2008 American Music Awards – Live Blog! – Carrie Underwood, Daughtry, Jordin Sparks Winners

Yayy David Arch got a shout out!!! god i love that kid

ahaha the jonas bros are getting ripped

Ok omfg- what in the hell are the NKOTB doing. they sound absolutely horrendous. ugh, ur telling me Archie couldnt have sang in place of them?! im suree ppl would rather see him. or maybe just me? wow, they just keep getting worse *mute* that surreal life dude needs to not sing in false ever again.

LoL @ the guy who presented after chris brown won- um, was he drunk or baked? i cant decide.

pink’s voice is incredible

lol at that mention of Archie…

HAHAHAHA The Jonas Bros. looked PISSED. Jimmy Kimmel is killing me.

Dang it Rihana won…Alicia should have won…. booooo

@Teenie, there was a Aiken job…

Ha! Jonas Bro. Archuleta. Now we just need a Clay Aiken joke and we got it covered.

I hate award shows that invole fan voting

NKOTB…LMAO…Boybands are so over. And you guys can be my mom’s boyfriend…

So there was an Aiken one. I think my roommate and I must have talked over that one. LOL.

Oh, NKOTB. I don’t have words.

NKOTBà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦LMAOà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Boybands are so over. And you guys can be my momà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s boyfriendà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

:lol_tb:

It seems kind of strange seeing them perform these songs now after almost 20 years. I used to love them when I was 14. Wow, how times have changed.

^They are not that old… they are like 40 isn ´t it???

@Duke I will also would have raether Archie to the NKOTB…

Really why Paris is invited to this events…

i am quite sure Jordin is presenting an award.

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20081112abc02

awww… aparently Jordin and David (Archie) were runing to hug each other at the red carpet… how cute… they are like a Prom date…

Archie met Tpain… photos here

Thanks to Snarkyarchies.com

Awwwww…NKOTB sucked so bad. Just stop.

JOrdin and Archie are on the front of AOL news

does DC always wear heavy makeup these days?

And is there a ban on having people on the show that can just sing really good without having multitudes of stage effects?- ill give props to pink, but everyone else, meh.

How good will be that song singing for a better singer…

Thank you Duke

looked like taylor kept looking at the Jonas during her song

OK, I’m sorry, but that peformance of Taylor’s was quite underwhelming. Average as grits.

Ok normal I don’t judge people for what the wear but will someone please tell me why on earth anyone would think that thing hanging from Alicia Keys head looks good?

amazing how underwhelming these people sound live.

Great!! Leona is up next. She is siging Better In Time

Archie met Annie Lenox again cool… Ne Yo was really cool

Crap. I missed Xtina. I so heart her Back to Basics album. “Aint No Other Man” is one of my faves.

MJ, any chance at a vid?

I absolutely LOATHE EVERYTHING about Kayne West…UGH, he needs to come down to earth. total ass. and does he think he can wear anything? uuuuuuugghhh someone punch him.

I think Leona’s voice is one of the best out there now, but i dont like any of her songs. still great tho. she killed those high notes performance.

ok- im counting on mj for an amazing recap because i have to go.

I think Leonaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s voice is one of the best out there now, but i dont like any of her songs. still great tho. she killed those high notes performance.

Ditto… that was boring…

Miley …. mute mute mute

I actually liked Taylor Swift better than I’m liking Leona Lewis. I’ve never heard Taylor Swift sing before, so I was expecting to really hate her based on what others have said about her. I guess it’s all about expectations and she wasn’t as bad as I thought she’d be. Whereas I have heard Leona Lewis before, and I just can’t stand that yip-yodel-yelping thing she does. Seriously. Cannot. Stand.

Taylor Swift is better than she usually is, but that’s not saying much. Tyra Banks is doing another show? Really? Leona and her annoying head voice…

This show feels so rushed and unentertaining.

I hope one day Selena Gomez is more popular than Miley at least I don’t mind watching her.

I guess I’m getting old! Well yesterday WAS my birthday, so there ya go. But the ONLY people I’ve enjoyed hearing sing so far are DAVID COOK (of course) and surprise to me PINK! Wow. I think I’ll buy her new album. I don’t understand the uproar about Taylor Swift, even though up until Idol and Cook, I listened to country almost exclusively. Never understood, still don’t really. Maybe she’s the country version of Hannah Montanna? INNYWAY, Leona Lewis…I ALMOST like her. But I find the constant yodeling up to the high notes annoying as hell. It distracts me from the song.

