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Post by KeepDeanWeird on Jan 22, 2016 9:45:51 GMT -5
Free on Google Play: Kelly Clarkson: Piece By Piece (Google Play Deluxe Edition)
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Post by kmbgs on Jan 22, 2016 10:49:10 GMT -5
As I sit hear receiving life from Already Gone, I can't help but question the dust Kelly pays it. It is one of the best songs in her discography, and pretty unique too.
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Post by Focus on Jan 22, 2016 11:22:57 GMT -5
Thanks for the BTS video. River is just the cutest thing. ♥
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Post by CriminallySmooth on Jan 22, 2016 19:00:26 GMT -5
As I sit hear receiving life from Already Gone, I can't help but question the dust Kelly pays it. It is one of the best songs in her discography, and pretty unique too. Ikr! It makes me so mad. It's easily my favorite single she's ever released. And honestly one of the best songs of all time. The melody is breathe taking. It's beautiful. If it wasn't for the Halo bulls**t it would have been her most successful ballad and I truly believe that. Plus her ballads have gone drastically down hill ever since. Edit: I take back that last sentence because I forgot about Tightrope
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Post by Peterawr on Jan 22, 2016 21:17:30 GMT -5
Tightrope live >>>> Tightrope on record.
I was so "meh" about the song until I saw her in concert, I wish she had recorded it just like that.
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Post by Joey on Jan 23, 2016 10:03:40 GMT -5
Just went to an out-of-town swimming. Heard a random kid, around 4/5 years old, sing Stronger. Kid has a good taste in music.
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Post by Revelry on Jan 23, 2016 19:26:36 GMT -5
As I sit hear receiving life from Already Gone, I can't help but question the dust Kelly pays it. It is one of the best songs in her discography, and pretty unique too. Completely agree. A few months ago I became really obsessed with it again. I love this version from 2013. The way she changes up the chorus makes it so much better than the record for me.
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Post by Focus on Jan 23, 2016 19:37:24 GMT -5
Wow, that was gorgeous. Thanks for posting it Revelry.
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Post by kmbgs on Jan 24, 2016 11:39:05 GMT -5
The piano in that is everything. I remember the version on the Stronger tour was also great. She finally used some drums in it! I always thought her acoustic versions she performed during promo when it was a single hindered the songs success. I remember it saw a huge boost after she performed almost the studio version at the AMAs.
Relatedly - wow, that was almost 7 years ago? Wtf
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Post by carrieidol1 on Jan 24, 2016 20:15:29 GMT -5
When is she due? Any chance she'll make it for the Idol finale, too? It would honestly suck if she weren't there.
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Post by Revelry on Jan 24, 2016 20:26:40 GMT -5
She's due in April. With the finale now moved to April, It seems very unlikely that she'll physically be there. The producers have said that they're trying to work something out to include her in some way. We shall see.
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Post by carrieidol1 on Jan 24, 2016 22:09:31 GMT -5
She's due in April. With the finale now moved to April, It seems very unlikely that she'll physically be there. The producers have said that they're trying to work something out to include her in some way. We shall see. Awful timing :( ... She's like the only Idol that really needs to be there. I'd like to see all the winners together, but it doesn't seem likely. Bummer. Hopefully they work something out. Maybe a pre-taped performance? Idk... It'll just be super odd watching the finale if she isn't there. Is it weird that I'm legitimately upset over this? Year after year as an Idol fan I always imagined what the grand finale would be like when the show ended. Now the time has come, and the one person I was sure would be there likely won't. *going to bed and crying myself to sleep now*.
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Post by SoMuchToSay on Jan 25, 2016 21:22:14 GMT -5
As I sit hear receiving life from Already Gone, I can't help but question the dust Kelly pays it. It is one of the best songs in her discography, and pretty unique too. Completely agree. A few months ago I became really obsessed with it again. I love this version from 2013. The way she changes up the chorus makes it so much better than the record for me. I totally agree, and never understand the shade that Kelly throws at it (little hints and dropping it from her recent set lists). Not only is is better than Halo (not trying to bring back that debate), but I personally like it much more than Because of You. I love how it's this perfect dark / poppy / mysterious masterpiece. I still get goosebumps from her performance at the AMA's, which may be my favorite performance of hers ever.
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Post by dbhmr on Jan 26, 2016 0:22:09 GMT -5
I'm not surprised she pays "Already Gone" dust, in spite of it being one of my all-time favorites from her. She was super excited to work with Tedder, they did a ton of songs together, and this was a song she probably really loved, and it was ruined for her. There's no way she doesn't hear "Already Gone" and remember the instant she heard "Halo," and the entirety of the fall-out afterward (of which I'm sure we're only aware of a small fraction). She tried reworking the song live time and time again, maybe to make it palatable for her, but I always expected her to drop it whenever she could. A real shame. It's such a beautiful song, and could have been a real signature song for her had Tedder not decided to make it twice.
