Idol Headlines for 08/25/09

Ryan Seacrest said on his radio show this am that Joe Jonas was a one day only guest…Neil Patrick Harris is there today in Dallas…wohoo! (I love NPH!!)

First of David A’s winter/xmas tour has been posted:

David Archuleta
Friday, December 4
7:30 p.m. Hart Auditorium
Buy tickets starting November 9

Cost is $35 for general public, $20 for BYU-Idaho students. No children under six.

http://www.byui.edu/CenterStage/

Neil Patrick Harris will guest judge?! Awesome! I flove him!

I adore NPH, but as a judge for American Idol? mmm. Well at least the stigma against Broadway and “theatrical,” (and all it’s many meanings on AI) wn’t be present for a day.

Oh, I really hope that’s true about NPH! All the announced guest judges so far have made me cringe, but he would be legen…wait for it…dary!

NY Post followup to their gossip item last week regarding David Cook’s older woman. Apparently she’s gotten the heave-ho

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08252009/gossip/pagesix/david_cooks_secret_186300.htm

NPH reminds me of Ryan Secrest.

Micheal Jackson a sad story he was famous ,had money, addicted and a bunch of yes men surrounded him..History repeated itself again he like Elvis had tons of perscirption . Lesson was never learned I guess..

Niel Patrick Harris Yeah..and sad to hear about Melissa Joan Harts mother,

Glee was nice entertainment fluff to watch enjoyed it..BTW Friday Night Lights starts on NBC in January..Yeah!!!!

NPH is better than any of the singers they lined up :thumbup_tb:

So that’s what’s cooking with dear David, who has refused to pay any of her expenses since they met.” That’s no way to treat a lady

Well now then that “lady” could have ended things earlier on her own if she didn’t like having to pay her own way.

OK, so Danny Gokey is going Country. I’m glad he picked something – now let’s see what he does with it. I wish they’d announce his deal already.

MJ ‘“ congrats on NY Post article. A bit of a boys-club only (except AI), but cool.

Loved the Herald-Dispatch’s review of Phil’s cd. I could not have said it better. Go, Phil! And Danny, I am looking forward to your cd. I wish you all the best in country.:-)

I still don’t see Gokey getting a deal. Could be wrong. IMO, these record companies don’t just consider singing potential. They also take into consideration someone’s popularity. And Gokey has had so much bad press, some of which was not warranted.

Jonas Brothers? Way to go on building that credibility, AI. How can you have mentors on the show like Smokey Robinson, Slash and Jamie Foxx… then have Jonas as a guest judge? I know, I know, he’s a huge tween star. But surely AI is turning their 42 female demographic off? I mean, does anyone take the Jonas Bro.s seriously?

The new Danny idolatry reminds me his idolatry after the finale…Fortunately this time it has only one part.

Will all three Jonas brothers be AI judges or just Joe Jonas? I wonder how much longer the judge’s table should be.

Gonna be at the show tonight in Columbus!!!!! will try to tweet if not too busy dancing!!! Yeah Glee is coming on soon!

They also take into consideration someone’s popularity. And Gokey has had so much bad press, some of which was not warranted.

He has apparently been very popular on the live shows, so who knows?

NPH would make an awesome judge!

still don’t see Gokey getting a deal. Could be wrong. IMO, these record companies don’t just consider singing potential. They also take into consideration someone’s popularity. And Gokey has had so much bad press, some of which was not warranted.

Unless Danny is a total moron, I think it’s pretty clear from what he’s said that he ALREADY has a deal. They’re (whoever “they” is) just not ready to announce it yet.

Jonas Brothers? Way to go on building that credibility, AI. . . . I mean, does anyone take the Jonas Bro.s seriously?

I really don’t see how having a Jonas Brother judge one of the audition rounds can possibility have any effect on the “credibility” of the show one way or the other. As for whether anyone takes him seriously, I’m thinking all the people making lots of money off of them do, in fact, take them seriously. I am definitely not a fan–I’m not in their demographic, to be sure. But, they are making serious money in a music industry that is struggling right now. So, yes. They are most definitely taken seriously.

Anyone else going to tonights show? I am so excited I even had my eyebrows waxed! lol:)

Great article on Matt in the Pittburgh Post Gazette though it did seem to focus on Adam a bit much for an article meant to be about Matt. And includes some not so fair put-downs of Kris (benign, really?) and Allison (messy covers.)

general consensus is that if “Idol’s” top prize went to the nicest contestant, he may have gone all the way.

Not so sure where this general consensus comes from, especially since both Kris and Adam are viewed by many as two of the nicest people out there. Not that Matt isn’t a nice guy – he seems like he is but this comment just doesn’t make any sense to me.

That’s cool about Neil Patrick Harris! I saw him interviewed on The Ellen Show once, and he said he and Kara are friends. He talked about her getting him into one of the semifinal tapings.

Danny gone country….. hmmmm.

read on a post that Adam is supposed to be on Regis tomorrow. Anyone know for sure? I am kinda thinking it may just be a rerun?

So that’s what’s cooking with dear David, who has refused to pay any of her expenses since they met.’  That’s no way to treat a lady

LOL that’s if there ever was anything other than him knowing her to begin with. If he starts paying expenses for every fan he has met – he’ll be in the poor house.

Danny says he’ll be sharing some good news with his fans before month’s end, and that despite the R&B-Latin-country spread of his current tour set, he’s settled on a genre for his debut disc.

Yeah, well, good luck with that Danny.

Wow, did that Post-Gazette article have an editor? It was the most disorganized, all-over-the-place, and strange mashup of information on the tour–with a Matt Giraud interview thrown in for good measure!–I’ve ever seen. Very weird. And yeah, where did they get the idea that the “general concensus” is that if the prize went to the “nicest” contestant, that Matt would have won? Everything I’ve heard and read is about how Kris is super-nice to everyone. And aside from the scattered diva rumors that pretty much everyone has shot down, I hear pretty much the same about Adam.

Re: Jonas mania doesn’t surprise me in the least! Just hope truthiness spots my post in the audition thread as I’m always a bit late to the party.

MJ your article gave me great hope that Danny will be signed and on his way to a clearer path for his future doing something he loves. I wish him much success.

Pittsburgh art.. enforced my crossed fingers for Matt to get signed so he can show peeps his real talent. He seems to be really bringing it on stage! record deal = solo tours to me. So I’m still really hoping I hear good news for him.

Herald-Dispatch has me excited I purchased Phil’s cd this am!

USA Today good going for lots of the idols!

Michael Jackson is one reason I get a little frightened any Idol reaching FAME stardom! You never know what it will do to you!

David Cook & Seattle all good – loved the vid – now there is the kind of song I find appropriate to scream to if it’s your thing!!

I’m exhausted – lots of news I felt worthy of comment and decided to post in one shot! you’re killin me MJ :smile1_tb:

Crap I just found out that Adam came out to sign in Cleveland. I was going to come straight home tonight after show but now I kinda wanna stay…. decisions, decisions…

read on a post that Adam is supposed to be on Regis tomorrow. Anyone know for sure? I am kinda thinking it may just be a rerun?

It is a rerun.

And yeah, agree with washpd about that Post-Gazette article and it’s sloppiness. I couldn’t tell if the author meant that Matt was the nicest guy or Adam. I would say it’s probably Kris, actually. Though as pointed out, despite some scattered and shot down diva rumors, Adam is supposed to be nice as well. Not that it matters if Kris or Adam are nicer, when both are supposed to be nice. That’s good enough for me.

Lambert, who has come out of the closet, weighed in in his own way, wearing a homemade “Matt Giraud Is Bangin’ ” T-shirt. A general consensus is that if “Idol’s” top prize went to the nicest contestant, he may have gone all the way.

LOL! I don’t remember that shirt – where’s the photo of it ? Yeah, not quite sure what they mean by that last line – Kris is really considered a sweetheart, as are most of the others, and being nice or not was hardly considered a point of contention about who would win this year, imo.

Does anyone else find it a little disturbing that those girls cut the first day of school to see Joe Jonas? If my mother had read in the paper that I skipped school to go see some teenybopper singer, she would have had my hide.

Still don’t see the appeal of the JoBros, but then, I’m about twice the age of their target demographic.

ON Wednesday American Idol runner up will be on “Regis &Kelly” states on there citeYes it looks like a repeat..

Gotta go start getting ready, look for my twats tonight!:)

Crap I just found out that Adam came out to sign in Cleveland. I was going to come straight home tonight after show but now I kinda wanna stay’ ¦. decisions, decisions’ ¦

If you’re debating it, I would go out for the signing – you may regret it otherwise. It was a lot of fun, though I’ll admit the before show M&Gs are MUCH better – you can actually have conversations with them, and it’s very calm and personable. The after show ones are pretty crazy (pushing, not really in a bad, mean way, just in a frenetic way). But Adam seems to be doing much better now (think he was seriously sick before), so I wouldn’t be surprised if he came out, and he is a real sweetheart when he does sign (takes a lot of time with fans).

I think Regis and Kelly is a rerun – the idols are not in NY now. It’s probably a rerun of his appearance after the finale.

Maybe Danny’s announcement will be made at his hometown concert?

Gracie77 yes I find it questionable too, but not unusual as teenagers seem to always be pushing buttons and not worry about the after consequence…..as long as they don’t get busted all is good!

When I think about it, it was no different in my teenage years either, the 60′s were so tempting to me. I was so happy I didn’t get busted for some of the crazy stuff! whew…………………..

On certain things I guess ‘time’ doesn’t change all things afterall. :smile1_tb:

Neil Patrick Harris is there today in Dallas’ ¦wohoo! (I love NPH!!)

I love him too. W/o him, his TV series would be nothing even tho it’s an ensemble. He is a good singer too and is very charismatic.

NY Post followup to their gossip item last week regarding David Cook’s older woman. Apparently she’s gotten the heave-ho

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08252009/gossip/pagesix/david_cooks_secret_186300.htm

Don’t believe anything when it says, “source”.

OMG, I will be so excited for NPH! I hope that rumor is true!

Idol’s country artists have done relatively well. If Danny signed with a major label going country, he has as much as, if not a better chance to success as the three already signed. with some good songs, his voice can stand out in radio.

Don’t believe anything when it says “source”.

Don’t believe anything from a gossip rag……Period

Neil Patrick Harris will guest judge?! Awesome! I flove him!

DITTO!

Does anyone else find it a little disturbing that those girls cut the first day of school to see Joe Jonas? If my mother had read in the paper that I skipped school to go see some teenybopper singer, she would have had my hide.

I find it a little disturbing. Not that I didn’t skip school in my day, because I did. But, never the first day. And, I certainly never told a reporter about it – using my actual name. My mom would have killed me.

My daughter’s only in kindergarten, but if ever she skips school for someone as lame as Joe Jonas, she’ll be grounded for a month.

Cute new pix of David Cook from Seattle Mariners; didn’t see these yesterday.
Him pitching while wearing those boots cracks me up.
http://twitpic.com/f88i9
http://twitpic.com/f88a5

NPH Yay!!! That’s going to be legen…wait for it…dary, Legendary…High five everybody… That’s really good news he’s fantastic and he truly loves the show, so cool.

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Truthfullnessbeat to the answer …should of had that cup of joe..

NY Post followup to their gossip item last week regarding David Cook’s older woman. Apparently she’s gotten the heave-ho

I was expecting that — if they weren’t “over” already, they would be once info leaked (see Lana Jade). The “source” sounds like they are… bittercakes

Idol’s country artists have done relatively well.

Actually, I think the only ones that have done well are those that have defined themselves as country on the show while also having authenticity (Carrie, Kellie, and even Bucky Covington), but there is also a fair amount that have not succeded like Kristy Lee Cook.

I find it a little disturbing. Not that I didn’t skip school in my day, because I did. But, never the first day. And, I certainly never told a reporter about it – using my actual name. My mom would have killed me.

My daughter’s only in kindergarten, but if ever she skips school for someone as lame as Joe Jonas, she’ll be grounded for a month.

Jonas Brothers are huge among teen girls. They are not “that” lame. For one, they make the Rollingstone cover twice (?). Two, they got a Grammy nod for best new artists. They write their own songs. Love them or not the songs are hits. That’s more you can say than most of the idol contestants.

NPH!!! :wub_tb: :clap_tb:

@CarlySmithson tweeted a video clip of her concert last night…

Short Vid clip of acoustic Bury me Alive from tonight . Sounds so diff acoustic – I like it !! Dont like my new boots though

http://twitvid.com/9942A

Oh Neal Patrick Harris, I’m gonna tune into that one just for the priceless expressions. Only I wish they would have HIM sing. I loved “Doctor Horrible”!

Seattle review for Cookie was cool–great show, nice guys, baseball and a steamy Kiss on the Neck.

Speakin’ of which: now now, New York Post Page 6, there is bottom of the barrel, and then there is the basement fall-out shelter beneath the barrel. This is starting to sound like some delusional fan just called them up and told them she was dating the dude, then reported back that oops, she wasn’t. Oh naughty nurse, we all are dating David Cook *in our imaginations* too. Can we beez in paper?

Actually, I think the only ones that have done well are those that have defined themselves as country on the show while also having authenticity (Carrie, Kellie, and even Bucky Covington), but there is also a fair amount that have not succeded like Kristy Lee Cook.

Kristy and Phil both defined themselves as country in the show, particulary kristy. She’s country from day 1. She didn’t get any promotion and her album is done within four days. Both of them make only to no.6.

Danny made into top 3 so presumbly he has a larger fanbase. With proper promotion and good songs i think he can be bigger than the three signed. Just the possibility.

But, they are making serious money in a music industry that is struggling right now. So, yes. They are most definitely taken seriously.

Well, they’re making a lot of money in the “cute sex object” industry. Which is where most of the money in the “music” industry is anyway.

All season long, TPTB, including the judges, were pushing Danny for the win. He also had a huge fanbase. Ryan even mentioned Danny’s fanbase on a talk show. Something happened after the show. I wonder if 19E had a talk with Danny and after hearing him speak, they thought, “eh, no, not after all”.

Cute new pix of David Cook from Seattle Mariners; didn’t see these yesterday.
Him pitching while wearing those boots cracks me up.
http://twitpic.com/f88i9
http://twitpic.com/f88a5

Awww. Things that make me smile and shake my head. What a goofball.

All season long, TPTB, including the judges, were pushing Danny for the win. He also had a huge fanbase. Ryan even mentioned Danny’s fanbase on a talk show. Something happened after the show. I wonder if 19E had a talk with Danny and after hearing him speak, they thought, ‘eh, no, not after all’ .