I’m really only watching any of this to see David Cook and the EEB. I don’t believe I’ve ever watched the AMAs til now. SO, Cook and EEB looked MAH-ve-lous tonight! AND sounded GREAT. I suspect performing outside on the red carpet, it was not easy to sound good. They sounded good. Loved the crowd in front of them and singing along on the quiet chorus. Loved David’s smiling at that part too. AWWWWWWWWWWW. I’m only watching now in hopes of getting some glimpses of these boys at this show, in the sudience, with all these other STAHS.

ETA: I cannot stand to even hear Miley Cyrus SPEAK, much less “sing.” ARGH. ITA Kanye West is a…tool. Or something. I don’t know, I don’t listen to anything even close to his style of music. And poor poor NKOB. WHAT were they thinking? WHAT? Were they thinking? Oh and KYLE’S HAIR FTMFW! hee.

Thanks for you coverage, info, pics, vids mj! You’re the best. AND thank you, other contributors, Kirsten, everyone. I so so enjoy this interweb tubal interaction here. :wub_tb:

check out Kyle Peak’s hair in this photo…

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Can someone please tell Miley she’s only 16? I never need to see her gyrating again. Kanye is a tool of epic proportions. Pink was great, I love her voice. Brad Paisley is a class act, and I LOVED Ne-yo.

Of the performers I’ve only really liked Pink so far. Leona was ok. But the rest? Really not sounding very good.

Who was the girl with Archie? Made him look so short…

Billy Ray Cyrus introduces his à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Little Girlà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Miley. She sings à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Fly on the Wallà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Gah, sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s horrible. Billy canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s too little if he condones her hooking up with 20 year olds.

My thoughts exactly!

Awww, Brad Paisley, he’s a cutey. I was rooting for him.

Rascal Flatts. This is the second time theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve won the award. Sugarland should have won, if you ask me.

Yeah, somewhat country music fan hubby says Rascal Flatts hasn’t done much lately. We like Sugarland. His band has done some of their older things.

I guess Miley is the new britney, can’t sing but can perform

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t understand the uproar about Taylor Swift, even though up until Idol and Cook, I listened to country almost exclusively. Never understood, still donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t really. Maybe sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the country version of Hannah Montanna?

No. Really not. Taylor doesn’t have the most amazing voice but she’s got a good head on her shoulders and writes all of her own songs which is more than what Miley can say for herself.

I’m getting confused – I read somewhere else that Taylor performed White Horse. Is it a combination kind of performance? Did she perform both Fearless and White Horse? I’m confused.

Miley was at least entertaining!

I missed the Red Carpet and the first 10 minutes of the show. I really liked Pink too!

It was kind of funny seeing Miley blow out her candles (sick of her 16th? Oh, YEAH.) with Julianne Hough and Jordin Sparks squeezing in on her side like they’re her best pals. She looked decidedly un-warm and cozy at that point, like, step off, beyotches.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve never heard Taylor Swift sing before, so I was expecting to really hate her based on what others have said about her.

Yeah, RS gave her latest album a 4/5 stars, I’m kinda wanting to hear more of what she has to offer. Heh, I guess I do pay attention to critics, sometimes.

Omg. I never listen to Coldplay so can someone tell me if the lead singer is always this horribly out of tune? ugh

Omg. I never listen to Coldplay so can someone tell me if the lead singer is always this horribly out of tune?

On TV? Yes. But their live shows are amazing. Truly! Chris is awesome.

Chris Martin is the man.

No. Really not. Taylor doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have the most amazing voice but sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s got a good head on her shoulders and writes all of her own songs which is more than what Miley can say for herself.

Yeah, you’re right. I shouldn’t have compared TS to MC! Even voice-wise, there is no comparison. I was thinking more the teenage performer thing that seems so popular now, really. I know Taylor writes and I admire that. But I don’t connect with her music like I do some others lately. Hmmmm. She’s better looking than MC too. Hah. I feel kinda sorry for MC. I think she’s gonna have to find a non-singing job. Maybe a non-speaking job too.

Love Brad Paisley. He IS a class act. Lovely soothing voice, love his songwriting, great guitar player.

I’m not sure there is a tune for Chris Martin to be out of. This is a very un-melodic, non-pop song and the total wrong thing for them to perform at a totally pop event like this one, if you ask me.

