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Too much Danny excitement on Saturday–how did I beat our east coast and international DG fans to Iheart discussion this morning? I was planning on sleeping in this morning, but my eyes popped open and I couldn’t stop thinking about all that happened yesterday.
More to come. Its a Glorious Gokey morning, all! Jan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keAP5obh1N8 they showed toni and michelle on this video
Twitter: steph6449
Video of My Best Days from Grafton
Twitter: steph6449
http://twitpic.com/rffgu
http://twitpic.com/rffy7
and adding a hello to mary and jigglypuff who posted here at the end of yesterday’s thread
RachLovesGokey I just generated my #TweetCloud out of a week
of my tweets. Top three words: danny, thank, thanksgiving – http://w33.us/ti8
2 minutes ago from Tweet Cloud
lol danny was my top 3 words
Good morning,
Great to see pics and videos of Danny last night. Loved the video of him dancing with the kids all around him. What a sweetheard and of course, My Best Days sounds great live. I think it is a better first single to sing live.
Speaking of My Best Days Are Ahead of Me. Danny’s song was played on 12 new stations yesterday and has had a total of 32 spins this week and is #85 on the country charts. The song has not gone for official adds yet and it is harder to chart right now because the songs are competing with Christmas songs. With that said, he is slowly moving up the charts.
Twitter: steph6449
Another version of It’s Only from Grafton.
He really does seem to have been sounding good last night, and definitely strikes me he likes having a larger crowd there to perform to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHP_cNZYJ4I
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another pic
http://twitpic.com/rff8q
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hint of a bus tour?
bfraley: Today, November 29, 2009, 2 hours ago
bfraley: @NicolSantiago absolutley! Can’t wait to play it on the bus this week!
the ‘play it’ isn’t musical, apparently in relation to brandon having bought the ‘new super Mario brothers for wii’
So nice to meet Jannika, Latrece, Toni, Jason, Cindy and everyone else yesterday! Great DJG peeps sharing the love!
Lizzy, I am so excited about those stats on Best Days. I know it’s gonna be a huge hit along with It’s Only & Tiny Life. You can’t help but be moved when Danny sings!
Twitter: steph6449
someone gave David Archuleta an SHF bracelet?
@DavidArchie Thank you for our hugs!&your interest in the braclet I gave you!Its actually a charity of @DannyGokey in honor of his wife..<3
glad you got to meet everyone yesterday VC
that was nice of them steph.
Twitter: Upsnodowns
Steph6449 Thanks for posting all the pics and videos from yesterday. You weren’t even there but miraculously your posts are making us feel like we all were there to share the Dannylove!
Twitter: Upsnodowns
Rach I did a Tweetcloud too . My top three are Danny, hope and love! I guess I shouldn’t be surprised since Danny was the reason I opened a Twitter account!
http://w33.us/3m9
aww that’s cute cheryl, i did one for a month but it had gg4l on it i didn’t want that lol so i did mine for a week,for the tweetcloud i meant.
i saw some pictures of danny on thanksgiving but they are tracey’s pictues.
and the family you guys wanted to know about was danny’s cousin mark’s brother in law joe he was the one who drove danny in the parade yesterday
Hi everyone! I just managed to watch all the videos-thanks to Steph and EVERYONE-they were just great-It`s Only never fails to move me, and IMO Danny sounded the best I have heard him last night-He`s always been able to connect with the audience, but, when he was talking about his decision to go country and the subsequent signing etc-to me, he displayed a new maturity and confidence-yes, Danny has definitely arrived-he`s going to be HUGE! So proud of him-I`m sitting here with no heat, except a tiny electric fire-no hot water-feeling very down-but, as usual, watching Danny sing from his heart has cheered ME up-I`m convinced that his many years of singing in church have been invaluable in allowing him to connect to his audience-Thanks for the recaps, I haven`t read everything yet-look forward to more later!
Twitter: steph6449
Cheryl, big thanks to all those camera-happy people who were at Grafton yesterday — they did good, and may be more to come
Not sure where any peeps with cameras were in Detroit, though. Maybe they were strict about letting cameras in for that fundraiser.
Hi Cheryl, Rachel, I love the `Tweet clouds`- Cheryl, seeing Danny riding on the back of the truck at Grafton made me think-at least it wasn`t a`big green tractor` LOL!!
Carole, you poor thing! I am praying for you that you get your heat back soon. I hope it isn’t ice cold there.
Lizzy, that’s great about Danny charting–but wasn’t he at #79 a few days ago? Is that because he’s competing with Christmas songs? I hope so. I’m glad he’s getting more spins though. You never explained exactly what an add is though. Does that just mean it enters a station’s playlist?
There’s something else I don’t understand. I can understand why It’s Only was pulled and replaced, but why isn’t IO being released to CCM stations, especially for the holiday season? It has a great holiday message and would kill on CCM. That way Danny could have two hits at the same time, one on country and one on CCM. I hope TL gets released as a single too, because it’s so beautiful.
I hope once MBD is for sale it really takes off and becomes the hit it should be. He has a better voice than most country singers.
Adam’s album is flying off the shelves but I guess we all kind of expected that, especially because it’s being sold so cheap on places like Amazon. SuBo is beating everyone though. Although I am not a fan of her voice, it makes me happy that this woman who isn’t young, pretty and had such a hard life is “having the best revenge” and doing even better than AL. Good for her!
My tweet cloud:
http://tweetcloud.icodeforlove.com/Heliotrope66/2657
These are cool!
Twitter: steph6449
Helio, they may want to let Danny have a clear path in country without confusing his image early on with a song on the CCM charts?
I could see It’s Only on CCM later on though.
I’m glad that more radio stations are playing My Best Days. I hope we’ll see even more as the radio tour continues, & the song is formally made available with record label push for airplay adds/spins. Lizzy, thanks for letting us know.
If you hear of it being played in the DC/VA/MD market, let me know. I’d be happy to contact the stations to thank them and request more airplay.
Twitter: Upsnodowns
Carole I hope you get your heat back soon. Danny’s music does have a way of warming your heart!
Hopefully with Danny back on the radio tour his spin numbers will increase. I would suspect that Christmas songs being requested and played does have some effect on the numbers.
I love all three of Danny’s songs, but MBD I’d my least favorite. I guess because it is more country than the other two. So, it probably makes sense that it was selected to be his first. Obviuosly he needs to get as much play as possible on the radio and it seems MBD gets him there.
aww carole i hope you get heat soon dance to danny’s music that will warm you up
just wanna get here and say hello to everyone，wish you all a great day
Twitter: Upsnodowns
Carole LOL I thought the same thing about The Big Green Tractor!
I had a dream about Danny! I was in a room in studio where Danny was sitting at a table with Lady Antebellum discussing his music. They were praising him about It’s Only and asked him what he wanted to do next. Danny said he wrote a song and would like their opinion. He pulled out a guitar
) and when that happened they made me leave the room! But I stood outside the door to listen and I could hear Danny singing a really twangy sounding country song! At first I wasn’t sure it was him because it was so twangy but when I realized it was him I left because I was upset. I wandered around for a bit and decided I needed to go back to tell Danny not to do that song because he promised not to sing with a twang. But I looked everywhere and couldn’t find him!
My analysis of that dream is that I still have underlying concerns that Danny is going to start singing twangy traditional country and there’s nothing I can do to stop him!
Hi Mr Bing-welcome-so you are a fan of `Friends` as well! My daughter and I love that show-I love your picture, by the way! Thanks Cheryl, Helio and Rachel-yes It is freezing here with a strong wind blowing-and nearly dark-depressing- I was somewhat surprised at RCA releasing Danny`s single so close to Christmas-I hope it is available here-I will always love `It`s Only`-it does seem to have a message more suited to Christmas-but having worked in the music industry-I see where RCA are coming from-but, surely they realised the reaction the song would have? Anyway, it will be on the album-and I hope that is released earlier than they said-Sounds like Danny has a very busy time ahead-as he said they were going to the `larger` radio stations next-Wonder when he will film the video?
For Danny to have longevity in this business, he needs to reach out beyond the AI audience. He first needs to establish himself as a credible Country artist.
The debut single should also be able to create a lot of buzz and excitment around the album. MBD not only has more potential as a Country hit, but also potential to cross over to the mainstream. It also reflects Danny’s personality – he is a fun, happy go lucky kind of guy. It is also a great dance song, and they can go in a lot of different directions with the video.
It’s also a great song to be played on a soundtrack. And I would love to see that happen for Danny.
Carole，i love the “friends” show，i pitch oral English through the show. danny is #85 ，that is a good .hope it will keeping go up
Twitter: steph6449
mj has put up an article about Danny at Grafton yesterday
http://mjsbigblog.com/danny-gokey-grafton-high-school-video.htm
I’d also posted the video links to her Headlines thread this morning, and one of them to yesterday’s thread last night.
I personally want Danny away from Adam, Kris, Allison as much as possible. The so called “clique” that some fans had presented the 3 of them has long fizzled. There is a lot of in-fighting among fans blaming each other – blaming Kris because he is a weak winner. Blaming Adam because he tarnished the image of AI, etc. And poor Allison has all but disappeared. Let them kill each other. There are a total of 5 Idol albums out at the same time, including Carrie Underwood and David Archuleta who seem to be doing well. And not all them will succeed. And many are speculating that Kris and Allison are the weakest.
The big promotion for Danny will come with the album in Mar. By then the albums by Adam, Kris, Allison will be ancient history and Danny will have the media spotlight to himself – as he did with his signing.
Both Elliot Yamin and Kelli Pickler intentionally released their debut albums during off seasons, and both are considered Idol success stories. Ironically, Elliot Yamin is a huge Danny and had wanted Danny to win AI.
Twitter: jannworth
hi everybody. Since you are all talking about the idols, I wanted to share a contrast that has struck me:
in Grafton: Danny rides in a truck, in a little midwest town holiday parade surrounded by his neices. He performs an idol song (PYT) while surrounded by children and encourages them to sing and dance along. He hugs all the adoring fans that line up for him.
In LA: Adam L. sings his new single and gyrates with male and female dancers. When people complain about the sexual nature of his performance he announces he’s not a babysitter.
I’m glad Danny was my favorite American Idol performer. Jan
I hear people here pointing out Danny’s haters as primarily as Adam’s and Allison’s fans. There is some of that.
First, I do think Adam will do really well – regardless of his antics on the AMA – he does seem to have lot of momentum going for him.
But it is Kris that will have the most to lose if both Adam and Danny do better than him. It will not only confirm that he should not have won, but should not have been in the Top 2. Just as the case during the tour where Adam got the largest applause of the evening – and Danny often came in 2nd.
As I said, I did some investigating on sites like TWOP – and a lot of the negative comments re Danny actually came from Kris’ fans.
HI gokey girls! I am still here with Pam, I had a blast last-night!! Danny was awesome, I did get a hug twice!!
