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Post by Rurry on Feb 21, 2010 21:46:30 GMT -5
Is he really singing this on AI? Honestly, that's really inappropriate if he is considering that it's going to be centered around his visit to Haiti Normally I would agree, but I think the lyrics fit the situation, so that could be why he might sing it. I can see how people would misconstrue it as being for his own publicity though, so it probably would be better to not do it. I think it would be inappropriate no matter what...I mean thousands upon thousands of people died in an earthquake in a poor country and he's going to sing a song advising people to "live like they're dying"? Is he really singing this on AI? Honestly, that's really inappropriate if he is considering that it's going to be centered around his visit to Haiti There's no confirmation about what he's singing... For all we know, it could be Kris talking a little bit with Ryan about the trip, and then they play a montage with a song he performed over there... a-la-Carrie with I'll Stand By You @ IGB... I read somewhere that he performed Amazing Grace to the Haiti survivors, they could use that performance for the montage... Hopefully he sings an inspirational song or something, LLWD just doesn't fit.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2010 21:48:18 GMT -5
i still say he should sing this song...why not?he visited haiti but he is singing LLWD to the idol audience and telling them to live like we're dying(to appreciate your life)and help those who are needed.
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Post by aTunes on Feb 21, 2010 21:49:40 GMT -5
Normally I would agree, but I think the lyrics fit the situation, so that could be why he might sing it. I can see how people would misconstrue it as being for his own publicity though, so it probably would be better to not do it. I think it would be inappropriate no matter what...I mean thousands upon thousands of people died in an earthquake in a poor country and he's going to sing a song advising people to "live like they're dying"? But the song's kind of about overcoming struggles, and not taking things for granted. I certainly think Haiti would relate to that. And it could also be directed to everyone else, telling us not to take things for granted.
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Post by Rurry on Feb 21, 2010 22:11:26 GMT -5
IDK, I just think it would be risky, and he would be better off going with a different song. It could go either way I guess but I wouldn't risk it.
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Post by aTunes on Feb 21, 2010 22:19:55 GMT -5
IDK, I just think it would be risky, and he would be better off going with a different song. It could go either way I guess but I wouldn't risk it. I agree, it would be safer to go with something else. I just could see the reasoning though if he sang this.
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Post by soundUPsceneDOWN on Feb 21, 2010 22:23:28 GMT -5
^^ I don't think it's climb to #11 is all that easy. It has to wait a little bit, and you never know what will happen with its spins while it's waiting.
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Post by ZAYN on Feb 21, 2010 23:48:50 GMT -5
The poll has
11 votes BWCU 8 votes AWM
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Post by Kworb on Feb 22, 2010 7:14:42 GMT -5
Published Reports
POP: 15 13 KRIS ALLEN Live Like We're Dying 4919 4316 603 28.766 +71 Spins +48 Bullet +0.107 AI
HAC: 6 6 KRIS ALLEN Live Like We're Dying 3187 3050 137 16.349 +30 Spins +35 Bullet +0.142 AI
Top Stations
POP: WFLY Albany, NY 92 (-2) KDND Sacramento 88 (+6) WNCI Columbus, OH 83 (+1) WIHT Washington, DC 73 (+3) WVMV Detroit 72 (-1)
HAC: WKDD Akron 69 (+5) KUCD Honolulu 64 (+2) KZZU Spokane 63 (-1) WZPT Pittsburgh 61 (-2) WPST Trenton, NJ 61 (=)
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Post by street on Feb 22, 2010 8:19:23 GMT -5
Can this go top 10?
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Post by Kworb on Feb 22, 2010 8:39:10 GMT -5
It would have to get up to at least 6,500 spins. If you take the current bullets and go three weeks into the future then:
1. Telephone 10343 2. Imma Be 9910 3. BedRock 9663 4. TiK ToK 9494 5. According To You 9300 6. In My Head 8981 7. Bad Romance 8602 8. Need You Now 8345 9. Carry Out 7386 10. Live Like We're Dying 6728 10. Sexy Chick 6728 12. Blah Blah Blah 6527
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Post by ZAYN on Feb 22, 2010 8:42:48 GMT -5
Another great update!!! +600 bullet!!!
