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Mak1
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08-11-2002

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 10:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
Jimmer, I don't know if Crystal has her own account. The tweet came from the AI9 account.
twitter.com/AI9Contestants

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 12:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Kitt, I was thinking the same thing about Casey. He did so well with Bret and singing the Hall & Oates.

Lurknomore
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07-07-2001

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 12:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lurknomore a private message Print Post    
Hmm interesting. I was curious about the cars they designed and found the ones they all did. It starts shows Lee's, which is NOTHING like the one we saw last nite. Crystal's was different too, but at least her design featured sunflowers. Maybe it was no surprise (hence their overjoyed reactions--NOT), and they were asked to redo them?

Lee's is totally diff & then you can see all of them;
http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/03/18/american-idol-car-designs/

Has anyone seen any interview w/Casey about his duet? I'd love to hear what he has to say. I didn't realize until I watched the video a few times that Casey came out wearing 2 guitars, and started out playing acoustic then switched. Also didn't notice he had Bret's cross on the back of his shirt at first either. BTW, ITA that Casey had a GREAT night. I'm so happy for him. (so did Bret for that matter lol).

I also didn't notice how the crowd was on their feet as soon as THEY could see Bret (before us) and how they stayed their the ENTIRE song. No wonder Bret never lost that wonderful smile the entire song!!!

Bicbicz911
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08-20-2005

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 1:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bicbicz911 a private message Print Post    
******** Prisonerno6: Did all of you who thought Crystal should win actually vote for her? *****

I have to say, this is the first year since Taylor Hicks that I voted my fingers off, solid, for over 3 hours. Every time I looked over at DH and he wasn't on the phone, I chirped, "VOTE!". LOL. I'm still sad she didn't win.

Maineiac
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08-24-2009

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 1:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maineiac a private message Print Post    
Well that really is not cool to do. I wondered what she meant by that comment.

Maybe she knew at that point she was on her own and really needed to give it everything she has. Like she said, it set the fire in her belly. She knew she needed it more than ever.

Kellirippa
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07-10-2002

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 1:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kellirippa a private message Print Post    
Too bad Crystal didn't come along about 10 years earlier. She would have fit in perfectly back in the Female singer song writer, Jewell, Alanis Morosette, Tracy Chapman, Sarah Mclaughlin Lilith Fair days... All really talented women who no longer have big careers...

As for the future of Idol, I think the shark was circling when they brought Kara on, chasing the boat when Paula left and it jumped the shark when Ellen joined, with Simon gone it's been Richard Dryfuss-ed and blowed up real good...
The new judge will probably be Ted Mcginley..

Maineiac
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08-24-2009

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 1:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maineiac a private message Print Post    
Ok, I'm trying for the first time to send a link. Hope it works.
This is interviews that Ryan Seacrest did immediately after the finale for his radio show. There are 9 video clips of Brett, Lee, Crystal, Randy, and Kara. They are very intersting. This is where Crystal reveals what happened the morning of performances. Kara also lets us know that the segment with Dane Cook wasn't suppose to end that way. That wacko wasn't suppose to grab the mic and when he did they went to commercial. Dane was suppose to finish his song. Kara also gave her take on performance night.

http://bit.ly/c4OqxT

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 1:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
All really talented women who no longer have big careers...


Carrie Underwood,
Reba
Colby Caillet
Beyonce
Taylor Swift (as a songwriter)

Just off the top of my head, and these are all women with HUGE careers.

Maineiac
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08-24-2009

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 1:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maineiac a private message Print Post    
Mak1, thanks for the links to thier recorded songs. They both sound great but I prefer Lee's song even though I'm not a big fan of U2. Crystal's is just too slow for me and bordering on sounding country.

I'm hoping that Lee and Crystal's CD releases sound nothing like those 2 songs.

Kellirippa
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07-10-2002

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 1:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kellirippa a private message Print Post    
Carrie Underwood - Country
Reba - Country (big carrer today??)
Colby Caillet - Adult contemporary
Beyonce - So not Crystal's genre
Taylor Swift - Country

All NOT the same genre as Crystal....
just saying...

Keldogg
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08-12-2005

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 1:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Keldogg a private message Print Post    
I am definitely buying Crystal's song. Her singing just gets me!

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 1:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
What is Crystal's genre? I think of her as sort of a Bonnie Raitt type singer: somewhat blues inspired, somewhat singer-songwriterish, somewhat pop, somewhat "roots" music, etc. She's a hybrid. Bonnie's considered something of a legend, I think, but she's not exactly been a huge commercial success...yeah, she had a hit album in the 70s and a couple huge CDs in the 90s, but that's about it.