Twitter: steph6449
Latrece! Glad to see you checking in, and to hear that you had such a great time
And two hugs, awww — well, Danny could not have a more enthusiastic supporter to deserve that
Hi everyone.
Thanks to everyone who took and/or posted pictures of Danny from yesterday in Grafton. I enjoyed watching seeing those pics/videos. Also I am glad that the Danny fans who went to Grafton to see and meet him had a good time.
DJG Music, I have also noticed that a lot of people that hate on Danny on TWOP are Kris fans. What I have noticed is that a lot of Danny haters are a mixture of Kris and Adam fans and some Allison fans. I have seen about just as many Kris fans hate on Danny, as I have seen of Adam fans hating on him. And I have actually seen more Adam fans supporting Danny, than I have seen Kris fans supporting him.
Danny is sooo cute and tiny!! he remembered my comments and my famous name?!! he asked me what church did I attend?!! LOL
A few comments–
Cheryl, that was an interesting dream you had! But I wouldn’t worry about Danny getting a twang. He has no twang in him and never will! God forbid.
DJG, FOGS, I also believe it’s mostly Kris fans on TWOP (and elsewhere) who still hate Danny the most. I think that’s because they feel Danny is a threat. After all, their guy won, but Danny is getting more promotion and love from TPTB and they fear (rightfully so) that he may have a more successful career. Allison fans also hate Danny because they feel that he “stole” her rightful third place spot. You all know how I feel about that, and it has unfortunately affected my opinion of Allison as well. Many Adam fans do seem quite supportive of Danny (though not all). I guess they don’t feel like Danny is a threat to Adam (in spite of the AMA fiasco, which just got him more publicity) and I think many of them enjoy Danny’s voice and wanted him in the finale with Adam, to make it feel more like a competition. So I think the remaining haters are mostly Kris (and some Allison) fans.
I’m happy Danny got some good reviews yesterday from the Grafton event.
I’ll be on and off today. I’ve decided to get my mind off my troubles by uploading my David Cook blog onto Livejournal and make it the same style as Danny’s, by toning down some of the OTT fangirliness the original had. I think it will be in two parts. I’ll post the link when it’s finished, which will probably be today.
Latrece, LOL, Danny is tiny! I remember how shocked I was when I saw him in Charlotte and saw how small he was! Not as tiny as Kris, but certainly not as big as he looks in his photos. His bones are on the small side, I think, and he’s not that tall. He is so cute!
Twitter: Upsnodowns
Latrece So glad u got to see Danny! And 2 jug hugs? Yay! It is surprising how small Danny is in person. Although I never got to hug him, I stood a few feet from him and was surprised to see how small he is! Small but with a huge heart!
Twitter: steph6449
I think Kris has been getting quite a lot of promotion compared to Danny, especially on national media where Danny has not appeared at all for some time.
Danny’s promotion so far has been very low-key and localized to country radio for the most part. We’re just more aware of it here being a group of confessed gokaholics, lol. As the time comes closer for his single to be available for sale, and even more so when the album is close to release — hopefully we will see more high-profile promotion to the country music world and to energize Danny’s AI fanbase.
What will be interesting is how Danny does in sales coming out of this so-far relatively low-profile grassroots marketing effort. I do think, as DJG Music mentioned above, they are aiming to gain acceptance in the country radio world as a first goal, similar to how Darius Rucker’s move into country was launched a while ago.
Twitter: Upsnodowns
Jannikas Very good observations about Danny vs other Idols. Danny is suchva genuinely loving person to all his fans. You can tell he adores his fans, especially children!
Helio
I also think that the Adam fans that are supportive of Danny don’t see him as a threat either. I do think that some of the hate he recieves comes from people who view him as a “threat” to their favorite. I definitely don’t like the way a lot of Kris fans act towards Danny and even in general.
Kris won, so IMO, they should be grateful for that. And they should stop being so hateful towards Danny and some of the other contestants. If Kris hadn’t won he wouldn’t even be getting the amount of attention and promotion he has now.
Twitter: steph6449
Today, November 29, 2009, 9 minutes ago
Meganjoysings: Guess what day it is!!!? Megan music day…. for those of you anxiously waiting… I LOVE YOU… only a few hours away.
Cheryl, Helio Yeah he is tiny and really sweet!! but I did get to see his back side real good!! he smelled fresh!! I will post a recap tomorrow once I return home!! I had a great time. he sounded awesome in person, his voice vibrated off the walls in the gym, you can’t really tell by the videos but his voice was powerful!
Hello everybody! Just home from church and making lunch, and itching all morning to get on here to read all the comments, see all the videos and pics! Everyone who contributed, even those who weren’t even there….sure did not disappoint
So nice for all of us who weren’t there to be able to at least have a vicarious taste of all the fun! So happy for all your iheart ladies who were there to see Danny and especially to meet up with each other.
And a big hello and welcome to all the newbies and lurkers here on the site! I’m sure you will like it here and feel right at home
glad you had a great time latrece
i changed my avatar it was taken on thanksgiving that’s how short my hair is i need to redye it
thank you Rachel, I really enjoyed myself big time!
For a small guy, Danny does have a big voice and heart.
FOGS, if Kris hadn’t won, I don’t think he even would have been signed by 19.
steph
I do think that Kris has gotten a lot more promotion than Danny has especially at the National level. And I also think that in general he has gotten a decent amount of promotion as the Idol winner.
I know he hasn’t gotten as much promotion as Adam has, and that a lot of people think he’s been treated unfairly. But I think that overall he’s gotten decent promotion in general and when compared to past idol winners and runner-ups.
I think that he has gotten almost as much promotion as David Cook got last year and as Jordin got the year before.
Helio
I don’t think that Kris would have gotten signed by 19 if he hadn’t won or at least been the runner-up. I do think they would have signed him if he had come in 2nd place, because they do normally sign the runner-ups.
But I think that if Kris had came in third or a lower placed finished than third, that he wouldn’t have gotten signed.
Twitter: karatemom34
Good Morning everyone, I also had the “Best Day” of my life yesterday. It still feels like a dream to me. It was so great meeting and hanging out with Pam,Latrece,Jan,Toni,Kristi,Val and all the other wonderful Danny fans. Latrece, I was so happy to see that Danny remembered you and you got 2 hugs. His performance was Amazing as always, and when he brought all the kids up to sing and dance with him, my heart just melted!! Never thought I would ever get to meet him. He was just a sweetheart, got a high five from him, and the best hug ever!! He definitely does not disappoint his fans. He’s just an Amazing person!! One more little tidbit, my sister and brother-in-law were waiting for me by the entrance of the school while I was at the meet and greet, after Danny was done signing, we were still hanging out in the meet and greet room, and Danny was leaving and walked out to where my sister was. She waved to him and he waved back, and then she decided to be brave and walked up to him and asked if she could take his picture on her phone, he said sure, so she took the picture and sent it to me on my phone to surprise me when I came out. It’s an awesome picture and I’m going to have my son help me post it so you can see it. She’s a brave girl, don’t think I would have had the nerve to do that. What a great sis. She then told me she had hoped he didn’t think she was some stalker fan waiting for him! Lol, so she really kind of worried about that. So if you lurking here today Danny, that was no stalker fan taking your picture with her phone in the entrance, just a great sister!! Lol
Twitter: karatemom34
Hey Latrece
HI New Cindy I Loved meeting you all, everyone is sooo sweett!! new Cindy I am soo glad you got a chance to get a hug and a personal recognition from Danny!!
Twitter: Upsnodowns
Latrece LOL You checked out his honey buns? I know you were tempted to give them a little squeeze!
Twitter: Upsnodowns
New Cindy Glad your day in Dannyland was so wonderful! Your sister was so lucky to have seen him and got a pic with him! It doesn’t surprise me that Danny was so gracious about it – he is such a sweetheart!
I really enjoyed meeting Jen, mitchell,Jan,Toni,Kristi,Val, Christine and Jan’s beautiful sweet Daughter and future daughter in law!! they were absolutely adorable and fabulous!! VC I will surely post my recap as soon as a make it home!! everyone was soo lovely and fun!! Thank you all for making my day wonderful!!
Cheryl I got a up close good look at his honey buns!! yes I was tempted to reach out and touch his honey buns!!
I will admit, I am not photogenic so the pictures that surface of me, I look like a swollen whale!! LOL! haha
i hope that’s me someday latrece
Twitter: kiady
Hello hearties!!
How’s everyone? i just saw PYT at Grafton Community Christmas Celebration Danny looked so beautiful! And he jumping around so cute!!!
Cindy, did you meet him on Saturday?!?! i want to know everything! i had no time to check the lately discussions…sorry
I just absolutely love all the Gokeygirls!!!
Still trying to catch up with all of your posts.
Thanks so much to all the lovely ladies for sharing their Danny experience with all of us. It means so much.
It was great to see Danny in a casual environment. Next year is going to be an entirely different matter for sure!
Nonsense Latrece! I’ve seen nothing but lovely ladies!
love you Gokeygirls I will talk with you all later!! bye for now!!
Twitter: karatemom34
Thankyou Cheryl Yes, I can’t say enough wonderful things about him!!
Twitter: karatemom34
Thankyou Latrece, He sure is a great hugger!! I was very surprised he asked what my twitter name was, twice!! I’m still floating today! Oh, and I do have a “honey buns” picture Lol I’m working on getting all pictues downloaded so I can share them with everyone. Latrece you are beautiful and you could not take a bad picture!
Twitter: kiady
Cindy, already read that you meet him and he gave you a hug omg! that’s so awesome! I bet you, Latrece, Pam and the rest of the lucky ones who had the great opportunity to see him had a great time on Saturday!
IO was beautiful! Now i’m seeing Best Days!
I can’t wait to see some lovely group pics of all you iheart ladies in Grafton! So much fun to see all the “happy shiny people” who all were able to gather together and meet up for the first time!
Latrece, I wanna see a pic of Danny giving you one of your two hugs!
Twitter: steph6449
Something about that post by “CRB” that just appeared on Danny’s thread at mj’s brings to mind a bouncy yellow tennis ball. Hmm.
Helio,
Put up the tree, bake some silly old cut out sugar cookies, put on some beautiful Christmas music and enjoy. Celebrate the special joys of the season. All this commercialism of Christmas in nonsense. It would be more meaningful to us all, if we skipped all the purchases.
My family is taking the simple approach to Christmas this year too. I think lots of people are doing the same. I have a feeling it is going to make for a more relaxed and more meaningful Christmas.
Oh no, Steph! I don’t know what to say about that one. I am really disappointed about the way M1 comes here messing with us.
It is so not cool.
Do tell ladies. All this tiny talk has me intrigued. Just how small is Danny?
Kris, as the winner of AI did get more national media exposure. However, the big problem is that he has not been able to translate all the promotion he got to sales. And the expectation is always higher going to higher for the winner.
