Kris Allen – Live Like We’re Dying – Bosom Ball Sound Check

Someone twitted that he just sang TMYFML. I can’t wait to hear that. I loved when he sang it on idol. I really loved him singing LLWD. My 6 year old was singing along with Kris when I was listening to it. He knows the song better then me and I play it over and over on my i-pod.

Kris sounds great in these, and I was happy to see he was able to sing the very wordy LLWD w/o fainting from lack of oxygen

That’s awesome to hear about To Make You Feel My Love, ilovekrisallen39, that’s the song that snagged me as his fan during the show…it’ll be great to see vid of that, and the rest of his songs from the main show.

I’m exasperated just watching him sing that live. It has soooo many words, I’m out of breath just watching. Definite thumbs up, Kris!!

Now if only LLWD would get radio airplay around here…

No link to “Hit Me” ?

Here’s the link to Baby One More Time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qfg9P21pso

It was apparently an impromptu performance after he was asked during the Q&A what his favorite song to sing in the shower was. Lots of fun!

Kris sounds great. And I am so impressed, but not surprised, with how well he performed LLWD live. That Heartless performance is one of the best I’ve seen him do.

Just great overall.

I read that the kids did raise $10,000 instead of $5,000… that well done!!

Seems he did again ‘hit me baby’..

So good! Sounded great! What a sweet guy!

Yeah that’s what they said. Don’t know if it was full or just partically thou. Hopefully the whole song.

According to someone tweeting from the actual Bosom Ball performance (not the sound check), Kris sang five songs. Here is her tweet:

elle_higgins

NOT TROLLING HE SANG HEARTLESS, MITM,TMYFML,HIT ME BB AND LLWD. AMAZING RECORDED EVERY. HE CALLED CALE HOT AND WANTED US TO SING SEXY AT HIM
5 minutes ago from UberTwitter

So she says she videotaped the whole set. Yay!

And LOL at Kris calling his friend “hot”

Tmyfml acoustic omg so gorg7 minutes ago

I can’t wait to hear that !!!

And LOL at Kris calling his friend ‘hot’ 

and he’s right, he’s really hot (needs to dress up a bit sexier though).
I saw a picture of him with girls all around him wanting autograph

ooooh, To make you feel my love? I really hope there will be video from the actual Boson ball as well. SO great to see Kris in action, he sounds fabulous. Loved hearing LLWD live. At places I think he sang faster than he played the accords though, but I’m sure he will work out these small kinks with more live performances.

Read that Seton HS actually raised 10.000$ in less than a week. Way to go girls!!!!

Oh yeah, Cale is definitely hot (not, IMO, as hot as Kris, but still not bad, not bad at all!!)

@supox30 OMG!!! MAN IN THE MIRROR N HIT ME BABY!!! got vids!!!

Five songs. All covers?

hwc, you’ll have to be patient and wait for the album to come out

What should he sing? He only has one single out, so he has to do covers to add up. Even well established artists do covers on tour in addition for a change.

Would you kindly take your trolling elsewhere, hwc.

They have not chosen songs for the album yet. I’m not sure what else you are expecting him to do.

Elle_Higgins @krinja_signal SOME 1IN THE AUD YELLED “HE’S HOT” AND KRIS LOOKED AT CALE AND SAID “YEAH, YEAH HE IS!” AND MADE SEXY FACE
less than 20 seconds ago from UberTwitter in reply to krinja_signal

Should we expect flailing from Jim C. and/or Slezak about Kris’ set tonight?

He does an amazing job on LLWD live. I’m pleasantly surprised. So happy to hear he sang TMYFML. That was the song the performance that made me first pick up the phone and powervote haha.

Kris looks so relaxed and comfortable in all of these videos. His stage presence and how he’s interacting with the crowd is amazing. He’s really owning the stage. And, his vocals on “Live Like We’re Dying” are incredible. I think someone said that he has perfect or near perfect pitch, and it shows.

Quote: “Elle_Higgins @krinja_signal SOME 1IN THE AUD YELLED ‘HE’S HOT’  AND KRIS LOOKED AT CALE AND SAID ‘YEAH, YEAH HE IS!’  AND MADE SEXY FACE” End quote

Kris has a great sense of humor, and he’s so quick on his feet. He’s always like that when he’s comfortable and feeling confident.

So she says she videotaped the whole set. Yay!

OMG! Tempted to wait up for it all but it’s way over midnight for me
When is the action? Anyone know? I read Kris had donated a signed guitar hopefully it brings in a good chunk to the fund raising for breast cancer

HWC

He probably isn’t allowed to perform any songs from his album yet. And he DID perform his single, which some people thought he wouldn’t because of possible sensitivity issues re: people dealing with cancer

If Adam had gotten this gig, he would have performed nothing but covers as well…

Nice job on LLWD! He sounds great.

Elle_Higgins

AND HE TURNED THE LAST NOTE OF TMYFML INTO LIKE A HOWL, LIKE A LONLY PUPPY. LUUUUHHHOOOOOVVVVEE
3 minutes ago from UberTwitter

which some people thought he wouldn’t because of possible sensitivity issues re: people dealing with cancer

LOL what? but the song is all about positivity and making the most of life. but I guess people are free to interpret everything negatively if they want.

I really, really, really hope there are vids of Baby One More Time and TMYFML…

I loved LLWD live! What awesome vids, and Cale is not hard to look at at all

He probably isn’t allowed to perform any songs from his album yet.

Why not?

I’m not sure how many times or ways we can say it. The songs for the album have not been chosen yet. He just finished recording yesterday.

HWC

Um, because the album isn’t finished yet? Who knows if they’ve even chosen which songs will end up on it. All we know is that Kris has finished his part — the recording. They still have to choose what goes on the album and do the mixing, etc.

Kris sounds awesome….:)

Carrie wasn’t allowed to sing any of her new songs for her Walmart Soundcheck except for those that are on iTunes already. I probably shouldn’t even bother trying to give any reasons anyway.

Another Heartless version from the sound check

Nice job Kris.

Why not sing the song he wrote that he says is his favorite? What’s Jive gonna do? Give him a stern talkin’ to?

I doubt Carrie did all covers at the WalMart soundcheck.

Kris sounds better every time I hear him! I can hardly wait to hear some more new music from him…

If you’ve seen the pictures from Seton H.S., he was patient enough to take tons of pictures with the girls…I’m sure he took one with each class in the school! Lots of “smiley” pictures of Kris, which I don’t see too often – he seems to like the pensive ones.

And – am I the only one shallow enough to notice how cute he looks with his hair a little longer, so it falls forward over his forehead?!
Love it like that!!

Uh no, but she did songs from previous albums. hwc I think you should voice your concerns to Kris, on Twitter perhaps? Yep nothing like a newcomer calling the shots and ignoring rules. That will go over well for sure.

Kris has a great sense of humor, and he’s so quick on his feet. He’s always like that when he’s comfortable and feeling confident.

Which is why I am so glad that Cale is good enough to go on the road with Kris. Having friends around him seems very important to Kris and having an old friend like Cale on stage probably helps his feel more comfortable and confident. And comfortable Kris is awesome Kris

Nothing wrong with kris doing covers.Susan boyle is #1 on amazon and all i have heard from her so far are covers.

I prefer his llwd from Seton school than at the soundcheck. He was a bit tired there i think (tst tst.. go to bed earlier next time Kris! lol)

Oh, and love the vids, great job Kris! I can’t wait to see the vids from tonight!

YEP. You are banned

Let me just add, if Kris and Cale are examples of what you find in Conway, AR, if I wasn’t married I would soooo move there! What, so I’m hanging in the shallow end for a minute.

I think Kris sounds and looks relaxed and fantastic, and sounds amazing. I’m sure all the Idols are used to cheap shots by now and don’t mind – they’re getting to do what they love to do, so the last laugh is theirs. I hope they all succeed, whether or not I personally enjoy their music. Sure wish I were there!

I’ll be looking forward to more vids from tonight!

Who cares if he’s doing covers? His audience are looooooving it and that’s all that matters. This shows what we should expect when his album drops. Loving him so far! Go Kris!

gulfluv,
You would’t need to move I guess, a vacation on the Arkansas river would have been perfect! Haha.

I like Kris and wish him well, but come on – this performance is the same performance as heartless and all of the other songs he has sung. He never changes – he never backs away from the guitar. This performance and the Britney song were not up to snuff….sorry. I guess I just don’t get the enthusiasm here….

I love LLWD live. I knew Kris would make this better when he did it live. Yay, Kris!

Loved it. I never doubted that he’s going to pull off a great live performance of LLWD. I did hear some people singing along which is great. I hope to see the other videos soon.

ILovenpt123

If I’m not mistaken, the Bosom Ball is set up to be an acoustic event. He brought one guitarist with him, so exactly what did you want Kris to do here? Other than play the piano rather than the guitar?

llwd at Seton school (much screaming though..)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJWEedDosL4

He brought one guitarist with him, so exactly what did you want Kris to do here?

I figured that he would sing and play guitar. I just thought that he might do some of his new stuff or, at least, some of his own old stuff. They’ve been working on the album for four and half months. He must know some of the songs that are likely to be on it.

HWC

If Kris was on an actual tour before his album dropped, he would probably play some songs off of it before it dropped, since he’d be doing a longer set. But this was a one-off event — and given all the secrecy surrounding both his and Allison’s albums (not to mention Adam’s) it seems like Jive (and, in Adam’s case – RCA) and 19 are trying to keep this stuff quiet until at least closer to the release dates.

And, as I say, we don’t know if they have even chosen what is going to end up on the album.

