Carly Smithson - Blackbird

[LEWFROST2]

carli is=AMAZING!

[1americanidol11]

Beautiful voice! I like her version better than the beatles! We are looking at this song in poem form in my English class, and I wanted to listen to this song again!

[liz20141]

she never took any of this for granted and she was amazing every week im so glad that she is in watf and shes amazing in that band just everything she does

[TheoriginalMjj90]

yea she definitely got cheat n im serious she really shoulda won

[eyefly04]

she should have one most definatly i havnt watched american idle since she lost i was so angery

[chalyminx]

far too harsh and loud for this gentle song

[1515liz]

Where is she now? Is she singing? . She has an amazing voice. One of the best performances in this contests.

[frogpirate]

@1515liz

Carly Smithson and her band We Are the Fallen, made up of ex-Evanescence members, released their first album earlier this year.

[absolutjared]

i forgot how hypnotic and great this performance was. go Carly. you are really talented and special.

[jdanjd57]

Carly's version of Blackbird is hauntingly beautiful and Simon called it indulgent.. Go figure.

[clmusic47]

I love Carly singing this song. She has such an amazing voice. I wish she could have gone further on American Idol. The quality of her voice is so great!

[emilia223]

i lvoe teh song bury me alive what she sings it amazing her vocie is just wow shes great her somgs should come 2 australia i watchaed american idol last year when i was 12 in queensland australia at my friends place when i went fopr a holiday and i member seeing clary and i thought wow shes great singer and might have a chance 2 be famous 1 day and it was right SHES FAMOUS WOOP

[TwilighterMandy]

WOW!... Personally i thought that CARLY did an amazing job at my favorite Beatles song... MrsBorat11, Did you ever think it was NERVES that might have gotten to her?? HMMM NO!! If you think you can do better I'd like to see you post a video of YOURSELF singing Blackbird... and then we'll see what I have to say about YOUR singing!

[frazzler9]

I love Bury Me Alive

[cbotten106]

Yes, Carly's versatility is amazing.

[rebjenfli]

did she win??:P

[lukezclay]

No, she finished in 7th, I believe... She was great, and it was unfortunate she was eliminated so early...

[frazzler9]

she was 6th

[CoolTDIguy815]

MrsBorat11 - Really your the bitch not Carly...

[OfficialTheresaCrall]

You spelled "you're" wrong.

[darkridor74]

i know what it is...this young lady can actually sing...something people now days are not used to.

[apalahartidarisebuah]

love this songggggggggggg

[saruhteee]

She should have one that season; ABSOLUTELY no doubt.

She had the best voice but chose the wrong songs. Not fair

[mizzSARAHx]

She didn't even choose the wrong songs. She did Jesus Christ Superstar SO WELL, I don't know wtf everyone was thinking!! I LOVED that performance of her. She was soooooo soooooo good.

[perriwinklefruit]

SHE'S SO GREAT.

[Sarttimi]

amazing. i love her so much. ill never forget this performance, or come together. show must go on...alllll of them. she is amazing. true talent

[venycal]

I don't know why Simon disliked this performance. I thought it was a great performance. Well....at least Randy & Paula loved it :)

[heartbeat0506]

so for some reason simon hates songs about birds. carly with blackbird, david cook with little sparrow and now megan corkrey with rockin robin. weird

[cbotten106]

Simon Cowell's pathological fear of bird-related songs stems form the fact that he had to "eat crow" so many times in his life, that can have that effect on a person, you know.

[volleycutie95]

i dont understand the first two but rockin robin was horrible and cheesy and stupid

[curlingiron7658]

Well i agree with Carly and David Cook, but Rockin Robin was over the top, pitchy, and wtf with the caw at the end???

[fpinto2]

She's very talented. One of my favorites on Season 7. Love her take on the song!!

[jmds88]

such a great performance of hers, even though most people often forget that.

[cbotten106]

Yowza! She is awesome. What a cool take on this old song.

[coralinefan]

She should have won!

[Addicted2TheTube]

FFS!! - of the 25 or so comments made on this video, the majority of them have been SPAM submitted by the two of you.

GET OVER IT.

[MrsBorat11]

"FFS!! - of the 25 or so comments made on this video, the majority of them have been SPAM submitted by the two of you."

LOL, I know! Isn't it awesome? =D

[curlingiron7658]

I know right?!?

[curlingiron7658]

I bet you're not the skinniest little bitch in thw world either, are you?:)

[MrsBorat11]

Wow, I like how she forgot the words. Worthless. Talentless. Fatass.

[curlingiron7658]

How the fuck did she forget the words? She arranged the song differently than the original you dipshit. She made the song her own.

