David Cook — Innocent — American Idol 7 Top 8 — MP3 Video

Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 08:37 PM | American Idol 7, David Cook

David Cook American Idol Top 8

David Cook performs “Innocent” by Our Lady Peace on American Idol Top 8

It was a bit self-indulgent, yeah? But his fans will love it.

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127 Comments for David Cook — Innocent — American Idol 7 Top 8 — MP3 Video

1

Just FYI everyone:
DCook is VERY LOW on DialIdol so if you could spare an extra few minutes of voting, this week is the week to do it. He was second to last on DI but just passed Syesha to make him third last.

We need to help him work his way up… I thought the judges were really harsh with him (besides Paula, bless her little heart)- and unfortunately that’s what most of America votes based on.
SAVE DAVID COOK TONIGHT!

trendy on April 8, 2008 at 9:19 pm
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VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!!!!

lauralunatic on April 8, 2008 at 9:20 pm
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DialIdol change:

DCook just passed MJ, making him fourth last.

…Gah, I thought the judges were really harsh on Michael, too. Oh screw it- they hated everyone tonight. Not very inspirational, Randy!

trendy on April 8, 2008 at 9:21 pm
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It wasn’t his best in my opinion, but I’m stilling voting nonetheless… Hopefully this performance and his past awesomeness will help keep him in.

ccr87 on April 8, 2008 at 9:21 pm
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This was definitely not his best work and his voice was sooo weird in the beginning.

-ewgs
http://www.xanga.com/ewgs
idol judging

ewgs on April 8, 2008 at 9:24 pm
6

One of the first lines of this song is “she wishes she had never heard of cancer.” David’s brother has cancer. This performance gave me goosebumps because he was so visibly moved by the song he was singing and I wish the judges had been nicer to him.

randersen on April 8, 2008 at 9:25 pm
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In my humble opinion, DCook gave a solid performance this week. Sure, it wasn’t as shocking and edgy as the past two weeks have been for him, but I at least felt that he had a connection with the song.

Let’s show em what we’re made of guys.
Let’s show our support for David in the one way we can RIGHT NOW: to vote.
And tomorrow, follow through with DCook’s message and throw in what you can for the charities.

trendy on April 8, 2008 at 9:28 pm
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i definatly dont think it was very good

S.C.A on April 8, 2008 at 9:28 pm
9

The song doesn’t work in 1:30, and he does better with more melody. STILL love David C’s voice on this, even though it was up & down and a bit of a mess.

I can’r vote, so please, nice American People … Save DC!! for moi.

laff on April 8, 2008 at 9:30 pm
10

*can’t*

laff on April 8, 2008 at 9:31 pm
11

Wow…that was not good…at all.

Not getting my votes tonight.

harmonielehre on April 8, 2008 at 9:31 pm
12

Randersen:

The moment I saw his song choice, I thought of the same line as well. And he could have easily chosen not to sing that part- he skipped the entire first verse so he could sing that line… and the EMOTION he packed into those few words was incredible to me.

I was appalled when Simon used ‘a bit pompous’ to describe him tonight… I really think that the reason this performance may have seemed a little off is because David was so humbled by the message in the song- when he showed the words on his hand at the end he wasn’t doing it to promote himself; he truly meant what was written there- and you could see that in his face.

trendy on April 8, 2008 at 9:32 pm
13

I’m going to ditto trendy in post numero 12

ccr87 on April 8, 2008 at 9:34 pm
14

I don’t know, trendy, I couldn’t read him tonight. Couldn’t tell if he was upset, or angry, or just getting his RAWK on.

If the song could have been longer, he could have made it BUILD to the big choir finish, but there was no time. Too ambitious.

laff on April 8, 2008 at 9:36 pm
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Simon calls David smug and pompous when he rocks out because he has attitude onstage.

laff on April 8, 2008 at 9:40 pm
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Okay, this is not his best performance. But I think he’s wonderful, so I will continue to vote for him because he has been consistently good and because I can’t wait to hear what he will come up with next week.

Please help DC out by voting!!! I’m getting thru every time, so let’s double our efforts to keep David in this competition!!!!

uktwirl on April 8, 2008 at 9:42 pm
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Laff:

Hmm, I didn’t get any of those [upset, angry, simply rocking out] out of the performance- just more pure emotion than anything.

And maybe that’s why it didn’t come across well: because people couldn’t really identify with WHICH emotion he was portraying. There’s times when there’s so much mixed up and you’re feeling so much that you don’t convey what you were trying to. Not sure, but I know I will be voting.

trendy on April 8, 2008 at 9:48 pm
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RE: Laff, #9

“The song doesn’t work in 1:30″

Which is partially why I cannot wait to hear him CRUSH the full-length studio version of this song. It’s blatantly obvious at this point that he’s got the vocals to do it, and as you implied the song is sososo great in its entirety.

There’s one more thing too- the first time I ever heard this song, I thought it was ok but not great. It absolutely grows on you, and now of course I love it. That could be another factor of the first-impression reaction that the judges critique on and the voters vote on.

trendy on April 8, 2008 at 9:54 pm
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Trendy, I didn’t really get “emotion” here.

There’s a lot of pressure on Super-Sexy DC ( ) to be AMAZING each week because everyone knows he can be. PLUS, this was his favourite band, and he knew they were watching. More pressure.

I mean, who knows, though.

laff on April 8, 2008 at 9:55 pm
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Trendy, yes, that’s exactly what I wrote in the spoiler thread – that you need to hear this song a few times before you can love it. Which is what Simon said about Jason’s number tonight.

laff on April 8, 2008 at 9:57 pm
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Clearly I’m canadian, as I have puh-LENTY of time to post on Rickey’s endlessly.