Aw, they have so much stuff going on for Coldplay, it looks like one of their MVs. Yeah Chris is never too good on TV LOL.

They just showed DC at the end of that performance!

Thanks leome, cause that performance sucked some major a$$.

My personal opinion: Both Taylor and Miley were not singing live, but were lip synching. I hate to think what it would have been like if they actually sang tonight.

Now Pink, on the other hand, was superb.

I’d bet money that Taylor Swift was lip-synching to a live track.

DC’s intro was very well-done. (Yeah, I’m behind on the show. DVR is my friend.)

And, yes, Sugarland should pretty much always win these things, and so often does not.

I thought it was kind of cute watching Miley blow out her candles – who else would have Taylor Swift, Jordin Sparks and Julianne Hough share her cake? They are all under 21 – the future of pop/country.

Where’s Alicia Keys from? Thanks.

Taylor was lip-synching – she was off about 1/2 way throught the song – I thought I was imagining it but it happenned a few times very fast.

For those who are wondering the girl that presented with Archie is Shailene Woodley from the Tv series the secret life of the american teenager… and she actually is 5Â ´6 but she was wearing the biggest high heels I have ever see…

I love Jim Carrey…

I read earlier Taylor is going POP. They want to make her a global phenom, with her next album containing a little bit of both styles

I liked the color of the dress on Jordin, but the length seemed off for her. And I liked the dark shirt and tie on DA, but the sweater vest just seemed to age him down. These are attractive kids—why can’t they get better dressers for them?

Yeah, youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re right. I shouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have compared TS to MC! Even voice-wise, there is no comparison. I was thinking more the teenage performer thing that seems so popular now, really. I know Taylor writes and I admire that. But I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t connect with her music like I do some others lately.

That’s okay, no offense taken. To each their own

I think she’s a so-so performer live but I think she’s a great songwriter, at 18, she’s got some skills and she will only get better. She’ll never have the pipes that Carrie Underwood has, but her songwriting and her connection to her music (because she wrote them) is what will bring her continuous success.

I am bummed I missed the Red Carpet – will David sing again?

According to a Taylor site, she did perform “White Horse” and not “Fearless.” w0000t, I’m so happy! It’s my favorite song on her album.

did you see Mariah look up at herself on the big screen, then pull her hair to the front – she didn’t miss a beat. She still sounds great

Taylor was lip-synching

And she still managed to sound bad… that takes some talent.

Thanks for the info on the girl who presented with Archie.

YAY I’m so happy for Taylor. Her first AMA

The only time it seems Taylor wins over Carrie is win the fans vote

Not crazy about Taylor Swift, but oh well…. She should write songs…for other people.

Daughtry :wub_tb:

I .hate. Rihana…

Okay, Rihanna totally gets my award for Worst Dressed. It makes rising from her seat incredibly awkward, and she looks like an ostrich in a bib.

I have to say Chris Martin’s energy sold that song for me, and my daughter noticed the butterfly confetti, awww. Yes, it’s an hour past her bedtime, but what can I say, music’s a priority in our home.

What the heck is Rihanna wearing?!

smartcookie, now that was funny!

Okay, Rihanna totally gets my award for Worst Dressed. It makes rising from her seat incredibly awkward, and she looks like an ostrich in a bib.

Ok, I have no words. That was brilliant. :laugh_tb: I couldn’t have said that any better myself. The dress is dreadful!

LOL they set Mariah Carey up or what…

Aw, The Fray, the only other time I saw their performance was GMA, apparently they don’t usually get up that early… I have mixed feeling about them, you can’t keep milking TV shows, but if that’s a really quick way…

And she still managed to sound badà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ that takes some talent.

The only time it seems Taylor wins over Carrie is win the fans vote

Not crazy about Taylor Swift, but oh wellà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦. She should write songsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦for other people.

I agree with all of you…

I love The Fray….that sounds weird or is my tv…

The lead singer of Fray reminds me a little of Josiah.

Awwwh I wanted Carrie to win.

The only time it seems Taylor wins over Carrie is win the fans vote

Well Taylor has said time and time before that the awards she values the most are the ones that are fanvoted coz it shows how much her fans love her so I guess that works for her

Okay, Rihanna totally gets my award for Worst Dressed. It makes rising from her seat incredibly awkward, and she looks like an ostrich in a bib.

Haha yeah, that’s a weird dress definitely.

