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Hello Ihearties and wishing you all a lovely Sunday!
What a great story and fantastic pictures of Danny on that JSOnline story.
I don’t even know how many times I have watched the promotion video for Danny’s CD, which is now also posted here at the front page.. Danny is unbelievably gorgeous in that video and if this isn’t going to win him even more female fans I don’t know what will.. This man has definitely found his style and is looking and sounding so good!
If Danny is ever lurking here I would like to thank him for being such a positive force in so many people’s lives. This site and Danny news always lifts my spirit no matter what has happened. I have more than my share of pressing and negative issues to deal with, because of the field which I work in.
I’m really looking forward to next week and the CD release and other great news which are waiting for us.
Have a lovely Sunday!
Good morning, Hannele.
This article from Milwauikee Sentinel is already posted, but everyone needs to read it so in case they don’t see it on the main page, here it is again. I learned some things I didn’t know about Danny: He’s a health food nut who eats and shops organic, how he grieved in private, that he and Sophia wanted to have six children, two adopted. Great article, except the writer said Danny had a background in pop and rock music. Hmmm.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/85747112.html
steph6449, thanks for the Rafa update (linked below): “eeps” is right! I wonder if Danny plans to do any such “growing up.”
http://iheartdannygokey.com/index.php/2010/02/26/good-morning-gokey-fans-226-discussion/#comment-96467
awwwww that is a sweet beautiful picture of Danny and kent Blazy hugging!! this is the guy who wrote “My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me”
Goodmorning ihearts! Hannele I am so excited that Danny will return to his hometown to celebrate the release of his Album: can you believe that is a special day for me on March 6th- 7th?? I won’t say what day it is but you can figure it out!! lol Hannele have a beautiful weekend; I totally understand life’s stressors, they seem to come at unopportune times!! lol have a Great Day!!
Hi everyone.
Danny is currently ranked #38 on the 7 Day Rolling Chart from mediabase. He is up 113 spins for the week in spite of losing countdown spins from last week. It looks like he will still be Top 40 when the published chart comes out this week, he might even move up at least one spot.
Twitter: Upsnodowns
Good morning everyone! Great article and pics from JSOnline. I read the review too and the person seems to like Danny’s voice, but wishes the songs were better. If the writer was following Danny like we do, he would realize how meaningful the song choices are for Danny and he might have looked at it a little differently. I wrote a comment and encourage everyone to take a moment to write positive comments on the JSOnline review and the others that will be popping up in various places. Here’s what I wrote in response to the JSOnline review:
Danny Gokey is an artist whose voice is raw, untrained and undisciplined, and
it’s what makes him stand out as an artist. His voice has a natural soulfulness
that lends it’s itself well to any genre of music. That he chose country was a bit
of a surprise to me, as his leanings on his stint on American Idol tended
toward R&B. But, based on this first album, it appears he made the right
choice. The songs in this album, while each destinctively country, include a
flavor of gospel, pop, and soul. As Danny promised for his first album, it takes
the listener on a journey and allows us to learn a few things about him. The
gut wrenching and haunting “I Will Not Say Goodbye” let’s us know (and feel) the pain of his loss. The creatively simple message of “Tiny Life” shows us he has learned, perhaps in the hardest way, what is important in his (and our) life.
The inspirational “It’s Only” tells what is in his heart and that he is driven by a
cause much larger than himself. With the rock tinged songs “Get Away” and
“Like That’s A Bad Thing” we see a side of him that’s more carefree &
wreckless. “Crazy Not To” and the title track “My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me”
are infused with the possibilities that lie ahead for him and the joyfulness in
which he will pursue them. In this, his first album, Danny takes the listener on
his journey of love, pain, joy, inspiration and hopefulness; and oh, what
wonderful ride it is.
Good morning. Long time no see. Had my knee surgery on 2/2 and there were some complications that have kept me really doped up for a month. Stopped posting on boards and tweeting cause I could not write. Much better now and I am so excited about the CD release. Got my confirmations about shipment yesterday and I can’t wait.
My physical therapy goal is to make it to the House of Blues concert in Myrtle Beach. Hubby told me he would drive if I can walk with a cane by then. Talk about insentive.
I am really happy that Danny will be on AI this week it should really bump him up on the charts. Got a call from my sister in DC the other day grom her car, Danny singing in the ackground(WMZQ) and she said whatever y’all are doing keep doing it cause she loves to hear him on the radio.
Time for more pain meds so my brain will be in a fog but when it clears I will try to come here.
Miss you all terribly.
Twitter: Upsnodowns
That video of Danny making his video is amazing. Danny looks so gorgeous. I adore him with his glasses on, but it is such a wonderful surprise when we get the rare opportunity to see him without his glasses on and GAH! He has the most beautiful eyes! Oh, and he looked hot in those jeans as he was walking out if the garden!!
Twitter: pjgvet
Good morning.
Connie, sorry to hear about your knee surgery, although it sounds like you are on the road to recovery! I can tell you have a strong motivation to get better, lol! Danny sure does motivate us. Hope you are feeling better soon.
Cheryl, I read your review at JS Online and will add mine; for some reason they say I am unregistered so I have to re-register.
The person who made a comment after you said something nasty to you! I’m going to set them straight!
Twitter: pjgvet
Just picked up my Sunday paper and there is an article on the front main section about Danny! And it continues on another page with a FULL page on him with lots of gorgeous pictures!!!
At least Milwaukee will know Danny has a CD out!
Had to re-register at JSonline to leave my comment about Danny’s CD.
Couldn’t help it fellow TWOP writers; finally snapped back at Silver after they kept on about how Danny won’t sell much. Sour grapes much? Didn’t they know they were setting themselves up (they are a Kris fan) by saying he won’t sell many albums?
Twitter: tonicny
Good Morning! Hannele, you stated the way I and so many others feel, Danny will catch the hearts of the world as he gets more and more exposure he has an unbelievable talent to connect with the audience when he is performing and also when he does his meet and greet. He is such a beautiful talented man!
Latrece, so happy to hear the news.
Connie, we have missed you! you have so much to look forward to with what is to come for Danny so let that be your will to get better day by day. Best Wishes!
Danny if you are lurking please don’t think that I am obsessed in a bad way I am just having lots of fun following your career and you have those extra special qualities that make you who you are a genuine great person to like. Keep singing and I will keep listening and attending concerts. You are #1.
Pam, sent you an email.
lol pjgvet
I don’t understand why Kris fans are the first ones to bring up possible low album sales when it comes to Danny. I have seen at least one other Kris fan on mjs, acting “concerned” about Danny possibly having low album sales. Even though I really don’t think that they are concerned about Danny at all, I think they just don’t want to see him do well.
Twitter: steph6449
So glad to see Connie back and doing well.
Sorry mr bing, I didn’t see your post yesterday either. I think Ellen (?) was right that you must have been in moderation.
R-squared. eeps is definitely right
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Love that long article & all the pics & captions from the JS paper. Must be even better to see it on your doorstep this morning.
The pics of Danny primping before his GAC interviews are fun. The captions to one of them identify the guitarist who was with Danny late last week. I’m not sure if that was a permanent thing (in addition to Def, I hope, if so), or just a sub if Def had to be home. But they list his name as Greg Hagan. Greg has the following on his myspace page —
Seventeen years experience as professional guitarist/vocalist. Nashville has been home base for 13 years. I have done a little of everything as a musician; I’ve been in bands, played more than a few sessions, toured extensively, done some songwriting and producing, and generally stuck through the hard times long enough to have made a career of it. Have played rock, r&b, jazz, and country. I spent my first few years playing a variety of styles in Contemporary Christian Music with CeCe Winans, the Katinas, Nicole C. Mullen, Clay Crosse, Avalon, 4Him, and many more. I’ve played on a handful of hits in that genre and had several songs of mine cut, but in the last few years have found my fit in country music. I started out in country with the fabulous Shelly Fairchild and last year got to play for Darius Rucker on the CMA awards. I’ve been with Little Big Town for over 4 years and in that time we’ve toured with Keith Urban, John Mellencamp, Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, George Strait, and Sugarland and perfomed on Leno/Tonight Show, Conan O’Brien, Letterman, CMA Awards and ACM awards, with Lindsey Buckingham for CMT Crossroads, and even jammed a bit with John Mellencamp.
Twitter: Upsnodowns
Pam I read your comment on JSOnline. Thanks. I also wrote a rebuttal to tat other commentor! Is the newspaper article and pics the same as what was on the JSOnline site? I would love to have a copy of that newspaper. Do you think there is a way to order just one copy of it from the publisher?
Twitter: Upsnodowns
Steph Greg Hagan seems to be very accomplished! I wonder if he will be performing with Danny during the Sugarland tour? It seems as if for the larger gigs Danny has a full band and it is at the smaller venues that he uses more of an unplugged acoustic background. I hope Def, Brandon, and Ivan will continue to gig with him even when a full band is required. Those guys rock!
Twitter: pjgvet
Hey Cheryl,
I’m not sure yet if it is the same as online or different- haven’t read either, since I need to get to church.
I can see if I can pick up extra copies and mail you the two involved pages (would be too crazy to mail the whole paper!)
Or you might be able to get that paper at certain stores- I know stores around here carry different papers from different states (Milwaukee is small potatoes, but close enough to Chicago that they might have one).
TTYL
Twitter: Upsnodowns
Thanks Pam. I have not had any luck finding the Milwaukee paper here in Chicago . Ron and I have always enjoyed reading that paper since we both lived there at one time. I’m going to try to call JS to see if I can order one, if not I would really appreciate it if you could send me a copy (unless of course they are all sold out because everybody wants them some Danny!
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FOGS, PJGVET. I have to say that Kris’ fans are more threatened than anything else that Danny will do well. Silver25 is obviously a Kris and Allison fanatic. But I question his credibility – his posts are often huge contradictions.
And I thought it was Silver25 who also started the smear campaign awhile back about Danny not writing any songs for his album. But I find great irony: Kris did write a lot of songs for his album, but sales of his album are disproportionally way off compared to sales of his single, which he did not write. I read that this was a cheap way to produce Kris’ album, since it was unlikely they paid him a lot to write when compared to having to pay established writers, who would also expect a higher percentage of the royalties.
Twitter: steph6449
I AM G, I’m not a big fan of Kris (at all), but he does seem to be the type of person who would want to write his songs, and sees himself as a singer-songwriter to some degree. So I wouldn’t personally take his cowriting as anything more than that, not that Jive is cheap.
Pam, I left comment at TWOP and at AI forums. I did see you going back to silver, ha. I debated challenging his/her statements also, but decided to go a different way after I got my hand-slapped recently for posting about relative statistics for sales/airplay.
Saw your comment at the JS site. I agree, that comment the reviewer made about wanting Danny to have “odd” moments was really wth? But must say, there are a couple of moments when I heard the full studio versions that are quite striking. There is one in either Life on Ya or Like that’s a Bad Thing (?) where I literally almost jumped as Danny hit an all-out note I wasn’t expecting. It scared me
I have one more play I haven’t used for the Rhapsody site, have been hoarding it to play today but not decided which song… Hmm, Tiny Life? Crazy Not to? Get Away? Soooo many difficult options.
Cheryl, your reply to that review is so beautiful and eloquent. You are a great writer. That sucks that someone had to put you down for it.
FOGS–
ITA that Kris fans (NOT Adam fans, who have been pretty supportive of Danny) and to a lesser extent, Allison fans, have been the hardest on Danny. They act like they are “worried” about his album sales but it’s a sneaky way they are trying to diss him. I think they are worried alright–but they’re worried Danny may outsell Kris, whose album sales have been the lowest of any winner. So they pretend they’re worried for Danny’s sake, when in actuality they’re worried he may do well. They don’t want him to do well and are feeling really threatened by him. I don’t think Kris fans took it well that Danny got more audience response and was more popular on the tour than Kris was.
Pam–
I’m going over to TWOP to say something too. Silver is kind of ridiculous. He sure is obsessed with his “worry” about Danny’s sales.
I mentioned that article in the Milwaukee paper first thing this morning. Another thing that impressed me was how beautifully Danny has processed his grief. He’s rising like a phoenix out of it. It’s a very beautiful and moving thing.
good mornin
i read this article lastnight about simon losing his father it was pretty sad.
Tears of a Cowell: X Factor guru Simon breaks down as he tells of father’s death
As X Factor’s ‘Mr Nasty’, Simon Cowell is not known for his sensitive side. But the talent-show guru had to hold back his tears when he re-lived the moment he discovered his father had died.
With tragic irony, Cowell learned the news after he called his mother to share his ‘euphoria’ that his group Westlife had their first No1.
The 50-year-old welled up as he recalled the memory on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, two weeks after Gordon Brown also became dewy-eyed on the ITV1 talk show when speaking of the death of his baby daughter Jennifer.
In the interview, to be aired next Saturday, Cowell chokes back the emotion when his mother Julie describes the fraught transatlantic phone call in which she broke the news of her husband Eric’s death in 1999.
Visibly shaken, Cowell starts to speak, then pauses to catch his breath before stumbling through his account of what he calls ‘a horrible, horrible, horrible time’.
And the multi-millionaire describes his wealth and hit records as ‘meaningless’ when confronted with the death of his father.
On the show, Cowell is shown a video in which Julie describes how her son called her from Boston when he learned that Westlife, who he managed, were to top the British charts with their debut single Swear It Again.
She says: ‘He rang me and I’ve never known him so excited, he was just dying for these lads to come over there and [saying] they were going to get a No1.’
She says they were a ‘very close family’ and that when she broke the news to her son, he ‘just went to pieces . . . he was very shocked, it was unexpected. And he really did that time, I never realised how emotional he was until this happened.’
Cowell manages to maintain his composure when first describing his memories of the day to Morgan.
He recalls his ‘total euphoria’ over Westlife’s success, adding: ‘I believed in the band and I wanted to share the news with my mum and dad, and then [came] the news of what had happened and I had to get back to England.
‘I rang both of them to tell them the news and my mum was acting in kind of a strange way and then she called me back and told me.’
But when Morgan asks about his immediate reaction, Cowell comes close to tears.
