everywhere*. Not just in JC Penney but all over the mall too.

God, I hope he’s getting paid a lot of moolah for this gig. That photo is cheesier than American Idol! And I hope he gets a haircut before his gig tomorrow because the Locktopuss is out of control.

Uh-oh, bad timing here: Twitter Overwhelmed by Web Attack

Q3: And, has there been any word on who is producing Kris’ album?

Vada: Are you kidding me? This is Kris we are talking about. LOL If they need a guy to safeguard the code to the nuclear ‘football’, this is your guy.

This guy was in the pic that mj posted a few days ago with Chris D. and Kris in a studio.

http://www.thegrixer.com/mikeelizondo.html

Yes, I knew he was in the studio with Mike Elizondo and Chris, but I thought was for a writing session. In an interview Kris said:

‘I know it’s tough to do with the Idol albums. It’s so hectic that it’s hard to get one producer for the whole album, but that would be my preference. The albums that I listen to and really appreciate, they all have that one-producer thing. Every song sounds different, but they still have that something about them that sounds the same.’ 

In a later interview, he said it was down to two producers. Has Kris ever said who is producing his album?

This sucks! Adam finally gets his Twitter up and running and then someone hacks the whole site!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_tec_twitter_outage

First someone hacked Trends last night (at least it’s an online hacker claim) and then they fry them. Twitter has real issues they need to solve — capacity issues, data issues, phone tweets that don’t arrive, the “know issues” list on the Twitter site is pretty amazing. (Of course that’s when you can get to it.)

“In a later interview, he said it was down to two producers. Has Kris ever said who is producing his album?”

I think Kris just doesn’t want to tell the whole world everything about his album before it comes out. Personally, I love the way he is going about things, trying to give us all a wonderful suprise maybe. I think it’s all good, afterall he’s not obliged to do so and keeping things under the radar has worked for him so far.

In a later interview, he said it was down to two producers. Has Kris ever said who is producing his album?

No, but he is doing an MTV interview today, so there is always hope. Actually, no there isn’t much hope. He just seems determined to keep it all a secret. I don’t really visit any fan specific boards though, so I could be out of the loop.

From @jambajim at twitter: (Jim Cantiello)

Of course my vacation overlaps w/ Paula leaving, @KrisAllen4Real coming to MTV for an interview & the NY Idol Tour date. Slaps forehead

From Kris’ Newsday interview:

So how do you feel about the song [co-written by "Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi]?

Um, no comment. I think it’s a really good song.

Um, “no comment” means “no comment,” Kris. Your feelings are clear, stop covering your ass.

More video interviews from the Greensboro time: http://www.wral.com/entertainment/video/5742631/

sites probably being hit more than capacity, might take awhile to load.

I wrote: Do they just record themselves into the ground during that time?

tinawina wrote : Yes. Pretty Much.

That’s a lot of recording in two weeks – not much time for adjustments.

I wrote: Now I am wondering if Adam, Kris and Allison are letting each other hear their demos or at least the music as they go along – or are they not supposed to do that?

tinawina wrote:

I’m pretty sure last year’s guys let each other hear songs while on tour. I remember them talking about it.

There might actually be a practical use for that headphone splitter that Kris got – sans the silliness about “cuddling”. I hope that Kradison are sharing their tracks with each other, bouncing ideas back and forth. It worked for them on the show. I was hoping they wouldn’t be “territorial” about what they are recording.

tinawina wrote:

This is why people keep saying you are lucky if you get 2 or 3 really good singles and the rest is halfway decent filler. If you are lucky, the album will be in the competent to good range.

Not that its is impossible to pull off something great, it is just really really hard and involves quite a bit of luck. I hope all 3 of them manage it this year. I like Kradison a lot.

If there are 2 or 3 really good singles, the competent/good range stuff will grow on me – it always does with an artist that I like – as long as it doesn’t suck. Great would be wonderful, but given the constraints they are working under I really don’t expect it from any of the three.

I am hoping for decent – these three will be the first “new music” albums I have bought in more than a decade. I have a huge music collection (much of it on pristine vinyl), just not much (okay, nothing – lol) that is current. For me to be remotely interested in a new artist is saying something about the artist. To find three at the same time – has never happened in my nearly 50 years of appreciating music.

I think Kradison are (is?) immensely talented – in their own unique ways. I hope their labels/management don’t let them/us down with mediocre material across the board.

I am guessing from the discussion that Kris is still shooting for one producer – or has chosen one and isn’t saying who it is. Adam and Allison haven’t really said who are producing their albums either, but they will probably have more than one producer?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt1cQrrVteI&feature=player_embedded
Adam mix 106.5 interview from yesterday

That’s a lot of recording in two weeks – not much time for adjustments.

I don’t know about Kris or Allison’s recording schedule, but Adam said he was scheduled to 3 weeks in the studio when the tour was over. A little better than cramming into 2 weeks.

GeminiDolly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt1cQrrVteI&feature=player_embedded
Adam mix 106.5 interview from yesterday

Thanks for posting this link!!! Another great Adam interview from Baltimore.

How can he do back-to-back interviews and keep coming up with new stuff?

I thought he comments on Paula were really touching.

So he kept the whips as souveniers!!

And another Lord Gaga reference.

As a DC fan, I was happy with the ABC interview with the three guys, especially some of the DC parts:

Cook, who has had a year to find his footing in the spotlight, said he hasn’t become caught up in trappings of fame. “In one sense, everything has changed. But in truth, it’s all the peripherals. You get recognized more, for sure, but I don’t really feel any different.”

Just ask Lambert, who said, “David is very talented, intelligent and down to earth.”

Beyond embarking on another record and continuing to perform live, Cook takes a live and let live attitude toward his next steps. “The five year plan I’ve implemented involves being happy, making good records and playing good shows,” he said. I figure whatever is supposed to happen will inevitably happen, regardless of what I do.”

Today, Cook’s satisfaction stems from being able to identify himself as a musician. “Any time some sort of application for something comes in front of me, and it asks what my occupation is, I can write in ‘musician,’ and not ‘bartender’ or ‘painter’ or ‘mascot for a restaurant. ‘” The worst part of his new line of work? “The mascot job paid pretty well,” he said jokingly.

Can’t wait for tomorrow’s show … I’m curious to know what David Cook will sing.

Allison’s interview with the same sport reporter from Baltimore.

The guy knows way more about AI than other entertainment journalists. He seems to really like Allison and makes the connection between the purple hair and the Baltimore Ravens (NFL franchise for those who know 0 about sport).

1019liteFM has interviews of the triple A’s.

Did you hear that ladies, Adam wants jockstraps on that stage. LOL.

I’m pretty sure it will be CBTM for DC tomorrow. No point debuting a new single on TV if there’s no coordinate radio add date, which there isn’t.

Found a new article about the Shechers promo from Ad Age.

Nice to hear the Skechers people are happy with him:

Rick Graham, senior VP-sales, said the company is in discussions to continue its relationship with the singer. “You couldn’t ask for anyone better as a celebrity endorser,” Graham said. “He’s done a lot for our men’s business. Our demo has gotten younger. We’ve always had a young demo, but he brought some hipness to it, some cool to it.”

But in light of the above, this cracked me up:

Yet when Cook and his coterie of handlers arrived — fashionably late — he sported well-worn cowboy boots.
The Skecher-less Cook appeared to take the chaos in stride, left-handedly autographing CDs for adoring fans…

I mean, I don’t think DC has ever worn Shechers outside of those print ads. He’s like the worst celebrity endorser ever, haha.

New article on David Cook: http://adage.com/adages/post?article_id=138330

Well you beat me to it smallie. Same article as smallie but I will leave the link.

I am still curious if winner/runner up albums from other seasons included much cover material (from the show or otherwise)? Is there any kind of a ratio of previously performed music to new music (or a trend) on the first releases? I don’t remember enough of what they did on the show to even compare it to the tracks on their debut albums.

I could, perhaps, see Allison having more covers than the two boys. I don’t think covers are necessarily bad for new artists – some familiar music can help sell albums and even be hits as singles.

The albums have almost been entirely new material with very few covers.
Here’s links to info for some of the major Idols first albums:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cook_(album)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Archuleta_(album)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordin_Sparks_(album)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Hicks_(album)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Hearts (Carrie)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Yourself (Fantasia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soulful_(Ruben_Studdard_album)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_of_a_Man_(Clay_Aiken_album)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thankful_(Kelly_Clarkson_album)

Did you hear that ladies, Adam wants jockstraps on that stage. LOL.

Oh no….someone might shoot his eye out with one of those things! :laugh_tb:

That’s a lot of recording in two weeks – not much time for adjustments.

I don’t know about Kris or Allison’s recording schedule, but Adam said he was scheduled to 3 weeks in the studio when the tour was over. A little better than cramming into 2 weeks.

When I said a couple of weeks I didn’t mean it in a hard and fast kinda way. I should have said a few weeks? Or maybe less than a month? Anyway, the norm is they get a few songs done during the tour – potential lead singles and whatever else they can squeeze in – and the rest gets recorded in a frenzy in the weeks immediately following the tour. Hopefully they’ve had time to learn all the words and play around with it before then. But they have to be done probably about a month or so before the release date (maybe longer) so there is time to master, manufacture and ship CDs. Not much time to think about what’s happening.

If there are 2 or 3 really good singles, the competent/good range stuff will grow on me – it always does with an artist that I like – as long as it doesn’t suck.

Yeah, I think that happens to everybody. :happy_tb: They just need to give us a reason to stick around for the next album. Keep hope alive!

small, thanks for the skecher excerpts. LOL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt1cQrrVteI&feature=player_embedded
Adam mix 106.5 interview from yesterday

I have yet to see a bad Adam interview. I swear he and David Cook give the best interviews of anyone who has ever come off of idol.