Jordin won an awrd

The lead singer of Fray reminds me a little of Josiah.The lead singer of Fray reminds me a little of Josiah.

That’s funny, now I know why I was thinking about Josiah during that performance.

I love me some Pink! If any of you are thinking about checking out her latest album – don’t! Just go buy it, it’s AWESOME. It’s got rock / soul / blues / funk / pop (can you tell I’m plugging here? LOL). Seriously, I adore her.

My seekrit fantasy is that she sings a duet with David C – my ovaries would totally ‘plode at that point!

Cook and Band look soooooooooo pretty (and hawt. They should coordinate wardrobe more often – why do I get a mental picture of them swapping clothes now? OooOOo!) and Light On was on fire. They just get better and better.

Archie was soooooooooooooo kyoot, I wanted to adopt him.

Did Daughtry win an award? I missed some.

Oh god the JB”S

Jordin won an awrd

What did she won???
Plus that part that she is just reading the script was funny…

And I hate the JB really I really don ´t like them..

Beyonce… I wanted her to sing If I Were a Boy…what that heck… is she singing or in Dancing With the Stars…

They are damn lucky there were no Idols in the categoryà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

lol MJ…

Congratulations to Jordin for winning Best Adult Contemporary Artist – too bad they didn’t show her winning it though.
I loved when she said “I’ll stick to the script – I promise” while presenting!

Sasha Fierce! Hahaha.

I can’t stop thinking about the bit she did with JT on SNL whenever I hear this song.

Everytime I hear this Beyonce song, I can’t help but see Justin Timbelake dancing from the SNL sketch :jittery_tb:

Everytime I hear this Beyonce song, I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t help but see Justin Timbelake dancing from the SNL sketch :jittery_tb:

Haha comment twins.

She came VERY close to a wardrobe malfunction

I know I’m a minority here, but I actually like the JBs. IMO they are a great role model for the younger folk. As I mentioned late in the Red Carpet thread, RS seems to have a love affair going with them too. I’m hoping they hang in longer than NKOTB. Nick is a sweety and writes most of their songs.

I’m leaving this show at 10 Eastern time to watch A Colbert Christmas. I’m warning you, AMA — make my last seven minutes good. Gwen Stefani? Okay. Annie Lennox? Sublime. The Jonas Brothers? NO. Just NO.

Someone needs to tell Queen Latifa that not many people can wear skin tight and she’s one of them. I once thought Rihanna was so gorgeous she’d look good in a gunnysack but after seeing her tonight I’m not sure, but maybe a gunnysack would be an improvement. I for one like Miley better than Taylor, but neither make my top10, or top 20 or lets face it any top list. Maybe I’m just feeling old and grumpy.

Ah, Jonas Bros and Pussycat Dolls coming up… CBS’s The Unit couldn’t be better timed! Can’t grab the remote fast enough. LOL

Y’all have fun. I’ve seen what I tuned in to see…and a whole lot more. :wink1_tb:

Alicia Keys is closing the show with a special perfromance of Superwoman

MUTE

ARCHUCOOK!!!

I love you Trina , and just in time to not have to watch the Jonas Brothers…

haha – I’m with you, smartcookie – leaving to go watch Colbert Christmas – (sorry mj)

I just turned this on…

Why do the Jonas Bros insist on pretending to play instruments?

Can’t STAND Jonas Brothers….!

What is this crap?!?!?!?

omg
i know im late, but i just watched Archie present- THAT GIRL IS LIKE A FOOT TALLER THAN HIM ROFL!!!! ahhhhahahahahaha. he did good.

I thought Alicia Keys looked fabulous.

I wish the PCD’s would go away.

Oh, falsetto ain’t your friend, the Jonas…

^Not Duke she is wearing high heels of 4 inches… she is actually 5`6…

Pole dancing? Really? Nice message.

Someone’s drowning the Pussycat Dolls.

Bathroom break :flush_tb:… Jonas brothers and PCD

Poor Pussycats. They’re sexy strip/dance schtick was totally blah after Beyonce danced her ass off earlier.

ETA:
I know Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m a minority here, but I actually like the JBs.

Me too. I like some of their songs…and I have a crush on Kevin.

