This video pretty much sums up all I hate in live pop music. When a group of tween girls sing along so loudly that you cant hear the artist- I want to go postal.
Kelly Clarkson takes on Paramore and boots Hayley and her boys down the stairs. This version is a thousand times more believable and heart felt than Williams could dream of. Why? Perhaps because Clarkson has nothing to loose. She is more 'alt' than Hayley could ever be simply because she manages to buck the clones.
She crosses from country to pop to 'alt' like gracefully and intelligently. Paramore tries so hard to be hip that they look ridiculous. Clarkson doesn't give a crap- she does as she pleases. She has a pretty voice and a sense of relaxed comfort that comes with true self confidence.
Hard to believe I am actually writing somethign so favorable about Kelly Clarkson but this is just a simple fact. When women in music give stop trying to live up to what they think we expect and just perform- great things happen.