ETA: ***Did you hear that ladies, Adam wants jockstraps on that stage. LOL.****

Please don’t, I think he was kidding.

I just found these tweets (read from bottom to top):

I just met adam lambert from american idol! He’s tall! Maybe its the hair.
about 1 hour ago from Tweed

Have met up with @michaelurie at the Out 100 photo shoot. So fun!
about 2 hours ago from Tweed

In a new york city cab on my way to see @michaelurie! Feels so good to be here!
about 2 hours ago from Tweed

So Apparently Adam was at a photoshoot in NY today. Ain’t twitter a wonderful thang.

LOL. Okay, okay, cancel jockstraps, cancel jockstraps!!!!!!

I would love to see the reaction if any, some or all of these are throw on stage.

**Warning, not for children**

http://www.teddygirl.com/novpoucun.html

ETA: OMFG! They have an “Adam’s Leaf” g-string Too, too funy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt1cQrrVteI&feature=player_embedded
Adam mix 106.5 interview from yesterday

God, he is cute in that! Just the distraction that my horrific day needed. Every time I watch or listen to one of his interviews at work I have to manually wipe the cheesy grin off my face for fear someone will walk by and think, “What the hell is going on with you?” I cannot help but smile when I listen to/watch him.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, what is it about those hats that make his lips look so amazing?

Oooh. Thanks for the link to the Ad Age article, smallie. I love that Skechers is so happy with David as an endorser.

I think he should endorse Guess next. At least he wears a lot of their clothes.

I mean, I don’t think DC has ever worn Shechers outside of those print ads. He’s like the worst celebrity endorser ever, haha.

Well, to be fair, Skechers’ selection of boot styles in size 13s (on skechers.com) had pretty slim pickings. LOL

small, thanks for the skecher excerpts.

No problem. Heh, thanks for my new nickname .

DC’s usually quite good about toeing the company line, which is why I find his staunch refusal to wear Skechers so hilarious. Did you notice the header on the browser? It says, “Skechers Spokesman David Cook in Cowboy Boots”. Too funny. I just hope it doesn’t hurt contract renegotiations, or future sponsorship prospects, cuz I have friends in advertising and lots of industry folks read Ad Age. Oh well, apparently, DC’s not too concerned that not wearing the shoes could lose him the contract, and I kinda love him for it.

I think DC should do an endorsement for a jeans company. We all know that guy looks hot in a pair of jeans. LOL!!

The albums have almost been entirely new material with very few covers.

I think that the new idols have to establish their brand. They have to establish their identity with the first album. So doing covers is not something that they should do if they are trying to establish who they are. They sing other people’s songs during Idol and they would be wise not to have their identity tied to closely to only doing covers IMO. That being said the timeline for the new albums is incredibly tight. Last year there were three albums released by the end of the year. David Cook and David Archuleta’s were successful, Kristy Lee Cook’s not so much. We will see what happens.

Check out the biggest Megan Joy fan in the universe. About 2:20 in the video. Some fans are really creative.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6GpI70NoOM

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, what is it about those hats that make his lips look so amazing?

My theory and I believe it’s true, is that his lips are plumpy and those hats add shade to them and make them more standout and sexy.

In a later interview, he said it was down to two producers. Has Kris ever said who is producing his album?

That interview you mentioned was with Brian Mansfield right before the tour started. There has not been any sort of public announcement. But I would be very surprised if he had not chosen a producer yet.

It also does not appear that Mike Elizondo has any previous connection to Daughtry. Of course it is never safe to assume but I am really hoping that Elizondo was there because he’s Kris’s producer.

He’s worked with a really eclectic group of artists and I think he would be a good fit for Kris.

How sad ‘“  all you children of the ’80s ‘“ John Hughes died.

I’m pretty sure last year’s guys let each other hear songs while on tour. I remember them talking about it.

This is why people keep saying you are lucky if you get 2 or 3 really good singles and the rest is halfway decent filler. If you are lucky, the album will be in the competent to good range.

Well I hope that Kradison are sharing songs and ideas as well. They seemed to do it during the season, so no reason why it wouldn’t continue later on. And it can be good to have the ears of someone else listen to your stuff, especialy if it’s by someone whose taste abilities you trust. So I think Kris and Adam, despite making very different music, would be great resources for each other there.

And yeah also totally agree about the schedule of the AI record and why most of them have been pretty crappy. Which is why Adam should take a queue from Kris here and not let the ensthusiastic puppy part of him out when describing his album, and go with his strategic self. Keep it more like Kris with his ‘I think it’s going well. I hope it is,’ kind of stance. And it’s also why I think some Adam fans need to dial back their expectations. Because it’s highly unlikely that the record will be anything better than just good. In fact it’ll be lucky to be good. And yeah, good for me will be 2-3 good tracks as well, and some others that can grow on me.

How sad ‘“ all you children of the ’80s ‘“ John Hughes died.

I know . The Breakfast Club is still one of my all time favourite movies.
RIP.

I just met adam lambert from american idol! He’s tall! Maybe its the hair.
about 1 hour ago from Tweed

Have met up with @michaelurie at the Out 100 photo shoot. So fun!
about 2 hours ago from Tweed

That looks like Adam in in the Out 100. In the December issue. Here’s a link to a story about the issue. No mention of Adam, but they only reveal 5 of the 100 as a teaser.

http://out.com/detail.asp?id=14727

It’s Out mags. annual list of the year’s most interesting, influential, and newsworthy LGBT people.

Information has come out from someone who was in line at the Nokia for David Cook’s concert tonight (who was also at R & K today), that the song he taped at R & K to be aired tomorrow morning was “Come Back To Me”. There is still no word on what he will be singing at the concert in the park.

It’s Out mags. annual list of the year’s most interesting, influential, and newsworthy LGBT people.

Good for Adam. It’s no mean feat to be included in such a list at this stage of his career. The issue will also coincide with his album release, so it will give him added press, but I wonder what effect, if any, it will have on sales?

Sunn: the StewieB tweets look real.

StewieB: Watching the guys from @temperamentals during their photo shoot.

Makes sense that the actors in The Temperamentals (Thomas Jay Ryan and Michael Urie) would also make the list.

StewieB AKA Stuart Boslow is a TV Producer at Dallas Channel 11 KTVT CBS affiliate. He has won awards for his documentries and is gay. Actively involved in many health issues.

extrajoe: Just finished the Adam lambert interview. He answered some Of Your questions. Watch extra tomorrow and the coming weeks for the answers.

Well being from right outside of baltimore makes me proud.Great interviews from the press here for the most part.Hell even a fan interview walking down the line not just finding adam fans.Who knew the worlds biggest megan joy fan would be here in baltimore.I hope allison could see the ravens stadium you see all the purple seats.I think even Michael Slezak would like most of the interviews here.I even foumd a new souce for my ravens news WNTS.NET.

I even foumd a new souce for my ravens news WNTS.NET.

I agree, Baltimore gave us some of the best post-Idol interviews. And the guy from WNTS.NET was the best!

extrajoe: Just finished the Adam lambert interview. He answered some Of Your questions. Watch extra tomorrow and the coming weeks for the answers.

Hopefully, someone will post the Extra videos, because I am not going to watch Extra for weeks hoping to see Adam.

Adam seems to be doing press and a photoshoot today. I wonder why he didn’t do The View? Surely Sherri could have revealed he bathing suit body on another show.

The View – Thursday, August 6, 2009
Regis Philbin from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and Live with Regis & Kelly joins. Plus, it’s time — Sherri is revealing her bathing suit body LIVE!

Lots more Baltimore interviews of Anoop, Allison, Michale, and Scott that probably haven’t been seen. Man, Baltimore was ON it in terms of getting videos of the idols and putting them up. Well done Charm City.

Homepages where they can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/1019LiteFM

and here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/jojoreagan#play/uploads

Adam seems to be doing press and a photoshoot today. I wonder why he didn’t do The View? Surely Sherri could have revealed he bathing suit body on another show.

No kidding, who in the hell wouldn’t have volunteered to put THAT off another day for the chance to meet Adam Lambert? *raises hand*

Not holding out much hope, but set the DVR just in case.

Did you hear that ladies, Adam wants jockstraps on that stage. LOL.

Sometimes I wish that non-existent filter would materialize and he would not say these things. The next concert is going to be a blizzard of underwear and sex toys.

The issue will also coincide with his album release, so it will give him added press, but I wonder what effect, if any, it will have on sales?

I dont’t expect any impact on sales. I would think that most people would expect him to be on the list. Further, most people are not aware that such a list even exists. I guess I should just speak for myself, but I just became aware of this list this year because I was searching for stuff about Adam. I think because of Adam, people are going to become aware of other people on the list that they were not expecting.

Sometimes I wish that non-existent filter would materialize and he would not say these things. The next concert is going to be a blizzard of underwear and sex toys.

Yeah, sometimes his lack of filter can get him into trouble. On the other hand, I like his lack of filter in other things. Eh, sometimes one takes the good with the bad. I don’t find his lack of filter worse than the enjoyment I get from his being pretty honest, so I guess I’m okay with it.

But someone other than me will have to break it to clearone.

Further, most people are not aware that such a list even exists

I don’t doubt it. But the list and the mag will be highlighted during the press interviews for his album. Reporters will ask him about the issue and his feelings about making such a prestigious LGBT list. And as a result, people who were not aware will become aware.

I can’t decide if that’s a good or bad thing in terms of sales. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see.