:nono_tb: Shame on you AMA’s and PCD for doing and letting the pole dancing. I’m sure all the little girls want to grow up to be pole dancers

Jonas Bros and Pussycat Dolls next here…so I’m upstairs away from my only TV to leave comments on mjs! hahahaha. The first time I saw the PCD was on SNL – and I thought they were a satirical skit. For real! I was LMAO! Then…OMG, they are the MUSICAL GUEST?!?! AAGGGHHHH. WTF? Sigh. I’m getting old…or something….

I don’t know any Beyonce music really, but that Single Lady song was veerrrrrrry catchy! I dunno about the “dancing.” I DO know I would never in 2,398,987 years attempt it myself! Kinda cool.

So we think people were lip synching eh? Taylor Swift? I am appalled, Taylor. I just would not have expected that from her. She can sing a bit, better than a lot of “singers” out there IMO. Oh well. I’ve seen who I wanted to see tonight. Well I certainly could’ve stood to see MORE of them. Dayum. More Neal Tiemann, please. And…ALWAYS…more…DAVID…COOK.

Oooh Annie Lennox! Love her!

I think this is the pic of Cookie introducing Taylor HERE.

Checkin’ out iTuneys to buy some Pink perhaps…and see David Cook is the #1 album on the Pop iTunes. #2 is Beyonce. Cool. Looks like Pink has 2 versions of her album: Clean and Explicit. This is new to me. We didn’t have those back when I used to buy actual albums. Vinyl type records, ya know. LOL! Dang it, I didn’t get custody of those in the divorce because it was his turntable! I wanted the CD player. INNYWAY and Cook still has 11 songs off his album in the Top 100 on Pop. Only 2 in the overall iTune chart though.

ETA: Damn. I missed Annie Lennox! What the heck was I doing? Any chance of vid here? Beg beg beg. I’ll check back often.

lalala. Nice to see DC and the EEB on my TV again!
:clap_tb:

LOL, KathrynTX. I always buy explicit. I think it’s because I got carded thanks to the PMRC when I tried to buy XTC’s Skylarking back in the day.

Awww thats was a good part, is was whorty just to see Annie Lenox…

Awww, Justin and Annie Lennox, this is almost worth it.

Pam, I can’t see the pic, but that might just be me.

I guess tonight’s performance by Cookie made it clear what’s going to be the next single.

Please, RCA, I want Lie as single #3. Pretty please?

Very Touching

Pam, I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t see the pic, but that might just be me.

Try this Jolene.

ok i’m back – colbert christmas was actually kind of boring. thank goodness i came back and was able to see annie lennox – what a powerhouse!

Try this Jolene.

Now that worked, thanks Pam!
Gotta say, I think this is the best I’ve seen DC look in a suit. Whoever’s styling him nowadays is doing an awesome job.

Natasha does nothing for me.

ETA: Nice pic, Pam.

^Oh common that was good… and no lipsync… I like it…

Your welcome Jolene

Pirates of the Carribean 4 staring Captain Rhianna

Rehab, no honey…

Yawn. Rhianna is also boring the shiz out of me.

Thanks for the vids, MJ….. my Davids are both so cute! <3 Any chance you’ll be adding Leona’s performance? It would save me from having to sit through the awards when they air over here. Thanks if you can, hon!!

If anybody has requests, I’ll get the video up. I’ll also be posting wire image photos eventually, so watch for those…

MJ… I said earlier, I’d like to see Xtina. Also Pink. Thanks so much!

Yes Daughtry rules!!!!!

Oh DAUGHTRY over Coldplay? That’s so not cool.

Can I have Natasha pretty please…

Congrats to Taylor.

I’ve only heard Coldplay when they’ve sung on TV and every time I listen to them they sound bad. I always wondered why they were so popular. Someone above stated that they only sound bad on TV, well that explains it. I’ve only heard them on TV.

They were AWFUL on SNL and they sung a lot of songs that night.

I wish Rihanna would have sung one of her good songs. I wasn’t too crazy about Rehab.

Congrats to Daughtry.

Mr. West may be a prick but he has some catchy songs.

GOD I hate Cry Baby West

AWWWWWW mj, you truly are the BEST! Thank you so much for all you do. Well since I’m a crazy ol’ cat lady, I have to go feed cats now. The crazy ol’ cat is yelling at me that it’s time for her SPECIAL FOOOOOOOOOD! hah. Thank you guys for all this. This was fun! And I think it was maybe the 2nd time I watched the AMAs. I might have watched if Keith Urban was supposed to be on one year. YAY Keith! heehee. Good night. I’ll be back in the morning to check for more great stuff! :happy_tb:

Jimmy, that was funny! Kanye, he’s so humble! Give me Chris Brown over him anyday.

