Comments on: The Idolator Interview: Ryan Tedder

By: April

April — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:52:03 +0000

The above comment is quite long, BUT i actually kinda agree with Jon. I’m not sure why anyone’s bashing that writer his band is amazing and I actually love the songs he writes. Am I missing something here? Did he accuse Kelly of something? he wrote it, produced it, she helped. Already Gone is a hit, it’s beautiful, gorgeous, and I actually used it to break up with my last boyfriend (who broke my heart). I also loooooved Halo. I don’t see what the issue is, they’re different songs. they’re both amazing. kudos to mr. tedder I hope he keeps writing real songs, with all the dance trash that’s disposable as hell now, we need more ‘real’.

April R.

By: jon

jon — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:21:04 +0000

EVERYONE ON HERE is being ridiculous. to the people that are slamming Ryan tedder- I will never understand the people who say things like “he’s a hack- all his songs are the same”. that is INSANE PEOPLE. Open your clogged ears- the same guy wrote “Do it well” for JLo, “Bleeding Love” for Leona, “Apologize”, “Stop and Stare”, “All the right moves”, “battlefield”- jordin sparks, “Reach Out”- hilary duff (#1 dance record), “Secrets”- (his own current hit with onerepublic). CAN ANY OF YOU MUSICAL GENIUSES TELL ME HOW ALL THESE SONGS ARE THE SAME?? ARE U INSANE? U all worship at the altar of ms. clarkson or something- she made a stink about 2 songs being similar and you people think every hit he’s written is the same song- point out to us please how all the above listed hits are the same- they are ALL DIFFERENT. I hate witnessing ignorant, uninformed arguments about music. He’s not my absolute favorite writer in the world, but My God people- he didn’t murder somebody. He loves music, that is obvious, and he has contributed alot to of great songs that will be played for a long time.
Oh and just to clear up the timeline of events- He wrote HALO months before Already Gone- i read an interview months ago where he explained what happened. Halo was written in the key of C. Already gone was in key of A. “different keys”. Beyonce recorded the vocal on Halo while Ryan was on tour in Germany, and because Beyonce’s label is so protective over her songs- he didn’t even get a copy until the week before it came out. Upon which he discovered- Beyonce had dropped the key of the song 3 full steps DOWN….into the same key as “Already Gone.” if u listen to both songs back to back- the drums are different, the instruments are different. even the chord progression is different. the ONLY similarity is they are the same tempo. You can find a demo of Ryan singing the original Halo on youtube- and guess what????? doesn’t match Already Gone at all. Something tells me that guy doesn’t need money bad enough to try and sell the same track to 2 different artists. That doesn’t make any sense people…THINK. think before accusing.
Anyway- I love kelly, I love onerepublic- but i officialy don’t like this site- whoever runs it should change the name from Idolator to kellyclakrsoncandonowrong.com

-Jon A.

By: RV

RV — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:01:03 +0000

this is really great

By: Tiff1luv

Tiff1luv — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:33:46 +0000

like u know nething about him. don't be ridiculous. he is a wonderful songwriter and singer. all of one republic's music is varied and great. They have a different mood in all their songs its like listening to the perfect song on both of their cds.

By: MK

MK — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:19:53 +0000

this guy makes hits, none of you comment(ers) understand how important the songwriter/producer role really is.. what gets the fans are the songs, what keeps the fans is the artist. and in this case, ryan actually did help put her album on the charts, the same way, max and dr. luke did with breakaway. boo ya.

By: guest

guest — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:42:51 +0000

I know than I like “Halo” and hate “Already Gone”…

By: boycot tedder

boycot tedder — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:57:56 +0000

First of Kelly doesn not sucks. If she's sucks how she was voted the very first American Idol and back then it was a show about talent not popularity like is now. Or getting praises from people like Steven Tyler, Jeff Beck, Reba, Mariah Carey, and the lead singer of Mottorhead. Ryan is a good songwriter (minus the fact that he uses the same track for almost song he writes nowadays, but doesn't admit it) but I don't think he will be the best songwriter of all time. He's far from being a Max Martin or Dr. Luke. Which those two espeically Max have the better chance to be the best songwriter of time. Ryan is an okay singer (not the geatest) but he is far from being the best singer of all time. Kelly's a better singer than him by a long shot. Ryan is just a fad. I do like some of OneRepublic's stuff though.

By: Halison

Halison — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:50:55 +0000

No matter what happens, Ryan will be the best songwritter and singer of the time ! KC sucks a lot !
OneRepublic is so amazing , I really love those songs ! “Waking Up” is very good !

By: boycot tedder

boycot tedder — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:53:03 +0000

Yeah Ryan knows what he did but hello he’s not going to admit it. lost total respect for the guy.

By: Jerster

Jerster — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:07:06 +0000

Daniel are you deaf???????? We are not talking about Lyrics. the back track is near identical and Tedder thinks there is nothing similar about it. Clarkson is being accused by BEYONCE FANS of stealing!!! You can praise him all you want. He IS WRONG AND OWES EVERYONE AN APOLOGY