‘Oh Piers it was erm, it wasn’t, wasn’t good,’ he says. ‘But you’ve just got to deal with it, you know, and I went back and realised that your first responsibility is that you’ve got to look after your mum. It was a horrible, horrible, horrible time, like I said. You believe everyone is going to live for ever and they don’t.
‘And all the stuff you think you care about, the hit records and stuff like that, it’s just meaningless.’
Eric Cowell, a music industry executive, had helped his son get his first job in the record industry, in the mail room of EMI music publishing.
He watched as Cowell became a powerful A&R man, responsible for spotting and nurturing acts, and then set up his own record label to launch the careers of artists such as Sinitta.
And Eric helped pick up the pieces when Cowell’s company hit financial difficulties, forcing him to move back in with his parents.
Cowell went back to work with artists for the record company BMG, where he had further success and used it as a launch pad into the world of TV talent shows. He is now worth an estimated £50million thanks to his hit singles and roles in Britain’s Got Talent, American Idol and X Factor.
Asked about his sadness that his father did not live to see how successful Cowell has become, he says: ‘Yes, he would have got a kick out of this, you know, and I often think about that.
‘I would have liked to have seen his reaction because I think he would have found it good fun, he had a great sense of humour like that.’
Morgan tells him: ‘Your mum said there she’s never seen you that emotional, almost like she didn’t imagine you could be like that.’
Cowell replies: ‘Because I can’t admit things, that’s why I can’t go to funerals and stuff like that. I find it very, very difficult to deal with that kind of reality. I shut myself off totally because it affects me so badly.
‘And then, because I had to deal with that, it was the hardest thing I ever had, because I’ve never lost anyone in my life, you know, it was the first thing like that that ever happened and I just couldn’t accept it.’
Piers Morgan’s Life Stories with Simon Cowell airs on Saturday March 6 at 9pm.
via http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1254298/Tears-Cowell-X-Factor-guru-Simon-breaks-tells-fathers-death.html#ixzz0glubXRqx
Twitter: steph6449
CMT Insider show (on the main CMT channel, not CMT Pure) did just include Danny’s video as part of a segment of videos that will begin airing on CMT tomorrow.
They also mentioned his album coming out but didn’t give it as long coverage as they did for Sarah Buxon or Easton C’s albums. Maybe next week, as Danny has visited CMT at least once or twice for interviews I don’t believe we’ve seen surface yet.
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interesting article about Gretchen Wilson whose single has been charting near Danny’s on the radio charts.
http://www.nashvillescene.com/2010-02-25/news/redneck-woman-gretchen-wilson-s-search-for-radio-redemption&page=1
Rachel, that’s so sad about Simon losing his dad. Who knew Simon was capable of tears? Thanks for posting.
Pam, here is what I wrote at TWOP.
Danny’s album has been getting very positive preliminary reviews, including Billboard, which is highly respected in the industry–and not easy to please. I think for an AI produced album it’s a lot more versatile and shows more of Danny as an artist than the usual AI product. It also seems to be less heavily produced, showcasing Danny’s voice. Despite not having much national promotion (yet), Danny’s numbers are rising steadily. I think country fans tend to buy albums rather than singles, and will be buying his album when it’s released. There seems to be quite a bit of anticipation, even in the country music blogs. Once Danny appears on AI this week to promote it, and starts to get more national promotion (which is in the works), I think there the momentum will increase and it will become clear just how popular and successful Danny will become. I’m confident that Danny’s sales will be impressive, and I think there’s a good chance he could wind up selling more than any other season 8 idol, even Adam. If so, TPTB saw his potential right from the beginning that Danny could be commercially viable once he settled on a musical genre. He has embraced country music with open arms and made it his own. He’s a natural.
yeah i know helio and you’re welcome,he knows what danny went through.
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Steph, I have no idea why your player is not giving you new palys..I reopened the link and got 25 fresh new ones. How will I ever use them all..
Twitter: steph6449
Helio, that’s very nice
I think the Billboard writeup was on MBD as a single, though, vs. the album? I hope Danny will get some good reviews, or at least mixed ones as we’ve seen before where people praise his singing but don’t always like a particular song.
I think we need to be prepared that he may get some less favorable ones. It could be that person at the Milwaukee paper is a country traditionalist, if they are mentioning Hank Williams & Waylon Jennings in a review of Danny’s CD. huh. There are some country music people who just hate Rascal Flatts. They probably won’t like Danny either, not due to anything Danny is doing wrong but they just don’t like that kind of music or consider it as really country.
Hi guys,
Steph, I really “envy” you guys for being able to hear the whole album. I am stuck with the snippets and I am dying to hear the end of Get Away. I am dying to know if the ending on that one is similar to the one he performed at Nola’s in Rochester – the one that Toni provided for us to enjoy.
ITA Helio, Kris fans are afraid of Danny outselling Kris. Why they just cannot be happy for their captain cupcake’s title and quite decent sales? Are they worried he will be dropped? Why are they worried about that when they incessantly brag about his arrangement skills? Surely if he can rearrange, he can write as well!?
I honestly have to say this one more time – I cannot figure out the hype about his latest AI performance. For me it was just plain flat, no vibrato, no emotion. Boring. Can’t figure out where do people feel Kris emotion? But, whatever…
Twitter: steph6449
this is odd in the comments on that JS CD review. someone wrote this, claiming Danny was “very against” Danny and they heard that directly from Danny himself. seems pretty odd to me as Danny was talking about country before the tour even started in interviews, and chose the two RF songs for his tour set as well as the 4 country acts he covered on the show.
” During the AI tour I spoke directly to Danny, and at that time he was very against the country genre; however, TPTB definitely saw this genre as a great opportunity for Danny to spread his message. I’m glad he changed his mind because I agree that he can be very successful as a country artist. I wish him the best. “
Twitter: steph6449
ergh. *very against the country genre.
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they have alot of danny concert tickets on ebay for sale but none around me sniffles lol.
Hi everyone! I enjoyed the article that Helio posted earlier. It was a really nice read.
I’m excited about going out on Tuesday after to buy Danny’s cd! I hope it will actually be in the stores. I remember in the past with certain idols the cd wouldn’t be there on the first day it was supposed to, but rather a day or two late. But I’m counting on being able to buy it on Tuesday. I’ll probably go to Target, but if they don’t have it I’ll try Wal Mart.
Steph, maybe Danny was against going in a traditional country route, as that would certainly not suit him. But yeah, I agree with you, that by the time the AI tour was going on, he was definately considering going in a modern country type direction.
Josie, I saw your comment to me yesterday. I miss you guys, too. I’m glad to be able to post when I can. On top of being really busy lately, my computer is ultra slow all of a sudden. It takes me forever to type something or even look at websites. I’m not sure what the problem is.
I have never been a huge fan of Kris’. I always sense a darker side to him, beyond this humble, good guy image that he wants to portray himself as. I think he is someone who has a passive aggressive personality. And that behavior is also reflected with his fans. He’s probably the type of the guy who has been told all his life how cute and how talented he is and is used to getting things his own way. And I do think he harbors some resentment against Danny. Kris probably expected to be the boy wonder when he got on AI. But then he was not favored by the powers to be. He even has said that the favorites were alwasy Danny and Adam.
I always felt “Kradam” was more pushed by Kris’ fans than Adam’s fans. I don’t they necessarily love Adam, but they know Kris needs to ride on his coat tails and are too afraid to alienate him.
http://cgi.ebay.com/1-6-Tickets-Danny-Gokey-Nashville-Wildhorse-Saloon_W0QQitemZ110500471410QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Tickets_all_in_one?hash=item19ba576272
US $179.00 who wants to go to that with me? lol
Twitter: steph6449
Rachel, some of those ticket sites are crazy. I wonder if anyone buys them. I saw last week that someone was asking $100 for lawn tickets to Merriweather Post in Columbia MD when the venue is still selling tickets for the pavilion seating for $100, and the lawn tickets (just the lawn, sheesh) are only $22.
Amy, I don’t know but I have a hard time seeing Danny telling some random person on the AI tour that he’s against country music when he was already in discussions with Sony, had chosen his tour set, and done the four country covers on AI. I posted a comment there, saying perhaps that person was confused and thinking of Michael Sarver who certainly did say he wasn’t fond of country music as a rule.
I AM G–
I have to confess I always sensed that darkness about Kris too. Sure, he’s nice and humble, but there’s something slightly unsavory underneath all that bland pleasantness that I can’t quite put my finger on, and it’s reflected in the way his fans act. I never found Adam’s fans to be as antagonistic toward Danny, and I do think the Kradam thing was mostly a creation of Kris fans. Many Adam fans say they would have preferred a Danny/Adam finale and would have even been okay with Danny winning. Adam is OTT and outrageous, and (I think) likes to create controversy,but I think with him, what you see is what you get. Any darkness he has is already being expressed–he’s not hiding anything.
That said, I don’t dislike Kris. I always found him boring as a singer, but I am not bitter he won and I wish him well.
Twitter: Upsnodowns
Steph6449 I do believe Danny’s instincts when initially going on AI were toward R&B/Soul and not country. BUT I also know that Danny always believed he could sing any kind if music ( he said this more than once) and I believe AI became a place for him to explore different genres. I would guess that Danny was open to any genre and what he discovered is that country provided the best opportunity for him to express himself and tell the stories that are important to him. Danny has always said that his soulfulness is who he is and I think he found that he could still be soulful and sing country. So if that writer spoke to Danny, she may have got the impression that Danny was “against” country when in fact he was more uncertain about which direction to go and perhaps still not sure how his natural and instincive soulfulness was going to work in country. I did not speak directly to Danny, but I did exchange some emails with him and he expressed that he was going to stay true to who he is and he was going to surprise skeptics with what he was going to bring to country. AND, true to his word he did!
I agree, Steph. Sarver was always unambiguously against going in a country direction. Danny never gave that impression. From the end of idol onward he expressed interest in possibly doing a form of country music.
Twitter: pjgvet
Steph, I don’t believe Danny told that to a fan; I responded also, what a bunch of hooey.
That is a Kris fan; their main focus in their comment was how the critic had dissed Kris (saying Yawn) in their article. So I think that was a defense of Kris , as well as a little jab at Danny.
I also think that critic (although I don’t think that was a bad review; critics of major publications always find something negative to say so they aren’t too fangirly. I take it as mostly positive) is not a country fan. They said “Wow” for Adam- and that Danny should have done something “odd” to stand out on him record. Well, there is a rock person right there! Country people don’t want their singers to be “odd”. And Danny is innovative enough I think on his CD with his twangless, soulful delivery!
i know steph how can people afford to buy those tickets i can see if danny was the main act but he isn’t.
Twitter: steph6449
Cheryl, I saw you congratulating Danny for staying true to himself, and he does seem to have done so — no tractor songs, lol!
I can see that he may have had uncertainty, or not initially perceived himself as a country artist despite regularly choosing country songs to perform. I have to think though after he did WHTM and got such a good response, and comparisons to Rascal Flatts, that the idea crept into his mind even if people weren’t suggesting it to him. Wasn’t it someone here who said they heard from people in LA that Sony was approaching Danny before the AI finale? And the Randy Travis mentor spot must have been last March or so.
But just in general, even if Danny had reservations or disliked the idea, don’t know why he would have said so to someone not close to him while he clearly had the option of contract negotiations with one, or apparently more than one, major country label.
Twitter: pjgvet
I have to stick up for Kris fans once again a little bit.
I know it varies a lot forum to forum.
On AI forums, Kris fans were very decent and its the reason I believe most AI forum fans voted for him over Adam.
Adam fans were extremely immature and openly hateful toward DAnny, dissing his religion, church, calling him homophobe and pimping his wife, etc.
Mighty1 is an Adam fan.
Not trying to diss Adam fans (there are many here I know!) and I do see how Kris fans are worse at MJs and TWOP, but just trying to say that its not that same scenario everywhere.
Twitter: jannworth
Great to see that MSJ is sending the love to their hometown guy, Danny. Loved the online article. I want to get my hands on the actual newspaper—if I can find it in Madison.
So much good stuff, but good stress can be wearing, too. I hope Danny is able to catch up on some rest this weekend. jan
Twitter: steph6449
Rachel, I think Danny may be the lead act for that one, at the Wild Horse Saloon in Nashville. Maybe they are hoping people will pay that much for a close seat & the M&G with Danny. Good for Danny if they do.
That seems to be a pretty ritzy country club as those go, I noticed when I looked at the Opry site recently they have the Wild Horse as one of the featured attractions people should check out in Nashville.
Pam – I considered posted to the JS that maybe it was Kris that person meant, who was dissing on country music
Lol. but it seemed more likely if they were just honestly confused, that they could have mistaken Michael for Danny, and Michael did get annoyed enough with people assuming he was country that he could have said that. Where Danny probably would have kept any opinions to himself since he had real record label contacts and negotiations to protect.
opps i meant the concert he is doin with sugarland they have some tickets for that on ebay steph.
It is funny how fanbases act so different on one forum to another. I don’t spend much time at MJs or AI site. On IDF where I spend more time the Kris fans are more openly antagonistic toward Danny.
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Yes, Lily, I saw your reply! My husband is on duty today since JS Online seems to have screwed up my prior registration.
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Lily is actually sitting here watching me type, in between her naps
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Bosman..re: Get Away , the ending in very much like the ending from Nola’s but kicked up a notch. I’m sure that doesn’t make you feel much better but you will be able to hear it soon.
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Helio, there are definitely different “feels” of different forums. I find the AI forums garner younger fans, as well as some really long time fans (some of those people have in the tens of thousands of posts!). More intellectuals at TWOP for sure.
Steph, GREAT responses to Mighty1 . I knew you would be on it!
I am finally out of camp this am, lol. Didn’t receive a reason why I was banned, but I did quote a troll (who was banned also) and sometimes they will ban people who quote the trolls too.
i looked at they’re website steph
$50 tickets include main floor seats with meet and greet.
$36 tickets include main flor seats or 2nd floor rail seats.
$21 are general admission to all 3 floors limited seating with first come first served
http://www.wildhorsesaloon.com/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=2&extmode=view&extid=214
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Awww, Lily, give her a scratch behind the ears from me for being such a loyal Danny fan
Bosman, Get Away is a Kick a** song with some great Gokey yelling at the end of it!
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Not sure really what this site is, but person who runs a poll on various songs on the country charts.
