DAUGHTRY

My favorite song by DAUGHTRY is "It's Not Over," but outside of his band it's hard to say what my favorite song that he sang is. I wouldn't really link myself directly to these lyrics, but they do have a special meaning to me. The reason I like Daughtry so much is because of his time that he spent on AI (American Idol). Now the lyrics are more directed towards a relationship with a women, but if I were to relate this to me, I would probably use hockey as "the only one." Now this might not make to much sense to a lot of people, but for me hockey is everything, and during the duration of this year I've had to balance tons of school work and on top of that an after school job and playing hockey. Out of all the things in my life hockey is the most important, and although "this love is killing me" (because of my injuries) I still want to try and pursue a career as a NHL hockey player. This goal is probably unrealistic, but I feel that if you give up on your dreams then you have nothing, and that is kinda what "It's Not Over" is all about. Not giving up on the things that mean something to you and to fight for what you believe in is exactly what I'm trying to accomplish.

For Lyrics go to: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/daughtry/itsnotover.html

Rockin The World

Chris Daughtry to me has been one of AI's most successful contestants, and the media also agrees. From his auditions in Denver, the camera could not stop following Chris around, as he possessed 2 major qualities that the producers of AI loved. One, he was the rocker that looked handsome and had a great voice. Second, he was very family oriented and loved spending time with his wife and kids. I think is what really interested me about him, as he was something different then what I was used to seeing on AI. He was a top pick almost every week, and advanced himself to the third to last show, where he lost to Kathrine McPhee. After being voted off, there was a lot of controversy about the voting and whether or not Chris was kicked off on purpose.
Despite being kicked off AI, Chris Daughtry, and his band DAUGHTRY, has been reaching new heights and producing chart topping hits. In fact, Daughtry has become the forth best Idol in AI history, and the best selling contestant to not finish in the final two. His music is very upbeat and has that rocker style to it that is still rocking out crowds and selling out stadiums. His journey to the top has been one worth watching, and I wish him the best of luck in his future.

Elvis "The King" Presley

According to the video we watched yesterday in class, Elvis was brought into his music career because of his ability to sing in a way that was similar to black music. Even if this is true, do you think Elvis's label disclosed this info to the public? Also, how do you think the black community respond to Elvis's music, given the fact that he was brought in to integrate a style of black music to the public.

COMMIT TO THE INDIAN!

The Hawks have multiple home games coming up in the month of March. For all those Hawks fans out there, do yourself a favor and "COMMIT TO THE INDIAN."

First Blog

"Who was your first favorite group or singer? How old were you at the time? What was important to you about this music?"

I think my first favorite band was Linking Park. Now I say this only because I bought their first CD, and didn't have any other CD's before hand. Now I can't really recall how old I was when I bought that CD, but I think I was in either 4th or 5th grade. It's really funny answering this question, because I don't really know why this music was important to me other then I liked listening to it. Their music had an interesting twist to it that seemed to draw me in. Other then that, I really don't have an answer to this question.