A confident Clarkson hits her stride
Boston Globe, MA
July 18, 2006
Reprinted from late editions of yesterday's Globe.
...Sunday night at the Tweeter Center, Clarkson didn't sing "A Moment Like This," the power ballad that will forever be associated with her first-season "Idol" victory. She did showcase a handful of new songs from her forthcoming third album, and the new material suggests that Clarkson is exploring a rougher section of the pop-anthem 'hood.
Even the stark, one-word titles evoke a new edge. "Maybe" began as a calm, dark, acoustic number, then split open to let the emo-influenced guts tumble out. "Anymore" was more Aerosmith than "American Idol," all nasty licks and stiff beats. The funk-soul sing-along "Yeah" is a radio hit-in-waiting, and if the Ford Corporation can translate the urge to jump up and down into the urge to buy cars, "Go" -- already the theme for a Ford ad campaign -- will have earned its corporate sponsorship....
July 18, 2006
Reprinted from late editions of yesterday's Globe.
...Sunday night at the Tweeter Center, Clarkson didn't sing "A Moment Like This," the power ballad that will forever be associated with her first-season "Idol" victory. She did showcase a handful of new songs from her forthcoming third album, and the new material suggests that Clarkson is exploring a rougher section of the pop-anthem 'hood.
Even the stark, one-word titles evoke a new edge. "Maybe" began as a calm, dark, acoustic number, then split open to let the emo-influenced guts tumble out. "Anymore" was more Aerosmith than "American Idol," all nasty licks and stiff beats. The funk-soul sing-along "Yeah" is a radio hit-in-waiting, and if the Ford Corporation can translate the urge to jump up and down into the urge to buy cars, "Go" -- already the theme for a Ford ad campaign -- will have earned its corporate sponsorship....
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