I seriously wonder if there’s a bit of a Taylor syndrome attached to Danny. There are certain things that remind me of him when I think of Danny.

My main problem: they were both hugely popular throughout the season, yet were a bit of a half-joke too (think butt of the idolatry world), and had this stigma of perhaps not being the most mainstream or marketable, especially in terms of relevance to a pop, radio-friendly market. Just my take on it.

But I think when you look at the self-assuredness of Adam, Allison, and Kris, in terms of their musical identity and path, vs. the uncertainty and lack of focus of Danny – he posed a much more difficult problem for tptb to find a niche for him that would really work.

All season long, TPTB, including the judges, were pushing Danny for the win.

They are pushing him for the finale, because Danny vs. Adam, the light vs. dark theme is appealing. Danny has very limited music knowledge, rambling a lot, etc. He’s not someone struggling for years for a music career, or performs music for money all his life. He’s a truck driver before the show. I always cut him some slack

http://www.cnbc.com/id/32553891

Salma Hayek, Oscar De La Hoya among ALMA honorees
(American Latino Media Arts televised on ABC on Sept 17th)

Performers will include David Archuelta, Nelly Furtado, Selena Gomez, Sean Kingston, Pitbull and Luis Fonsi.

Hey mj, nice article! I noticed that Megan mentioned she may have something in the works too, maybe for TV?

NPH should be fun! I think Joe Jonas will be fine too. No doubt he is a part of the current music industry regardless of what the means. I still think Nick (youngest) would have had more to offer, but cutie (to the young girls) Joe will be a draw.

Earlier I chose not to read the review on the Boston concert – (so many cities).

After I changed my mind I must admit I was impressed with Alicia Kim!

Her insight in comparing the Kris-Adam performances was refreshing, her Kradam reference in DSB was a treat and her comparison to AI fan response to outside the AI arena was spot on in my book.

Nicely done Alicia Kim, you have either done your homework or watched the show & attended the concert. Either way big KUDOS for you! :clap_tb:

I seriously wonder if there’s a bit of a Taylor syndrome attached to Danny. There are certain things that remind me of him when I think of Danny.

The difference between Taylor and Danny is that Danny had no stage presence. Taylor, as spastic-looking as he was, had more stage presence, and the audience actually reacted to his performances. I’m wondering if one of Taylor’s downfall is he looked like he was 45.

The NY Post needs to keep its (made up) stories straight. Last week they said that Cook’s model/nurse (*snerk*) gf drove from Atlanta to Knoxville to see him and then met up with him later in NY to canoodle with him (*snerk again*). But now according to the NY Post, he supposedly cancelled the trip that she took to Knoxville (but didn’t they already say she took the trip?) and they are now over. Which would seem odd then, that according to last week’s NY Post article on the matter, he supposedly met up with her again in NYC after they were supposedly over.

First rule of made up stories = keep track of the space / time continuum

He’s a truck driver before the show. I always cut him some slack

I’m not sure I know what you mean by this. Why would you cut him slack because he was a truck driver?

With proper promotion and good songs i think he can be bigger than the three signed.

If there was the possibility that he was “that good” wouldn’t you think 19 would have exercised their option and signed him?

I loved the Seattle Times review. I was at that concert last night and it was fantastic. David Cook and The Anthemic brought the house down.

Aww, he’s too cute. I wanna see video!

Update 6:59 p.m. : This might win the award for earliest update, but I felt you simply must know that David Cook of American Idol threw out the first pitch. Wearing a Mariners’ jersey, the southpaw hammed it up, going into a stretch and peering in to catcher Mike Sweeney for imaginary signs. But his pitch was pretty solid, and he got a big hug from Sweeney afterward. Then again, who doesn’t?

Source: Mariner’s blog

From that Seattle Times review

Which is a good thing because the singer from Missouri who won over voters on Season 7 of “American Idol” picked this night to bring in a film crew. Afterward I asked Cook if it was for a tour DVD and he said: “I don’t know; I guess we just want to have it.” So Cook fans, stay tuned.

So they dragged a whole video crew to film this just so they can have a show recorded with no reason? Alrighty..

Him pitching while wearing those boots cracks me up.

And yet Skechers seem to think he’s the best spokesperson you can ask for :laugh_tb:

I have no problem with the Jonas Brothers. My daughter is a huge fan too and I allow her to fangirl to her hearts content..but I’ll be damned if I let her cut school (the first day no less) to go anywhere to see any of them.

That Danny thing was actually painful to watch.

There were some almost insightful moments when he spoke of expecting to need to learn the business and work his career up from the basics, but in terms of speaking about music, he kinda sounds like he’s repeating something he’s been hearing other people saying that’s old hat, but news to him. “Country music is about the message” and so on. It’s like watching someone try to run with cement shoes on.

I wonder if 19E had a talk with Danny and after hearing him speak, they thought, ‘eh, no, not after all’ .

Yeah, it’s like–when you see someone at work whose falling further and further behind after a good start? Gotta be hard. The other three finalists this year all are self-assured: Allen with quiet self-assurance, Lambert with exuberance, and Iraheta like a sturdy, cheerful kid who lets stuff bounce off. Gokey seems like’s he’s starting to come down off the inflated high the show gives and see the difficulties.

In a distant way, I kinda worry for the dude, since I have to say he seems like he’ll be one of those to put out a quickie record that sells a tiny bit, then has to start his future from scratch. But maybe there’s some path for him that’s not evident.

lulwut:

Jonas Brothers are huge among teen girls. They are not ‘that’  lame. For one, they make the Rollingstone cover twice (?). Two, they got a Grammy nod for best new artists. They write their own songs. Love them or not the songs are hits. That’s more you can say than most of the idol contestants.

LoveContinuum:

I mean, does anyone take the Jonas Bro.s seriously?

I was gonna say apparently RS takes them seriously since they’ve been on the cover twice within the same year.

But I think when you look at the self-assuredness of Adam, Allison, and Kris, in terms of their musical identity and path, vs. the uncertainty and lack of focus of Danny – he posed a much more difficult problem for tptb to find a niche for him that would really work.

This!
Whenever Danny speaks about his future plans, the uncertainty comes rolling forth. There is always a “but” or “however’ or some sort of explanation which follows. “It will be country, but . . . ” not with a twang”; “not old school country”; “not your traditional country”.
I am not a country music fan, yet I find the “not with a twang” line especially off-putting. Does he think all country music singers have a twang? Is a “twang” something to look down on? Did Australian Keith Urban or Canadian Shania Twain have to work around the “twang – thing”? Did Bon Jovi adopt a New Jersey twang when they released their country influenced album?
I wonder how country music fans, not to mention artists, will accept Danny into the fold. He always sounds like he has settled for something he doesn’t want and is trying to justify his actions.

They are pushing him for the finale, because Danny vs. Adam, the light vs. dark theme is appealing. Danny has very limited music knowledge, rambling a lot, etc. He’s not someone struggling for years for a music career, or performs music for money all his life. He’s a truck driver before the show. I always cut him some slack

Danny has a good vioce and great sad story TPTB thought he would grow as the season went along.Danny never did and if you can’t grow on AI doing 1 song a week how can you grow outside the AI bubble.I think word records will try and give him a couple songs with crossover chances to country.I think danny will have the hardest time when the tour ends.The AI bubble burst and the real work will start.I just don’t think danny has enough time to learn everything he needs to have a good chance.

What type of real learning takes place on the first day of school? If any day is good to cut, I’d say it’s the first, unless it’s the last. (As long as there are no exams.)

It could also be that if he would have been a part of any another season of AI he would have been signed but when they have 3 very marketable contestants why sign someone with apparent problems?

He has a fan base, he can sing, he does very well on the tour, get good respons, but how do they market him?

What type of real learning takes place on the first day of school? If any day is good to cut, I’d say it’s the first, unless it’s the last. (As long as there are no exams.)

That may be true, but it doesn’t exactly make a good first impression on the teachers, IMO.

As for Rolling Stone…enh. They put Britney on the cover when she was 17. They’re not exactly the arbiters of ‘serious’ music they once were. They do, however, seem to know what sells.

“All season long, TPTB, including the judges, were pushing Danny for the win. He also had a huge fanbase.”

After spending time on the blogs, and having time from the show’s end to think it over, I think this was all scripted, and they never really wanted Danny to win. The script of the dark-horse, coming out of “nowhere” for the win, is a much better script. And, Kris is far more marketable, has a focus to his music career, and doesn’t have the same level of negative reactions to him that Danny (or even Adam) has. (I personally love Adam, but realize that he’s very polarizing.)

If 19 was really behind Danny, they wouldn’t have passed over the option of signing him.

Hard to know how large the fanbase really is for Danny. It’s not one vote per person, so making it to the top 3 doesn’t mean a certain number of CD sales. Were people voting for him for non-music reasons? With the country having ADD, as Kris said, do those who voted for him even remember about him now?

Even enthusiastic applause on the tour doesn’t mean a certain number of CD sales. I’m not going to any of the shows, but if I did, I would intend to cheer loudly for all the Idols, and I suspect that, after hearing one of my favs, Allison, and knowing that Adam was coming up after Danny, I’d be sounding more excited about Danny than I really am. That wouldn’t translate into a CD sale, though.

However, only time will tell how any of them do, and for the already signed Idols, we’ll be finding out soon.

I really do mind Danny doing country, when he hasn’t really shown any interest in country, (other than the paycheck), and doesn’t really know the genre at all, but who knows, with the right songs, he could still do a great job of it. IMO, though, he should have gone the Christian route, since that was the only genre that he seemed to really be familiar with, and interested in. (Can’t be too interested in country if he doesn’t listen to it.)

I still find it odd that his record deal hasn’t been announced yet, if it’s all set, but maybe they’re waiting for the hometown show, or after Labor day, or…who knows, maybe there is some business reason for waiting. Seems like it would be better to announce it ASAP, and get the press for it while they’re still on tour and doing lots of press, and to keep the interest going, IMO.

I don’t think the basic criteria for the Rollingstone cover has changed much. They have always had a good number of “popular” groups on the cover. Its just 20 or 30 years ago a lot of the popular groups were also serious musicians. It is more like the psychic who has 25 really good premonitions come true out of a 100. No one focuses on the other 75 which didn’t.

I seriously wonder if there’s a bit of a Taylor syndrome attached to Danny. There are certain things that remind me of him when I think of Danny.

I see very little in common between Danny and Taylor.

Pop/rock music knowledge – Taylor extensive; Danny very little

Instruments: Taylor is excellant guitarist, also harmonica and organ; not one of Danny’s strengths.

Genre: Taylor – Pop-rock, blues, blues rock; Danny – ?

Idol popularity – Taylor never was in the bottom; Danny voted off at #3

Judges pimping: Taylor was not the judges favorite; Danny – let me just quote Simon “vocal masterclass”.

Taylor had a big single from Idol – “Do I Make You Proud” #1 US and #1 US Pop charts. And his first album was #2 US. IMO Taylor’s problem was he just didn’t have a pop single hit on his album. I think that taylor really wanted to do blues-rock and 19 wanted him to do pop because blues-rock doesn’t sell. When you see him in concert, he does rock and blues-rock, no pop at all.

Of AI8 Top 10, the one who musically reminds me most of Taylor is Allison — she is really great as a rock vocalist but the market is limited so she will be pushed into the Pink pop/R&B space. I have mixed feelings about this because I want to buy Allison’s rock album — but I also want her to be successful and I guess that means that she ends up producing a pop-rock album.

MSNBC has a picture essay on the Best and Worst Celebrity fashions of 2009. Pictures 7-11 are associated with American Idol. Adam and Allison are pictured, Picture #7 is Adam and Picture #9 is Allison. They didn’t answer the question though…Are shoulder pads back in style??? LOL

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32374207/ns/entertainment-picture_stories/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1&beginChapter=1&beginTab=1

crap going to show tonight and my sis backed out at last minute, she doesn’t feel well. waiting on a friend to see if she can get out of work to go. If not I have a free ticket. It’s in the nosebleeds though. I’ll keep u guise posted…

Joe Zee from Elle Magazine tweeted this regarding the sneak peek of the Kradison Elle photo shoot:

Working on it! Maybe this week we should have a teaser vid up. RT @Charmqn any idea when the elle video with kradison will be posted?about 3 hours ago from web

Forgive me if this has already been asked and answered and shot down, but why don’t they have former contestants guest judge? I’d think they’d have an interesting perspective on it all.

Or maybe all former contestants are done with it, fed up, and ready to disassociate themselves with the show. [Shrug]

Michael Jackson bought rights to Jonas Brothers songs (together with Lady Gaga’s) for his Sony/ ATV Music Publishing catalog. Which makes me think I need to sit and listen to them to have some opinion at least.

He has a fan base, he can sing, he does very well on the tour, get good respons, but how do they market him?

Great question about Danny. I’m really curious how they will go about it too. He obviously has a huge fan-base and this hasn’t been generated by the media, other than the show itself, or by a publicity firm feeding the media.

He’s obviously won over a market segment already so I’m wondering how they will tap into this.

After spending time on the blogs, and having time from the show’s end to think it over, I think this was all scripted, and they never really wanted Danny to win. The script of the dark-horse, coming out of ‘nowhere’  for the win, is a much better script.

Huh-uh, there is no way Kris was scripted as the dark horse. Have you seen how much air time he received before the top 36/13? I really don’t think AI works this way. However, I don’t doubt they had an option for a ‘dark horse’, which I believe may have very had been Matt.

I wish Danny the best. IMO, AI really did a job on him. I do think they expected him to grow more and of course Paula held on until the end…I think in the EW interview he went back to the over-analyzing mode he was describing from the show.

They didn’t answer the question though’ ¦Are shoulder pads back in style??? LOL

To answer this, yes, yes they are. The ’80s have been creeping back, things like bubble skirts a bit ago, skinny jeans and lots of black now, shoulder pads were inevitably next. Be right back, going to slit my wrists.

Danny made into top 3 so presumbly he has a larger fanbase. With proper promotion and good songs i think he can be bigger than the three signed. Just the possibility.

The problem with him doing country is that it’s kinda obvious that country is not his first choice from all the interviews he had post idol (and not knowing what Grand Ole Opry is or thinking you need a twang for country among other things). It seems more like a sell-out that he’s doing country when the main thing country fans look for is authenticity.

Not unlike “rock”, country seems to be a very broad genre, and not quite as youth-obsessed as pop/top 40. I think it’s the best direction for Danny to pursue if he wants to make a go of it in the industry. With the right material, he could make a nice living for himself, but good songs will be essential. Will he have Carrie Underwood level success? No.