Ultimately, I think/hope that if the music is good enough, and is marketed well enough, it will sell regardless of how people feel about Adam’s sexuality.

But someone other than me will have to break it to clearone.

And someone braver than me. Adam is adorable, I’ll take the good with the bad.

But someone other than me will have to break it to clearone.

LMAO!!

Oh, heck. I’m not from the states and have at best a REALLY vague idea of where Baltimore is. But, wow, Baltimore has the best sports caster ever. And great videos from the fans. WHERE is Baltimore?????

Sometimes I wish that non-existent filter would materialize and he would not say these things. The next concert is going to be a blizzard of underwear and sex toys.

I may be in the minority, but I think Adam’s got about the best filter I’ve ever seen on such a newly hatched celebrity. He gives the illusion of being totally open while controlling pretty precisely what’s revealed. It’s utterly charming.

Hoping for no blizzard, but I’ve been saying all along that jockstraps would make a much better projectile, if one must go that route. Infinitely more entertaining than the oh-so-tired and 50 years ago bra thing.

birchtree
Aug 6th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Oh, heck. I’m not from the states and have at best a REALLY vague idea of where Baltimore is. But, wow, Baltimore has the best sports caster ever. And great videos from the fans. WHERE is Baltimore?????

It goes from DC about less then hour drive to baltimore about hour and half to
Philadelphia then hour half to N.Y. CITY.Hope that helps and it starts DC south NY farest north all east coast.

WHERE is Baltimore?????

Baltimore, Maryland:

http://maps.google.com/maps?rls=ig&hl=en&tab=wl

Google maps can be your friend.

Sunn wrote:

Ultimately, I think/hope that if the music is good enough, and is marketed well enough, it will sell regardless of how people feel about Adam’s sexuality.

^^^ This, for sure.

Really, anyone who knows who he is at all, knows he’s gay by now – it’s a non-story. I would be surprised if “Out” magazine plays much of a role in any of the press he does for his album. It’s not a mainstream publication.

Funny tweet – how could anyone confuse the two?

saw david cook at nyc in jcpenny sketchers autograph signing & someone called him adam lambert

I dont’t expect any impact on sales. I would think that most people would expect him to be on the list. Further, most people are not aware that such a list even exists. I guess I should just speak for myself, but I just became aware of this list this year because I was searching for stuff about Adam. I think because of Adam, people are going to become aware of other people on the list that they were not expecting.

It actually might help record sales. Out Magazine is the largest circulation Gay Magazine in the US. Subcribers are young, mostly 18 to 34, college educated and affluent. They have a propensity to buy music. 5,000 records here, 10,000 records there, the next you you know you have a hit.

And the list is actually pretty well known, and along with the Awards Show, gets a fair amount of press coverage.

BCU79
Aug 6th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
In a later interview, he said it was down to two producers. Has Kris ever said who is producing his album?

That interview you mentioned was with Brian Mansfield right before the tour started. There has not been any sort of public announcement. But I would be very surprised if he had not chosen a producer yet.

It also does not appear that Mike Elizondo has any previous connection to Daughtry. Of course it is never safe to assume but I am really hoping that Elizondo was there because he’s Kris’s producer.

He’s worked with a really eclectic group of artists and I think he would be a good fit for Kris.

Mike Elizondo is listed as first writer on some songs that may be used on Carrie Underwood’s upcoming album.
http://mjsbigblog.com/?p=7837&cp=1

That video about the fans in Baltimore pretty much sums up the AI audience: lots and lots of women:)
Funny that the only men in the video is the biggest Megan Joy fan in the world lol.

Valentin432 Aug 6th, 2009 at 7:39 pm

That video about the fans in Baltimore pretty much sums up the AI audience: lots and lots of women:)
Funny that the only men in the video is the biggest Megan Joy fan in the world lol.

Not at the L.A. concert is was about 50/50 in my estimate and I had a good look at the crowd both standing in line to get into Staples Center and from where I was seated right above the floor.

LisaE Aug 6th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Adam is smart, very articulate and has great communication skills but can’t spell and transposes letters (‘ fianlly’ ) he’s an academic underachiever who was bored in school comments from his former teachers and folks at MET. I’m starting to think Adam is dyslexic.
That’s a HUGE leap. Adam said in the first part of the interview that he was a B student. That doesn’t remotely qualify as a bad student. I also don’t think you can criticize him based on what he wrote on a Twitter page. That entire universe is misspelled and every single Idol has done it multiple times.

I agree with you. Adam didn’t want to do his homework and didn’t study for test and he still got B? Some students have to do a lot of work to be able to get B, it mean he’s a very smart and intelligent person. (well.. you can tell that from every interview). He just doesn’t like being tied up in school/academic, typical artist that’s more interested in creative works. Well he said he’s creative early on and he also said he has a lot of energy and hyper when he’s young (probably still is now :biggrin_wp:). I think he is a bit of ADD/HDD, couldn’t concentrate on things that don’t interest him. Just like Michael Phelps with swimming, Adam with arts, theater, singing and performing. They’re both smart and intelligent young men that excel in the area they really love.

WHERE is Baltimore?????

Baltimore, Maryland:

http://maps.google.com/maps?rls=ig&hl=en&tab=wl

Thanks for that. A while ago I visited NYC so it has been, since, my touch stone for everything american. Nice to see where Baltimore is in relationship to NYC. It must be a great city.

The idols next three shows are in New Jersey. Did you know there is a city in New Jersey named Lambertville? — Just a little trivia.

lol BestAI, I appreciate your trivia Maybe it will bring him luck.

I just got an email from AdamOfficial.com and it says Adam will perform Starlight at the GMA concert in the morning!!! :jittery_tb: :clap_tb:

I just got an email from AdamOffician.com and it says Adam will perform Starlight at the GMA concert in the morning!!!

I was about to post it. Adamland, you beat me on that. woohoo….

DId it say if it was for the live tv portion of the program?

I hope Kris does Bright Lights.

Valentin432 Aug 6th, 2009 at 9:06 pm

DId it say if it was for the live tv portion of the program?

No, just to turn in to see him perform Starlight.

I just saw a tour photo of the group and Adam was wearing shorts and socks and Anoop wearing shorts and barefoot. W/o his boots, Adam and Anoop looked like they were about the same height (usually Adam looks taller). Just found it interesting they were sans shoes.

I just saw a tour photo of the group and Adam was wearing shorts and socks and Anoop wearing shorts and barefoot.

Where?

I don’t know if this will turn out. I believe they were in Memphis.

http://www.adamofficial.com/official-photos/489758

I don’t know if this will turn out. I believe they were in Memphis.

http://www.adamofficial.com/official-photos/489758

Thank you

I don’t know if this will turn out. I believe they were in Memphis.

http://www.adamofficial.com/official-photos/489758

Thank you

OMG. He is wearing socks. Thank god they weren’t black and that he wasn’t wearing shoes.

Here is a great pic of Adam a few years back, long hair, NO makeup. Shows his beautiful eye color!

http://i28.tinypic.com/2ln7ja0.jpg

Here is a great pic of Adam a few years back, long hair, NO makeup. Shows his beautiful eye color!

http://i28.tinypic.com/2ln7ja0.jpg

Ok. I am going fangirly on this one. Look at those lips.

The idols next three shows are in New Jersey. Did you know there is a city in New Jersey named Lambertville? ‘” Just a little trivia.

Love it.

A couple of Twitter FYI’s for David Cook fans.

Stevie Van Zant is at the Nokia concert, at a reserved table; and Brian Mansfield (of Idol Chatter) is also there. Hopefully, we’ll get a review from him!

Idol Height: Anoop is 6’2″, most references say Adam is 6’1″, a few 6’2″.

I’m weighing in a little late on this topic (work got in the way!), but I don’t think Adam is dyslexic. In one of her interviews, his mom mentioned that when Adam was little he liked books and music, and he started reading at a young age. If Adam is dyslexic, this probably would not have been the case, because his mastery of reading would have been somewhat delayed. My nephew is dyslexic, and, even with special classes, it took him longer than other kids to fully master reading.

Adam was probably just an intelligent kid who was bored in school. It sounds like he was more interested in the arts than in “mundane” classes like math and science, and his grades reflected that.

Re: twitter typos, maybe Adam is just a lousy typist!

How do you download the YouTube videos to your computer or iPhone? Is is possible? (Don’t know where else to ask this….sorry if it doesn’t belong here.

LindaT, you are right. I do remember Adam’s mother saying he loved all sorts of books at a young age. When he was so energetic, she brought him to the doctor for testing. Even tho Adam says he is hyperactive, his mom said the doctor concluded Adam was just precocious.

Here is a great pic of Adam a few years back, long hair, NO makeup. Shows his beautiful eye color!

http://i28.tinypic.com/2ln7ja0.jpg

Ok. I am going fangirly on this one. Look at those lips.

The lips, the eyes, THUD! Way too skinny though, I like him the way he is now.

I just got an email from AdamOfficial.com and it says Adam will perform Starlight at the GMA concert in the morning!!!

I hope thats the song that will be aired. Im kinda fed up with Mad World.

Here is a great pic of Adam a few years back, long hair, NO makeup. Shows his beautiful eye color!

http://i28.tinypic.com/2ln7ja0.jpg

Not a fan of anorexic Adam, but definitely a fan of the natural look. Hes pretty stripped down.

Robbed from Adamofficial

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/418/6ji0c.jpg

For anyone who has not walked time square at nite.Aron spears the drummer took a video.

http://img256.yfrog.com/i/35z.mp4/

The LA Times Ultimate Interview, the SDNN profiles and Leila Lambert’s interviews really indicate that Adam was notable in some way when he was a young child and in school.