Would Kris get in real trouble if he played something he wrote for his debut album? I don’t know that for sure. But it just seems like they are keeping a very tight lid on all this.

Such a nice guy – really not the best song for him, but hoping his album will provide us with a few cuts that highlight more strongly his lovely voice.

It was great to hear Kris do LLWD live. I like the little ‘yeah, ya’ at the beginning of the song. Like a little yelp. I was impressed that he can handle the fast lyrics live, but he seemed to do it with ease.

If the company won’t let them demo the songs before official releases, why on earth would they allow him to do any of them here? Seriously, not going to happen.
If he were already established, with previous records, he’d have the leeway to make such random releases. But to expect such leeway from 19, and right now? Yeah . . . . . okay

I guess he didn’t change LLWD up when he sang it live. I was hoping he would make it more his own.

He sounds and looks fantastic – I am really looking forward to his album (and Allisons).

I swear I’m on-topic with this example…when David Cook performed on SNL it was November 2, about two weeks before his album release. He performed “Light On,” his single, and “Declaration.” I recall because it was the only other song from the album us rabid Cook fans had heard! He did other promotional things before that and had to sing the covers like he had done on the show…nothing from Analog Heart, no Axium stuff, etc.

I believe they actually recorded about 20-25 songs, of which 12 appeared on (what I call) the “basic” album, plus the “bonus” coronation song. There were 3 other bonus or hidden tracks for a grand total of 16. So it is very, VERY possible that Kris really doesn’t know what will appear on the record, and he’d rather not hazard a guess. Plus there may be bonus cuts for Walmart or Target, presale exclusives for iTunes, etc. And BTW, it was quite a few dates into David Cook’s “Declaration” tour before he started playing songs that didn’t “make the cut.”

It may be just fine for him to do them before they are released, but not before they have been chosen for the album. He is a new artist doing his first record for his label. He has a contract and he is playing by the rules.

I’m sure that Kris is quite anxious to play new songs. But, he is limited at least until the album songs are chosen.

And yes, how horrible of Kris to sing with a guitar! I mean, he’s up there, doing an acoustic performance, with no other backup musicians other than his one friend, and sounding amazing. How terrible! He really should be ashamed of himself.

Holy wordiness! He got the song down pat though..no fumbling for words or chords. Good job for the first time performing. I really hope that he gets booked for multiple Jingle Ball performances. Those shows are great exposure.

That song needs to be slowed down a bit for a live performance or not performed at all. He sounded like he was dying for a breath up there. It got really grating listening to it, had to stop at about 2.30.

Not his best performance, I’m sure the other songs are better.

he never backs away from the guitar.

I guess you missed his performances on the show where he did “To Make You Feel My Love” and “The Way You Look Tonight” without the aid of a guitar or piano. Or, the times where he accompanied himself on the piano or keyboard. And, I’m sure that you are not implying that his performances of Bright Lights, during the tour, were just like every other performance. Or, how about his top36 performance of Man In the Mirror, also no guitar. BTW, I think just based on the fact that he accompanies himself, there will always be changes, case in point, the two times that he did “Aint No Sunshine,” during the season. Kris probably changes his perfomances more than anyone else, just based on the fact that he accompanies himself on either the guitar or piano while he sings.

BTW, it’s a little hard not to notice that he didn’t perform LLWD the same way at the soundcheck as he did during his performance at the school.

This was an acoustic performance, so yeah, he was going to be on a guitar.

Jim C tweets:

jambajim

#I am now djing the mtv news party. I am 99% close to playing a top secret kris allen song but I won’t cuz that’s illegal. So deee-lite it is
18 minutes ago from UberTwitter

See? TOP SECRET song. (PS – why is Kris and everyone around him such teases??)

JudyL, I think you got to have a lighter take on that. But I understand you, in the beginning I was getting upset by those and got very defensive and got banned. But I agree with MJ on the subject; you got to ignore those or have a reply with facts/own opinion and not go into negative stuff/insults; it does change nothing in the end. And MJ does the moderation when the trolling is too obvious.
I would be very pleased to see an additional Kris fan posting here

My guess would be that Kris isn’t performing all of the new stuff, because they aren’t letting him do that yet. The record company gets to call the shots. He may be the AI winner, but he’s still their employee, and it’s still all of their money they’re gambling with here.

That said, this is a charity event in Ohio. It’s not even remotely close to what his national tv appearences will be. I’m sure, when he starts doing the big, national promo, the set list will be quite different. I don’t believe what he sings at this event is all that big of an issue. It’s likely the only people who will ever know are the ones who were there and those of us who read the online AI stuff.

Mtlfan, thanks for the advice…..maybe since I let off steam, I can do better. Off to try and delete my post before I get caught.

Ryan Adams in Boston, he did three or four songs off Cardinology before it was released. Bands have always added new songs to their live sets before they are released.

Did Ryan Adams record that CD in six weeks including writing time? Was the concert the day after Ryan finished recording the last track?

I’m guessing that answers to both questions are a big fat “NO”.

So, let’s think for a moment. Isn’t it entirely possible that when Ryan gave his concert, he and the label had actually made the final decision about what to put on the CD? Isn’t it also possible that because he’d finished recording it a while ago, he had had time to work out an arrangement for two guitars? Isn’t it also possible because he hasn’t been on a mega-tour and then spending the last 4 weeks sealed up in a recording booth, he might have even had a few minutes to get organized?

The label might not want Kris singing his old ditties because they don’t represent the sound he’s about to put out now. They might not want Kris singing them because they might be considering them (or something like them) for the CD. They might not have wanted him to play them because he has only had 2 minutes to practice it and they’d like him to come off as appearing a little professional and it might not make for the best “first listen”.

If Adam did this event, I severely doubt RCA would have him sing “Want” no matter how much the people who hated him wanted him to sing it.

When Taylor Hicks did the Celebration of Fire stadium concert 4th of July weekend before the Idol tour, he did a solo acoustic version of one of his songs that ended up being a bonus track on his album. I don’t thnk he got in any trouble.

It sounds like there are new rules for American Idol winners. That’s cool. It’s no big deal. Sounds like the Brittney cover was a big hit.

Good move JudyL

But..but..what’s the worse that could happen if Jim did play the supah seekret song?? Will Jive spank him?!?

when David Cook performed on SNL it was November 2, about two weeks before his album release. He performed ‘Light On,’  his single, and ‘Declaration.’  I recall because it was the only other song from the album us rabid Cook fans had heard!

Yeah…and there’s a huge, huge difference between unveiling a song on SNL and a radio sponsored charity event.

That song needs to be slowed down a bit for a live performance or not performed at all. He sounded like he was dying for a breath up there. It got really grating listening to it, had to stop at about 2.30.

Not his best performance, I’m sure the other songs are better.

Maybe we were listening to two different performances. He didn’t sound dying for breath at all. I was actually really impressed that he wasn’t, considering how fast and wordy the song is. He sounded fantastic.

When Taylor Hicks did the Celebration of Fire stadium concert 4th of July weekend before the Idol tour, he did a solo acoustic version of one of his songs that ended up being a bonus track on his album.

July 4th was six months before his album dropped. I think that the label probably thought that only the most rabid fans would see or remember the performance in December.

It’s just a month before the albums start dropping. The record label is trying to develop a brand.

That’s why labels pay certain parties money to get them not to release crappy demos right before their big budget release.

hwc, i think Kirsten has a valid answer to your question. Personnally, I think that having finished recording yesterday, the song selection is likely not completed for his album and for the ones that were already selected, I guess they should be rehearsed more before he performs them. We must remember that he has been on a writing/recording rush for the last month and before it was touring. So he needs some time

Kris tweet

This just happened! My life is complete.
http://twitpic.com/lotw3

Drinking with Santa??

Trina, I have a feeling that if Kris was the one doing the spanking, we would immediately hear the supah seekret song.

j/k I love Jim. Funny guy.

Did Kris just run into drunk Santa?

KrisAllen4Real

This just happened! My life is complete. http://twitpic.com/lotw3
6 minutes ago from Echofon

It’s just a month before the albums start dropping. The record label is trying to develop a brand.

That’s why labels pay certain parties money to get them not to release crappy demos right before their big budget release.

They’re trying to develop a brand by having him sing 5 covers??? That makes no sense to me, not unless your brand is Susan Boyle.

I think the logical answer is that they didn’t feel the other songs were ready, or perhaps Kris and Cale didn’t have the time to learn new songs at such short notice and a hectic schedule. But a brand that includes “Hit Me Baby One More Time” I don’t think so.

Maybe we were listening to two different performances. He didn’t sound dying for breath at all. I was actually really impressed that he wasn’t, considering how fast and wordy the song is. He sounded fantastic.

I agree, he did not sound like he was dying for breath at all. He looked and sounded relaxed and really into the song. Loved it

i think Kirsten has a valid answer to your question. Personnally, I think that having finished recording yesterday, the song selection is likely not completed for his album and for the ones that were already selected, I guess they should be rehearsed more before he performs them. We must remember that he has been on a writing/recording rush for the last month and before it was touring.

I agree with you, because he finished recording like the day before and as he said in his interview this am, his part is done. So part of what he has to do with the label is figure out which songs are going to be on it. I would think that Kris isn’t going to perform any new ones until he knows which ones will be on the album. Not to mention that he might want to save the cachet of having him perform new stuff, for other occasions. And I would think that yes, 19/Jive would want to make sure it’s going to on the album, even as a bonus track, before Kris sings it.

Well I haven’t heard these YouTubes yet, look forward to it later.

Kris tweet

This just happened! My life is complete.
http://twitpic.com/lotw3

Drinking with Santa??

