CT posted this on Facebook, Working on LIVE today! Options

[throwing_cheetahs]

I am so glad to hear that.

[FishOutaWater]

You were critical of Live's appearance on American Idol - how would this be any different? Both shows cater to the music fan who is more interested in looks and performance rather than musical ability. Do you really want some Chris Daughtry wannabe fronting Live? In my opinion whoever is chosen to replace Ed via a TV show would not be accepted by the majority of Live fans.

Live = Ed, Chad, Chad and Patrick. That's indisputable. If CCP want to find a replacement singer then that's fine, if they want to play Live songs then that's fine as well. If they want to call themselves "Live", well that's where I would have an issue.

I don't recall criticizing the fact that they appeared on American Idol. I might be wrong, but I don't remember criticizing the fact that they appeared on there.

I do remember commenting on the fact that they appeared on the finale of the biggest show on the planet, with Daughtry, the most popular performer of that season (and one of the most popular of any season) and they performed their new "single" on the finale, and Live didn't even catch a passing whiff of the commercial "bump" that any other performer has ever experienced. And I put "single" in quotes because my recollection is that Sony didn't even properly release that song as a single in the US. They also had a great appearance on Howard Stern two weeks earlier when he was on terrestrial radio and performed Mystery. They told funny stories, performed some hits and then performed Mystery and promoted it. Everybody who appears on Howard Stern becomes a top Google search that day and their websites crash from traffic. But not Live. They remained virtually anonymous to music listening public through all of that. If that doesn't tell you something about the quality of SFBM and how commercially viable Live was at that point in time and how much of a lack of reception they got at that point, I don't know what does.

About my Mark Burnett comment - I was half kidding. But going on American Idol then, and the situation today are totally different. Live is no longer together. The whole thing has been taken down to the foundation. Down to the ground. They lost their lead singer and the voice and the bald head that was the most recognizable part of Live. Live is on its deathbed. We're talking about Ed never coming back, and Live going away or going on with some other singer. If that is the case - then for sh*ts and giggles, let them play it ou ton TV in front of a big TV audience. I would be entertained by seeing CCP goofing around on a stage every week on Live television. I would get a kick out of seeing that. It would make the relevant again. They might end up with a talented new lead singer.

I bought the INXS album with JD Fortune. I watched the show. I watched Rockstar Supernova too. With the Voice being a hige hit, maybe the time is right to bring back Rockstar. If Ed is gone forever, then I would go for it. I would rather have Live with the old Ed. But maybe Live with a "Rockstar Live" singer would be better than Live with The Eddie K.