Proof That MJ Ripped Us Off :)
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This is just too painful to watch. LOL! I mean don’t get me wrong. I like Kris and the fact that he won AI but he’s just committed a wanton act of musical homicide without even trying. Truthfully Adam Lambert wasn’t as bad as this even though all he does is scream.
Who is Adam Lambert? Did he cover this song?
Adam covered Mad World. Not an Adam fan at all, but I did like that song, and I might have bought it.
Wow, that was so bizzare and terribly confusing…some ‘Kris’ guy doing TFF and MJ whilst channeling JM? (John Mayer). And yet strangely I rather enjoyed it!
PS – obviously MJ knew a good thing when he heard it. Hurrah!
Well, Curt at least the song is getting air play.
And it’s “so sad they had to fade it!”
What do you mean by “proof that MJ ripped us off”?
Deana: I think Curt is joking. Whenever he does this:
it means that he’s joking. 
Ok, thanks.
Celeste, just curious: you don’t like the fact that Kris covered this song (obviously you don’t think he did a very good job) or that he mashed it up with the The Way You Make Me Feel? I’m a huge Kris Allen fan, and I happen to like it. =) I like this song, but I would have never heard it without Kris covering it, so…
Deana: No it’s not that I didn’t like the EWTRTW cover. I like the cover just fine. What I mean when I say that “he’s committed wanton act of musical homicide” is that he’s trying too hard to be like Curt. But what’s the point in covering a song when you 1. don’t even know all of the lyrics to the song, and 2. try to be Michael Jackson at the same time?
Are you sure you like Kris Allen as you say? I don’t see anything wrong with singing a song he enjoys at his own concert. In terms of lyrics, people make mistakes. It’s not like this is studio recording and it is being put out there as a single. It’s just something to add in his set.
I like him. I didn’t say he wasn’t a good singer. I just think that it was a bizare mash up.
I was responding to your “homicidal”/lyrics/trying-to-be-somebody comment since you said it after saying you liked him. I never assumed you didn’t think he was a good singer…? Anyway, I do know he’s a huge fan of the Beatles and Michael Jackson. He looked pretty giddy singing EWTRTW and “The Way You Make Me Feel,” which I find funny. This was the second time he did this mash up, and I think it’s because he got such a good response from trying it the night before.
Ha. He bridges the gen gap for the song! ;p I missed the TFF concert in HK last year
I hope I will have another chance again. Subscribing RSS now so I won’t miss it next time. Have a great 2011!
I’m a fan of Kris Allen’s, and I never thought I would follow anything coming out of American Idol until this guy. One of the many reasons I support this artist is he was already a songwriting musician who just stayed true to who he is and what he was brought up with. He grew up listening to classics (his dad was a musician) and not just only what is current. Though I totally understand a fan’s allegiance to the original song (I’m like that) – so far I have not once disliked songs he might cover in his live shows. Sometimes he renewed my love for them, because I had forgotten it. I think it’s a good thing, bringing songs to the attention a newer generation.
love it!
Well – that was certainly an interesting mashup choice…if folks are going to cover other artists, its not necessarily bad that they put their own spin on it…though, to my taste, the spin on this one is retrograde…
Always loved this song and am thankful for being reminded of it from this great rendition. Lovely!
This is a clever mash-up. Kris is a crafty little bugger. I guess that’s why he won.
I prefer to think of you as MJ’s muse, though.
Thank you for the song and for the vid!
I think this is a great cover. Kris sounds really good. Thanks for posting, Curt!
I agree, Papa S. and you guys.
Celeste, thanks for your response. First of all, Kris Allen is a HUGE Michael Jackson fan. He has listened to MJ since he was 8 I believe. (We’re still waiting for him to surprise us with the moon walk.) When they had MJ week on Idol, Kris was the one helping people find a song…in fact, he suggested Allison’s song. (Same with Beatles week actually.) Anyway, it makes sense to his fans that he would mash EWTRTW up with an MJ song.