Danny’s MBD is mentioned here http://cmlchart.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/cmlci-and-cml-top-10-for-2000-2009-updated/
and shows up in the last question of this week’s poll if you’d want to vote. You have to vote on each page of the survey for it to count, but it only takes a minute.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/K7N5QCQ
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Bosman, I’m sure that “Get Away” should be banned while I drive to work on some curvy country roads in my little Mazda. It such a fun driving song! I love how “loose” Danny gets as he brings down the end of that song. I think you’ll love how he lets go! Love it, love it. I really don’t need an accident or speeding ticket though….Jan
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Actually, remembering better. (hitting the Submit button always does that for me, eek)
I think this is the blogger who posted a very nice review of Danny’s MBD single and predicted it could reach top 10, and then was replying to some of us in the comment thread of his blog for several days saying nice things about Danny.
Pjgvet, I also remember the Adam fans being the most hateful, at least back in the day. I know that a lot of Kris fans didn’t like Danny after Renagade, but I think because Kris and Danny actually seemed on the surface to have more in common, they weren’t as ataganistic toward him last summer. But then, it must be said, that online it seemed just about every fan group dissed Danny to some extent. I even remember a decent amount of Matt fans being hateful toward Danny, despite the fact that they were obviously super close.
Pam, I remember that you and your son both enjoyed my daughter’s take on “Scream On.” I told you that there were several outtakes of the performance. She loved singing it I think because she gets to scream. She still sings it sometimes. (She also LOVES Pants on the Ground…lol)
At any rate, I put together awhile back this little compilation of the outtakes and thought you might enjoy it. (If I had realized I was going to play this for so many people, I might have combed her hair or at least put the little cover up pants on her so that her diaper was covered..lol)
http://www.youtube.com/user/aek052107
pjgvet
I have heard that some Kris fans were nicer to Danny on places like the regular AI boards than some of the Adam fans were. I have seen a few nice Kris fans, even a couple on mjs and TWOP. There are some nice ones out there, and there are some mean Adam fans out there. I saw some of the mean Adam fans when Danny got attacked on Twitter.
Overall based on what I have seen on the internet as a whole, on sites like IDF, mjs, TWOP, Twitter, I believe there have been more Adam fans that have been supportive of Danny than there are Kris fans. I think that Kris fans in general are a meaner fanbase than Adam fans are.
Adam fans have been more complimentary towards Danny than Kris fans are and I think that’s because they see Danny and Adam as two different but talented performers, and aren’t “threatened” by Danny like a lot of the Kris fans are.
Most of the major bloggers that have hated on Danny this season have been Kris fans, including Michael Slezak, Jim Cantiello, and MJ.
Whoever runs Top Idol is also a Kris fan and a Allison fan as well, and she has said cruel things about Danny and Adam as has dissed both the Danny and Adam fanbases.
I have seen mean Adam fans, but I think that overall there are more mean Kris fans than Adam fans. The Kradam/Kradison fanbases have been pretty mean to Danny too.
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Helio, ITA. Matt said something very telling about Adam. He said with Adam you know exactly where he’s coming from, he tells the truth – even if you rather not hear it.
Whereas with Kris he has this passive aggressive side of him. For example, his almost non-reaction the night Danny got eliminated when the judges were praising him. His obvious displeasure when Simon praised Danny over him with their Renegade duet. Or even the night Kris “jokingly” called Danny a jerk on Larry King Live when Danny said he had predicted Kris would win over Adam.
But I always suspected Kris’ response was actually a delayed reaction – to Adam. When Ryan Seacrest first asked Adam what happened to the voting, he immediately blurted that when Danny left the competition, Adam knew he wasn’t going to win. I always thought that was a huge compliment towards Danny‘s popularity. At that moment Adam never said anything about how deserving Kris is or talented etc. I just thought it was very telling, because it was obvious they were all dogged tired – and people’s defenses are usually down and that’s when they are the most real.
My problem with that “jerk” comment – Kris threw gasoline on a fire. Danny was going through a tough time with the haters – and this latest comment just exploded that everyone hates Danny. Kris did later try to recant it, but by then, Danny already received a lot of unnecessary hate.
That’s always been my problem with Kris – I never felt he is really this humble and nice guy that he tries to portray himself as.
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Amy, eating brunch in a minute; thanks so much, can’t wait to watch the out takes!
FOGS, I will defer to your greater internet experience than mine, lol
But isn’t MJ an Adam fan?
FOGS, good post. I like your analysis. I’ve noticed the same things–and the people who have been the meanest to Danny are usually fans of Kris and/or Allison–Kristen Baldwin and Michael Slezak,who love both Kris and Allison, come to mind. Also, over at Davidcookofficial.com, where most of the David fans there are also Kris fans, there is a lot of antagonism toward BOTH Adam and Danny, but mostly Adam (and I do suspect there is jealousy there toward Adam as they feel the focus on him has sabotaged David’s success). They are SLIGHTLY more tolerant of Danny–mostly they ignore him. I think there’s another reason why more Adam fans are Danny sympathizers. Adam, like Danny, was a contestant who got a lot of hate for being controversial–and both got a lot of “pimpage” during season8, so I think in that regard Adam fans can relate to Danny fans. Both Adam and Danny were also “shock eliminations” and we have that in common too. I do think Adam fans don’t see Danny as a threat since their styles are so very different, there’s no point of comparison. Whereas, Kris is more similar to Danny, at least in musical style, and is album is tanking. They are afraid of Danny doing better than their winner and hence, the hate.
That said, there are certainly Adam fans who have been mean and haterish (like Mighty!), and Kris fans who have been nothing but supportive of him. You can’t lump everyone into the same category, and I do know that the feel from one site to another can be very different.
Amy
I think that a lot more Adam fans hated on Danny during the season, but after Kris became more popular, and “Kradam” (and also Kradison) was formed, that a lot more Kris fans started hating Danny. And ended up hating on him more than Adam fans did.
I am a fan of Matt, but didn’t follow his fanbase that much, so I’m not sure how much hate Danny got from that fanbase. Even though I don’t think it was nearly as much as the hate he got from Kris, Kradam, Adam, Allison and Kradison fans.
I can vouch for the Anoop fans, and say that overall we are not a fanbase that hated on Danny. I have seen like one mean Anoop fan, who bashed Danny. And I have only seen her post on mjs a place where Danny has gotten a lot of hate.
But most of the rest of us are not like that. I remember that some Anoop fans wanted to send Danny an E-card offering their condoloscenes after his grandpa died. And I know that quite a few Anoop fans like Danny and Matt as well.
And I am not sure how fanbases like Megan, Scott, and Lil’s felt towards Danny, because those fanbases have such little online presence.
FOGS, you’re probably right. I think because I spent so much time at mj’s last summer, I tend to see most of the hatred coming from Adam fans. But that may be because Mj’s is dominated by Adam fans. Also I used to see a lot of meaness coming from the Adam fans on Twitter. However, I didn’t spend any time at all on the offical AI site, and didn’t go to idol forums until the very end of the summer and early fall, so I think people who spent time at other sites(TWOP, too) may have a different perspective. But I will say, that Danny was the whipping boy for just about every major fan group ONLINE. I think in the real world Danny was well liked and I think that most people, at least those that I run into, as well as the local djs considered Adam and Danny to be the cream of the crop.
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Amy Inlove your daughters take on “Scream On” I saw that on ITube without realizing that was an Iheartie’s daughter. Sooooo cute!
Steph I do agree that Danny would never have said hw was against country. Especially knowing that he was in negotiations with more than one label. I believe Danny always kept his options open and would not have closed the door on ANY genre. Maybe that person specifically asked Danny if he was going to do country and he simply said “no” because he was not allowed to talk about anything!
pjgvet
I think that MJ does like Adam, but I think that she might like Kris as well. She is definitely a Kris fan too. I think that she posts mostly about Adam because that will generate the most hits for her site.
Helio
I think that your bring up a lot of really good points. One of the things that I definitely do not like about a lot of the Kris fans who have hated on Danny, is how they act like Kris is morally superior to Danny.
Yet they don’t exhibit the good qualities they claim has. They say Kris is kind and tolerant and some have even said he’s a better Christian than Danny is.
Yet they have been very hateful towards Danny and not exhibited any of the qualities that they claim Kris has.
In my last post, I meant to say that I think that mj definitely likes Kris not that she “might” like him. She is definitely a fan of Kris. And she is more likely to get on someone who bashes Kris than she is to get on someone who bashes Danny or Adam.
Amy, I think a lot of the fanbases are jealous of Adam and Danny, and that’s why they both continue to get a lot of hate. MJ, being an Adam fan, attracts more Adam fans and some of them can be mean. However, from what I’ve seen and read, Kris fans seem to be a meaner fanbase on the whole, as FOGS said.
Matt and Anoop’s fanbases have little Internet presence so it’s hard to guage how they felt about Danny, but both seemed to be tolerant of Danny or even like him. I do think Danny inherited most of their fans when those two guys were eliminated. As for Allison, I think her fans always resented Danny for “stealing” what they thought should have been her third-place spot. Allison never had a chance.
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Does anyone know if Danny will be eligible for voting toward the CMT Top 20 countdown once his video debuts there this week? If so, yet another voting chore, lol.
Forgot say, that JS pic of Danny with a guitar singing WHTM was nice.
bosman, I love Get Away
And I did find Kris’s performance of Let it Be rather boring last week, even for Kris. He sometimes rises above it, but often not so much. I think his fans are just really invested with the idea that his singing has some exquisite subtlety they don’t really care whether he actually delivers an interesting performance, or is even on-key as with that last performance of the national anthem.
I’ve decided I will blame all of my future posting errors and typos on Lily since she is helping out
Dani P — lol, you mean my hoarding of the Rhapsody credit was to no purpose? I thought once I used the last one I’d have to pay or wait til the next month starts…
Does anyone else think that the hate for Danny became stronger AFTER he was eliminated? I remember thinking that people actually said more cruel things about Danny after he was eliminated off the show.
They were definitely mean to him while he was still on AI, but I felt like the hatred for him intensified after he was voted off AI. I remember following his post idol interviews and ripping him to shreds for stuff he said. And then he got attacked on Twitter after he was voted off the show. I felt like he actually recieved more hate after he was voted off the show.
FOGS, I think that’s true, that most memebers of any fan group are nice, decent people. I’ve only seen the fans that are at mjs and also at Twitter, when I used to be there more often,and I just remember fans of other idols sometimes seemed to join in on the “let’s bash Danny” thing.
But, yes, it’s true that that is really just one or two out of a large group of fans. I know that I am very much hypersensitive to the critisim that Danny gets. I don’t think I would be if we hadn’t gone through the irrational type of hate that we had to go through earlier. So I guess the fact that I remember the few haters from other fan groups is partly my problem because it’s really not that many. A fan group should not be judged by a few bad apples. I’ve also seen a few Danny fans say things here and there that make me cringe. Who knows, I may have said something that would make me cringe, too…lol.
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Interesting, Roughstock blog just posted a new single from Michael Sarver, and it’s not the kerosene song [! sorry Ellen
]. Wonder if haters will jump over there to tell tales about Michael doesn’t like country music.
http://www.roughstock.com/audio/michael-sarver-ferris-wheel/
Good for Michael though that some country industry peeps are giving him attention.
Hi All –
Welcome back Connie – sounds like you are much better
Wonderful article in today’s Milw. Journal/Sentinel. Danny’s picture and the beginning of the article appear on Page 1. Then the rest of the article and pictures take up an ENTIRE page toward end of 1st section. Among the pictures included are a large one right at the top, of him leaving the GAC studios. Also one with his stylist, Kim Perett, another with Nan Kelly host of GAC, with guitarist Greg Hagen and also another interesting one minus his glasses (He looks so much like his brother Charles without them). To me he looks great either way – with or w/o them) There also is a picture taken with Sophia – which has been posted quite a bit before.
I anyone wants the article sent to them, I’d be happy to pick up extra copies and mail them. Just ask Amy for my email address if I can help!
I didn’t now agree with the paper’s review thought, and will be posting my comments on it as well.
Yesterday (I believe it was) I saw another new poster. Will need to go back and see who it was – but wanted to say welcome to them.
Hope you all are having a good day
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I don’t know whose fans were the biggest haters, but it wouldn’t surprise me if more of it came from Kris’s fans because they were (and maybe still are) more nervous that Kris won’t be as successful as Adam or Danny. Adam’s fans just seem immature and snarky to me, whereas Kris’s fans are sometimes mean and jealous. Not sure if it makes much difference. I do think Kris’s fans made up the whole Kradam thing hoping that fans of Adam’s would become fans of Kris.
Oh, I always hated the way some Kris fans acted like Kris was morally superior to Danny, and unfortunately that did color my opinion of Kris to some extent. Their “worry” over Danny’s sales seems passive-aggressive to me. I don’t know if Kris himself is passive-aggressive but I don’t think he’s always as humble and blandly nice as he appears. I did sense some passive-aggression in that “jerk” comment (I think he was only half joking) and some of his facial expressions. Danny is always accused (usually by Kris fans) of looking smug after Simon said he sang better than Kris. Kris’s expression looked petulant to me, but that could well have been because he was angry at Simon–and I can’t say I blame him if he was. Kris’s expression during Danny’s singout of YASB puzzled me–I can’t tell whether he’s smirking or holding back tears. I like to think the latter. However, when they showed Adam’s reaction during the singout, there was no doubt he was close to crying. So who knows?
At least Adam fans don’t constantly keep reminding us how much more “morally superior” Adam is to Danny. That always made my blood boil more than anything.
Sorry about typos today
There are now 131 people on Danny’s official site, and he went back up on Itunes from like #59 to #44 on the overall albums chart. I think that more new people are learning about Danny and are visiting his site increasing his internet traffic and buying his music.
Amy
I definitely think that overall that most Idol fans aren’t mean and are probably decent people. I think that it’s just mostly people online who like to be cruel.
Especially since they can hide behind a computer and get away with saying what they want about people, no matter how cruel it is.
I am glad that doesn’t reflect most of the Idol fans, out there. And that Danny got a lot of love on tour.
