Canadian Idol Fans Watching American Idol

[ross 1]

Well. radio stations do those weekly music tests. I know I fill one out every week for CHUM. They ask your opinion on all the songs they think of playing.

Sign up your local stations music survey. Or sign up for CHUM's lol.

You're kidding. I had no idea there was such a thing. So you choose the hits? Awesome.

Kris is tweeting at the moment. It always cracks me up when he does because his twitter feed goes bananas at the most random comments he makes.

What's his twitter feed? Whazzat??

I'm listening to a nice cover of Disturbia by the Latency. I like them.

 

[SleepinIn]

The twitter feed.. basically a search of tweets to Kris. Funny stuff.

Twitter

So you choose the hits? Awesome.

Well, CHUM's is multiple choice.. Love it, like it, sometimes like it, it's okay, hate it, never heard it before. But they do have a comment section at the end.

 

[ross 1]

This site, updated daily, has LLWD at #15 on the pop chart.

iTunes Top 100 Pop Songs

And #30 on the overall chart:

iTunes Top 100 Pop Songs

But iTunes itself (probably more up-to-the-minute) has it at 25 on the overall chart.

Apple - iTunes - Browse the top music downloads

 

[SleepinIn]

Awesome.

 

[ross 1]

Bad-ass.

Thanks for the link to all the Kris comments. That's actually why I looked up those charts. Someone tweeted Kris that the song was at #31. I didn't find it to be at #31, though.

So have you guys been to London? I haven't.

 

[SleepinIn]

I have actually, I wasn't there for nearly long enough. I absolutely loved, loved, loved London. But, we never got anywhere near Abbey road for instance. We did do the double decker tour bus. But, I was only there overnight really. Parking was crazy expensive and we drove down from Glasgow, Scotland. It was so different from what I'm used to here in North America. Everything has so much history, and is long and wide rather than big and tall. (although my home town doesn't really do big and tall, or long and wide) But from say Toronto or New York it was just different - very cool.

And the history? I love that stuff. And we have so little (recordable) history here. History of the apple orchard.. um, well it was an apple orchard... before that a forest...there were squirrels..

okay that's not fair - lol - we do have history. We just don't have the depth or breadth that the city streets of London have.

 

[ross 1]

I see what you're saying. We can't compare to London, but we have a lot of history in the Boston area. One good thing about living here. I usually take it for granted. History, literature, architecture, etc. Boston, Concord, Lexington, Salem, etc. are all close by. I'd love to go to London, though. Never been to Europe. I really haven't been anywhere other than places here in the East, and Canada and California.

 

[SleepinIn]

Oh, I forgot to say.. A friend was at a wedding on the weekend and Drew was playing. She said he was awesome.

So I was looking at CHUM's website and right now they are previewing All the Right Moves by - One Republic ( Ryan Teddar's band) and that made me go look for the single on youtube. (I really like the single) And the view counts are way lower than Kris's are now, and they have been playing it live. So time is on Kris's side. Me thinks.

 

[missaddicted]

I've never been to London, but I really really want to go. Only place I've been in Europe is Paris, which is still truly incredible!

And yeah, I do think we have history here. Of course, it's not as developped as the history of Europe for example, but I think it's still very rich. I mean, Québec City celebrated its 400th anniversary last year. This year is the 475th anniversary of the city of Gaspé in Eastern Québec, where Jacques Cartier set foot in 1534 (I'm more familiar with the history of Québec so that's why I'm using these examples of course). A lot of fascinating things happened during those years.

I've never been to Boston either and I really want to go there too! I'm sure I'd love it.

 

[ross 1]

So was Drew's band playing at the wedding, SleepinIn? That's awesome. I like Drew. I agree about time re LLWD. I've never been to Quebec, but I hope to. Yeah, you'd probably enjoy Boston a lot, missaddicted. (Short post, here, as I'm about to go to bed! See ya, guys...)

 

[ross 1]

Have a little time this morning to post.

I thought Jim Cantiello's interview would be up today, but now on twitter he's saying tomorrow? (I don't follow him so I looked him up and skimmed his tweets kind of fast. Maybe I mis-read.)

The single went down a bit, on iTunes. I have to tell you guys, I'm feeling a little over-invested at this point. I really wish this stuff could not be followed so closely online. Figures for sales once a week would be plenty for me. And then the endless online disecting of it all. It's one reason I can no longer stand the comments on "that" blog, and have given that a rest.

Kind of related: Am I the only one who's sick of looking up Kris on Google News, and, instead of real news headlines, they give you these examiner.com articles? These things are posing as news but they're just nonsense anyone can submit and get published. Someone on TWoP (Kris thread) noted that, since the finale, there have been a lot of these examiner.com posts whose sole purpose is to put Kris down. True. My only problem is they masquerade as professional journalism, and so they get way too much attention.

 

[ross 1]

Oh, yeah, and about Drew at the wedding, which is really cool...was he hired toplay at the wedding,was he somebody's friend and just played? Just curious.

:canada: Canadian Idol seems so easy, now, somehow, compared to AI, the big machine, the monolith.

 

[missaddicted]

:canada: Canadian Idol seems so easy, now, somehow, compared to AI, the big machine, the monolith.