Kris first week sold only 80K compared to 280K with David Cook year. And the “economy” was also weak last year Even Sleazak who has supported Kris, said that was disappointing for the winner of AI.
Elliot Yamin, Kelli Pickler, Bucky Covington, Josh Gracien all sold around the same amount as Kris – but they are consider success – because they were not in the final 2 – and thus did not get the media exposure that went along with being in the finals.
stepph,
The post by CRB is gone now. I posted over there. I shouldnt have responded to theb person who bashed Danny for “self promotion.” I get VERY annoyed that the other idols can say much more self congratulatory things and get a free pass. Danny’s cmments were fairly mundane, I thought, and still, he’s criticized.
Twitter: karatemom34
Hi Maryann Yes, Danny is much smaller than you would think. He is very slim. Not as small as kris Allen, but he looked absolutely amazing and up close OMG !!!!! He is only about 5’9″
Twitter: karatemom34
Hey Claudia Are you still here?
Thanks for that Cindy! I know it sounds like a silly question. I was just wondering. Sounds perfect to me!
Glad to hear you all had such a wonderful time.
Twitter: steph6449
Maryann, I see your post but still see CRB’s right above it.
(http://mjsbigblog.com/danny-gokey-grafton-high-school-video.htm/comment-page-1#comment-510335)
Rickey has a favorable little post up now about Danny’s performance yesterday.
http://www.rickey.org/?p=28674
steph6449,
That’s funny. I saw CRB’s post, and then it was gone. Now I see it again. Weird.
Hey everyone! I am so glad that yall had a blast meeting Danny (still a twing of jealousy but my excitement cancells that out lol!) Can’t wait for pics and recaps!
Lactrece I am especially excited for yours!
Cindy glad you got your hug!
Twitter: karatemom34
Maryann, your welcome and yes he is absolutely PERFECT!!!
Twitter: kiady
Cindy, yes i am! i’m studying for tomorrow i have and test at 8 am and this weekend i’ve been so busy that i have just these few hours to study
sorry for not being here friday to support you and wish you luck for saturday, but you didn’t need it you meet him!!! 
I think that CRB person might actually be a legitimate Danny fan. I think that I have seen them posts supportive things about Danny before.
Twitter: karatemom34
Thankyou Steph, (you will get to meet him someday)
Twitter: kiady
Cindy, How did you meet him? What did you say to him?
This is one of the things that will work in Danny’s favor – after finishing MBD, he ask that people request the song from their local radio stations, he then talked about the radio tours, he also said he is the first 3rd place finisher to be signed by 19E and that it was his choice to go into Country music (in a very deliberate manner).
Danny is a self promoter – and there is nothing wrong with that at – you have to be in this business. You have to look out for yourself.
Whereas in interviews with Kris that I have read and seen, he is definitely more humbling. He often has said he doesn’t care about sales or chart performance – which I think his record label must be having a field day with.
I know Kris has said he has going through media training???
Cindy still keeping my fingers crossed for that
But still sooooo happy for you!
BTW, Adam is the ultimate self-promoter.
Twitter: steph6449
CRB telling Danny that he should “continue singing at High Schools” to help the “impressionable youth of our land” sounds a lot more mighty-like to me, than Danny fan-like.
I feel sure that while Danny may wish to occasionally help out a home state activity like this, he’s not seeing appearances at high school gyms as the wave of the future. Lol.
The point about the ‘impressionable youth’ probably is valid of its own though, youth could do a lot worse than have Danny as a role model and listen to his songs.
Twitter: karatemom34
Claudia, Well, I was sooo nervous as you know, so I didn’t know what I was going to say. I just said Hi and I think he said hi, and as he was signing my picture, I asked if he could put Cindy on it. He said sure, and then I was blank and then he asked what my last name was. I said My Last Name? and then he said, I mean are you on twitter, I said yes, and he thought I was another twitter name and then he said whats your twitter name? I told him and he said , Do I know that name have I tweeted you and I said not yet, but now you can. He just smiled and laughed and then put his hand up for a high five and then said thank you sweetie., and then after my hug he asked me again , what was your twitter name again, Karate? and I said Karatemom34 and he say Oh, ok. That’s as detailed as I remember Claudia, is all becoming a blur. Lol
steph
I think that I might have mixed up the CRB poster with someone else. I saw another post of them talking about Danny in an old thread on him from mjs (the one where it mentioned that he had signed with RCA)and they put a post in there, that while it wasn’t exactly full of hate, it didn’t really seem like it was from a fan either.
They mentioned him being overpraised and called him “Gokey’. In that thread they didn’t really seem to be a fan of his, even though their post about him was a lot less hateful than what other people have posted about him.
I think that I might have mixed them up with another poster.
Twitter: kiady
Cindy, omg!! how cute!!! aww i bet you melted when he smiled and laughed!!! and you touched his hand!
you can’t bath now!! xD
DJG Music
I think that Danny should definitely self-promote himself, especially since he’s not getting a lot of promotion right now. I don’t see anything wrong with the idols doing some self-promotion. They should let people know when they have music coming out and about important stuff concerning their music career.
Twitter: kiady
Cindy, btw i’m following you on twitter now
And Danny said “thank you sweetie” awwwwwwwwww
Twitter: tonicny
Hi everyone, yesterday does feel like a dream but it truly happened. I cannot say enough great things about the gokey ladies and gents, I will not name you since i don’t want to leave anyone out, such a memorable day to meet and spend time with you all. A special Thank You goes out to Pam and her husband for hosting all of us and driving me around. This was my first time meeting Danny and now I wish I would have said more to him but I was star struck and I hardly said anything but he did sign more than one picture for me and he is truly as nice as everyone describes him as. Loved the hug too. Was able to buy a SHF shirt plus I made a small donation to SHF. I am not home yet I am with my other idol my son in Cincinnati and he wanted to hear all about my day yesterday and he was excited for me about the memories I made. Going out for awhile. Toni
Hey everyone! I think I am finally getting the hang of this. Wow I love everyone’s stories about meeting Danny yesterday evening. I thought it was sweet! Danny seems like a really nice guy. How is everyone doing?
I bet Dannys hug felt nice and warm!
Its probably better than hot cocoa on a cold winters day! Sigh! 
Twitter: steph6449
not sure if this was posted, another view of the parade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSqWbYG7Bwo
FoGS, that could be (re CRB).
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another view of Danny on PYT with the kids
http://twitpic.com/rh4fo
i thouught this was a touching twitter name.
liftupellie Bio Ellie Potvin is 8 years old and has stage 4 rhabdomyosarcoma. Help support her and her family in their battle!
http://twitpic.com/rhguz she’s a pretty girl,she has a twin sister named gracie
New Cindy, I thought I was following you on twitter but found that I wasn’t. Well, I am NOW!
Kind of a surprise to read in my new issue of EW that Allison’s CD was given an A- while SuBo only got a B-.
In part:
Allison – The muscular, instantly recognizsble growl that carried her to a fourth place finish on AI is all she needs to seamlessly wed a collection of first rate ditties (etc.)
Susan – Mentions the CD being a bit of a letdown, snoozily competent, none of her jarred-lightning charm, etc.
Twitter: karatemom34
Claudia, Yes, I couldn’t believe he stuck his hand out . I was thinking the same thing, I’m touching his hand, and the sweetie thing totally melted me. My son put a gravitar on here for me, if it works, this is the picture of Danny that he posed for for my sister.
Twitter: karatemom34
Shirl that’s great I’ll follow you too,
Hi Mary, nice to see you here!!!!
New Cindy, your new gravitar is working just fine
Twitter: kiady
Cindy, you have a gravatar now!
awwwwwwww love it! “Thank you sweetie”-danny’s voice it’s echoing in your head isn’t it? lol
Twitter: karatemom34
Claudia, Yes, I’m still feeling week in the knees. Lol I hope he’s not lurking here today and forgot to tell you , he was very fresh smelling. Don’t know if that was his cologne, but very subtle, but nice.
Thank You for the welcome Shirl. Everyone seems so nice here. I hope to become friends with all of you.
Twitter: karatemom34
Hi Mary, nice to meet you. Welcome to the site and yes Danny is like what everyone who meets him says. He is so polite, genuine, sweet etc……………..
Twitter: karatemom34
Claudia, I’m following you on twitter too.
Hi Cindy. Nice to meet you too and I really hope my chance to meet him again will come. And he seemed nice at the first concert my friend drug me too.
Twitter: karatemom34
Hi Tonic, I know what you mean about wishing you would have said more to Danny. I felt the same way, I could only get out a Hi . Thank goodness, he started up a converstion. I’m such a chicken!! Lol
Twitter: karatemom34
Claudia, yes, I am not washing my right hand or my shirt ever!! Lol. I wish you had been there , I wish everyone here could have been there.
Poping back in
Mary hi!
Cindy LOVE the gravitar!
Twitter: steph6449
Shirl, that EW review of Allison was by Michael Slezak, I think. I haven’t heard the album, so can’t consider that on the merit. But considering his huge Alli fanboy history, only surprise was he gave her an A-. Maybe he deducted a point somewhere just to show he could be “objective,” lol.
I was surprised he did the “review,” usually I thought they separated the people at EW who review the music, from those who do the spots like Idolatry.
Twitter: kiady
Cindy, ok
oh..Danny’s smell, now you know how he smells… appealing! LOL
Hi Mary, my name as you can read lol it’s Claudia and i’m from Portugal nice to meet you!
Twitter: steph6449
New Cindy, that looks like a great pic of Danny in your gravatar.
Is it posted somewhere in a larger size we could see?
Okay, you heard it guys – Danny said to request his song from your LOCAL country radio station. It does not have to have been played already for you to request it – just make sure it is your LOCAL station and that you listen to it so you know what songs they are playing. Below are the stations that have already played “My Best Days Are Ahead of Me”
WYCD in Detroit
WSOC in Charlotte
KUPL in Portland
KUBL in Salt Lake City
WWGR in Fort Myers
WGH in Norfolk
WWYZ in Hartford
WCTO in Allentown
KBEQ in Kansas City
KVOO in Tulsa
WPKX in Springfield, MA
KRST in Albuqueque
WMIL in Milwaukee
KDRK in Spokane
WIWF in Charleston
WQHK in Fort Wayne
KZSN in Wichita
KZIN in Boise
KSOP in Salt Lake City
It is very important for Danny’s career that his song gets played on the radio. We can help him by requesting it from our local country station. Please remember not to bug them or they may get annoyed. Just politely request they play Danny Gokey’s new single “My Best Days Are Ahead of Me”.
Twitter: kiady
Cindy, just saw the pic that you sister took in a bigger size on facebook!! He looks so cute! the scarf around his neck, is stylish!! I could not help noticing that there’s snack machines behind him i bet he had just bought or he was about to buy something to eat haha
Twitter: steph6449
hi Mary, welcome again
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Danny sighting
Today, November 29, 2009, 5 minutes ago |
Went to Faith Builders Int’l church in Milwaukee today with our niece. Great church. Oh yeah, Danny Gokey was there.