Somebody needs to inform Danny that country music doesn’t always have a “message,” and can often be just as fun, profane, raunchy, etc, as any other genre. His constant harping on the message thing and the twang issue is further proof he has no clue about the country industry and he’s going to seriously annoy people once he tries to sell his cd to an audience he doesn’t understand.

There was a really nice picture of Ashton and Demi in the link that CindyM posted.

insomniac19 from ontd-ai will be twittering from show tonight.

@CarlySmithson tweeted a video clip of her concert last night’ ¦

Short Vid clip of acoustic Bury me Alive from tonight . Sounds so diff acoustic – I like it !! Dont like my new boots though

http://twitvid.com/9942A

In case anyone is wondering how it’s going with the band, Carly and the guys recently signed with an indie label and are currently writing songs for their upcoming album. They have said the album will be out in early 2010. Can’t wait!!!

I liked Meryl Streep’s dress from this link of best/worst dressed. Such elegant simple lines.

Danny managed to change opinions of people who didn’t have any expectations of him on the concerts. I mean vocally and soulfully… That’s something.

insomniac19 from ontd-ai will be twittering from show tonight.

I can’t believe it’s been over 30 shows already. I’m exhausted, I can’t imagine how these kids feel.

Note to self – Stay away from the AI underground next season.

David A is also an Honoree at the ALMA awards:
http://www.nclr.org/content/news/detail/59133/

YEAR IN MUSIC
Special Achievement Honorees

Music
David Archuleta’”Male Rising Star
Enrique Iglesias
Maxwell
Pitbull’”Hot Track Christina Aguilera
Demi Lovato
Kat DeLuna’”Female Rising Star
Lynda Carter
Black Eyed Peas

‘The 2009 ALMA Awards’  will tape September 17 at the Royce Hall Auditorium at UCLA and will air FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 (8:00 to 10:00 p.m., ET/PT), on the ABC Television Network.

This is cute .. Adam’s Danish fans..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VgkU_bAklc&feature=player_profilepage

With proper promotion and good songs i think he can be bigger than the three signed.

You’re talking about Danny, right? I will fall over laughing if that happens. I will then cry and ponder the fate of the nation.

I’d be VERY surprised if AI/AT&T doesn’t have the technology/software to tally the number of voters, versus the number of votes. That would give them a good indicator of interest in any one idol. Danny’s tally may have been very low. Or not. We’ll probably never know.

The Jonas Brothers should be taken as seriously as Miley. JUST MY OPINION. Yes, they’re making lots of money and there is obviously a niche for them in the industry. But based on vocal ability, are they any good? C’mon…

“Not unlike ‘rock’ , country seems to be a very broad genre, and not quite as youth-obsessed as pop/top 40.”

A lot of the talk about genre is coming from the record labels, cause obviously they like to focus on one area to market, IMO. But I think many people are not genre bound but it’s more a case of liking a certain artist or song that has exposure or is simply a great song. (My teenager has 70′s rock, Beethoven and was listening to Montgomery-Gentry -Speed on his Ipod yesterday) .His music is good music that has longevity – was surprised at the Montgomery-Gentry song though.

Sometimes you don’t even know you are listening to country(Slezak) and I do think Danny is doing the right move going in this direction.

It seems to me that Adam and Allison are facing the same problem. Isn’t Adam’s album supposedly a variety and Allison is going pop although I really see her having difficulty in this area. She’s just not glossy enough for this I think.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/32553891
Salma Hayek, Oscar De La Hoya among ALMA honorees
(American Latino Media Arts televised on ABC on Sept 17th)
Performers will include David Archuleta, Nelly Furtado, Selena Gomez, Sean Kingston, Pitbull and Luis Fonsi.

NEWS UPDATE: According to a news release from NCLR (National Council of La Raza), David is one of the honorees. He is being honored as the Male Rising Star! His tour mate, Demi Lovato, is also an honoree…

YEAR IN MUSIC
Special Achievement Honorees
Music
David Archuleta’”Male Rising Star
Enrique Iglesias
Maxwell
Pitbull’”Hot Track Christina Aguilera
Demi Lovato
Kat DeLuna’”Female Rising Star
Lynda Carter
Black Eyed Peas

The awards show will be taped on September 17th, but it will air the following day, Friday the 18th, 8-10p.m. ET/PT on ABC.

I was gonna say apparently RS takes them seriously since they’ve been on the cover twice within the same year.

The only thing that Rolling Stone takes seriously is dollars. The magazine used to be one of the most credible music publications. Now after years of financial hardship, Rolling Stone has sold out. They are pandering to the lucrative teen/tween market to boost lagging sales and, most likely, taking money from team Disney/Jonas for the covers. I doubt that Jann Wenner and the RS team think that the Jonas Bros are talented musicians who make good music.

re: earlier post on Awards show

Good for David representing his Latino heritage!!

I’m looking forward to his Christmas cd as I know his other was geared to younger fans. What a voice Archie has, especially for his age!

Dang still can’t get ‘quotes’ to work every time! :frown_tb:

Yay! Concert tonight!!!! I need more Adam! And all is right with the world.

IMHO ai never had any credibility. I don’t care but that’s my opinion.

IMO about joe jonas-
JOE IS HOT-everything else is irrelevent lol
no but seriously tptb put him in time get a younger audience. IMO another tptb major FAIL. of the people I know or I’ve seen like my old school people from kindergarten to 6th grade. Most people I know don’t hate them but don’t like them. they’re mostly indifferent. Same with me although I would say I like them a little. There show( which I watch although like many ppl would never admit it) is shit even by Disney standards but won a teen choice award. I have no doubt their extremely popular. I see jonas brothers or camp rock backpacks on 3rd graders all the time. Even ppl I kno who like them wouldn’t watch something just becuz they’re on it. Sure they gave some die hards that will watch it. even if they watch it they’ll stop after that episode. I mean it’s not like aNYONE needs to be exposed to American idol. Brb going to try to find a lnger comment I posted earlier which is like a longer version of this.

NEWS UPDATE: According to a news release from NCLR (National Concil of La Raza), David is one of the honorees. He is being honored as the Male Rising Star! His tour mate, Demi Lovato is also an honoree’ ¦

YEAR IN MUSIC
Special Achievement Honorees
Music
David Archuleta’”Male Rising Star

ooo weee mama – this is awesome! :shock_tb:

congratulations david!!!

:jittery_tb: :clap_tb:

Idol’s country artists have done relatively well. If Danny signed with a major label going country, he has as much as, if not a better chance to success as the three already signed. with some good songs, his voice can stand out in radio.

Unlike the three signed, he won’t be able to get an album out for the holiday season. And I somehow doubt that his label will invest as much and promote him as much as Kris, Adam, and Allison will be promoted.

Jonas Brothers are huge among teen girls.

Pre-teen.

I think Regis and Kelly is a rerun – the idols are not in NY now. It’s probably a rerun of his appearance after the finale.

TV Guide says Regis & Kelly is a new show tomorrow. They could be wrong, but I guess Adam could have flown to NYC and taped something yesterday. The Idols had the day off.

Never mind. The longer post is nothing new:( personly I like the jonasbrothers better than mikey becuz I think miley’s a disgusting ugly piece of shit. Just sayin’.

Danny. Country? Not feeling that, despite the Rascal Flatts attempts. One thing that has always concerned me about Danny (beyond his ubiquitous foot-in-mouth syndrome) is his self-reported lack of knowledge in music from any genre other than the stuff he sang at church.
He has said repeatedly that he doesn’t know a lot of songs, doesn’t know this, doesn’t know that. It has made me wonder just what the heck he was doing hoping to launch a musical career if he doesn’t know squat. I don’t expect him or any of the idols to know the ins and outs of the music biz, but for chrissakes they ought to know something about the legendary songs and the sounds and artists that are hot then and now. It would be like me wanting to be a writer — perhaps I can spell relatively well, turn a phrase or two. But if I haven’t read any books I’m not going to go very far.
I just don’t see a career ahead for Danny, at least not one beyond the county fair circuit.

relyec, hope you and your waxed eyebrows and whoever you find to go with you have a good time tonight!

Not unlike ‘rock’ , country seems to be a very broad genre, and not quite as youth-obsessed as pop/top 40. I think it’s the best direction for Danny to pursue if he wants to make a go of it in the industry. With the right material, he could make a nice living for himself, but good songs will be essential. Will he have Carrie Underwood level success? No.

I think it was his only option except for Christian Contemporary. And I bet he ends up as a Christian Contemporary artist. IMO The only one of the AI8 Top 10 who could really be a big country star is Kris — and he says that that is not for him.

After spending time on the blogs, and having time from the show’s end to think it over, I think this was all scripted, and they never really wanted Danny to win. The script of the dark-horse, coming out of ‘nowhere’  for the win, is a much better script.

I think they have characters that they cast, and possible scenerios, but not a season-long script before they start. I think the producers “make it up as they go”. As AI8 developed, I think they were dreaming of a Christian Good Guy vs. the Hollywood “Theatrical” Wild Idol. Fortunately, the voters and Kris and Adam didn’t go along with the plan.

A new Rockstar Weekly article about Adam.

http://www.rockstarweekly.com/content/view/776/149/

“I’m looking forward to his Christmas cd as I know his other was geared to younger fans. What a voice Archie has, especially for his age!”

Im am sooooo looking foward to the xmas album you have no idea…. I want it yesterday. Its gonna be awesome. David singing xmas songs is like ghdghdhgdghdh. rawr.

They are finishing up I think the last of it today or at least with songs Kurt Bestor is working on. He said yesterday it was 95% done. I really cant wait.. ACK

Syesha has caught up with David Cook on twitter

@thedavidcook How are you doing? Having heard from you since Idol Finale. I hope you are well. Miss yah…Sye

According to her twitter account she will be releasing music in 2010.

Meanwhile here are some publicity photos of her in Dreamgirls

RT @broadwayworld Photo Flash:’They’re Your DREAMGIRLS’, @syesha, Angela, And Warren Lead 2009 National Tour http://bit.ly/19HU05

I doubt that Jann Wenner and the RS team think that the Jonas Bros are talented musicians who make good music.

Um, have you read some of the articles on them? Esp. Nick (youngest). Also they gave their last album 3 1/2 stars. Truly not too shabby. Unless they’re getting paid for ratings…

Anew Rockstar Weekly article about Adam.

http://www.rockstarweekly.com/content/view/776/149/

Can we now count on Rockstar Weekly and Rolling Stone for at least one piece of Adam news each week?

I was gonna say apparently RS takes them seriously since they’ve been on the cover twice within the same year.

The only thing that Rolling Stone takes seriously is dollars. The magazine used to be one of the most credible music publications. Now after years of financial hardship, Rolling Stone has sold out. They are pandering to the lucrative teen/tween market to boost lagging sales and, most likely, taking money from team Disney/Jonas for the covers. I doubt that Jann Wenner and the RS team think that the Jonas Bros are talented musicians who make good music.

This. I was a Rolling Stone subscriber from the time I was 16 till the mid 90′s, when it was obvious they had lost their mojo, and their status as the bellwether of all that was relevant in rock and popular music, and its culture. The glory days of reporting by Ben Fong-Torres, Cameron Crowe, Lester Bangs and others are long gone… all we have left is this shell of what was once a great magazine – and industry leader.

Anew Rockstar Weekly article about Adam.

Geesh…..I’ve seen about a 1,000 better pic of Adam & they picked those two to use – fail on my part – but to each their own I guess!!! Article okay tho

Also they gave their last album 3 1/2 stars. Truly not too shabby. Unless they’re getting paid for ratings’ ¦

Anything and everything can be bought.

A new Rockstar Weekly article about Adam.

http://www.rockstarweekly.com/content/view/776/149/

Wow! Adam’s picture is on the top right on Sebree’s site next to Eminem. Amazing.

Speaking of Rolling Stone, (I’ve been a subscriber off and on for more than 20 years) I finally read the article accompaning the photo essay on the idols on tour. Yes, it is Adam centric- he gets the headline “Lambert Rocks ‘Idol’ Review,” and the full page picture is of Adam only. The other four photos are on the continuation page. I won’t bother quoting much of it because I have a feeling I missed the bus and this article was probably discussed.

By the way, I did not know they weren’t allowed to drink on show days.

Pre-concert, the Idols shuffle to fan meet-and-greets, during which they sit behind a banquet table snacking on cheese cubes and chicken fingers – like some kind of Idol Last Supper – while moms snap photos of their kids getting autographs. There’s a bar with Coronas and wine in the room, but the singers can’t drink: “That’s what days off are for,” says the tour manager.

RS has some great writers and there is always something worthwhile reading inside, even if the cover isn’t the greatest.

ETA- Of course Adam swears in his interview….”I’m fu*king exhausted.” It’s the first quote of the aritcle…

After spending time on the blogs, and having time from the show’s end to think it over, I think this was all scripted, and they never really wanted Danny to win. The script of the dark-horse, coming out of ‘nowhere’  for the win, is a much better script. And, Kris is far more marketable, has a focus to his music career, and doesn’t have the same level of negative reactions to him that Danny (or even Adam) has. (I personally love Adam, but realize that he’s very polarizing.)

You have to separate the show producers from 19E’s & judges wishes. They may have all wanted something different. I believe that Simon would have wanted Adam to win, but I think the show producers would have wanted Kris to win – for different reasons and different marketing aspects.

Danny don’t talk about the country industry until you can talk about it forwards and backwards. Don’t talk about Miley as an example :thumbdown_tb: & STOP saying ‘Twang’.

I’d be VERY surprised if AI/AT&T doesn’t have the technology/software to tally the number of voters, versus the number of votes. That would give them a good indicator of interest in any one idol. Danny’s tally may have been very low. Or not. We’ll probably never know.

That would be interesting.

TV Guide says Regis & Kelly is a new show tomorrow. They could be wrong, but I guess Adam could have flown to NYC and taped something yesterday. The Idols had the day off.

No, TV Guide must be wrong. R&K are ALWAYS off the last weeks of August. That’s when the whole crew is off. They do their compilation rerun shows during that time ‘“ with the best interviews or biggest draws edited one after the other.

They usually come back the Tuesday after Labor Day, but with Labor Day being a little late this year, they may come back next week, but as I’m pretty sure this is their first week of vacation, it’s doubtful.

What made me giggle a bit is in the right hand corner near the bottom Adam’s picture is on top of Megadeth, Shinedown, Offspring and Chickenfoot (never heard of the is last one), to see Adam Lambert/American Idol and then those names seem odd.

