Fuel, schmuel: Chris Daughtry has a deal, baby! He’s signed with Clive Davis, and "has already begun to work with A-list collaborators."
A-list collaborators? Who might they be? Well, let’s speculate. That’s what we’re good at.
Clearly, the dream is a Bon Daughtry hybrid, though a co-rocking of this magnitude might have catastrophic consequences.
Personally, I wouldn’t mind hearing Daughtry front a classic band lately fallen on hard times.Take it away, people: Who is Daughtry working with? (And why did that come out sounding like a bad-cop police interrogation?)
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Oh my God, I don’t even know what kind of music he’ll go with but I’ll buy the album. With creds like Clive Davis, Chris can’t go wrong.
I’m still waiting for Clavin Klien to make an offer to make him the next underwear model. Chris in a pair of boxer briefs would make me melt inside.
Dolly Parton and Chris Daughtry! Talk about juxtaposition!
I heard a radio interview with Rob Thomas and Chris Daughtry and they talked about collaborating, and I think that would be a killer combination. Daughtry rocks hard, but not hard enough, i think, to make it as a rock star. He would do Rob Thomas’s music justice, sort of an alternative pop feel. Yeah, and Clive Davis, you can’t do much better than that if you want to be successful. Very exciting.
Timbaland, Neptunes and the Police. Talk about a hit record.
rob thomas and Live are the obvious collaborations…….but wouldnt it be crazy in a few years if chris and kelly clarkson did a duet! i mean think about it. both of their voices go above and beyond talent…..and the way they both feel the lyrics within their veins…….i think that would be so hot.
***CHRIS-O-HOLICS***STAY ALIVE!
Who cares as long as we have Chris?!
He’s the hottest bald guy ever!
If you haven’t heard the studio version of Live’s “Mystery” with Chris D. dueting (the song they did together on the finale), go find it. It was available on Live’s website. If nothing else, it shows that Chris is a natural, and illustrates how America got it wrong with that hack Taylor.
For everyone who’s talking about how great it is to work with Clive Davis, let’s not forget that most if not all of the Idol runner-ups work with him. That includes Reuben, Fantasia and the rest of the ones you can’t remember.
Hopefully he’s working with someone who can tell him to cut back on the damn vibrato every time he “sings”! He sounds more like a goat/yodeler than a singer.
I agree with Damiged. Chris is talented but he can’t continually scream songs. I don’t see him singing cheesy ballads, either. His weakness in that department showed during the Idol finale when he sang the Elvis medley.
Let’s see, how about Foreigner or Journey? They both lived on their lead singers, they won’t take them back, so how about Chris?
Hey Jason, Reuben may have disappeared, but he WON AI in Season 2; Clay Aiken, President Bush’s fave Idol, came in second.
I enjoyed Chris on the show, but for being a gruff, scruffy rocker, his eyebrows here are too ’shaped’
ok.. Ed.. ew!
Joe C, Journey is alive and well with Steve Augeri as lead singer. Their new CD “Generations” is fantastic & their on tour with Def Leppard now….
Joe, that proves my point. Reuben WON the show, and even under the golden guide of Davis he sold around 6 records and proceeded to fall off the face of the Earth.
Can’t disagree with you more “damiged” and “Tim”. Don’t mistake a powerful voice for screaming. Chris is great at both ballads and rock. Not for you – that’s your prerogative, find another singer, but keep Chris as is!
ps…this includes his eyebrows “Josh”. Geez, people…
Oh Gosh, I absolutely HATE Chris. He sucked on American Idol and he is going to continue to suck. He always turns everything he sings into a stupid raspy voice song when it shouldn’t be. He HAS to yell into the mic EVERY time he sings…..go away Chris…go far, far away.
I don’t care who he works with as long as Clive doesn’t find a way to screw it up for him the way he has screwed up the other idols. The 2 most successful idols (Clay and Kelly) were successful because they later sued to get out of certain parts thier AI contracts allowing them more creative freedom- ie. the name of Kelly’s second album- Breakaway.
The AI finalists had to sign a contract saying that if Clive Davis exercises an option to sign them to a record contract within 3 months of the finale they HAVE to sign. Chris had no choice in the matter or he would have been in breach of contract. When Bo Bice (Season 4 2nd Place finisher) was recently asked if he had any advice for this year’s finalists he responded “get a good lawyer.” Good Luck Chris!
Hopefully Clive won’t exercise the option on Elliott’s contract so he can sign with someone that makes good mucis, like BlueNote or even The Firm’s new record label.
Go away Elyse…go far, far away.
So much energy wasted on someone you don’t like, why bother reading and commenting, why not go somewhere that interests you?
I wish Chris all the best. He obviously has big talent, many fans and the drive. Glad to hear the good news!
What I like about Daughtry is that he won’t be as commericial as the other Idols. i am looking foward to downloading one of his songs.
American Idol is such a waste of time.
And Jim Henson would roll over in his grave if Chris Daughtry ever joined Electric Mayhem
Chris will be just another canditate for VH1 Where are they now? in a couple of years. He’s just another pretty boy rocker and his voice is the same as all the other frat boy bands plaging our radio stations. Most of his fan base consits of teenage girls and bored housewives all of which equate his talent with his good looks.
Elyse, you obviously went away a long time ago…… Chris Daughtry is the best thing that’s every happened to American Idol.
And Matt…..sounds to me like you’re just a tad bit jealous.
I was really hoping he would sign with another lable. Chris will be commercialized just like Taylor and Katherine will be. I just don’t see a good album comeing from Clive!
Not jealous, just speaking the truth. I mean admit it you’re probably just some chick who mostly likes him because he makes you want to touch yourself not because of his scratchy voice that is not at all unique. Am I right?
JC – I agree to keep Chris as is. That’s why I’m disappointed his eyebrows look so made-over in this picture. He’s clearly beeng getting the Hollywood treatment… I’d rather have them as they were, as Chris is.
Josh, why so hung up on eyebrows? Can’t remember the last time I read a story about rocker eyebrows in Rolling Stone. Let it go..
Matt, get a girlfriend.
CHRIS, YOU ROCK.