Hi Stephanie.=) And hey Claudia.You have a beautiful name. Im from Oklahoma. Its so nice to meet all of you!=) Everyone is just like i imagined them to be. Just so friendly and bubbly.
Twitter: karatemom34
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30836904&l=4c8a5cbf55&id=1252171636 Steph, try this link and let me know if it works.
Hi Stephanie. Wait im confused?? There’s two Stephanie’s here so i guess you go by Steph6449? Sorry its a little hard for me to catch on to stuff
Twitter: karatemom34
Thanks Stephanie, that’s the picture my sister took of him. Just posted a link to my facebook, so you can see it bigger. Hope it works.
Twitter: kiady
Mary, thanks
hoe could we not be friendly being Danny fans? haha
Hi everyone
Twitter: karatemom34
Claudia, Lol My sister said he was by the Sophia’s heart table looking around when she saw him, but maybe if she wasn’t there he might have grabbed a snack. Lol
=) Thats true Claudia. Thats so true. Any Danny fan is a friend of mine.
Twitter: karatemom34
Hi Katy
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Mary, there are two Stephanie’s here, and two Cindy’s. Also two Amy’s now, I think.
It’s nice that most people here post under their first names, but it can get a little confusing. We manage though
Cindy — thanks for posting the Facebook link. That is a really nice photo of Danny. Good for your sister that she stalked him — err, politely approached him to get the pic for you.
Twitter: steph6449
Hi Katy, did I see you’re hoping to attend Danny’s performance in Raleigh on Friday? Be sure to take plenty of pics if you do.
Woah that is confusing!!!!! And lol I will try to keep up. But i must warn you guys, If i spell your name wrong or something then I am oh so sorry. I’m not just good with names or remembering them for that fact. Well I hope another Mary doesnt join or that will just confuse me totally!=)
Twitter: karatemom34
Thanks Steph6449 Yeah, Don’t say “stalked” Lol she still worried that he thinks she was waiting for him, when she was actually waiting for me. Lol
Also, it will help Danny is you listen to “My Best Days Are Ahead of Me” on YouTube every day. His label may be looking at the number of times his song is viewed on YouTube.
He currently has 23,000 views.
Twitter: karatemom34
Thankyou Lizzy , no problem listening to My Best Days over and over.
Twitter: kiady
Cindy, lol he must be eating all the time i’m always eating too haha i mean i eat few food in each time but i eat many times during the day, and that’s how we should eat! That’s the healty way and the mainly way to us not gain weight.
But my bf the other day told me “you eat more times than you breathe” and i laughed so hard lol but it’s true we should eat a lot of times during the day because if we eat to much during a meal then your body will have more food to convert to energy and you will have excess of energy that you won’t use so it will become fat, and that’s bad for your healthy! (this is me showing that i’m actually learning with my college course hahaha j/k)
Mary, yep
Twitter: kiady
Lizzy, i’m not seeing a problem about listening Best Days over and over haha that’s a pleasure
Hi Steph and Cindy. Yeah im going. I really hope to be able to take pictures. If my camera decides to act a fool then I’ll be really upset. Is anyone else going to City Limits event
Twitter: kiady
Hi Katy, how are you?
Twitter: karatemom34
Very good Claudia, You’re absolutely right, I’m kind of a health nut , myself, but still have to give in once in a while to my chocoholism, Lol
Twitter: karatemom34
Katy, Very happy for you going to see Danny. Have you met him yet?
Twitter: kiady
Cindy, i’ve been eating chocolate almost everyday!!
but i’ll rehab for chocolate lol i can’t keep that way…
i hate vegetables but they’re so important..bah! lol
you’re more healthy than me! You said in your house you just eat biological food right? you go girl! lol i have to be more carefull about the food that i’m consuming
Sorry to change the subject (I have to catch up on the posts), but Part 1 of David Cook’s Journey is complete (I’ve made quite a few changes from the original on DCO–and added more photos).
I’ll be working on Part 2 the remainder of today and adding links, the way I did with Danny’s blog. The great thing about season 7 was that all the performances are still up on Youtube. They wouldn’t allow that for Season 8, which I found infuriating.
So here it is–David Cook fans, enjoy!
http://toonces1966.livejournal.com/1594.html
I’m going to go catch up on what I missed here now.
Hey sorry im back i had to go eat. Im great Claudia. Thanks so much for asking. Im in my hometown but im leaving tonight I am going to miss it so much! Yes New Cindy I have, and thanks. Im happy for those who met him yesterday. I met him in Portland, Atlanta, and Memphis.
Twitter: karatemom34
Claudia, yes, we eat organics, except for my chocolate!! Lol Fortunately my family loves vegetables, which makes things a lot easier.
Twitter: steph6449
Katy, you know we will love any pictures and recap you or others going to City Limits in Raleigh can share. I’m particularly interested how that will go, as I think it may be Danny’s first appearance as the featured act in a country music-oriented venue? Until now, as far as I can remember Danny’s done either AI-oriented audiences, or general audiences apart from the small-setting appearances on the radio tour.
I’d like to go to Charlotte on the 16th, but don’t know that I can make that work. Hope we will hear about some other upcoming dates that will be closer to my area.
Twitter: kiady
Cindy do you know the chocolate “Kinder Bueno”? i think that in American you don’t have that i’m not sure. Well let me tell you it is a hazelnut cream covered by wafer with a chocolate covering all that..omg that’s a chocolate sin! That’s been this chocolate that i’ve been eating everyday this week
but today i didn’t eat that! So i’m doing good in my rehab LOL
http://images.google.pt/images?hl=pt-PT&lr=&rlz=1G1GGLQ_PT-PTPT329&um=1&sa=3&q=kinder+bueno&btnG=Pesquisar+imagens
*mouthwatering
Hey Steph. If my camera decides to do its thing then I’ll have yall pictures. And yeah I’m really excited for him. And aww come on down to Charlotte girl!! You’ll love it. And I hope for more dates too. I know i may seem greedy but when it comes to Danny he is such a pleasure to meet
Twitter: kiady
Katy,
have a safe trip!!
Cindy, lol my health would appreciate if i eat more vegetables…but i can’t look at those green things and think “oh yummy”
i can’t… i have to force myself to chew and swallow those things lol
=) Thanks. I sure am going to miss my hometown.I would stay in Raleigh for school but I am just too homesick
Twitter: karatemom34
OMG Claudia, Lol Are you trying to tempt me. You’re doing a good job of it!!!! I can pass up most treats but not chocolate. Looks very yummy!!!! I’ll wait for my 3 days of karate workouts then I’ll have some chocolate, so I can burn it off! Lol
Twitter: karatemom34
Claudia, you can always take a fruit and vegetable supplement vitamin form, for people who don’t like fruits/vegs.
Twitter: kiady
Cindy, i can’t help it it’s just so good and it melts in your mouth…it’s so soft LOL
i eat soup for that problem lol if they are all mixed and crushed i don’t feel the taste of them and i can eat them lol but i love fruit!!
Twitter: karatemom34
Wow, Katy, you met him 3 times? Great!! Did you get pictures with him?
Who doesn’t like fruits and vegetables? i love fruits and veggies. I say even though this way is not healthy, dip them in chocolate. But i love chocolate and healthy foods.
Lizzy, that is AWESOME how many more stations have played MBD than from last week. The list is growing fast and I hope it keeps growing by leaps and bounds. Still waiting for it to be played here.
Twitter: karatemom34
Claudia, well that’s good, at least you like fruit!!!
Twitter: kiady
Mary, GUILTY lol but i love fruit!!
Cindy, see i’m not that bad lol
Yeah Cindy I did. Except I looked so stupid and fat that I swore not to put them on the internet. So i keep them in this little book. Good lord i look like a hott mess
Aww its okay Claudia. I hate onions.=) We all have something we dont like. Oh and i cant stand those Salt and Vinegar chips, and those Sour Cream and Onion chips are disgusting!
Twitter: kiady
Katy, lol don’t be silly! You have Danny Gokey right beside you and you are worrying about looking bad? Of course you don’t!!
Twitter: karatemom34
Mary, Lol that’s funny. Good Idea!!!
=) Do it! Its delicious!!
Twitter: kiady
Mary, lol i don’t like eating onions too but if they are crushed or something i can eat them mixing with the rest of the food.
oh i totally hate broccoli i can’t stand the taste of them. They taste kind of sweet?! lol
lol Claudia trust me. I had on these tight jeans one time and i could barely breathe, so I was sucking in the whole time. Not that im fat or anything you know cause I’d never let myself get that way. I can have Brad Pitt or someone hott next to me and I would still look awful. 2nd picture with Danny. I was bloated, and I looked a mess cause I didnt feel well, and I probably smelt awful. 3rd time, came out okay. I just dont look right with Danny like everyone else does lol.
Twitter: kiady
Cindy, How are you feeling right now? how are your knees? Kind of tremble yet?
Twitter: karatemom34
Yeah Katy, I agree with Claudia, you couldn’t possibly take a bad picture with him.
One time one of my brothers dared me to eat a whole onion and he would give me 50 bucks. So i bit into the thing. OMG that thing was sooo freaking nasty!! I gagged for weeks! Excuse my expression but thats the truth. I love broccoli especially if you dip it in cheese!
Twitter: kiady
Katy, lol i bet it’s just you that thinks that!!
Lizzy, does it matter WHERE we listen to MBD? I usually listen either on Danny’s website (the twitter link) or on iheart. Where is the YouTube version?
Well he makes everyone look amazing(except me) I couldnt put it up cause people would laugh at me.
=) I know i have my thoughts. lol.
Twitter: karatemom34
Well Claudia, I’m sitting down right now, I haven’t tried to get up yet! Lol I’ll never be the same. Only wish I wouldn’t have talked more but I was starstruck!! haha But I won’t ever forget that day, and I have to say again, all the iheart ladies and guys and danny fans we met were absolutely wonderful people like everyone here. You would have to be if your a danny fan!!
Twitter: kiady
CINDY CINDY CINDY i forgot to say!! Last Friday the ratings of the Microbiology food’s exam came out!! And guess what?!?! O PASSED!! here the grade goes from 0 to 20, so 10 it’s a medium grade above 10 it’s positive low 10 it’s negative and we can’t pass. I had 12 it’s not good at all but once i was almost sure that i could not reach 10 not in my wildest dreams i was so so happy!!
just left to know the rating of the other 2 exams that went terrible … those 2 ones i’m sure i have to repeat them in January, but that’s ok at least they’re 2 and not 3 as i was expecting LOL
Twitter: kiady
Mary, lol you love to mix the tastes haha
Katy so you’re gonna go meet danny too? How lucky!
