Originally Posted by Clarkey2015:
“So are we 100% that's it for I AM single releases?
If so, grrr, i find it so frustrating, what's the point of creating a master piece like Power, to just leave them dustily on the album.....
Leona was really enthused about this in the video she did, and was quite complimentary about herself singing in the heavens! which was nice to see, and also shows she knows it's a special song.... Ever since she said that I've NEEDED a transcendent performance, e.g:
Leona's - Run @ X Factor
Mariah's - Fly like a Bird @ Grammys
Adele - SLY @ Brits
I feel the same way about Thank you and the Essence of Me, which i know she has promised for the tour, i just cannot help but feel that as yet, she's not been given a platform to shine from.
Core fans will see them, but they need a slot like the TV performance of FTEISYF and subsequent Sekonda watch advert which really catapulted that song.
I really wish i could see the negotiation process of her getting promo slots... I feel like they need someone super passionate to be like LOOK, your show NEEDS this performance, give us FULL creative control including song choice and you'll be blown away, and more importantly the audience will be!
Also they need to start taking more care of her TV sets, better sound equipment and start forcing the technical teams to get her mic level correct ......
She's got the star power, i wish her team would be more demanding, like Jessie J during a live voice performance, she started over cause it just wasn't right....Which i think is absolutely the right approach Leona needs to take....
No performance is better than a panned one.
As soon as the Ben duet was proposed, any feelings of unease of discomfort should have been aired, and if necessary she be pulled from the slot. I'd rather she do that than perform a sub par performance ( Due to Ben...)
Leona has done a lot of favours for people, it's time she starts calling them in or cutting those people out. How many performances, private and public has Leona performed for Simon and she ended up with the worst slot of the night......
However, i do believe this albums era was going to be relatively short lived due to the empowerment theme dominating the album, I've found it hard to maintain an emotional connection with the album due to the intense nature of feeling "empowered" being a generally short lived emotion.
What i mean by that is, it's usually a rush of empowerment which spurs a change in life followed by a calm as you cannot be constantly feeling actively empowered.... that would be exhausting.
You settle into your new found power after your empowerment, which then becomes the norm until you are next challenged beyond yourself and need to feel empowered.
However you can be constantly in Love and maintain that feeling for a lifetime. She needs a corker of a love song for her next album.”
OMG is it really true Leona is singing Thank You on tour , i better take a ruck sack of tissues , that song really gets to me
Parents should sue for his behaviour on the internet”
