Makes you wonder why the judges did it then, doesn’t it ‘ ¦ Simon manipulated the hell out of me this season. If I watch the next season and foolishly invest in another contestant, I’m certain I’ll be ‘played’  again. lol

Manipulation – thy name is idol LOL! I could go all day long about conspiracy theories. Sometimes, though, I think Simon, for all his “brilliance”, just doesn’t know any better – that he’s actually hurting who he’s trying to help!

But I also think the song is catchy – especially the chorus.

I wanted something new, but whatever.

I stated that myself, except for the “dated” part. I love RENT and the music stands the test of time.

“it was actually whatnottosing.com that said Kris broke Idol ‘“” Mary102

You’re correct — my mistake.

“simply because of the backlash against judge over-pimping, which is why Adam being told REPEATEDLY that he was a shoe-in for the finals was probably the worst thing tptb could have done to him.” — Mary 102

Makes you wonder why the judges did it then, doesn’t it … Simon manipulated the hell out of me this season. If I watch the next season and foolishly invest in another contestant, I’m certain I’ll be “played” again. lol

Live Like We’re Dying is definitely a song Kris could relate to wholeheartedly. The title — not really happy with it, but titles aren’t what makes or breaks a song for me. Lyrics — well, yeah, I wish they weren’t so pedestrian. I remember reading somewhere that Spencer Tracy said he was like a baked potato and Hepburn was like a souffle in reference to their acting styles. (HA! Now that I think about it, it’s the same as Kris and Adam. lol) As far as these lyrics are concerned, I would have liked a bit more souffle. Better use of language.

Yesterday, my daughter was watching Youtube videos on her laptop. The moment I heard the guitar, I knew exactly what song she was listening to and I had only listened to Live Like We’re Dying twice. Immediately identifiable, recognizable, instant impact. Somewhat like The Killers’ ATTTID opening guitar.

I truly like the song, but I’m hoping it’s not it, just because I want to be surprised by it. It kind of feels like finding your Christmas presents ahead of time … I still wonder why Kris answered that question about the single on twitter without hesitation, but did not elaborate.

Being “played” again? :::shrugs:::

VFTW said this? How did Kris break idol? I can see the argument with Cook and Adam is OTT’ ¦. No matter my opinion of Blake. They should add him to that list. He was so out of the box. I’ll have to see if I can find this.

Well, for one, he overcame being under-praised and the being thrown under the bus week after week. He won despite very little exposure at the beginning and very little love from the judges. He was also very different in an understated and subtle way.

IIRC – it was actually whatnottosing.com that said Kris broke Idol – for the reasons you stated above.

Though I personally thought that theory was crappy, because Idol underdogs OFTEN win (or at least do much better) simply because of the backlash against judge over-pimping, which is why Adam being told REPEATEDLY that he was a shoe-in for the finals was probably the worst thing tptb could have done to him. David Cook is another good example – over-pimping of Archie throughout last season, and a lot of voter backlash due to Simon’s comments about Archie winning in a knockout in the final 2 round.

But that’s a whole other story

Otherwise, I feel this song would be a perfect fit for Kris, his voice and style, and the kind of music I would expect him to sing. The instrumental arrangement is kinda lame, so hopefully they’ll spruce that up a bit, and there are some lazy bits in the melodic line, imo, but with some tweaks Kris could definitely make this his own and improve upon it. And I do think that the chorus is pretty freaking catchy – which is sometimes all you need (It’s Not Over – anyone? )

I think the song fits his voice, but doesn’t fit his style. Am I making any sense here?

Yes. The melody def. needs to be changed up.

‘From the grassy knoll’ , what if Jive presented ‘Live Like We’re Dying’  to Kris without giving him the background. Kris liked it and recorded it.

If Kris liked the song, who cares where it came from? It’s not like Jive is doing something illegal here. IMO people are overstating the whole “cover” thing. If LLWD is in fact the same song as The Script’s, the majority of radio listeners will have never heard the original at all. And even the music critics won’t be all pissed off if his version is a good one…that is if they’ve even heard the original, but I guess there’s always youtube.

So to those Cook historians out there ‘“ did a demo version of Cornell’s LO ever surface? Do we know if David significantly rearranged the song from the version written by CC?

No. If Cornell himself ever recorded a demo of LO it has never surfaced. As for re-working the song, the fact that Cook did not carry a co-writing credit with Cornell and Howes probably indicates that the song was not changed in any meaningful way either musically or lyrically when Cook recorded it. With ‘Bar-ba-Sol’ , for instance, we know that he took a previously-recorded song from the Atlanta band Injected, and changed the title, structure, and lyrics very slightly (but enough to get a co-writing credit). Since this didn’t happen with LO I’m guessing it was recorded pretty much as written.

Well, actually someone at DCO deconstructed the Injected’s version vs. David’s version and found out that David made a lot more changes to BBS than people originally thought — way more than just the lyrics. An actual lead guitar part was added in (meatier, as it were, because his lead guitarist had the chops for it), the rhythm guitar parts were lessened with the drums driving the rhythm solely in parts (i.e., without the rhythm guitar), a more melodic bassline was added, the rhythm guitar (which no longer had to deal with driving the beat) then participated in the melodies and countermelodies to what the lead guitar was playing, and then David also participating in the harmonies on guitar, and, of course, on the bridge we get the guitar duet between David and Neal instead of the more repetitive bridge that the Injected had.

I kinda like this song, if this is it. I would say its better than a lot songs that 19 has imposed on its idols. I’m also thinking he could bring his own spin on it. I guess time will tell.