LindaT, you are right. I do remember Adam’s mother saying he loved all sorts of books at a young age. When he was so energetic, she brought him to the doctor for testing. Even tho Adam says he is hyperactive, his mom said the doctor concluded Adam was just precocious.

I can’t find any reference to Adam reading at an early age, just to him being able to recite from memory and do character voices before he could read. Adam I think this is from the Leila Lambert interview regarding Adam and books:

May 24, 2009

ml: At what age did you know there was something special or unique about your son? When did you discover his talent?

Leila: I would say as early as 3 years old, when I realized Adam could recite books verbatim and could make character voices even before he could read. He loved Halloween and taking on different characters.

And it doesn’t sound like he was ever tested for ADD/ADHD. Here the North Coast Times Leila Lambert interview Q&A:

Q: Going back to his childhood, Adam said in an interview that when he was growing up in Rancho Penasquitos that he was a ‘hyper kid’  who got into musical theater to channel his energy.

Leila: No, he wasn’t hyperactive, but during a checkup when he was little, I did ask his doctor about Adam’s behavior because he was just nonstop. The doctor said ‘No, he’s not hyper, he’s precocious. He’s just very aware of everything around him.’ 

Because I’m really really bored ight now:

Lambertville, NJ
Lambertville, MI
Lamberton, MN

Allentown, PA (famed for the Billy Joel song about it, of course)
Allenville, MO (pop. 104)
Allenville, IL
Allenville, WI

Q3, it was on the show that Adam’s mother talked about it. It might be the one when his dad said, “Sports not so much.”

Here is a great pic of Adam a few years back, long hair, NO makeup. Shows his beautiful eye color!

http://i28.tinypic.com/2ln7ja0.jpg

I think this and the one below were taken at the same period of Adam’s life. Wonder when it was. He was too skinny then.

http://i25.tinypic.com/iz9sty.jpg

I saw this account of the Washington DC afterparty posted by someone called singingfreak525 over on ontd_ai.

(Just another story about what a tease Kris is…oh me….)

I WAS BACKSTAGE IN DC AND WE ASKED MATT AND KRIS FOR A PIC TOGETHER SINCE WE WERE LIKE THE LAST ONES THERE, AND KRIS REACHED OVER AND UNBUTTONED MATTS SHIRT A LITTLE BEFORE THE PIC. ALSO WHEN MATT WANTED TO CALL KRIS OVER, HE YELLED “KRATT!!” MULTIPLE TIMES.

As I say, I really really bored. I’m exhausted, but it’s too early to go to bed (8:10 pm right now), I’ll just wake up in the middle of the night and won’t be able to get back to sleep…which wouldn’t be good, since I gotta get up at 5 am to go to wok.

Anyway, you know how Jive set up that phone # where you can call & leave a message for Kris? Well, some of the voice mail messages have been posted on his official site so anyone can listen t them. This was posted I guess after the person saw the Kradam bubbletweet (it’s a rap)…

KRIS ALLEN, YOU’RE THE WINNER, THAT DOPE IS FLY
I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU BEAT THAT ADAM LAMBERT GUY
THE TWO OF YOU ARE SEXY, THAT’S THE TRUTH
GET BACK, PLAYAH HATAH, SEEKING PROOF ON THE ROOF
IT’S A SEASONAL BROMANCE WITH MANNY AND KRATT
BUT THOSE GUYS ARE POSERS, WE ALL KNOW THAT
BECAUSE THE ONLY REAL PAIRING IS KRADAM FOR THE WIN
AND I LIKED LAST NIGHT’S BUBBLE TWEET, BECAUSE YOU TWO SEXY MEN

LOL — not bad, not bad.

Here’s a few more named for the dynamic duo:

Allen, TX
Allen Arena – Lipscomb University – Nashville, Tennessee
Port Allen Airport (PAK) ‘” Hawaii
Allen Forte musical “set theory”

Lambert St Louis International Airport
Lambert Castle, Paterson, NJ
Lambert the Sheepish Lion – a Disney animated short film released in 1951.

And my favorite:
Allen Lambert, LCSW Psychotherapist allenlambert.com

Wow, slow night, eh?
But I’m loving the resourcefulness. Never knew there were so many cities with Lambert and Allen in them.
And that poem — priceless.

Good night. Going to eat my boudain and go to bed. Hopefully, I want have to deal with heartburn. I’ll hear from you all during and after the GMA concert.

Hi, BestAI and Q3. I just remembered the video reference to Adam liking books at a young age was in the introduction to Adam’s Top 8 performance of “Mad World”. It’s the same video in which Adam’s dad says “sports, not so much”. MJ has it posted in the “Top 13″ tab.

(I can’t believe that I know this — I guess I watched that video way too much!)

Anyway, you know how Jive set up that phone # where you can call & leave a message for Kris? Well, some of the voice mail messages have been posted on his official site so anyone can listen t them.

Bet he’s gotten a ton of messages!

Q3, it was on the show that Adam’s mother talked about it. It might be the one when his dad said, ‘Sports not so much.’ 

In that Idol video Leila said he liked books, but she didn’t mention reading.

Well all I know is Adam must have been “a handful” when he was young so I’m really glad he ended up with such a patient and sensible mom. And a trusting dad — he actually that let Adam touch the vinyl albums. My son is 19 and I don’t think he could get near his dad’s vinyl collection!!

Here is a pic of Criss Judd (JoLo’s 2nd ex-hubby) kissing Adam’s cheek – note blonde hair. ( got this from TWoP)

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/7079/33cn2p3.jpg

Lady Gaga on Ryan’s Radio show. Brief mention of Adam around

Lady Gaga Receives 9 VMA Noms; Explains Bizarre Kermit Coat

Ryan asks her if she’s heard anything about Adam’s album since he working with her producer, RedOne, and she repies, “I have and I will say nothing.”

The bizzarre Kermit Coat is something else.

Adam seems to be doing press and a photoshoot today. I wonder why he didn’t do The View? Surely Sherri could have revealed he bathing suit body on another show.

I’m just catching up on all the days chatting. And here’s my thoughts for why he isn’t on The View:

It’s been quite some time since the interviewers drove us crazy asking about Adam’s “sexuality” (I hate that term!) and his crush on Kris. My guess is that his management and Idol finally told interviewers they could not ask about either of these two things anymore. And, from what I know of the view, my guess is that’s all they wanted to talk about.

jms Aug 6th, 2009 at 11:47 pm

Adam seems to be doing press and a photoshoot today. I wonder why he didn’t do The View? Surely Sherri could have revealed he bathing suit body on another show.

I’m just catching up on all the days chatting. And here’s my thoughts for why he isn’t on The View:

It’s been quite some time since the interviewers drove us crazy asking about Adam’s ‘sexuality’  (I hate that term!) and his crush on Kris. My guess is that his management and Idol finally told interviewers they could not ask about either of these two things anymore. And, from what I know of the view, my guess is that’s all they wanted to talk about.

If that is remotely the reason why Adam didn’t appear on The View then I am so effing happy. Those harpies drive me crazy just on the commercials for that stupid show. I was really dreading that interview and to a lesser degree the one that was supposed to be with Kathi Griffith on Larry King Live. She can talk about all her gay friends and Clay Gayken all she wants, just leave Adam out of it. He’s a singer leave her gay jokes to the ones who pander to her brand of jokes.

Ryan asks her if she’s heard anything about Adam’s album since he working with her producer, RedOne, and she repies, ‘I have and I will say nothing.’ 

I really, really hope Adam gets to do a duet with Lady Gaga. It would be the perfect way to introduce him to his target demographic, and I personally think the video would end up gorgeous. Also, Adam fanboys her so hard that I think it would make him really happy if it turned out well.

And yup, that Kermit Coat is really something.

ETA: I hate Perez Hilton so much. What does she see in him?

There was an Extra interview with Danny yesterday. They used Adam for the headline but it’s only a small part of the interview, at the beginning.

Danny Gokey: I Accept Adam Lambert For Who He Is (August 5, 2009)

Adam is on Exrta tomorrow.

According to a report on AO – Adam was on TMZ tonight.
“They asked him about paula and he didn’t really say much but hey he was on there! they also got lil and megan”

Hi, BestAI and Q3. I just remembered the video reference to Adam liking books at a young age was in the introduction to Adam’s Top 8 performance of ‘Mad World’ . It’s the same video in which Adam’s dad says ‘sports, not so much’ . MJ has it posted in the ‘Top 13′ ³ tab.

(I can’t believe that I know this ‘” I guess I watched that video way too much!)

I must admit I have a download of that one. It’s when the did the Year of Birth profiles. They used part of Adam’s and Kris’ in the Final videos too. The producers seemed to really like the part about Adam screaming since it aired twice.

Here’s an interesting quote, see if the text in bold sounds familiar,

“I had no problem with people knowing I was bisexual. But I had no inclination to hold any banners or be a representative of any group of people. I knew what I wanted to be, which was a songwriter and a performer, and I felt that [bisexuality] became my headline over here for so long. America is a very puritanical place, and I think it stood in the way of so much I wanted to do”

SparklesATL Aug 7th, 2009 at 12:23 am

Here’s an interesting quote, see if the text in bold sounds familiar,

‘I had no problem with people knowing I was bisexual. But I had no inclination to hold any banners or be a representative of any group of people. I knew what I wanted to be, which was a songwriter and a performer, and I felt that [bisexuality] became my headline over here for so long. America is a very puritanical place, and I think it stood in the way of so much I wanted to do’ 

David Bowie! I have always liked him and I can understand why Adam does, too.