FOGS, I do think the hate was even worse for Danny after he got voted off, although it was pretty darn bad before. I think that stupid video that Michael posted while they were practicing for the tour fueled the fire to some extent. Micahel had to be fairly clueless not to realize that that was going to cause problems. But no doubt even before that video, the haters were in full force right after the show ended when they came on Larry King.
It’s kinda funny because I felt in May that I didn’t even know if I wanted Danny to go forward. The hate online was so intense that I remember thinking, if he gets voted off, at least people will finally leave him alone. Little did I know…
FOGS–
I actually don’t agree that the Danny hate became more intense after the show. I think it peaked with Renegade and Dream On; but seemed to abate somewhat once he was safely off the show. During the tour I remember many former haters becoming fans of Danny, or at least more tolerant toward him. Of course there was the constant speculation that he wouldn’t get signed and was rejected by TPTB–which turned out to be so false it was ludicrous. But even some Danny fans speculated the same thing. For awhile I even had my doubts that he would be signed and feared that he would be forgotten.
I think the hate will intensify slightly once his album comes out, especially it it begins to outsell Kris or Adam’s, but after that will drop as people begin to accept what has happened as well as moving on to new season 9 favorites. Archie got a lot of hate from Cook fans during season 7, but now you’d never know there was any hate at all. Most people have moved on from the fanwars of previous seasons.
Oops, I meant to say, Cook got a lot of hate from Archie fans. The other way around, not so much.
Helio
I definitely can not stand when a lot of the haters, and Kris fans act like Kris is morally superior to Danny.
Also I do remember seeing a picture of Adam’s face during Danny’s sing off he did look touched by Danny’s performance.
I do believe that Danny and Adam really care about each other. I have always believed that, in spite of what a lot of the haters have speculated about Danny and Adam’s relationship.
I remember Danny and Adam hanging all over each other, back during the semifinals of last year.
And I remember Danny being like the first person to hug Adam after Adam got through his semifinal round. And I remember how they were dancing together at the end of that show. Plus they were sitting together talking during the Wildcard round during season 8. I do think they care about each other.
I think Danny and Adam got along well too, even if they didn’t always agree about some things. They also seemed to stick up for each other a lot. I loved the way Danny defended Adam after the AMA performance, and I do think I remember Adam saying something defending Danny from the haters who were calling him homophobic and telling them to lay off or something like that. I remember seeing a lot of photos of Danny and Adam hanging out together, hugging, putting their arms over each other’s shoulder, etc. and it always looked pretty genuine to me.
Amy and Helio
I definitely remember thinking that the hate for Danny intensified after he was eliminated. Especially at places like mjs and TWOP. People would be on the lookout for interviews so they could overanalyze and attack Danny for them.
They flocked to his comcast interview and asked him difficult questions. They kept saying stuff like he would never get signed by anyone, they even said that Word wouldn’t take him. And then Twittergate happened.
People attacked Danny a lot and very intensely until like the fall. It didn’t really die down by a lot until more Danny fans were posting at TWOP and mjs. And since his single came out in December it hasn’t been nearly as bad as it used to be.
The haters barely come out on TWOP anymore. Even though they still post on mjs sometimes. Like when they came out to attack Danny about his video over there.
I think that the biggest reason why a lot of the hate has died down, is because Danny is having a lot of success,and even a lot of the haters know they would look silly if they criticized him about it.
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FOGS I do think the gate got worse after Danny was voted off. I remember thinking maybe they would leave him alone, but instead they dumped on him even more. I figure it’s because they knew Simon and lots of people thought Danny should have been in the final 2, so that’s when the insecurities among the Kris fans kicked in about whether Kris deserved to be in the top two and Adam’s fans resented that Danny’s fans might vote (and did vote) for Kris, contributing to Adam’s not winning the title.
About what was said on Larry King. Danny was just telling the truth when he said his votes probably went to Kris, but it probably wasn’t in his best interst to say it because it angered both Kris’s fans ( because they felt like Danny was saying Kris wouldn’t have won without Danny’s fans) and Adam’s fans (who thought Danny was saying Adam lost because Danny’s fans voted for Kris). Poor Danny, all he was doing was telling the truth and it came back to bite him! BUT, in the end it doesn’t matter because each of them is going to have their share if success and it makes no snse to pit them against each other!
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I have never been a Carrie Underwood fan – it was my least favorite season because she won, but when I as listening to CMT Pure Country 12Pack and heard that song “Temporary Home” I cried like a baby! Who knew Carrie would make me cry?!! I also liked her when she hosted the CMA’s. She and Brad Paisley were very funny and her comedic timng was spot on! Now I have a whole new respect for her!
Helio, I HATED the way Kris fans tried to act like Danny was morally inferior and less tolerant than Kris. Also, I didn’t think Danny looked smug after Simon’s comment, I think Danny displayed a look of being slightly embarrassed and not knowing how to react to such a comment with Kris standing right next to him.
As for Kris that night, I wasn’t happy with the way he handled himself. Although I honestly think he was hurt and embarrassed and that was just his reaction. I don’t believe that he dislikes Danny, but I believe that his actions fueled more hatred for Danny. In other words, I think that while Danny got tons of criticism for his actions that night and Kris got absolutely none, I think that Kris was more deserving of criticism in how he handled himself on stage. With that said, I like Kris perfectly fine as a person, I just don’t think he is a good singer, and he’s just an average musician. As a person, he seems nice enough to me. I don’t think any of us know how we would handle that situation, but I would hope I would be more poised and gracious than Kris. I think that Kris was not a bit happy with having to duet with an obviously better singer. I think he knew that he would come up short, and when Simon called him on that in front of the world, I think he was mad, hurt, and embarrassed, and it showed.
Just read the JSOnline article. Someone should tell timmy (nicely) that Danny does play an instrument. timmy asked if Danny wrote music or played an instrument, and said that Danny sounded karaoke.
Amy,
I agree, I think they were both embarrassed by Simon’s comment after Renegade. Who could blame them? But Kris fans were reading all sorts of sinister things into Danny’s expression, which didn’t look at all smug to me.
I just noticed those Milwaukee Journel Sentinel pics. I like seeing the pics of Kent giving Danny a big hug and I like seeing the one with Danny playing “What Hurts The Most”. It looks like Danny has definitely been practicing a lot more on the guitar if he can now play that song on it. That’s cool.
Twitter: steph6449
Don’t know that I will become a big Michael Sarver fan but I like that newest single better than the other two he put out recently. He does have a voice that is in an unusually high range however for a male country singer, not sure how that will work for him. (Don’t see him doing any duets with Josh Turner, lol.)
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Ellen, I see Pam’s hubby went to battle on that one
Twitter: pjgvet
Ellen, I already addressed Timmy at JSonline, never fear!
Amy, love the out takes!
I think the hate intensified too after he was voted off; kinda like kick him when he’s down. The twitter gate thing and Larry King thing was awful. I am a little resentful Adam fans are defending Adam about dissing another artist (Susan Boyle) directly; whereas Danny received such out and out hate for something he didn’t even do (his cousin and her friends are the ones who posted Adams pic with the uncharitable comments).
Hate started to die down a little when it became apparent how popular he was on tour, IMO.
Twitter: Upsnodowns
Foes anybody know if Adam’s fans or Kris’s dans are geting an opportunity to meet them? I know Kris did a radio tour and wondered if his fans ever blog about meeting him? I always felt that Adam’s dans were a bit resentful because Danny was always greeting his fans and Adam’s were not. I know Kris came out, but not nearly as much as Danny. I wonder if they still hold that against him? Although U Aldo believe Danny gained a lot of new fans andcturned around some haters because he was so nice to everyone – even fans if the other idols.
Twitter: Upsnodowns
I can’t believe people criticized Danny after renegade. Kris acted appallingly rude when he walked away from the stage. Danny, just moments earlier, put his arm around Kris and Kris seemed so cold. I don’t blame Kris for being upset with what Simon said and so surely his reaction was simply a matter of being p.o.’d about the whole thing. Danny certainly didn’t do anything offensive. I thought the look on his face was shock and disappontment in Simon for saying something so rude. I was shocked to hear people criticize Danny! Also, Danny did sing better on that song, so maybe Kris’s fans just didn’t want to admit that.
Twitter: Upsnodowns
I am ordering copies if the Journal Sentinal from the internest site. Does anyone want one? I will buy one for whoever would like one and then send it to you.
There are now 169 people online at Danny’s official site.
OMG, I AM G, that’s what I’ve said about Kris! That Kris is passive-aggressive! That’s why I don’t quite trust him, although I do think he’s basically a nice guy. I also think Kris harbored resentment against Danny, although I don’t know whether than is the still the case. But I suspect that Kris’ humbleness is genuine. Still, Kris is a textbook example of passive-aggressive.
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Steph I listened to the link to Michael’s new song and while it is not bad ot just doesn’t say “radio” to me. Micheal has a voice that is pleasing to an extent but has no star power to me, but what do I know.
I am not a big fan of Michael because I don’t trust him, This is not to say that he is not a good person, and yes he does support Danny, but it seems to me he only does so when it’s to his advantage. To me it seems like he is a follower with deep seated insecurities, during the summer with the blatant suck up to Adam fans I think was the last straw.
Having said all of this I wish him the beat of luck in his career goals, though I think he might do better singing someonelses songs for awhile.
Danny’s now #4 on the Country music albums chart on Amazon and #20 on the Bestselling Items in music on Amazon.
Twitter: steph6449
That Gretchen Wilson article really is interesting (it’s long, still reading it in between other distractions…), both if you like Gretchen and for what it says about artists breaking into and staying with the country music genre. They talk in part of it about radio tours, vs. national media. Interesting given the convo at TWOP, and our looking for Danny to break on AI9 and other tv shows.
” While new media are changing the way even country music is consumed, radio is still the gatekeeper, the primary filter between artist and fan. And radio demands tribute. Wilson may have continued to sell tickets, but as her career progressed it became increasingly clear that her relationship with radio had foundational problems.
New artists are expected to go on radio tours where they visit station after station, week after week, playing their songs for a handful of staffers and perhaps getting a bit of precious airtime. They are also expected to participate in “listener appreciation” and other concerts. All of this is at their own — or at first, at their record companies’ — expense.
It’s a loss leader the industry can demand, because without country radio, the odds of commercial success become negligible. But in those heady early days, Wilson didn’t have time to play the game.
“It happened so fast,” she says, “that I truly missed the radio tours and all of the stuff that most artists have to do. Management said, ‘You’ve got Ellen. You’ve got Leno. You’ve got Letterman. And you’ve got money, money, money, money.’ And so, not knowing the business, and being so new and everything, I went for the money, knowing that if I could just get on television shows and stuff, that’s gonna help me later on in my career. It’s gonna do wonders.
“Well, the one thing that it hurt was the dues that I was supposed to pay, and I’ve been trying to make up for that.” “
CONNIE, it’s a good thing you had your surgery when you did, and are recovering. You wouldn’t want to miss out on all the Danny excitement!
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FOGS, I don’t know if it was better or worse after the show. That is like asking me if a tidal wave that hit me is 20′ or 30′ high. I don’t know, I’m just paddling honey.
Just got to see Danny on the GAC Countdown show, and then on Headline Country, where they used similar clips to the ones we saw in that promo video we all loved. My husband was outside working on the landscaping, but kept coming in to check where the countdown was because he didn’t want to miss Danny’s interview. That was nice of him!
So what do you all think Danny will wear on his AI appearance this week? I think he looks really good in black, so I am voting for that. Maybe that black Henley sweater I’ve seen him in, and black leather jacket if he wants to wear a jacket. Hair the same way he had it in his video. Scruff, and glasses!
Wow, this is going to be a big week!
Danny’s album is also now ranked #5 on the Country albums chart on Itunes and #37 on the overall albums chart. This is the highest he’s been ranked on both charts on Amazon and on the country albums chart on Itunes.
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and about spending time with fans at radio station events
“Wilson cites times where the sheer size of the entourage and lack of coordination led to the scheduling of interviews she never knew about. Still other episodes left a bad taste in the mouths of station personnel. It became easier for those stations to decide not to play a new single.
“She did a show for our acoustic series, Live at the Wolf Den,” says Randy Bliss, program director of WPAW, the Wolf, in Winston-Salem, N.C. “She asked if she could bring her whole band, and so she had the band, sound, and lights in a room in the back of a radio station with 100 listeners, and it was outstanding, just amazing. But she was not the easiest person to deal with. She was quite standoffish during sound check and then afterwards, about autographs and photos — she would do group shots but not individual photos.
“Country fans really pay attention to an artist’s demeanor. They expect country artists to be accessible. And it was a great event, but we got a lot of feedback saying, ‘She wasn’t very nice during the photo session,’ that kind of thing. I’ll be honest with you, it was great, but it could have been a whole lot better, and it colored my view in looking at every single after that.” “
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Amy, your little girl is such a doll!
There are now 177 people on Danny’s official site. I wonder what is causing the increase in traffic on his site today?
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FOGS, #5 is good
Industry peep of some sort tweeting to Danny
@dannygokey great to talk with you at CRS! Your show was awesome!
37 minutes ago via web in reply to dannygokey
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FOGS, that’s great news about him being #5. We will have to be sure to get a screen shot when it hits #1.
I bet the increased traffic is due to him being on two GAC shows today.
I also wanted to say, about the fanwar drama, I could be proven wrong but I really don’t expect it to flare up too badly after the release of the album. On mj’s anyway, a lot of the people who used to say the meanest things are just in “ignore” mode right now, which is fine. I’m certainly not going to go on their favorite’s threads and take a poke at them. Ignoring works for me!
steph
I am glad to see Danny ranked #5 on the country albums chart on Itunes and #4 on the Amazon country albums chart. Plus his sales rank is #78 on the Barnes and Nobles site. I am glad to see him get more sales and hope that he continues to increase in sales.
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I’ve seen even usually critical snarkers on twitter who say they look forward to seeing Danny back on AI as he can actually sing, after the dismal to semi-dismal performances by most of the new crop last week.
Oh, I meant to mention this yesterday. I was flipping through radio stations in my car yesterday, and accidentally heard the tail end of Kris’ single, “Live Like You’re Dying.” I know I didn’t make a mistake, because the announcer identified the singer as “Kris Allen from American Idol.” Then he started talking about Elliott Yamin and the Chilean earthquake. Finally came the station identification. It was a Christian radio station! You could have knocked me over with a feather!
