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Post by Caviar on Feb 24, 2016 0:33:34 GMT -5
Wow. The video is very powerful yet bizarre. I love the control during the chorus when she belts then brings it back to falsetto. I see she's been studying Queen Xtina.
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Post by PopLuva on Feb 24, 2016 4:39:08 GMT -5
the real hit is Yes!! reminds me of take me to church.
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Post by JJ on Feb 24, 2016 6:38:15 GMT -5
I think her voice is too thin for this to work. Plus, she tries way too hard to show emotion on the video.
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Post by Peterawr on Feb 24, 2016 6:58:08 GMT -5
The video was fairly underwhelming.
I think this will do ok on the radio, but I think it's going to take forever to make any kind of impact on the charts (as her songs tend to do)
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Post by foxxden on Feb 24, 2016 11:24:38 GMT -5
This just doesn't seem radio friendly enough for me to see it doing well.
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Post by Gray. on Feb 24, 2016 11:37:05 GMT -5
Her facial expressions in the video are giving me all kinds of Jessica Simpson "I Belong to Me" vibes.
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Post by Dylan :) on Feb 24, 2016 11:38:41 GMT -5
I like the snow scenes but the bath scenes are.. they look very cheap
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 25, 2016 0:26:54 GMT -5
I wish the whole video would've just been the snow scenes because she and the landscape looked absolutely beautiful. The bathtub scenes I could've done without, which seems to be the consensus. It seemed strange putting those two things together; her being in a bathtub didn't really jive with scenes of her being out in the snowy wilderness.
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Feb 25, 2016 0:40:02 GMT -5
People have got to stop using the sulking and depression trope of being in a bath tub.
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Post by alienated08 on Feb 25, 2016 20:54:18 GMT -5
Forgettable video for a forgettable song. I hope this flops.
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Post by hitmakaontharise on Feb 25, 2016 21:38:39 GMT -5
i think people are giving this song more hype then it needs b/c this song is not good
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Post by KissMyAxe on Feb 26, 2016 3:30:29 GMT -5
i just listened for this for the first time and i was really disappointed this song is the definition of cringe-worthy i hope it can manage to find some success just because i love Demi
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Spidey
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Post by Spidey on Mar 4, 2016 16:36:01 GMT -5
Demi performed this on American Idol last night:
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Gray.
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Post by Gray. on Mar 4, 2016 16:43:31 GMT -5
Up(?) to 76 on iTunes.
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Post by nick64 on Mar 4, 2016 17:20:22 GMT -5
Vocally, it was one of her better performances of the song, but I still hate the forced pain in her face when she performs this.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Mar 4, 2016 17:24:26 GMT -5
I hate her performances of this song. Ugh. It's not even that hard of a song to sing, but you'd swear she was dying trying to choke it out.
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Post by karatekid on Mar 4, 2016 17:29:14 GMT -5
she overdoes it, it comes off forced whereas one week ago Kelly genuinely was emotional and she didn't force anything and look at the reaction... I love Demi and she has a world of potential but the material and the way she comes across in everything she does makes it hard to root for or like her.
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Post by Stephen on Mar 4, 2016 17:29:58 GMT -5
Yeah, that's my issue with this song and her in general. Demi sounds great singing this, yes, but it isn't a hard song to sing and yet her facial expressions and her endless need to push out every last drop of (faux) emotion from the (basic) lyrics makes it seem like she's taking on a Whitney song. I just think she is too self-involved and needs someone on her team to tell her to knock it the fuck off.
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Mike
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Post by Mike on Mar 4, 2016 17:43:30 GMT -5
Has she ever hit that "if happy is HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER" high note after the bridge in a live performance?
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Post by divasummer on Mar 5, 2016 12:59:35 GMT -5
Her performance of "Stone Cold" was good on Idol but like many have said seemed so forced. I wish she would show a little more restraint in the beginning of the song. It feels like she goes from 0-100 within 5 seconds of the song. Maybe seeing it on a tv or seeing it live feels different than watching it on a computer screen?????
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Post by COW COW COW COW COW COW COW on Mar 5, 2016 16:02:25 GMT -5
This type of songs needs to be sung by an Aretha Franklin or an Etta James, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Irma Thomas-esque of soul belter. Demi has a very good voice, but not a great one and took this song to make me realize she is not as good as I thought she was. Her performance of this song is histrionic and the emotions are theatrical and over-the-top.
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Post by Mike79 on Mar 5, 2016 19:19:37 GMT -5
I'm not a fan of this song and think she should've followed up Confident with Kingdom Come!!
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Post by Khia on Mar 15, 2016 0:15:45 GMT -5
Any radio updates for this? I heard it on Z100 tonight.
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Post by House Lannister on Mar 15, 2016 0:52:01 GMT -5
Her performance of "Stone Cold" was good on Idol but like many have said seemed so forced. I wish she would show a little more restraint in the beginning of the song. It feels like she goes from 0-100 within 5 seconds of the song. Maybe seeing it on a tv or seeing it live feels different than watching it on a computer screen????? Having just seen the video, I think I agree with the lack of restraint shown. It reminds me of what irks me about Sam Smith. Having a powerful voice is good, but sometimes less is more. Let's compare this to Adele's Hello. Adele lets her verses build up to a climax right around the chorus which allows you to focus in on it. Demi's Stone Cold is powerful, true, but there's no build up and thus it becomes less memorable as a result.
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Post by kanimal on Mar 15, 2016 16:35:12 GMT -5
Any radio updates for this? I heard it on Z100 tonight. Looks like Republic has started working it. Added by *at least* 21 stations this week, including Z100 and KIIS.
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Post by Dylan :) on Mar 15, 2016 16:58:03 GMT -5
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Post by nick64 on Mar 15, 2016 19:24:09 GMT -5
25 adds.
Glad radio isn't waiting for that stupidly far adds date.
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Post by Glove Slap on Mar 15, 2016 21:32:33 GMT -5
Her performances of this song make me like it less and less.
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Post by godjanny on Mar 15, 2016 23:23:25 GMT -5
I'm not a fan of this song and think she should've followed up Confident with Kingdom Come!! Kingdom Come is great. This song, on the other hand, has fallen off the Hot 100 bubbling under, lol.
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Post by Fat Ass Kelly Price on Mar 16, 2016 0:54:03 GMT -5
I think she's doing too much in recent promotional performances. She was performing the song perfectly in December at all Jingle Ball dates.
She's trying too hard.
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