SAVE DAVID COOK! There is nothing more *devastating* than losing the sexy on american idol.

laff on April 8, 2008 at 10:00 pm
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DCOOK IS BACK IN THE B3 ON DIALIDOL…
KEEP VOTING EVERYONE.

trendy on April 8, 2008 at 10:07 pm
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I have to say that I had never heard this song before and it’s not one that really “grabs” you on the first listen. However, now having heard it a second time, it’s actually a much better performance than the judges (and some people here) are giving him credit for.

Anyway, DC better not be going anywhere the first time he does something that people don’t consider “stellar” when he’s given so many amazing performances in the past weeks when there are people still on the show after numerous lackluster performances!

Needless to say, I’ve been voting the entire time. This is the first week that I’ve done so. I usually wait until 10-10:30 to start voting.

And Rickey, I love you to death. But I’m just not feeling your comments tonight.

dreamr on April 8, 2008 at 10:14 pm
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trendy – agree – the dialidol scores have me worried – for david c, carly and mj. but david c is in my top two – so really hope the central/west coast sees this and helps to pull him up!

ann11 on April 8, 2008 at 10:15 pm
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i love our lady peace there one of my fav songs, i doubt any of the 3 judges have even heard of them or even know who they are , even though they are ” music experts”. i thought he did a good job , i do agree 1:30 min is not enough time for a song like this, i cant wait for the full length studio ver of this song. i can’t belive simion though ill rmemeber this performance i couldn’t believe olp was finally sung on idol. while innocent is a great song i think he should have sang thief by olp instead http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZjBdIh16elI. but still i think it was a great choice by him.

abercrombieco2 on April 8, 2008 at 10:28 pm
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Well , I really like it…It would have been weird if he totally rocked out on an inspirational themed night (ie Michael Johns & Carly Smithson) BTW if you guys visit Vote For The Worst, they have really funny nicknames for the contestants now, I laughed so hard!

Guess who?

Syscreecha
Cunty
Skeletor
BigHead Cook
Cunty
Skeletor
Aussie Douche
Pothead
KKKristy

(Hehehe No point in guessing!)

merlyhaggard on April 8, 2008 at 10:29 pm
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Did a six-year-old boy make up those names? Oyyy.

Jodi on April 8, 2008 at 10:31 pm
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I thought D’Cook was awful this week\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\]]]]]]]]]]]]]

I thought it was awful.

dvls on April 8, 2008 at 10:32 pm
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Thanks for the comment, dvls.

Jodi, I agree. Those names are not even creative. No need to mention how “mature” they aren’t. lol

dreamr on April 8, 2008 at 10:36 pm
30

Hmmm. I sorta liked this. Husband sorta didn’t. Which totally messes up my world. I’m sure Cookie will sail through this round. He deserves to stay around for a lot longer.

KH on April 8, 2008 at 10:48 pm
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trendy – also agree re the ridiculous judgements that david c. is “pompous” – it’s more that he takes this more seriously than most, with his brother, etc.

ann11 on April 8, 2008 at 10:48 pm
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David C. just went to the bottom 3 on dialidol – he doesn’t belong there.

ann11 on April 8, 2008 at 10:50 pm
33

Anyone got a vote total so far? =]

I have about 9 minutes left- still dialing though.

trendy on April 8, 2008 at 10:52 pm
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And voting has closed for me. Noooo!

dreamr on April 8, 2008 at 11:00 pm
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trendy….

2 cells phones @ approximately 11 texts per minute for the full 2 hours = 2640 votes

1 landline @ approximately 5 calls per minute for the full two hours = 600

Grand total = 3240 votes for my beloved David Cook!!!

Is that devotion or what??? LOL

uktwirl on April 8, 2008 at 11:06 pm
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Same for me, dreamr. :-/

…and I’m trying very hard not to freak out, but the dial idol numbers are REALLY not good for my nerves right now. Ahhhhh

trendy on April 8, 2008 at 11:10 pm
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uktwirl:

Why, that oozes devotion!! LOL

trendy on April 8, 2008 at 11:13 pm
38

DialIdol update:
Carly just passed Syesha… putting Syesha last, then Carly second last, then DCook third from the bottom.

If you’re still in an area that’s voting, please keep calling in for David. It looks like Carly’s fans may be rallying and we can’t let our boy drop another spot tonight. Keep those fingers dialing!

trendy on April 8, 2008 at 11:16 pm
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Carly was on the bottom all night and then suddenly she went up a notch. I can’t believe that all the bottom feeders from weeks past went up. They have had not-so-good performances week after week and so they have one good song and they are safe. I think David squeaked by and will be safe. MJ was behind him for awhile and suddenly surged up. I was worried about Cookie singing that song. He knew he didn’t do well, though I thought he did well enough. I actually hated Jason’s performance but everyone liked it. Well, I hope Cook puts this behind him and continues with his stellar performances. This is the first time he didn’t do well, though I thought it was okay, certainly didn’t warrant such harsh comments.

reinharv on April 8, 2008 at 11:18 pm
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Do us proud, west coast voters!

trendy on April 8, 2008 at 11:25 pm
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Ooo, you’re making me nervous, people.

laff on April 8, 2008 at 11:28 pm
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when the studio ver of him doing the full length ver of the song will do it more justice then the 1:30 short ver of the song. you should check out our lady peace full ver of innocent , its really a great song i love it, when i heard he was singing it was so excited and i loved how he sang he it was a good song for his voice.

abercrombieco2 on April 8, 2008 at 11:29 pm
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Clearly not his best, but certainly not bad. I think he’ll be in the bottom three, but he’ll squeak by. He’ll be grateful for this wakeup call.

GwendolynD on April 8, 2008 at 11:31 pm
44

“Ooo, you’re making me nervous, people.”