That said, I think Crystal will be successful even without Beyonce-level success (which very few performers achieve, anyhow)--and I think the music world is better for having people like Ms Raitt and, for that matter, Ms Bowersox. Artistry has to speak at least as loudly as commercial appeal.

Kellirippa
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07-10-2002

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 2:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kellirippa a private message Print Post    
My point is just that 10 years ago the female singer songwriter genre, featuring the women I listed above, was extremely popular and dominated pop music at that time. If Crystal was around then she'd have had instant success, as that seems to be the niche she fits perfectly. That genre unfortunately is no longer as popular and the women from that time are no longer selling albums or big concerts. It's going to be a tougher go for Crystal in the Lady Gaga era..

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Does anybody else get the feeling that Crystal would be happy with a nice, comfortable career without ever reaching supermegastardom? I think she wants to have a good enough career that she can perform the kind of music she likes and support her son, but I have never gotten the diva attitude from her.

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 2:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
Kellirippa, I think you are very right. Had Crystal been around in the 90's she'd probably have been invited to Lilith Fair, given that she had enough original music to play. I went to both the 1997 and 1999 shows in Tinley Park Illinois and am going again this year.

I spend a lot of time promoting and booking my guy bands (heavier rock and a cover band playing the hits of the 60's and 70's)but my personal preference are people like Bonnie, Sarah, Natalie. So Lilith Fair is so my cup of tea ;) and Crystal would be a perfect fit.

Lurknomore
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07-07-2001

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 2:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lurknomore a private message Print Post    
Roxip LOL funny you asked cause that is EXACTLY what I was thinking when I read the posts above yours and planned to comment on it. I heard Crystal say (and sound like she meant) that is really happy and fine with the outcome. I think in many ways this was a great season of Idol in terms of the contestants getting what they NEED. Each is set now for a career that suits them. And that includes Casey and Siobhan too and maybe a few others.

But of all of them, I think Crystal could care less about stardom. She just wants to sing HER music from her soul and earn enough to support her child without worries. I feel confident she has done more than enough to reach that goal.

One good thing about music is that while trends change, it seems like whenever someone is really talented comes along there is room for their style. In some ways now may be better for Crystal. Why be one in a few dozen when you are now one in a handful?!

But to get back to Roxip's question, I would actually guess Crytal would PREFER comfortable success with control and staying true to herself over megastardom and doing what she is told. It's one thing I really liked about her.

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 2:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
Hey, Lilith Fair is back! lol. I think Crystal is a gifted songwriter and will find her audience. Unfortunately, these days rap/hip hop is domininating the airwaves and the charts. I'm a little tired of it. Indie music is where most of the singer-songwriters have gone. It's a shame really, because they don't get the exposure they deserve. I can't think of a station in NYC that would play Crystal's music, and that's really sad. I listen to satellite radio anyway and hope that traditional radio dies out someday, it's so limited now.

Keldogg
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08-12-2005

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 2:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Keldogg a private message Print Post    
Success is always in the eye of the beholder!

What is success to one person, is not necessarily enough for another person.

I agree, Crystal just wants to be able to support her family, singing and writing her own music, and not having to worry if she can meet the rent. I think she'll be very successful.

Northstar
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09-29-2008

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 3:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Northstar a private message Print Post    
Speaking as an old schooler and fan of the Lilith Fair artists, I welcome a fresh voice. Imagine the comfortable success Crystal can enjoy with the bunch of us ballad loving hags to lift her up and embrace her. The old souls need a spritzer and Mamasox is prime to deliver it :-).

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 3:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
They are both in the iTunes singles Top 10 today. :-)



Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 3:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
And any Taylor Hicks fans - he was on an L.A. morning show today. He talks and he sings and he plays harp (yay):

http://tinyurl.com/36oa4w9

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 4:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
Both have signed record deals:

http://tinyurl.com/qcsvv




Lurknomore
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07-07-2001

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 5:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lurknomore a private message Print Post    
Now that is interesting info. They are both signed to 19 Recordings AND different labels? Anyone understand how this works? Funny they cited Billboard as when I was trying to understand it the first thing I thought of is "it's been too many years since I read Billboard regularly."

Not sure I adore the company that Crystal is in (don't recall the last success I heard from anyone in that group). But I often think the Idol finalists find success in spite of Idol's recording contracts, not with them. LOL just ask Kelly Clarkson!

Lurknomore
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07-07-2001

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 5:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lurknomore a private message Print Post    
OH one more thing. Was Kellie Pickler at the finale? I don't recall seeing her but they barely showed the Idol non-winners (and it was a blinding burst of white when they did). She had SUCH chemistry and fun with Simon, and their chats and comments are really what put her on the map. SaLLmon and little minx etc lolol. I would think she would have been there but who knows.

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 5:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
LOL, a viewer's reaction to the winner announcement. Priceless!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYX51WgSjE0&