Comments on: Kanye West on Kris Allen’s “Heartless”: Everyone Who Sings The Song Sings it Better than Me

By: Cakenbake

Cakenbake — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:16:41 +0000

I agree about releasing Kris’s version of Heartless on the radio.

By: ross

ross — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:01:41 +0000

I said it in headlines and IÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll say it againÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦you SURE we canÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t just release Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…â€œHeartlessÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ as a full-fledged, promoted-to-radio, stay-on-iTunes-beyond-the-standard-AI-deadline, single, and pretend Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…â€œNo BoundariesÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ never happened?

They need to release that to radio, seriously. How can we make that happen?

By: RemusL

RemusL — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:12:22 +0000

I hate to say this but that was actually a decent interview on The View. The women were all very respectful of him and made sure to bring up the important issues like his foundation’s charitable work with inner city school kids.

I thought KanYe came across very humble, which is quite different from his legendary reputation for oversized ego and arrogance. Perhaps the passing of his mother made him realize the things he needed to improve in himself. The upfront admission about him deliberately embracing Autotune for this album was a surprise for me.

As for Kris’ rendition of “Heartless”, I think KanYe truly enjoyed it, along with the Fray’s version. Personally, I like Kris’ version the best. Before it got pulled from YouTube, Kris’ AI performance of “Heartless” got over a million views. That’s pretty extraordinary.

By: pj

pj — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:13:32 +0000

They actually showed Kanye on my local news doing his concert for the kids. It warmed my heart. He’s really sincere about that.

Like I said above, I heart him and his music. He is a genius, even if his vocals are not. He understands his limits. To me, that’s artistry.

Apparently, I don’t care about ego in performers. Why? Because you have to have ego to do that.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:33:51 +0000

cookcricket, Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…â€œThe Coldest WinterÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ off his latest album will make you cry. ItÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s beautiful.

The live freestyle of “Pinocchio Story” too. He really lets a lot out in that one. I think it gives an insight to what he went through after his mom passed and he and his fiance broke up. It breaks my heart. (the fan screaming is hella distracting though. lol)

I agree with Matt that Kanye is a brilliant musical mind and has earned everything he’s gotten. I’ve said it before, but I think “808′s & Heartbreak” is a brilliant album – his best yet – and IMO, it will be a real travesty if it doesn’t win albumn of the year at the Grammy’s next year.

By: ShariG

ShariG — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:28:16 +0000

I remember feeling the same way about David Cook last year. I really wanted some of his AI I-tune downloads to be released. I love about 7 of Kris’s downloads from this year any one of which I would love to be hearing on my radio. Oh wait! I am hearing them on my CD burned from I-tunes instead of my radio because I’m not liking a whole lot of the stuff they are playing on FM radio these days. It seems like they pick 10 songs and play them to death. Give me an entire CD of Kris with a couple of Adam and a couple of Allison thrown in and I am a happy camper.

By: taran33

taran33 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:29:22 +0000

I thought Kanye came across like he liked Kris’ version. Got a kick out of hearing him sing the country version. I’m with cookbunny, release Kris’ “Heartless” to radio!

By: Victoria

Victoria — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:23:23 +0000

I didn’t think I would ever hear Kanye make a comment like that. Wow.

I said it in headlines and IÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll say it againÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦you SURE we canÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t just release Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…â€œHeartlessÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ as a full-fledged, promoted-to-radio, stay-on-iTunes-beyond-the-standard-AI-deadline, single, and pretend Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…â€œNo BoundariesÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ never happened?

Yes, please!

By: cruzceleste

cruzceleste — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:22:21 +0000

lol…. he has to admit that anyone who sings his song shings it better because he, Kanye, use autotune … lol I still love him and I like the original Heartless a lot…

By: cookbunny

cookbunny — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:11:55 +0000

I said it in headlines and I’ll say it again…you SURE we can’t just release “Heartless” as a full-fledged, promoted-to-radio, stay-on-iTunes-beyond-the-standard-AI-deadline, single, and pretend “No Boundaries” never happened?

By: jz

jz — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:32:46 +0000

Yayyy Kanyayyyyy.

By: Sunn

Sunn — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:25:55 +0000

IÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m sure there are some great songs (filled with emotion) on his album. I may check some out, but could I just have Kris cover the entire album and then IÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll buy it? LOL.

cookcricket, “The Coldest Winter” off his latest album will make you cry. It’s beautiful.

By: cookcricket

cookcricket — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:11:29 +0000

Here’s my translation: Sure I gave Heartless a great melody and the lyrics are mine and anyone with a great voice and the musicianship to rearrange it to fit their style will sing it brilliantly (Kris). I loved his smile at Kris’s singing.

He knows he doesn’t have a great voice, right? The whole autotune discussion was very interesting to me.

This kind of reminds me of Collective Soul’s response to DC singing “The World I know” last year. They said something like, “It’s nice to hear someone sing this song with a great voice.”

I’m sure there are some great songs (filled with emotion) on his album. I may check some out, but could I just have Kris cover the entire album and then I’ll buy it? LOL.

I like Kanye, he’s doing some really good things!

I don’t watch the View. Are these ladies always so mixed up about what’s going on in the interview? BW almost seemed confused (dare I say senile?).

By: kamokun

kamokun — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:53:25 +0000

Urm… I thought people hate Kanye West?? I don’t really care about him but I have heard that people said Kanye West is a douche/as*hole, and he’s so full of himself?

Anyway, who cares about him, Kris is more awesome! Kris is gonna reach #1 chart someday… for sure!

By: May

May — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:42:41 +0000

I love what Kanye said about Kris and I don’t think he was being sarcastic at all. I think he genuinely liked Kris’ rendition. Kanye may be arrogant but he is also a brilliant artist who also has the ability to recognize the talent in others. Kris also mentioned wanting to do a song with Kanye and I think that would be cool (although I doubt it will happen in the near futrue). FYI: I heard that there are a lot of fake Kanye’s on twitter. LOL