Hmm, maybe Danny will get some airplay on Christian stations too?
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Steph, I read your link about Gretchen, but wasn’t reading farther I guess; thanks for posting this info; fascinating!
So there is a method to RCA’s madness of grassroots and little national PR!
It really makes sense when you read that article.
And wow, then Danny has a great start on being big; he has great down to earth charisma with radio peeps, and is unfailingly polite, non- diva-ish and great/patient with fans.
That JS online article was great , where they talked about him being a “managers dream”, on time, affable, enthusiastic, etc etc
Also his manager said proudly that he is a “one-taker”.(Only one take on a performance/interview needed).
So different from what the hater s said
Josie, black works for me; LOVE Danny in black. Hope they do his hair up nice (stay away you tour stylists!!!)
Erika and Hannele, I already got copies of the newspaper for you. Cheryl, do you want me to gift your copy to someone else now that you are getting some?
Ellen- I’ll send you one.
Thanks everybody for describing the ending of Get Away for me. It’s sort of a “male” song, I can only imagine how enjoyable Danny’s vocal acrobatics in the end really are.
The hate rose exponentially after Danny was voted out. I think that many haters recognized his vocal abilities, so all they wanted to do was to ratchet it up and hate him into oblivion. It takes a lot of energy to hate. With time that energy often changes and sometimes hate can turn into love, just as love can turn into hate.
For an artist the death spot is when they generate no love or hate, when people are indifferent to them. I am indifferent about Kris – and I even like the tone of his voice. But his vibrato is almost non existent and I, at 35, have no more time to waste in unemotional and “safe” artists.
Adam on the other hand is not safe at all but he is just too indulgent for me, too out there with his vocals. If I was 15 I would relish in his screaming indulgence for sure, but since I am 35 I have no time to waste in any human excesses anymore. It is simply ridiculous and empty.
That said, I like Lee and Siobhan this season very much. But I was so invested in Danny this past year – it has emotionally drained me in a sense that I do not care what they say about them. These two will have to prove themselves more before I jump on their bandwagon.
Yes, Danny spoiled me rotten.
He will now be able to reap the fruits of his hard work over this past year. Haters will reap the acrimony that grows in their heart. Good luck on the health front I will say to them.
On Amazon Danny is at 4 in country category, 20 in music and 19 in pop.
Great news about how Danny is climbing. FOGS, do you think he will be getting any airplay on AC stations soon or his video played on VH1? Lady Antebellum’s single is getting AC airplay now and their video is in the Top 20 at VH1 now, so maybe Danny is next? I think his music has enough of a pop sound to make the crossover. I hope so!
I didn’t notice at first, but there are some absolutely gorgeous photos on that Milwaukee Sentinel article–someone at TWOP pointed this out–including Danny with a guitar. I do hope he gets good enough at some point to play onstage, if he hasn’t already. Danny + guitar = perfection!
I did notice Danny’s skin looks a little gray and uneven, not as porcelain smooth as usual, and he has dark circles under his eyes–he looks exhausted. I’m sure he is. He’s been on quite a whirlwind lately, but it’s only going to get more intense once his album is out and he starts the national promo circuit and the big tour with Sugarland.
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Pam I didn’t order one yet – ivwas going to wait a bit to see if someone else wanted one. If you still have an extra I would love it.
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I totally agree with that article about Gretchen Wilson. I know we bemoan the lack of National promo but my feelings on this are that television is fleeting but radio is constant. Danny has AI around 4 million per week, that’s lot of time for the song to seep in, while a National show you are on for 4 min is gone from the conciousness the moment its over. I mentioned I caught Steel Magnolia on one of the morning shows this week and for the life of me I can’t tell you what they sang, I just know it didn’t sound country.
But while radio promo is great it doesn’t always work for all artists, I recall the DJs this week (?) saying Danny came in ready to be engage and to play along, which makes it a positive experience for everyone. I had listened to a SM radio stop while driving home one evening and it was like pulling teeth and I was so bored I turned it off.
Hi everyone –
What a treat to get the Sunday Journal today and see Danny’s face on the front page
If anyone wants a copy let me know. I would be glad to pick up a couple extra and mail them to you.
I was also tickled to finally see Danny’s cd in the weekly ads for Best Buy and Target. Squeee! Looks like I’ll be picking up a copy on Tuesday since I still haven’t been notified that my preorder shipped. That’s ok, though, cuz I think I’ll get great satisfaction in going to the store, pulling that cd off the shelf and paying for it. Then quickly unwrapping so I can listen full blast in the car. Does that not sound like fun!
FOGS – great to hear the chart news. I think it will only get better and better as the week goes on. This is it! Are we ready?
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Cheryl, I will reserve you one!
Ellen, stop reading – Spoiler
Bosman, “Like That’s A Bad Thing” is definitely another guy song I think you will like.
I just love them all. I Still Believe and Be Somebody are so Much better in the studio versions. The only one I like more as an acoustical version is Tiny Life, it seems more heartfelt in his raw acoustical version to me.
And Cheryl for someone I’ve never met; you do know me-
Yes, “Crazy Not To” is by far my favorite <3
bosman, that’s exactly why I thought “Get Away” should have been Danny’s single: it would have appealed to both men AND women!
Steph – thanks for the link to that Gretchen Wilson article. As others have said, quite an eye-opener to how the country music industry works, especially in regards to radio. No wonder so many artists at country music awards make a point to thank country radio. I would say Danny’s team is really handling his promotion very well.
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Helio, I believe the LA remixed their song to get played on Top 40 and they are taking heat for it. The one they play there is more poppy and is not the version they play on Country radio – per Pulse.
I think Danny needs to wait a bit before they attempt to crossover any of his music aas to not look like this was a means to the end. Now if the stations take it upon themselves to play it then no harm no foul.
I think this approach becomes more evident in the article just posted when the stylist referred to his look as “pop” and his manager corrected her to find another word. Danny will be a Country artist first before they move him any any other direction.
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interesting that mj peeps are projecting 55-70k sales for Danny
Thanks Josie, Pam, and Cheryl. That child is a mess. She just wrote on my shirt with red marker. I didn’t get mad at her, but rather casually told her to say she was sorry. She said “Nope.” I finally told her, “you can either say you are sorry or you can go into time out, which is it?” She said, “The time out one!” I guess I shouldn’t have asked. I have no clue what I’m doing…lol.
Steph, those are some interesting quotes from the Gretchen Wilson article. I’m glad that Danny is paying his dues. How is it that Gretchen broke into the industry. I remember years ago seeing a profile of her on evening new show. That’s the only way I knew who she was, since I don’t actively listen to country music. I remember liking her from the profile that I watched, though.
Update: While I was typing this, the child, who was in time out said, “I think my ready to say Mama, I sorry.” So she gets up and then says to herself “My think I can do this.” She walks over and says, “Mama, I sorry.” And as she’s walking off, she runs back while saying “Oh, wait a minute, and merry Christmas, Mama.” Lol…this child is a trip!
Steph, I profess ignorance, but is 55-70K high? I don’t know much about these things, how does that compare with Kris, Adam and Allison?
Amy – LOL! Your little girl is adorable! I had to laugh at how tired out she seemed to be getting after singing Dream On over and over. Can you imagine how tired Danny was of doing it after rehearsing 40 times!
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Have you guys seen this?
It is hilarious. I guess you don’t make it big until they spoof you on SNL. Although I’m sure Adam wishes he was spoofed for something other than singing off key
http://www.rickey.org/?p=33987
steph, thanks so much for posting that about Gretchen and her travails. It sure puts things into perspective. Given her great vocals, I wondered why is she not higher on charts and played more. On the other hand, Taylor Swift has average vocal abilities but her sweet and affable nature makes up for all that and then some.
The information conveyed in that piece about Gretchen is the hard evidence that Danny is in the right genre because he is such a hard worker.
And to tell you the truth, despite Danny being my best vocalist ever, I would not care about Danny half as I do if he wasn’t such a hard worker. What goes around comes around.
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Helio,
Alisons first week sales= 31k
Kris= 80K
Adam=195k
I think that is approximate
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Gretchen came on the scene out of the blue (as far as the public was concerned), and had a ginormous hit with her first song Red Neck Woman which is very catchy, and sort of an affirmation for both southern lifestyle and girlpower at the same time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82dDnv9zeLs
The music video was running non-stop for ages. She was friends with the guys from Big & Rich who broke into the scene a little before Gretchen did.
I believe her first album at least went platinum, and she had at least one other gold album before the issues with her record label that article described.
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55-75k may be high as the overall climate isn’t that great. Brian Mansfield’s last stats for Idol album sales had Carrier at the top with 20-25k copies for her latest CD. of course, it’s been out since November (?) where Danny’s is a fresh product, so that would be in his favor.
FOGS, can you tell where Blake Shelton’s EP or the CDs from Easton Corbin, Josh Thompson, and Sarah Buxton are compared to Danny’s album? Those are the three coming out now in the country world I’d be curious about. Danny has the AI name recognition but all four of those have been around longer in country even though Sarah, Josh and Easton are on their first albums also.
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Pam thank you for reserving a copy for me. I will DM you my address on Twitter, unless you want me to do it some other way.
SPOILER ALERT: For those who don’t want to know anything about a song they haven’t yet heard!
Pam, I just knew you would love Crazy Not To. Since IWNSG is Dannt’s second single, I hope CNT is hs 3rd! it has great crossover appeal! Don’t you just love when he sings “look at you! Look at you, look at you” AND when he sings “i know if I kissed you, I’d want more and more and more” and if you listen to the last “more” he’s got this great catch in his throat that’s like a sexy little growl!
I will be happy if Danny sells somwhere within the 30-40 thousand range for the first week. I have no idea how realistic this is, and of course, I hope he sells more, if possible. I do think he will sell well over time, however.
Wow, Steph! A duet between Michael Sarver and Josh Turner would sure be interesting! Michael’s voice is somewhat high-pitched for a man, and he certainly doesn’t have the lung power to belt, but I think he knows his voice pretty well and I like what he does with it.
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Ooh I got so excited about Crazy No To that I had lots of typos!
*Danny
*his 3rd
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SPOILER;
Cheryl, ah, that song just makes me sigh and curl my toes, lol.
It is just perfect.
I actually hope Get Away is the uptempo 3rd single (to draw in some guys since IWNSGB is a chick song) and then Crazy after that. They could all be singles couldn’t they!
I just noticed from JS Online that Danny eats at 2 of my regular lunch spots, walking distance from my work= Whole Foods and Milwaukee’s own Beans and Barley. I will have to start making more than once a week trips there when he is in town!
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Chris Young pimping Josh Thompson’s album on twitter. But Chris & Josh combined have like 8000 followers, so not sure how much that will accomplish.
ChrisYoungMusic: Also, dont forget my buddy Josh Thompson’s (@thejoshthompson) CD – Way Out Here is in stores now. Go pick up your copy today!!-CY
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I wonder if Chris Young will pimp for his labelmate Danny when his album comes out?
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Ellen, I wouldn’t have noticed that about Michael just from the little I saw him on the show, or hearing his spoken voice in interviews.
It did strike me how high a voice he had when I saw him on tour, especially have seen some hints then he was thinking to try country after all. Err, not as high as Adam’s though.
That SNL clip was funny, but a real satire of Adam has got to capture the high screechy sound & OTT wailing, not just show him off-key in mid-voice
Pam, ITA with all you said about Like That’s A Bad Thing, I Still Believe and Be Somebody.
ITA Amy, 30-40k is my satisfactory expectation for week 1.
10K – bad
20K – poor
30K – decent
40K – very good
50K – excellent
I do expect however the accrued 100K in early May or in the week 3 after IWNSG single is released.
Guessing game is never fun. I could be way off the mark. So many things will be revealed soon.
Listening to Susan Boyle right now. D*mn, I love her voice!
Sorry my posts are all late — still reading the thread to catch up!
Looks like Danny will be in Tampa, FL on 4/9.
http://culturemob.com/events/6120634-danny-gokey-fl-tampa-33619-the-dallas-bull
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Amy, reading about your little girl makes me miss my little buddy who is about to turn 3 so much! His dad is my best friend, and he talked to me on the phone yesterday all the way from SF to Sonoma telling me all the cute things the little guy says. I am going to see them in a couple of weeks and I am SO excited. Must buy some cool train stuff because that’s all he wants to play with these days.
On Danny’s sales, I have no idea what to guess. I think it will be good because the album is so strong. I am looking forward to seeing the reviews this week. It’s funny, I remember when the other 3 released their albums, people at mj’s would go on for PAGES obsessing about the numbers, and I thought oh my gosh how can people stand to talk about this for so long. But of course now that it’s Danny, it’s a different story! I am not really worried about it though, because although it would be nice if it comes out of the gate really strong, whether that happens or not there is no doubt in my mind it’s going to be a successful album.
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Steph you asked about some of the new CDs’ coming out this week in competition to Danny, don’t follow that to closely but I believe both Blake and Easton have dropped below Danny.
Just for reference sake this is the Weakend update for HDD for the top 10, notice no Josh Thompson nor Sarah Buxton to debut albums that released this week.
Sade (Epic) 125-130k
Lady Antebellum (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 110-115k
Black Eyed Peas (Interscope) 50-55k
Lady Gaga, The Fame (Interscope) 45-50k
* Johnny Cash (American/Lost Highway) 40-45k
Lil Wayne (Cash Money/Universal Motown) 35-40k
Ke$ha (RCA/RMG) 27-30k
* Alkaline Trio (Epitaph) 25-28k
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 24-27k
Rihanna (Def Jam/IDJ) 24-27k
Jaheim (Atlantic) 24-27k
Susan Boyle (Columbia) 24-27k
Alicia Keys (J/RMG) 23-25k
Mary J. Blige (Geffen) 23-25k
Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster (Interscope) 23-25k
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BTW there are 15 albums there but I think that is because they are to close to call.
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If you go to the Best Buy events, do you expect that we need to buy the CD? I would of course, but I already have 3-4 on order one way or another
Debating traveling down for the one in northern Virginia tomorrow evening after all, as I have the time clear after leaving work early for a doctor appt and the latest WMZQ mailer + Danny’s OS say he’s singing. Not just doing autographs.
