So, in an effort to educate myself on the final 2, I looked them up on youtube (of course). I saw Kris Allen's performance of "Heartless". I thought it was a very well done cover of the song. To me, it seemed very similar to The Fray's cover of the song. He seemed like a more mellow soft rock kind of guy. He would fit very nicely with my mellow playlist on my iTunes.
For Adam Lambert, I looked up his performance of "Mad World". Wow! His performance was very eerie and reminded of kind of Soundgarden's feel to their music. He definitely has the chops to make it among big names of rock. That song would fit nicely with my songs to relax to (with the likes of Nirvana, John Mayer and countless others. Very good company).
I also heard David Cook performed his moving ballad "Permanent". I am very sad to say I missed the performance and am currently looking for a quality video of his performance. I love this song but, it always makes me cry because of the context behind the song. It was said about his brother, Adam, who unfortunately passed away May 2nd. It is a truly touching song. His album in general, is a series of addicting, powerful songs.
I could talk about David Cook's awesomeness (the word is necessary) all day. But, the next thing I have to say.
NOW HERE IS A COMMENT TO ALL ADAM FANS.....
IF YOU HAD ALL BEEN VOTING FOR ADAM WHEN IT COUNTED AND HADN'T GOTTEN COCKY, THINKING HE COULD WIN WITHOUT YOUR VOTE, THEN MAYBE, just maybe, HE WOULD'VE WON.
That's the end of that. Now, we can move onto the chronicling of the success I KNOW both Adam and Kris will find in different ways (a la David and David last year). I definitely look forward to buying both of their debut albums.
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