ETA: The Rockstar article is the one I was referring to

Anew Rockstar Weekly article about Adam.

http://www.rockstarweekly.com/content/view/776/149/

Can we now count on Rockstar Weekly and Rolling Stone for at least one piece of Adam news each week?

Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. I was like ‘looks like someone loves Adam even more than Rolling Stone does.’ Don’t know why, it amuses me.

I actually like that picture that they chose. Not my favourite, but I like it. A vast improvement on his offical Glampire one, or of him in the Bedazzled Vest of Ugliness they have him pictured on there and most other places. If they wanted to start using that other one instead, I wouldn’t mind. Nevermind it isn’t from the tour, that’s a whatever to me in comparison to not seeing that…vest thing ick deal.

NEWS UPDATE: According to a news release from NCLR (National Council of La Raza), David is one of the honorees. He is being honored as the Male Rising Star! His tour mate, Demi Lovato, is also an honoree’ ¦

That’s awesome – go Archie!

I waaaaaaant mooooore Adam!

Q3: I think it was his only option except for Christian Contemporary. And I bet he ends up as a Christian Contemporary artist. IMO The only one of the AI8 Top 10 who could really be a big country star is Kris ‘” and he says that that is not for him.

I agree, but Kris may change his mind somewhere down the road. His father played in a rock band, and later became a country music fan. It could be like father/like son.

I waaaaaaant mooooore Adam!

awwww luvadamlambert! you’re too cute for words

Geesh’ ¦..I’ve seen about a 1,000 better pic of Adam & they picked those two to use – fail on my part – but to each their own I guess!!! Article okay tho

I like them. I wish they could use pictures from his actual set, but the one they chose looks pretty good imo. And the photoshoot picture is one of my favorites -I like pretty much all of those pictures.

brewster: The only thing that Rolling Stone takes seriously is dollars. The magazine used to be one of the most credible music publications. Now after years of financial hardship, Rolling Stone has sold out. They are pandering to the lucrative teen/tween market to boost lagging sales and, most likely, taking money from team Disney/Jonas for the covers. I doubt that Jann Wenner and the RS team think that the Jonas Bros are talented musicians who make good music.

According to MRI (a independent firm that does media audience measurement for advertisers), RS has an affluent, adult audience.

Age 12 to 17 1,589,000 12.7%
Age 18 to 24 3,581,000 28.6%
Age 25 to 34 2,867,000 22.9%
Age 35 to 44 2,200,000 17.5%
Age 45 to 54 1,699,000 13.5%
Age 55 605,000 4.8%
Median Age 28.2

For the first couple of decades, Rolling Stone focused on music and politics with a little bit of coverage of popular culture. In the 1990s, RS tried to capure a younger audience and shifted to cover a lot of young television or film actors, pop music, and style — it failed. In the past few years, the magazine has gone back to its traditional mix of content, including in-depth political stories, and has seen its circulation increase. BUT because rock music is not nearly as popular as other musical genres now — RS has a lot of coverage of “pop” music.

Regarding the two Jonas Brothers covers, the JB’s had two #1 albums in the US, Canada and Mexico (2008 and 2009). I am not a fan of the JBs but I think that there are newsworthy in the music world.

The only one of the AI8 Top 10 who could really be a big country star is Kris ‘” and he says that that is not for him.

I totally agree with this. If Kris did Country/Rock (not sure if that’s a genre) type music he would put Carrie Underwood sales to shame. I’m not big on country, but I would buy that.

What made me giggle a bit is in the right hand corner near the bottom Adam’s picture is on top of Megadeth, Shinedown, Offspring and Chickenfoot (never heard of the is last one), to see Adam Lambert/American Idol and then those names seem odd.

Ha! That’s what I thought, Squirrely. I guess Chickenfoot and Offspring just don’t bring in the clicks like Adam does…….

Regarding those Sebree photos, it’s frustrating that nobody actually says what they were FOR! If it wasn’t for that German guy who posted a bunch of purloined shots on his own site, we’d hardly even know about them at all. Makes me wonder how many more we’re being deprived of…. (had to be 100s just from that shoot alone, not that the photog would’ve used ‘em all, but still….). I mean, why keep such spectacularity under wraps?

Regarding the two Jonas Brothers covers, the JB’s had two #1 albums in the US, Canada and Mexico (2008 and 2009). I am not a fan of the JBs but I think that there are newsworthy in the music world.

I thought only last year’s JB cover sold out. This year’s, has not, hence Adam having the only sell out cover this year. At least that’s what I thought, but insomnia only one cup of tea = fuzzy Truthiness brain.

I think I still have a Rolling Stone magazine with Johnny Depp dressed as Captain Jack on the cover – and I have one with Orlando Bloom as well (ah, my pre-teen years). So, yeah, as much as I love their love for Adam, some people seem to take that magazine far more seriously than it takes itself anymore.

k guys found someone to go with me tonight:) look for my tweets and twats. just don’t expect too many during Adam and Kris!

I waaaaaaant mooooore Adam!

Not exactly Adam, but Adam related. Michelle Collins and Joe Zee (the guy who works at ELLE) promoted Adam’s choice of charity. ontd_id as a group has $11,000 plus donation.

I saw someone post a tweet that tomorrow they may post a peek of Adam, Kris, Allison’s Elle vid.

ptslittlecomment @2:38 It was great to hear you mention Syesha.

She sings the jingle to advertise one of our local morning shows here in Dallas – her voice is unmistakingly recognizable to me & I get such a big kick out of hearing it!!!

I thought only last year’s JB cover sold out. This year’s, has not, hence Adam having the only sell out cover this year.

I think Q3 was talking about JB’s albums not their RS cover mag.

relyec Hope you have a really good time at the concert!

Josh Gracin has done well in country also. He had 3 top 10 hits on his first album I think. He has just signed with a new label also and seems to have a lot of bookings.

Singers from other genres are moving to country or doing a collaboration with a popular country artist. Country singers seem to have longer careers then other genres, imo. That field is more “family” oriented then rock, pop, r/b and Danny would be more comfortable there I think. Whether he can pull it off remains to be seen. I think he will be like Phil, and move on to Christian. One thing for sure, country fans do not like people trying to make it in country if they don’t truly love the music, ex. Jessica Simpson.

Adaaaaaammmm wwwwhhhheeeeerrree aaaarre u?

HAVE FUN relyec!!!!!!!!

ontd_id as a group has $11,000 donation.

I’m impressed!

I subscribed to Rolling Stone for years, but we parted ways a while back–just felt like I didn’t connect with their editorial style any longer. I still access their reviews (mainly what I was always interested in anyway) via online sites.

Congrats to David A. on the ALMA honor! Really looking forward to the performance.

luvadamlambert
Aug 25th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Adaaaaaammmm wwwwhhhheeeeerrree aaaarre u?

You are too precious beyond words (but I bet Adam would have more than a few words to say).

I’d be VERY surprised if AI/AT&T doesn’t have the technology/software to tally the number of voters, versus the number of votes. That would give them a good indicator of interest in any one idol. Danny’s tally may have been very low. Or not. We’ll probably never know.

I am sure they do have the technology. I have AT&T and it lists every single text message I send on my phone bill. If they can figure out how to bill me, (this phone texted this number 45 times on this day) it’s should be fairly straight forward to sort the data with more fields, etc. I too have wondered if that influences how the producers run the show. The producers may not have the vote totals, but they may know the percentages. Maybe they always knew Kris had lots of votes and Adam and Danny, not so much…hence the heavy pimping of the later two.

I hate AT&T. just sayin. today’s suuuch a slow news day( Adam) DX

TV Guide says Regis & Kelly is a new show tomorrow. They could be wrong, but I guess Adam could have flown to NYC and taped something yesterday. The Idols had the day off.

They do love Adam, especially Kelly. She couldn’t keep her hands off him. I bet she hugged him three times. He was also great in the interview and a good sport when Art came out with an Adam wig, eyeliner and black nailpolish.

I totally agree with this. If Kris did Country/Rock (not sure if that’s a genre) type music he would put Carrie Underwood sales to shame. I’m not big on country, but I would buy that.

I mostly listen to electronica, synthpop, alternative art rock, progressive rock, new prog, symphonic rock, neo punk, trip hop, and world music. So Adam’s album looks like it will be something that I will really like.

But I also love bluegrass and really good country music — I am a fan of Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum and Sugarland. And even some Darius Rucker. And would probably buy a Kris Allen Country-rock album. (Not if it is bland like Carrie’s music.)

I thought only last year’s JB cover sold out. This year’s, has not, hence Adam having the only sell out cover this year.

I was referring to the JB’s music — they had two, back-to-back #1 albums.

ROTFL I know this is off topic.. but it was soooooo funny.
And honestly I was reading about Adam when I saw this!

Twilight fan ultimate treat: The Twildo

http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-Gay–Lesbian-Issues-Examiner~y2009m8d25-Twilight-fan-ultimate-treat–The-Twildo?cid=exrss-Gay–Lesbian-Issues-Examiner

FYI: Chickenfoot is apparently Sammy Hagar’s post-Van Halen, etc project with some guy from Red Hot Chili Peppers. I would much rather see an Adam pic than one of that old shaggy dog.

Also on the charity front, Pennyroyal Silver, which makes the Adam Lambert Eye of Horus pendants, says that in the first 24 hours of putting the second edition of the pendant on sale some $20,550 was raised for MusicCares. Tim, the guy who owns Pennyroyal and makes the jewelry, says that about 30 percent of the proceeds from each pendant goes to the charity. He wouldn’t tell me how many second-edition pendants (at $150 a pop) were sold, and if I had a brain for math I might be able to figure that out. But sounds huge to me.
They’ll be on sale for the rest of the week and then never again. The goal is to raise $100,000.

Adam’s power being used for good! :clap_tb:

luvadamlambert
Aug 25th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Adaaaaaammmm wwwwhhhheeeeerrree aaaarre u?

You are too precious beyond words (but I bet Adam would have more than a few words to say).

^^THIS! I know, BB, I read the headlines right before leaving for work and thought *sigh* a day without Adam headlines is a day without sunshine …

At the risk of repeating myself, I think Rolling Stone has always tried to place popular artists and celebrities on their cover. In 1971 for instance they had Tricia Nixon on the cover followed a few weeks later by the Incredible Hulk. And despite posing in the nude ( shown from the waist up) I don’t think David Cassidy’s photo cover at the height of his Partridge Family fame was anymore advant guarde than say, the Jonas’ now. When you start your magazine at a time when larger-than-life-personalities were seeking fame for doing larger than life things, ( and you employ an up and coming photographer by the name of Annie Leibovitz) its not too difficult to get amazing subjects for both photograhs and articles. But it has always been about selling the magazine by reflecting the culture around them.

IMHO ai never had any credibility. I don’t care but that’s my opinion.

IMO about joe jonas-
JOE IS HOT-everything else is irrelevent lol

You tell em BB!

I should add though that I really enjoyed the Beatles article that was on the cover of RS this week! Very fascinating read.

IMO about joe jonas-
JOE IS HOT-everything else is irrelevent lol

Is that the flat ironed one?

Michelle Collins and Joe Zee (the guy who works at ELLE) promoted Adam’s choice of charity.

I was wondering how they could do that unless their Twitter accts are considered personal accts. If their Twitter accts are corporate accts, there’s a lot of red tape before the company will make an official endorsement. I know Slezak’s Twitter name has EW in front of it, so I doubt he’ll be making any statements.

I was at a Tax Conference this morning and they warned us again to watch what kind of statements we make on Twitter. If you have a professional license, you have to be careful of legal liability. Tweets many go the way of e-mails in that they soon may have to be backed up in case they are needed as evidence. This may be far-stretched at this point, but I’m trying to point out that any corporate representatives on Twitter can’t just say what they want.

Never mind. The longer post is nothing new:( personly I like the jonasbrothers better than mikey becuz I think miley’s a disgusting ugly piece of shit. Just sayin’.

Yikes slow down there trooper…which is it Mikey or Miley?

I thought only last year’s JB cover sold out. This year’s, has not, hence Adam having the only sell out cover this year.

I was referring to the JB’s music ‘” they had two, back-to-back #1 albums.

See? Fuzzy Truthiness brain with less than 2 hours of sleep and only one cup of tea. Yaawn. Thanks for clarification. And yes, getting more caffine as we speak. Oh, but cool for these charities raising money. Sometimes devoted fans are a good thing, so yay for their using their powers for good.

Q3 I really don’t care which way Kris goes, if he ends up country fine, I just want it to have some oomph (I guess that is rock), just as long as it doesn’t sound like Carrie’s which I call the same throughout (bland). Boy I learn a lot around here……sometimes I find it hard to express myself…..

On Kris’ old album I really liked it but I thought it could use a little more pizazz or oomph as I call it, is that a producer issue, I really don’t know.

Spending time at MJs is almost like going to class again for me & I consider most of you my professors. :smile1_tb: Thanks for that!

(no technical music background on my part – which I’m sure is no surprise – heh)

Also on the charity front, Pennyroyal Silver, which makes the Adam Lambert Eye of Horus pendants, says that in the first 24 hours of putting the second edition of the pendant on sale some $20,550 was raised for MusicCares. Tim, the guy who owns Pennyroyal and makes the jewelry, says that about 30 percent of the proceeds from each pendant goes to the charity. He wouldn’t tell me how many second-edition pendants (at $150 a pop) were sold, and if I had a brain for math I might be able to figure that out. But sounds huge to me.
They’ll be on sale for the rest of the week and then never again. The goal is to raise $100,000.

If the 30% proceeds is correct, and that seems reasonable, then that is total sales of $68,500 and 457 pendants sold. Not bad for 24 hours.

He was also great in the interview and a good sport when Art came out with an Adam wig, eyeliner and black nailpolish.

Truly a horrific moment. God, Art looked hideous.

Truly a horrific moment. God, Art looked hideous.

Horrific is the perfect word. It was a absolute horror!!

Horrific is the perfect word. It was a absolute horror!!

I know! I can’t believe Adam cracked up so sincerely; I would have screamed. I think I did. I mean, someone dresses up as you and they look like THAT? You’d have to put me on suicide watch

If anyone is looking for tickets to tonights show, Ticketmaster just released a big batch of Floor 1 tickets.

k guys found someone to go with me tonight:) look for my tweets and twats. just don’t expect too many during Adam and Kris!

I wanna be there! :cry_tb:

Have a great time relyec!

I saw someone post a tweet that tomorrow they may post a peek of Adam, Kris, Allison’s Elle vid.

