<![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:33:44 EDT Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:33:44 EDT http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c5426387 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. **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001)

SamataCirce

]]> 33:372279:c5426387 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:33:44 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4881411 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

Rob Murphy

]]> 33:372279:c4881411 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:21:34 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4881379 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.

raihala

]]> 33:372279:c4881379 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:20:26 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4880566 @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?

Thierry

]]> 33:372279:c4880566 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:54:39 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4880040 @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.

brasstax

]]> 33:372279:c4880040 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:35:59 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4879743 I'm 70% sure Carly sang "living in a power keg."

Chris N.

]]> 33:372279:c4879743 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:26:06 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4879364 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.)

scott pgwp

]]> 33:372279:c4879364 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:14:47 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4879065 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.

righteousmaelstrom

]]> 33:372279:c4879065 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:05:35 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4878331 @Fennessey: Because she loves America, duh.

Maura Johnston

]]> 33:372279:c4878331 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:41:57 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4878294 @janine:

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

Tauwan

]]> 33:372279:c4878294 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:41:07 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4878030 @Tauwan: That's a problem because...?

janine

]]> 33:372279:c4878030 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:32:15 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4877811 @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?

Fennessey

]]> 33:372279:c4877811 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:23:58 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4877717 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.

Tauwan

]]> 33:372279:c4877717 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:20:34 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4875810 @sicksteanein: Your ire should be directed toward Chris Cornell.

+ Watch video

Chris N.

]]> 33:372279:c4875810 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:07:54 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4875409 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?

sicksteanein

]]> 33:372279:c4875409 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:50:36 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4875003 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!!!!

chefgirl13

]]> 33:372279:c4875003 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:31:55 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4874551 @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.

Charles A. Hohman

]]> 33:372279:c4874551 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:07:53 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4874285 Sorry -- I meant "bottom three" in the comment above. My theory is that Syesha and/or Chikezie could end up there, unfairly.

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:372279:c4874285 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:52:50 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4874254 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.

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:372279:c4874254 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:51:36 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4874248 Michael looked like he was auditioning for the touring company of We Will Rock You with that performance. And he probably would've gotten the part.

If KLC doesn't do the Toby Keith song for Country Week or some other post-9-11 hit like "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)" or "Have You Forgotten" - which I fully expect her to do - she could sing Garth's cover of "Shameless"...

Thierry

]]> 33:372279:c4874248 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:51:11 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4874099 I really do miss Bo Bice.

whoneedslight

]]> 33:372279:c4874099 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:43:11 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4873851 Two things I liked probably more than I should: Brooke's false start, which was kind of charming, and Michael's double A-side medley, which I should've seen coming but totally didn't, and worked out really well. When he started, I thought it was going to be a rerun of Ace Young's screechy "We Will Rock You" from Season 5, but he really switched gears into "We Are The Champions" perfectly.

Al Shipley

]]> 33:372279:c4873851 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:28:14 EDT <![CDATA["American Idol" Is Starting To Believe That David Cook Is The One]]> http://idolator.com/372279/american-idol-is-starting-to-believe-that-david-cook-is-the-one#c4873850 David is following Daughtery in his ripping off. We all rememeber his totally orginal take on LIVE's I Walk The Line.
And what was blurred out on KLC's mom's shirt?


Artie Fufkin

]]> 33:372279:c4873850 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:28:13 EDT