Lee performs a cool, groovier version of U2's "Beautiful Day" with hip hop legends The Roots.
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Showing posts with label Beautiful Day. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Lee Dewyze on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon/Groovier Rendition of "Beautiful Day"
Lee DeWyze, the winner of American Idol Season 9, visits Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Jimmy picked Lee to win back on May 17th when he had Idol judge Randy Jackson on the show discussing the Top 3. Lee talks about "2-chord songs you're playing for a girl" when he was a teen, how he never really played cover songs before Idol, and leaving his job at the paint store.
Lee performs a cool, groovier version of U2's "Beautiful Day" with hip hop legends The Roots.
Lee performs a cool, groovier version of U2's "Beautiful Day" with hip hop legends The Roots.
Lee DeWyze on Good Morning America sings "Beautiful Day"
Season 9 winner Lee DeWyze
, and the rest of the American Idol Top 10, visit Good Morning America to promote the Idols LIVE Tour. Lee sings U2
's "Beautiful Day" Live in Central Park as part of GMA's Summer Concert Series.
, and the rest of the American Idol Top 10, visit Good Morning America to promote the Idols LIVE Tour. Lee sings U2's "Beautiful Day" Live in Central Park as part of GMA's Summer Concert Series.Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Lee DeWyze ~ Excellent Tour Review from USA Today!
Lee DeWyze ratchets up the energy level
Lee DeWyze takes the stage to the ringing chords of his coronation cover, Beautiful Day
. But since the finale, Lee's version of the song has transformed. It takes few cues from U2's epic arrangement, and only minor ones from the acoustic version Lee has occasionally performed since. Instead, it takes on a rhythm all its own, as Lee turn it into a acoustic-rock anthem, one that emphasizes the line, "I know I'm not a hopeless case." And, judging from the crowd's response -- it dwarfs anything the other performers have seen -- he's not.
The first chords of Lee's next song almost sound like Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here, but it's really his new version of Elton John
's Rocket Man. But the Pink Floyd similarity may have been intentional -- after the first chorus, Lee quotes briefly from Floyd's Welcome to the Machine.
Like Beautiful Day, Hallelujah has undergone a makeover since the show. Standing in front of a spotlight that scatters rays around, Lee begins the song simply on guitar, then he walks to the front of the stage as the audience begins to sing with him. The arrangements on the TV show may have won him the competition, but these new versions suit him much better.
Treat Her Like a Lady takes on a darker edge than it had on the show -- the band almost sounds like they're playing Stevie Nicks' Edge of Seventeen behind him at the start.
"You're like my family!" Lee says afterward. "You're amazing in every way." Then he launches into Kings of Leon
's Use Somebody, saying, "Everybody can use somebody once in a while -- everybody."
It's a great song choice for Lee, exactly the sort of thing he'll need to get on the radio, and its whoa-oh-oh chorus immediately pulls the audience in, all the way to the back of the hall.
If Lee gets this kind of powerful-yet-vulnerable tune, he could really do something going forward. All those criticisms about confidence that he got about the judges fall away when he's in a setting that he feels is all his own. There's something undeniably appealing about him as he sings a song like this -- a guy worn ragged by the world but still retaining that sense of hope that refuses to give in.
But, still, he refuses to milk the moment. When he thanks the audience, instead of basking in their applause or running the gauntlet and slapping the hands that reach for him near the edge of the stage, he simply turns and walks off to get ready for the final group song.
takes the stage to the ringing chords of his coronation cover, Beautiful Day. But since the finale, Lee's version of the song has transformed. It takes few cues from U2's epic arrangement, and only minor ones from the acoustic version Lee has occasionally performed since. Instead, it takes on a rhythm all its own, as Lee turn it into a acoustic-rock anthem, one that emphasizes the line, "I know I'm not a hopeless case." And, judging from the crowd's response -- it dwarfs anything the other performers have seen -- he's not.The first chords of Lee's next song almost sound like Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here, but it's really his new version of Elton John
's Rocket Man. But the Pink Floyd similarity may have been intentional -- after the first chorus, Lee quotes briefly from Floyd's Welcome to the Machine.Like Beautiful Day, Hallelujah has undergone a makeover since the show. Standing in front of a spotlight that scatters rays around, Lee begins the song simply on guitar, then he walks to the front of the stage as the audience begins to sing with him. The arrangements on the TV show may have won him the competition, but these new versions suit him much better.
Treat Her Like a Lady takes on a darker edge than it had on the show -- the band almost sounds like they're playing Stevie Nicks' Edge of Seventeen behind him at the start.
"You're like my family!" Lee says afterward. "You're amazing in every way." Then he launches into Kings of Leon
's Use Somebody, saying, "Everybody can use somebody once in a while -- everybody."It's a great song choice for Lee, exactly the sort of thing he'll need to get on the radio, and its whoa-oh-oh chorus immediately pulls the audience in, all the way to the back of the hall.
