Kelly Clarkson’s rumored contribution to the Twilight: New Moon soundtrack started popping up on American Idol fan sites and pop-leak blogs last night. The track, called “Did You,” is a riff-heavy ballad that was allegedly a leftover from the My December sessions. To these ears, it sounds a lot like Buckcherry’s “For The Movies,” albeit with lyrics that are more in tune with the Twilight series’ vampiric sensibilities (“Falling down/ Darkness surrounds me / I opened my eyes / I bowed my head / And cried”). A YouTube clip is after the jump.
If this was a My December discard, you have to wonder why; it’s not exactly breaking new ground, but it is pretty sad-anthemic.
Twilight Saga New Moon Soundtrack – Kelly Clarkson Leak – “DID YOU” [YouTube]
[HT Music Is The Heart Of Our Soul]
Sounds like Evanescence.
“For the Movies,” for reasons unknown, remains a staple on my iPod. Something about Josh Todd & Buckcherry makes me enjoy them, despite everything telling me I should get the douche chills every time I hear them.
@BigRicks: yep, same here.
Do people really expect the Twilight-watching Hot Topic crowd to buy into a Kelly Clarkson song on the grounds of its connection to the most overhyped film/book series in a decade? I call BS. I don’t see this song becoming much of anything
@VivaLaMainstream: Maybe you missed the part where the Arrested Development-watching American Apparel crowd bought into a Kelly Clarkson on the grounds that it was awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBr5FPIL8UU
@VivaLaMainstream: Because Paramore is so far outside the mainstream…
This song fits really well with what my younger cousin has told me about the book (Edward is gone and Bella mopes and angsts. There are several chapters of just the name of the month and blankness, because her life is nothing, nothing without her sparklepire. If my cousin weren’t such a smart, independent kid otherwise, I’d worry about what these books are teaching her.)
I definitely like it, but that could be my strong pro-Kelly-bias.
I’ve read the books (I know, I know…) and this song goes perfectly with it. I’ll tell you right now, the little Goth-ettes would eat this up. Kelly Clarkson isn’t that “uncool,” per se.