Aug 31, 2009 at 07:13 am by Wendie

Last year’s American Idol victory song — “No Boundaries” which was written by AI judge Kara DioGuardi — never really took off.  As a matter of fact, runner-up Kris Allen dropped it from the repertoire of songs he sings on the American Idol tour.  According to him, it slowed down the momentum of the shows.

Kara, the scrappy songwriter, just released a studio recording of herself singing the tune.  Is it my imagination, or does this song sound a lot better being sung by a woman?

12 Responses to “That’s What She Sang”

  1. Liz says:

    Wow. Why was Kara never famous for her singing?

  2. Pixie says:

    def sounds better on a female voice. and i don’t think kris allen has the voice to hit the high notes in the song. it always sounded like he was straining to hit the high notes. i think kara has a good voice but i don’t think she had that “it” factor.

  3. Valentine says:

    Sounds WAY better being sung by a woman…

  4. kt says:

    when i heard it the first time on AI my first thought was “this is not a song for a man to sing.”

  5. daniwho says:

    The lyrics are just too cheesy for me. Who tries to squeeze hurricane into a song? Other than “rock you like a hurricane..” But I digress. Seriously, there are way too many words jammed in quickly together and then she has to take a single syllable word and drag it out with warbling to make it all fit. Obviously words and music written separately. That said, uh.. still… ew. Maybe it’s just not my kind of music?! I do think she has skill and a good voice. There- I was nice and it’s Monday. <- extra effort

  6. wuzzuh says:

    I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say, I think Adam sings this song the best.

    • MissLeeLoo says:

      Oh wow… you just got me to go listen to Adam’s version and MAN had I ever forgotten how good he was! I’m readdicted now! LoL This guy CAN SING!!!

      P.S.: Kara’s is def better than Chris’. I don’t even know how the guy got past the top 10. He’s good, but there was much better.

  7. yyrose says:

    —————————————She is my favorite. Just saw her on milllionaire personals site “”"”" M e e t i n g W e a l t h y . c o m”"”"”last week. I am wondering what kind of relationship she is looking for on that site.Is she single again now?——————

  8. Ashley says:

    Much better.

  9. Sarah says:

    A MILLION times better with a female voice. Maybe she wrote it just for herself, and then threw it at Idol?

  10. Liv says:

    Kris Allen was not an AI runner-up. He won the damn thing.

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