And here I was feeling like a geek when I went to a friend’s house for dinner the other night (missed the Baltimore concert) because she lived off Lambert St. and her son’s name is Adam. I thought, “Hee!” (Her son is adorable and precocious too!).

My thoughts on Adam’s learning issues (if any) which I doubt: My brother was (passed away) off-the-charts ADHD; Adam is not. I’ve done extensive research and even shot documentaries on the subject.

I knew the second he used that term in Year of Birth week it was an exaggeration. There is no way he is ADHD and I doubt he’s dyslexic (though that’s a more plausible theory). I, for one, think he has other things to do than check for typos (and I’m an editor, so that stuff drives me crazy, but I also know, it happens to the best of us). Yes, his peeps (if they had a brain) could have fixed the mistake in a keystroke. I don’t know what they were thinking. Still don’t.

Even Adam was mildly ADHD as a child, it did not transfer to adulthood (as chemical changes in adolescence take place, these things often stabilize). Adult ADHDs generally have little or no COMMON SENSE. They don’t have that “playback” feature in their brain that prevents them from learning cause-and-effect rationale, meaning they make the same mistakes over and over again. Also, it’s hard-wired in them to push people’s buttons (and NOT in a good way).

I am in media and watch Adam’s interviews with a scrutiny like I’ve never had before (because I adore him, I hang on every word, every gesture). With anyone else, I think, “Okay, get to the point ..” Even people like Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt and George Clooney, (who i have MAD respect for and adore), don’t inspire me to examine interviews as I do Adam’s. And he is all but flawless. He is uncanny. I swear, Palin’s people should have brought him in to train her.

He defines savvy. And from the Baltimore interview, he says it’s organic? Man, that boy is unreal.

DAvid A performed Desperate for the first time tonight
Its a stripped down version with him just at the piano:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46_DjybhGYY

and He also sang I’ll Be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNxE8wlnuM8

adamland

I love Bowie too. Adam said almost exactly the same thing when asked about why he waited until after AI was over before he “came out.”

He really knows his Bowie history doesn’t he? What Bowie said is so true, I’m glad Adam adopted that attitude.

Susan M, you’re probably long gone. Is the term ADHD even used much anymore? I’m thinking they’ve simply reduced it to ADD. (Or is the other way around? I’m sorry about your brother, BTW.)

I know some about dyslexia. I tutor students with dyslexia and have it myself. I’m extremely careful to try to check spelling, but many times do not catch it. I’ve noticed it even affects my sentence structure. The severity of dyslexia can be great or small. I could imagine Adam having dyslexia with a high verbal IQ. His parents encouraged him in the things he has/had strengths in (from what I can tell) and this is a key to overcoming dyslexia. Not curing, overcoming. I have been finding more and more that people with dyslexia tend to think outside the box. Sound like anyone we know?

Many with dyslexia have gone on to be very successful in life (doctors, award winning authors/playwrights, etc.), but the key always seems to be, having an advocate (mostly an adult when you’re young) to come along side and encourage you in spite of your struggles. From what I have read of Adam’s mom, she did this.

DAvid A performed Desperate for the first time tonight
Its a stripped down version with him just at the piano:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46_DjybhGYY

and He also sang I’ll Be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNxE8wlnuM8

@DavidArchie: Tonight I sang Desperate for the first time. I think I have finally performed every song off of the album live!

Wow, just wow! “Desperate” was amazing! He sang it with such sincere feeling. You could feel it in your bones. It was a very potent rendition. “I’ll Be” was equally powerful and heartfelt. David never seizes to amaze.

^^^^ :eek_wp:

Archie’s awesome. Finally sang Desperate, what took him so long?

Different vantage point…

Desperate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp7Sp4zaB1E

i’ll Be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCs2yVk6SQw

Archie’s awesome. Finally sang Desperate, what took him so long?

He told someone in VIP a few weeks ago that he thought it was too big of a song for the current band setup, so he was playing around with a stripped down acoustic version.

cookcricket Aug 7th, 2009 at 2:02 am

Susan M, you’re probably long gone. Is the term ADHD even used much anymore? I’m thinking they’ve simply reduced it to ADD. (Or is the other way around? I’m sorry about your brother, BTW.)

I know some about dyslexia. I tutor students with dyslexia and have it myself. I’m extremely careful to try to check spelling, but many times do not catch it. I’ve noticed it even affects my sentence structure. The severity of dyslexia can be great or small. I could imagine Adam having dyslexia with a high verbal IQ. His parents encouraged him in the things he has/had strengths in (from what I can tell) and this is a key to overcoming dyslexia. Not curing, overcoming. I have been finding more and more that people with dyslexia tend to think outside the box. Sound like anyone we know?

Many with dyslexia have gone on to be very successful in life (doctors, award winning authors/playwrights, etc.), but the key always seems to be, having an advocate (mostly an adult when you’re young) to come along side and encourage you in spite of your struggles. From what I have read of Adam’s mom, she did this.

Adam was tested when he was younger and the doctor said he was just precocious. He said he did not want to do homework or study but he was still a B student all the while doing theatrical plays all year outside of school and Jazz Club and Drama Club and Chorus in school. I read that Eber said that the only subject he had problems with was Algebra but did well in Geometry.

I don’t think he is dyslexic as by daughter was the same way and we had her tested and retested. The doctor told us and her teacher the same thing as was told to Adam’s parents.

I don’t think he is dyslexic as by daughter was the same way and we had her tested and retested. The doctor told us and her teacher the same thing as was told to Adam’s parents.

I agree. We have no evidence of Adam’s being dyslexic and his parents did do tests for him and the only thing he was, was precious. I was an ‘under achiever,’ in school as well with a “B” average, because I scored very well on tests, IQ tests, and was in Talented and Gifted programs, but I was clinically depressed from when I was six and started manifesting an anxiety disorder in my late teens. Eh, it happens and yeah, it did screw with my scholastic career as I got older. My point being, there are lots of reasons one can be precious growing up, and still be an ‘underachieving,’ student that have nothing to do with dyslexia. So spelling or just typos aside, we have no evidence that Adam is dyslexic, and in fact, evidence to the contrary. Sorry for the oversharing, but really, people can not do ‘well enough,’ in school for a variety of reasons besides ADD, ADHD, or dyslexia.

What’s interesting to me is that Adam seems to have dealt with his issues by just finding what he was good at, and just doing it and pursuing that, even if it seems like it sucked. He looked at it as a learning and proving experience and tried to find something positive out of it. As per what I read into that second part of his “ultimate,” interview. I was not that brave at 19, or 20 or 21 or whatever. And shrooms or not, his decision to once again try and make himself happy by getting out of theatre and going on AI, was also brave. I think the next parts of his LA interview will get into his AI experience in a way that seems a little less facile than his RS interview. Good stuff in these interviews. Cool that Kris and Allison will also have some multi-part interviews as well.

A few interesting tweets…

@CarlySmithson: WTF is wrong with the world ! No lie someone stole half a tank of gas out of my car in Hollywood last night !!

@TheDannyNoriega:
# O.M.G. GOOD NEWS..
# A show on MTV is interested in having me be part of the cast<3
# Meeting Monday!

@jack_love: http://twitpic.com/cyaaj – Look what I found in the studio haha

Truthiness
Aug 7th, 2009 at 4:35 am

only thing he was, was precious

He certainly is presh.

D’oh! what a giveaway! Yes, he is precious, but I meant the word precocious. See? Misspellings happen all the time, and no, I’m still not dyslexic, I just can’t edit my post now. Can I blame the giant oogy spider that crawled on my arm right before posting and completely threw me off? Maybe not, but it was really oogy. And giant. And spidery. And I’m still really grossed out.

LOL! Truthiness. You can blame Freud.

Brand new tweet:

is off to meet American Idol, Adam Lambert, at Good Morning America to discuss the album shoot next week!
16 minutes ago from web

warwicksaint
Warwick Saint

Squeee!

Warwick Saint is a photographer, whose photographed album covers fro Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys. Missy Elliott, Nelly Furtadi and Angie Stone.

His work is impressive and edgy!! Squeeeeeeeeeee

You can find his website and portfolio here:

http://www.warwicksaint.com/

edit: NO BLOG ON BLOG DISCUSSIONS

Sunn Aug 7th, 2009 at 7:00 am

Brand new tweet:

is off to meet American Idol, Adam Lambert, at Good Morning America to discuss the album shoot next week!
16 minutes ago from web

warwicksaint
Warwick Saint

Squeee!

Warwick Saint is a photographer, whose photographed album covers fro Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys. Missy Elliott, Nelly Furtadi and Angie Stone.

His work is impressive and edgy!! Squeeeeeeeeeee

You can find his website and portfolio here:

http://www.warwicksaint.com/

OMG! Squeeeeeeeeeeeee is right! Adam’s album cover will be amazing!!! :jittery_tb:

For international who can’t get GMA on local TV, here’s a Live Stream bbs:

http://www.justin.tv/abclive

From @KrisAllen4Real:

My pimp name is Papa Allen G.
about 1 hour ago from TwitterFon

Pretty fly for a white guy

here is a closer better vid of desperate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp7Sp4zaB1E&feature=channel

and of i’ll be:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCs2yVk6SQw&feature=channel_page

His work is impressive and edgy!! Squeeeeeeeeeee

You can find his website and portfolio here:

http://www.warwicksaint.com/

Wow his cover is going to be fierce!

His work is impressive and edgy!! Squeeeeeeeeeee

You can find his website and portfolio here:

http://www.warwicksaint.com/

I like his album cover works, not so much the magazine covers. Hopefully it’s for the coming album cover.

Ugh, there is sooo much commercial on this program (GMA). Half the broadcasting time must be alloted for commercials, incredible.