MJ – could you please put up the Sarah McLachlan/ Pink duet? Thanks so very much!

Wow! You get this stuff up fast, MJ. Thx. It’s great to be able to watch the 24 movie instead.

Could that girl presenting with Archie have higher heels on? I’m just saying that I might not wear the 4 inch heels if I knew I’d be standing next to him.

Jordin did well. I guess Enrique missed the rehearsal yesterday, eh?

Also, I appreciated being able to see Taylor Swift. I’ve never heard her or even seen her before. Yeah, I see that she isn’t THE strongest singer in the world, but she does seem to be trying to tell the people something with her songs. So, I understand why people are listening.

Oh–and when all the girls were hugging Miley as she blew out her candles? I almost barfed.

Oh DAUGHTRY over Coldplay? Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s so not cool.

yeah.. right? Only cause fans are voting…

This Sarah/Pink duet is awesome. I love me some Angel… that was unexpected but good.

Yay for the Pink/Sarah duet! Boo for the screwed up sound!

I thought Kanye was fabulous!

Sarah and Pink… wow! Just beautiful.

Gotta say, I think this is the best Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve seen DC look in a suit. Whoeverà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s styling him nowadays is doing an awesome job

But he should stop wearing the boots. They ruin the line of the pants, and make him look like he has Popeye legs.

I just don’t like the Me me me attitude of Kanye. Some if his songs are ok, but he really needs to get a change of attitude

Yay Chris Brown! After watching Twitch and Comfort do Hip-Hop to his song, I am a big fan!

MJ, can you put up Alicia’s performance next?
Thanks soo much!

LOL Kimmel loves to make jokes with Archie…

“put Archuleta to bed…”

I loved Alicia! That was cool.

lol Jimmy ended the show with another archie joke lol

I second the request for Sarah M. and Pink. (Thx.) Also, Daughtry over Coldplay? I mean–Daughtry released Feels like the First Time and Coldplay released a whole album.

Oh–just saw the monologue (thx MJ). I wonder if, after David A turns 18 next month, he’ll attend these things w/o his Dad in the next seat?

Kathleen Battle?! Now I do actually regret that I do not have the tv on.

ETA–”Put Archuleta to bed?” It’s 8:00 there, right? Geez.

I love how the entertainment industry has adopted Archie, haha.
MJ could you pull the video of Kimmel’s closing joke if possible?

I don’t mind Kanye’s ‘tude. I just don’t care about that when it comes to judging the music.

OMG, Steven Tyler looked horrible. Joe Perry looked okay, but not like his former hotness.

Alicia and Queen L were good. Who is the opera singer they sang with? Can’t really get into that type of singing, but could tell she was good.

I’d like to second the request for Pink and Xtina if possible. Thanks again MJ for all your hard work!

Couple other things… I can guarantee (as in, I know some of her production people) that Taylor wasn’t lip-synching. She never does, which is why you get the Taylor Swift guaranteed wonky note in every song, sometimes a lot more than one (see, CMA performance a few weeks ago. Yeesh.)

Along those lines, very nearly no one (except for the obvious, aka Britney) lip synchs at awards shows. Some people use prerecorded instrumentals and the band is synching (fake playing their instruments), but very very rarely are the vocals faked.

Lastly, awards shows’ audio notoriously sucks for a lot of reasons beyond the artists control, which is why soooo many people tend to sound bad. Obviously, some of them would sound bad anyway. But not as many. Which just speaks to how good the people that come in and knock it out (Annie Lennox whoo!) really are.

I’d love a vid of sarah and pink also!!

Congrats to Daughtry. Very cool win. And I love Beyonce’s new song. Very catchy.

Would have been HILARIOUS if Timberlake was Beyonce’s back up dancers with the SNL guys!

What a FABULOUS night for Archuleta, Cook, and Daughtry…living their dream! and being around so many SUPERSTARS! Just amazing what American Idol does for these guys.

Saw some of it and am a little biased not really high on vote in internet award shows. So Daughty beat Coldplay and The Eagles ? Daughtry is better than the Eagles Allrighty then ..

Well at least I got to watch The Colbert Christmass special it was funny with a little cheese …Toby Kieth Christmass song .

I’m on the west coast so I’m late to the party.