Maybe, but aside from Jacob, the musicians and singers coming from CI are having a hard time really making it in the business and getting recognition. I mean, look at it this way: Cook is able to headline his own show in Canada and playing in venues with a capacity of 2500 people. Theo will be opening for Matt Dusk, who isn't that well known himself, I think. It's good for Theo, but it's not the biggest gig ever. Several of the AI 7 alums have released or will release albums, while Drew is playing at a wedding. Something tells me that, while a wedding may be a good gig, he would probably prefer selling records. Yes, the big machine is pretty overwhelming for the AIs, but the big machine has its perks.

I rarely check Google News, so I don't see all those examiner.com articles. I think I prefer it this way.

 

[SleepinIn]

I think Drew was a friend of the family so it was maybe more like a favour to the wedding couple. But, yeah I do know what you mean regarding worrying about sales. There's really not too much I can do at this point to help in the growth of Kris's single. I've bought it, I've bought the album, I'll request it but it has to do it's own work too. Or Jive has to help it a bit. I think it will get a boost from the promo he will be doing. You really can't help but love Kris. I don't worry about that. If he meets you he will win you over, sometimes against their will (Lyndsey Parker) Ultimately though, no matter what happens, Kris has the opportunity to do really good things in music. And the opportunities are way more available to the AI peeps than the CI peeps, even the Idol's that didn't make as much or an impression are better off than the CI's for sheer numbers of potential fans.

But the slant that Kris's music isn't good just because the interest in Adam is huge and is selling really well. That bugs me.

Ugh, the examiner, I wonder who they paid off to be the biggest result on google, lol.

Kris's song on SYTYCD - he sounds so good.

 

[ross 1]

Mat Kearney interview!!

'American Idol' Champ Kris Allen Is The 'Real Deal,' Mat Kearney Says - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News

This is just what I hoped and thought Kris would be like. And while he's such a likeable person, he's also an artist other artists respect, and that, to me, is what it's all about.

I have some ideas I can't really articulate, and I'm only home for supper, besides (I have five mintues). Basically I think when you are "the real deal" as Mat says, you're kind of like a weeble. You can wobble but you can't fall down. You have that foundation of musicianship and talent, and that is going to get you places.

 

[SleepinIn]

That was a great interview with Mat. You could really tell that he thought a lot of Kris's talent. It's interesting that Heartless is mentioned again too. It really made a big impression on the outside world away from Idol.

Basically I think when you are "the real deal" as Mat says, you're kind of like a weeble. You can wobble but you can't fall down. You have that foundation of musicianship and talent, and that is going to get you places.

Hee! Weebles! I had Weebles. I agree with you Ross, Kris has always struck me as being someone who's secure in his own musical knowledge.

 

[SleepinIn]

Someone on TWOP posted this request link (you have to change the call letters at the top to get your station)

Mediabase 24/7 - WCHI Station Playlist Request

 

[ross 1]

Damn, Kris lost this challenge and he had been leading.I went to voteand it was over.

Sophie @ 103.7 - Sophie's Challenge

Looks like Adam won the "No Boundaries" challenge some time ago. This is San Diego, after all.

You know, I'm not really sure you guys knew what I meant when I compared CI with AI. Not that I was clear,or anything! I wasn't. I just meant after CI, I didn't feel the kind of angst and overinvestment I feel with AI. Because the stakes are lower with CI. That's a lousy thing for the contestants, but for me it's a plus! I couldn't even vote. I was very into it, but at the same time, it has less power to make or break people, so it just didn't make me lose sleep. lol

 

[SleepinIn]

Because the stakes are lower with CI. That's a lousy thing for the contestants, but for me it's a plus!

I understood what you were saying. I even posted something similar over on TWOP the otherday. I feel the same. AI produces such heightened expectations for all the contestants, while CI it's basically, "Thanks for coming, if you ever have a cd let us know, and we'll mention it on etalk in passing." It returns us all to the reality that these are new artists that do have to work at finding their footing. AI prolongs the madness with the summer tour where they are treated like - well as the Fray mentioned - even more so - than rock stars.

Kris is a different type of AI winner though, isn't he? People don't seem to have the same over the top reaction to him. (I mean we're still gabbing about him.. months later.. but I'm not building a shrine or anything) I wonder if that's something that's directly related to Kris's personality. Although, if you look at Jim and Michael they had a pretty strong reaction to Kris. He wasn't their favourite .. but they've both gone out of their way, like seriously out of their way (Jim's vacation - ditched) to promote him. It's interesting.

ETA: The radio Sophie thing was already over when I got there. I'm not too surprised that he lost in San Diego though, lol.

 

[missaddicted]

I think I also got what you were saying, but for me it's not a plus (wow, we disagree on something!!). I liked a few of the CI contestants enough to want to follow their career, but nothing (or almost) is happening. THAT is discouraging to me. They don't really make or break people, but they don't really "make" them at all. Yes, I hate the fanwars, the media, the angst, etc, but I'm almost able now to let it all go. Following David Cook's career is the best thing that I've gotten from AI or CI. So much more exposure. A second major label album in the works. Shows close to me! Even the CI winners don't ever give shows close to me (in the second biggest city of the country, nonetheless). I hope the same thing is going to happen with Kris.