Twitter: kiady
Cindy, that’s what i said to Mary when she arrived
aw…you are so lucky for meeting Danny and all the fans from here 
=) Yes i do Claudia lol. I was going to ask him if I could fry it and drown it in ketchup, but he said no. But they thats the way my parents get my 3 younger brothers to eat theirs
Katy, have fun at the Danny event. But take out your camera NOW and experiment with taking indoor pictures, so that when the time comes, you won’t have to think, just zap some pictures.
And you can’t look any worse than I did in my Danny pix (same for you, Latrece!). In one picture, Danny and I are looking in two different directions! I don’t generally photograph well, and these are some of my worst pictures. But I posted ‘em anyway. I figured the iheart folks weren’t going to be looking at me anyway! LOL!
Twitter: karatemom34
Katy I’m sure it’s not as bad as you think and we would never laugh at you or anyone else for that matter, but we understand about not liking ourselves in certain photos, so don’t feel pressured at all that you have to show them. It’s great that you got photos with him to look back on for yourself.
Yes Stephanie I am. I am sooo excited! I already know he doesnt remember meeting me since it was so fast! And aww dont worry Claudia, I promise you your time is going to come so soon! It is so worth the wait! If my friend wouldnt have drug me to the MSMC concert then I wouldnt have met him
Twitter: karatemom34
Claudia, That’s “WONDERFUL” I’m so happy for you! See you underestimated yourself.
=) its all good Cindy. Yeah you know I dont hate myself, just those pictures. If i could just redo them or something. And yes I do. I have this little book, and my friends got it on video. I’m sure Danny is still laughing at me
Twitter: karatemom34
Claudia Back to your comment from 4:36 p.m. Great Minds think alike!!! Lol
Twitter: kiady
Mary, LOL …i’m so far from Danny…how could i meet him?
Cindy, oh thanks, but believe me it went bad! lol Just for you to know in my class we are 25 students something like that and just 6 of us passed in that exam! It was really hard, and i didn’t went well for me, but never mind i passed
=) Thanks Ellen. And I would but my camera is back in Raleigh. I may use my mom’s camera, or something. My camera is so old! And lol I’m sure you look better then I do. And I dont know. I’ll think about it. Since yall wont make fun of me then.=) Now yall wont blackmail me or anything with these will you? I know my brother blackmailed me with this picture of me kissing Danny on the cheek, and he changed it around to make it look like we were kissing each other. Shoot that went on for months!! LOL! Sorry to rant on.
Aww Claudia. We all make sacrifices. You could fly over. But then you never know if you beg him enough he might come.
Twitter: karatemom34
Ok great chatting with everyone, gotta go for a bit , working on getting pictures downloaded and all that so I can share. Have a great afternoon/evening. Hi Ellen sorry I missed you.
Twitter: kiady
Cindy, well my mind it’s not that great…i have 4,92 ft and i’m proportional so my mind couldn’t be that great LOL
Twitter: karatemom34
Great chatting Claudia, thanks for sharing the Chocolate! Lol BBL
Twitter: kiady
Mary, i know… i hope he does an europe tour!!
then i could meet him and see him performing live! 
Oh Cindy you’re leaving
but that’s for a great reason, sharing Danny’s pictures 
yeah!! lol thank you so much!!! And thank you to your soon too…i guess that might be him uploading the your pics right? 
Twitter: karatemom34
Claudia, Our two minds together are great, how about that? lol
I really hope Danny gets a chance to come back to Florida. Bc that seems to be the only way I could see him lol!
Twitter: kiady
Cindy, bye talk with you tomorrow!
Twitter: kiady
Cindy, oh.. our minds together? that might cause a big impact LOL j/k
Twitter: karatemom34
Claudia, back in, yeah he’s my tech guy,Lol Actually, have some things to do, that I should have done already. What time is by you Claudia, maybe I’ll be back before you have to leave, or sleep or study etc.
Twitter: steph6449
Is anyone else thinking of going to Raleigh or Charlotte? I know Amy was definitely planning on Charlotte, and I saw one other person at least who was looking into it.
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Katy, that’s a good idea to borrow a camera if you’re not sure about yours. I’m not sure if Danny will be doing m&g’s at these upcoming country club venues, or just singing?
Can’t hurt to be prepared, either way, and we love pics even if just to see the crowd and what Danny is wearing. Lol. — We should be satisfied with the videos and all the pics from yesterday, but I’m sure in a few days we will be greedy for new ones.
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tweet from cousin-in-law Joe
Today, November 29, 2009, 1 minute ago | Joerookie22 (Joe Hamilton)
@dannygokey – Everyone commented on how professional and personable you were at our house, the parade and the school! Nice job dude!
Twitter: kiady
Cindy it’s 10pm here i’m about to leave in a bit too. I’ve been trying to study but once i’m in front of the computer with iheart on it’s kind of impossible lol we talk tomorrow
Mary, that’s right!!
that would be so awesome…aw!
Twitter: karatemom34
Ok leaving too. Everyone have a great night!!
Twitter: kiady
Mary, i’m leaving too. I’ll study a bit in my bed and then i’m going to sleep. I have a test at 8am tomorrow. I’ll be back here around 11am there i think
Good night everyone! Sweet Danny dreams!
I hate my butt stinking internet! It chose to kick me off when i was in the middle of a logn comment.Anyways yeah Steph I will try. I really hope i do get a camera. Now i know at Coyote Joes he may not do a M&G because hes going to be right on and right off the stage. And if I can get pictures, I’ll take as many as possible. And aww I hope Amy chooses to come on over to Raleigh I know Danny is going to look HOTT!!!!
Awww Claudia!! It was so nice talking to you! Good luck on your test!
Hey y’all! Hope everyone had a nice thanksgiving. Mine went better than usual but all in all, good
Just looked at the pics from the parade yesterday and the video of the performance. Looked like a lot of fun. Glad that people that got to go had a good time. I think I saw that it was either latrece or Cindy that got to hug Danny twice or something like that, but y’all got to hug him so you’re some lucky chicks to get to do that…lol
Rachel- wow…I like your new pic. You’re really working it, boo
Twitter: steph6449
danny singing in church? or seems at least that he stayed quite a while if he’s headed back to Nashville today sometime
MelissaHawks: just got some awesome praise on with @smarko81 @vividemarko @tawnyyoung @wrldchangr4him & @dannygokey. @tobiasplayer rocked the Word today!
11 minutes ago from web
Hello mary! Welcome to ‘Dannyland’
Hi everyone.
Leaving soon to take Latrece to Amtrak. Still have to post my recap and a few pics.
Just a couple of things:
Rach; that WISN news video is actually Toni and Valerie (VC) not Michelle.
Danny told us at the concert that he will definitely be on American Idol singing in the Spring!!!!!!!
We all figured that but, its nice to get the official confirmation.
Will BBL.
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Cindy, LOVE your new gravatar! Isn’t he so sweet and sccomodating-and your sister is s000 sweet to get that for you (I think she is turning into a Danny fan girl too
Twitter: kiady
Thank you Mary.
Good night!
Twitter: kiady
Latrece, i already know the rating of one of the 3 exams that i did, and i passed on the Microbiology Food one!!
Just for you to know! You said that you were praying for me and i appreciate it and so i’m telling you! 
Can’t wait to read your recap!!!
Talk with you tomorrow!
Thank you Danielle. I love your name. Its really pretty. So thats what we call it? Ok, I’ll have to grab on to that. Everyone here is so friendly and nice.
Latrece
Have a safe trip back! Love you!
Mary- thanks
Latrece- glad you had fun at the parade yesterday. Good to hear that Danny’s gonna be singing on ‘Idol’ next spring. That’s was always a given that he’d be back to perform
Have a safe trip back home, boo 
Oh and bye Cindy and goodnight Claudia! HUGS!
Katy & Latrece — Just to make clear, there is NEVER any obligation to post pictures (or anything else) if you are uncomfortable doing so.
Ahh thanks Ellen. I knew yall wouldnt bite my head off if i didnt post it. Yall just arent those type of people and I truly do appreciate that
Ellen B. I believe that video of MBD at this site and at http://www.dannygokey.com take you to the official version of YouTube – so you are good.
Latrece,
That is great that Danny confirmed he would be on American Idol in the spring. Did anyone ask him when he is going to make a music video for My Best Days?
lizzy, I was so hoping someone would ask him about a video of MBD too!
I think when most fans meet him they are just so totally gobsmacked and rendered speechless in his aura that any planned questions they may have been rehearsing to ask him just completely and immediately get forgotten! LOL!
Danielle, where is it confirmed that Danny is singing on Idol Gives Back? They must use It’s Only for that! How awesome if he gets to sing both that AND My Best Days?
I just posted Youtube links to ALL of DC’s Idol performances (plus a few extras) in Part 1 of my blog about him. I sure wish I could have done that for Danny, but stupid Youtube/AI wouldn’t allow his Idol performances to be posted publicly. I have no idea why.
I decided I won’t finish Part 2 of the DC blog tonight. I’m worn out, and I need some Danny time now!
DC fans, please let me know what you think. The format’s exactly the same as the one I did for Danny.
http://toonces1966.livejournal.com/1594.html
Im so excited. Where did yall find this at? I’ll have to mark it on my calendar to attend an Idol show that day.
Helio- Latrece posted earlier that Danny confirmed that he was going to perform on ‘idol’ this coming spring. I don’t know about ‘Idol gives back’ just during one of the shows next season.
Helio- she said that he told them during the concert yesterday in Grafton. Just to make that clear, but that’s what she posted
Shirl
I hope that our time to meet Danny comes real soon!
Stephanie- me too!!! That would be an epic day for me whenever I get the chance to meet Danny
Danielle
I know right! Sigh hearing about everyones encounters with him makes me more and more anxious for my turn! (If it ever comes lol)
Awww, stephanie, it will come. Just keep hoping, wishing, and praying,it’ll come right before you know it!!!
Twitter: pjgvet
Oh, too funny!
Latrece’s 5:11 post is actually mine! She still had her info posted in the boxes.
Twitter: pjgvet
Helio, that was actually me posting (under Latrece’s gravatar, lol-she was still at my house).
I didn’t say Danny would be on Idol Gives Back Katy, I just said that Danny informed us at the concert that he would be back on Idol singing in the spring.
So we hear it confirmed from the man himself. He didn’t say what show, however.