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Dani P, I hope Danny does mega-business but I think if he’s higher on the country charts than Blake for example, or even Josh, Sarah and/or Easton that makes a reasonable position if we have to talk about his sales numbers to rebut hater comments.
Of course dear windmills is already busy at mj’s explaining why Danny’s sales can’t possibly be compared to any of those people. Lol.
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Yeah I saw that from our buddy. That poster spends so much time falling over themselves to be the expert that they can’t see that the are dealing with an “informed” public.
I’m real sure that people will dismiss those other artists lack of great sales due to their industry respect
but will totally cream Danny if he doesn’t blow everyone away.
I liked the point you made that although Danny had been on Idol the Country thing suprised most, and the Danny has been off the Idol radar since September. I can remember in the past someone over there stated when they advertised the Rock my Town concert that noone would ask about Danny because noone rememberd him. Now he is such an Idol icon that that will account for all his sales.
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steph, of course you should go! Then come back and tell us all about it. If you get the chance to talk to him, please tell him from all of us how proud we are of him and excited about everything happening this week!
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Pam Maybe you can get a part time job at both Whole Foods and Beans & Barley! Then you can ring him up and bag his groceries and take them out to the car for him and put them in the trunk and who knows what else……. LOL
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…..drive him home, unload the groceries, put them away, keep some out to make a special dinner…..
AMY, just saw your daughter’s video of “Dream On” aka “Scream On.” Hate to say it, but I think her scream is better than Danny’s. (Sorry, Danny!) I agree that your daughter just loves to scream. But she’s good at it! Think maybe she’ll grow up to be a rocker chick? Look out, Allison! Be worried, be very worried!
Amy, I don’t know which event you were planning to attend, but if it has a meet & greet, you have to give Danny a video of your daughter’s “Dream On” performance. He will love it!
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not sure I recognize what blog this is, but talking about Danny’s CD and predicting 43k in first week sales
http://www.idollive.net/2010/02/idol-live-predix-danny-gokeys-my-best.html
i think even if Danny comes out #1 on all the country charts, w-m will be insisting that there should be a higher scale for him. lol.
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Reading those last posts, if I make it to northern VA and have any chance to speak to Danny I’m thinking I better warn him about Cheryl & Pam. lol!
I have no idea what Danny will sell his first week, but I’m fairly sure that his overall sales, long-term, will be more than decent.
Gotta go read “Lord of the Flies” so I can write to my high school student from the Imprint Program. She likes classical music, so probably not much of a chance for a convert there!
Hi Ellen, Thanks! She started doing that scream when she was a little baby, less than one year old. She would imitate the tea kettle. She was VERY good at imitating the tea kettle.
IF I get backstage passes to the show in Greenville on March 24, I will give him a video. At least it will give me something to say. I will be very nervous…lol.
I’m not 100% sure I will get to go, as I haven’t received tickets yet. The lady said she would mail them to me, but it hasn’t happened yet. It’s not an event that is open to the public, so I’ll just have to wait and see if the tickets show up in the mail. I may message her later when it’s closer to the date, but I don’t want to harrass her about it.
I am definately going to the Myrtle Beach concert barring any unforeseen circumstances, although I’m quite certain I won’t be going backstage then. I’m really looking forward to it, though. Who else is going to Myrtle Beach?
Off topic, but this is for the Lee fans out there:
Thanks MilGokey, I definitely wanna go..probably should bone up on my line dancing, though. Tickets are only 9.95 advance. Never heard of The Dallas Bull, sounds interesting and that’s my son’s name – Dallas not the bull(does describe his behavior at times, being 16 and all).
Step64 – that Gretchen article was excellent. I remember when she first came on the scene, she created quite a stir with that song, kinda like the pro-hick women instead of the designer pretty woman of country. Does seem very important to build from the ground up, Danny should be perfect, I believe he genuinely loves people.
After the third try I finally saw the whole interview with Nan Kelley. My husband and I always watch this show. Nan is a real sweetheart. She really adored Danny. Nan herself went through a life/death situation with cancer, I believe she has fully recovered, probably why she related so well to Danny.
I am so jazzed for Tuesday to hear the whole album. I finally got an ipod so life is really good.
Tried hard to comment on article, kept rejecting my email, finally gave up last night.
I do appreciate all the info you ihearties bring here!
Cheryl, Latrece, Pam – you would’ve been so proud of Stephanie’s acting. Although, one thing threw me, it was a British comedy, no offense to JULIE or CARLOLE. But mercy, the last scene was a totally naked guy. I didn’t see it coming, still not sure why, the thing is he was NO Danny! lol
Helio, watched that one 2 days ago. I really dig Lee, but I’ll probably wait another week to be sure if I want to jump on the bandwagon. Right now I am turn between Lee and Siobhan, by next week things should crystallize.
Btw, rickey just posted something about Lee’s performance sold on ituned being auto-tuned. So frikin what? If a performance can be improved before it is released for sale, it should be improved.
Bad vocals cannot be tuned anyway.
Come to think of it, could somebody please auto-tune Adam narrow piercing-like-a-needle high register and make it wider and fatter? Also, could you make his sheep-sounding wide vibrato narrow? If yes, I would be his no 1. fan!!!
Slezak likes Lee! (it’s in Part 2)
http://www.ew.com/ew/video/0,,20312226_20312230,00.html
bosman, I can’t take Rickey very seriously–he’s not even a real journalist, just a hack blogger who posts mostly gossip and hearsay. He’s also always seemed on the fence about Danny, so I say phhhhhtttt!
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Amy, I’m still debating about Myrtle Beach. Did I see Connie possibly also?
Dee, didn’t know that about Nan Kelley, thanks for mentioning. And, umm, interesting about the nekkid guy in Stephanie’s play!
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Mixed review of Danny’s album from the NYT.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/arts/music/01choice.html
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Danny’s got the jet again — good thing given his crazy travel schedule and needing to keep his voice in good shape for AI on Thursday night.
@dannygokey: We just boarded the Sony jet & getting ready 4 a HUGE week!! My CD comes out this Tuesday & I’ll be performing on American Idol on Thursday!
As someone who works in Christian radio, I wouldn’t be at ALL surprised if Danny gets some airplay on Christian radio.
The stations I work for were bought several months ago by the company that owns KLove. They left one of the stations local (101QFL, which I’m on), and turned the other one into KLove.
The station I’m on is going toward a more “rocky”, edgier sound, like KLove’s Air One stations. But I could totally see KLove playing him.
KLove and Air One–and now, QFL–are playing Owl City’s Fireflies simply on the basis of the fact that the guy in Owl City is a committed Christian. The lyrics of Fireflies are pretty nonsensical.
Danny’s songs on the other hand are definitely positive…I could see them playing “My Best Days” simply because a) Danny is a known Christian and b) the lyrics fit right in with KLove’s slogan: “positive, encouraging KLove.”
If that brings Danny more airplay, I say, go for it!
By the way, we (101QFL) also played Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus Take the Wheel” when it was popular and we were more adult contemporary.
That is a good review for the New York Times–they are NOT easy to please, and I remember they liked Danny on the tour.
Interesting that they seem to wish Danny had more ballads on the album and thought IWNSBG was the best song–called it “devastating”–yes, it is.
Danny’s single moved up to #34 on the mediabase 7 day rolling chart. I believe several songs went recurrent, including Josh Thompson, Jason Michael Carroll and Gary Allan.
Getting a not so great review from the NY Times for a country artist is a compliment. Country music fans don’t read the NY times anyway. Not surprised they would think It’s Only is “morbid” since it is all about helping people. You can see that I am not a fan of the NY Times – a very liberal newspaper that is not at all popular in the south. It wasn’t a bad review but not a good one either.
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lizzy
Glad to hear that. Would be great for Danny if he can keep moving up and break the top 30 in March. Hopefully he will get more radio play if he did as well as we heard in front of the industry peeps at the CRS event, and listeners’ interest levels rise with the AI appearance and album launch.
I was kinda annoyed by that NYT review focusing so much on Danny being a Christian — the high point of Danny’s time on AI was JTTW? Odd, although he did fine with it but you could pick YASB, CROCS, WHTM or various other songs also.
But I didn’t think it was all that negative or anything that would deter people who like Danny from buying his music. Many of them are Christian anyway, or people of another faith like our friend bosman here.
Well, the nytimes dubbed the album Christian pop squeezed into Wranglers.
What strikes me – being a Muslim and not an American – is how can something as universal as Danny’s album be dubbed as Christian pop. Sure Danny is man of faith, a committed Christian. And we have the word Jesus in Its Only, the word church in Life on Ya, the word praying in IWNSG and walk on water phrase in I still believe. Sure these are Christian symbols, but they are also universal, all of them except the word church are applicable to some non-Christian religions, and they are also symbolic.
But I am not a Christian, so I might be mistaken here. It is just kinda strange that any reference to religion and faith is immediately branded as “religious per se.”
That said, I think the review is more positive than negative. The author sure uses colorful, expressive words. Morbid, devastating, stymied, mystifying.
Step64 – Live in FL, yet growing up vacationed at Myrtle Beach. I have a lot of nice memories, especially the boys!
British comedy very different, didn’t get everything. The chubby guy gets the nude scene, nothing against chubbies, since I’m in that club.
Cheryl, I’m with you on Carrie Underwood’s song, Temporary Home. So beautiful & sweet, nice vocals, brought tears, Leave the Casanova song to someone like “Bosman” girl Kellie Pickler.
Helio, loved that song by Script. Just wish he had a belief in God. But, if someone’s heart got ripped out, I can understand it.
Hi Vickie….Shirl, not sure what’s going on with FL weather?? Sounds like another cold front might be coming?
NY Times, is not a good indicator of all things that Middle America treasures. No surprises in their review.
Yes, for the Times that’s a very good review. And more good news–
DANNY IS # 3 ON AMAZON COUNTRY! GO DANNY! YOU ARE A STAR, BABY! OH YEAH!
*goes off to spaz*
So two influential reviews from the Times and Billboard so far–not to mention pretty good reviews from smaller outlets and newspapers. I think the Times panned both Kris and Adam’s albums–haughty East Coast paper or not, they always loved Danny best. That says something about our taste.
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It’s funny when you think about it. We see reviews claiming Danny is a Christian singer, but an equal number probably that insist he is pop or R&B. Just shows that he can do a lot of different types of music well.
It is so strange how Danny’s album has only 10 songs, but I feel like it is 30 because the same song can evoke so many different emotions when listened under a different mood. Amazing.
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Back from stalking DAnny at the health food stores with Cheryl
That NYT review bothers me because it is LAZY. So easy for them to throw the whole religious thing in there because of his background. I don’t get the Christian pop thing vibe whatsoever. I Still Believe might be. But not the rest. And JTTW as the pinnacle, like Steph said- I don’t think so! Don’t they watch AI? There is no doubt that his best performances were either the country one WHTM or one of his love songs, YASB and CROCS. And the morbid Its Only?? Umm, a song about charity is morbid- don’t get that at all. That critic seems a little dark, lol. Calling IWNSGB devastating ( I do like that description) and all the rest. I would imagine a dark person might see a positive song as religious, I guess!
But like I’ve said before ; critics will not give a 100% positive review because then they feel they are not doing their job. I just hope more reviewers don’t pull that lazy “this is christian pop” rubbish. I know its not because my sister in law listens to Contemp. Christian and I really don’t like it; and even though I am a Danny addict I know if he became too “preachy” I would not like it.
Lizzy, yeah for #34- now he’s entering the lower 30′s; lets hope for 20′s by the end of March!
Our boy is growing up everyone! We have graduated from defending him from immature haters about his dance moves on to defending his honor from real music critics. LOL!
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Pam, what a great perspective! We have graduated from talking about his hand gestures, clothing choices (sometimes….love those tight jeans…) and miss steps in interviews were his thoughts came fast and so did his words!!! He has grown SO MUCH and he’s still as lovable/adorable/warm and one AMAZING singer!!
Yes Pam and all that happened in a space of little more than a year. Amazing. (Again that word, I sound like a broken record, I know)
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About the NY Times review, I think the reviewer liked it well enough. Believe me if he didn’t there would have been no doubt. I think they go for the Christian pop angle because they believe most of dannys fans can identify it, you know the group mentality. As we all know we are all different but if it get someone to pick up the album that likes Christian pop I’m all for it.
This folks is National promo.
I think that the 50,000-70,000 estimate is very high for Danny especially considering that his song is not a big hit on radio right now, and that he hasn’t gotten hardly any national promotion. And won’t have any the week his album comes out besides AI and his music video.
I would be happy with 30,000 or better, but I don’t even know if he will get that many sales.
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I went back to the NYtimes site to look up the reviewer, it seems he covers AI quite a bit. He also seems to be obsessed over hank Williams as he mentions him alot.
IvanSantiago For those of u who were anticipating seeing DG &
band on gma march 9th, it will not b taking place. will b on at a l8tr date tba
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FOGS, I think it was that girly girl, a Kris fan who gave that estimate, just so Danny couldn’t attain that. She has been consistently negative about DAnny (just tonight bringing up the whole Danny ruined Renegade with Kris junk)- why would she predict sales almost as high as Kris? So he wouldn’t attain them, of course.
You know, the more I read that NYT review, it really isn’t negative; I think they are trying to be “intellectual and deep”. They did say for BETTER or for worse, its christian pop squeezed into wranglers. They actually complemented Be Somebody (except for the lyrics, which you have to admit- gangs are not the usual country lyrics) and Crazy Not to also (just that they thought it should have come sooner on the album). I disagree with them about Get Away, though- Danny rocks that song and there is nothing awkward about it- perhaps if you have this mental image of him as a gospel singer it may be awkward, but those who have seen Danny live, know he can rock it!
Danip, you are so right; if they hated it we would have known; kind of like this line from the next album they reviewed:
“Black Ribbons” is grandiose, resentful and way, way overcooked.
I do love what they said about Danny and JTTW though, never heard it described that way before! Bosman, the reviewer kind of reminds me of your passionate writing style.
Awww, FOGS, I can tell you are worried. It is what it is at this point. Remember Danny’s sign in the video “Don’t worry, everything will be amazing”.