But down to #22 on iTunes -_- LOL
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Feb 22, 2010 9:01:24 GMT -5
Is he really singing this on AI? Honestly, that's really inappropriate if he is considering that it's going to be centered around his visit to Haiti Have you heard the words?? It's ridiculously appropriate. "so if your life flashed before you, what would you wish you would've done?" "gotta tell 'em that we love 'em while we got the chance to say." "should be so careful who we let fall out of our lives, cause when we long for absolution, there'll be no one on the line." "never know a good thing until it's gone." Nearly every word of the song is appropriate. Am I missing something? Is it because it's semi-upbeat??
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Post by Kworb on Feb 22, 2010 9:05:43 GMT -5
It's inappropriate cause the song is more for us rich people who are spoiled with things that we can appreciate, who have an abundance of opportunities to make something of our lives. Haiti is a third world country. Telling them to live life to the fullest is tacky because for them it was always a struggle to stay alive at all, and now with the earthquake it is even worse. They are happy just having something to eat.
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Feb 22, 2010 9:12:15 GMT -5
It's inappropriate cause the song is more for us rich people who are spoiled with things that we can appreciate, who have an abundance of opportunities to make something of our lives. Haiti is a third world country. Telling them to live life to the fullest is tacky because for them it was always a struggle to stay alive at all, and now with the earthquake it is even worse. They are happy just having something to eat. Right. That's the point. It's telling us how lucky we are to be here still. It was a tragedy that could have occurred anywhere. We all need to live like we're dying, because it could happen quickly, and we need to not take what we have for granted. He's not singing it to Haiti, he's singing it to the rest of the world.
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Post by Renzokuken on Feb 22, 2010 9:17:50 GMT -5
I hope they show the Haiti video - then commercial break - then Kris will sing LLWD.
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Post by Kworb on Feb 22, 2010 9:33:27 GMT -5
It's inappropriate cause the song is more for us rich people who are spoiled with things that we can appreciate, who have an abundance of opportunities to make something of our lives. Haiti is a third world country. Telling them to live life to the fullest is tacky because for them it was always a struggle to stay alive at all, and now with the earthquake it is even worse. They are happy just having something to eat. Right. That's the point. It's telling us how lucky we are to be here still. It was a tragedy that could have occurred anywhere. We all need to live like we're dying, because it could happen quickly, and we need to not take what we have for granted. He's not singing it to Haiti, he's singing it to the rest of the world. But it's tacky to make this tragedy about ourselves. It's self-centered. It should be about us helping them. Not them helping us.
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Post by nncountrykid on Feb 22, 2010 9:55:06 GMT -5
Right. That's the point. It's telling us how lucky we are to be here still. It was a tragedy that could have occurred anywhere. We all need to live like we're dying, because it could happen quickly, and we need to not take what we have for granted. He's not singing it to Haiti, he's singing it to the rest of the world. But it's tacky to make this tragedy about ourselves. It's self-centered. It should be about us helping them. Not them helping us. Point Your head It's not about working on yourself before others. You can only spend so many minutes a day contributing to the rebuilding of Haiti. The point is that things like this should make you realize bad stuff can happen at any time and that you should be making the most of your life while you can. That doesn't mean go be an indulgent American. It can mean anything. It can mean give back now instead of always saying "I'll always give back later" because there might not be a later. It could mean a number of things, but none of them are negative.
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Post by Kworb on Feb 22, 2010 10:06:09 GMT -5
But it's tacky to make this tragedy about ourselves. It's self-centered. It should be about us helping them. Not them helping us. Point Your head It's not about working on yourself before others. You can only spend so many minutes a day contributing to the rebuilding of Haiti. The point is that things like this should make you realize bad stuff can happen at any time and that you should be making the most of your life while you can. That doesn't mean go be an indulgent American. It can mean anything. It can mean give back now instead of always saying "I'll always give back later" because there might not be a later. It could mean a number of things, but none of them are negative. No I get his and your point, I just don't agree with it at all. Why do we need 200,000 people to die in an earthquake to realize how lucky we are to have what we have and that bad things could happen to use at any moment? I just don't see how that's an appropriate response to something like this.