I certainly didn’t get the feeling that Kris was trying to be anybody but Kris. I saw him live 4 times this summer, and he just has a good time when he’s performing. Kris has plenty of great material of his own, but covers are fun. I remember Keith Urban throwing some covers in, and so did Lady Antebellum. In fact, when Kris opened for Maroon 5 in Atlanta (I was there), they did covers too. So it’s only normal. I would think TFF fans would be happy/honored that their artist got covered. Anyway, nice to chat with some TFF fans. Thanks for your input.
Hey no problem. I just want to be able to express what I think without being ripped apart for thinking the way that I do.
The song choices were interesting to say the least but the mashup wasn’t executed very well. While it is honorable for other artists like Kris to cover TFF’s songs it is mind boggling as to why he didn’t do Everybody Wants To Rule The World or some other Tears For Fears song during Day You Were Born week instead of All She Wants To Do Is Dance.
the song that he sang alongside everybody wants to rule the world is ‘the way you make me feel’ by michael jackson, not ‘all she wants to do is dance’.
yes we know that. We were referring to the song he sang one week on American idol.
Celeste: American Idol contestants aren’t given a free choice of which songs to sing on any given week. They select from a list provided to them by the producers. If the song they want to perform isn’t on the list, or if another contestant gets a song they wanted, there’s not much they can do about it.
Arlene that’s not true. In season two there were two contestants who sang the same song. Clay Aiken was one of them and I forget who else.
It may not have been true in Season 2, but it was true as of a few seasons ago. I have it on unimpeachable authority from someone involved.
Arlene, they are stuck to a list but you can try to get a song not in a list approved. Kris didn’t like or want to do any of the songs on the list for movie week, so he asked for “Falling Slowly” which is from an indie movie he loved (“Once”). If it weren’t for Kris, American Idol would have never put “Falling Slowly” in a list for Season 9 because it is an obscure song (even though it won an Oscar). Swell Season sent him a autographed vinyl, appreciating him for doing that song. But I know sometimes you can’t get it approved, because he said couldn’t get “Hey Jude” approved for Idol, but he was able to get “Hey Jude” approved for summer tour
So, I think Celeste did bring up a good point as to why Kris didn’t choose EWTRTW. Maybe it wasn’t on the list, and he just didn’t think of the song from the top of his head that it came out in !985. I think he’d be kicking himself if he realizes he could have chosen that song lol
Hey Deana, I think you were thinking of Rock Week since Kris sang a Beatles song. There wasn’t a Beatles week during Season 8, but I think there was in Season 9…which I don’t want to talk about LOL.
What I wonder is, when it was “Year you were Born” week, Kris said he had the hardest time finding a good song, and I remember he even dissed the music of that year. So he “settled” with Don Henley’s “All She Wants To Do Is Dance.” (Which was panned by the judges.) But what’s funny is that, like me, Kris was born in 1985, and I do believe that was the release year of EWTRTW. He seems to really love this song, why didn’t he pick it on the show?
Allison: See my reply to Celeste above
Thanks Arlene – I had a feeling it had to do with that. But man, it should be on the list!
Uh, Curt? What about Simple Minds? “Waterfront”, right?
I’m lurking… Ah, refreshing to see a real exchange, instead of the nods of peeps agreeing on a point!!! Very nice indeed, just sayin’. Thanks guys!
Curt, more interesting info or thoughts please… We’re hungry for it, can’t you tell? Seriously on a real tip!
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Thanks Traci.
I bet Kris is kicking himself for not choosing that song. 
Cary Brothers has also been playing a great cover of EWTRTW live. I’m sure it’s on YouTube somewhere…
This guy is a joke. How dare he mutilate such a great song!
too painful to watch, never could figure out exactly who voted for him??
Awesome,I admire MJ! He was the best to ever sing! We will never ever have someone like him! Rest in Peace to the GREATEST!