For the New York Times, that’s a rave review, because there is very little they really like, they are so picky. I think they’re trying to sound intellectual too.
Yes, the transformation over the past year has been absolutely magnificent in every way imaginable. Sorry if that sounds OTT but that’s how I feel. It just blows me away, thinking about it. I thought Cook’s rise from obscurity was pretty impressive–but Danny had to overcome so much more to get to where he is, and now it looks like he’s going to become a bigger star than David could ever hope to be. That’s not a diss on David btw, it’s just a fact.
Ugh, that sounded so OTT. I’m just so blown away right now.
FOGS–don’t worry. I’m not worried. But it’s always a good idea to not get overly optimistic (as I tend to at times), that way there’s no room for disappointment. But I really don’t think we will be disappointed.
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I know Helio, I have that same feeling of optimism about Danny. Maybe not huge first week sales; but continual growth. Are we just biased because we love the album so much?
The GMA date moved? Is this a good thing? The record label not thinking they need that so soon to release? Or a bad thing? Or just a scheduling conflict…….. Aargh! I guess we were never sure about GMA in the first place were we?
Pam, I think it’s probably a bad thing. They probably got bumped. I could be wrong, though.
I guess the good thing about a strong first week is that it would have more people buzzing/talking about the album. But, y’know, at this point it is what it is, and all we can do is go out and buy it this week, and let the chips fall where they may.
I do believe it’s a good album, and that it will sell well as people become familiar with some of the songs.
pjgvet and Helio
I am concerned about Danny’s albums sales,but I definitely hope that things work out for Danny no matter how many albums he sells the first week. I do think he might have continual growth which would be nice to see even if he doesn’t have big first week sales.
It will be exciting watching how he does with you guys. I definitely am proud of him and his fans no matter what happens.
I wonder why the GMA date was moved as well, maybe they have something else going on that week in it’s place? It seems like Ivan did confirm in that last Tweet that Danny was supposed to be on “Good Morning America” but won’t be until a later date.
Who can figure different tastes? I didn’t like JTTW when I first heard it, and it is only in retrospect that I’ve come to appreciate it. I would have picked CROCS or WHTM as Danny’s transcendent moment on AI.
I think the NYT does like Danny’s voice, and the review isn’t bad. Guess they wanted more love songs! LOL!
Some of what the NYT says is true. I’ve wondered myself about the allusion to gangs in “Be Somebody.” And Danny IS twangless and Rascal Flatts DOES sound more southern than Danny.
But the NYT apparently isn’t paying enough attention to “modern soul country.” Danny isn’t so far off from that subgenre. (At least I don’t think so, not having heard the entire album yet.) I think the NYT is comparing Danny’s voice to what he did on AI, rather than reviewing the album on its own merits. They want more “shouted celebratory refrains and roomy ballads.” It’s ironic, but what the NYT wants from Danny’s voice is not what you usually get in country music. (I, too, feel that Danny’s voice has had to be restrained somewhat to fit into country.) And yet the NYT suggests that Danny is not country enough! Go figure! That’s a contradiction, for sure. (I think the NYT is secretly crushing on Danny’s voice and thinks it’s a shame he went country.)
I could do without the NYT’s reference to Christian pop. (I listen to Christian pop, and trust me, this isn’t it. Except maybe “I Still Believe.” But then Danny said he was going to include a gospel song on each album.) But overall, I can live with this review. I love the imagery of “Mr. Gokey * * * rebelling against country’s strictures.”
GO, Danny the rebel!
Okay….what did I miss here? Why is everyone so worried? What’s this about the GMAs and what does it have to do with the release or sales of his album? Someone please fill me in.
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Ellen, I think that is interesting what you said about the NYT wanting different things from Danny’s voice than what you get in Country.
Maybe you are right; maybe they are secret Danny fans and wanted a different direction from him. I can really see what you are saying here.
Helio
It was rumored that Danny would be on “Good Morning America” on March 9 to promote his album. I think someone on Twitter had mentioned that they heard he would be up there. Had he been up there March 9, that would be really good promotion for his album and single, because it’s national show. It would have helped him sell more albums.
But now Ivan has said that Danny and the band will be up there at a date later than March 9.
Steph
I think they are in love with Danny’s emotion packed and even shouty vocals and want an almost rocker type but emotional performance from him, such as what he did with WHTM on tour. I don’t necessarily disagree with this either. He really rocked that song out and probably sent people into near-seizures from the intensity of emotion emanating from him. Danny is best when he does NOT restrain himself and lets it all out–especially with his ballads. Of course he has to “fit within country’s strictures.” But it’s not a haterish review at all, just typical of the NYT. I am somewhat surprised they love his ballads and love songs so much–I would have thought that those might be too cheesy and/or manipulative for their highbrow tastes. But they believe in the genuine emotion Danny projects in his voice so I think that’s what saves his ballads from the cheese factory. I think Danny being country is sort of a WTF from them–based on this review I almost think they wish he was a rocker.
Oh, I feel dumb. GMA = Good Morning America! Duh.
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I can’t tell from Ivan’s tweet if that was a real date and it got moved. Or if he was just rebutting the rumors about the 9th so people wouldn’t make an effort to attend that show.
I’m glad to hear that Danny & band will be on GMA though
FOGS–thanks for explaining. I wonder what the delay is. I didn’t even realize he was supposed to be on March 9th.
Helio, I agree with you completely. The NYT times wants shouty, growly Danny from AI. I think the review would have been different if Danny had never been on AI and the NYT didn’t have those AI performances to compare with his album.
Also, remember that Carrie Underwood sang the original version of JTTW. For the New York Times to say that Danny almost shattered the original is a HUGE compliment!
Milgokey fan or Cheryl….I would LOVE a copy of the Sunday edition paper with the article and pics of Danny! I’ll gladly pay for the paper plus shipping costs! Thanks so much!
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FOGS I know you are in a place where you feel Danny needs the morning shows to sell more albums, but I ask you to think Katherine Mcphee, who has been on every morning show and evening show and has still only sold 25000 albums in five weeks.
Please for you own peace of mind ( and mine cause I hurt for you) just relax and enjoy the ride, its going to be a doozy.
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More pics from the CRS 2010 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=204283&id=356177539487&ref=mf#!/pages/Country-On-Demand/356177539487
I love that outfit for Danny. Not so much those larger-framed glasses.
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uh-oh, is Def not going out with the band? I hope it is just a break, I would definitely miss Def if he isn’t going to be on AI and joining in the rest of the tour plans.
Today, February 28, 2010, 2 hours ago
Def_Santiago: Trying to relax at the homestead and enjoy the time off from work. I got to play guitar at Live Oak Christian Church today. It was awesome!
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Megan’s got another new song up on her FB
meganjoysings: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Megan-Joy/250845355130 CHECK OUT MY NEW SONG
Dani I’m fine.
I admit I do have some concern about Danny’s sales, because I want to see him do well. But even if he doesn’t sell that many albums his first week, I think that he’ll be okay.
I do think that he will have a steady growth in sales especially after he does get more national promotion and starts to tour with Sugarland.
And I remember reading how even some of the more popular country acts are having a harder time selling records these days.
Nowadays the country acts selling the most records are the acts that have more crossover appeal like Lady A, Carrie Underwood, and Taylor Swift. I think I read somewhere that Joe Nicols only sold 30,000 copies of his latest CD.
I bring up the lack of national promotion for Danny, because I do believe he could have sold a lot more albums with more national promotion. I think he could have outsold Allison with more national promotion especially when I see how well he’s doing with digital downloads without any.
I think that overall his record label has been doing a good job with him, but I do think they could have done better with him regarding national promotion. They wouldn’t have even signed Danny without him being on AI, so I think they should have capatlized more on that.
But I think he’ll be fine in the long run, I have a feeling he’ll have some steady growth of sales for his album, after he gets more exposure, gains more airplay and starts touring. I think that he could end up having a nice solid career in Country music.
If ANYONE has an extra copy of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal from today, please let me know…..would love to have a copy!
If anyone’s interested, I’m “fighting” with Smartie right now via Twitter. She is cutting and pasting everything I say on her tard hate thread. Pffft.
So I tweeted her to eff herself and a few other things since she’s going to read it anyway.
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Helio, so sorry about that. I saw someone tweeting about your earlier, was that actually Smartie?
I didn’t recognize any names, but did seem like one of those people who were aware of your user name from one of those kinds of sites
steph
I noticed that Danny does like to wear colorful glasses and sometimes larger framed glasses. I think it’s because he considers that stylish. But I prefer it when he wears glasses like he did on his Regis and Kelly appearance after he was voted off.
They looked they had smaller frames and were clear. I think those type of glasses suit him best. And I think that sometimes it would be nice to see him without glasses.
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That NY Times review was interesting. They are very tough critics and so I see it as more positive than negative. If I am completely honest I have to agree with some of the things the reviewer questioned. Like why did Crazy Not To come so late on the album? Danny does sound best when he sings ballads, especially emotional ballads. I enjoy Danny’s songs more when he is singing them live because I think the album does hold Danny back from using what he is best at – powerful, soaring vocals. I agree wih the reviewer says about IWNSG. It is the song that really does represent what Danny is best at – love ballads. I think though that Danny wanted this album to show his versatility and it really does do that. It’s not a Christian pop album, even though there is some gospel influence. I think the album shows that Danny can sing almost anything, which is what Danny wanted to do with his first album.
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FOGS, I glad !!
Random Danny mention in a thread over at Pulse.
“People said that Danny Gokey wouldn’t do well but so far signs point to it doing that.”
Have no idea where that came from as the thread was for another artist. WEIRD!!!
Goodnight Everyone, Tomorrow is one day closer to D-Day
Not that this is going to help much. New username.
Shirl – I just saw your post. I can get you a copy of the Sunday Journal. Can you get my email from Amy or Erika and send me your address?
Helio
That’s unfortunate that Smartie has been stalking you. I don’t like how people like her and the people at Top Idol and Idletard before it got shut down stalk fans. Ideltard would go so far as to go to concerts and take pictures of fans and then post them on their site. That type of behavior is wrong.
protected my tweets. I should have done this long ago.
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Cheryl, I love Danny’s ballads, but do think he does really well with fun upbeat songs and enjoys singing them. I was a little surprised there wasn’t another ballad or two on the album, but the ones that he has are really strong IMO. I could wish there was a really slow raspy ballad on the album like my favorites from AI (Endless Love, for one, which I normally don’t even like but Danny’s singing makes it sooo dreamy, lol).
And gotta say, that NYT person is nuts for not liking Get Away
The gang context of Be Somebody is a fair comment. I think that’s just Danny coming from his background as a more urban type of person, and that fits his experience. I’m curious who wrote it though, as it seems atypical both in lyrics and sound for a country song.
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Pam I DM’d you my address.
Shirl Thanks again for letting us know about Country Weekly’s spread! I almost screamed out loud in the store when I saw it! Danny looked adorable!
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Someone on twitter, for one of the dates with Sugarland that I don’t think we’ve seen confirmed yet but have appeared likely based on who was on dates just before and after.
@dannygokey I just found out that you are coming to KC on June 18 I cant wait to see you!! I also can’t wait to get your CD on Tuesday!!
Kansas City is right before the Louisiana date and one day after the Sioux Falls date, for which Danny has been advertised with Luke Bryan.
Milgokey Fan,I’ll make it easy for ya
You can email me at [email protected]. I will then send you my mailing address. Thanks so much!
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someone tweeting to Ryan, good idea
@RyanSeacrest R u going 2 interview Danny Gokey this week?
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Steph ITA with you about Danny and the fun songs. I love them too! I’m really glad Danny included those songs because I think on AI he didn’t do as many of those upbeat songs. But, like you I wish there were a couple more love songs included! That reviewer totally dismissd the upbeat, fun songs and I think he did because he had a preconceived idea of what kind of singer Danny is, so he was looking specifically for those power ballads. He seemed disappointed or at least confused about why there weren’t more.
Shirl – sent you an email.
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Milgokey, thanks for mailing Shirl. If you can’t get her one, I will try to grab another one!
Ok, not trying to gloat but Steph did ask…. I will open up my CD booklet….
Be Somebody is written by Greg Barnhill/Joanna Cotten/Adam Hood
Cheryl, glad you found a copy of Country Weekly! I can get it here in Sarasota on Thursday which is much earlier than I can get it back home in PA, where it’s not on the stands until the Saturday after Thursday. I check it every week and will be sure to share news of anything on Danny. Hopefully this week’s or next week’s issue will have something in it about Danny’s album.
Carole, Suz, Erika, you’ll get your copies as soon as I get back home mid-March. Sorry I have to make you all wait!
Looks like I’ll be going to Best Buy Tuesday for my copy of MBD because I found out tonight Borders isn’t get it in until “later”. This, after one of their sales clerks told me it would be there on Tuesday. Good thing I checked tonight when we were there! I asked a guy in the CD section about it, and he said believe me, if we were getting Danny Gokey’s new CD in here, I’d know about it because he was my favorite on AI last season! He then had me wait while he checked with the manager, and she was all fangirly over Danny, saying that if they were getting it in the store, she’d be the first one in line to buy it….then suggested I go to Best Buy down the road a few miles, like she plans to do. AND there was a flyer from Best Buy in today’s Sunday paper here in Sarasota, listing it as a new release
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I like the fact that the CD is more uptempo as a whole. It confuses Danny’s critics who say he is just a ballad singer. Maybe Danny is more of a rebel than what we think- maybe the NYT is right about that!
Also; knowing he was going to tour right away, they wanted to make sure he had enough uptempo numbers. I think he really does want something for everyone.
But that is my only real criticism- we should have had a bonus song- perhaps another love ballad
But albums do have a personality, and I think Danny is trying to move on, get closure and be a little angry. Just wait until his next album, maybe he will be in love, then watch out ladies. .. we will be lost.
Erika or Amy, if you are here, please take my comments out of moderation? Thanks.
Danny’s back in the Top 1000 songs on Itunes, currently at #905.
Milgokey Fan, got your email, and just wrote back
Pam, thanks also for your offer, I appreciate it!
FOGS–
Is that Top 1000 current songs, or what? What is that list, exactly?