Is that a Coke or a beer? Either way, pretty funny.

Did Kris just run into drunk Santa?

KrisAllen4Real

This just happened! My life is complete. http://twitpic.com/lotw3
6 minutes ago from Echofon

love it… another random post. He’s such a tease with his mysterious posts

Yeah and drunk Jim teasing us about a secret kris song that evendrunk won’t spill for us.

Maybe we were listening to two different performances. He didn’t sound dying for breath at all. I was actually really impressed that he wasn’t, considering how fast and wordy the song is. He sounded fantastic.

I agree, he did not sound like he was dying for breath at all. He looked and sounded relaxed and really into the song. Loved it

Ditto to both of you! No struggle at all getting that song out, he sounded great

Maybe we were listening to two different performances. He didn’t sound dying for breath at all. I was actually really impressed that he wasn’t, considering how fast and wordy the song is. He sounded fantastic.

Heh. Mileage I guess.

If Adam did this event, I severely doubt RCA would have him sing ‘Want’  no matter how much the people who hated him wanted him to sing it.

I like Adam. I bought Want and would like to hear him sing it. Why would that mean that I hate him?

It’s great that Kris was singing 5 songs in a concert. Is he going to headline in news related to the concert tomorrow?

I don’t know how big a gig Bosom Boll is. Maybe it’s not big enough to debut another single? Anyway, I think it’s not normal to release two singles in such a short period.

I don’t believe LLWD needed to be slowed down at all for Kris to handle it live; why in the world would he slow it down? It seems to me he would want to play it close to the version he’s released so people in the audience will buy it if they enjoy it – I think he did just fine with it and didn’t sound to me like he was gasping for breath, stumbling over words, forgetting words, or anything of the sort. I found his performance very confident.

To take it further, I actually find it pretty remarkable he pulled this concert tonight off so well considering he recorded this a while ago, and has been busy (to say the least) with other writing and recording sessions. Add to that the fact that he’s accompanying himself here. I seriously doubt they’ve had much time to spend in rehearsals. All things considered – great job, Kris!!

I like Adam. I bought Want and would like to hear him sing it. Why would that mean that I hate him?

probably because Adam said that song doesn’t represent the music route he’s heading?

BeckyMD — give Adam eight months on tour…he’ll sing Want. Right now he’s probably safely petting the leg of the label. If he liked the content/sound, he may incorporate it….

Mtlfan
I would be very pleased to see an additional Kris fan posting here

I’ll take that invitation. Lurker/new poster, huge fan of Kris. I think he sounds fantastic in these videos. And I love LLWD.

Can’t finish listening to LLWD live. As some posters said, I felt like he would be out of breath any second in the song. Guess it’s my fault though because I was trying to sing along with him. It’s a hard song.

hey mandabutter… welcome!!
I’m looking forward to the Britney cover he did at the ball — just a snippet or the whole song, idk
.. not a big fan of the song but i find that amusing and .. he makes me like the song better

Yeah it’s is so neat,more Kris fans coming out of lurking to post. Am so excited and what a great night to join us other Kris fans.

I like Adam. I bought Want and would like to hear him sing it. Why would that mean that I hate him?

I don’t think that’s exactly what she meant. But clearly, Adam and his representatives wanted that song put back in a secret vault. So, I don’t think there’s any way in hell that he’s singing it at any event any time soon.

Don’t think this Man In the Mirror has been posted yet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUQC-5-UCHE

Did Ryan Adam record that CD in six weeks? Was the concert the day after Ryan finished recording the last track? I’m guessing that answers to both questions are a big fat ‘NO’ .

I don’t know about six weeks, but the Cardinals go into the studio and record everything essentially live. I doubt that it took six weeks.

As a matter of fact, they had just finished recording the album and had not decided on a final track list yet. They had just done a run of 8 arena shows opening for Oasis and I saw them on September 7 at the waterfront Pavillion outdoors in Boston. The album was released seven weeks later, the end of October.

So, let’s think for a moment. Isn’t it entirely possible that when Ryan gave his concert, he and the label had actually made the final decision about what to put on the CD? Isn’t it also possible that because he’d finished recording it a while ago, he had had time to work out an arrangement for two guitars? Isn’t it also possible because he hasn’t been on a mega-tour and then spending the last 4 weeks sealed up in a recording booth, he might have even had a few minutes to get organized?

They hadn’t decided on a final track list. They did five new songs, a couple for the first time ever, none had been played more than once or twice. Four of the songs ended up being on the album, the fifth was an iTunes bonus track.

I’m not sure what you mean by “work up an acoustic arrangement”. As a songwriter, most of his songs start out on acoustic guiitar (sometimes piano). He demos them in his home studio and then the band works up the electric versions either in tour rehersal or recording sessions. They do acoustic sets for radio station gigs and even entire acoustic shows on tour sometimes, so they have electric and acoustic versions of just about everything. Most guitar-based signer/songwriters play their songs both ways.

I don’t know about spare time. They had done 65 shows in 2008, headline shows plus arena shows with Oasis, including a British headline tour. They had done 80 shows or so in 2007.

Of course, I’ve got nothing against covers. Ryan Adams did the Oasis song Wonderwall, both times I’ve seen him. At the show last winter in Boston, he did Down in a Hole by Alice in Chains as his final encore.

I generally think bands should do the occasional cover.

If Adam did this event, I severely doubt RCA would have him sing ‘Want’  no matter how much the people who hated him wanted him to sing it.

I have no idea what Adam would do.

Kris fan here, too! I love everything I’ve seen from the school to the sound check and am looking forward to vids from the Bosom Ball itself.

They’re trying to develop a brand by having him sing 5 covers??? That makes no sense to me, not unless your brand Susan Boyle.

Covers that are so unlikely to be on the CD that nobody is going to give them a second thought.

If he were to sing his new songs with 1 hour of prep time (arranging for two acoustic guitars), songs that may or may not be on his CD, I’m quite certain that the songs would have been torn to shreds in about 30 seconds. They would have been branded crap and there would be blog posts saying how the “Album was clearly in trouble”.

Jive didn’t just fall of the turnip truck. I’m sure that they are fully aware how the jackals of Idol fandom are just waiting to tear things apart. They want to control the spin, so they will control when the songs go out. They will not “waste” possible new singles on a small scale event when their tired artist has had not time to prepare. I think Jive must may have heard of cellphones with (crappy) recording devices and youtube.

If he sings a Brittney cover with two minutes prep time, the majority of people will just say that it’s kind of neat. And that’s the end of the story.

Throw in a couple of Idol covers so that people get to hear the songs they heard on the show and they’ll be happy. Happy audience. Happy radio station. Happy Kris fans. Happy Label. That’s all they really need to worry about right now.

If “Hit Me Baby One More Time” is on the album, I’ll be pretty surprised.

Either he is out of breath or he isn’t. I don’t really think it is a matter of opinion. He’s not gasping for breath. He’s not stumbling over words. He’s not breathing heavy when he has guitar breaks. I honestly don’t see what those of you are seeing that gives any indication that he is about to run out of breath.

Hey Junior!!! welcome aboard )

He sounds tired at times on this one. The Seton school version is perfect i think, not this one. I posted the other version earlier.

BeckyMD ‘” give Adam eight months on tour’ ¦he’ll sing Want. Right now he’s probably safely petting the leg of the label. If he liked the content/sound, he may incorporate it’ ¦.

Why would Adam want (pardon me) to sing a song that was session work (it was made into the “real” song by someone else) and for something that doesn’t sound at all like what he likes in music? Relating this Kris, because not like there needs to be another post about Adam, it would be like his doing Brand New Shoes. Kris has stated he’s not a fan of the music and that he’s become much more polished sinced then. Yes, he’s singing covers, but outside of LLYD, HMBB (though I would argue, it’s classic cheesy pop) he’s singing some classic songs before he has his new, polished work to sing. ‘

I’m glad Kris isn’t singing any BNS songs, though I admit, I look forward to new stuff besides LLYD, because I’m not a big fan of the song. And yes, I do look forward to some more electric sounds from him, some more full band stuff. That will be cool. But it’s also cool, given who he is and the venue, to do some classic, acoustic stuff now.

hey mandabutter’ ¦ welcome!! <<thanx
I think Kris can make just about every song better. I never liked Kanye's Heartless but when I heard Top 3 on Idol, my ears basically perked up & I was like heyooo! (And I'm a fan of 'Ye but he should stick to rap, don't get involved in all the melody stuff)

Bursting with pride over here. Yes, LLWD will get better live w/more practice. I don't have a problem saying that. This was like a trial run…wouldn't call it 'unfortunate' or 'rough' just in the early stages. November 17th can't come soon enough!!

To those of you becoming defensive: You will end up in moderation if you keep it up. Two of you are already there. Calling somebody a hater is like an instant ticket to banned camp.

hey another one… hi mzbet!!!!

i’m getting excited …lol

CamelliaSin
October 15, 2009 at 11:01 pm

Don’t think this Man In the Mirror has been posted yet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUQC-5-UCHE

Thanks so much for this link, the sound quality is better than the other one I watched. I really enjoy his version of this song.

To Make You Feel My Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIi1p0jonP0

edit: NO. Because you entered the thread and became immediately defensive. Stick to expressing your opinion about the subject, not the fans

I don’t know about six weeks, but the Cardinals go into the studio and record everything essentially live. I doubt that it took six weeks.

That’s quite impressive that the Cardinals can start with nothing and get a record out in six weeks. They must be pretty fast writers (or fast at sorting through the demos they are sent). I have no problem with all artists not being able to accomplish that. I’ll give the majority of people the 6-8 months it takes most artists to go from zero to done.

