Also, her voice is SO much better than the songs that were written for her. She needs more lyrical songs with better melodic lines to sing… not R & B-attempt-at-clubbin’-music with immature and trite lyrics.

You know what I mean? :)

I think Taylor is HOTT! Move over blonde beach bum girl… here I come!

Anyways, really appreciate all of your opinions on here as they are very intelligent comments.

But hey, did you hear Katharine’s CD??? Talk about awful! only good song is Over It. Elliot’s, however, is very very good. How come Taylor’s didn’t get more publicity?

Hellooooo…. People who say they “know” Taylor DO know a lot about him. There are many websites you can log on to and listen o Taylor in his pre-idol years. You should listen to some of it and you would get a better idea of him as a singer/performer. Many of us have seen him perform in bars and let me tell you – he’s a whole different Taylor. Woo-hoo!!!! Have you heard “Try a Little Tenderness” by Otis? Taylor changed that one a bit on Idol, don’t you think? As far as feeling like we know him; there’s a lot of information around about the type of person Taylor is. Are you aware of how involved he is with a charity called KidOne, for instance? Because of him we SP’ers have donated to that charity, with various fundraising projects, and raised almost 37,000 at last count. I talked to Taylor about KidOne and other kid’s projects like children’s hospitals and he’s very appreciative. He has a blog to keep his fans informed on what’s happening with his tour as well as other things he’s been doing. I can go on and on but I think you get the idea. You either “get” Taylor or you don’t but the Soul Patrol gets him and has from the first time he opened his mouth at the auditions. The more we know about him the more we love him!
Go to Taylormadesoul and check out the music.

But…

I never said it was bad. I was just surprised, that’s all. Lots of artists have done it (yes, Puff Daddy, I mean P Diddy, I mean Diddy, we are talking to you).

Rainee, he did seem a little lackluster compared to the Taylor we know and love.

A’kyra, I do know what you mean about Taylor and Stephanie. She was a contestant I disliked early on in the competition for that exact reason. I can’t hate Taylor, though.

Now I think I feel a “sidebar” comment coming on myself, lol.

Ok first of all should we feel honored to be in the presence of someone who “really knows” Taylor as I take you do…let’s be mature and not start slinging stuff around.
I don’t think anyone here said anything bad about Taylor. Did we say unpleasant things about his representatives, American Idol? YES we did. We realy can’t blame Taylor for his single. That is the type of singer that he is. He’s great at impersonating other singers and that’s great I love to watch him twitch around the stage, he’s an awesome performer but let’s be real do you really think Taylor could have had the same success as Kelly did with her song “Since You Been Gone”? Can you actually say Taylor Hicks could have come out with that song in that way?…I don’t think so….but you might and that’s great…there’s nothing wrong with that
But whatever let’s move on. You said Taylor gave credit on his cd….hellooo??? He has to…it’s the law! Do you think he gave the credit or was it his publicist??? Hellooo…they don’t make their own statements anymore…lol…You make it seem as if you “Know” Taylor so why don’t you enlighten us instead of scolding us.
So we don’t know Taylor, why don’t you tell us something about him that you know. And please spare us the obvious…anyone can look at the cd and see the obvious…so tell us something good, give us some juice :)
Heaven knows…we all know that, I think you missed the point…but welcome it’s great having you :)
Jeanne, I feel a “sidebar” comment coming…hmmmm