I’m making myself nervous. lol

Ugh. It’s bringing back memories of the week Chris D was elim’ed. I was so so so scared that night. Because I hadn’t gotten a single busy signal all evening…and all the weeks before that, I had gotten tons of busy signals. I still believe something was up with the phones that night. The difference was just WAY too significant. And he hadn’t had a bad performance that evening to cause such a drastic lose of votes.

Oh well. DC better be safe or I’m gonna have to hunt someone down. lol

dreamr on April 8, 2008 at 11:37 pm
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Yes, abercrombie, I’ve heard this song 85 billion times. It’s good, I KNOW, and he did sound great. But the whole thing didn’t quite “hang” well in that short segment.

Gwendolyn, why does David need a “wakeup call”? he’s been nothing but fantastic every single week. I’ve never seen such an intelligent player on the show.

laff on April 8, 2008 at 11:42 pm
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his performance was not that bad. he’s still good. i think he’ll be safe on thursday.

btw, nice screen cap rickey.

vegasbabe on April 8, 2008 at 11:42 pm
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mmm, it was just a’ight for me, dawg. what was that flat low part in the beginning? anyway, dc is not going anywhere.

amber on April 8, 2008 at 11:45 pm
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i’m pooped… i spent the last hour on the idol forums trying to boost the spirits of DC fans. vocally, i don’t think it was DC’s best performance… but the song obviously spoke to him. i’m from canada and our lady peace is big here (and the song “innocent” was a bonafide hit!!). anyway, i totally melted when DC put up his hand to reveal “give back” – a true gesture of a star. the lyrics of “innocent” are actually very touching and poignant – download DC’s studio version later this week and you will see what i mean (you need to listen to the song in its entirety). DC is still my Idol

meddie on April 8, 2008 at 11:46 pm
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Oh, amber, you should know better! Didn’t we say the ame thing after How You Remind Me? lol, that was such a mental night.

laff on April 8, 2008 at 11:49 pm
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*same*

laff on April 8, 2008 at 11:50 pm
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“Gwendolyn, why does David need a “wakeup call”? he’s been nothing but fantastic every single week. I’ve never seen such an intelligent player on the show.”

I don’t think HE needs a wake-up call. Because, like you said, I think he has been making very smart choices and doing songs that represent the kind of music he will be having on his album (because we KNOW he is going to have one ). But I think – if he actually does end up in the bottom 3 – that it might help “wake up” his fans so that they start voting more for him.

dreamr on April 8, 2008 at 11:50 pm
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oh, and where do people (like Simon) get the out-land-ish idea that david cook or his performance was self-indulgent / pompous?? i don’t get it!!

meddie on April 8, 2008 at 11:50 pm
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I thought David C. was good – and the one person that emphasized the gives back idea – loved what he did with his hand – and wearing the orange bracelet higher on his hand (so it could be seen above his long sleeves) for the little girl with cancer, and his bro, too. Seems like it backfires with the judges that he’s been so consistently awesome before – while in comparison those who haven’t been good are now relatively better – but nowhere NEAR David C levels! (imo …..

ann11 on April 8, 2008 at 11:53 pm
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okay, dreamr, I’ll buy that.

laff on April 8, 2008 at 11:57 pm
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“I don’t think HE needs a wake-up call. Because, like you said, I think he has been making very smart choices and doing songs that represent the kind of music he will be having on his album (because we KNOW he is going to have one ). But I think – if he actually does end up in the bottom 3 – that it might help “wake up” his fans so that they start voting more for him.”

Yeah, Dreamr. That’s what I meant. I am a STAUNCH Cookie fan. Don’t ever get me wrong. Sometimes, no matter what you do on this show, your best just isn’t enough. Only one contestant has had the power to overtake David A. (who I consider the one to beat at this point), and that was David Cook. He can do it again. He needs another “Billie Jean” moment.

GwendolynD on April 9, 2008 at 12:01 am
56

*gasp*

…

BLACK WEDNESDAY???

nooooooooooooooooooo

amber on April 9, 2008 at 12:02 am
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I know. This one would be Black Thursday. *sigh* Idol is trying to ruin every day of my week.

What am I saying? David i safe, right? RIGHT??

*sob*

laff on April 9, 2008 at 12:09 am
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GAH! *is* safe. !@#$* keyboard.

laff on April 9, 2008 at 12:11 am
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Meddie, #52:

I was wondering that, too! Hence my comment above about me not feeling Rickey’s comments tonight. I don’t know if he actually thought that about the performance or if he were just basically taking a cue from Simon, but yeah…I disagree. I don’t think that performance was in ANY WAY pompous or self-indulgent.

As someone who has seen the effects of cancer first hand, I thought it was awesome of him to sing a song that actually mentioned the disease by name and to wear his orange bracelet around his hand so it would be seen. And the whole “Give Back” on his palm.

Other people may disagree with me (though that doesn’t mean they’d be right to lol), but David is a class act.

dreamr on April 9, 2008 at 12:14 am
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oh he’s safe laff, don’t worry. there’s still cannon fodder on the show, and carly has long been slated as the ’shock elimination’.

amber on April 9, 2008 at 12:30 am
61

Okay, I was a bit concerned for our dear David Cook tonight, but after reading the many posts of support for him here, I feel a little better. A little…

I’m still afraid David will hit the bottom 3, where he doesn’t deserve to be! I laughed where someone here wrote that “bottomfeeders” (*ahem*…Kristy!) from past weeks are now “safe” due to one good performance. She sang really well tonight, but I’d still like to see her get the hook!!