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Post by divasummer on Jan 26, 2016 2:30:37 GMT -5
Memory block who's song was recorded first Halo" or "Already Gone". I never even noticed they sounded all that alike until people started pointing it out on the internet.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 3:43:57 GMT -5
Memory block who's song was recorded first Halo" or "Already Gone". I never even noticed they sounded all that alike until people started pointing it out on the internet. Kelly and Beyonce were both recording at the same time - in fact, AIEW was also supposed to be released at about the same time that I Am Sasha Fierce was, 4Q 2008. AIEW got pushed back to March 2009 because she added on If I Can't Have You at the last minute. If we get hyper technical about it though, I believe Halo existed first, as a demo. He sent it to Beyonce, whose team didn't respond right away. He then pitched it to Leona Lewis, who did want it, but Bey's team decided to take it after all so Leona didn't get to keep it. It is during this time that he sent Kelly the instrumental for AG and she wrote the lyrics to it. (Ryan has never refuted this part of Kelly's story, so I always figured that Ryan didn't contribute much or anything to AG's lyrics.) My guess is that when Beyonce didn't snap Halo up right away Ryan started pitching different forms of it to other people and that is how the redundancy happened. He's hardly the first producer to regurgitate his own hits, but usually the artist getting the later version of something has fair warning that it's already out there (e.g. Tattoo sounding like a year-later baby sister of Irreplaceable, or California Gurls coming several months after Tik Tok had its run). The close timing for Halo/AG was just rare and unfortunate. In some ways the AG fiasco was even worse than everything that went down with My December (where Kelly went in knowing she and the label were at odds, so that was going to be what it was going to be). I still remember being excited because we had gotten news that Kelly did the A&R for AIEW and that the label was extremely pleased with it. Kelly seemed happy with how it turned out and it felt like everyone was on the same page, and then...pfft. If MLWSWY hadn't gone #1 I'm not sure she would give anything from that album the time of day.
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Post by bitchplease on Jan 26, 2016 9:59:09 GMT -5
Tedder already had the lyrics for AG. Then kelly changed the lyric and re wrote it n turned it to a depressing sad song. I love the song as well, kelly was just being her stubborn self. Lots of decisions she made on her career might not have been the best bussines/career wise. She was the one crying the loudest and tried to sabotage it during its release, while beyonce didnt say a word. She did tried so many different live versions, none of it meassured up to its original 'halo' form lol
What a great song tho... The melody is gold.
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Post by QAF on Jan 26, 2016 15:56:59 GMT -5
Remember when Kelly performed Already Gone in concert and then started singing Halo or parts of it? Pricelesss!
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Post by Caviar on Jan 26, 2016 16:28:27 GMT -5
Remember when Kelly performed Already Gone in concert and then started singing Halo or parts of it? Pricelesss! I remember that! I think it works better as a mash up.
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Post by musicfan134 on Jan 26, 2016 20:37:08 GMT -5
In Kelly's defense, I wouldn't take kindly to someone sending me a half-completed project for me to put a ton of hard work into making it my own just to find out that someone else has already done so and it now looks like I was the one to rip off the other person. I completely understand the shade she pays AG, but with that being said, AG is arguably one of the best songs she's ever released so it's sad to see her pay it dust.
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Post by bitchplease on Jan 26, 2016 21:09:04 GMT -5
Remember when Kelly performed Already Gone in concert and then started singing Halo or parts of it? Pricelesss! Yup lol funny as hell. Kelly was so out of breath during the Halo part lol
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Post by Focus on Jan 29, 2016 8:29:22 GMT -5
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Post by carrieidol1 on Jan 29, 2016 8:53:04 GMT -5
Props to her for picking Idol. My hunch is they'll record her singing "A Moment Like This"... Glad to know they're making sure she'll be a part of the finale somehow. Anxious to see what they do, and how they pull it off!
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Post by nightshade on Jan 29, 2016 9:40:23 GMT -5
I would've chosen the Grammys. If she does AMLT, Idol really wasn't worth choosing at all.
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Post by BDGeek on Jan 29, 2016 10:15:21 GMT -5
There will always be another Grammys. This isn't one she's likely to win at anyway, so all the more reason to take part in sending off the show that launched her career in the first place.
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Post by Unhinged on Jan 29, 2016 10:38:39 GMT -5
Knowing that awards shows really aren't her thing anyway I'm not surprised she picked Idol. Hoping for AMLT, it really would be fitting for her to sing it for the finale.
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Post by kmbgs on Jan 29, 2016 10:43:09 GMT -5
Really disappointed to hear that she won't be at the Idol finale, although part of me is thinking she will still go and be there in person, but just won't perform live. I'd love it if she were just on the stage for a moment (lol), and wouldn't mind using a pre-recorded segment of her performing. Then again, is it likely to be worth it to Kelly to schlep to LA with a newborn baby at home, to make an appearance for a moment? Hm..
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Post by Focus on Jan 29, 2016 11:11:05 GMT -5
Too bad she had to choose. Idol was the proper choice, I believe. I'm really looking forward to seeing her sitting at the judges table on Feb. 25 and also hearing her sing on the Idol stage one last time on that day.
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Post by carrieidol1 on Jan 29, 2016 14:04:00 GMT -5
Technically it'll be her last time, but we'll still have something to look forward to for the finale! I'm just honestly so happy to know she'll be a part of the finale. I'm hoping they pull off something spectacular! Maybe have this season's finalists perform a medley of her biggest hits and then cut to her singing AMLT... I'd honestly cry if they did something like that. Makes me sad and nostalgic just thinking about it!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2016 16:31:30 GMT -5
I'm still ticked they're ending the season so damn early. I think she's due in April so there's no way she could make the finale anyway, unless they cut to a live feed of her in labor lol. She could have been there for a May finale.
Maybe they'll have her sing AMLT to River or something equally mushy and devastating to heartstrings everywhere. :'(
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