Danielle
Lol yah until then though I’m keeping my fingers crossed
Ahh okay. My fault. I always read and be like yay! And I really cant wait to see which episode
Hey Pam!!! That’s cool. I figured that’s what you meant. Didn’t want to give out the wrong info about him coming back on the show. Either way, that’s awesome
Glad you Latrece, Cindy, and whoever else was there had fun at the parade and concert yesterday 
Stephanie- me too, boo, me too
hiya danielle thank you huni
opps i get people mixed up latrece my bad
opps i mean pam not latrece lol
who is grandmawatson on twitter? she is funny
she is like that justin’s father.
i got a question if i put my twitter on private would danny be able to DM me still if he did?
i’m not sure how that works
Twitter: karatemom34
Pam yes, I think maybe I’ll be able to turn her into a Danny fan eventually. She did tell me she loved Danny’s song It’s Only, she said there were some notes that he hit that just blew her away. It was so sweet of her to get that picture, it took a lot of guts to go up to him, I know I couldn’t have done it. She’s awesome!
Twitter: karatemom34
Thankyou Danielle for saying that. Be back in a bit
Your welcome, Cindy
grandma watson sent me a DM and said i was pretty unlike her daughter in law lol
Cindy but that is so awesome that she would get that pic for you!
That Grandmawatson is like a female version of @shitmydadsays and she’s just as hilarious.
Twitter: jannworth
Hi new Cindy, Stephanie, Pam, Danielle, and all. I have a similar end of my “Grafton Danny day” as New Cindy.
As we were walking out of the VIP session we asked a school employee where the bathrooms were. He directed us to the main entrance. Low and behold, there’s Danny talking with the Sophias Heart ladies and closing up the last boxes. I would have just smiled and waved as we walked by–but not my daughter, Leah. She wanted me to have a picture with Danny–up close! So she walked right up to him and asked if he would take a picture with her mom– she said I was his biggest fan. (I know there’s really huge fans everywhere, but that’s what she said!) He came right over and Leah snapped the photo. He was so sweet to do that! Then Leah complimented him on his cool wool jacket, he said thanks and we were on our way!
I don’t know if it was safe for me to drive after that–I was so thrilled, but what a night!
Now I wish my eyes hadn’t gotten all squinty, I had thrown off my coat, etc. but these things happen–but Danny looked great and that’s what really counts!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=4698&id=100000387648758
It made my day! I love that bold girl. Jan
PS. Latrece, thanks for the compliment on meeting Leah and Melinda.
Twitter: steph6449
Jan, not sure your link works.
Do we need to be your FB friends to see the pic? I sent you a request, just in case (if I did it right, I barely know how to use FB, lol!)
Re: COUNTRY MUSIC
Those of you who are longtime contributors to iheart may remember how conflicted and disappointed I’ve been about Danny going country. Well, thanks in part to some of the links that various iheart members have posted here, I’ve started listening to country music. About a couple of weeks ago, I had an epiphany. I realized that I liked quite a few songs and artists.
I noticed a few things. Country music is first and foremost about the songs: songs that tell stories or tap into emotions, that have great hooks, and often a little humor mixed in. The couples or love interests in country music videos often have a wholesome boy/girl-next-door look to them. They are attractive, but they look like real people, not caricatures in a music video. And there is an incredibly broad range of country music — from the twangiest (for wont of a better term) to rockish.
Country music may be undergoing a period of Renaissance. That might not be the correct word, as it implies a revival, and I don’t know whether country music needed to revive. But I do think country music is undergoing a Renaissance vis-a-vis other musical genres. (Which may say more about where other musical genres are at today than about country music specifically. But it also may be a reason why more artists currently are being drawn to country music.)
My point is this: DANNY HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COMPETITION IN THE COUNTRY MUSIC GENRE. There are a LOT of attractive male country artists with beautiful voices. Do they sound like Danny? No. Danny has a unique voice, and it would be unique no matter what genre he went into. I also think that Danny may have a larger following than people assume, and that he may end up surprising people with his success.
But I don’t think that we can be complacent and make that assumption. We need to try to get friends and family who are NOT Danny fans to try to listen to his music (you know, that word-of-mouth thing?) and ask radio stations to play his songs.
And we need to be careful what we say about country music and who we are saying it to. If we’re talking to a friend who doesn’t like (or thinks they don’t like!) country music, we may want to try to reassure them that Danny is doing “new” country (or whatever it is called) and doesn’t have a twang.
But when we are following/tweeting those in the country music industry, commenting on blogs, or contacting radio stations, we may need to do more than just say that we like Danny and his music. To encourage Danny’s acceptance in the country music industry, we may need to get out the message that Danny has something more to offer country music than just his voice: an existing fanbase the majority of whom previously may not have been country music fans. Because Danny is going in the country music direction, his (non-country) fans are likely to be exposed to country music by other artists. In other words, DANNY CAN HELP BROADEN THE APPEAL OF COUNTRY MUSIC AND STRENGTHEN ITS FANBASE.
If you can’t say that with a straight face, then think of me! I will almost certainly be purchasing my first country music songs/CDs before Danny’s music is ever released!
So although we may complain privately about steel guitars or fiddles, or twang/non-twang, we need to be careful. That’s all Danny would need — some hater posting our comments on a country music blog, and get ardent country music fans riled up about the impostor trying to muscle in on the country music industry. Right now, THE CHOICE IS COUNTRY MUSIC OR NO DANNY! If Danny is successful enough, he may be in a position in the future to genre-bend or hop genres. But that won’t happen unless we can first help establish him as a legitimate country music star.
Sign me: — A COUNTRY MUSIC CONVERT
(P.S.) And no, I don’t like all country music, but I don’t like all rock music, either.
Twitter: steph6449
Ellen, lol — well said. I’d just add though that a lot of Danny fans have been and are country music fans, so we don’t need to portray his fanbase as disinclined toward country music.
Some like Lizzy were smart enough to see that combination early on, others like me were taken a little by surprise but more and more seeing the logic of it.
Whenever I post to the public sites and especially those catering to country music, I usually try to include some comments establishing that I am a long-time country music fan & music-buyer who happens to also be a Danny Gokey fan. (Notwithstanding that as purely a country fan, I would never be posting to public fansites or country media blogs/etc. Lol!)
Twitter: steph6449
Seems to be a day for small epiphanies. Very different context, but just read at mj’s where Pam had an exchange with a Danny hater who confessed and apologized in the thread mj has up today about Grafton.
Ellen, girlie, did you type all that?=) Im just wondering lol. And i wasnt shocked to what Danny signed as. As long as he got signed was all that mattered to me
Twitter: jannworth
I’m a novice in facebook, so I probably did it wrong. I just tagged myself on the Danny pictures and made them “public”. If it still doesn’t work I’ll have to try to get some expert advice. Or I’ll have to email the photos to someone or experiment with photobucket in the next few days.
(I’m uneasy about having a facebook page–I told myself I won’t snoop on my kids pages and I wouldn’t ask to be their friend!)
I’ve learned so much by being a Danny addict on the internet–but obviously not enough!
Twitter: steph6449
Jan, the error I got for your pic says:
“This content is currently unavailable
The page you requested cannot be displayed right now. It may be temporarily unavailable, the link you clicked on may have expired, or you may not have permission to view this page. ”
Maybe twitpic is another idea.
Ellen, that was an excellent post. I agree with you–I think country music is changing and becoming much more mainstream, and that’s why even rockers and other non-country artists are suddenly trying their hands at or going country. Some country barely sounds like country at all–Taylor Swift who cleaned up at the CMAs is much more pop than country.
I think going country was the smartest decision Danny and his label could have made. While it is competitive, they are more welcoming of newcomers than other genres of music.
It’s funny–way back in early April, long before there was any official talk about Danny going country, I wrote this post on IDF. I think I may have posted it here before but here it is again. (And I was never much of a country fan myself, mind you):
http://idolforums.com/index.php?showtopic=601073
Twitter: pjgvet
Ellen, right on, good post.
And I’d like to second Steph. It is very helpful for all of us to comment on the country sites Steph, Lizzy, FOGS bring over. I usually go from the angle that Danny is bringing me to Country music, but if you are a fan already like Steph says its good to state that.
Jan!
Wow, two of us now who have had up close and private encounters with Danny! And its just like Danny to be chatting up the SHF ladies. He truly has a passion for SHF. So glad those of you who haven’t had the opportunity to experience his kind presence and awesome hug had a chance this past weekend. Is there anyway to get a link so we can see the pic? Wasn’t he just gorgeous in person? Height wise he is about 5;8: or 5’9″ I think.
Rach, love your new gravatar, you look cute!
Twitter: steph6449
chloerose at idf found some more grafton pics, see her post around 5 pm at http://idolforums.com/index.php?showtopic=593581&st=3180
Twitter: pjgvet
Just a little “housecleaning” detail!!
Did anyone leave their makeup bag at my house? I found one on my stairs that someone left.
If you want to claim it and send me your address I can send it to you.
I got a DM from Grandmawatson:
i don’t know what that is, but i know that is a cuss word and grandma does not like that. i will pray for you, beautiful girl≥
Ellen- I’m still getting used to some country music, but not all of it’s bad. I find myself getting more and more into lately, not b/c of Danny going into it, which I knew that he would, but just how much it’s expanding and crossing over, which is a very good thing. I’m still not a huge fan of country, but it’s just a new thing to experience and just by giving it a chance it’s still good music to me
Danny looks so cold in those pics chloerose posted. I think in the last one his nose is running! He always looks so much in his element with little kids.
Jan
very cool!
Aww! How sweet of Danny! You are so lucky! and I am so happy you got that close encounter!
Twitter: Upsnodowns
Pam everyone was so complimentary of you and your husband for opening your home to them. You were very gracious to have done that.
I have for the first time in my life bought some country music. That is saying a lot because I was the kind of person who would walk out of a room if country music was playing! I bought Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now, Sugarland’s Keep You and Daughtry’s Tennessee Line. I consider those songs crossover and I will continue to look for more crossover country music to buy. I am looking forward to Josh Kelley’s country music a d suspect I will like it because like Danny he is very soulful and not twangy at all!
Twitter: steph6449
megan’s posting some of her new songs
Meganjoysings: OKAY song one is up guysssss…….Myspace.com/meganjoysings.
5 minutes ago from web
Danielle & Cheryl — I hear you! I used to turn off the radio or switch to a different station whenever country would play. But now that I’m actually listening . . . Well . . . I’m finding that I actually like some of it! I’m not a huge fan in the sense that country is ALL I’ll listen to. I like pop/rock, A/C, smooth jazz and some classic jazz, R&B/soul, blues, standards, and some metal, and that won’t change. But country music has now definitely been added to that list!
Twitter: jannworth
Hey Steph, I tried to “open” the pictures I tagged with my name to all. If it still doesn’t work, would you let me know and I’ll try something else, ok ?
I haven’t bought country in years, (just like Danny, I loved Wynonna Judd in the day) but to get ready, I bought a couple of Lady Antebellum singles online. Yesteday i downloaded Itunes. I’m ready when Danny is ready.
While the country market does seem to take time to “court”, it has been done by other Idol finalists. We know that country fans also watch American Idol. I’m happy that Danny is taking it slow and marching according to Mark Bright/RCA’s plans. And that voice, wow. It was amazing yesterday. And his performance style keeps improving!