Kris just got a name drop from one of the shoe testers.

RIckey tweeted:

http://twitpic.com/d0v6l – Adam Lambert starlight

Yummmy

It’s so cool that I can see Adam on my TV again, and not on the web.
Squeeing all over the place.

Holy Crap. GMA just showed a crowd shot and that is a major Adam crowd. Adam signs are all I could see. Just wow.

http://twitpic.com/d0wag
Kris pic from Rickey

From Rickey via twitter:

Kris Allen just greeted me! OMG
24 minutes ago from Tweed

Starlight acoustic FTFW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG Adam with the Bras. The GMA hosts just peed their pants at the mention LAMO!

Oh Adam, come to London and GMTV will supply the bras.

eep! David is a little pitchy, dude. Strong finish, though. Very nice.

Adam sounded great on starlight!! It was nice to hear something other than mad world.

OMG Adam with the Bras. The GMA hosts just peed their pants at the mention LAMO!

I know! Wasn’t that fab! I can’t believe he said that. I can’t help but wonder if it was one of his rare media flubs or if he did it on purpose.

Can you believe an acoustic Starlight??? Wow! Saving that voice for tonight!

Not really sure what I think of starlight acoustic. It will be really interesting to watch the recordings later. It certainly is interesting that Adam changes things up a bit and he sure has a killer voice, no doubt about it. I wish he’d lowered the key for the acoustic version to showcase his lower register. Also, I was sort of waiting for him to use his head voice in the higher register (witch I know he can) but he just didn’t. Maybe a morning thing, I know I can’t sing in the morning, but I still wished he’d go for it.

LOVED Starlight acoustic. His voice was magnificent, left me shaking.

Someone please upload to youtube.

I missed the live feed — will have to wait til GMA comes on out here in California. How did Adam, Kris and David sound?

Did Adam get bras thrown at him? Did the crowd go nuts for all 3 guys?

Did any of them talk/get interviewed? Or just sing?

Thanks

Can’t believe I missed it. I need videos, like NOW.

So he performed Starlight for the live part of the show?

What’s the order of the performances?

Sunn Aug 7th, 2009 at 8:58 am

LOVED Starlight acoustic. His voice was magnificent, left me shaking.

Someone please upload to youtube.

Sunn, I just sat here with my mouth open during the first part of Starlight. Just when I think I can’t love that voice any more he throws an acoustic version at us and he was amazing! And people say his voice is not radio friendly! Hah!

ETA Valentin432, they each talked a little. David fared the worse, just a little pitchy.

Cindy M

Kris, Adam then David.

What was the order of the performances? How did everyone sound?

“What was the order of the performances? How did everyone sound?”

First the three of them sang a song together. Then the order was Kris, Adam, and lastly David.

2 pages of dyslexia and ADD discussion is coming from 1 or 2 misspelled words on twitter?! I misspell words all the time, not just on twitter but here too, because I’m a crap typist, simple as that.

No, the original comment was not based on a twitter typo. It was based on the first two parts of the LA Times Ultimate Interview which contained several factors that were consistant with someone who decodes information differently – the most commonly know form of this is dyslexia. Along with Leila’s and Eber’s comments, the SDNN interviews and Adam’s previous comments.

There are 15 other forms including dyscalcula. People who decode information differently offen struggle in some areas in academics, are very successful in their careers, and often take non-traditional routes — very commonly marketing, politics (John F. Kennedy, Ben Franklin), physics (Einstein, Steven Hawkings), music (John Lenin, Mozart), performing arts, architecture and design. Over 50% of dyslexics have IQ’s over 140; and by definition have at least average intelligence.

Just to be accurate – the infamous typo “fianlly” that was trended on Twitter on Tuesday night was based to a typo in Adam’s 8 word Twitter biography on his home page. It is one of many “Adam spellings” that have been collected by fans more dedicated than me. I had forgotten about it until ONTD_AI trended it on Tuesday.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or AD/HD) and it was not mentioned in the original comment.

Like all 3 guys but not a super fan of any.Kris and david sounded good.Adam sounded like he was singing out of his nose.Made me think of miley sorry but didn’t like starlight.

what song did they sing together — and how did that sound?

girlygirl Aug 7th, 2009 at 9:12 am

what song did they sing together ‘” and how did that sound?

It’s the one you will have to go online to hear. Don’t know what it is.

OMG, the GMA’s Starlight is F*cking AMAZING! All the little changes he made to the song sound BEAUTIFUL. And the whole thing, the song, his look is all so FRESH. Love it!

Heard that the trio song was little lies by fleetwood mac. Not sure though

they didn’t air it? Epic FAIL

I am stuck in Central time with 13 minutes more to wait! I now understand how frustrating it must be to watch Idol in MT/PT tape delay!

Well, I guess it’s official…they DO preempt GMA in my neck of the woods! I’m reading at DCO that everyone’s already performed? Hell, I had to be dragged kicking and screaming from the house, “but I don’t WANNA go to work! I wanna see Kradavid (yes, I JUST made that up)!” I watched for a half hour, from 7:30 to 8:00 central time, and I got local news and weather, a story on the woman that drove the wrong way and killed 8, a retrospective on John Hughes, and something else that definitely was NOT Idol-related!

Hope MJ has video up soon!

Brand new tweet:

is off to meet American Idol, Adam Lambert, at Good Morning America to discuss the album shoot next week!
16 minutes ago from web

warwicksaint
Warwick Saint

Squeee!

Warwick Saint is a photographer, whose photographed album covers fro Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys. Missy Elliott, Nelly Furtadi and Angie Stone.

His work is impressive and edgy!! Squeeeeeeeeeee

You can find his website and portfolio here:

http://www.warwicksaint.com/

So hot! Szssssssssssssss!

1 minute of Tell Me Lies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VebeDwGT5fY

I just heard Adam on GMA and he was wonderful. I was stunned he did an acoustic version of Starlight. Adam changed it up again and surprised us. This guy can never be boring. He is just so brilliantly creative, always doing something we don’t expect. Love it or don’t love it, he is always going to do something outside the status quo and that is the mark of a true artist.

Here it is Acoustic Starlight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V1H-u-MvM0

So what time did all this come on the tv? I have my DVR set for 8:25 am to 9:30 am (GMA airs from 7-9 am here) — do I need to fix that in case I fall asleep?

adamland
Aug 7th, 2009 at 9:27 am
Here it is Acoustic Starlight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V1H-u-MvM0

Squeeeeeeeeeee! Download time!!!

Just watched Starlight via a video online.
Really beautifull version of the song, reminded me a little of what he did with Tracks of My Tears.
It’s confusing tough to see him doing this type of performance after watching all those videos of the concert. I guess it’s smart to tone down his freak flag on national television.

girlygirl Aug 7th, 2009 at 9:29 am

So what time did all this come on the tv? I have my DVR set for 8:25 am to 9:30 am (GMA airs from 7-9 am here) ‘” do I need to fix that in case I fall asleep?

We saw it streaming live.

I guess this is where the GMA discussion is. Off hand comments: big crowd but kind of sluggish. I was surprised to see alot of kids. Without my Adam blinders on, I’d say there were alot of Cook fans there. And the screams seemed fairly equally divided although I didn’t hear alot.

To be honest if I saw Kris singing on the street, I’d walk by. Harsh but true. Adam and Cook seem on another level. Adam did a nice job on Starlight but he still sounds like Fantasia to my ears.Cook looked good but I really hate the song he did.

I liked the Adam version of Starlight but this guy is not for everyone. I don’t even think he’ll match Cook’s success. And he looked very unrocker standing next to Cook when he did Lies. I truly have no clue as to what kind of career he’ll have. Although kudoes for asking for bras. He know how to pander to the fanbase.

Cook is just a easier sell for radio. Adam is all over the place. Kris bores me but I’m hoping for a surprise. I could see him fading quickly though.

I went to the Memphis Idol show and I’m embarrassed to say I don’t really remember “Starlight,” maybe because it wasn’t a familiar song to me, or it just disappeared when compared to the Bowie medley, Mad World, etc. But BOY that acoustic “Starlight” really stands out!

Um, *small voice* you didn’t happen to get Kris and Cook on vid, too?

ETA: regarding the crowd? Honestly the majority looked like the average “on vacation in NY, whoo-hoo Ima gonna be on TEEVEE!” crowd you see on GMA, Today, etc.

I guess this is where the GMA discussion is. Off hand comments: big crowd but kind of sluggish. I was surprised to see alot of kids.

I wasn’t surprised to see a lot of kids. The adults are probably at work.

cookbunny Aug 7th, 2009 at 9:35 am

I went to the Memphis Idol show and I’m embarrassed to say I don’t really remember ‘Starlight,’  maybe because it wasn’t a familiar song to me, or it just disappeared when compared to the Bowie medley, Mad World, etc. But BOY that acoustic ‘Starlight’  really stands out!

Um, *small voice* you didn’t happen to get Kris and Cook on vid, too?

ETA: regarding the crowd? Honestly the majority looked like the average ‘on vacation in NY, whoo-hoo Ima gonna be on TEEVEE!’  crowd you see on GMA, Today, etc.

cookbunny, I’ve been searching Youtube and no one has posted one yet.

Just watched Starlight via a video online.
Really beautifull version of the song, reminded me a little of what he did with Tracks of My Tears.
It’s confusing tough to see him doing this type of performance after watching all those videos of the concert. I guess it’s smart to tone down his freak flag on national television.

I liked the Adam version of Starlight but this guy is not for everyone.

