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| Posted: May 14, 2008, 11:02 pm Post subject: "Bitter Blake" |
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That was actually the title of the segment of my 10 o'clock Fox affiliate.
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Anchor: Now one of last season’s finalists has some advice for David Cook and David Archuleta. ‘Watch out for those sneaky producers.’
Blake Lewis says he butted heads with the show’s producers on the final song, “This Is My Now.” He says he wanted to add his infamous beat boxing sound to the song, but he wasn’t allowed. Lewis believes that cost him the American Idol title.
Lewis: "I had beef with the producers because, you know, they made me sing this really crappy song that I hated, and they wouldn’t let me, you know, remix it. They wouldn’t let me do what I was doing the entire time. So I think I kinda got shafted at the end of the finale." |
Yeah, he looked kinda pissed in this interview. I hope they post it soon. He did get the shaft. It was an "uh duh" finale...unlike this year's. We know Cook is the more talented one, but we know that Archie could take it too.
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| Posted: May 14, 2008, 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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I'm wondering if they didn't let him change it cause the writers didnt want him to change it or if it was the producers decision...you know?
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| Posted: May 15, 2008, 7:40 am Post subject: |
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I don't think the writers could care less. They are just happy that they are getting songwriting credit on a LARGE scale. I'm sure they would have been honored if Blake really did a good job with his remix. I totally think it was the producers doing.
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| Posted: May 15, 2008, 8:35 am Post subject: |
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Blake's not only bitter about that... his new blog is kind of hateful and pissy as well. Apparently he's having trouble with Clive and company...
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| Posted: May 15, 2008, 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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well, in all fairness... even if the producers dont let cook change it... he could win... he has proven himself to be able to sing just about anything... hes not just a rocker... He can do pretty much anything thrown his way
Unlike blake... ( I am not starting anything) who really did not sound right when he didnt beat box. If that makes sense?
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| Posted: May 15, 2008, 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not a Blake "fan" but he is talented... with that being said, he had NO CHANCE in the finale singing that song so I can understand why he is bitter with that. That song sounded like it was written specifically for Jordin. If they would have let him change it up he would have had much, much better chance in winning because everyone see's what he did with "You Give Love a Bad Name" IMO that was genious.
Hmmmm maybe Blake should let the singing thing go and do producing... 
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On a separate note, I think A.D.D. is an overkill album. It sounds nothing like I thought it would. I thought it would be like "Songs For Jane" sounding. I love his audition with Seal's "Crazy" and his infamous YGLABN performance. A.D.D. did not deliver that for me. It sounded too ambitious.
What needs to happen is for him to record a ton of tracks and have them tested in the market. A.D.D. has sold only about 258,000 copies as of February. He should be a platinum artist because he is VERY marketable.
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I agree Storie. If it makes sense... he tried TOO had to be different which resulted in his album not doing so well. It was completely opposite of what I expected of him.
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I saw the interview on our FOX station last night, and I agree that he is very bitter. I'm sure he is bummed that his CD has not done well. I bought it when it came out because of WYG2L, but I thought it was a little too techno to really sell alot. Wonder what would have happened if HHC had finshed 2nd instead of Blake.
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Blake has always said that he doens't care about sales.
I think Blake could have taken it last year if he didn't have to sing that AWFUL song. It was definitely written for jordin/Melinda. And the fact that they let him do whatever he wanted with all the other songs and than not that one is ridiculous. I'd be pissed off to if I were him. It's not the kind of music he does therefore wouldn't be put out by him the way it was written so it really wasn't fair. I have to agree with him on that part.
Blake is an amazing artist. All around and definitely could have won if not for that stupid song. He did PLENTY of performances where he did not beatbox and everyone still lvoed it and he still sounded great (ex: Stars Go Blue, Somewhere Only We Know, Imagine, You Keep Me Hanging On, Mack the Knife, Roxanne and the best one Love Song, etc.)
ADD is an amazing album, it's just not the kind of stuff that gets played on the radio a whole lot and he knows that but it's frustrating trying to get people to TALK about his music ont he radio instead of asking about Simon or Sanjaya. I can definitely see why he's frustated.
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I think he does care about sales because it's a catch 22. He wants to go on tour and in order for the label to fund that, your music's gotta be hot to sell out shows. He can't get the shows he wants unless people know his songs. And if only 258K people bought his album, nobody's gunna show up to his concert.
If it's "all about the music," he was doing just that in Seattle before he came on Idol. He was doing what he wanted to do...he hand a decent underground following there. His material then was MUCH better, IMO. He was the beat box champ there. I think he's losing who he is because of the stresses of this industry. He can't handle it because he's so unconventional...which is not a bad thing. He should be an indie artist because he is not mainstream at all based on that not caring about sales comment.
If the label does drop him, I think he will be able to go back to doing what he loves, and that's perform. And he can do it without the heartburn of the business portion of the "music business."
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| I'm wondering if they didn't let him change it cause the writers didnt want him to change it or if it was the producers decision...you know? |
Producers. Sligh actually knew the songwriters, they asked if they could write a new one for Blake even! It wasn't their intention for someone like him to sing it.
ADD is AMAZING. It really has nothing to do with the material, they just aren't promoting it correctly.
and 258k is plenty to go on a tour. He just wants a club tour. There is no reason he shouldn't have it. Phil sold 13,000 and is on tour the rest of the year.
If you read his new blog, he's just having issues with RCA, and he had issues with the Writer's Strike, and issues w/ his promo company who thought it'd be brilliant to send him on that radio tour (which he obviously hinted they were fired). The timing, and everything. It really sucks. ADD is one of my favorite albums, and I wish everyone could hear it.
and FWIW Chris would of had the same issues if he had finished second.
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| I'm wondering if they didn't let him change it cause the writers didnt want him to change it or if it was the producers decision...you know? |
Producers. Sligh actually knew the songwriters, they asked if they could write a new one for Blake even! It wasn't their intention for someone like him to sing it.
ADD is AMAZING. It really has nothing to do with the material, they just aren't promoting it correctly.
and 258k is plenty to go on a tour. He just wants a club tour. There is no reason he shouldn't have it. Phil sold 13,000 and is on tour the rest of the year.
If you read his new blog, he's just having issues with RCA, and he had issues with the Writer's Strike, and issues w/ his promo company who thought it'd be brilliant to send him on that radio tour (which he obviously hinted they were fired). The timing, and everything. It really sucks. ADD is one of my favorite albums, and I wish everyone could hear it.
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Exactly.
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| and FWIW Chris would of had the same issues if he had finished second. |
I respect your opinion. My opinion would be that Chris would have sounded much better than Blake did singing that song, as "crappy" of a song as it was. Blake just doesn't have the voice to pull out a 'power ballad'. But Chris came in fifth (or was it sixth...Idol never really confirmed with the public), so we will never know.
And thanks for clearing up the club tour thing. I thought he was looking to go on a stadium tour. Much different story. I wonder what Blake's management is like. Seems like Phil has a better deal. And Phil's album JUST came out, so I'm sure his club dates will help him in that arena.
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Well i heard they were trying to get him to be an opening act for for Maroon5, but i guess it fell through because of label issues.
Oh yea, Chris would of been fine w/ the song. I think it was immature of Blake to handle it the way he did. Chris used his time on AI differently than Blake. Chris wasn't known as the beatbox guy who changes up the song. Though he CAN do it, he didn't during the show. I'm saying. I don't think his career would of gone any better or been any easier than Blake's. Though they are different... they are very much the same. Hence why they were always attached at the hip! LOL
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