I agree that this song does “grow” on you as you listen to it. I didn’t like it all after seeing David perform, but it sounds better to me after just listening. At the beginning, he kinda mushes the words together, though, and loses the emotional impact it could have.

claymedmyheart on April 9, 2008 at 12:30 am
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There is no way Davic C. will be voted off. If he is gone who is left that is good? I am not just saying that because I am a fan of his. No Way he had a bad night, anyway. He sang the the song the way it is supposed to be sung. It is the song that is different.
Sure is funny a contestant can have hundreds thousands of fans for weeks and have bad comments from Simon or all of the judges one week and lose. You can not tell me that because once or twice the judges do not like a song or the way the contestant sang the song that all the faithful adoring fans will jump ship and leave! If that happens one more time like it did Chris Daughtry then I know this show is fixed.
Besides, David did great, I wish you all would just listen again. He was awesome as usual. Just a little different song, with some real meaning to him…

candle602 on April 9, 2008 at 12:39 am
63

Just look at Rickey’s poll! DC is not doing well. He doesn’t have the goodwill that archie has. People would “get chills” if archie sat onstage and drooled like a half-wit picking his nose. Why? I have no frickin idea.

David C doesn’t have quite that kind of wide appeal. If some schmoe from Des Moines doesn’t like his song choice one week, he won’t toss a vote his way. So, Super-Sexy DC has to work harder and smarter. Archie will coast no matter wtf he does

laff on April 9, 2008 at 12:42 am
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His DialIdol rankings adjusted slightly, not that it could mean much. I still think he’ll be third from bottom tomorrow, but it would be a total boycott-Idol shocker if he went home at this point.

Carly is now dead last. She and Syesha flip-flopped.

I didn’t get Simon’s “pompous” remark either. He referred to the white jacket, too. Huh? Anyway, he tried to commend him for the “give back” comment he wrote on his hand, but it was too late. Jerk. By the way, it was on his left hand, and the handwriting looked eerily similar to Kristy’s seat note from last week. Things that make you go “hmmmmm….” Leave ‘im alone!

GwendolynD on April 9, 2008 at 12:43 am
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lol, laff. they would to.

i slipped some cook votes in for you laff. for *you*, baby.

the irony is that cook is archie’s biggest competition, though i suspect that archuleta is cruising through this thing and there’s a huge gap between his vote count and the rest of the pack every week. but hey, that’s “mass appeal” for you. it’ll be battle of the david’s in the finale.

amber on April 9, 2008 at 12:45 am
66

oh simon hates white jackets. remember “nights on broadway”? they’re too singing-waiter style.

amber on April 9, 2008 at 12:46 am
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laff: thanks for agreeing with me , i think most peoples problem is they probably never heard the song. he sang it how it was supposed to be sung. he wasn’t off key or flat its just how the song goes. i love how he took a chance on a song by a band that usually wouldn’t be on idol, now thats taking a bigger risk then he has in this season.

abercrombieco2 on April 9, 2008 at 12:53 am
68

thanks to the archies who are lending some support to us DC fans i honestly thought that DC’s performance had the most heart – it’s obvious that the lyrics meant a lot to him.

anyhow, i have an observation to make… how come archuleta opts to sing songs that he has sung before (eg. Imagine and Angels were both previously performed by him in his pre-Idol days). he sang well tonight, but would be nice to see him take on completely “new” songs.

meddie on April 9, 2008 at 12:55 am
69

Thanks for the votes, amber! :-*

If it DOES turn out to be a David/David finale, DC’s only hope is if Michael’s, Jason’s and Carly’s fans transfer their votes to him in big enough numbers. But I don’t know if archie is beatable.

Which is okay by me. The only reason I want David C to win is because he seems to be playing to win. SECRETLY? I kind of wish he’d pull a Jacob Hoggard (cdn idol) and withdraw from the final 3, then go off and be a rock star without the Idol tag. he doesn’t need to win.

laff on April 9, 2008 at 12:57 am
70

I’m a big David Cook fan, he has the potential to unseed the little Ewok DA but this week’s performance sank faster than the Titanic. There were no survivors after this performance. VERY disappointing.

socal09 on April 9, 2008 at 12:58 am
71

Oh, socal09. Give it another listen. It wasn’t bad!

—

Laff! Ha! I LOVED Jacob Hoggard during CI3. He was my favorite HANDS DOWN. And I love the album he put out with Hedley afterwards. Not sure if they’ve released anything else (I haven’t kept up with a lot of my older Idols ), but Jacob rocks. It wouldn’t bother me in the least if he did that. We all see by Chris D (and Jacob) that winning isn’t everything. And I have no doubt that DC would be FINE without the title.

dreamr on April 9, 2008 at 1:05 am
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socal09: disappointing that you feel this way. he took a risk and it didn’t turn out as well as we can hope for. however, he went outside of the box and if you think about it, any singer with credibility and longevity are risk-takers (eg. madonna? michael jackson?). anyway, i still think he’s one of the most versatile singers in AI history. many of the other contestants are becoming very predictable…

meddie on April 9, 2008 at 1:08 am
73

OMG! You’re right, amber! It’s the NOB outfit, complete with crotch flair!

Nice catch on the KLC handwriting, Gwendolyn. I’m convinced that those two are totally infatuated with each other. I don’t know if they’re gittin’ jiggy, but I do sense a crazy attraction.

laff on April 9, 2008 at 1:09 am
74

dreamr, Jacob was awesome. I love Hedley, too. Did you know they opened for Bon Jovi for all their Cdn dates this year?

laff on April 9, 2008 at 1:14 am
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i think once people listin to the i tunes studio ver they will like it alot.

abercrombieco2 on April 9, 2008 at 1:29 am
76

I didn’t know that, laff! That’s awesome!