They hadn’t decided on a final track list.

And they’d done absolutely no work on deciding which of the 30 songs they had recorded would be on the CD? Quite impressive. And then they get 4 out of 5 right? Very talented.

They did five new songs, a couple for the first time ever, none had been played more than once or twice. Four of the songs ended up being on the album, the fifth was an iTunes bonus track.

Yes, well, we’ve already established that they actually recorded those songs together with fewer than one or two plays (since that’s all they played it before performing it in concert), so we’ve already given them credit for that. Although, maybe they get a double bonus for recording it in one take with never having played it before. Amazing talents!

But, minus half a bonus point because they are the same band recording as playing in the concert. I suspect that Kris is such a piker, he might have more than two guitars on his album. Just a guess. Though, I’ll be willing to admit that I’m wrong if Kris’s one acoustic guitar version of “Hit Me Baby One More Time” is his second single. I have no problems admitting when I’m wrong and will stay here to take my lumps.

In this Heartless video ..around 1.00…you can hear Kris say “yes, yes he is”..responding to the comment about Cale being hot..lol…Cale looks like he’s blushing =P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRPeWw-sD6o&feature=channel

That song needs to be slowed down a bit for a live performance or not performed at all. He sounded like he was dying for a breath up there.

I agree. I thought he was going to slow it down and change it up. This just sounds like an acoustic version of the Script song. What happened to making it his own.

Whoa that was a lot of information there for Ryan Adams. Was he an American idol contestant?
Singing 4 covers (and 1 original song) for 1 gig is simply not enough information to judge the direction of Kris’ career or Jive’s intentions. It could be as simple as..’not enough time to prepare ‘or ‘couldn’t get clearance’. It doesn’t have to be that deep.

CamelliaSin
October 15, 2009 at 11:14 pm
To Make You Feel My Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIi1p0jonP0

Enjoyed that –thanks for posting it.

Wow. TMYFML is gorgeous, love the pacing of it.

Either he is out of breath or he isn’t. I don’t really think it is a matter of opinion. He’s not gasping for breath. He’s not stumbling over words. He’s not breathing heavy when he has guitar breaks. I honestly don’t see what those of you are seeing that gives any indication that he is about to run out of breath.

I didn’t see or hear any problems either. I just think some people don’t care for the artist or the song, which is fine. I really think he looks like he’s enjoying himself immensely, and I loved everything I’ve seen so far.

Loving all the Kris fans posting!

That’s quite impressive that the Cardinals can start with nothing and get a record out in six weeks.

I would think more like six days. Studio time is expensive. Many of the great albums in rock history have been recorded in two or three days. I don’t think it takes any great talent. The Idol approach to recording is actually quite unusual.

When I said that the two of the five new songs the Cardinals played were being played for the first time, I obviously meant played live for the first time. Just as LLWD was played live for the first time today.

Since they had all been recorded, obviously, they had been played before in the studio.

I love Kris’s voice – really looking forward to his album.

Kris sounds awesome on LLWD. I’m so glad we got to hear a live version! It feels like I’ve been waiting a long time for this.

Whoa that was a lot of information there for Ryan Adams. Was he an American idol contestant?

Kirsten asked a lot of questions about their touring and recording schedles. I thought she was interested in getting answers. Maybe they were just rhetorical questions. I dunno. I’m a simple guy. Someone asks, I try to answer.

Kris sounds really good. I’m not sure a charity gig in Ohio is the place to preview your album. And if Taylor Hicks did it, Kris please follow this piece of advice. Just do the opposite of everything Hicks did and you’ll be fine.

I would think more like six days

Wow! Writing songs from scratch and recording them all in six days. Stunning. That’s even faster than Sarver.

When I said that the two of the five new songs the Cardinals played were being played for the first time, I obviously meant played live for the first time.

Oh, I’m sorry for the confusion. Since I’d tried to make a point that Kris hadn’t had time to practice an arrangement for two guitars with the songs, I thought you were responding to it. I didn’t realize that you were making a point completely tangental. Obviously, all artists must play a song in concert for the first time once (otherwise, they wouldn’t be playing it in concert at all). Hopefully, they have a little bit of time to practice it. Sight reading is great, but sometimes you can make it a tiny bit better if you work on the arrangements.

In on topic news, I think Kris sounds great on TMMFYL. That was my favourite studio track of his.

MiTM sounds fantastic! I get such a smile on my face when I watch him. I could just sit and watch for hours. So looking forward to seeing him live.

I really like Kris, but I can’t bring myself to like this song. I agree with Sunn, it’s too wordy and fast. The problem is not Kris, he sounded ok. Is the song that made the performance a little weird for me.

Thanks for all the fun video. Kris sounds great, the audience sounds REALLY happy to have him there, and I enjoyed watching the performances. That’s all I really care about, so I’m good!

I just realized that by the time I see Kris (Dec 4 — Chicago) the album will be out and he will be playing songs from the album, which? Will be FABOO. Can’t wait.

You guys will be happy to know that iTunes has finally updated Kris’s cover art for LLWD…

This just sounds like an acoustic version of the Script song. What happened to making it his own.

at the pace this song is going… I think it’s more challlenging to change it. And also I guess he likes very much this version

Kris fan delurking to say I’m LOVING all of the fans popping up tonight! So much fun! I thought Kris sounded a tad out of breath in the Ball performance of LLWD, but not at Seton… maybe he was getting a little worn out by the 3rd time he sang it. I thought the impromptu HMBOMT was impressive– he’s such a natural! Oh and I heard LLWD on the radio on the way home tonight-it totally works IMO. OK enough flailing.

Love the vids! Love Kris performing and sounding happy, relaxed and bantering! Can’t wait for the album! Love that he has Cale who took him to the auditions in his band! (I think a lot of people guessed that was happening when the pictures at the Grove surfaced – it has to really help anchor this whole crazy ride). Happy day! And rumors of Adam’s TFM being out in the next couple days? Happy weekend

SmartCookie, I agree. Got my tickets for the 4th at the Auditorium, too. It is a bonus to see the Fray, and Cobie, but I am going primarily to see Kris Allen. Can not wait!

Another Kris fan coming out of lurking to say I think Kris has done a great job on these videos!! I just love the way he gets so much into his performance on stage .
I agree that I think Kris does like this version of LLWD as he has said , so no need to change something that doesn’t require it!!
BTW I think most of us Kris fans are happy lurking & reading everyone’s amusing comments!! I for one only comment when I feel its appropriate to do so!!

KRIS’S C D COVER LOOKS LIKE HE IS IN AN EMPTY CONCERT??

KRIS’S C D COVER LOOKS LIKE HE IS IN AN EMPTY CONCERT??

seems to me he is just at a venue (in advance for sound check or waiting someone before/after a show or whatev).. a more fancy version expressed that the empty place is his past when he wasn’t known and didn’t yet have the music career he wanted

His CD photo is hot! Like the other shot too with the guitar:)

I think the point of the photograph is that the photographer wanted everyone to come up with their own story about what is going on, and considering that that’s what you did (and judging by your use of all caps, I’d say your excited about the scenario that you came up with), I’d say the photograph serves its purpose. If the photograph was forgettable, or just a plain headshot, nobody would be talking about it, but people are, because it’s interesting, different, and creates a story effect.

Back on topic, Kris sounded incredible today and tonight. His TMYFML was amazing. Now, I just need to see the other songs that he performed at the ball. I’m just so excited for him, everything is falling into place.

Thanks for linking to the videos, mj.

I love the way he does To Make You Feel My Love here — he has a lovely break in his voice and uses it well. And the Britney bit was hilarious, particularly if it was the answer to “What do you like to sing in the shower?” *L* The audience really got into it. It’s going to be fun to watch him learn how to feed on and direct audience energy that’s more up close and personal than what he would have experienced in the arena shows.

When I first heard LLWD I thought it would be a good song for him because he seems to relish songs that allow him to add some percussive notes and to bounce around. The little 360 in the middle of the performance was cute. This seemed like an early, relatively green performance to me, but no, he wasn’t out of breath and yes, he handled the words well. There are sections of the song where he seems more comfortable than others, but I think he’ll get there. It’s a process. I’m happy for him that he’s started it well. : )

‘hit me baby one more time’ actually sounded good when kris it. britney magic i suppose cos some songs never get old (hehe)

and was that ‘the man in the mirror’ backdrop i noticed?

and c’mon you lurkers! out with it….we need more kris love here

TMYFML was actually one of my favs on idol. Kris sings it with such heartfelt emotion. You know some of these singers now a days can’t relay a song with that connection. I was watching LLWD and Kris was just so spot on with it. I love his voice and the way he engages with the audience is a beautiful thing.

abbylouisee
# Kris today, “yes I’m on twitter, and for those of you who follow me, I’m sorry for all the stupid stuff I say.”about 1 hour ago from Echofon

Aw, don’t apologize Kris — your tweets are so random, funny and adorable!

awww..To Make You Feel My Love … that was good! ..i wish the complete video will be available tomorrow. I noticed that he uses less his upper register ; his middle and lower register have more warmth and richness (but I like also his falsetto).
Just love his phrasing

yeah i noticed he is using his lower register more now. even in LLWD, and that is super sexy.

his full show will be posted on YT tomorrow – probably tomorrow night

There are variations of spelling. But Bossom is nice.

Am I mistaken that LLWD was Top 149 in Itunes this morning and now at 137? If not, then I’m happy to see more people buying the single. I hope it’s the combination of Kris’ first live performance, more spins and the new single cover. Thank you @GOD. And yes, I’m proud to be a Kris fan.

