Comments on: Kris Allen “No Boundaries” Removed from Tour Set!

By: mahrikka

mahrikka — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:32:17 +0000

kind of wish Adam would replace one of his songs, too. I’m not crazy about Starlight & would prefer he sing something he sang on the show. I can’t think of the title right now, but I think it would do much better. Starlight kind of leaves me flat & I am an avid Adam fan!

Oh dear God, no!
Starlight is fabulous!!!!!

Love Starlight. It was wonderful live last night. No replacements needed in my opinion.

By: lavender1960

lavender1960 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:20:19 +0000

Except I have no recollection of the coronation song that Mr. Hicks had to sing. No recollection whatsoever and I was rooting for Hicks once again because Simon was just being so nasty to him.

In other words, it seems most coronation songs fade into oblivion and are for the most part irrelevant. TOML stands out because I believe it was the most successful one and even then David Cook did not hide his disdain for the song.

By: nickiet

nickiet — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:42:14 +0000

Is this the first time in AI history that a ‘winner’ doesn’t even have the vocal chops to sing his own coronation song?? Taylor Hicks is lookin pretty good now – at least he could sing the coronation song !! LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!

By: Tess

Tess — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:45:42 +0000

Itunes and Amazon are User oriented. If you buy Adam songs the next time you open up it will highlight ALL of the available stuff from Adam, crap or otherwise. This isn’t national advertising, this is very user specific. So, really only those that buy Adam stuff and AI stuff would see the banners.

It’s just like Ads….mine are pretty much geared to everything Phoenix. Once your computer address is out there and you have indicated a home address on anything it recognizes you. Big Brother is watching all the time!

By: Buderschnookie

Buderschnookie — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:56:48 +0000

I kind of wish Adam would replace one of his songs, too. I’m not crazy about Starlight & would prefer he sing something he sang on the show. I can’t think of the title right now, but I think it would do much better. Starlight kind of leaves me flat & I am an avid Adam fan!

Oh dear God, no!
Starlight is fabulous!!!!!

By: SarahP

SarahP — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:28:44 +0000

totally agreed sharig…and the excitement i had for kris doing a killers song totally spoiled by the whole fanwar going on in the other thread

that said, i’m soooo happy kris picked out a killer killers song and it only defines his album and music style even more..

cant wait for his first single :jittery_tb:

By: ShariG

ShariG — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:02:24 +0000

You lnow what is really disheartening to this Kris Allen fan who did not have access to a computer for several days while on vacation in the northlands is that I finally get to open a page that says Kris Allen in the title and the first ten posts I read are about Adam Lambert. The honest to goodness truth in my estimation is that No Boundaries was a wreck of a song for both singers. Adam’s version was not one bit better than Kris’s and as a matter of fact I only listened to it once plus the time he caterwalled through it on the final performance night and decided it was absolutely not in his wheelhouse. It was not an Adam song. I bought Kris’s version, more because I am a Kris fan than because the song was good. But it is a horrible song to sing live for either of them and only Kris was stuck with that job. Do I prefer Kris’s version? You bet. It isn’t a theatrical song or a rock anthem. It is a song from the heart and that is what Kris does better than anyone including Mr. Lambert. Sales have to do with loyalty to the singer as much as good music when it comes to the coronation song. Adam’s version should never have been released at all. He didn’t win, why did he release a coronation song? Lambert’s version certainly should not have appeared on the compilation CD from season 8. It was an insult to Kris and to his fans that they included it. I am sure it was to make a few more bucks in royalties for Kara, but it was not the right thing to do for the winner of the competition. I’m glad Kris will get to sing something else, not because he can’t do No Boundaries well, but because it isn’t a song that people have embraced like they did rainbows after season 7.

By: will

will — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:39:06 +0000

Grammie Kari – “A Change is Gonna Come” was picked by Simon Fuller. I guess it depends on which Simon mysuse is thinking of!

By: Grammie Kari

Grammie Kari — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:32:59 +0000

Was it “A Change Is Gonna Come” (Sam Cooke)?

Note to Idol – hire good song writers not affiliated with American Idol at all…

Now there you go! I am happy Kris doesn’t have to sing that drivel any more!

By: will

will — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:28:12 +0000

That would be “One” by U2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6hXiS00fzI

(Are you really 99 years old, mysuse? That’s what your MySpace link says!)

By: mysuse

mysuse — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:01:21 +0000

The song I’m thinking about was picked for Adam by Simon towards the end of the show.

By: mysuse

mysuse — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:00:02 +0000

I kind of wish Adam would replace one of his songs, too. I’m not crazy about Starlight & would prefer he sing something he sang on the show. I can’t think of the title right now, but I think it would do much better. Starlight kind of leaves me flat & I am an avid Adam fan!

By: CindyM

CindyM — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:04:42 +0000

I agree, I was responding to another post. I don’t think the song is a failure for either of them, it’s just not a great song. I don’t think it’s the most horrible song in the world, I kinda had a sentimental liking of it.

By: dhunken

dhunken — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:33:28 +0000

Here is a fact both Kris’s Heartless and Adam’s Mad World had outsold either of the version of No Boundaries. My feeling the failure lies in the writing of the song which neither Adam nor Kris was part of and both did what they could with it. Kris’s version got a lot more promotion. True, I personally like Adam’s version better as it had more of a melody. Which is not saying much. Just my preference.

The important thing right now is neither of them have to sing it anymore for the rest of the tour. Hey We all Win. :drunk_tb:

Oh and finally I am reserving myself now to not compare sales of Adam’s or Kris’s sales to past Idols or past Artist(2 or more years ago) as the market and configuration of the whole industry is so different now. Anyone who can sell 500,000 copies or more is a huge success as far as today’s standards go.

By: undercooked

undercooked — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:27:47 +0000

Technically, NoBo is not a failure. Making the top 20 on AC, and the number of downloads sold, qualifies it as a hit. It isn’t a smash, but it is not a failure, either

You are correct, it isn’t a failure, it’s just not TOML. I probably shouldn’t have used the word “failure.” I was responding to CindyM who said Adam shared in the “failure” of NB.