Josie, I missed your comment earler about your friend’s little son. I’m sure you’ll have a fun visit. Two year olds are a strange breed, but very cute and funny. They tend to say the most random things, like yesterday, she and I were sitting on a bench outside a department store at the mall, and she let out this heavy sigh, and said, “I NEVER get to see any elephants.” Too funny.
Helio, I looked at your Twitter. I hate that Smartie is harassing you again. Does she have a twitter account? Where is she posting this stuff? On VFTW?
Helio it is the Top 1000 songs in all genres chart.
Danny had been off that chart for a while but now he’s back up there again. I think that some people that have now pre-ordered his album are also deciding to buy his single as well.
I think that after he performs on AI Thursday his song will go up much higher on the list. I think either Thursday night/Friday will be the first time we see his song crack the Top 200 songs on Itunes. Allison’s song went as high as at least 130 on the overall songs chart, after she performed. I could see Danny’s song cracking the Top 200 songs chart as well.
Got it Shirl
Danny’s currently #17 on the Bestselling Items in music chart on Amazon and #3 on the country albums chart on Amazon. This is the highest I’ve seen him ranked on both charts on Amazon.
milgokey fan, I can go to bed a happy camper tonight, and thanks again for being so nice
)
Been a long, long day so I’m gonna say goodnight and get to bed early for a change!
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For your reading pleasure:
I searched out the reviews for Kris and Adam from the NYT.
Interestingly enough, they are both given in the same article. And they have the name of Adam’s album wrong!
They give Kris’s album a better review than Adam’s.
But I have to say; the reviewer certainly said more about Danny in general and gave him as good or better IMO review; at least it appears as a singer in general. It is the same reviewer, I believe.
Tell me what you think!
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01E4DE1738F930A15752C1A96F9C8B63&scp=5&sq=For+Your+Entertainment&st=nyt
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hello to rowansmom
this is another blogger checking in. funny how the opinion of favorite tracks is so varied. this person isn’t wild about either Crazy Not To or IWNSG, but likes Get Away. And they suggest I Still Believe for single #2, which is odd although I do like that song quite a bit.
http://www.idollive.net/2010/02/album-review-danny-gokeys-my-best-days.html
Shirl, so funny that the Best Buy staff are gaga for Danny but you can’t get the CD there yet and they want to go to another store? wth, or is that store really small compared to others in the chain? I know you said you were going to be in a somewhat more remote area.
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Oh, heh. Didn’t realize who rowansmom was. Hi Suz
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This seems to be Joanna Cotten who co-wrote Be Somebody. She writes about the song here
http://blogs.myspace.com/joannacotten
With that being said, I look expectantly toward all that 2010 has in store. Already I have two songs being cut. One will be on the new Danny Gokey record and is titled “Be Somebody.” Danny was on American Idol and I have been told by numerous sources that he is a soul singer who desires to inspire, which is a motto I carry as well! So I see no reason why this won’t be a fantastic experience!! I co-wrote the song with Greg Barnhill and Adam Hood and we will go to the listening party on Feb. 8th to hear what Danny and his production team did with the song. Who knows, maybe it will be chosen to be a single and we’ll be celebrating our first number one record this year. Now that would be a moment to hold on to
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and Greg Barnhill, who likes exclamation points. Lol! ! !
http://www.gregbarnhill.com/aboutgreg.cfm
Hi, Steph! *waves*
Amy–
Yes, VFTW. She’s been stalking me for two years. I finally had it so I protected my tweets. She can probably find out pretty easily since she stalks me here too, but she hasn’t copied my posts from here recently, just my tweets, so maybe I can slide by for awhile.
I’m weird–I actually like the song no one else likes much: Like That’s a Bad Thing.
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Helio, can you report her to Twitter for harrassment?
What is her twitter name; maybe we can all report her for spam too, lol.
Pam, I am forever indebted to you. This JON CARAMANICA is officially my best writer ever…
No, seriously now, compared to this review, Danny’s review is a full-blown recommendation.
OMG, I laughed so hard at and I quote:
Mr. Allen was an unassuming puppy who nuzzled and yipped his way to the finale…
‘Fever,” written by Lady Gaga, whose recent success proves that there’s at least some tolerance for quasi-intelligent identity manipulation in the pop sphere, wiggle room that Mr. Lambert barely takes advantage of.
WOW. What a witty and entertaining review.
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Suz, Kristie (our friendly lurker, who got me the CD already
) said that is her favorite song!
SPOILER:
I like it with repeated listening. They did something to his voice to make it sound more dance poppish (A or something- takes some getting used to, but it is a rocking song just like Get Away. I like it a lot! My least favorites right now (which i still love, lol, are the two studios we’ve been hearing; just because I have heard them so much!)
Helio
I really like “Like That’s A Bad Thing” as well.
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Bosman; I knew you would like that
And what about:
“And the labor put in to that end is almost audible: this is an overwrought, clunky, only sparingly entertaining record, constantly in argument with itself. Worse, ”For Your Consideration” isn’t an ambitious flop, it’s a conservative one.”
Yes, I think Danny’s review is quite good comparatively speaking
Perhaps us warriors should bookmark this; lest haters try to use Danny’s NYT review against him!
rowansmom, Like that’s a bad thing is actually the one that I like a lot. Danny really delivered perfectly vocal length in that one. He knows exactly how long to hold it and when to cut it short. Also, as a known vibrato freak – this song just has the perfect doze of vibrato that Danny can deliver.
I am overjoyed. The song is so dynamic. I will be flipping when the album comes into my hands.
I am considering taking a day off from work, provided I still have the job at the time, of course. How ironic! LOL!
Hey! I’ve been scrolling through the comments so far and there’s been so much that y’all have been talking about.
I’m not gonna comment on the whole Kris discussion about him having a “dark side” or whatever else was said about him b/c it seems like the views about him are up/down, back/forth, some of the time and maybe it’s just me, but I really don’t see that. I understand that they’re your overall opinions of him and I respect them so I’m not gonna add anything else to it. I’m as much of fan of Kris’ as I am of Danny and I’m just gonna leave it at that.
steph- if you’re still on, I got your dm about having an extra ticket to see Danny at the Opry on 3/13. I honestly would love to see Danny! Of course!!! No doubt about that
The only thing is that I don’t drive and I would have to find a way up there. So, if I can come up w/a solution, possibly by the end of the week, I’ll let you know. Thank you so much for the offer, btw. It is very much appreciated 
Hi – just had to let everyone know that weather predicted for Milwaukee Saturday is sunshine and around 40 degrees. Just another reason to love Danny…he brings sunshine and good weather with him!! So is anyone for tenting overnight?? lol
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Cori, Isn’t it the truth?
Unseasonably warm for his spring homecoming. And the anticipated rain for the AI tour held off until afterward; plus the temperature was perfect- not too hot at all for August.
Now 40 and sunny? What more could we want (besides seeing Danny of course)?
Having said that; there is no way in he** I am camping downtown in March, even for Danny
Pam, I think that the author deliberately changed the album title. “For Your Consideration isn’t an ambitious flop, it’s a conservative one.” – now this was really scathing. He lambasted Adam for not taking a risk and delivered something unconventional. So – according to the reviewer – even though Adam played it safe, he still flopped.
LOL, bosman, I know what a vibrato freak you are–and I’m not usually so much into the uptempo songs as you are, but Like That’s a Bad Thing is just so darned catchy!
Shirl–looking forward to it. You’re a sweetheart.
Danni–my apologies for my Twitter meltdown this evening. I just had enough, her latest about me (she was making fun of me for saying I wanted Danny to cry in his video–and for “lusting after Lee”) was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I feel like I can’t really say anything very deep or with very much substance anymore the way I used to because it becomes a target for laughter over there. I’m sick of being “famous.” Now I know how Danny feels–I have to be strong like him. It’s extremely embarrassing though. I did tell her what she could do to herself.
I can’t block her or report her because I don’t even know if she has a Twitter account and I don’t know what her username there is if she does. Anyone can lurk on Twitter and lift tweets that are unprotected. I know changing my username won’t help much but it might trip her up a little.
My advice to everyone here is NEVER post on any hater site. EVER. I think that was my mistake. I posted on Idletard about 2 years ago and that’s how she got my IP and has been following my doings on the internets ever since.
Pam…I agree no tent…but I wonder if there will be a few?? The whole event will be very interesting. Hope to meet you and lots of other Danny fans there. I’m planning to meet up with Jan and Toni first. I’m going alone – my son will drop me off mid-morning. Would also love to join everyone later on for a Post-Danny Party.
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Bosman:
As much as I disagree with that reviewer about Get Away and thought he was lazy with the Christian Pop references (just too easy of a target to lay criticism on Danny; he could have picked some other reason if he wanted his due diligence criticism, lol)
he really does come up with some interesting imagery.
The published chart from allaccess now has Danny down as #34 for the week. The 7 Day Rolling chart also has him down for this, like Lizzy mentioned earlier.
I am glad to see him #34 on the country chart. That is nice movement for him, and he’s up 6 spots from last week, when he was #40.
Twitter: steph6449
Hi Danielle, you’re on then
Aww, Danny was just back on GAC. Seems like they have been rerunning that countdown show 5 times since Friday night but he still looks cute
I kind of like Like that’s a Bad Thing, but more when I heard the longer version than the short excerpt we first got to hear.
Is that the song that made me jump? Lol, or was it Life on Ya? Those are both currently in my second group of favorites but there really isn’t any that I don’t like. Be Somebody was closest, but it moved up nicely in the studio version.
Ashley_Melissa is still in love with Danny’s CD
Going to sleeping listening to @dannygokey's album on the ipizzle. Fo shizzle my nizzle. …whatever that means.
Twitter: steph6449
Suz, can’t you ask your Internet company to change your ip if you think that’s contributing to their watching you online?
Even if you have to swap a modem or something, would probably be worth it. Or they may be able to just do it by changing something on their end remotely.
Goodnight! Thanks for letting me rant.
Twitter: pjgvet
Cori-
We can’t reserve tables at Turner Hall for after; but the manager told me it would be after the Bucks game rush, so we would be ok. What do you think about Milwaukee Ale House? Although it would be easier just to stay put, since some people don’t have transportation.
Helio, so sorry! Maybe just don’t let her crimp your style; don’t go there to read. No one knows you in RL anyway, who cares what she writes?
Twitter: steph6449
That reviewer is almost doing to Adam what his writeup today was doing to Danny, trying to fit him into a preconceived box. (Danny the “Christian” singer, Adam the wannabe rocker who I guess is supposed to present an overtly gay musical identity, according to that writer).
Where he seems to have found Kris to be a mouse, but a pleasant mouse at times.
Yeah, that one would be good to bookmark along with other anti-hater resources.
That’s true, Pam. I can’t help lurking though.
I don’t get it. I’m so boring!
Pam…do you have any idea of how many of us will be there? Both places would work…but Turner Hall would certainly be convenient. I’m one of those that wouldn’t have transportation – planning to call my son to pick me up later on that eve.
Hey steph! I’m here
rm2010-no need to apologize for going off about how you feel. It needed to be said b/c it was how you felt. I feel you 100%
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Hey Dani-
That would be great if the Opry would work out. I do remember those days when I was a starving college student with no car (didn’t get one until I was 26 years old and out of Vet school!).
Cori- Us hardcores; probably 30? But I am going by Twitter, and there are probably more that I don’t follow.
Steph- I would imagine either Like Thats a Bad Thing was the one- I remember him hitting a really piercing high note in that one near the one. Love it. Or maybe Get Away- there was some Gokey “Woos” at the end of that too.
Yes, his review of Kris was quite “bland” I would say. No “devastating” references there, lol.
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There are some music artists who go a long way being pleasant and boring, but all else being equal most would rather provoke a stronger reaction than that.
Pam, must have been that one–it was definitely a high power note in there somewhere that make me jump.
Will have to listen closely to the CD when it shows up to recreate that situation now that I am warned for it, lol.
Rowan’s Mom, I recommend that you change your avatar. It is easily identifiable. I will refer to you as Rowan, Suz, or RM.
I have to believe that the fact that so many people have different favorite songs is the sign of a first-class product. For me (so far), my favorites are “Be Somebody” and “I Still Believe,” despite the fact that neither song showcases Danny’s voice or shows what he is fully capable of.
Pam-Hey! I hope that works out for me, too! It’s not that I can’t afford a car(which is the case at the moment)but I just don’t drive b/c I really don’t want to. believe me, there was a point when i was a teen that I wanted to get my license like everyone else but kind of gave up on the fact when I couldn’t even pass the test! Long story short, I’m pretty much content w/o having to drive and just taking the bus to school or whereever else that I wanna go and get rides from family or friends when they offer. So, yeah…lol
But I really do want to see Danny. That would be one of the greatest moments ever for me!!! 
You can call me Suz–I will change my avatar tomorrow–I need a new one anyway.
Twitter: pjgvet
Dani, well you now have motivation to get your license!
Steph- Yes, I can hear it now, its “Liiiiiiiiiiiiive your life” that may be the moment you are talking about. Kind of uncharacteristic of Danny, IMO, very rockish vs Gokey Growl. I really enjoy it.
Ellen- you are in for a treat. I really wasn’t too fond of Be Somebody or I Still Believe (although there was one acoustic performance of that I really liked) but am won over with the added instrumentals.
Pam, I like the acoustic versions of BS and ISB, so I hope the extra instrumentation doesn’t ruin them. Am SO looking forward to Bushwhackers, where Danny will still be acoustic. There is no comparison to hearing his voice unfiltered, although I am sure I will come to love the studio versions too.
Would like to get to one of the Sugarland concerts where Danny is opening as well, for comparison if nothing else. I first heard Jennifer Nettles singing a Christmas song with Jennifer Hudson on Oprah. Took me a minute to adjust to her twang, before I started to appreciate her voice. Then yesterday I listened to a few Sugarland songs. Jennifer Nettles reminds me of what I imagine a female Danny Gokey would sound like. I think it’s going to a good match for the tour.
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I know what you mean Ellen, I actually like Tiny Life acoustical better.
But that is why we all have to see Danny live; to appreciate his raw power/passion!
Goodnight everyone!
Two days until D-day!
I’m outta here, too. 2 more flippin’ days til MBD!!! Love it
Goodnight, y’all <3