Am I mistaken that LLWD was Top 149 this morning and now at 137? If not, then I’m happy to see more people buying the single. I hope it’s the combination of Kris’ first live performance, more spins and the new single cover. Thank you @GOD. And yes, I’m proud to be a Kris fan.

I love Kris’ single and I am a big Adam fan. Go Kris!!!!!!!

Honestly, I don’t get all this hoopla about LLWD. On Amazon.com, when you click on it, it even plays a different song, meanwhile, all the others play the rightful songs. I found this out right after Kris released it and people were making so much noise about it. I was just curious and wanted to be sure.
This makes me believe the song has totally been sold to19/Jive for Kris or whatever than means, and it’s Kris’ song now and I think it will not even be available if you should buy that CD now.
Some of us may not be knowledgeable about these things but we can sure do our research too.

Oh golly, this guy is just a really soulful, special entertainer. At this point, I’m thinkin’: all right, if he doesn’t hit the Billboard jukebox, who cares? As long as his album sells reasonably well, he’ll have a career — and those of us who are his fans will remain loyal in any case. Just watching him perform, even a soundcheck, with as much passion and musical muscle as he did, is impressive…

Am I mistaken that LLWD was Top 149 this morning and now at 137? If not, then I’m happy to see more people buying the single.

.. hey that’s good. With the promotion he’ll do in the weeks to come, it should do well

Who seriously gives an effing shit where, when, how or why The Script released LLWD?

..lol.. you’re right Eileen99, it means nothing — I was just curious..only a track not used as a single on an album released abroad — artists release tons of covers. I couldn’t care less and I like the song and Kris sings it great

Kris doing The Script’s song -is a smart marketing move by The Script!! They haven’t been well known in the US & what better way to increase their profile than have the AI winner sing one of their songs[ & maybe 2 according to Kris!!] If I were a fan of the Script I would feel excited that they were getting more exposure .
I bet Kris is looking forward to performing on the same show as The Script!!
Good to see the upward movement of LLWD sales. I just wish they’d make it available in Australia soon so I can also buy it on i-Tunes!!!

Finally had a chance to listen to the YouTubes, my fave JTFML, very nice and totally my sweet spot with Kris. I thought his MiTM was much stronger than at the Ford thing or the Boston radio thing. Nice to see that some rest has helped out. His enunciation in this song and he wasn’t shouty. He is still biffing the last notes, but eh. The HMBOMT remains great for involving the crowd, being fun and cute. But original it’s not, which is fine! But yeah, still prefer Travis’s version.

I didn’t think Kris was out of breath on LLWD and the way that he did that last note after all that wordiness, well done! That being said, as it was a super strummy very faithful rendition of a song I’m not terribly fond of, I wasn’t terribly fond of this version. He didn’t change the song live at all, which also is fine, he likes the song as it is, he should go with that. But I don’t like it as is, so there you go. Again though, thought the performance fine.

I thought he was going to slow it down and change it up. This just sounds like an acoustic version of the Script song. What happened to making it his own.

Unbelievable that the same things are being said here as were said three weeks ago when the song was released (or even earlier, when the first snippet of Kris’s single was heard). This is Kris’s single. When he performs it he’s going to perform it as close to the way he recorded it as possible. That’s how you promote your single, usually.

Oh, and I loved the first performances of it. Loved the energy, thought it was exciting.

I didn’t see any Kris fans complaining about LLWD on this site and neither do we care it’s a cover. It is definately true that the media mention it but not in a bad way. They mention it and go on to praise Kris for doing it well and they rave about it.
It’s just funny when some few people want to make it look like it’s unheard of for Kris to do a song that was recorded as a b-side and keep on stressing and reharshing the same thing as if it’s a big deal. It’s not, and will never be a big deal to the buyer even if it is touched on every day. It doesn’t have any effect on people liking it . So far the response is not bad and people are yet to hear it. It will do fine.
From what I’m hearing they are using The Script too in promoting Kris heavily in Europe and Asia. I heard most of the time, the DJ’s go like, ‘ This is AI Kris Allen, he’s got The Script sound, so if you love them, you’ll definately love Kris”. At least I’ve heard it from three people. I think Jive is looking far ahead than we are.

Kris doing The Script’s song -is a smart marketing move by The Script!! They haven’t been well known in the US & what better way to increase their profile than have the AI winner sing one of their songs[ & maybe 2 according to Kris!!] If I were a fan of the Script I would feel excited that they were getting more exposure .

Case in point – I bought Script’s album last week after listening to the snippets in Itunes. Of course, I’ve only known about The Script after Kris’ LLWD release so The Script should thank Kris for much wider recognition.

I don’t have any problem with LLWD being the first single. I love both the recorded and the live versions.

but most of Kris’s fans hoped that Kris might change it up or make it his own

Not sure what Kris fans your have heard this from. Although I have not seen any polls among Kris fans to formally back up my opinion, I don’t think this is true. Most Kris fans love the song, embrace Kris’ take on it and support it 100%.

It is Kris’ version that is being played on radio stations across the US and other countries so how is this not Kris song now?

Small thing may, be but the song is Live Like We’re Dying LLWD and not LLYD…

Oh dear. This was a really bad performance of the song. He sounds like he was gasping for breath. I think he should have sung it like the Tyler Ward version. It probably would have suited his style much more better, and there’s harmonies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9jP38sYZNU

I really enjoyed the video above from the winning school done by Kris.
His sound is great. I am not familiar with the Script version….But some of you say it is quite a faithful rendition. This…The Script is likely very
pleased that their song is getting such great attention, thus giving them a “more” recognisable rep!!! Kris is such a good singer, and he does justice to this cover.
It is so important legally, and morally to, always, state that this is a cover to give proper authorship.
I seriously do not understand what the commotion is all about. Most singers do covers of other peeps songs unless they have built their rep
as a diehard singer songwriters (More ego than smarts) or are too selfish to share their gift to other singers. I don’t think there are too many that refuse to release, or refuse to sell the songwriters work, unless it is brand new, and it’s a Mega hit.
I guess I’m feeling that we should just chill and say “so what”
He SANG IT!!!!!!! GO KRIS,ADAM ,AND ALLISON!!!!!!!!!!!

Therapists wil sure get lots of money after November!

I think he should have sung it like the Tyler Ward version. It probably would have suited his style much more better, and there’s harmonies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9jP38sYZNU

I liked that version of the song more, my favourite version of it yet. The changes were fairly subtle, but the chord changes and the slight changes to the tempo(?) improved it for me. Thanks for sharing that version of the song. I had never heard it before. And yeah, kind of wish Kris had done something like that with the song. It’s kind of what I was expecting from the first time I heard the 23 second clip, then after the recorded version, was hoping that the live version would be changed up somewhere in just such a manner. But hey, that’s me. Others like Kris’s version fine, and I disagree in that I thought his performance was fine. It was a very faithful, competent version of that song. No doubt he will improve as he has more time to perform it live. This like time number two in front of an audience.

He should sing Tyler wards version of his song ,so everyone jumps on him that he’s done someones cover. As if he’s not had enough. He is an artist in his own right and is intelligent enough to know how to play and sell his new single.
My little thinking cup tells me he needs to do it as close as possible to sell the song. You don’t go straight to full stripped down version of your new single at your first public performance, no it doesn’t make sense. As and when you’ve marketed the song enough and people know it well enough, you can then go ahea d and do any version that you want.

lol i still don’t get it. that tyler kid sounds even more out of breath than kris on the chorus. *shrugs*

as i suspected, it doesn’t sound great live, just ok; but i suspect it’s a song that anybody would have trouble with live. i did think he would have more trouble with the chorus, but he acquitted himself quite nicely. i still cannot get past the cry in his voice. i thought the vocal coaches would fix it, but i guess not. i guess my main quip is that he’s still singing too loudly. his voice is not big, and it seems like he overcompensates by really reaching for some of the notes, thus causing that cry when he transitions. if he just sings it straight; he’d have no problem. look at john mayer. probably has an even weaker voice than kris, but he knows what works for him and doesn’t try to power through his songs. i hope kris can find a balance between the alt-pop sound and the singer-songwriter style songs, because i think his voice is more suited for the latter, but it seems like the former is the style they’re going to go with (poppy sells!).

that said, his lower register is still to die for though; the TMYFML performance was fantastic. and all in all, this was a very nice day for kris and all the charity stuff.

his full show will be posted on YT tomorrow ‘“ probably tomorrow night

Yay!

I loved his cover of “To Make You Feel My Love,” and I love that he did “(Hit Me) Baby One More Time.” I also love “Live Like We’re Dying.” It still amuses me that so many make so much of it being a “cover.” lol. It’s not going to be a big deal no matter how much people on one board make of it, and he sounds great on it.

He sounded good before, but his phrasing just gets better and better. I can’t wait till his solo tour…then again, being in LA now I might try to catch him at a holiday show, if he does one here. *fingers crossed*

ETA: I kinda love that Kris doesn’t need a full band to kick ass and take names. Just him and his old friend and a couple of guitars, and he’s just fine. Happy to hear that Cale will be playing bass for him in the long term, too. I usually don’t find the Idols or their band mates to my liking, but he is seriously hot! Hee

Solid, if a bit boring.

From the Bosom Ball

Hit me bb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9cgvsJL1uU

TMYFML
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsDhbRRHQPE

MitM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GryCvWcxb_A

All from user supox30

Yaaayyyy (“hands flailing in the air” to quote KA). Thanks CamelliaSin!