If Lee gets this kind of powerful-yet-vulnerable tune, he could really do something going forward. All those criticisms about confidence that he got about the judges fall away when he's in a setting that he feels is all his own. There's something undeniably appealing about him as he sings a song like this -- a guy worn ragged by the world but still retaining that sense of hope that refuses to give in.
But, still, he refuses to milk the moment. When he thanks the audience, instead of basking in their applause or running the gauntlet and slapping the hands that reach for him near the edge of the stage, he simply turns and walks off to get ready for the final group song.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Idol Winner Lee DeWyze's "Beautiful Day" Hits #1 on the Charts!
The American Idol Finale Impacts Billboard Charts
Millions tuned in for the Season 9 finale and they liked what they heard. Soon after Lee DeWyze
was crowned the American Idol, his version of U2’s “Beautiful Day” went to #1 on the Billboard Rock Digital Chart. This is the new champ’s first Billboard #1.
Season 4’s American Idol, Carrie Underwood
, performed her latest single, “Undo It,” on the May 26th finale. The song, which is co-written by Idol judge Kara DioGuardi, took the #1 spot on Billboard’s Country Digital Chart.
With Lee’s and Carrie’s additions to the charts, the American Idol contestants have now accumulated 272 #1s to date.
Kelly Clarkson
– 56
Carrie Underwood – 46
Chris Daughtry (Daughtry
) – 35
Fantasia
– 21
Ruben Studdard
– 16
Jennifer Hudson
– 13
Clay Aiken
– 11
Mandisa
– 10
Kimberley Locke
– 8
Josh Gracin
– 7
Jordin Sparks
– 7
David Cook
– 6
David Archuleta
– 4
Kellie Pickler
– 4
Elliott Yamin
– 4
Taylor Hicks
– 3
Adam Lambert
– 3
Kris Allen
– 2
American Idol Finalists – 2
Bo Bice
– 2
Bucky Covington
– 2
Blake Lewis
– 2
Chris Sligh
– 2
Paris Bennett
– 1
Jason Castro
– 1
Diana DeGarmo
- 1
Lee DeWyze – 1
Tamyra Gray – 1
William Hung
– 1
source:American Idol News
American Idol Season 9 winner Lee DeWyze is tearing up two other Billboard Charts as well! Just 3 weeks ago, Lee's pre-Idol album "Slumberland" debuted on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums Chart at #32. In it's second week on the chart, this second release (after "So I'm Told") from Chicago's WuLi Records had jumped to #17...the largest move by any album on that chart. Now in it's 3rd week on the Heatseekers Chart, "Slumberland" has jumped to #7! "Slumberland" debuted at #39 on the Independent Albums Chart, which tracks the week's top-selling albums across all genres, sold via independent distribution channels.
Come on FANS...let's make our American Idol Lee DeWyze #1!
Millions tuned in for the Season 9 finale and they liked what they heard. Soon after Lee DeWyze
was crowned the American Idol, his version of U2’s “Beautiful Day” went to #1 on the Billboard Rock Digital Chart. This is the new champ’s first Billboard #1.Season 4’s American Idol, Carrie Underwood
, performed her latest single, “Undo It,” on the May 26th finale. The song, which is co-written by Idol judge Kara DioGuardi, took the #1 spot on Billboard’s Country Digital Chart.With Lee’s and Carrie’s additions to the charts, the American Idol contestants have now accumulated 272 #1s to date.
Kelly Clarkson
– 56Carrie Underwood
– 46Chris Daughtry (Daughtry
) – 35Fantasia
– 21Ruben Studdard
– 16Jennifer Hudson
– 13Clay Aiken
– 11Mandisa
– 10Kimberley Locke
– 8Josh Gracin
– 7Jordin Sparks
– 7David Cook
– 6David Archuleta
– 4Kellie Pickler
– 4Elliott Yamin
– 4Taylor Hicks
– 3Adam Lambert
– 3Kris Allen
– 2American Idol Finalists – 2
Bo Bice
– 2Bucky Covington
– 2Blake Lewis
– 2Chris Sligh
– 2Paris Bennett
– 1Jason Castro
– 1Diana DeGarmo
- 1Lee DeWyze – 1
Tamyra Gray – 1
William Hung
– 1source:American Idol News
American Idol Season 9 winner Lee DeWyze is tearing up two other Billboard Charts as well! Just 3 weeks ago, Lee's pre-Idol album "Slumberland" debuted on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums Chart at #32. In it's second week on the chart, this second release (after "So I'm Told
") from Chicago's WuLi Records had jumped to #17...the largest move by any album on that chart. Now in it's 3rd week on the Heatseekers Chart, "Slumberland" has jumped to #7! "Slumberland" debuted at #39 on the Independent Albums Chart, which tracks the week's top-selling albums across all genres, sold via independent distribution channels.Come on FANS...let's make our American Idol Lee DeWyze #1!
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