Comments on: Jordin Sparks Surprise Performance: “Crazy” with Bluegrass Band the Time Jumpers

By: elisad

elisad — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:58:35 +0000

^Jason sang Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy, that’s a different song.

By: ghostwriter

ghostwriter — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:53:59 +0000

Okay, decent enough. Did Jason sing this? If not, it’s a perfect song for him– I kept hearing things that he could and prolly would do with it, lol. Literally sounded as if it were written for him, with all those short phrases so he could take lots of scoopy breaths. If he hasn’t recorded it, he should record it tomorrow.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:57:04 +0000

Though she doesnÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t sing it with the Patsy Cline awesomeness (who could?)

Oh I dunno, but I think Leann Rimes comes damn close. (She is my fave country singer). Talk about a voice, dayum.

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

Another version by Leann (I prefer this one)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXl1j_z5KCk

By: elisad

elisad — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:47:51 +0000

Isn't this nice, I LOVE this song. A long time ago... Leslie Hunt covered it with her old band.

By: lefty

lefty — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:08:38 +0000

I didn’t watch S6 and therefore have only known Jordin from her radio stuff. I am impressed! I had no idea her voice was so rich.

By: gingerly

gingerly — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:56:30 +0000

Thanks, LoveRollercoaster. I clicked on the link and they confirmed that they aren’t indeed a bluegrass by saying they do things like a bluegrass band. I’m happy to know I’m not crazy (this time). They are very good however and not being a bluegrass band is in no was a diss. Some of the best musicians ever are bluegrass musicians…not at all an easy genre.

By: LoveRollercoaster

LoveRollercoaster — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:37:21 +0000

The Time Jumpers includes some of the best Nashville session musicians working today. NPR just did a long piece on the band.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99009077&ft=1&f=1039

These folks could play any song with anybody and make it sound professional. I’d wager to say these are the best musicians Jordin is ever likely to share a stage with.

By: Teenytiny7

Teenytiny7 — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:47:10 +0000

Jordin did a great job with Crazy. I’m still partial to Diana DeGarmo’s version though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ1imqLaOz8&feature=related

By: gingerly

gingerly — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:21:05 +0000

OK so the first time I heard about Jordin singing Crazy I thought it was the Gnarls Barkley Crazy. This is just all kinds of yummy. Though she doesn’t sing it with the Patsy Cline awesomeness (who could?) she does a great job. I’m very impressed. Jordin has risen at least two notches in my estimation. Oh, and while I didn’t hear anything much bluegrass about the band, bluegrass FTMFW (one of my all time favorite genres).

By: CarieB

CarieB — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:49:14 +0000

Also not a Jordin fan but I have to give her major props for that! Awesome!

By: bigepaz

bigepaz — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:48:36 +0000

She had me at the first “Crazy”. Wow. I thought she sounded amazing.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:14:09 +0000

I really liked that! She did a great job.

By: weareallinnocent

weareallinnocent — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:12:23 +0000

Beautiful Jordin!

She sounded a little like Norah Jones here to me. (That’s a good thing. )

By: JNM

JNM — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:58:41 +0000

She did a really good job!

By: mandalay

mandalay — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:03:12 +0000

Amen Nostradamas. Some of the best musicians ever are bluegrass.

And as for her voice on this song. Down with the runs. Yay for simplicity.