Kris Allen vs. Justin Gaston: Battle of the Yesterdays
May 30, 2009 at 9:00am
One’s the winner of the most popular talent contest on the planet, the other’s a tween-queen hanger-on who looks pretty okay in his undies.
And yet, Kris Allen and Justin Gaston have more in common than one might at first assume.
Both have recently recorded versions of the Beatles classic “Yesterday”—Gaston in a YouTube video, and Allen during a guest appearance on former Arkansas governor and GOP Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee‘s Fox News program. (Huckabee even accompanies Allen on the bass.)
Check out the videos below, and let us know in the comments section—whose version do you prefer, Kris’ or Justin’s?
kris is only a america idol..but adam is the america, asia, australia, africa and europe IDOL¡¡¡¡¡
Justin’s sounded too karaoke. He didn’t do anything different with that at all. Kris added his own touches to it while still keeping the integrity of the song and melody.
And in regards to the comment by Anita … what is the point? This article has ZERO to do with him.
Begrudgingly, I gotta give this round to Justin. Kris went way overboard hamming it up and pretty much butchered the song.
Kris is the better singer, by far.
Kris Allen without a doubt! The version is sleek, original, and sung with grace and effortlessly almost. He just has ‘it’. The kind of talent that is irreplaceable. Adam and Justin Who? cannot compare themselves to. Do we really need to question who is better doing this song… or any song for that matter?
Punk-ass Kris Allen had to use a capo. Capos are for cheaters.
umm…. kris allen no doubt
Kris. He feels it and is pitch perfect. the other kid can’t hold pitch, does not have a good tone to his voice and is just blah.
ugh..justin isn’t very good. Kris did way better!
their both very very good.
But I’m going to have yt ogo with Kris.
Justin (nem is tom ki az a Kris Allen!Lilly Allen testvere??:D)
Justine hasonlit az eredetiere a Beatle-re!
Kris without a doubt has the most beautiful heartfelt voice. Why does everything concerning Kris have to be about Adam? Kris won, give it a break! Have never heard of Justin.
you don’t show the entire performance by Kris (beginning was very good too). This said I think you still try to stir controversy over his win .. isn’t it?
The other guy has a nice voice but it’s still a karaoke kind of performance.
Kris is better by a mile for soulful singing and originality
Kris by a mile. His was very heartfelt – and his tone is more rich.
Then you can have Adam..lol
[quote=ANITA]kris is only a america idol..but adam is the america, asia, australia, africa and europe IDOL¡¡¡¡¡[/quote]
uh, you can can Adam…we don’t want him.
The Justin guy is doing nothing new or original and is giving a very average bedroom performance of a well known and loved song.
Kris Allen is giving us something new and a deeper felt interpretation with a soulful vibe. The clip that you show is poor quality and condensed. The opening was beautiful and without it, you can’t understand it as a whole. I’ll leave out any critique on the guitar duet part of this and the tinny studio mike and acoustics.
I give this one to Kris.
KRIS ALLEN 100%
Was Justin that kid who pretended to be a country singer on the dreadful Nashville Star last season? He was a very mediocre singer, but is certainly nice eye-candy. His “Yesterday” is just a straight cover, however. Nice tone, but I far prefer Kris’s interpretation.
I have to go with Justin. He’s got a better voice.
Kris . . . by a lot. That other guy did a decent job, but he has an indistinct voice. Sounds like he might be the best singer in the dorm. Kris has such a warm, distinct sound. In two notes his voice is completely identifiable.
ew. Don’t even ask the question. What an insult to Kris. HANDS DOWN. KRIS ALLEN. honestly. wow.
[quote=ANITA]kris is only a america idol..but adam is the america, asia, australia, africa and europe IDOL¡¡¡¡¡[/quote]
Are you kidding me! Wake up and smell the cofee. You think America made a mistake then you can move to Burma or China where you should be.
kris is better by farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I love his voice
kris is way better he won ai he obviously can sing no matter what you adam fans say(this isn’t even about adam so enough already)
justin can’t sing he failed on that wanna be american idol show he needs to go back to his job actually no don’t do that hes disgusting i hate seeing his “modeling” pics
[quote=ANITA]kris is only a america idol..but adam is the america, asia, australia, africa and europe IDOL¡¡¡¡¡[/quote]
Um, no. I live in Asia and Kris Allen has heaps of fans here.
Justin Gaston by far .. both are very good .. Justin’s voice is just so much more melodic in tone. And he writes most of his songs too. He doesn’t really do covers. Kris is cute. Isn’t he married or something?