A few days ago, I was listening to an old CD I had made a while back and “On My Own” and “Gunnin’” were on it. It has been a while since I listened to either of those! *Sigh*…

Jacob was definitely something else. That blue jumpsuit goes down in my all-time favorite Idol moments. haha

dreamr on April 9, 2008 at 1:31 am
77

Gah. I meant CI2 up above. I just now caught that. Typo. I know my Canadian Idol seasons, I swear! lol

dreamr on April 9, 2008 at 1:33 am
78

I have not abandoned Mr. Cook. It’s just getting to the point where the DA steamroller may not be stopped if someone else doesn’t knock it out of the park every week.

socal09 on April 9, 2008 at 1:40 am
79

I will die if David Cook is in bottom 3!
I actually liked it, even though it didn’t seem as professional as the weeks before, he looked like he had some other things on his mind, but still it wasn’t THAT bad to be in the bottom 3! Save David Cook, Carly Smithson and Brooke White !

ArchAngels on April 9, 2008 at 1:44 am
80

I wonder why they didn’t give DC 40 mins. more to do a second verse. It would have allowed the song more room to breathe and I think he would have fared much better. Meanwhile, many of the other singers had more time. Makes me wonder if AI didn’t want to add a little drama to the show by shortsheeting DC and adding that gasp moment of seeing him in the bottom 3. I love that David plays outside the box, inviting folks to join him. He is the reason that AI is not completely boring and predictable, IMHO. The show has recently been careening down the karaoke track with originality in short supply. We need you David!

movin2thabeet on April 9, 2008 at 2:37 am
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stopping at identifying the handwriting? where’s the in-depth speculative hand writing analysis? surely there is some clue to the nature of their “relationship” in the squinty little “a”, for example. the CCG would’ve been all over that sheeyat homes. fuh shuh.

amber on April 9, 2008 at 2:51 am
82

He did alright. But nothing special.

shadow25 on April 9, 2008 at 2:57 am
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# 82

Yes he did alright but I kinda feelk the same for everyone tonight, Nothing stood out to me..

merlyhaggard on April 9, 2008 at 4:15 am
84

i swear to god, im going to punch walls if dcook is in the bottom three. i fcking swearrrrrrrr.

herecomeskrystinnnn on April 9, 2008 at 5:05 am
85

All will be fine. The problem is that the vote split between Cook/Johns/Carly etc. will start to hurt now. Cook alone doesn’t have the votes to beat Archie. Cook + Johns + Carly will equal enough votes to CONTEND for the title without it being a blowout. BTW…DI doesn’t count texts so…I wouldn’t be surprised if MJ and DC are OK.

He probably will hit the bottom 3 and that will be fine. Now the fan base is riled. It has to be with that vote split.

Dear God…I voted for him…I was freaked out myself until I came here and saw that everyone here was also voting. For the record, it wasn’t bad. It certainly didn’t deserve the raking over the coals that it got…

dulce on April 9, 2008 at 6:35 am
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I do not understand why Simon keeps on calling him pompous and arrogant. He is always so polite when they are talking, does not interrupt them, just bows his ahead and says all right. If ’someone’ else had done this song or the writing on the hand or were to be in the same situation as David C with respect to his brother or stress and the hospitalization, they would have milked that to the limit to create sympathy for that contestant. David C just brushed off the questions about the health scare last week, he never mentions anything personal to get sympathy votes. Sometimes when a person shows a nice gesture,it might be coming from heart-not always it is a ploy for votes. Sheesh at Simon-may be he is misleading people to eliminate threat to his favorite one. I hope and hope David C is safe tonight and continues his amazing journey on the show.

greennj on April 9, 2008 at 8:21 am
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greennj – I agree. I haven’t quite figured out why Simon picks on his personalilty. He has never been pompous. He is nothing but respectful to the audience and the judges, even when they give him bad reviews. Simon even tried to hurt him about his love for cross word puzzles and word games, saying I sure wouldn’t admit that to anyone! I was so furious when Sinon said that to him and went on and on about it. Is there something wrong with having a brain and being intellegent and being a great artist. Maybe it would be better to be a drug addict instead of a word addict. Simon was very mean that night, I really couldn’t believe what I was hearing.
Anyway, I don’t understand why he picks on him. He has the best stage presense of all the contestants and the best voice. He actually entertains the audience, not just stands there with his eyes closed singing ballads.
Paula was genuinely upset at what Simon and Randy said last night. What she said is that he is the real thing and can sing anything and do it all, somethng like that and you could tell she really meant it.
David C. is not going anywhere in my opinion.
I believe he will win the whole thing! I am going to keep saying that till he does! He is absolutely the best…

candle602 on April 9, 2008 at 8:43 am
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“I do not understand why Simon keeps on calling him pompous and arrogant.” I also don’t understand that. David C is definitely not that. I think he’s a caring and senstive person. During the first clip of Idol Gives Back, I noticed that when he, Carly, Michael were sitting in the back row Carly was crying and David spoke to Michael, Michael reached down and handed him a Kleenex and David clearly used it because he too was crying. David C is all heart and soul. I love David and think he’s very talented. I went online to Amazon and downloaded his album “Analog Heart.” It has wonderful comments on there and it’s a great first album. He wrote all the songs and produced it himself. I’ll buy anything Cookie puts out. The performance of Innocent wasn’t his best but that’s the first time for David and certainly didn’t warrant those nasty comments and low ranking. It needed to be longer to give it justice. In any case, I voted a full two hours for David Cook and will continue to do so.

reinharv on April 9, 2008 at 8:52 am
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And this is the horror that is the voting system. The idea that David Cook could be booted for one off night while KLC coasts from week to week being mediocre at best.
I voted my heart out for him last night.

hollyg9211 on April 9, 2008 at 8:58 am
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Zabasearch has this: Carly, Brooke and Syesha received the fewest text and phone votes after the April 8 performance show, but no one will be sent home this week. David Archuleta received the most votes. Of course, they must not have gotten the memo about the Thursday night results show.

