Fresh "Air": Rissi Palmer Breathes Life Into A Jordin Sparks Song
"No Air" was the one breath of fresh air on Jordin Sparks's debut album for me. Although I've never doubted that the season 6 AmIdol winner has a good set of pipes, I have for the most part been disappointed with the safe, snoozy post-show material's she's released.
The one exception has been "No Air," which I actually think is one of the best pop singles of 2008. I also think it's probably what saved Jordin from a sad, one-album-then-dropped, Taylor Hicks-like fate. Of course, it didn't hurt matters that her unstoppable and unfloppable labelmate Chris Brown appeared on the song, but even without his input, a good song is a good song is a good song.
Case in point: The new "No Air" cover by rising Nashville star Rissi Palmer. It's a country version, and Chris Brown is nowhere to be found on it, and it's still just as great.
Or is it? Some people might even say Rissi's version is better. Compare and contrast the remake and the original here, and you decide:
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I first noticed Jordin's version on SYTYCD? when Tabitha and Napoleon choreographed a great routine to the song.
I will say that Rissi's version is the version I play strictly for her voice and it's much more lively than Jordin's which sparks me as flat. Rissi did a great job and did breathe some life into it. And I'm sure it'll hit the Top Ten on the Country Boards.
However, the real winners are Thomas, Griggs and Mason. They wrote the song and are the ones getting PAID.
Rissi is a sweet women and did a better job on "NO Air". She stripped away the poppy beat added the violin and flat out sang the song better. She has a warble in her voice that is hypnotizing.