Thursday morning, desk dancing

[cleolinda]

By request, a few other downloads--bootlegged, edited down, volume-adjusted, what-have-you:

From xphile101: The official "You Give Love a Bad Name" mp3--the same live performance, but with more bells and whistles audible.

Since I sucked several of y'all into American Idol last night with the Blake Lewis bootleg, here's a few more. If you grab only one, go for "Time of the Season"; I don't have his earlier, beatboxier performances burned yet. I don't know that any of them have the spark of "You Give Love a Bad Name," but, you know: in case you want them.

Blake Lewis - Keep Me Hangin' On.

Blake Lewis - Mack the Knife.

Blake Lewis - Somewhere Only We Know.

Blake Lewis - Time of the Season.

Last night's dearly departed: poor Chris and Phil. Although at this point, I'd rather them go than Blake and Jordin, and Melinda's not going anywhere. Both their Bon Jovi covers from Tuesday night--ironically, Phil's performance was one of his best of the entire season, and somewhat aptly titled:

Chris Richardson - Wanted Dead or Alive.

Phil Stacey - Blaze of Glory.

Again: poor Gina the Rocker Girl, who so should have been there for Bon Jovi night. Gina's best performance, so far as I recall:

Gina Glocksen - I'll Stand by You.

Lastly, Jordin, the seventeen-year-old dynamo; I'd put my money on her or Blake for the win at this point.

Jordin Sparks - Heartbreaker. A Pat Benatar cover, as opposed to the Pink song.

Jordin Sparks - I Who Have Nothing. A Shirley Bassey cover that I can't believe came out of a seventeen-year-old.

Jordin Sparks - Livin' on a Prayer. This is the sound of a girl struggling with a song she clearly loves performing--but which doesn't love her back. Fun, but you'll wince in places.

Enjoy.

Comments

[speakerwiggin.livejournal.com]

here's the studio recording of blake's love a bad name (http://www.sendspace.com/file/tp5jn8)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[speakerwiggin.livejournal.com]

I actually like the live one better! But is shorter.

[maliekai.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh!! Can't wait until I'm home to download!! *drums fingernails* Is it four-thirty yet?

[queentab.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm all for spreading the Blake love. He had me at SOWK. *my avatar wink wink* Thanks for the links.

[brittastic14.livejournal.com]

Blake FTW!

[derangeddarling.livejournal.com]

agreed.

[whensheflies.livejournal.com]

You're my hero.

[drpeprfan.livejournal.com]

Jordin's voice is AMAZING. I'll be sad if she doesn't win, though it would be ok if Blake did. My mom and I thought that the guys didn't have it this season, but Blake's improved a ton. I think the next one to go will be Lakisha.

[drpeprfan.livejournal.com]

P.S. I found a studio recording DL for Jordin's "I Who Have Nothing" :-D

http://www.evilshare.com/503943b0-39fb-102a-847b-00a0c993e9d6

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yay! And yeah, I feel like LaKisha will probably be the next to go--I'm actually surprised she's made it this far; I expected voters to be far more shallow.

[drpeprfan.livejournal.com]

Me too! I was SO shocked when Gina got kicked off and Sanjaya and Haley stayed, they weren't half as good as Gina was. And I think I hit the DL jackpot: http://new-music-now.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html

If you look through the April and March archives too, you'll find basically all the studio recordings. I love whoever has that blog!

[wildcatlizzie.livejournal.com]

Grabbed the Blake downloads, thank you!

[word-herder.livejournal.com]

I listened to the Jordin Sparks rendition of I Who Have Nothing, and I echo your sentiments. HOLY COW. She's almost as good as Kelly Clarkson...

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

You know, it wasn't even the notes she could or could not hit in that song--it just sounded so raw, emotionally speaking, for a seventeen-year-old.

[wmetoile.livejournal.com]

Yo, I just got an email from Amazon UK about the book in paperback. My little brother is bogarting my copy, so maybe I need another...

[scornedsaint.livejournal.com]

Paperback? When?! I have to order two copies within the next two months (for friends who keep bogarting my copy...I haven't seen it in months), and if it's in paperback I might just wait to buy until that's released...

[wmetoile.livejournal.com]

Comes out May 10 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Movies-Fifteen-Minutes-Gollancz/dp/0575079894/ref=sr_1_2/203-9529090-4824727?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178240511&sr=1-2). Woo!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I have to warn you, it doesn't have the same title or cover as M15M Original Flavor, for reasons beyond my comprehension (I wasn't consulted). Other than that, it ought to be the same.

[linz-lou.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the links! You know, I never really liked Blake until Tuesday night's performance, but he totally blew me away with that rendition. I've been pulling for Melinda since the very beginning, but I can definitely see Jordin or Blake winning.

[aurora-borialis.livejournal.com]

DANKE!

Blake, ftw!

[lady-tavington.livejournal.com]

You're awesome, Cleo, thanks.

[chaneen.livejournal.com]

Here's (http://www.sendspace.com/file/2nhz2b) the studio version of Blake doing "You Keep Me Hanging On", which is just ridiculously awesome.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yay, thanks!

[derangeddarling.livejournal.com]

I LOVE YOU.

(the end.)

<333

[poisoned-candyy.livejournal.com]

You. Are. My. Hero.

[sunni-sideup.livejournal.com]

I am definitely a true Blake fan after "You Give Love A Bad Name." Seriously, that was the best performance of the night. But "Time of the Season" was amazing, too. I'm not sure if he'll win, or if he should, but he's my favorite. ^^

[oohasparklie.livejournal.com]

I downloaded Gina's song and Jordin's "I who have nothing". Thanks for these, this was nice of you.