I’ve been thinking about the “pompous” thing. I think Simon thought David might have gone overboard because he took his performance to the judges’ table – like he had some clout with them. However, I think he failed to notice that David was getting lined up with camera to show the note on his hand. That’s what Paula was blabbering all over Simon about. For once, I was glad she didn’t shut up. When he showed his hand again, Simon tried to commend him, saying it was a nice thing to do, blah, blah, blah. But it was too late. The look on his face was heartbreaking.

GwendolynD on April 9, 2008 at 8:59 am
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I thought it was a very good performance, it is just that I didn’t know the song, and its dark sound made it hard to understand that it was inspirational. When I go back and see the lyrics I understand it…but it just seemed a bit out of place.

jbeeeb on April 9, 2008 at 9:18 am
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hahaha, absolutely, amber. No doubt, the CCG would have gotten to the bottom of it. Squinty “a”; all-lower-case; inclusion of punctuation … it’s all so clear! *sigh* there will never be another CCG. Good times.

laff on April 9, 2008 at 9:45 am
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I was so worried about Carly last night that I didn’t wish David Cook and his fans well. Just like Carly, this was not his best night but his performance was still very good, and I loved how he held up his hand with the message give back. He is such a talent. It didn’t seem as though people were remembering all the excellent previous performances last night. While he was hovering lower than usual last night in voting, I think he’ll even miss the bottom three tonight.

mahrikka on April 9, 2008 at 9:48 am
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I love David Cook but I have to say I don’t like his performance today. Nevertheless I’m hoping he will not be voted off just because of one average performance. Go Cook!!! We are here for you.

aoi-bara on April 9, 2008 at 9:53 am
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If David Cook goes, they may as well hand the crown to Archie. Right now, it looks like he or Jason are the only ones who could compete against him and actually have a fair competition. If he goes, this will be the..most…boring…show…evah!

GwendolynD on April 9, 2008 at 10:06 am
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Love David Cook and would love to see him win this. Did not like this song for him though. Was not good.

aifan2boot on April 9, 2008 at 10:45 am
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It really bugs me that someone as awesome as David C. could drop to the bottom three when others get by on sheer mediocrity, and if they don’t sing TERRIBLY the judges act like it’s amazing – while if a truly awesome talent is slightly less than awesome, the judges are more negative than they were with the mediocre singer.

I thought David C. was the most focused on supporting the Idol Gives Back theme (most everyone else was talking about how their song applied to themselves & their own dreams, etc – huh??) He’s the only one that didn’t stand there with the mike and actually got up and walked around, trying to pump up the crowd, ending with the “give back” message on his hand, which I thought was cool and sweet and the whole point of the evening! And Simon is full of kaka for thinking he was even one molecule of pompous – for krikey sake, with his brother’s illness, his support of the little girl, etc. – it was more that he really takes this seriously and really gives a damn.

ann11 on April 9, 2008 at 11:38 am
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Ann, Green, and others, I agree that David C was on point with his song choice and that Simon’s comment was off base. I liked this edgy song, too, even though I think he can perform better. Hope he’s safe; I really like this guy.

GirlyGirl45 on April 9, 2008 at 12:21 pm
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I’m a little distraught from reading some of today’s articles and/or reviews of david cook’s performance of “Innocent”. A lot of people are being sooo harsh on him, calling his performance a total bomb / failure. I have heard OLP’s Innocent previously (it was a huge hit in Canada)… so I thought DC delivered the performance appropriately. I work in the cancer field (hence “meddie”) so I was also very touched by this song selection, esp. the lyrics. The song can be better appreciated in its entirety – download David Cook’s studio version later in the week and you will know what I mean. And WHY, WHY, WHY do people think that DC is pompous? Some reporters are saying that his hand gesture (showing the written note of ‘give back’ on his palm) was a desperate measure to gain votes?!? What? It shocks me that people can be so cynical. DC expressed something from his heart, and people are bashing him and misinterpreting his intent? Geesh – it totally frustrates me!!

meddie on April 9, 2008 at 12:24 pm
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ann – Well said. And I believe he did great last night. Not just saying that because I am a fan.
I have watched it a couple times. I don’t understand all you sad people, he did really good!
He’s the one, he can do it all…

David Cook is the next AI

candle602 on April 9, 2008 at 12:30 pm
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I don’t think he did bad, but didn’t like the song. Not much changeup and sounded the same mostly and repetiton a little too much. He performed fine but…song..ehh. That equals not so great, but good, yeah.

hapi on April 9, 2008 at 12:39 pm
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Meddie, it frustrates me, too! But that’s how haters are. They’ll take ANY little thing and spin it around to put it in a negative light and totally destroy the actual meaning of the gesture. He was just trying to get votes. Yeah right! Grr!

I completely agree with you, ann11!

dreamr on April 9, 2008 at 12:44 pm
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p.s. re the pompus stuff. It starts w/Simon.
Seems all he has to do is say something like that once and the public/media picks up on it and gets ridiculous with it. The guy hasn’t acted that way at all. I personally find M.Johns has more of that than any of the others but not enough to be an annoyance. We don’t know how these contestants are feeling. Simon sorta brands someone w/a trait and there’s a whole lotta people buy into his words.

hapi on April 9, 2008 at 12:45 pm
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ann11: i loved reading your post #97 and i completely agree with you. unfortunately, sheer mediocrity is the name of the game here… how can less talented singers be praised for average performances while truly gifted singers like David Cook (and Michael Johns) are penalized for performing subpar to their usual greatness!?

meddie on April 9, 2008 at 12:59 pm
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Maybe the song was different, however, he does take chances, mixes things up a bit, not like the other contestants. He dares to go outside the box. Didn’t you just know you would know most of the songs sung last night because of the “Inspirational” Theme? Also, I think everyone guessed what David A. would be singing “Angel” even before it was announced and the reason being is he has that song on utube a couple of times and looks like he has been singing it since he was 10 yrs old or less. Let’s see David A. try and mix it up a bit, step outside his safety zone and take some chances. Now way he can compete with Cook if he does that.