:clap_tb: :clap_tb:

ETA: If anyone is looking for tickets to tonights show, Ticketmaster just released a big batch of Floor 1 tickets.
___________________________________________
Don’t tell me that!!!

I always felt that Kris was in the wrong genre and his duet with Keith Urban looked like a much better fit for him. I don’t think he would outsell Carrie though. She’s mega successful and I don’t think Kris has the voice to be that successful but then again, a lot of country stars don’t have great voices so who knows.

Q3, I admire your brain and calculator mind skills.

Idol’s country artists have done relatively well. If Danny signed with a major label going country, he has as much as, if not a better chance to success as the three already signed. with some good songs, his voice can stand out in radio.

Could be, none of us know. I think that sometimes we tend to make the error of thinking that the AI fandom subset of internet world is genuinely reflective of what is playing out in reality. There doesn’t appear to always be a good correlation. After all, it wasn’t so long ago that the predictions that Danny would get booed off the stage on tour were so prevalent that I saw a Danny fan on here say she was thinking twice about taking her young daughter to the concert because she didn’t want her exposed to the ugliness. Until she dialed into a cellcast, and saw the reviews, and realized that there really were a lot of people who appreciate him. It looks like now that the last internet theory didn’t play out that there’s a new one that the first half of Danny’s cheers are leftovers from Allison, and the last half is just anticipation for Adam. It’s kind of funny really.

I think Danny is doing fine. He has a lot of strengths to leverage, and aspects that I think will be very appealing to country music fans. He’s not trying to fool anyone that he didn’t understand until recently that he could find a place in country music. But whether or not country fans would resent his honesty about that, I don’t think what he says on Idolatry is going to have any relevance to how he does in the marketplace. It’s going to be all about the songs and the promotion. From what I’ve seen, it appears that he is taking it very seriously and is being taken very seriously. I wish him all the best and I hope to see him succeed. Actually I wish that for all the kids.

Kris Allen’s placeholder picture at Amazon has been changed…

http://www.amazon.com/New-Release-2009-Kris-Allen/dp/B0020MMDCY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1251230348&sr=1-1

If the 30% proceeds is correct, and that seems reasonable, then that is total sales of $68,500 and 457 pendants sold. Not bad for 24 hours.

Wise decision to talk to Adam’s management to sell more. The first edition of 100 took less than two hours to sell. Suffice to say, they were a bit surprised.

BTW, if Kris decides to sing country, someone should tell him he doesn’t need sing with a twang.

If anyone is looking for tickets to tonights show, Ticketmaster just released a big batch of Floor 1 tickets.

I want to go to the 9/15 show. Would I have to wait until the morning of to look for tickets?

ETA: Regarding Pennyroyal – the Sophia’s Heart pendant created for Danny was really nice too.

Kris Allen’s placeholder picture at Amazon has been changed’ ¦

http://www.amazon.com/New-Release-2009-Kris-Allen/dp/B0020MMDCY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1251230348&sr=1-1

Definite improvement and much more indicative of Kris than that posed, stiff picture they had up before. And much more flattering, because that other picture just wasn’t terribly flattering for him. Which is hard to do, because the guy is cute.

@DavidArchie tweeted his 1000th tweet today :smile1_tb: :

Another day of recording today! I think this is my 1000th tweet, right? Haha. Gettin’ into the Christmas spirit now!

ETA: He started twittering at the latter end of April.

BestAI Aug 25th, 2009 at 4:07 pm

BTW, if Kris decides to sing country, someone should tell him he doesn’t need sing with a twang.

:lol_tb: :lol_tb:

While I think Kris would be awesome in country/rock/bluegrass/newgrass what have ya’, there would be no guarantee that he would get the best material, just as there is none with the direction he’s going. I’m fine with him not going country, completely fine, just hope for the right material.

Danny’s not my fave, but I want him to do well enough so he can hire some good people to work for his foundation. His heart is in the right place, but his brain may not be. You need “salaried” knowledgeable people, not just volunteers, to work for a foundation if you want sustenance.

Q3 I really don’t care which way Kris goes, if he ends up country fine, I just want it to have some oomph (I guess that is rock), just as long as it doesn’t sound like Carrie’s which I call the same throughout (bland). Boy I learn a lot around here’ ¦’ ¦sometimes I find it hard to express myself’ ¦..

On Kris’ old album I really liked it but I thought it could use a little more pizazz or oomph as I call it, is that a producer issue, I really don’t know.

I want more oomph on Kris’s album as well. My fear is that it’s going to be too soft rock/pop for me to enjoy, too Matchbox 20 not Killers enough, to use two of his concert song examples. I like Bright Lights when Kris performs it because he gets so into it, it showcases his piano and guitar playing and he gets to rock out to it. So I enjoy it on that level and for that. But as a song? No, not really. The Killers aren’t that edgy, but they can have some edge, so I hope that Kris will get at least that level of oomph in his first record for at least a song or two.

RS must love the JoBros because I just saw today a special edition RS that’s about nothing but them.

His heart is in the right place, but his brain may not be.

:clap_tb:
I think you have summed up the essence of Danny’s music career right there.

NEWS UPDATE: According to a news release from NCLR (National Concil of La Raza), David is one of the honorees. He is being honored as the Male Rising Star! His tour mate, Demi Lovato is also an honoree’ ¦

YEAR IN MUSIC
Special Achievement Honorees
Music
David Archuleta’”Male Rising Star
——————–

WOW ARCHIE – congratulation for a well deserved Honor. Could hardly wait for the ALMA show on Sept. 18th. also for your Christmas Tour and CD.

Woot, woot – Archie- Go Archie.

Kris behind the scenes interview from his Itunes pass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYbwgE4cX

first thing on his Ipod? Adam, lol

yay! for the new card holder, much better. Looking very much forward to getting my hard copy from Amazon

ETA Iphone not Ipod

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1619466/20090825/allen_kris_american_idol_.jhtml

MTV exploring the possible release date for Kris’ album.

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Love Amazon’s new placeholder pic. Niiiiiiice.

ref prev post from ravengirl @ 4:02

I was being serious with my previous post when I spoke directly to Q3, it was a compliment on my part.

I have often mentioned the talent shown here at MJs – it boggles my mind & I appreciate it very much. I just cooled my phrasing so it wouldn’t sound like I was kissing ass. It gets rough here to communicate with an Adam fan when they know he is not your fav. This much I know for sure, I am a straight forward, blunt & & an honest person.

So again, thank you Q3 & others here for teaching me so much!! :smile1_tb:

Kris behind the scenes interview from his Itunes pass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYbwgE4cXtk

He is such a cutie!

Kris Allen’s placeholder picture at Amazon has been changed’ ¦

http://www.amazon.com/New-Release-2009-Kris-Allen/dp/B0020MMDCY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1251230348&sr=1-1

The pic shows why Kris is called pocket idol, imo. It’s good that Amazon bundles Kris’ album with Daughtry’s Leave This Town album. Wondering if it’s Amazon’s decision or 19E’s suggestion.

The behind the scenes interview is not working for me =(

BTW, if Kris decides to sing country, someone should tell him he doesn’t need sing with a twang.

LOL! Oh Danny…

I have never understood this desire to have Kris sing country music. It seems to be based on image more than music. Kris would certainly not look out of place in Nashville with his plaid shirts and jeans. And yes he’s from the south and has an adorable wife.

But this is a guy who sang a Bob Dylan song on country night and admitted to Rolling Stone that he was working the system. He rearranged most of his songs on the show and not one of them had a country flavor. His main musical influences are all pop/rock and he’s never mentioned any country artists among his current favorites.

I think Kris has more similarities with Rob Thomas or Matt Nathanson than he does with Tim McGraw or Trace Adkins.

Could Kris be successful in country? Maybe. But I think one of Kris’s strongest musical attributes is his connection to the music he is performing. I don’t know if he would have that singing country.

Danny’s not my fave, but I want him to do well enough so he can hire some good people to work for his foundation. His heart is in the right place, but his brain may not be. You need ‘salaried’  knowledgeable people, not just volunteers, to work for a foundation if you want sustenance.

I have grow to reallly kind of like Danny — although I still occassionly want to throw things at him when he talks too much — but I have the exact same hope. But there is really no information about who is even running SHF — but I hope it is someone really trustworthy.

I also think that for a new foundation, SHF is trying to do too much. The 4 missions are all great causes, but any 1 would be a lot:

1. SHF Music and Arts Program – includes donations to SEDA (School for Early Development at the Milwaulkee Center for Independence to help establish a music program)

2. Sophia L. Gokey Scholarship Fund (3 scholarships to be awarded but no details released yet)

Tweet from Danny:

I’m very excited about 2morrow ~ SHF is giving away 3 scholarships to 3 kids who overcame tough situations. I’ll update u with pics 2morrow
about 22 hours ago from web

3. Sophia’s Heart of Compassion (giving to families in need of food, clothing and shelter)

4. SHF Medical Fund

And rather the heading in the direct of more focus, the SHF website includes this very broad future vision:

Our vision does not end here. We have only begun to share how we desire to impact our society. SHF is dedicated to making a long-term impact both nationwide and worldwide. While this is not an easy undertaking, with your help we will continue to dream together and make our vision become reality.

Is786idol
Aug 25th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
The behind the scenes interview is not working for me =(

Do a search in youtube for Kris Allen, then Click Sort by “newest”

It should be the third or the fourth youtube link.

It wasn’t working for me either, but when I went through the search it did. Go figure.

LOL chipmunk miley . my ipod automatically puts in mikey.

yeah that’s the one squirrely.

susan m. ita

Is786idol
Aug 25th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
The behind the scenes interview is not working for me =(

Try this link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYbwgE4cXtk

BCU79, very nicely said.

Trina Aug 25th, 2009 at 4:19 pm

RS must love the JoBros because I just saw today a special edition RS that’s about nothing but them.

Wow, Disney must of paid a lot for that! I bet they paid Elvis Costello a lot to sit down and talk to Nick Jonas about songwriting. But, I’ll drop that subject now.

Thanks Squirrely!..and Thanks for the tip Sunn!

I lived kris ‘s duet on finale night. IMO ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! carrie underwood may be bland but I have her full album on my iPod. and she’s very succesful. I like kris’s pic. whoever said his heart is in the right place…… is spot in about danny IMO. I think he’s clueless.

ADAM !!!!!!! stilllllllll wwwaaaaaiiitttiiinnnggg

BCU79 Aug 25th, 2009 at 4:38 pm

BTW, if Kris decides to sing country, someone should tell him he doesn’t need sing with a twang.

LOL! Oh Danny’ ¦

I have never understood this desire to have Kris sing country music. It seems to be based on image more than music. Kris would certainly not look out of place in Nashville with his plaid shirts and jeans. And yes he’s from the south and has an adorable wife.

But this is a guy who sang a Bob Dylan song on country night and admitted to Rolling Stone that he was working the system. He rearranged most of his songs on the show and not one of them had a country flavor. His main musical influences are all pop/rock and he’s never mentioned any country artists among his current favorites.

I think Kris has more similarities with Rob Thomas or Matt Nathanson than he does with Tim McGraw or Trace Adkins.

Could Kris be successful in country? Maybe. But I think one of Kris’s strongest musical attributes is his connection to the music he is performing. I don’t know if he would have that singing country.

THIS. Kris was all fanboy meeting Brian May and asked him for an autograph, he was flying high singing with Queen; when asked about singing with Keith Urban he said he was a nice guy but could not understand why they got him to sing with Kris as he is not into country music at all. To see him bopping around on the GMA stage during “Tell Me Lies” and to ATTID and Brght Lights is to know that that is where his musical heart lies and just how much he loves pop/rock. I may not be a musical fan of Kris’s (yet, we’ll see when his album drops) but maybe that is why I can see as plain as day just how very much Pocket Idol loves pop/rock.

lol on the Kris video. He’s so cute and still enamored with Adam. Reminds me of his first Confessional video.

nvm

Considering Kris has absolutely no interest in being a country artist, I don’t know why people here keep saying he should go that route. Let him do what he wants to do — please don’t try and force him into a genre he really doesn’t want to do. Just because he’s from the south shouldn’t mean he is a country artist — he obviously prefers pop, rock and r&b.

Thanks Q3

how can a vison become reality if there is no clear vision

:lol_tb: because of BestAI post on 4:407

My first one all day!

Considering Kris has absolutely no interest in being a coutnry artist, I don’t know why people here keep saying he should go that route. Let him do what he wants to do ‘” please don’t try and force him into a genre he really doesn’t want to do.

Nothing said on this board will change Kris’ musical direction, but I would love for him to do a country/rockish album.

Girlygirl I don’t think anyone’s trying to force him into a genre. I like his pop/rock but think he has a lot of potential to be succesful in country

what do u mean MRS B? Ur first what?

Yay the concert’s in 2 hours!!!! ttthhheeenn wweee’llll hhave more Adam!!!!!!!!! he needs another twitter party!!! Something.
anything

I did an edit luvadamlambert – did you see? My first :lol_tb:

Oh:D never mind

luvadamlambert Aug 25th, 2009 at 4:58 pm

Girlygirl I don’t think anyone’s trying to force him into a genre. I like his pop/rock but think he has a lot of potential to be succesful in country

what do u mean MRS B? Ur first what?

Kris says doesn’t like country music and doesn’t listen to country music and that is not where is musical heart is and I don’t think Kris would even think about going a route where his heart and soul isn’t into it.

I agree with adamland 100% (@5.05)

(I’ve given up on using quotes today – tomorrow is another story

new behind the scenes interview with Kris. He talks about what music he’s listening to (Adam – ha!), what he wants to try and do with his 1st album, etc. This is from his iTunes pass stuff…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYbwgE4cXtk&eurl=http://lj-toys.com/?journalid=20128880&moduleid=1989&preview=&auth_token=sessionless:1251234000:embedcontent:20128880&1989&:&feature=player_embedded

Kris says doesn’t like country music and doesn’t listen to country music and that is not where is musical heart is and I don’t think Kris would even think about going a route where his heart and soul isn’t into it.

I don’t think Kris has ever said that he doesn’t like Country music. His parents played it in the house during his growing up years. It just isn’t where his musical passion lies. And since Kris is a passionate performer, it would require a shift over time, and definitely not over night, like Danny’s conversion.

I know kris won’t do it adamland. What I meant is if kris were to do it if he liked it etc. he could be very succesful. based on his keith urban duet and his voice. I’m pretty sure by this time next year he’s going to have david cook’s level of fame. I think adam’s going to be big but I can see him failing too. The one I’m most interested in success wise is allison.