Thank you for the video’s CamelliaSin! Yesterday was an awesome day to be a Kris fan. It was so much fun watching him interact with the audience and just having a good time. My favorite video so far from yesterday was the Heartless video from the Soundcheck. I love the OMG from someone in the audience during one part of the video.

BTW: It is awesome to see all of you Kris fans coming out of lurking! Let’s keep it up and show that Kris does have fans.

“I think he should have sung it like the Tyler Ward version.

If he did, the next post would be that he copied Ward’s version. I suspect that Kris likes LLWD the way it is because it has a little different feel than what is is usually associated with doing. You wouldn’t want all the songs in your set to the same, variety is good. I am sure the more he performs the song and gets more comfortable, he will put his spin on it.

I couldnt finish watching the video. I felt like I was also cathcing my breath.

I’m a little sad that after NoBO, Kris has to sing another song that is so hard to sing live.

Just speculating here, since I don’t know much about the business side of music… since Kris is still in the process of introducing this song to listeners and fans, doesn’t it make sense that he sticks closer to the recorded version? I noticed small changes, but I’ve listened to the studio version a ton. From a business perspective, I’d imagine you’d want users to hear what they’d be getting if they request it on the radio or download it. Maybe Kris will always sing it this way, or maybe he’ll start changing it somewhere down the line as the song gains traction and popularity and he gets more and more experience (and feedback) performing it live.

I’m a little sad that after NoBO, Kris has to sing another song that is so hard to sing live.

Welcome to the world of trying to make it in pop radio.

I can see why the labels want pop hits. Since pop stations play so few different songs, anybody whose song gets high on the charts there has it heard over and over and over again, and that’s what seems to do the best job of driving sales.

But at the moment, virtually everything played on pop radio is crazy fast, usually produced out the wazoo, laden with millions of vocal backing tracks,heavily dependent on beats rather than melody, and thus super super difficult to sing live. They are currently pretty much disdaining “ballads” altogether, and they count as a “ballad” anything that has fewer words per second than LLWD, apparently.

That said, I think Kris did an admirable job with the song at both events yesterday — and after he’s sung it a few thousand more times (at, like, 8 in the morning, etc), he’ll be even better because he’ll relax into it more. I’ve watched Elliott go through this with these fast-as-heck pop songs, and while he, too, does a very good job the first few times, he does an awe-inspiring job a month or so into singing the song regularly. Same thing will happen with Kris because he, too, is a good musician.

I loved all of this …. ALL! Kris did a fantastic job at both the high school appearance and at the Bosom Ball. I loved the choices he made in songs to sing and he really played the audience.

I’ve watched various uploads of the Britney Spears song. How off the wall and surprising … and good and fun. He looks deliciously devilish before he starts to sing his favourite ‘singing in the shower’ song. Talk about knowing your audience! Those girls were completely into it and him.

I was somewhat worried how he’d do performing ‘Live Like We’re Dying’ live and I got the impression from one of his interviews that it was the only afterthought reservation he had on that being picked as his first single release.

I am very happily surprised. He did it justice. The guy is physically fit and has a good set of lungs. Any ‘shoutiness’ can be attributed to the screaming and singing along of the audience. I recall this being a major annoyance for the Beatles back in the day.

Kudos for Kris getting his friend Cale into his band and introducing him to the public via this gig. Having someone you know and trust will go a long way to keeping him sane, happy, and grounded as well as giving him leverage to do things his own way.

Having Cale (a Cosmo sexiest bachelor) will also be a nice offset for the young drooling female fans. Nice that the guy is also a real musician

Other positives I see are that the audience DID sing along so know him and this song. It’s an earworm, upbeat, high energy, and a good choice.

Yes, the song should sound as close to the recorded version as possible. That’s 100% true for pop songs which thrive on repition. I’m impressed Kris did so well w/o a band. Obviously, once he starts the album promo they’ll be even closer to the single sound.

Reminder:

It’s been established that “Live Like We’re Dying” is a cover of a script song. Further fanwaring over the matter isn’t very interesting to read, so I’ve edited it out of this thread.

One more reminder, that I delete posts that are angry and overly defensive. Posters who make a habit of lashing out end up in moderation.

Let’s stick to discussing last night’s perfomances.

twigLA I agree with you 100%!!

Kris was wonderful on all the songs, and I loved the high school girls in the morning singing along and obviously being familiar with words to LLWD.
I hope it gave Kris the same thrill it gave me to hear them join in!!

I think Hit Me Baby will make a great live tour song (like Cook’s “Little Lies” does) – a fun sing-along song as is obvious from the video!

Also delighted to hear that Cale will joining him …I hadn’t heard that before.

ross: Unbelievable that the same things are being said here as were said three weeks ago when the song was released (or even earlier, when the first snippet of Kris’s single was heard). This is Kris’s single. When he performs it he’s going to perform it as close to the way he recorded it as possible. That’s how you promote your single, usually.

ITA — Kris needs to promotie his new single. And that means performing LLWD as close to his recorded version as possible when he is at a promo event. It seems like a really hard song to perform live — Just try and sing that song, at that tempo — and you’ll see how hard it really is! I think Kris will work it out over time — and get even better.

Truthiness: That being said, as it was a super strummy very faithful rendition of a song I’m not terribly fond of, I wasn’t terribly fond of this version. He didn’t change the song live at all, which also is fine, he likes the song as it is, he should go with that. But I don’t like it as is, so there you go. Again though, thought the performance fine.

Not my fav Kris song either, but it is his lead album single, and he needs to “sell” this song.

I just watched the bosom ball video of HMBOMT and I couldn’t stop smiling and laughing! There is something about his performances that capture and captivate me. I don’t know what it is but he knows how to take me along with him on every song. I’m looking forward to more!

Okay, as I suspected, LLWD is a *very* hard to sing (sort of like NoBo). There are TOO many words and you have to sing them too close together. I *liked* this version better, and too bad he hadn’t released an acoustic version of it (same with Heartless; I have both, and like the recorded version, at least the one that is being played by radio stations FAR LESS). That was not the case with Falling Slowly; I think it depends on the song and the recording. But LLWD is just tough, and notice that other guys helped out on the vocals. The strumming was fine for me (maybe b/c we got to see Kris, and he’s so bloody cute! I cannot wait to see him in concert). Anyway, my .02.

I do not think this song will do all that well on the radio (again, JMHO), and it’s true, Cook’s LO and CBTM took many weeks to start to do well (unlike Carrie and Kelly’s singles). Maybe that will be the case with LLWD. But I would rather listen to it live than on the radio, tho it does work, it just sounds different, I agree. I don’t think it’s that he chose to sing it differently; that’s that the way he believed it would sound better, and I agree. Kris is the kind of musician I would rather see in person than on the radio, even tho I know he can’t have a successful musical career that way.

do not think this song will do all that well on the radio (again, JMHO), and it’s true, Cook’s LO and CBTM took many weeks to start to do well (unlike Carrie and Kelly’s singles).

I’m trying to understand why anyone would think this song won’t do well on radio – considering it just went for adds this week and Z100, the largest market, is spinning the heck out of it it’s hard to imagine it won’t do well. I realize this is just your opinion but would be interested in how you’ve reached your personal conclusion.

I can’t predict how this song will do but it had a very good radio update today. Based on today’s numbers it should break into the Top 40 songs on HAC sometime next week. Pop will take longer as you need close to 1,000 spins a week to chart in the Top 40 there.

However, at this rate the song will def chart in the Top 50 on Pop. Then the numbers will be easier to follow.

I don’t even think it is a question anymore that LLWD will do well on radio. It was the #2 Top 40 song added this week, right behind Britney, a Top 40 megastar. Its spins keep going up and up. When it does get spun, audience reaction is great. Z100, the #1 Top 40 station in the country, added it in last week’s adds, and they have steadily increased their spins of it, and it continues to regularly appear in their Top 9 at 9 countdowns each night.

I don’t think it’s a bad thing at all for Kris to be performing a fast, wordy, upbeat song live. It shows a side of him that wasn’t often seen on the show, and he looks like he’s having tons of fun with it. Is it a challenging song to sing live? Yes. Is Kris totally up for it? Yep.

I didn’t think Kris was out of breath on LLWD and the way that he did that last note after all that wordiness, well done!

Yes! I never believed that Kris would have any trouble singing LLWD live. It’s exactly the kind of tongue-twister he’s great at (like Heartless).

The problem with NoBo wasn’t that it had too many words. The problem was that the words were idiotic.

do not think this song will do all that well on the radio (again, JMHO), and it’s true, Cook’s LO and CBTM took many weeks to start to do well (unlike Carrie and Kelly’s singles).

Good on me if I’m wrong. That’s about all I can say. It will probably do just fine; I guess it’s just b/c as a Kris fan I prefer songs like Heartless and Falling Slowly and She Works Hard for the Money. That doesn’t mean it’s a bad song AT ALL, and probably a very good release as a first single. Guess we will see. I think Kelly’s Already Gone will do better than I Will Not Hook Up, but I guess I’m just a slower pop-rock fan. And I’m outta here.

The problem with NoBo wasn’t that it had too many words. The problem was that the words were idiotic.

HAH, so true! I love LLWD wordiness. I think Kris did a great job with it live.

Kris Allens new single give me a De Je Vu moment .. ..Dis appiontment of this song is to me at least does not enhance his strengths.

Kris Allen do well he is very marketable Ai seems to like him . JPfan–memtioned is a good start .. The key that most fans ignore if it has legs to find out if it does is to wait for the AI hype to fade….

And check out this impromptu rendition of ‘Hit Me Baby One More Time.’  Heh.