And yes Ann11, post #97, I loved reading you post also. Your right on.

candle602 on April 9, 2008 at 1:13 pm
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meddie: #99, I know it frustrates me too. He not only DIDN’T act pompous he seemed to be taking it all very seriously. I just don’t understand.
Simon can be such a jerk. I don’t see how he can hurt peoples feeling like he does when in fact what does being pompous have to do with being a great perfomer and great singing artist.
Hey, Simon this isn’t about being pompous or not being pompous, thought it was a singing contest!!

candle602 on April 9, 2008 at 1:19 pm
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candle602: i agree with you about archuleta. i thought he say the song really well (and there’s no denying that he has a great voice), but the song choice was a bit predictable. he seems to excel on songs that he has previously sung (eg. Imagine, Angels). performers with longevity typically are risk-takers (eg. Madonna, Michael Jackson)… so this bodes well for our David Cook! i’m just a little disappointed that people are being so harsh on our Cookie…

meddie on April 9, 2008 at 1:28 pm
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weak. the back up singers out sang him. cant even hear him singing.

i thought the writing on his hand, is a cheap gimmick

soyeah on April 9, 2008 at 1:53 pm
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I’m disappointed in that, too, Meddie. Listening back to the mp3, I think DC did a great job. I think it’s just that the song itself didn’t really “impact” the audience because most people are unfamiliar with it. I’m in that group, to be honest. When I first watched the performance last night, I was a bit iffy about it. Not that I didn’t think he did a good job…just that the song didn’t really strike me. But then, after hearing it a second time – thanks to Rickey’s mp3s – I understood the song and I think DC really did a great job. Unfortunately, most people who aren’t already fans of his probably won’t give it additional listens. They just go based on that first impression.

dreamr on April 9, 2008 at 1:58 pm
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Cheap gimmick? Ugh. Please. Just go away. lol

dreamr on April 9, 2008 at 1:58 pm
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Nice to come here w/ others who get D.C.’s greatness (especially on a show like Idol that sometimes seems to cultivate the lowest common denominator – urrrrghhhh!)

Agree that the press literally play “Simon says” and mimic whatever Simon says, hence the absurd “pompous” label. Ironic that David C. is getting so much undeserved grief when in his pre-performance interview he said a reason he picked the song “Innocent” was that he believes people have a good heart!

Here’s hoping DC doesn’t let the turkeys get him down. He’ll see he’s right about good hearts when his first CD comes out.

As for walking the talk, other than voting for the guy and keeping our fingers crossed – I’ll be buying his song on iTunes (and giving back tonight, of course). And Reinharv, thanks for mentioning his “Analog Heart” in #88 – I saw that last week – think I’ll go download it…

And thanks, Rickey, for the thread…

ann11 on April 9, 2008 at 3:05 pm
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David Cook is amazing, and should be in the top 2 with David Archuletta.

bd9598 on April 9, 2008 at 3:50 pm
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I’m voting for him like crazy, he does not have the looks of Michael Johns who is not that good, but he’s one of the top 3, the 2 Davids and Jason Caestro.

bd9598 on April 9, 2008 at 3:56 pm
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Doesn’t have the looks? OMG. I think DC is crazy sexy. lol

dreamr on April 9, 2008 at 5:32 pm
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Yes, I think David Cook is crazy sexy. What really helps is that he is smart and that even makes him sexier. He apparently was in the gifted program in school. David is a kind and loving soul and his gentleness adds to that appeal. During the IGB segment (after the video about the little girl who lost her sister), I saw MJ pass him a Kleenex. Carly was sitting next to him and crying and David clearly was moved also. Nothing sexier than a man who has a heart and is moved and is not afraid to show emotion. He looks so vulnerable–expecially when the judges begin their critique. He looks generally suprised and grateful and humble when he gets good comments. He is always surprised when he gets sent to the couch. Remember how scared he looked after he did Billie Jean? At one point during Randy’s comments he looked so vulnerable and had a pained expression on his face after Randy’s comments. I love the way he bows and puts his hands together as in prayer after each judge critiques him. I’ve seen him put his hands over his face right before Simon is about to comment like he is afraid. He so wants to please. He loves music and he knows he needs this recognition and so wants to please Simon and get his approval. POMPUS MY A@#$S. David doesn’t argue with the judges and he acknowledges their comments–good and bad (though those are few and far between). My heart was breaking for him after his performance. I actually didn’t think it was that bad and when I watch it again, I still don’t think it was bad but it was a bad choice of songs and not one of his usual stellar performances. When I heard he was going to sing that song, I was really scared for him. I don’t think he’ll be voted off though but I will be having a nervous breakdown tomorrow. I can’t take that kind of stress!!!!! Heck even Ruben was in the bottom three once right? I will keep voting for him exclusively and not split my votes. We need to rally here!!!! I am really going to be upset if he goes home now when his performances have been so good and the other bottom feeders who have been on the stools more than once continue on.

reinharv on April 9, 2008 at 6:23 pm
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Hmmm. I have not even imagined David Cook in the bottom 3 this week, not in the least! There are others who are far better contenders for that position & elimination. 1 OFF night with his vast fanbase & he should be fine! I am comfortable that David Cook is 1 of the untouchable 2; David Archuleta being the other.