I don’t think I can stand to watch the kris interviews.,….. just imagine Adam could be dpi g that…..I’m bitter and I don’t care….. this is why I need Adam….. I need a smile;D

if I remember right Adam doesn’t have press todayD;

“Lambert’s first song, the single from the soundtrack for 2012, should be released long before the Nov. 13 release date for the film.” quoted from Rockstar

So 2012 is the 1st song? Am I reading this right?

@luvadamlambert,

how can a vison become reality if there is no clear vision

Indeed. Jeez, you’re brilliant.

if I remember right Adam doesn’t have press todayD;

That would a yes, on the no. And I feel your pain. I enjoyed having Adam back doing interviews and looking and acting completely presh. Well maybe the day after.

But this is a guy who sang a Bob Dylan song on country night and admitted to Rolling Stone that he was working the system. He rearranged most of his songs on the show and not one of them had a country flavor. His main musical influences are all pop/rock and he’s never mentioned any country artists among his current favorites.

No doubt Kris doesn’t want to do Country and I have no expectation that he will have any Country music on his album BUT that does’t mean he couldn’t be successful at it if he choose to make a country album.

For Grand Ole Opry Week Kris performed Garth Brook’s “To Make You Feel My Love” as a pop song — nothing “country” about Kris’ performance but it def a country song. (Bob Dylan wrote it, but Bob Dylan wrote and performed a lot of country songs.)

Kris said he likes country, but it’s just not his route.

According to Twitter, David Cook will be announcing some tour dates in Canada soon.

‘Lambert’s first song, the single from the soundtrack for 2012, should be released long before the Nov. 13 release date for the film.’  quoted from Rockstar

So 2012 is the 1st song? Am I reading this right?

I take that to be a good guess.

We know that Adam’s first single will be released in October (source: Adam interviews), we know that the 2012 song is done, and we know that Adam said his first single is “in the can”.

Often, a song from a movie that can get radio airplay will be released in advance of the movie as part of the promotion. But I haven’t seen that confirmed anywhere about the 2012 song.

But no one has said this will be his first single.

Oh girlygirl that interview was greatttttttttttt – (love the boy in color) – Thanks for posting.

Regarding Kris & his music (this applies to Cook also) I do not CARE what they put out – I’m buying – if I don’t like it well then it’s my problem. But I highly doubt it would happen in the negative direction just because of how I feel about them.

They both had the same approach in capturing my heart on the show. They came to fruition slowly……& deliberate IMO. After I experienced this, I started searching for stuff online to see what each were about & how they were as people. For me it just made it better, so I am in it for the long run! This year on my hunt for Kris I found MJs. The rest as they say is history! (a good one)

I would like to know…what’s up with the candles in Kris’ latest iTunes interview video? Candles in a recording booth??? Huh???

And LOL at the the thread over on ontd_ai about this…people flailing because Adam is one of the people on Kris’ iPhone playlist…

lol on the Kris video. He’s so cute and still enamored with Adam. Reminds me of his first Confessional video.

Is this on utube? Unfortunately I missed out on these.

This explains why Sarver hasn’t been tweeting as much the last few days

MichaelSarver1:

Sorry for being MIA. I haven’t been feeling myself over the last few days. But it’s good to find u all doing well.
about 4 hours ago from web

And again, here’s the youtube link for Kris’ Itunes behind the scenes interview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYbwgE4cXtk&eurl=http://lj-toys.com/?journalid=20128880&moduleid=1989&preview=&auth_token=sessionless:1251234000:embedcontent:20128880%261989%26:&feature=player_embedded

Is there a concert tmirow? Please say yes!!!! I need adam interviews!!!!!!!!!

I would like to know’ ¦what’s up with the candles in Kris’ latest iTunes interview video? Candles in a recording booth??? Huh???

I was just going to comment on that. WTF? Kris was in his super laid back mode, and with those candles, I am trying to imagine what they were thinking.

And LOL at the the thread over on ontd_ai about this’ ¦people flailing because Adam is one of the people on Kris’ iPhone playlist’ ¦

Not just on but the first mention! Field day on ONTD_AI!!

Perhaps it was the romantic candlelight that made Kris think of Adam. )

And LOL at the the thread over on ontd_ai about this’ ¦people flailing because Adam is one of the people on Kris’ iPhone playlist’ ¦

Wonder what he has on there, Crawl Thru Fire? uh uh uuuuuhh

Hi guys,

My two and a half cents on the Danny musical direction issue (and a bit more)

So, Kris Allen sounded fantastic with Keith Urban on the finale and they both seemed to enjoy the duet … but Kris wasn’t feeling Kiss a Girl the way that he does Bright Lights; not even close. No I think that Kris knows what he likes, he knows himself and he knows what he wants to be and do. And to top that off, he’s obviously a centered, confident person.

I don’t know about Danny and Matt though. Danny seems to be turning away from his roots because they aren’t commercial enough. And Matt seems to know what he wants to do but doesn’t have the vocabulary to communicate it to others.

And, to me, neither of these two guys seems to have a mature, secure sense of self. Their humor and their interaction with others feels kind of childish and even petulant, to me and, if I were a record company executive, I’d be looking at that with a very skeptical eye.

This is only my particular reaction and it’s based on a few backstage glimpses from the AI website, a few interviews and the bubble tweets. You may all have a different take on it but, somehow, I can’t quite shake the feeling.

Alison gets a pass for not always coming across like a grown up … but Matt and Danny don’t.

girlygirl I felt the same way about the candles & had to force myself not to concentrate on them. It was different at least!

girlygirl
Aug 25th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
This explains why Sarver hasn’t been tweeting as much the last few days

MichaelSarver1:

Sorry for being MIA. I haven’t been feeling myself over the last few days. But it’s good to find u all doing well.
about 4 hours ago from web

I guess his neck is feeling better after running in to that pole leaving a mark like a hickey. :rolleyes_tb:

Newfan – I agree!!

.

luvadamlambert:

Yes, they have a concert in Auburn Hills (Detroit) tomorrow.

I think one reason Kris is so down to earth is that the friends he grew up with consistently make fun of him.

Like this!

charlesbrowder@KrisAllen4Real so I’m missing how that tweet is different than the last 40 that thanked a random city or talked about a imaginary skunk…

The only one of the AI8 Top 10 who could really be a big country star is Kris ‘” and he says that that is not for him.

I totally agree with this. If Kris did Country/Rock (not sure if that’s a genre) type music he would put Carrie Underwood sales to shame. I’m not big on country, but I would buy that.

I think that’s what in the producers mind too, Country/Rock. That’s why they paired him with Keith Urban.

Katherine McPhee, Another Second Place Winner

Let’s face it, second place on “American Idol” is actually quite awesome.

You still get a record deal (Adam Lambert), a shot to make
it huge (Clay Aiken) and the opportunity to become some tween sensation (David Archuleta). But above all, you still get the hoops (marketing), nets (production) and marbles (promotions) that make up the figurative world of the “AI” Mouse Trap game. The question is: Will you dive off the board and trigger the net at exactly the right moment to catch the cheese? That, my friends, is finally when talent comes into play.

Where the hell is this metaphor Ryan? Well, it’s me telling you that one very made-over Katherine McPhee has released her cheese.

Katherine’s first single, “Had It All” off her second album, “Unbroken” hits iTunes today — and it doesn’t reek with overproduction. One reason is that the amazing John Alagia (John Mayer, Jason Mraz) helped produce and perfect the forthcoming album. As for the first single, “Had It All,” was written by David Hodges, Mitch Allan and Abdul replacement — yeah, I said it — Kara DioGuardi. So I guess all of her nets and hoops are working to get Katherine onto the iPods of consumers everywhere. Let’s pray this song is just primer for a few, better, gems on the album.

Check out some behind the scenes footage of Katherine in the studio below, and a few more pics of her attempt at pulling off her new “Marilyn” look.

source: New York Post PopWrap

Vada Aug 25th, 2009 at 5:08 pm

Kris says doesn’t like country music and doesn’t listen to country music and that is not where is musical heart is and I don’t think Kris would even think about going a route where his heart and soul isn’t into it.

I don’t think Kris has ever said that he doesn’t like Country music. His parents played it in the house during his growing up years. It just isn’t where his musical passion lies. And since Kris is a passionate performer, it would require a shift over time, and definitely not over night, like Danny’s conversion.

He doesn not listen to any country so I may have assumed he doesn’t like it but to quote Kris “That’s not my cup of music and not the feeling that I want in my album,” Kris said during a teleconference last week (May 28, 2008) when asked about country music ( not my cup/not my cuppa’s meaning is “it is describing something you don’t like or care for”.)

http://www.theboot.com/2009/05/27/kris-allen-not-planning-post-idol-country-career/

Ditto for me too NewFan……………..I would still like to see Matt & Danny signed or sucessful doing music, but honestly, for entirely two different reasons which I don’t feel like elaborating on presently.

Do you think the announcement about Danny’s record deal (assuming he actually has one) will come when the tour is in his hometown of Milwaukee? That’s this coming Friday…

Drove back from Virginia Beach this afternoon; yay for dolphins, pelicans, sunburn and following mjsbigblog via tm from 404-04 on my phone! Since my husband’s Slacker wasn’t charged, he turned on the Sirius XM satellite radio “Eighties on 8″ channel.

Color us surprised when the XM DJ just happened to be talking about Adam Lambert’s new song for the 2012 movie. She also read Brian May’s blog quote word for word. The Adam buzz continues to spread beyond the Idoldome.

Well I’m happy when Adam tweets — even with the typos!!

I hope so girlygirl & it would also be really cool if Matt would hear something by his hometown visits – just think of the celebration!!! :clap_tb:

The Adam buzz continues to spread beyond the Idoldome.

NYMichael, who is in Denmark, said they are talking about Adam there too.

I hope this is OK to put in here, but this Adam talking about the DonorsChoose.org projects:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_IpvMOOdD4&feature=channel

I didn’t even notice the candles in Kris video – I was too busy looking at his er……phone..

Wow valilac that’s good4 his potential to be successful. Buzzzzz is good.

The Adam buzz continues to spread beyond the Idoldome.

Here’s another example: the 2012 story is all over the world. This is from New Zealand.

http://www.3news.co.nz/Adam-Lamberts-2012-song-praised-by-Brian-May/tabid/418/articleID/118137/cat/298/Default.aspx

Pfft, what was that with the iphone?! Kris, honey, you are so playing this Kradam thing… And what’s with the candles?

Not just on but the first mention! Field day on ONTD_AI!!

Perhaps it was the romantic candlelight that made Kris think of Adam. )

Not to mention that bouquet of flowers. Hmmmm.

Last. Night I dreamed that I was backstage at the last show rehearsal on the idol tour talking to Adam. then he went onstage. then I dreamed I saw him kris and Allison wearing green purple and blue dinasour costumes and singing some random song. To add injury to insult they were skipping and spinning and had cheesy choreography. I was debating whether to post this here or not. Then I dreamed on whether I should post it online and ruin it.

don’t.ask

yeah I have WEIRD dreams

o_0

I’m thankful for Adam period!!!! He gives us all something so different & unique to discuss. The man is like no other. Next year is going to be very different without his talent & showmanship.

I may not be a true rocker fan but I live in a Kris – Adam household and although we may differ on opinion who is our fav, we certainly both appreciate talent!

AI is going to have a hellava time providing the WOW factor after Mr. Adam Lambert! IMO

LK3
Aug 25th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
I hope this is OK to put in here, but this Adam talking about the DonorsChoose.org projects:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_IpvMOOdD4&feature=channel

I didn’t even notice the candles in Kris video – I was too busy looking at his er’ ¦’ ¦phone..

Thanks for posting this video. I guess that was videod after last night’s concert — in his spare time!

I don’t think Adam has such a large fan base in Europe. Last night someone said that even though he has international fans, he still needs to start from scratch internationally and I agree with that. The 2012 soundtrack is a really good way to introduce him though because that film will be shown all over the world.

Adam said he is happy to be in Collumbus. (J/K ‘” that wasn’t very nice coming from an Adam supporter.)

And I almost believed you, bestai, LOL!

Q3 – no kidding spare time – these kids have to be wiped out – you can see it in most of their eyes. :sad_tb:

THANK u so much LK3. !!!!!!!!!!!the sound didn’t work for me though;( of course I loved just watching him. Um wow

Me too Mrs. B

I would really like to see Matt and Danny succeed. They make good music and they do seem like good guys. It’s just that it takes one to know one and me-thinks that they and me and millions of others still have room to grow. And, hopefully, we can do it before too many people mark the point that we’re starting from.

Q3 – I assumed it was from a few days back, as Adam’s had emo hair the last few shows.

Your welcome luvadamlambert, always happy to help when I can

emo!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don’t think Adam has such a large fan base in Europe. Last night someone said that even though he has international fans, he still needs to start from scratch in Europe and I agree with that. Soundtrack is a really good way to introduce him though because that film will be shown all over the world.

Yes, that certainly had to be on Sony’s mind when they put this together. But my guess is that RCA/Sony only could open the door on this one. No song would not have gotten in the movie if Roland Emmerich didn’t approve of it, because he gets almost total creative control of his films.

Adam is best known where American Idol episodes are aired live in the US, Canada, Australia & Israel (for most episodes). Also where the American Idol Show is delayed 2 days but popular: New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. But looking at AO.com and Google Trends there are some odd countries that have a lot of Adam-related activity that I can’t explain:

- There are a lot of Adam searches from Finland and Denmark (Google Trends).

- Looking at the source of traffic to AO.com, the real standout country is Japan which is the #2 country to the US — even higher than Canada.

Anyone have any idea why Finland, Denmark and Japan show up?

Less than 3 hrs.until ADAM!!!!!!

NewFan – very wise post indeed & your logic gives me reason to ponder somewhat, thank you.

LK3
Aug 25th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
I hope this is OK to put in here, but this Adam talking about the DonorsChoose.org projects:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_IpvMOOdD4&feature=channel

Thank you LK3 for posting.

So I assume all the Idols got the day off yesterday to just chill out and have a rest day. From Adam’s last interview sounds like he just wanted to sleep or do nothing at the very least. Hope him, Kris and Alli got the rest they needed.

Does anyone know if there’s a celcast tonight?

There’s a lot of UK fans of Adam too.

Q3 easy answe Adam’s A star !!!!

honestly I have no idea. That’s interesting though. Hmmmmmm

LK3
Aug 25th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Q3 – I assumed it was from a few days back, as Adam’s had emo hair the last few shows.

Oh, you’re right. I was distracted looking at his eyes and eye makeup. And a bit distracted by the background. And altogehter braindead!!