FWIW, this wasn’t really improptu. He used to sing this at bars in Arkansas just for fun.

It’s funny actually, a year ago he was singing this and other goofy Britney Spears songs at a little bar and a bunch of people laughed and left. A year later and he’s singing it with hundreds of people laughing and singing along. It’s amazing how much his career has changed in just a year.

I can’t predict how this song will do but it had a very good radio update today. Based on today’s numbers it should break into the Top 40 songs on HAC sometime next week. Pop will take longer as you need close to 1,000 spins a week to chart in the Top 40 there.

The numbers from today were awesome! I saw on another board where LLWD’s spins doubled from Tuesday to Thursday. I have said before that LLWD still has a ways to go. But it is promising that the adds from this week are starting to kick in.

The top 40 station in Atlanta played it for the first time yesterday and it apparently already made their nightly Top 10 show. I have also seen new spins from stations in Detroit and Nashville that have not officially added the song.

FWIW, this wasn’t really improptu. He used to sing this at bars in Arkansas just for fun.

Well, I think it WAS impromptu in that he hadn’t planned on singing it. It was prompted by one of the questions asking him what his favorite song to sing in the shower was. That said, I didn’t really doubt that he had done a version of this song before. I also remember reading an article a while back where his friends discussed how they loved it when he would do Britney Spears diddies on his guitar.

do not think this song will do all that well on the radio (again, JMHO), and it’s true, Cook’s LO and CBTM took many weeks to start to do well (unlike Carrie and Kelly’s singles).

Good on me if I’m wrong. That’s about all I can say. It will probably do just fine; I guess it’s just b/c as a Kris fan I prefer songs like Heartless and Falling Slowly and She Works Hard for the Money. That doesn’t mean it’s a bad song AT ALL, and probably a very good release as a first single. Guess we will see. I think Kelly’s Already Gone will do better than I Will Not Hook Up, but I guess I’m just a slower pop-rock fan. And I’m outta here.

Thanks for responding to my earlier comments. I can understand your love for Heartless, Falling Slowly and SWHFTM and I hope there will be songs like these on Kris’s album but I do think that releasing a fast, poppier song as his first single was smart. Hopefully, the second single will be similar to one of his other songs as mentioned.

The numbers from today were awesome! I saw on another board where LLWD’s spins doubled from Tuesday to Thursday. I have said before that LLWD still has a ways to go. But it is promising that the adds from this week are starting to kick in.

The top 40 station in Atlanta played it for the first time yesterday and it apparently already made their nightly Top 10 show. I have also seen new spins from stations in Detroit and Nashville that have not officially added the song.

Good to hear. I really wish they’d play it in LA. It is VERY rare that I hear anything from any of the Idols on the radio here until they’ve been out for a long while. I do hear them on occasion when I’m shopping. My biggest surprise was hearing Kris’ version of ‘She Works Hard for the Money’ in a grocery store

‘I think he should have sung it like the Tyler Ward version.

If he did, the next post would be that he copied Ward’s version.

Well I didn’t want him doing a Tyler Ward version, just that I expected he would have done what Tyler did to the song originally and for the recorded version and for my personal reasons, make it into something I liked more. But yes, of course once it’s the radio version and starting out, sounding as much like it as possible makes total sense. And as I said, I thought he did that here. Very faithful rendition of the song on the radio…just not a version of the song I like. But hey, who cares? Seems like it’s getting great radio play, so clearly I’m in the minority.

I thought Kris sounded great singing the new single live. And I loved that little impromptu Britney cover. Adorable.

Yes, the spins yesterday had a large increase – hopefully the trend continues.

I’m still puzzled about West Coast play – does anyone have viable theories on why the West is so slow to add this song – is that typical in general that Top 40/HAC adds lag in the west? I’ve not heard LLWD once in Seattle, yet I hear Cook, Jordin and Kelly all the time, so it isn’t an Idol bias issue. Surprisingly, they’re still spinning NoBo occasionally.

sterling
October 16, 2009 at 10:17 am

And check out this impromptu rendition of ‘Hit Me Baby One More Time.’  Heh.

FWIW, this wasn’t really improptu. He used to sing this at bars in Arkansas just for fun.

I think it was still impromptu, just not unprecedented And I do remember hearing that he did this sort of thing all the time in Arkansas because I was a little jealous that I never got to see it. I’m so glad that he added it into the mix, it was fun!

I think Kris is having a blast. His good friend is with him and he’s making music. His voice sounds gorgeous; love the lower register and his guitar playing is terrific. I’m very impressed.

I really wasn’t sure how he would pull off performing LLWD just on guitar, but pulled it off he did! Over time he will work out any kinks on the song. Perhaps change it up a bit like David Cook with Light On, pausing for a time to make the transition to his lower register. Now that was a difficult song to sing live. Yikes! But he worked it out as Kris will do with LLWD. That said, I think Kris did a phenomenal job on the song. In my opinion, Danny O and Kris A. sound nothing at all alike.

Kris radiates confidence when he performs and I loved the Britney song. The crowd interaction put a smile on my face. I really loved his vocals on that song. I haven’t listened to TMYFML yet, but looking forward to it. I don’t know what it is about the way he performs it, but it moves me to tears every time. And I’m a hard-ass. lol

To be perfectly honest, HWC, I don’t know Ryan Adams or The Cardinals. Perhaps the information is outdated, but it appears Adams first album with them, Cold Roses, only sold 159,000 CDs in the US. I guess that’s why I wasn’t aware of them. The funny thing is I was thinking Bryan Adams when I read Ryan Adams. LOL

Maybe they need to put in “MORE” studio time. I’ll have to listen to their music to be fair before I form an opinion on them.

Loved it!!!!!

Hey, you can view the collected Bosom Ball videos here

Marty Casey did the best Hit Me Baby One More Time evah on Rock Star a few years ago. Lurve him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8AvxF4FWEA&feature=related

Can’t even wrap my brain around any comparison of Kris Allen and Ryan Adams. Ryan is in another galaxy.

I wish Kris success because I think any idol’s success is good for AI’s cred, and will benefit everyone coming off the show. For me, anything else is like cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Awww. Kris sounds good, so comfortable performing and playing. I’ll never forget how he sang Happy Birthday to my daughter after our atl concert. He is one lovely guy. Hope he does well. I saw the Script open up for Paul McCartney in August, and there is a similarity in their sound. The song is a good fit. It’s probably not easy to sing live, but he does as fine as the Script did doing similar songs when I saw them.

Can’t even wrap my brain around any comparison of Kris Allen and Ryan Adams. Ryan is in another galaxy.

And one of Ryan’s best-known songs is his COVER of Oasis’s “Wonderwall”!

And Ryan didn’t launch his career on American Idol (although he did marry a pop princess), so I’m not sure why anybody is making comparisons between him and Kris.

Kris, like Cook before him, has written plenty of his own material (some of it quite good), but clearly as the reigning American Idol, neither one was allowed to sing their old material when they first started promoting their post-Idol albums.

I know no one wants to hear this, but LLWD is dead in the water. This song has been out long enough for the public to hear it and decide if they like it. It’s pretty obvious that people really don’t care for the song. I think Kris is wasting his time with this song. He need to move on and put out a second song, that shows him at his best. This song is only a little better than No Boundaries.

I know no one wants to hear this, but LLWD is dead in the water. This song has been out long enough for the public to hear it and decide if they like it. It’s pretty obvious that people really don’t care for the song. I think Kris is wasting his time with this song. He need to move on and put out a second song, that shows him at his best. This song is only a little better than No Boundaries.

Wow – totally disagree – the song is picking up radio spins and based on the way the high school girls were singing along a bit it clearly has sticking potential.

on a shallow note, did anyone notice his biceps through the boring GREY shirt?

WOW!!!

LLWD was #4 on Ryan Seacrest’s top 10 noon countdown. They just played it on Z100 a minute ago. Isn’t Ryan’s show nationwide? Seacrest the said the song is getting very comfortable on his countdown.

I know no one wants to hear this, but LLWD is dead in the water. This song has been out long enough for the public to hear it and decide if they like it. It’s pretty obvious that people really don’t care for the song.

See, I don’t get this. If I didn’t read mj’s blog, I wouldn’t even know it had been released. It was initially buried on iTunes, and they didn’t even release it until this week to those who had purchased Kris’s iTunes pass. Kris’s photo was just added to the “album cover” too. Isn’t it just now getting radio adds?

As my own experiment, I added it to my son’s iPod (he was primarily an Allison and Adam fan during S8), and I discovered he’d listened to Kris’s new single 50 times on repeat, LOL.

Ryan is in another galaxy. — justshootme

lol maybe that’s why i don’t know him. have to check out his music, then. my son was watching SGU and it ended with BREATHE a song by Alexi Murdoch. my son knew who it was right off. i love when he introduces me to cool singer/muscians. I have no doubt, my son will be a big fan of Kris Allen’s once he hears his CD.

“I know no one wants to hear this, but LLWD is dead in the water. This song has been out long enough for the public to hear it and decide if they like it. It’s pretty obvious that people really don’t care for the song. I think Kris is wasting his time with this song. He need to move on and put out a second song, that shows him at his best. This song is only a little better than No Boundaries.”

— bridgette12

What I would give to be this certain about everything in llife that actually matters and having it all come true …

To be perfectly honest, HWC, I don’t know Ryan Adams or The Cardinals. Perhaps the information is outdated, but it appears Adams first album with them, Cold Roses, only sold 159,000 CDs in the US.