Jan
Ellen- I love Lady A’s stuff. The two songs from them that I’ve heard so far are awesome! I’m getting into Sugarland now, too. I like the lead singer in that duo. She’s awesome. I’ll admit, the only country cd’s that I have are the dixie chicks. I’ve always like them. I wish that they would put out something new though. Anyway, country actually cool to listen. I don’t listen to all country, but cool either way.
Yeah, Meagan Joy’s song that she put on her myspace page is really good. She’s always had a good voice but just seemed to lose it during the show, singing wise, I mean. That song just seems to fit her and her personality. I like it.
steph- I see you found me on twitter. It’s about time!!! lol
thank you pam
i got a DM off grandmawatson too helio this what she told me
GrandmaWatson bless your heart. you’re so pretty not like that daughter in law of mine. mmm.
Cheryl! Josh Kelley is country? I just listened to some snippets of his songs on Amazon, and he sounded very bluesy to me, with elements of pop/rock and R&B/soul. To me his sound seems hard to classify.
Danielle, I will have to check out Megan Joy’s song. BTW, I have two country albums that were gifts, and that I never listen to. Maybe I need to take ‘em out and give ‘um a spin!
I probably need to get out of here soon. Good talking with you! And keep talking about the music that you all enjoy. It helps to expand my horizons!
(P.S.) Yes, Katy, I did type that whole thing. But I’m very slow, which is why I’m always behind the curve on iheart!
Twitter: steph6449
Jan, the link posted before still doesn’t seem to open for me.
Is anyone else having that problem? Wouldn’t want you to worry if it’s just me.
Danielle, yes, lol re twitter.
I kind of like Megan’s new song also. It suits her well. I always liked her on the show, though not all her performances. It was unfortunate they gussied her up in the Barbie outfit for the AI tour where she seemed very uncomfortable and a little resentful toward the end.
Twitter: steph6449
Josh is going country, not country until now.
I’m not that familiar with him (well, that’s an exaggeration — I know nothing about him, lol!).
But another example where country isn’t as closed as some may think. On the country blogs, people seem pretty welcoming of Josh moving into country from anything I’ve seen. If they hated outsiders the way the Danny-haters always assert, you’d expect someone to claim he was riding the coattails of his brother and Lady A just to try and make a buck.
some new danny pictures
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Helio, just read that April post that you linked to. Whoa! Feels like a mind meld! But you said it first!
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Steph, okay. Well, what I heard of the Josh Kelley songs were difficult to place, genre-wise.
Since folks are mentioning Megan, thought I should say this. I never did do a recap on the Wilkes-Barre AI concert (only the meet & greet). Perhaps not surprisingly, my friend’s husband, who was sitting with me at the time and thus was close to the stage, enjoyed Megan. He ranked her as 6th out of the 10 performers. (I ranked her 9th, and my friend and her mother, dead last.) But I need to say this. In my M&G recap, I mentioned that Rachel, the Danny fan, had been to the concert in Reading and said that Megan was painful to watch on stage. (Steph, you were at Reading — would you agree with that?) So I wasn’t sure what to expect. But in Wilkes-Barre, I thought Megan performed very well on the stage. She moved around a lot, seemed confident, and wasn’t awkward at all. WAY BETTER than any of her AI performances, Barbie hair and all!
Twitter: jannworth
I know this is out of sequence, but as far as Danny’s height. Here’s one thing I disagree with Latrece on (and most things she says, I second!) Danny is NOT tiny. Kris Allen is the pocket Idol, not Danny. Danny is definitely tall enough, and let’s not forget those arms he had covered up on Saturday (it is almost winter in WI, you know). I’m about 5′ 6″ and I’d say he was approx 3 inches taller than me.
Finally, it was so cool to see Danny’s family in the audience in Grafton. While Danny’s head must spin with all that has changed in his life, as a parent or sibling it must be very strange to start sharing your loved one with the world.
Jan
Thanks for the photos, Rach!
I have a HUGE favor. I am trying to find Danny’s homecoming video–the one that was aired on the Top 3 episode. But it seems it has been removed from Youtube and I can’t find it anywhere else, and you can only find segments of certain events, rather than the beautiful and touching package AI put together.
If anyone knows where I can find this, PLEASE post it here or let me know where I can find it. I am desperate–I want to add it as a link on my blog. Meanwhile I’ll still keep looking. WHY did Youtube do this?
I’d say Danny is about 5’9 from what I could see. His arms are large but the rest of him is quite slender. He’s got long legs and a somewhat short torso.
Danny seemed much bigger to me in person. Hes really nice. And he has big arms
Awww Ellen you aint slow. I couldnt have typed all those. Nor would i have typed all that lol. Danny was way taller than me when i met him. Like a big difference. But im only 5’3 lol
you’re welcome helio i will try to find it.
someone on twitter suggested that danny sing christmas shoes that song and movie is sad.
Those were some really nice pictures you posted Rachel. Did you take them? My favorite was the 4th one. Really sweet how Danny loves children.
Twitter: steph6449
Helio, not sure if any of the videos here would help you
http://www.fox6now.com/shows/fox/americanidol/dannygokey/
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Ellen, yes, I did go to Reading. I liked Megan’s first song, can’t remember the name of it but the one she was reprising from the AI season. Didn’t care for the second Amy Winehouse song, but that’s not a type of song I like anyway.
As a performer, I thought Megan was a little awkward and didn’t gain a lot of rapport with the crowd. Some of that may have been the fake Barbie persona, when she seems more like a quirky earth mother type in reality. Don’t know that the crowd really warmed up in general until a lot further into the first half of the show, however. Maybe somewhere during Scott’s set, and then off and on in Anoop’s, until it really picked up several levels for Matt.
I never wrote a recap either, sad. Of the top 10, in terms of who I like the most and could possibly see myself buying music from, Megan just seems interesting to me and has her own style that I like when she’s on.
I’d put Megan in my top few with Danny (huge lead), Adam (diminishing after experiencing the last week, however), Scott (sounded great live on tour, like some of his original songs also), Matt (not loving his recent videos, but still hope to see something good coming there), and outside chance for Michael. I find Anoop, Lil, and Kris to be pretty boring. Although I like Allison’s voice by itself and she was fun to watch on the tour stage, as a singer I find her boring also; hard to say why.
Everyone did pretty well at Reading on tour. The two tour sets I did not enjoy personally, at all, were Anoop and Kris, except a few moments on My Prerogative when Anoop loosened up a little, and Kris on Heartless. Not sure either of them smiled during their entire sets, and they had almost no eye contact with the audience. Large numbers of people left early during Kris’s set.
(Ok, that’s my two-month old recap, lol!)
I wish i could have seen the AI tour. I know they were amazing!
you’re welcome mary,no i didn’t someone tagged them on danny’s fb
A bit random here but I think Best Days would make a great exit song for season 9!! =)
http://myidol.americanidol.com/go/thread/view/86789/21879965/Season_9_exit_song?sdb=1&pg=last#379483585
here’s the video for christmas shoes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw4MF6NNgFE
Desdanny, I thought the same thing! A going-home song doesn’t have to be sad.
Twitter: steph6449
Today, November 29, 2009, 4 minutes ago | sophiasheart (Sophias Heart)
SHF Founder @dannygokey presented with check for SHF by Grafton, WI school children http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4_ZMaRN0KY
and, aww, that nice glambert RT’ed this one
Oh okay.=) I heard about Danny having a facebook. I dont do all that internet social stuff. I barely email so I dont know nothing about all that hip young stuff lol.
i have read your great recaps for a while，and so happy for you guys having a terrific danny day！！！
thank you so much for your links of pictures and video，you rock！！！
Twitter: steph6449
Rachel, forgot to mention before but like your new pic. Reminded me that was really sweet of you recently to donate your hair. It must have been really long to still be shoulder-length even after you had it cut
Twitter: steph6449
Danny performance video we haven’t seen before
Twitter: steph6449
Wonder why he was doing that song, could they have taken requests on the fly or did he plan to do an R&B song on his country tour?
And another new video from SLC with WHTM
WOW! Got home about an hour or two ago and have been busy catching up on all the messages! To comment now would be a little way out of sequence but I did enjoy reading everything and this just has to be the nost interesting fansite discussion forum EVAH!
Rach, I will have to check out Grandma Watson on twitter if she is as funny as @shitmydadsays.
Steph, I am trying to watch it but why is there no sound? I really want to hear him.
thank you steph
she is shirl she talks about her daughter in law lol
grandmawatson Making Sunday supper for my son and his big headed wife. Lord have mercy.
about 4 hours ago from web
grandmawatson Thought that heifer daughter-in-law of mine would never leave.
7 minutes ago from web
Hi…It has taken me forever to catch up on everyone’s comments today.
Glad to hear everyone had such a wonderful time in Grafton!!! Thank you Steph and others who said Danny confirmed a Season 9 appearance. I am hopeful I can get into that particular show but I’m having to wait to know dates that are available for the tickets I have.
I don’t think many of the people are still on that were asking about the Raleigh and Charlotte shows, but I am going to the Charlotte show…just for the record.
Hopeful too that he may make a Dallas/Fort Worth stop on his radio tour prior to then. I got spoiled by the AI Live shows, then now have not seen him since Newburg, so I am anxious.
Steph6449 – That is a great video you found of him on U-Tube! Thanks for posting that.
Someone probably already posted this up already, but this is from when Danny was at the K-Bull 93 radio station for a Bull Pen Live Performance(Via @GokeyGang):
http://bit.ly/57DKCr
Steph, actually the link you provided did help! Unfortunately I still can’t find the homecoming package featured on AI, but that page from Fox6 contains just about everything that happened that day, so I am using that as a link. However, I am still looking for the AI homecoming package because it was so well done and beautiful, so if anyone else can find it anywhere, PLEASE let me know.
Steph, here’s my ranking of the top 10 idols (like you, some have changed places):
Danny has been my favorite from Day One, with a HUGE gap between him and everyone else. Heck, I’m in love with the guy, his voice, and everything else about him, nuff said!
As for my second favorite, for a long time I didn’t have one. I didn’t even notice anyone but Danny. After Mad World though, Adam became my second favorite, but then toward the end of the season, Allison gave some amazing performances, and she took Adam’s place as my second favorite. Now she’s about my fourth or even fifth. Both her fans have turned me off to her, as well as both her singing and speaking voice, which has become slightly irritating to me. Kris was always about my fourth favorite, and that’s exactly where I thought he’d finish too. I always liked Matt, who probably came after Kris as my 5th favorite. I think he’s extremely talented but his nerves got the best of him. I liked Anoop and thought he had a lovely voice but I always found him a bit dull (sorry, FOGS). SOrry to say, I never cared for Megan much at all. I liked Michael’s personality but not his voice. Scott I thought I was going to like a lot, but he turned out to be just meh for me. I found Lil the most forgettable and most disappointing of the Top 10.
whoops, wrong link. Sorry
Here’s the right one:
http://bit.ly/5TDKCr
Twitter: steph6449
Mary, did you get the sound to hear the songs yet? It could be a setting on your computer or the sound volume on youtube, as there should be sound there if you see the video playing.