Was Christina A. lip syncing the entire seven songs? At first I thought the broadcast was off but when Jimmy started his monologue his mouth was moving in sync with the words.

C. Daughtry did the “I’m not worthy” move to the washed up Motley Crue. Kinda cute.

Chris Brown, I would have given it to Coldplay, too. But cute of you to say so. It’s a popularity contest.

My guess was that Taylor Swift was lip-synching to a prerecorded live take. Just my opinion, though.

I think that I heard a shout-out to Jennifer Hudson and her sister during Queen Latifah’s rap in the ending number? I’m pretty sure that there was something to a Jennifer and a Julia, and that’s whom I suspect she meant.

Um, can request the JBs? I actually missed them. Sorry all.

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Saw some of it and am a little biased not really high on vote in internet award shows. So Daughty beat Coldplay and The Eagles ? Daughtry is better than the Eagles Allrighty then ..”

It’s the same thing with AI voting, DWTS etc. It’s all a popularity contest. I think it’s cool to have awards that fans can vote on.

JoBros, please? Thank you!

Couple other thingsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ I can guarantee (as in, I know some of her production people) that Taylor wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t lip-synching. She never does, which is why you get the Taylor Swift guaranteed wonky note in every song, sometimes a lot more than one (see, CMA performance a few weeks ago.

Well, if she wasn’t lip synching, then her audio was not matched up with the video on the feed, because here in the Midwest when she was on the sofa, her lips were not matching up with the vocals for a few phrases. Just sayin’…..It looked like canned vocals.

Saw some of it and am a little biased not really high on vote in internet award shows. So Daughty beat Coldplay and The Eagles ? Daughtry is better than the Eagles Allrighty then

There’s a Daughtry fan who admits voting 20,000 times a wek for VH1 and any other award that he’s up for.

Thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a Daughtry fan who admits voting 20,000 times a wek for VH1 and any other award that heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s up for.

Hmm…. LOL.

Well, one crazy fan can’t do it no matter how crazy…

Loved Jordin going off-script to say she wasn’t going off-script! I knew I liked that girl for a reason.

David and the EEB were spectacular as always. Wish we’d gotten all of Declaration though. At first I couldn’t figure out why they were suddenly covering his face with a logo!

The Jonas brothers are normally way better than that live. Something was up with them tonight- usually they’re total pros. Nick has Type 1 diabetes, and I’ve seen him have high or low blood sugars affect his performance occasionally (my daughter has it as well, I can’t help but watch him with a mother’s eyes). Seemed like all 3 of them weren’t sure where they or the cameras were supposed to be.

And Kanye had a fit because he won tonight? Some people are never happy.

I don’t usually watch these shows in their entirety anymore, but since it was chock full o’ idols I just had to. They all acquitted themselves well. The Davids looked adorable, and Jordin looked extremely pretty. Daughtry, was Daughtry. Now non idol…

Pink freaking stole the damn show. I would soooo date her if I were a guy. She’s fierce. I also loved Alicia, she’s one for the ages. Style, class, beauty and a multifaceted talent. I loved Kathleen Battle, Queen, and Alicia, but then I adore Ms. Battle, she reigns supreme in my book of Divas so I thought it was hot! I enjoyed Natasha as well, at least she can really sing. My little boy loves the Jonas Bros, so I won’t bash them, and I do like their style, they just can’t sing, lol. Taylor Swift should never sing, maybe she can write some songs for Archie. I adore Miss Annie Lenox, I would date her too, if I were a bit older, and a dude. Supreme awesomeness to the nth degree. Seeing the picture of her and Archie made me a bit verklempt. He is so living his dream. How awesome is that. Kanye is a genius, I just can’t stand his ass. NKOTB should retire, this time for good. Let me state that awards and stats mean nothing anything Rihanna has the most # 1′s of this decade something is dreadfully wrong. As is the fan voting. No way she beats both Alicia and Mary J. I mean she’s a really pretty girl but she can’t sing her way out of a paper bag, and unlike Miley, she’s not a good performer either. Mariah and her doppleganger both did good tonight. This was a show that had more good performances than I am accustomed to, so I enjoyed most of it.

I’m on the west coast and watching Taylor Swift now and it is clear to me that she is lip synching. That was the only performance so far where the audio didn’t match up with the visuals. It was especially obvious in the beginning. Her lips were not moving in sync with the music.

