Comments on: Will A Poster Child For The Music Industry’s Screw-Ups Be The Next American Idol?

By: eddie

eddie — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:40:07 +0000

I dont’t think the fans have as much say in who wins as they claim the fans do!

By: Jupiter8

Jupiter8 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:00:26 +0000

Danielle Brisebois’ finest moment? Topless bathing scene in “Big Bad Mama II”….

By: zaky

zaky — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:28:27 +0000

I hate “Unwritten” more than I can even describe.

By: Rob Murphy

Rob Murphy — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:27:18 +0000

@G3K: Danielle Brisebois triple-threated on that song -- writer, producer, and background vocals.

I was a bit lazy with my post. First, the New Radicals song is "You Get What You Give". I also should have linked to the video, which I have rectified below. She is in the video, but she's hard to pick out. I think I recall there's a reason why she was relatively "anonymous", but I can't recall it or find it anywhere. I think she's playing the keyboards in the "group playing the instruments" shots, but she can most clearly be glimpsed briefly in the "dancing crowd" segment that begins at the 3:42 mark in the video. She's the one in the middle who looks right into camera:

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Final Danielle Brisebois Fun Fact -- as a 6-year-old child actress she was the original "Annie" on Broadway. Her voice is the voice in the sample Jay-Z used in "Hard Knock Life".

By: G3K

G3K — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:52:27 +0000

@DHMBIB: Yikes, I knew she was a New Radical, but I didn't know she was responsible for that inexplicably perennial piece of pap. Gross. Should've stayed on All in the Family, amirite.

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:45:52 +0000

@raihala: given my penchant for unheralded pop (even by POPULAR bands, jeez louise)--and the new radicals--i suspect i'd have some sort of affection for it. however, i just feel like putting her on the show will really get peoples' dander up because of the whole illusions-of-integrity-being-shattered thing. yeah i know i'm talking about integrity w/r/t american idol, but still.

By: Rob Murphy

Rob Murphy — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:32:58 +0000

@G3K: Off-on-a-tangent: Also, Danielle Brisebois' biggest hit as a songwriter is Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten", which I've heard [not by choice] only about 10,000 times this year. Also, Danielle Brisebois was a member of the New Radicals [she appeared in the video for "Get What You Give" and can be seen doing some sort of crazy dance].

By: G3K

G3K — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:13:10 +0000

Hennessy’s flop record includes the Danielle Brisebois song “Just Missed The Train”, which perhaps less than coincidentally also showed up on Kelly Clarkson’s first record…

By: raihala

raihala — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:21:30 +0000

Actually, the funny thing is that the Carly Hennessy album isn’t all that bad. Gregg Alexander produced/wrote/played on parts of it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:29:15 +0000

As long as there's a good balance of talent, ear-popping excuses for contestants, and the deliciously biting banter between Seacrest, Simon and the rest, I don't care if it's rigged. It's entertainment.

Everyone likes to blame the Sanjaya factor, but I thoroughly enjoyed all of his performances. And that's what it's all about, I think.