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butterflyI really just like Kris's stuff more and more. Ain't No Sunshine, She Works Hard for the Money, and Heartless were flat-out masterpieces. His version of Falling Slowly is one of the most touching songs I've ever heard. The Way You Look Tonight was pure Rat Pack in all the best ways (ah, and this is where my feelings of distaste for Matt's singing come from, I think, because My Funny Valentine is one of my favorite songs and he just... sapped all the glorious ambiguity and beauty out of it. Dunno, I should maybe get over it because I don't hate him on other songs) that did suffer a bit from horrible camera work (I can only just barely see Kris kicking it up with the mic-stand! Bad editors!).
How Sweet It Is and Remember the Time are lovely and romantic and Come Together is downright sexy (and, of course, Adam's Whole Lotta Love won Rock Night, but it was tailor-made for him. If he hadn't rocked the house down, he wouldn't be the performer he is). All She Wants to Do is Dance got buried by the mosh pit set-up, but the studio version sounds just fine. Apologize was good live and utterly fantastic in the studio cut. Man in the Mirror is energetic and sincere -- if I'd seen the original airing of that performance, I might have become a fan on the spot! I swear, I could listen to Kris sing all day and night. His voice is so beautiful.
As it stands, I've saved nearly all of Kris's live performances (... all but ASWTDID, his first try at No Boundaries, and Renegade -- that's not how you do a duet, Gokey. Grr. Sing with your partner, not over him; notice Kris's duet with Keith Urban where they worked together and each was allowed to shine. That's a duet.), most of Adam's, and only a few others. My favorite live performance remains Heartless, but my favorite studio is Apologize. For Adam, my favorite performance of his, both studio and live, is Ring of Fire.
Though Kris showed a lot of talents over the course of the season (singing, guitar, piano, humility coupled with stage presence, being utterly gorgeous - okay, that last one isn't exactly a talent, but it doesn't hurt), the one that won him the trophy was, no doubt, his ability to take a song and make it completely his. The two most obvious showcases for that gift are She Works Hard for the Money and Heartless, but it's something that's clear in everything he sings (I played his Come Together for my dad and he just adored the arrangement and Kris's voice. He was impressed because he's a huge Beatles fan and Kris really knocked it out of the park for him).
So, yeah. And I went and got the Itunes pass for him. Tour videos!
How Sweet It Is and Remember the Time are lovely and romantic and Come Together is downright sexy (and, of course, Adam's Whole Lotta Love won Rock Night, but it was tailor-made for him. If he hadn't rocked the house down, he wouldn't be the performer he is). All She Wants to Do is Dance got buried by the mosh pit set-up, but the studio version sounds just fine. Apologize was good live and utterly fantastic in the studio cut. Man in the Mirror is energetic and sincere -- if I'd seen the original airing of that performance, I might have become a fan on the spot! I swear, I could listen to Kris sing all day and night. His voice is so beautiful.
As it stands, I've saved nearly all of Kris's live performances (... all but ASWTDID, his first try at No Boundaries, and Renegade -- that's not how you do a duet, Gokey. Grr. Sing with your partner, not over him; notice Kris's duet with Keith Urban where they worked together and each was allowed to shine. That's a duet.), most of Adam's, and only a few others. My favorite live performance remains Heartless, but my favorite studio is Apologize. For Adam, my favorite performance of his, both studio and live, is Ring of Fire.
Though Kris showed a lot of talents over the course of the season (singing, guitar, piano, humility coupled with stage presence, being utterly gorgeous - okay, that last one isn't exactly a talent, but it doesn't hurt), the one that won him the trophy was, no doubt, his ability to take a song and make it completely his. The two most obvious showcases for that gift are She Works Hard for the Money and Heartless, but it's something that's clear in everything he sings (I played his Come Together for my dad and he just adored the arrangement and Kris's voice. He was impressed because he's a huge Beatles fan and Kris really knocked it out of the park for him).
So, yeah. And I went and got the Itunes pass for him. Tour videos!