Don’t worry, he’s not very well known. He’s more of an organic singer/songwriter type. Most of his ten albums since his first solo album Heartbreaker in 2000 have sold in the 150,000 to 200,000 range in the US, a bit more in Europe where his style of American music is very popular. His best selling album, Gold, sold 364,000 in the US and 800,000 world wide. It was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Rock Album category but lost out to U2′s All That You Can’t Leave Behind which sold 12 million copies.

They quietly tour doing 50 to 80 dates a year in the US and Europe, occasionally to Australia and New Zealand. They’ve done arena tours with Oasis, but most of their shows are headline shows in small 2000 to 5000 seat auditorium venues. They actually pulled the plug on touring for a while after three non-stop years with a tour this past spring that wrapped up with a sold-out show at the Fox Theater in Atlanta. Soundboard recordings of almost all their shows are free at the Internet Archive (except the Halloween night Apollo Theater show last year — darn it). Since then, he has apparently been enjoying home life with his new bride, Mandy Moore.

Free Streaming Audio of the Fox show at the Internet Archive

His songs are pretty widely covered and performed by artists like Beth Orton, Willie Nelson (he produced one of Willie’s Albums), the Corrs & Bono, Elton John, Tim McGraw, etc. He’s done a TV show of duets on each others songs with Elton John. American Idol fans would probably his stuff from Blake Lewis covering one of his songs, although Blake said it was a Tim McGraw song.

He’s kind of mildly relevant as an example of the kind of organic singer/songwriter in the market segment being pursued by this year’s Idol winner.

(if you liked the Wonderwall cover, this Atlanta show has a 7 minute electric version in the encores. Adams’ cover is popular because it was used on the TV shows Smallville, Cold Case, and the O.C.)

thanks! i’m going to check them/him out. knowing my son, he probably has their music on his i-pod. ::grin::

Total LOL at those with crystal ball predictions of doom and gloom. What doesn’t make sense to me is why we’re getting these comments predicting crashing and burning in the week that:

1) Kris’ radio adds were so robust (#2 Top 40 add etc.)
2) The new single photo is released
3) The apparent media buys by Jive
4) Kris’ live performances of his single have begun
5) The spins are picking up each day

So basically, WTF? What am I missing? Sure, the single may die, but gosh, seems like Jive/Kris are doing everything right this week, so what exactly is the foundation for the predictions that the single won’t do well on radio? Is it just personal preference relating to the artist or the single? I am looking for enlightenment.

And Ryan Adams? Sorry, no clue there. I also thought you were talking about Bryan Adams!

Thanks everyone for posting all of these vids! I couldn’t help grinning from ear to ear for each of them!

IMO, Kris was very impressive on his first time out with LLWD!! It will just get better and better! I think part of what I was missing on this one was his excellent phrasing, but I know he’ll get it down because he’s awesome like that.

I love that his friend Cale is joining him, an excellent addition in more ways than one. (You simply can’t beat a hot, true musician~hee!)

I for one wouldn’t complain one bit if MiTM was a track on his CD, because I simply love Kris’s version, esp. acoustically! It would also be a great tribute to his first fav. artist!

“Heartless” was great as always, TMYFML was beautiful, and Britney’s song was all kinds of fun!!!

The only problem I had with this whole thing is that I wasn’t there and he was only about 2 hrs. away. I have failed at seeing Kris live yet! I know it will happen though and I simply cannot wait!!!!!

ETA: I have checked out Ryan Adams before, thanks to hwc, and he is imo all hwc says he is. I guess he and I will just have to agree to disagree in our opinions of Kris because I believe Kris is quite amazing and will only get better and better! I am very excited to follow his career!

Thanks for the actual videos of the bosom ball that somemone has posted in the thread.

I tought it was terrific!! well done Kris

Hmm, that was a nice version of Just to Feel My Love! To me, Kris is better at those slow, soulful songs, he really shines on them. I like the live version of LLWD better than the recording but I felt the musical arrangement was a bit sloppy (also the background vocals). I think it needs to be a little bit tighter to encapsule the energy in the lyrics and song.

Not liking the Tyler Ward version at all…

1) Kris’ radio adds were so robust (#2 Top 40 add etc.)
2) The new single photo is released
3) The apparent media buys by Jive
4) Kris’ live performances of his single have begun
5) The spins are picking up each day

all this and i didnt know???? and #2 in top40??? link pls

strangely enough, i have heard of the cardinals and not of ryan adams….and thank to hwc i got to listen to his song When The Stars Go Blue and have fell in love with him.

well ryan adams and kris have a few things in common, one – playing guitar and two – wearing plaid shirts

tripp_ncwy
October 16, 2009 at 12:06 pm

LLWD was #4 on Ryan Seacrest’s top 10 noon countdown. They just played it on Z100 a minute ago. Isn’t Ryan’s show nationwide? Seacrest the said the song is getting very comfortable on his countdown.

This is great news!! Yay! My tolerance of Ryan (off of idol) just went up a smidgen. heh.

I know no one wants to hear this, but LLWD is dead in the water. This song has been out long enough for the public to hear it and decide if they like it. It’s pretty obvious that people really don’t care for the song. I think Kris is wasting his time with this song. He need to move on and put out a second song, that shows him at his best. This song is only a little better than No Boundaries.

It’s waaay too early to say this song is dead. As others have mentioned, this song is doing GREAT since it’s radio adds and is getting some excellent airplay on large stations like Z100 and others. And this is only after a few days! So yeah, really quick upwards movement of this song in radio plays just this week alone, and no signs that it won’t do anything, but continue to do well.

So yeah, I think the song is doing just fine. I continue not to personally enjoy it and this live performance is no exception. I so enjoy Kris more when he’s doing songs like JTFML than LLWD, but hey, different strokes and all.

1) Kris’ radio adds were so robust (#2 Top 40 add etc.)
2) The new single photo is released
3) The apparent media buys by Jive
4) Kris’ live performances of his single have begun
5) The spins are picking up each day

all this and i didnt know???? and #2 in top40??? link pls

Well, #2 for adds in Top 40 format this week. Here’s a screenshot.

You can find it at the Mediabase Add Board if you go to
Menu “Adds by format” –> Top 40
Menu “Adds by Format Week of” –>10/07/2009

I think Kris will do fine, give him and LLWD some time.

so what exactly is the foundation for the predictions that the single won’t do well on radio?

Well, I don’t know what else has been going on, but I have predicted that the song may not do that well on pop radio but that it’ll probably do very well on HAC.

From me, that’s just a thought about what kinds of songs/lyrics/production seem to really soar on pop radio at the moment. I don’t know whether others mean to be insulting it, but I don’t — I just feel as if it’s not as “radio friendly” for the one format as for the other, based solely on my perceptions of what currently seem to be the really hot styles on pop. Not intended as any kind of insult — I hate most of the stuff that is hot on pop radio and infinitely prefer the less “pop radio friendly” stuff.

If you’ve been watching songs climb or not climb the charts, especially on pop radio, and to a lesser extent on HAC, you’ll know that the song’s quality doesn’t seem to have anything to do with it — it’s whether it fits the particular style of the moment.

Of course, pop radio periodically shifts its favored styles and even once in a while gives something significant play that doesn’t sound just like anything else. If they’d do that with LLWD, I’d say it was a good move on their part. I can’t say that I’m really expecting it, though.

So people saying that the song may not do brilliantly on radio may be saying nothing more than this. It’s also something that we can’t really know till it happens, of course!

If you’ve been watching songs climb or not climb the charts, especially on pop radio, and to a lesser extent on HAC, you’ll know that the song’s quality doesn’t seem to have anything to do with it ‘” it’s whether it fits the particular style of the moment.

tell me about it. i’ve been hearing a hihop song called “LOL Smiley Face” nonstop in the mornings on my way to work. i have no words to add to this.

btw, I really like the live, acoustic version of LLWD. and the wordiness of the song doesnt work against kris. confirms (IMO) that the issue with NB was the quality of the song and not the singer.

Well, I don’t know what else has been going on, but I have predicted that the song may not do that well on pop radio but that it’ll probably do very well on HAC.

It initially seemed to be doing a bit better on HAC, but it actually got way more adds on Top 40 radio this week, and that is where it currently has more momentum. It was #7 on the taking off Top 40 chart today.

Anyone who says at this point that LLWD is dead in the water doesn’t know anything about the music industry. The song has increasing momentum on radio right now. That’s just a fact.

Hopefully it sounded better live, in the room. His voice sounds off tune to me. But he clearly connects with the audience, which is good.

This song is def having a good week on the radio. And it does seem to be doing better on Pop than HAC which is good news. Pop gets more listeners than HAC.

“It was #7 on the taking off Top 40 chart today.”

Washpd: Where is this information? I’d love to take a look at that. I’m finding all the intricacies of the radio biz fascinating.

Where is this information? I’d love to take a look at that.

Eileen99 You can get it at http://www.allaccess.com

You just need to register for a free account, then you can have access to their reports for all formats. If you like numbers and data, it will suck you in.

kt_cle: TYVM. Oh no, I’m a CPA, so I’m sorta afraid to click….. but I will, LOL. Lord help me.

He is definitely not off tune.

By the way, he just did a live interview with a radio station in Portland, ME and provided a bunch of info about his music video shoot, when the tracks for the album will be decided on and a performance he’s doing in Miami — among other things.

I put all this in the headlines thread…

“His voice sounds off tune to me.”—lovecontinuum

Kris is vocally spot-on, just perfect. This song fits his vocals like a glove. Off-tune comments always makes me wonder how many critics of music on blogs are actually “tone-deaf”. I mean, we see all those people auditioning and they actually believe they can sing on key. Is it really any different when they’re listening to music? Makes you think, don’t it? ::grin::