(07-31-2013, 08:47 PM)NUG Wrote: That is my favorite unreleased Haley song. #1, GOOD for Haley!!! #2, if this becomes a smash hit, and I have to listen to someone else singing it over and over, I won't like it. It's kinda like Rolling In The Deep for me in reverse. Couldn't stand to hear Adele sing it after hearing it sung by Haley over and over in my car. 
I'm with the positive part ! I'm not taking issue with you at all NUG but there was some sentiment hidden in other posts in the thread I'm addressing .. not directed at you.. yours was shorter to quote
1) I love this song (I have "accidentally" heard Haley's versions dozens of times ... and find it running through my mind)
2) I love Haley's rhythm and stylizations most of the song and some of Haley's best abilities are show cased in parts. I like the almost rap/hip hop portion .... but I also get that in spades in "follow me(i'm right behind you") ....and I'm sure Haley will encompass it elsewhere in the future.
3) The portion that the Christina sings ( I was hoping that would be the part and it was) is exactly where I have always thougth Haley "fails to deliver" on her own song.
Yes Haley feels it. Yes it has meaning... she wants to "belt" it.. but while I can't read minds I really think she wishes she had a bit more there. It irritates me even though I enjoy the performance as a whole because I hear the strain and know if Haley had more to her voice in that particular "voice" (she can sing the same notes pristinely beutifully in another "voice" (we can argue what to call that.. "soft voice" "head voice" "falsetto et) but the song , as she wrote it and felt it herself(I hear the "feel" as Haley sings it) calls for that "belt'.
I suppose it irritates some to notice flaws in their favorite singer. To be honest it irritates me to hear "my favorite, right or wrong" defenses but I guess that is par for the course. We'd probably agree that she is at her most distinctively best elsewhere but to me if she's amazing in other areas that sort of proves that in those "not-as-amazing-here-as-there" she is well ... that says it. At that sort of climatic accentuation for a song, "less than amazing" stands out and I want a voice that doesn't sound strained but shows full power there. "What you don't know can't hurt you" is another one similar to this.
4) I absolutely love this song and "what you don't know" . Haley wrote the songs (and I'm sure her singing will be studied by the covers). I want to hear a creation taken onward...
4b) Tit for tat - I'd rather hear haley cover another "Santeria" and let someone else run with a song like this - she's the best of the best for me at that. : )
5) I do like Haley's "Rolling in the Deep" better than Adele's. It puts a much more hopeful and appreciative tone on "what could have been" than Adeles sometimes bitter, always-disappointed sound (too many people prefer directed anger over optomism though and might genuinely prefer Adele's)
6) EDIT
I DON"T think that this girl is necessary "good enough' I took the time to listen to some other songs by this girl Christina. She's a very good musician with her own distinct style she brings to songs. "better" is a tough word, but I'm sure she'll do the song justice in a way that is true to herself (Christina). Unlike many of you here (; ) ) I can listen to other artists singing songs Haley sung and like them ALSO ... just like I like different Haley covers of the same song done differently for different reasons. I'll start a new thread on Christina
7) of course I'd rather Beyonce or Mariah covered it ! for both $ and
artistry sake.. (but to be fair.. I don't know Christina and it could be her youth brings out some of Haley's generational take on things in a sweet way)
One of Haley's unreleased tracks is on Christina Grimmie's new album