[MrsBorat11]

Cunty messes up when she says "take these broken wing" in the beginning, and at 1:10-1:12 she fucks up again. Plus, the whole thing is terrible. So perhaps you should listen harder next time, dipshit.

[curlingiron7658]

No she says this broken wing, and did you really have to respond 2 times to comment?

[MrsBorat11]

Aww, she said 'this.' I guess fatty needs to learn to enunciate, don't you think? I deleted my first comment and wrote another one. That's called a mistake. But it's pretty obvious you don't know what a mistake is, considering you think this performance is good. LOL...

[curlingiron7658]

Why are you calling her fat? If you want a fat American idol person, watch Ruben Studdard.

[MrsBorat11]

I'm calling her fat because she's fat. And I don't want a fat American Idol person, which is why I'm talking shit about her.

[curlingiron7658]

Wow, you really dont know what fat is, do you?

[MrsBorat11]

Yes I do. Cunty is.

[curlingiron7658]

Yes I Do? You dont speak or type very good english do you? And I still stand by my statement that you aren't the skinniest little bitch in the world.

[MrsBorat11]

I type English pretty well, actually. You said, "Wow, you really dont know what fat is, do you?" and I said, "Yes I do." How does that confuse you? LOL...

Oh, and I never claimed to be the "skinniest little bitch in the world." Why not talk about something that's actually relevent, like Carly's inability to succeed in music?

[curlingiron7658]

You're the one who started talking about her weight instead of her music retard.

[MrsBorat11]

I've talked about her "music," too, but also mentioned her weight. You've been the one hung up on the whole 'fat' thing the entire time, retard.

[curlingiron7658]

Well its just if you're going to judge someone on their singing, judge by their voice, not by their appearence!

[MrsBorat11]

I'm judging her as a person in general. What, am I only allowed to comment on her (awful) singing? Now, can you drop the fat thing? You sound like you're a fatty yourself...

[curlingiron7658]

Not as fat as your head is sweety!;)

[MrsBorat11]

LOL. Oh shit, now you hurt my feelings...=(

[curlingiron7658]

Sorry...not!;)

[MrsBorat11]

LOL. You sure showed me. It's fun to watch you embarrass yourself over and over and over...

[curlingiron7658]

The feeling is mutual!:)

[MrsBorat11]

You enjoy embarrassing yourself? Why?

[curlingiron7658]

Ugh, this conversation is over fuckface!

[MrsBorat11]

No, NOW it's over (fuckface).

[curlingiron7658]

Aww, love you too! But just tell me why dont you like Carly?

[curlingiron7658]

Liar...?

[MrsBorat11]

Yes.

[curlingiron7658]

How?

[MrsBorat11]

She said her record company imploded, even though MCA just merged with Geffen Records, and she never made the transition over to the new record label because her album sold less than 400 copies. She also claimed that she'd never done stage performances before, when she's toured in Les Miserables as one of the leads when she was 9, performed at the WKRZ 20th Anniversary Show, then 5 shows around the country to promote her single, then at a concert for over 100,000 people in 2002...

[FlyingPancake0390]

That in no way detracts from her talent. The show is about talent. The end.

[rbdancr401]

no. just...no. shes an absolutely amazing singer. shes NOT a liar. and just because she actually eats and is a healthy person doesnt make her fat. so dont even start.

[rbdancr401]

well here we go again... why do ppl think shes fat???! shes not! just because shes not a TWIG and actually EATS unlike some ppl, doesnt make her fat. and anyone who agrees with me WILL NOT "drop it".

[moulrg7]

Totally. I saw Carly on tour... saw her pretty close up because of a meet and greet. She is actually petite. In this case I believe it is her wardrobe choices. That top just makes her look boxy. She is NOT fat by any stretch of the imagination and the girl can sing!

[DebraAnn29]

Beautiful and earthy.

[ZinahDelizia]

She is pretty from the face but I don't like her tatoos:O

[craazyonuu]

I honestly thought that this was her best performance on Idol. She had compassion, the song was beautifully sung, and the fact of her being in the bottom three just made her stronger. She knows she did a good job on this song, it stood for something in her look, kudos. (: Love ya Carly Sarah Smithson! :D

[penwarden48]

whats the song called by this chick that goes like this " dont go without the boys tonight" ??

[osahju914]

i honestly could close my eyes and think this was a STUDIO RECORDING

[sinkingvessel2]

This was amazing. She never should have been dissed in judging. I have to agee with her--Simon was inexplicably hard on her.

[MartaxDme]

amazing! she has such a great voice!

[hollynat]

You go irish eyes!

[IdolFanatic95]

omg carly is so amazing this is not a bottom 3 performance!

[iiatuss]

Totally agree.