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Post by satanicfloret on Feb 22, 2010 10:21:12 GMT -5
Actually I totally agree with Kworb. It would be tacky.
Not just for the reasons he mentioned but also because the song is kind of fast and when sung live not all the lyrics are distinct. Therefore the lyrics that explain the chorus are not likely to come across to anyone unfamiliar with the song. (Unlike to fans who already know the lyrics). I know the song actually is inspirational but to the casual listener it could come across differently.
The result is that you end up with a headline that reads "Kris Allen sings Live Like We're Dying at Haiti". Or something similar which would not be good from a PR point of view.
If Kris is performing on the show too then a different song would be better.
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Post by tinawina on Feb 22, 2010 10:28:26 GMT -5
I agree that it is wildly inappropriate. That not a cool song to sing when hundred of thousands of people actually died. It comes across as callous.
If he sings it at all, I bet it will not be during a Haiti montage. It would be more like he sings his single, then there's a commercial break, and then they come back and talk about Haiti and maybe show him singing Amazing Grace while he was over there. Either that or they will play the song while they do a montage introducing Kris, but he will perform something more appropriate. I cant imagine they will link the 2 in any way.
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Post by overboard on Feb 22, 2010 10:50:55 GMT -5
Woot! Finally got an account here.
Anyway, it doesnt really matter if its appropriate or not. Thats the way it would be perceived by most people, and most people wouldn't come to some online forum to hear the reasons why it would be. He can still perform it without having it tie into Haiti at all, and thats what I'm thinking will most likely happen (though I would kill to see a performance of BWCU or I Need to Know).
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Post by kmbgs on Feb 22, 2010 10:52:59 GMT -5
I think it would be tacky too. Let's not remind people about the fact that everyone is going to die right after a montage of a terrible natural disaster qhich killed an enormous amounts of people is shown.
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Post by shanz88 on Feb 22, 2010 11:43:57 GMT -5
Was it ever confirmed if his performance was specifically tied to his don't-blink-you-might-miss-it Haiti trip? What if he ended up just coming on, performing his single, and then after the performance in those quick questions Ryan gives to them he ended up talking about Haiti and showing the little video? I've never actually read the press release... where can one find it?
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Post by overboard on Feb 22, 2010 11:57:58 GMT -5
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Post by shanz88 on Feb 22, 2010 12:03:29 GMT -5
Ah, okay, so it's not even confirmed that the performance is specifically tied to his trip... so this is all just mad speculation by everyone?
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Post by overboard on Feb 22, 2010 12:05:52 GMT -5
Looked into it some more and it seems like this whole episode is going to be dedicated towards Haiti. It was just confirmed that Allison Iraheta is performing as well and she will be doing Scars. If she does that, I highly doubt Kris is going to do LLWD.
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Post by ClevelandRox on Feb 22, 2010 14:55:58 GMT -5
OMG people saying he doesn't need to sing this on Idol because of Haiti need to get real and stop looking for stuff to bitch and moan about.
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Post by Rurry on Feb 22, 2010 15:21:48 GMT -5
OMG people saying he doesn't need to sing this on Idol because of Haiti need to get real and stop looking for stuff to b***h and moan about. OMG or maybe people think it would just be inappropriate considering the circumstances of his visit. It's called a discussion, not "bitching and moaning"
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Post by overboard on Feb 22, 2010 15:21:56 GMT -5
So I guess we can count LLWD out. Sounds like he is doing a charity single for Haiti.
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Post by soundUPsceneDOWN on Feb 22, 2010 15:28:08 GMT -5
Good for him. He gets that not everything is about selling more albums when there's larger issues involved.
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