I am kind of thinking he is not for everyone too… His voice in this version of starlight sounds very feminine, almost like anthony and the johnsons. Tracks of my tears was better to do acoustic in my opinion bc its a calmer song somehow. Not sure what to think really, guess I need to hear it again.

Here’s the rehearsal for Starlight:

http://qik.com/video/2436955

Here it is Acoustic Starlight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V1H-u-MvM0

Thanks!

It sounds fresh. I like it. Some notes are off a little. He may be just practice it 2-3 times before went on to stage, so I’m ok with it.

I think Starlight was boring. Only the Adam faithful would be wowed by that, IMO.

I think Starlight was boring. Only the Adam faithful would be wowed by that, IMO.

But thats like saying only the Kris faithful would be wowed by Kris. Shouldn’t we wait until their album’s come out before we say who will be “wowed” by whom?

unique28v
Aug 7th, 2009 at 9:44 am
I think Starlight was boring. Only the Adam faithful would be wowed by that, IMO.

But thats like saying only the Kris faithful would be wowed by Kris. Shouldn’t we wait until their album’s come out before we say who will be ‘wowed’  by whom?

I was only referring to this performance. That will have no effect on their albums.

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BeckyMD
Aug 7th, 2009 at 9:41 am

It sounds fresh. I like it. Some notes are off a little. He may be just practice it 2-3 times before went on to stage, so I’m ok with it.

They all had minor pitch problems at some point, and since that is out of the ordinary for all of them, the blame probably goes to the sound engineer.

That acoustic version of Starlight is sweet, but that wasn’t a great vocal — probably because it is so early in the morning. It was nice, but not fantastic. They aren’t used to getting up this early and singing! I’d love to hear Adam do this version in concert, though.

Of course Kris did the same old, same old. Adam always does something different and I just listened to the Youtube that is already up and it is fucking beautiful!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V1H-u-MvM0

So happy that we have an artist here that is so creative.

How was kris’s heartless? Why is no one talking about his performance, he went first right? How was he? And David? Which song?

Listening to the rehearsal. He sings in such a weird key for a guy that I don’t really know what to think of it. Almost liked the rehersal better than the performance as I remembered it, sounded more dirty in places, which is good. His high voice is too perfect at times for my taste, almost like a choir boy. Still don’t know what to think though but he sure brings something to the table that no one else does.

Kris went first with Hearltess and his face was obscured by the microphone. Adam went second with Starlight and David went last with CBTM. I think the order was correct in terms of performance impact.

CindyM Aug 7th, 2009 at 9:49 am

How was kris’s heartless? Why is no one talking about his performance, he went first right? How was he? And David? Which song?

Sorry, I despise Heartless and had the volume turned down and I believe David sang his latest single, it was good just am not familiar with his stuff.

I was only referring to this performance. That will have no effect on their albums.

But its the same thing. Whether its a performance, a song, an album, etc. My point is, its impossible to say how billions of people are going to see something. For every 2 million that finds it boring or uninteresting, another 5 million will love it. there isn’t one person in the entire world that every person is going to think is great. Its just not realistic. But the crowd seemed to enjoy all three guys equally, so it seemed like a nice little concert to me.

Well many fans think Adam will be Madonna and Micheal Jackson combined. So for the Adam fans who thinks he’s a superstar there may be millions who find him not their thing. We’re all just giving our opinions. I think he’s a polarizing artist who may have limited mass appeal. But maybe he and Kris will both surprise me.

Link to all the videos:

http://abcnews.go.com/gma/summerconcert

ETA:

“They all had minor pitch problems at some point, and since that is out of the ordinary for all of them, the blame probably goes to the sound engineer.”

Actually, it’s more like NO ONE sounds good singing that early in the morning!

saga Aug 7th, 2009 at 9:50 am

Listening to the rehearsal. He sings in such a weird key for a guy that I don’t really know what to think of it. Almost liked the rehersal better than the performance as I remembered it, sounded more dirty in places, which is good. His high voice is too perfect at times for my taste, almost like a choir boy. Still don’t know what to think though but he sure brings something to the table that no one else does.

This is Starlight is not what is the norm for Adam. And the rehearsal did sound really good.

So Kris did acoustic “Heartless” and Adam did acoustic “Starlight”? Why couldn’t they both rock out a little? Boring.

Can we please find out how Kris and David sounded? They were on the show, too!

I liked the acoustic Starlight — wasn’t blown away by it though. It didn’t have the same emotional power of his acoustic version of say, Tracks of My Tears. But it was still very nice — especially for that early in the morning. That has a lot of potential as a potential album cut.

I really wish Kris had sung something other than Heartless. He doesn’t seem to have much freedom as to what he’s allowed to sing on these talk show appearances. Are they still hoping to put Heartless out as a single? Because that makes no sense to me — how many versions of Heartless do they really think people will buy in less than a year? Already have Kanye’s original and The Fray version. Too many versions of the same song out at more or less the same time does NOT equal commercial success.

unique28v, it is only my opinion. No need to get so defensive. It was just a boring arrangement, IMO.

girlygirl, only about 3, maybe 4 people (j/k) ever heard the Fray version of Heartless. It played on a handful of Alternative stations.

Kanye’s, on the other hand, had massive airplay. Kris’ version almost sounds like a different song, though, because he made the ‘rap’ parts much more melodic.

I’m on Central Time, so I just finished watching GMA. Kris sounded his usual great self on Heartless, Adam’s accoustic Starlight was fresh and good, especially for this early in the morning, and David Cook did Come Back to Me and sounded good, but I think singing this early in the morning is prob not his thing either. I enjoyed all 3, and I thought it was funny that when Adam started singing my husband came in the room with his shoes and socks and finished getting ready while watching. He said “He really is an incredible talent” I’m not sure why that made me giggle a little.

Now I’m watching Jason Mraz on Today Show, what a great morning for music!

So for every Adam fan who thinks he’s a superstar there may be a billion people who find him not their thing.

So the ratio is 1: one billion. Thanks for the info. Scratch that. Shouldn’t start a Friday morning negatively.

Hope the ratio will increase soon. :laugh_tb:

I thought Kris’ performance was nice, I enjoy him a lot, just wish he’d lowered the mic a little bit, he looked like he had to stand on his toes sometimes . I wasn’t actually crazy over Adam’s performance, I also thought it was nice but I would’ve liked more of his lower register. And I’m pretty tired of Come Back to Me by now (especially seeing it yet again on Regis & Kelly afterwards) but it is surely nice to see David Cook on my TV ! I thought all three had nice albeit quiet and not all that exciting performances, and David looked more “seasoned” for a lack of a better word which certainly is to be expected. Was there an Idol tour show last night? I know David had a show.

But the crowd seemed to enjoy all three guys equally, so it seemed like a nice little concert to me.

That’s what I thought, too – a nice crowd that seemed to like everyone and a nice little concert. Nothing super exciting, just a nice show. Bet the weather was nice, too!

unique28v, it is only my opinion. No need to get so defensive. It was just a boring arrangement, IMO.

I’m not being defensive. I’m just stating my opinion as well. lol I think its too early to make generalizations about how people are going to perceive a performance and/or album. I don’t care if people didn’t like Adam’s performance or not. Heck, I don’t think either of them are making it into the rock and roll hall of fame anytime soon. lol

I haven’t seen the version on the show (west coast), but I LOVED the rehearsal version of Starlight. I was a little nervous, I’m not going to lie …but sooo good. I was trying to figure out how Adam would belt it out arena-style on a morning show and make it work. This is how he made it work. Awesome.

How was kris’s heartless? Why is no one talking about his performance, he went first right? How was he? And David? Which song?

Kris’s Heartless sounded like it normally does for me. Yes, he went first. He didn’t seem to change it up at all so I’m not sure what to say.

Adam sounded a bit rough in places as if he’s still trying to get his voice to wake up for the day. While most of the acoustic version was only okay for me, there were a couple places where he used the opportunity to add in some wonderful intonation that worked really well. I think if he had time to play with it more, it could become one of my favorites by him but as of right now, I’d rather listen to the concert version.

I’m not a David Cook fan and am not familiar with his music and didn’t recognize the song. But he looked real nice.

I edited that because I meant many people. Not one to a billion. Although there are millions who obviously never heard of Adam or Idol. I thought the concert was a little low energy for all involved because it was early in the morning.

tierbee Aug 7th, 2009 at 10:01 am

I thought Kris’ performance was nice, I enjoy him a lot, just wish he’d lowered the mic a little bit, he looked like he had to stand on his toes sometimes . I wasn’t actually crazy over Adam’s performance, I also thought it was nice but I would’ve liked more of his lower register. And I’m pretty tired of Come Back to Me by now (especially seeing it yet again on Regis & Kelly afterwards) but it is surely nice to see David Cook on my TV ! I thought all three had nice albeit quiet and not all that exciting performances, and David looked more ‘seasoned’  for a lack of a better word which certainly is to be expected. Was there an Idol tour show last night? I know David had a show.

But the crowd seemed to enjoy all three guys equally, so it seemed like a nice little concert to me.

That’s what I thought, too – a nice crowd that seemed to like everyone and a nice little concert. Nothing super exciting, just a nice show. Bet the weather was nice, too!

David performed last night, Kris and Adam have a concert tonight – hence nice quiet acoustic sets for all to save the voices for the paying customers.

Am more of a Kris fan then Adam buy I thought Adam’s starlight was fantasic. I love heartless just wish Kris could have sung something different.And I know i’ll buy Adam’s cd, when it comes out. I bought Kris’s I-tune pass so I’ll get his right away. And I hope there both going to be major stars. And I loved David’s song also. Come Back To Me is one of my favorites on his cd.

Acoustic Starlight – who would have thunk it! I loved it, it was very sweet. Now I want a recording of it.