My computer has a button to turn on/off all sound. Every now and then I hit it by accident — more often, I hit it on purpose especially when commercials start playing, lol. (sorry, Amy)
steph! OMG that new song of Danny’s, “Back At One” is just gorgeous! Land sakes alive! I SO want to hear this with a full orchestra as in a studio version! Are you guys loving this song as much as I am???? steph, bless you, darlin’, for finding this gem, I need to go back and watch it again! THANK YOU!
Since others are giving their takes on the Live Idol shows…I changed my mind on a few of the Idols when seeing them live. Part of this was due to them intermingling with the fans before and after the shows and part on their performances. After Danny,(like Helio…large gap)I found I liked Anoop, then Matt, then Michael, with the others all falling into place after that. I lost a lot of respect for the ones that in the 4 shows I went to only showed their faces outside at 1 show or less…those being Lil, Megan, Adam and Allison.
Twitter: karatemom34
Steph thankyou for that video, Danny sounded great. love it!
Shirl…I completely agree…he does an awesome job in that video Steph found.
I must say that Mr. Gokey does “Back At One” quite smoothly. I love that song!!!
that city limits saloon is a nightclub where danny will be at on the 4th.
they do a bikini bullriding lol oh my lord
heres they’re website http://www.hellyeahraleigh.com/
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Shirl, that’s a Brian McKnight song Danny is singing.
I thought Danny hit one kinda off note when it goes up high, but it seemed like a very improvised performance in general. That’s why I wondered if the station’s “bull pen” format included taking requests.
It’s interesting also that Danny did this additional performance on top of the two songs he sang on-air last Friday for this same station along with the long interview in which he seemed a little subdued and probably sick.
I got a kick out of watching the guy in the corner sort of bopping along with Danny on both songs, and seeing Danny get the audience singing along for the Boys 2 Men song.
Danny did a good job with “Back At One”. Not only was that song an R&B hit for Brian McKnight, some years ago, it was also a hit for country singer Mark Wills.
Here’s Mark’s verison of the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HyrlT8OdjQ
While Danny sung the Brian McKnight version I’m sure the country DJ’s remember that the song was a country hit for Mark Wills.
Heliotrope,wow you sure make the rank evry clearly. i guess i dont know others so well since i usually watched the video of the show instead of live，so i can skip others‘ performance and watched danny’s（cause i cant vote，so i dont care it’s live or not）. that means everyone else is the same to me but i do like the female ones more.
i cant visit the most links you posted，too bad
FOGS- I remember that. That country version was pretty good as well from what I remember.
Well, I’m calling it night. Be back on tomorrow. Deuces <3 Have a good night, y'all
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dannygokey: Just landed in Nashville. Had an amazing wknd back home in Milwaukee. On the tour bus 2morrow at 6:45am & hittin the promo tour hard this wk
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No Steph I never did.=[ Oh well. Maybe next time. I dont know how to do all that good stuff. Im not tech savvy
steph, thanks for enlightening me (and maybe others too) that it was a Brian McKnight song Danny was singing. Coulda fooled me
I may be in the minority now but I hope Danny includes a few covers on his album. Even if he would have done an album of ALL covers, I would love it! SuBo did ALL covers on her debut album and it’s selling like crazy.
So many pretty country songs out there that have been done…would be interesting to hear the spin Danny would put on some of these old songs, such as what he did on AI each week with the different genres.
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awww
RT @TraGokeyMcgaw This is the song he sang at my wedding Danny Gokey Back at one
FOGS- I remember the country version of it. It was pretty good from what I remember.
Well, I’m calling it a night. Have a good one, y’all. Deuces <3
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Shirl, truth be told — I thought for sure at first it was Boyz II Men, but looked it up to be sure. And oops, not only was I wrong on that but I was spelling Boyz II Men wrong also
promo tour for another week，great！hope it will help！
LOL Steph, I wouldn’t even begin to know how to spell Boyz II men!
Danielle, I remember when the country version of the song came out a little after Brian’s version came out. I like both that version of the song and Brian’s version. Have a good night.
I think it’s cool that Danny gave a mini concert for about 60 station listeners, for K-Bull 93. He looks like he’s having fun and he looks good in the white T-shirt that he’s wearing.
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Grafton parade on the news just now. AWWWW, cute little boy made a sign (he was about 5 I think) that said “I want a hug from Danny Gokey”. They showed the truck stopping, Danny hopping off, hugging the kid and the kid gave him the poster.
Desdanny I will go second your request on exit song, great idea!
I see our fellow iheartie mighty 1 made a request of FYE as the exit song
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and oops, I called it a Boys II Men song above, and misspelled it too. oh well.
It did sound good though, except that one note which was a little scream-on-ish for me
I didn’t know there was a country version, but I can see that after listening to it. Thanks for the YT link, FOGS. Mark Wills doesn’t really sound that ~country-ish in those vocals. A little, but more the backing instrumentals make it country.
I am not a fan of Megan and I don’t think that she can sing very well. But her song “Feel Love” is not bad. It’s better than LLWD and FYE IMO.
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Mary, sorry you can’t get the sound. The good thing with youtube though is it will be there whenever you want to play it.
Maybe someone can help you with your computer to see if there is a setting that needs to be changed. On my laptop, the key that turns the sound on and off is the F7 key. There is also a picture of a speaker in the Windows menu bar, that you can right-click and adjust the volume.
mighty?
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Pam, lol – mighty always has interesting suggestions. Can just imagine that one, yipes.
Cute story about that little boy.
steph
I think that “Back At One” was a good song choice for Danny to sing at the radio station. Not only is it a good song for him vocally, but it’s a song that probably at least most of the radio station listeners and the djs remember was covered as a country song. Besides Danny’s solid vocals on the song, that might have been another reason why they were into his performance of that song.
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matt fan on twitter, lol (about the Back at One video)
someone help me… im actually flailing over @dannygokey abit here http://www.youtube.com/watc...
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Loved the fun that Danny was having with Back to One. He sounded great! He plays with the audience so well! So cool that he sang it at Tracey’s wedding. I’d imagine you’d have to be a family member to have Danny sing now LOL (unless you’re Ryan Seacrest….)
thanks for finding these gems, Danielle. I almost didn’t play it because I thought you all were talking about an old AI live performance of WHTM and I didn’t notice the earlier link.
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Megan’s got a second new song up on her myspace now. mj put up a post with the first one, it’s getting a lot of nice comments.
http://www.myspace.com/meganjoysings
i’m watching a dog named christmas it’s a sad movie =/
FOGS – I have to agree with you, I don’t think Meagan should have even made the Top 10. I think Alexis Grace was voted off too early.
I also don’t think any of the 6 remaining Top 10 will be signed to a major label. I think that train has long left the station.
Matt has always been the most puzzling for me. He got such great reviews on the tour, yet that never panned out to a record deal. But Matt doesn’t always show confidence in himself.
I know the haters go after Danny for being egotistical. But Danny has a strong sense of who he is. And if you can’t believe in yourself, how can you expect total strangers to support you in your music career?
It’s alright. Didn’t mean to put a burden on yall about it. I’ll probably work on it tomorrow.
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If we assume they prepared Back to One as another song Danny could do in his radio tour, that is interesting, vs. it being more an ad hoc choice on request or for fun.
If they did choose it intentionally, I wonder if it could be a cover for his album? Danny has always made it clear how much he loves Brian McKnight, and if Back to One had one country cover, maybe that’s a way to sneak it in.
Will be interesting to see tomorrow, but the same person who uploaded the two videos of Danny also uploaded two videos of Darius Rucker.
Power of the AI fanbase — Danny’s two songs have had more than 200 views according to YT, while Darius has a total of 6 views for his two songs.
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I think that Matt is a pretty talented guy, a great musician, but that nerves have gotten the best of him. I hope and Anoop do get signed, even though it’s going to be a lot harder for them to get signed by major record labels than it was for the rest of the top 4. I didn’t want Megan in the top 10,or top 13.
I thought that there were a lot more people who had better voices than her, who should have made it over her. I don’t care for her voice, but I do think that her song “Feel Good” is not bad, and I read that she wrote that.
I think that it’s a better song than LLWD and FYE are. I didn’t care for another song of hers that I heard but maybe she will turn out to be an okay songwriter.
I don’t think that Danny is egotistical like a lot of the haters do, and I am glad that he believes in himself. I think that he is humbled enough, but that he believes in himself, which is good.
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I liked Back to One! Steph, I can’t decide if Danny hit a bad note on that high note, or if it was the music or audience with him- it sounds funny- distortion maybe?? I thought the same thing u did, but now not sure.
Mighty is also fixated on Michael Jackson, lol.
DJG, agree with you on the Megan thing- and I loved Alexis Grace; don’t know what happened there.
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another video of the parade
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Back at One is gorgeous! Danny seems to be having such a good time. Even when he missed that high note he just sort of laughed it off and made it part of his performance. He looks uber hott too!
Thanks for posting that, Steph! You are such a sleuth!
Danny must have finally read my blog–guess I was worried about nothing!
Danny’s DM: That was cool to read!! Thanks for believing in me
Isn’t it funny how the smallest thing this man does can make or break your day? We’re so obsessed aren’t we?
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I love listening to the squees from the country station peeps in those two new “bull pen” videos, and watching the guy in the corner getting into it. Lol.
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That is Awesome Helio. I’m so happy for you.
Gosh, I would sure love to be a fly on the wall at one of those radio station visits, and listen to the conversations and jokes that must go on! I bet Danny keeps everyone in stitches.
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Gotta chime in with agreement on the radio station thing; that guy was soo cute bopping away to Danny singing on that video!
He seemed so excited!
Going to finish my recap so will say good night to all!
OMG Back at One made me MELT!!! <3
helio, sent you an email!
I’m still stuck on watching Back To One! I also noticed that bad note like some of you did as well, but it seemed like the song was just so spontaneous and not planned or rehearsed or anything, so it was kinda unexpected. But I love the way he looked while sitting there….he looked so relaxed and like he was just in his element having a great time connecting with the audience.
And of course it goes without saying that my favorite look for him is a white teeshirt!
Typo: Back AT One, not TO one!
Gonna say goodnight to all….been a long day!
Sweet Danny dreams, ladies!
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more videos
intro to MBD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_v21GnRGJ0
intro to It’s Only talking about Danny’s charitable interests, and performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTib7Ap_vSQ
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more with MBD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHXS4P8l600 by same person who had the first two videos I just posted
lots of videos ，what a Substantial danny day，love it！