Yes there’s a cellcast tonigt. 7 pm eastern time.

I’ve never listened to one but most ppl say it sounds underwater so I dont think it’s worth it

LOL Q3, it;s not easy concentraing on an Adam video when there’s so much pretty going on.

I need to go back at check out Kris’ one again, as I totally missed those candles. Wonder what Adam song he has on his iphone..?

luvadamlambert
Aug 25th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Less than 3 hrs.until ADAM!!!!!!

I don’t know if I can stay up tonight.
I’ve had a fever all day, it’s 1.30 am local time for me and I’m sooo tired. I really want to be here tonight, but it’s looking more and more like a losing battle for me.

Hi Luv

Purple and blue dinosaurs huh? It seems that you have very entertaining dreams. Do you remember what the random song was? I think you’re holding out on us girl.

I’ve given the celcasts a couple of chances but they keep failing me, and the underwater singing becomes too unbearable. But, I;m a glutton for punishment, so I’ll tune in tonigt and give it another try.

From last night’s concert – one very happy fan – photos with 6 idols plus meeting Adam:

AlyssaBiggar:

http://twitpic.com/f9kyj – @adamlambert signed my camera too!
2 minutes ago from TwitPic

http://twitpic.com/f9krr – @adamlambert signed my cellphone! (L) LOVE LIFE
3 minutes ago from TwitPic

http://twitpic.com/f9khf – me and all the idols i got a pic with! besides @adamlambert and @JSmith92 AHA!
5 minutes ago from TwitPic

OMG I MET ADAM LAMBERT. GOT FOUR THINGS SIGNED AND HE HELD MY HAND AND SAID “YOUR GLOVE IS SO PRETTY” I LOVE LIFE. he also said “i love you”
11:04 AM Aug 24th from web

LOL newfan. I don’t remember;p

awww feel better sunn!!!!!!!! Don’t worry there’s a concert tommorow

denmark love adam because of his voice, or I do anyway:)

LOl that’s so sweet, but who would know those are Adam’s signature apart from the owner of the camera and phone?!

OMA LUCKY FAN!!!!! I’m sooo jellus

LOL, japan loves Adam becuz his emo hair is kinds anime!!! LOL I like that becuz it involves emo! Hair

thanks girlygirl for the new Kris’s behind the scenes. That was cute that the 1st song on his Iphone is of Adam..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYbwgE4cXtk&eurl=http://lj-toys.com/?journalid=20128880&moduleid=1989&preview=&auth_token=sessionless:1251234000:embedcontent:20128880&1989&:&feature=player_embedded

Article about David Cook from Sacramento, I apologize if this has been posted already: http://sacrag.com/2009/08/david-cook-gives-the-fair-what-it-needs/

Great piece about David and how he made the first day of the fair a success.

- Looking at the source of traffic to AO.com, the real standout country is Japan which is the #2 country to the US ‘” even higher than Canada.

Anyone have any idea why Finland, Denmark and Japan show up?

Re Why is Adam popular here, at least in terms of search trends: Um, because Finland, Denmark and Japan have good taste?

LK3
Aug 25th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
I hope this is OK to put in here, but this Adam talking about the DonorsChoose.org projects:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_IpvMOOdD4&feature=channel

The editing on this sucked, they should of just let him talk without the breaks in between, but with that said, I just love him.

“how can a vison become reality if there is no clear vision”

Wow, Luv, are you sure that you’re really only 12? What an insightful comment.

Sunn, sorry you’re feeling so bad. Hope it’s not the flu, especially of the swine variety! You are so good at digging up all the videos that I’m sure you won’t miss a thing if you get some rest instead of staring at your screen all nite. :down_tb:

yes denmark have good taste:) I have just been in the archives here on mjs, last year same time the headlines never had more then 50 comments, just a bit funny, maybe adam has given mj some more customers?

‘I don’t know if I can stay up tonight.
I’ve had a fever all day, it’s 1.30 am local time for me and I’m sooo tired. I really want to be here tonight, but it’s looking more and more like a losing battle for me.’

Feel better, Sunn!! I will also miss it. Have to go to a dinner in a few. @luvadamlambert, your so excited I wish I could be around. I’ll usually resort to my 3:30 a.m. insomnia iPhone lurkage, but I’m always seven pages behind.

@LK3, thanks for that vid!! *THUD* Trying to watch at work while hiding it behind windows, but still got enough of the pretty to tide me over until I get home from my event.

Kill it, Columbus!

Proof that even Perez Hilton can do something right once in a while — he posted Adam’s video message on his site!!

Okay I need off list help. I want to donate to a Boston area school, how do I do that and still have my donation go though ontd_ai?

Q3 and Saga, my understanding and I can’f find the quote is that American Idol is seen in 100 countries in the world, many time delay. But if you look at his official website he has fan clubs from all over the world. Simon Fuller is working on a concert series for him in the UK for 2010, so it may well happen he will start being exposed more in Europe. For a lot of the countries, American Idol comes on at a time that these countries do not have their talent programs running, so hence the worldwide exposure.

Nefthell Loved both your posts!

On the 1st one I think you are a very good rep for Denmark!

On your 2nd one even if Kris is my fav, I have no doubt that Adam is bringing new customers here at MJs ad we Kris fans are outnumbered big time!!!!

I don’t want to watch the Danny EW interview. Someone (who took one for the team) tell me that Danny isn’t going to write his own music.
I think the country music world would grab onto Kris and never let him go. He could make millions. But, he has no desire to do country. Life’s too short-don’t spend it doing something you have no passion for.

Danny tweeted a twitpic of himself and 3 winners of $1,000 scholarship awards.

Bye susan m:( have fun with ur life!!! I wish I had one of those lol

LOL yinyang no it’s just the way danny phrased it .

4 MINUTES!!!!!!

Okay I need off list help. I want to donate to a Boston area school, how do I do that and still have my donation go though ontd_ai?

I asked DonorsChoose.org that yesterday. They said that if I want it to go through a specific group, then I have to choose something off of their gift pages. The only suggestion they had was to contact the group and ask them to add the project that I wanted to support.

Thank you Debbie.

Cate I would love to see that Twitpic &

tiger92 It was not a fun interview to watch IMO & the rest of your post yes – yes – yes!! :smile1_tb:

Concert time – yippee!!!!

No concert thread;(

There’s no thread for the concert yet is there?

Q3 and Saga, my understanding and I can’f find the quote is that American Idol is seen in 100 countries in the world, many time delay. But if you look at his official website he has fan clubs from all over the world. Simon Fuller is working on a concert series for him in the UK for 2010, so it may well happen he will start being exposed more in Europe. For a lot of the countries, American Idol comes on at a time that these countries do not have their talent programs running, so hence the worldwide exposure.

Yes, American Idol is shown in over 100 countries. There is a chart on the American Idol wiki page that is current. But it has the highest viewership in the places where it is shown live (North America ET and CT zones), southwestern Mexico, Israel, Australia, and in some places that shown it on a 2-day delay southeast Asia and The Phillapines. Many countries where American Idol is broadcast, it is not that popular and viewership is low — Egypt for example.

Just based on internet traffic, there are only two countries in Europe that have a lot of search traffic or traffic to Adam sites — Finland and Denmark. He may have a lot of fans in the UK but not compared to the population.

Is the tour in central American now so the concert is still an hour away?

nvm, it’s eastern time

no beckymd it’s still eastern time. Thevthread just isnt up yet.

BeckyMD
Aug 25th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Is the tour in central American now so the concert is still an hour away?

Still on Eastern Time.

Here are the time zones for the rest of the tour:

ET August 25 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
ET August 26 Auburn Hills, MI Palace at Auburn Hills
CT August 28 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
CT August 29 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
CT August 30 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
CT September 1 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
CT September 2 Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena
CT September 4 Madison, WI Alliant Energy Center
ET September 5 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
ET September 6 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
ET September 8 Reading, PA Sovereign Center
ET September 9 Wilkes Barre, PA Wachovia Arena
ET September 10 Bridgeport, CT Arena at Harbor Yard
ET September 12 Portland, ME Cumberland County Civic Center
ET September 13 Providence, RI Dunkin’ Donuts Center
ET September 14 Syracuse, NY WarMemorial at OnCenter
ET September 15 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena

Proof that even Perez Hilton can do something right once in a while ‘” he posted Adam’s video message on his site!!

I thought because it was such a nice message from Adam, the comments would fall in line. Nope. Still some that have to post hateful comments about Adam.

MrsB, I don’t know how to post a link (shamefaced), but if you search @dannygokey on twitter.com, it’s a fairly recent tweet.

Before you all run off to the concert thread, can any of you smart folks tell me what this latest Adam tweet means?

adamlambertmax martin

Or MrsB u could google danny gokey twitter

Never mind. Adam tweets further:

adamlambertMax Martin and PINK are quite a combo… listening to “I Don’t Believe You” song gives me chills.

And since Kris is a passionate performer, it would require a shift over time, and definitely not over night, like Danny’s conversion.

Danny is DEFINATELY a passionate performer (I personally think moreso than Kris) and he CHOSE several “country” songs to sing during the show. He was passionate about the message expressed in these songs. I don’t think Danny’s conversion was overnight. I think as he explored more and different types of music, he found that he actually liked this style. It is a very specific “type” of country song, and I think it’s very obvious to anyone who cares to look at Danny objectively that he has found a fondness for the inspirational power ballads that he has chosen to sing time and again. There is absolutely nothing disingenuous about this. These type of songs fit him to a tee.

Someone expressed earlier that Danny needed to learn that not all country music had a story or a message….that country music housed all different types of songs. I think this poster misunderstood what Danny is talking about. He is not saying that there are not all different types of country songs, but what he is saying is that he is drawn to inspirational type ballads and the current genre that those type of songs fit in happens to be country. And admittedly, alot of what is country today, would not have passed for country a decade ago.

I don’t know about Danny and Matt though. Danny seems to be turning away from his roots because they aren’t commercial enough. And Matt seems to know what he wants to do but doesn’t have the vocabulary to communicate it to others.

I just read this quote outloud to my sister. Her immediate comment was “Okay, Matt doesn’t have the vocabulary to express himself and Kris does?” lol. She went on to say that she’s not saying that Kris is dumb, but vocabulary is not necessarily his strong point (at least spoken).

So yeah, Matt and Danny like to goof around. I think they like to make people laugh. It’s not a bad trait in my book. I think when the idols were asked who was the funniest, just about everyone included Matt and Danny in their list. People generally like people who can put a smile on their face. I remember Lil saying about Danny that “no matter how bad you are feeling, when you get around him you know your cares are gonna go out the window because he’s gonna make you laugh.” Again, that’s typically viewed as a good thing. With all of that said, I think both Matt and Danny have a serious side, too, just like everyone else.

As far as Kris and genres…. Kris has more leeway than either Matt or Danny….he won. However, if he hadn’t and wasn’t guaranteed a record contract, he’d be a damn fool not to take a contract to sing country(especially now that country music encompasses so much variety). I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, you have to get your foot in the door to ever be able to have the hope of moving on and creating more of the music that you love. Realistically, most of these kids won’t be making the decisions and calling the shots about what songs they are going to sing anytime soon. They are not established artists. To get to the point where they can ever be that established artist, they had better get themselves a record deal. Even then, it’s a distant and elusive goal.

Here’s a way to recycle those gift cards you’ve been carrying in your wallet but probably will never use. When I donated via ONTD_AI (an amazing comm), I got an email confirmation with the information that at DonorsChoose, if you have an unused store gift card lying around, you can turn it into a GivingCard at Plastic Jungle: A GivingCard is redeemable on any classroom project!

It’s especially satisfying if you can help complete a project now, before the school year starts, so that public school teachers, who don’t earn that much to start with, do not have to spend their own money for supplies for their classrooms.

Never mind. Adam tweets further:

adamlambertMax Martin and PINK are quite a combo’ ¦ listening to ‘I Don’t Believe You’  song gives me chills.

Adam loves emotional songs. This is great song btw

aek, Kris is more than 5 years younger than Danny, so he has the luxury of time on his side. I agree that Danny would have been a fool, to pass on this chance to sing Country music.

Who knows? If pop/rock doesn’t work out for Kris, he may shift to Country. Or his taste may change with time. He wouldn’t be the first. Darius Hootie Rucker has done well in Country after a blowfish of a career.

Danny’s Tweet

dannygokey Here is a pic with me & the 3 scholarship winners backstage at the show. Congrats u guys and keep dreaming!! http://yfrog.com/bbn6hdjabout 2 hours ago from Twitterrific

thank you so much MrsB:), but don’t know if I am a good rep for denmark, in my circle of friends only I am a fan and I have no idea what the rest of my little country thinks about adam, but maybe NYMichael can tell something about that. I find it very hilarious that he is here now, don’t know why, maybe because I have read so much on his blog, he is a clever one heh.

He is not saying that there are not all different types of country songs, but what he is saying is that he is drawn to inspirational type ballads and the current genre that those type of songs fit in happens to be country. And admittedly, alot of what is country today, would not have passed for country a decade ago.

Wholeheartedly agree with this statement. Danny did perform many country songs on the show including the Rascall Flatts song, as well as Carrie Underwood, LeeAnn Womack, and Mickey Gilley’s version of Stand By Me. I think if he were going to go in this direction, he would be successful. Danny impressed me in concert, he has a great voice and I still think he has one of the top 3 voices on Idol Season 8 along with Adam and Allison. His lack of growth is what hurt him on the show I think.

People generally like people who can put a smile on their face.

So true, and if it was anyone but Danny, his outgoing personality would be celebrated. Matt’s like that too, but Matt can come off petulant about certain things and I haven’t seen that with Danny. Danny sometimes comes off oblivious, but I don’t think he’s got bad intentions.

I would love to see Danny get a record deal and do well. I probably wouldn’t buy his music because it’s not my thing, I admired his voice during the concert, not the Rascall Flatts songs.

He doesn not listen to any country so I may have assumed he doesn’t like it but to quote Kris ‘That’s not my cup of music and not the feeling that I want in my album,’  Kris said during a teleconference last week (May 28, 2008) when asked about country music ( not my cup/not my cuppa’s meaning is ‘it is describing something you don’t like or care for’ .)

http://www.theboot.com/2009/05/27/kris-allen-not-planning-post-idol-country-career/

Now that was interesting…When I clicked on a link (Keith Urban’s name), he said he and his wife Nicole liked Danny Gokey.

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Did anyone else wonder if Kris was listening to Adam’s new single on his iphone?

