Comments on: “American Idol” Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One

By: Aisleyne Horgan Wallace

Aisleyne Horgan Wallace — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:32:42 +0000

ahaha she sh** her self x

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:33:44 +0000

Comment on “American Idol” Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One I never really thought it was the originality of the arrangement that
mattered as much as the execution of the song. It would seem odd and a little
tedious to announce the history of the song, who’s version of who’s version is
being performed. You guys are being way too critical and maybe a little anal about
this. Is it reallyl that important? It’s just a talent show–it’s not the
first and it won’t be the last.

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By: Rob Murphy

Rob Murphy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:21:34 +0000

I'm a bit late with this -- couldn't hang for it last nite -- but...

Have you seen the DialIdol numbers?

HOLY CRAP!

David C., David A., and Carly are all "green", and the bottom three are:

8) Ramiele
9) Jason
10) Chikezie

By: raihala

raihala — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:20:26 +0000

The photo of David Cook above doesn’t really show this, but — last night, I watched “AI” in HD (which I usuallly forget is an option, ’cause most reality shows aren’t in HD). Anyway, during David’s close ups, I swear you could make out residue on his forehead that looked like dried glue, which I’m assuming is used to cement his bangs into place.

Also, Jason Castro was sporting a sleazy little mustache that was poking through the pancake makeup — it made him look like those skinny guys I went to high school with who would wear Copenhagen tin hats and pretend they were driving motorbikes whenever they walked down the hall.

By: Thierry

Thierry — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:54:39 +0000

@scott pgwp: Part of what I get from Brooke - and from David Cook as well, which is a bit shocking considering how low he started on the Top 24 ladder - is this ability to almost make you almost forget you are watching Idol and not part of a proper live performance. Both look like pros up there (if not quite seasoned ones just yet) instead of talent-show kids, state-fair/NRA-rally singers, or budding celebrities. Also, I give points to Brooke for AUDIBLY playing an instrument instead of placing so low in the mix it might as well not be there...

Also, what was with that thick, thick layer of reverb on Syesha and Chikezie's voices?

By: brasstax

brasstax — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:35:59 +0000

@scott pgwp: "In fact, I think it'll be Cook vs Brooke at the end."

I certainly hope so. The only other contestant I'm mildly interested in is Syesha.

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:26:06 +0000

I’m 70% sure Carly sang “living in a power keg.”

By: scott pgwp

scott pgwp — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:14:47 +0000

I’d have swapped Castro and Brooke in your rankings, Maura. They’re both guilty of being appealing only when they do one type of song–him with his guitar, her with her piano–but I get the sense Castro can’t even imagine what it means to arrange a song or to have a band behind him. I think the guy is truly clueless about songwriting and performing and belongs at a beachside bonfire covering “Redemption Song” or “Uncle John’s Band”. Brooke, on the other hand, has something going on. Her songs aren’t particularly daring but I still think she thinks about them. She’s got some kind of self-confidence that none of the other contestents have. (In fact, I think it’ll be Cook vs Brooke at the end.)

By: righteousmaelstrom

righteousmaelstrom — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:05:35 +0000

When Brooke sang ‘Every Breath You Take’ as a love ballad, I kept thinking “Don’t you know what this song is about?” And then I realized I had thought the line “poor heart aches” was “pool hall aches” and realized my mishearing was better.

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:41:57 +0000

@Fennessey: Because she loves America, duh.

By: Tauwan

Tauwan — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:41:07 +0000

@janine:

Oh that's not a problem at all. I'm rockin' out as we speak.

By: janine

janine — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:32:15 +0000

@Tauwan: That's a problem because...?

By: Fennessey

Fennessey — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:23:58 +0000

@Charles A. Hohman: This is all, unfortunately, very true. If Chikezie gets the impression he's a goner at some point, I want him to at least go "modern" and sing some Jaheim.

Syesha, take it or leave and Ramiele has, frankly, been terrible 5 weeks in a row, but there's no denying the clumping together they're getting. Also, Kristy Lee Cook gets a primo spot because why?

By: Tauwan

Tauwan — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:20:34 +0000

I am utterly convinced that when it comes to music, [music that is purchased that is] all America wants to do, is get down to what’s hot in the clubs and/or will make for a “bomb ass” ringtone OR rock out, with their -clears throat- cocks out.

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:07:54 +0000

@sicksteanein: Your ire should be directed toward Chris Cornell.

By: sicksteanein

sicksteanein — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:50:36 +0000

OK. I don't get David Cook's praise. It felt like he totally stripped away the good parts of Billie Jean. The funky bass and vocal lines.

But then again, I felt the same way when Brooke did that acoustic version of Love is a Battlefield. Don't we have any bass guitar lovers in the house?! Why do the white kids have to toss out the groove?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:31:55 +0000

When will David Cook have his "shocking" elimination? And how soon will he be opening for Daughtry? Feh.

Michael surprised me last night - go 70s!!!!

By: Charles A. Hohman

Charles A. Hohman — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:07:53 +0000

@Chris Molanphy: Thank you for pointing this out. Here and elsewhere, this year's "Idol" racial politics, far more blatant than that Bottom Three that raised Elton John's ire in 2004, have gone largely ignored. Every week, the non-white performers (Chikezie, Ramiele and Syesha) have been clumped together in either the first or last half hour. (Jason Castro broke them up this week, but they were still all done by 8:30.) And the judges/producers seemed to have pegged Chikezie, the only black male in the Top 24, as a goner who's overstayed his welcome. Seeing how this season resembles an horrific Hollister ad, I'm rooting for all three to stay in, even though the powers that be clearly want them gone, in favor of something more marketable. Not for nothing have AI's best-selling records come from pretty white girls. Sadly, I fear Chikezie or Ramiele is done for tonight; probably the former.

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:52:50 +0000

Sorry — I meant “bottom three” in the comment above. My theory is that Syesha and/or Chikezie could end up there, unfairly.

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:51:36 +0000

Re: Paula -- don't forget the long gloves! That made the outfit super-wacko!

Re: Carly -- it wasn't just a lame song choice, she blew it. And it should have been totally in her wheelhouse. She missed notes, and she also missed the trick of that song, which is that the blasty parts sound much better if you rein yourself in early on. She turned it up to 11 within the first half-verse and never stopped shouting. I'm so proud of Randy and Simon for ripping her on that one.

I'm also proud of Simon for giving Archuleta total, unrestrained shit for that song choice, and his "theme park" comment was the most perfect of the night.

I have a theory about the top three, and -- apropos of this Obama year -- I'm afraid it has something to do with race. I think Syesha and Chikezie, despite their good performances (excellent in Syesha's case), might be in trouble for picking songs that only scraped the R&B charts (I looked -- they weren't even big hits there) and never appeared on the Hot 100 at all. I'd like to be wrong, because I liked both of them. But this show has a history of punishing Showtime at the Apollo-style song choices.