Did Kris do Bright Lights or Heartless again?

Well on a funny note.Hope allison was sleeping.Adam told national TV to throw all the underwear garments they want.

Ok, how can Kris and Adam both look so freakin’ hot that early in the morning? That’s not fair…

Did you see Adam over to the side enjoying Kris’ performance? That’s cute.

Kris sounded fine…maybe a little rough in spots, but pretty good. Again, I don’t know how they can even sing that early in the morning…I’d be yawning the whole way through the song if I had to do that…

I definetely liked the rehearsal better. Adam just sings too perfect for my taste sometimes, he needs to roughen it up a bit! I agree with girlygirl that it didn’t have the same emotional power as Tracks of my Tears but no one should be made to sing this early in the morning. Starlight is a very suggestive song and the singer really has to drive it hard, whereas TOMT is more laid back. I loved that he is taking a chance and doing something new because I guess they have very little rehearsal time for these things compared to other artists.

Am I in the minority here. I really liked the stripped down version of Starlight. I thought it was beautiful. I just turned on GMA here on the west coast so I haven’t seen Kris or Cook yet. I only watched the Starlight link above. I know the Cook fans will say Cook is the best and ditto with Kris. Like I said, I haven’t seen the other two performances yet, but I’m sure they did a good job too. They are all talented, if they weren’t they wouldn’t have done as well on the show as they did.

steve Aug 7th, 2009 at 10:08 am

Well on a funny note.Hope allison was sleeping.Adam told national TV to throw all the underwear garments they want.

Bet somewhere in Canada clearone is saying “Nooooooooooo!” And Allison had better put her tennis shoes on for SR now to play dodge the undies.

Am I in the minority here. I really liked the stripped down version of Starlight.

I loved it! And it was a perfect morning version of the song.

Well on a funny note.Hope allison was sleeping.Adam told national TV to throw all the underwear garments they want.

Oy – well he may want to eat those words after he’s wading through a pile of underwear.

Q3
Aug 7th, 2009 at 10:11 am
Am I in the minority here. I really liked the stripped down version of Starlight.

I loved it! And it was a perfect morning version of the song

Yep, a perfect morning treat: FRESH & LIGHT

Am I in the minority here. I really liked the stripped down version of Starlight.

Not at all. I didn’t mean to sound unenthusiastic. I really liked it. I just think that is wasn’t what it could have been if Adam had more time to put his stamp on it. I’m thinking of what he did with a lot of the Upright Cabaret performances. There were a few places where he added the emotional intensity with intonation but I think with additional time/practice it could have been even better.

So Kris did acoustic ‘Heartless’  and Adam did acoustic ‘Starlight’ ? Why couldn’t they both rock out a little? Boring.

I guess rocking out at 8 AM is not easy, most singers are sleeping or are about to sleep at this hour.

Hard to judge the mass appeal thing but David Cook had the biggest impact IMO, good for him because he is the only one promoting an album right now.

adamland
Aug 7th, 2009 at 10:10 am
steve Aug 7th, 2009 at 10:08 am

Well on a funny note.Hope allison was sleeping.Adam told national TV to throw all the underwear garments they want.

Bet somewhere in Canada clearone is saying ‘Nooooooooooo!’  And Allison had better put her tennis shoes on for SR now to play dodge the undies.

Adam should pay for 2 things.Allison’s tennis shoes and the stage crews nail gun they are going to need now.

Good morning! What time is the concert going to be shown on TV? I am on the westcoast. I need to take my boys to school, just don’t want to miss any one of them.

That acoustic version of Starlight is sweet, but that wasn’t a great vocal

Really? I have it on my ipod, I’m listening to it as I type, and the vocal is superb. No off pitch notes at all, imo.

I loved the stripped down Starlight, I have been critical of his concert Starlight before, but this version is sublime, again jmho.

Vada:

C’mon, a LOT of people have heard the Fray’s version of Heartless. It is on the radio out here in L.A. basically every single day. 98.7 FM does this thing at 8 p.m. where they play the 8 most requested songs, and the Fray’s version of heartless has been on that basically every night for weeks now. KROC plays it alot as well. Not to mention they probably perform it in concert.

I’m one of the biggest Kris fans on this board, but saying no one’s heard the Fray’s version is just silly. Kris’ version of the song is different, of course, but IMO it is still too much overkill trying to put out 3 versions of the same song in less than one year and expecting people to buy it.

Hard to judge the mass appeal thing but David Cook had the biggest impact IMO, good for him because he is the only one promoting an album right now.

Agreed – he’s really the only *star* at the moment. I’m glad he had the *pimp* spot. Was anyone at his show last night? How was it?

Again, I don’t know how they can even sing that early in the morning’ ¦

Um, did anyone see the vids MJ posted of Kelly Clarkson on GMA? She didn’t seem to have any problems. No excuses!

Vada:

C’mon, a LOT of people have heard the Fray’s version of Heartless. It is on the radio out here in L.A. basically every single day. 98.7 FM does this thing at 8 p.m. where they play the 8 most requested songs, and the Fray’s version of heartless has been on that basically every night for weeks now. KROC plays it alot as well. Not to mention they probably perform it in concert

girlygirl, I was going to just post the same thing. I hear the Fray version on 98.7 it seems like every day. If I were him, I don’t think I would release it as a single. Too many versions out there, although I like Kris’s version.

Good morning! What time is the concert going to be shown on TV?

8:30 – 9:00 am

Yay for Adam going second on GMA!! We can now avoid 2 pages of “pimping” or “spotlighting” discussion! Yay GMA!!!!

Again, I don’t know how they can even sing that early in the morning’ ¦

Um, did anyone see the vids MJ posted of Kelly Clarkson on GMA? She didn’t seem to have any problems. No excuses!

They could have rocked out. Maybe they were saving their voices being that they have a show tonight *shrugs*

When they come back next year with their own music I’m sure they will turn it out.

Anway I really enjoyed the acoustic version of Starlight.

I never heard The Fray’s version until after Kris sang it on Idol. But then again I don’t listen to alot of music. I go online and see what certain people listen to and go from there.I never even heard of The killers until Kris started singing it on tour. Most of the music and get certain Idol’s sing on the show and then I go online and see if I can find the orginal singers version online and if I like it then I’ll buy it throw I-tunes.I thought all three guy’s did great. To get back on topic.LOL

fyi mj now has a gma thread for this

Here’s my take of the performances:

1. All three sounded pretty good. Nice to see them on HDTV.

2. Opening song with all three was forgettable.

3. Individual performances – all three are better than they were this morning – but I though all three were really good and enjoyable:

- Kris – Heartless – same arrangement he usually sings of it. The beginning was quite nice, it got a bit pitchy toward the end and he was kind of screaming at the end.

- Adam – Starlight – new acoustic arrangement and very different emotional feeling in the performance. I found the arrangement was really pretty good but a couple transitions didn’t flow perfectly – the transition to the lower register and the transition to the high notes toward the end. I expect he will sing this version again and work out this out. I really loved this version but can see how some people, even Adam fans might prefer the concert version. I liked it better when I replayed it and am very happy to have a new version.

- David Cook – Come Back to Me – he sounded good, not great, but was boring. I know I am tired of this song, and I think that David might be, too.

Am I in the minority here. I really liked the stripped down version of Starlight. I thought it was beautiful.

No you are not in the minority, I absolutely loved it. I love even more that he gave us a totally different version than what he does on tour. It is like he is giving us a whole new song. I am sorry but this is the mark of a brilliant singer.

On the video of Starlight, Adam started singing at 8:39 a.m. Kris had already finished and there were commercials in between. So I’d guess Kris came on around 8:30 a.m.?

And it doesn’t look like there’s a link up on the GMA site for the Fleetwood Mac song that the 3 guys did together

PS – I will say again that I liked the acoustic version of Starlight. Didn’t love it. Would like to see Adam perform this acoustic version in concert though (in a regular concert, not at 8 in the morning!) because it’s a nice change from the way he normally does it, and I think it has the potential to be a kick ass version of this song.

PS – is twitter still having problems? I can’t get my tweets to post

No you are not in the minority, I absolutely loved it. I love even more that he gave us a totally different version than what he does on tour. It is like he is giving us a whole new song. I am sorry but this is the mark of a brilliant singer.

aa618892 – I think people who have never heard Adam sing before would be blown away by the vocals. I also don’t pay attention to slight mistakes in live performances and I look at them as a whole and how I feel about them on an emotional level. And on that note, Adam was my favorite because it was a new version for me so the song took me on a new journey. But I do think all three idols sounded great. All three of them should be proud of their performances.

On the video of Starlight, Adam started singing at 8:39 a.m. Kris had already finished and there were commercials in between. So I’d guess Kris came on around 8:30 a.m.?

Kris was on about 8:32AM. There was a commercial break between Kris and Adam.

A lot of people have heard The Fray “Heartless”. It hit #25 on the US Alternative Rock chart, #79 on the US Chart. It got and still gets a lot of radio airplay, there are over 450 videos of it on YouTube along and they play it in their concerts. It was released 2/6/09 and has charted two times.

Q3:

A lot of people have heard The Fray ‘Heartless’ . It hit #25 on the US Alternative Rock chart, #79 on the US Chart. It got and still gets a lot of radio airplay, there are over 450 videos of it on YouTube along and they play it in their concerts. It was released 2/6/09 and has charted two times.

In terms of the Fray and their usual airplay numbers, this is not much. It never got very high on iTunes either, and it isn’t on any of their albums.

Kris’ version is very different (faster and more melodic) than the Fray’s.

Are you guys aware that j/k means just kidding? Apparently not.