In terms of support, I devoted 1 hour to David Cook & 1 hour to Jason. There were periods where both of these guys’ lines were busy consistently, so that’s definitely a good thing!

aprylette on April 9, 2008 at 6:39 pm
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i really don’t see why people thought he had an off night i thought sang the song really well and i thought he had a good night , maybe thats because im a big our lady peace fan i don’t know , but that isn’t a typical “idol” song choice which is why people probally are bashing him for it. some people would probally prefer the typical idol songs that are sang on the show every season, i see david cook as the anti idol and i think it would be beter for the show for him to win then the same old typical idol contestant.

abercrombieco2 on April 9, 2008 at 6:59 pm
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reinharv: great post #115 – i’ve noticed the same “humble” gestures from david cook during the judge’s critiques (so endearing). i say again, where does simon get the impression of arrogance??

meddie on April 9, 2008 at 7:23 pm
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Abercrombieco2, I think David Cook is fantastic! Let me explain why I feel that his performance was a little off.

I didn’t mind that the song choice wasn’t widely known. That was probably a good thing. And Davids’ voice… so beautiful, was unfortunately only heard distinctly in 1 verse. I wish he had sung 2 verses. The 1 verse & then the expanded chorus was just “overdone” with the big production effort & the huge choir background which detracted from my hearing Davids’ wonderful lyrics. The band was too loud, something other idol singers suffered on the same night.

The message that David offered in his hand palm was heart rendering & I believe that he was genuinely distracted by a familial passion & thoughts for his brothers’ well-being. Even after the critiques, he appeared humble & perhaps crestfallen. He was standing there, head bowed, as if to say, ‘Ok. Whatever you say.’

I’ll conclude that the production/arrangement of “Innocent” was not to my liking. In my opinion, this performance was somewhere in the middle tonight. But, I don’t fear David Cook wallowing anywhere in the bottom 3 with his tremendous fanbase & rightly so!

I am not concerned about this week, however. David Cook is a star!!

aprylette on April 9, 2008 at 8:19 pm
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okay ill accept that , i didn’t like how the back round singers where involved in the song. i think it should have just been cook him self. i personaly blame it on the fact they have to figure out how to shrink a song into 1:30. im really waiting for the full studio ver of this song on itunes , i think people will really enjoy the studio ver alot more.

abercrombieco2 on April 10, 2008 at 12:23 am
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Okie dokies…I just downloaded the studio iTunes version of Innocent, and now I LOVE it!! It’s defintely got an alternative, “dark” sound like someone pointed out. But it all comes together really nicely in the full version. In the live performance, it almost seemed like David got started out just a *touch* too low.

I am just in love with the verse about 30 seconds in where David goes falsetto on the “I”s. Ooooooh….that’s super sexy hot! AND, it adds some variety and range to the song that the 1:30 live version was way lacking.

claymedmyheart on April 10, 2008 at 1:30 am
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I just bought “Innocent” and I LOVE his voice on “…every calorie’s a war…” Gahhhh! lol

Love love love this track! GO DC! GO DC!

And GREAT post, reinharv (#115)!

Aprylette, I don’t think DC DESERVES to be in the bottom 3, but according to DialIdol, he was (or was extremely close). It just has me (and, I’m assuming, a few others) extremely worried. I don’t want to see him in the bottom 3. Especially not after this song. It’s such a touching song.

Gah. I want to give DC a hug. lol

dreamr on April 10, 2008 at 3:00 am
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Well, he might be #3 on DialIdol; however, those figures do not account for text messages the idols get. Zabasearch says “Carly, Brooke and Syesha received the fewest text and phone votes after the April 8 performance show, but no one will be sent home this week.” I did not realize that dialidol doesn’t account for text messages. People said they had two phones going so the 2nd must be the cell phone for text messages.

This makes me feels so much better because when I was watching dialidol I have having a freakin fit. I wish I could give David Cook a hug because he looked so sad. I also downloaded both the video and the studio version of Innocent. I haven’t listened to the studio version yet but again, I think that if some people say David didn’t have a good night–even an off night is better than the “best” night of someone else.

reinharv on April 10, 2008 at 6:11 am
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I downloaded the studio version of David’s Innocent. OMG I can’t stop playing it over and over again. It is FANTASTIC. I must have played it 50 times today. Too bad he couldn’t have sung the whole song or at least added some time to it because it was fantastic.

reinharv on April 10, 2008 at 5:49 pm
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Dial Idol did not count text messages. zabasearch says: “Carly, Brooke and Syesha received the fewest text and phone votes after the April 8 performance show, but no one will be sent home this week.”

This guy is way too talented. He should make the finale. He is fantastic!!!! LOVE DAVID COOK.

reinharv on April 10, 2008 at 5:52 pm
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trendy….#35. That is dedication! I voted 2 hours straight for him too. He looked rushed doing his performance but I still liked it. Now for all those naysayers. His studio version of INNOCENT is unbelievable. Do yourself a favor and spend the 99 cents and download it–you won’t regret it. I honestly think it’s now replaced Billie Jean, Eleanor Rigby, Hello as my favorite David Cook songs. Everyone who listens to that studio version they all love it. I am so addicted to that song. I’ve played it at least 100 times if not more. It’s on YouTube watch?v=j-Bm17f8bG0. If he had done that version on Idol people would still be talking about it and raving. I now OLP is very popular but I doubt any of the judges ever heard that song. That’s the problem. It’s song choice–you have a pick a song that Simon knows and then kick butt with it, otherwise he doesn’t like it. David Cook takes risks and in my opinion is very original but he needs to do something he is sure Simon has heard before and I doubt Simon ever heard OLP.

reinharv on April 11, 2008 at 12:00 pm
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Thanks for the tip reinharv. Gotta say the more I listen to it the more I love it. I do believe the problem the judges had was that they didn’t know the song. And I agree he rushed a little about 30 seconds in. Other than that he did a great job. Loved the message on his hand too.

cinel22 on April 12, 2008 at 6:24 pm