Daughtry’s ‘What About Now’  is currently the #1 itunes download on the rock charts in the UK and Ireland after being used on the most recent X-Factor.

http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/charts/top10rocksongs.html

aek, Kris is more than 5 years younger than Danny, so he has the luxury of time on his side. I agree that Danny would have been a fool, to pass on this chance to sing Country music.

Who knows? If pop/rock doesn’t work out for Kris, he may shift to Country. Or his taste may change with time. He wouldn’t be the first. Darius Hootie Rucker has done well in Country after a blowfish of a career.

Yeah, well Kris does have the benefit of youth, but he also is the winner, which is the biggest benefit. He is guaranteed a contract..not that he gets to call the shots, but it does give him an advantage. And the thing about country music, is that it seems to house so many styles. Kris could almost pull off some of the songs that he enjoys in country these days. It’s almost like country has a stigma attached to it…I don’t know.

Btw, Darius Rucker has an awesome voice. But Hootie and the Blowfish is a classic example of how you can be on top of the world with one album and then disappear with the next. It took awhile for Rucker to make his comeback.

I still think he has one of the top 3 voices on Idol Season 8 along with Adam and Allison. His lack of growth is what hurt him on the show I think.

These are my top three voices, too. Although I prefer Adam and Danny as singers to Allison, especially after the concert. Allison needs to work on having more nuance…she’s always pounding, pounding, and pounding. She still has an awesome voice, though….very, very, unique.

As far as Danny on the show, I know he has mentioned on a couple of occasions, albeit briefly, that outside opinions got to him while he was on the show. Danny, more than anyone else, bore the brunt of the online negativity. This is one reason I haven’t bothered to watch this particular interview. The Idolatry videos are what prompted people to jump on the bandwagon of hate, and I think so often they (Idolatry) crossed the line, not simply mocking Danny as a singer, but rather on a personal level, too. Once this negative stuff is repeated ad nauseum, it is hard for a person to overcome it, no matter how good a guy he is. It’s sad really that this crap happened to fall on the one person who had recently experienced two family deaths ( his granfather died in March and he missed a couple of days of preparation that week), but it is what it is. I think Danny started over thinking and questioning his every decision that he made on the show, and ultimately I believe it stunted his growth during the competition. Still, I think he was making strides at the time he was voted off, and I think he is still learning and growing, which he readily admits.

“Danny did perform many country songs on the show including the Rascall Flatts song, as well as Carrie Underwood, LeeAnn Womack, and Mickey Gilley’s version of Stand By Me. I think if he were going to go in this direction, he would be successful.”

But he did say that he had trouble picking songs each week because he wasn’t familiar with them. Maybe he got some guidance that led him to those songs? He still hasn’t demonstrated any real interest in country, and doesn’t know the genre. That, however, doesn’t mean that he can’t be successful in the field, though.

From a different post:
“And admittedly, alot of what is country today, would not have passed for country a decade ago. ”

ITA.

BTW, I’m glad to see some bluegrass/newgrass fans here, too. Makes me feel less lonely. LOL.

Yes, that certainly had to be on Sony’s mind when they put this together. But my guess is that RCA/Sony only could open the door on this one. No song would not have gotten in the movie if Roland Emmerich didn’t approve of it, because he gets almost total creative control of his films.

Just a reminder — there is absolutely no official word that Emmerich or the studio has approved it. Adam seemed to be certain in a recent interview that it’s a done deal, and he should know. But it’s almost September, and there’s been no press release from the studio or record label. When someone is signed to do, say, a song for a new James Bond film, it’s big news that is announced long before the film’s release. So I think the lack of official confirmation here is strange.

What hurrrrts the most….

Thats so cool, along with Perez, Jared has also posted Adam’s charity on his site. Hopefully, more people- who may not even be AI fans- choose to donate.
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2009/08/25/adam-lambert-public-schools/

He still hasn’t demonstrated any real interest in country, and doesn’t know the genre. That, however, doesn’t mean that he can’t be successful in the field, though.

No, I think Danny listened to and liked the songs. He chose these songs because he liked the message. He also has said that he chose all of the tour songs himself. I will agree that he is not steeped in the history of country music at all. I have no idea whether this will hinder him or not. But I will say at least he is honest, so he can’t ever be accused of trying to pull the wool over anyone’s eyes with regard to this. He has really started listening to country songs just this past year, and even then, I think he is really only attracted to certain types of country songs.

Again, I don’t know if not having a rich history in country music will be a sticking point for country music fans. It could be, and if so, it’s a shame. I feel like it should be about the music. If he gets some good songs that he connects with, I have no doubt he will sing them well, and if (and this is a big if) he is promoted well, I could see him succeeding.

I am unlike some Danny fans, in that I hope he signs with the smaller Christain label, but still plans to sing music that can crossover to country radio. He seemed really excited about working with the producer from Word, at one point earlier in the summer. This, I think, would give Danny the best chance to succed, in one or both genres.

Hi aek

I didn’t mean to say that Matt doesn’t have a good speaking vocabulary. I meant music genre vocabulary. Kris can say pop/rock and people have a fairly good idea what that means but Matt has to say bluesy ???? He seems to know what he wants to do but doesn’t have (and perhaps there isn’t) a clear way to describe it so that everyone will understand.

didn’t mean to say that Matt doesn’t have a good speaking vocabulary. I meant music genre vocabulary. Kris can say pop/rock and people have a fairly good idea what that means but Matt has to say bluesy ???? He seems to know what he wants to do but doesn’t have (and perhaps there isn’t) a clear way to describe it so that everyone will understand.

Okay, fair enough, NewFan, but I really do believe that Matt is one of the most well versed musically of the idols this year. And I’m not saying this as one of his biggest fans. I would not have placed him any higher than four this season, and if it were purely based on singing, I’d place him lower than that. BUT, I do think the guy knows music. As to whether he can express the types of music that he loves, I really haven’t listened to him enough to know. I like him, and I think he’s talented, but one can only really follow so many idols at a time….lol.

“I am unlike some Danny fans, in that I hope he signs with the smaller Christain label, but still plans to sing music that can crossover to country radio. He seemed really excited about working with the producer from Word, at one point earlier in the summer. This, I think, would give Danny the best chance to succed, in one or both genres.”

I think that would be the perfect solution for Danny. I assume that we’ll find out soon about his contract.

Here’s a new short but hilarious TwitVid from Andy Skib of The Anthemic (Okay, I admit it, I still get a kick out of saying the name!):

http://www.twitvid.com/D2517

Neal speaks on camera!

aek

It’s funny but when someone really knows music (in general; the broad spectrum) and talks about it … they lose me. And they lose me because I don’t have the vocabulary. Pop/rock, rock, jazz these genre make sense to me but when you start to talk funk and electronic production and blues and R&B my experience isn’t all that great and I start to need examples. When Adam, for instance, talks about his album and all the influences and elements that will be on it, I haven’t got half a clue what he’s talking about.

OMG!! cutest thing ever. David Cook interviewed by a little kid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQBntMMPywQ

Here is a new interview of David Cook, done by a young girl for Kid’s Corporation. She does a very good job, and even discusses Pork Beans and Crazy Legs.

Kid’s Corporation Interview

ETA: Too late, but I’ll leave it posted.

OMG!! cutest thing ever. David Cook interviewed by a little kid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQBntMMPywQ

Adorable interview, but, sheesh, the silly boy set up another date on camera- will he ever learn? :lol_tb:

That was a great interview and she asked good questions. Great job Claire Elizabeth.

That kid did a better job than most adults that interview him. She’s adorable!

Aww, that David Cook interview was so cute !!

OMG!! cutest thing ever. David Cook interviewed by a little kid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQBntMMPywQ

COOL!!!!

This blonde’s a keeper, Cook! Look no further.

(Did anyone else think she was going to stick that microphone up his nose?)

COOL!!!!

Oh – and I forgot to mention how I love how David doesn’t talk down to Claire Elizabeth, at all. Just talks normally. He is just great with kids .

That David Cook interview was so cute! That little girl, Claire Elizabeth was adorable. She certainly did her homework. She asked better questions than most adults. David treated her with the same charm and respect he would have if an adult had been asking the questions.

I was sure the little girl was going to ask how David’s life has changed since he won American Idol as her first question, but *no*. Good for her. Way to do your journalistic homework kid!

In other DC news, that Seattle Times review for the show last night is fantastic, and after looking at some concert vids just now, it’s easy to see why the reviewer was bowled over. Dave and the band were smoking hot.

And I’m very intrigued with the presence of the professional videographers at the show — could my dream of an all concert footage video for the next single (Declaration! Please, please be Declaration!) actually come true? Eee!

I love it when a plan comes together.

WTH???

So here is MJ’s body being loaded into the coroner’s van.

http://209.197.21.122/e3m9u5m8/cds/s/14/media14/2009/Aug/25/LiveLeak-dot-com-72bad5db444e-mj_zombie1.jpg?dopvhost=cdn-hw.liveleak.com&doppl=1b8a596e511ef311514ef311145e4b3c&dopsig=693784387adbcddf9395e9719534109a

Then there is this. Same license plate. WTH?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9b8_1251194026

She got confirmation that he’s single and didn’t waste any time hitting on him (by dangling a milkshake!). AND she watched A Ficus Flows Between Us. She’s a pro, dat kid, hehe. I love his laugh *m*.

WTH???

Hoax.

David treated her with the same charm and respect he would have if an adult had been asking the questions

I really admire Cook for that. He takes this interview seriously.

Adorable interview, but, sheesh, the silly boy set up another date on camera- will he ever learn?

LOL!!!

OMG! That Claire Elizabeth is such a skank. She has been seen having milkshakes with a different boy every year since kindergarten. Cook, you can do soooooo much better! Plus, another blonde? Really, Cook?

He was besotted by the frilly dress.

Spokane News video bit about Cookie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQBntMMPywQ

I really do believe that Matt is one of the most well versed musically of the idols this year. And I’m not saying this as one of his biggest fans. I would not have placed him any higher than four this season, and if it were purely based on singing, I’d place him lower than that. BUT, I do think the guy knows music.

I agree 1000% with this, something about Matt just oozes musicality to me. It’s so apparent to me that the guy just lives and breathes music and loves it more than anything, regardless what you think about his actual singing/playing ability (for the record, I love his voice, but agree he could work on the singing). He mentioned in an interview that playing in piano bars means you have to literally learn thousands of songs, spanning genres, in order to acomodate everyone’s requests, and that it’s a very unglamorous job, but I bet you just learn so much about music doing that.

That DC interview with Kids Corporation is beyond adorable. I flove Claire, she was great– the questions about the chicken interview were the best.

Darn, can’t ETA, so I’ll just post again =P…

was sure the little girl was going to ask how David’s life has changed since he won American Idol as her first question, but *no*. Good for her. Way to do your journalistic homework kid!

I know, right? I was sure she was gonna congratulate him on winning American Idol over a year ago, and rehash all the old AI questions like most interviewers, but NO, girl really knows her stuff, and congratulated him on his 100th show. The best little interviewer, really.

If you look at her Facebook it’s really cute and she was so excited leading up to the interview. The day before she posted that she can’t wait to share her surprise with everyone and afterwards she’s all giddy over how he’s cuter in person and so nice :wub_tb: If I’m reading correctly this isn’t even the full interview?
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Claire-Elizabeth/112718440571
And am I the only only cracking up big time over Neal being on Twitter now? Look at the pig with wings!

David Cook, Jennifer Hudson, David Archuleta, Jordin Sparks, and Bo Bice are featured on AT&T’s Ringtone A-List. Check it out…

http://www.wireless.att.com/source/music/ringtonealist/

Short video interview with David Cook from Seattle
http://www.king5.com/video/eveningmagazine-index.html?nvid=392417
for the shallow among us he’s looking good in plaid shirt with many buttons unbuttoned

Well, it’s not an American Idol headline but I heard that Sen. Ted Kennedy passed away.
Idol related: Sen Kennedy was stricken with a brain tumor. You can still donate to David Cook’s team to raise money for brain cancer research for a cure. REMINDER: Race for Hope @thedavidcook Team ($133,336) donations accepted ’til Sep-30! http://bit.ly/18KE1b @curebraintumors

RIP Senator Edward Kennedy

Sad over Teddy, and yes, it unfortunately has an Idol angle with David’s brother passing away from brain cancer as well. And as there has been stuff on this site about charities, I’ve always admired David’s work with them. Hopefully someday they’ll find cures for these things.

On a totally different note, Adam interview from Cleaveland http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2009/08/idol-conversation-adam-lambert/

Normally after every show David tweets saying thank you or will mention it was a great crowd, instead he tweeted this:

My sincere condolences go out to Ted Kennedy’s family. ~D

When I saw brain cancer was trending I figured this had to him hard tonight. Last summer he got to meet Ted IIRC. I’m glad he got that opportunity

So sad about Ted Kennedy.

RIP Senator Kennedy

Just based on internet traffic, there are only two countries in Europe that have a lot of search traffic or traffic to Adam sites ‘” Finland and Denmark. He may have a lot of fans in the UK but not compared to the population.

I just don’t think Adam is a house hold name in any European country, not even Kelly is. I have only seen Adams name mentioned once in newspapers where I live and that was due to the rumour that he might be fronting queen. His name was not know but Queen definetely is.

I don’t really know why Adams site gets more traffic from Finland and Denmark, but if he was mentioned a lot in local newspapers I would guess he is popular there (but I don’t think he is). I think he is most mentioned in newspapers in England.

I don’t really know why Adams site gets more traffic from Finland…

Me neither! Can’t be all just my doing… Truthfully, I have seen only a couple of newspapers/websites mention his name and I don’t think he is that well-known here (yet :smile_wp:).

I don’t really know why Adams site gets more traffic from Finland and Denmark, but if he was mentioned a lot in local newspapers I would guess he is popular there (but I don’t think he is). I think he is most mentioned in newspapers in England.

Well, for whatever reason, this connection to that part of the world appears to transcend seasons. On David Cook’s official site there is a line of flags along the navigation bar and one is the flag of Finland and the other is for the Netherlands. No Denmark, though.

Kareoke is huge in Finland. It must be their national sport or something. And Finns love to sing. (I learned this on a visit there.) So I’m not surprised Finland follows Idol closely.

wellhesback Aug 25th, 2009 at 10:06 pm

OMG!! cutest thing ever. David Cook interviewed by a little kid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQBntMMPywQ

That was adorable!!! Someone hire that girl to interview him all of the time, she asks great questions!

On a totally different note, Adam interview from Cleaveland http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2009/08/idol-conversation-adam-lambert/

Wow, this is a super nice interview!