Taylor Hicks' Auto-bore-ography

136. There are reports that Taylor hicks was rude to the staff of the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin this past weekend. Normally I would not have believed that but I saw him in action at his book signing in San Marcos. He was very removed from his supporters and he didn't interact with them at all. It seemed more like an obligation rather than an opportunity. The books were $25 per book and there were only about 70 people there. He talked to his PR guy the entire time and ignored the people he was signing books for. Several fans left discouraged and there are those followers who support Taylor no matter what he does. He might be nice overall... but this weekend..he wasn't friendly. No one invaded his space or gave him any reason to be disrespectful. Karma is a biatch Mr. Hicks. I hope you know how much it sucked seeing you disappoint so many this weekend. I'll support you after you take some lessons in customer service.

Posted at 7:53PM on Jul 31st 2007 by Tee

137. Wow, Austincutie, Taylor must be seeing another short-haired blonde or his girlfriend Caroline must get a lot of time off of work. I guess she doesn't really care about having a "journalism" career afterall.

Posted at 8:46PM on Jul 30th 2007 by Dorothy Snarker

138. What does he need to do to be interesting....DRUGS, drive under the influence of alcohol, get arrested, have tantrums ???? better still ,should he date a string of Hollywood air heads ????? Please!!! It is time for LaLa land to celebrate and encourage a REAL person living a REAL LIFE. It is the Crazy Crowd most people find boring!!! Encouraging "down to earth," genuine, sane people for a change could actually be a good thing!!

Posted at 10:10AM on Aug 3rd 2007 by KW

139. Wow - this is ugly .. Chris seems nice - he seems very talented .. having said that - I love Taylor. He is amazing to see in person, love his cd - love his book .. Why are people so mean spirited here? Yikes .. if you don't like him - fine more of him to go around to those who do!!! Oh - the TMZ photo that ran of him on the beach with his girlfriend is "touched up" to make him look heavier - typIcal TMZ crap... and why or why are people rehashing who got more votes two years ago? Good Grief - Leave it to TMZ to pull this kind of crap.

Posted at 6:21PM on Aug 1st 2007 by **rock**

140. You people are ridiclous! I personally know Taylor and am reading the book as we speak. If any of you negative people would take the time to actually pick up the book or actully LISTEN to his original music you might find a incredible story....one of perseverance, God given talent, passion, strrugles and ultimately truimph. Something we could all use more of! BTW...He is an amazing person and sorry if he isn't flashly and always in trouble! We need more like him today!!!!

Posted at 3:25PM on Aug 2nd 2007 by rachel B.

141. I think almost all of the Taylor hicks bashing on here are Katharine fans they obviously dont know real talent . They wont think taylors a sucess until hes taken his clothes off to practically nothing and posed in trashy magazines. I guess having a book and huge solo tour and great sales arent good enough but then again thier used to thier dismal idols sales..

Posted at 9:32PM on Aug 1st 2007 by lara

142. and Katherine McFREE is doing any better? Please. I voted for Taylor because I thought the was the best of the two. I vote for the person who sounds the best on the show at the time, not who will have the best career, which ole Katherine ain't. She can't sing so she's taking off her clothes.

Posted at 12:11AM on Aug 2nd 2007 by Sky

143. I thought his book was great. I'm thinking about getting the auto-book too..
Your big fan Lisa

Posted at 5:15PM on Aug 2nd 2007 by Lisa

144. Taylor is an obvious threat to these bashers - remember, players only try to tackle the guy with the ball.

You go Taylor! Loved the book, the CD and I'm sure your UPCOMING DVD LIVE AT THE WARFIELD will be glorious! You're live shows are the best!!!!

Posted at 3:00PM on Aug 4th 2007 by yesitsme

145. I love Taylor Hicks and I am almost 80 years old. I still would like to adopt him as my grandson. I love to watch him sing as he really feels the music. I am disappointed that I do not see as much iabout him in the media that I would like. I think that since Simon does not like him that people in the media do not give him the recognition that he deserves.

Let us see more of Taylor Hicks.

Posted at 6:57PM on Aug 7th 2007 by Bettye Doe

146. I must agree, TMZ is just as bad as those people from VOTE FOT THE WORST, anything to get the mean spirit in people to come out. If you don't care for Taylor and his music, then, don't buy his stuff, turn the radio to another channel...etc etc etc! But, for petes sake people, what is it that you get out of writing all this garbage? I think you are all looking to see your name in print, and the fact that he has his name in print,...make you GREEN with envy!
He is not everyones cup of tea, thats why we have menus, why we have different color and makes of cars...get the picture? Stop being ignorant hate mongers!

Posted at 10:08PM on Aug 7th 2007 by appreciates him

147. take this crap with a grain of salt....taylor is not a cookie cutter musician.....he actually has talent and class....but unfortunately in this society (with all the braindead morons watching the flashing tv box) , talent and class never make the "news".....

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Posted at 10:49AM on Aug 9th 2007 by justangel

148. Taylor is a tremendous talented guy. Those who know music can hear how great of a voice he really has. And don't forget his harmonica playing. My only wish is that he had incorporated more of it on his album. Yeah, maybe his album could have sold more if he had made the music more main stream, but he didn't. He stayed true to himself. But if you watched AI, you know that he could sing other types of music. I think if Taylor's objective was to have over-the-top record sales, he would have made an album that was more mainstream. Maybe he just wanted to expose the simple minded to other types of music. Soul and blues is not down the middle of the road. As for the book, I have not purchased it yet, but I'm still going to buy it even if there are people out there bashing him. Why are you even reading and writing about Taylor? Puuleease! You bashers need to get a life. Those of us who are supporting Taylor have a life. We are reading and writing about things that interest us. I could give a rats **s if you don't like Taylor. So long as Taylor keeps making music, I'm going to buy it.

Posted at 1:27PM on Aug 8th 2007 by Taylor fan from the beginning

149. Taylor Hicks isn't trashy enough for this site. We need more snarky gossip about Nicole, Paris, Lindsay, etc.

Posted at 8:19PM on Aug 8th 2007 by Gwyn

150. You guys don't know Taylor at all so you have no right in bashing him... even I thought I knew Taylor since I am a fan but really, I didn't, until I read the book. You guys are just bashing him because other people are too... what if someone bashed Justin Timberlake huh? You wouldn't just stand right there and bash him some more... you'd probably end it! All you know about Taylor is that he's gray-haired and has jerky dance moves! But there's much more in that! All you guys see is the outside... well start looking in the inside once in a while people because that's what the fans of him love him for. So just read the fricken book because there is so much that you don't know, and it's not a BORE fest!

oh yea... His book, "Heart Full Of Soul" is a bestseller and in some stores, they're already sold out. I guess you didn't know that because TMZ didn't put that on to make their story better. Look at the facts first before commenting!!

Posted at 1:06PM on Aug 10th 2007 by HFoS