Well, if she wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t lip synching, then her audio was not matched up with the video on the feed, because here in the Midwest when she was on the sofa, her lips were not matching up with the vocals for a few phrases. Just sayinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦..It looked like canned vocals.

I’m beginning to think that the feed was off for the whole show. Taylor’s performance was not exactly the same as the recorded version but it wasn’t in sync with her lips. Pink’s lips didn’t match up either and you could tell she was singing live so I think it must be the feed.

I think someone should apologize to all of these artists for messing it up.

The girl who presented with DA is the same one who was in the photo with DC in EW’s breakout stars spread.

“…I think it must be the feed.”

I think so, too. It was in sync for me, and it sounded live. The mic was even muffled at parts for Taylor. I think they would have made sure it sounded better if they were going to pre-record it.

Nick is a sweety and writes most of their songs.

Nick is the JoBro that I like too. If he went solo, I’d probably like him better.

Eagles vs. Daughtry??
eh.
NO ONE will ever top the Eagles. The fact that almost 25-30 years later they are even in this category is AMAZING.

and DC will be sweeping this category next year. oh yes.

Wow! Not only does Annie Lennox sound incredible, she is still incredibly beautiful at 53 years old. She gave an incredible performance.

BTW, I will never be able to look at Justin Timberlake again and not giggle after seeing him on SNL the other night!

and DC will be sweeping this category next year. oh yes.

Hopefully

I forgot about the AMAs until an hour after it started and then had to leave an hour before it was over lol. Only good thing about that I didnt have to hear Miley or Taylor sing since they are usually flat lol. Now that Taylor is switching to pop music genre, I wonder if she will still record her albums twice, a country version and pop version to stay in both categories. She records 2 versions of her singles for radio play that way. Shes young but savvy. Did No Air win its category?

I just posted links to the videos you guys requested in the post right after the jump…

Yay! Thanks MJ!

Eagles vs. Daughtry??
eh.
NO ONE will ever top the Eagles. The fact that almost 25-30 years later they are even in this category is AMAZING.

and DC will be sweeping this category next year. oh yes.

Sorry but this statement is an oxymoron to me. Daughtry cannot win this awards because Eagles > Daughtry (actually Eagles > everybody, but that’s beside the point) but DC will be sweeping this category next year? We don’t even know who he will be up against. What if he’s up against AC/DC, Metallica… and we know those bands > DC.

Obviously, this isn’t about who are the greatest musicians but who has the most devoted fans. To rain on Daughtry’s parade for having devoted fans and yet solidly voting for DC next year regardless of who his competition will be is very contradicting. JMO.

After Jimmy Kimmel makes a joke about putting David Archuleta to bedà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

MJ, is there any vid of it?

As a fan of Eagles, Daughtry, and Cook (AND Coldplay, LOL!), they should ALL win – the year they have a great record. This year, it was Daughtry. JMO.

But how come Pink didn’t get anything this year? She’s gonna kill at the Grammys!

W00t! Go Daughtry!

Yep, that’s all I have to say. I’m not really into award shows. But I am into Daughtry and love to see them do well.

Ok Archie attended to the Cristina Aguilera after Party here are photos of the party

Jimmy Kimmel was there wonder if they meet each other…heh

OMG can David Cook get any hawter? Sorry…I couldn’t resist. That man is just so cool.

heres a vid of david and jordin hugging on the red carpet:

http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=oMX1GKPynCc

^How cute are those two…

Thanks for the videos MJ….

Congratulations to all of the David Cook fans that were in attendance at the Cook Red Carpet performance. They were rewarded with free tickets to the AMA. Wow, what a treat!

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Eagles vs. Daughtry??
eh.
NO ONE will ever top the Eagles. The fact that almost 25-30 years later they are even in this category is AMAZING.

and DC will be sweeping this category next year. oh yes.
”

Actually Cook will be in the solo artist category and not band. He may have a touring band, but he’s marketed as David Cook, solo artist. :biggrin_wp:

Overall I thought it was a good show.

Actually Cook will be in the solo artist category and not band. He may have a touring band, but heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s marketed as David Cook, solo artist

I was thinking the same thing. Cook would be in favorite male pop/rock category, not favorite pop/rock band,duo, or group.

Anyway, I’m thrilled Daughtry won an award again this year. The fact that they were even nominated twice this year, for an album that is two years old, is awesome!

Congrats to Jordin also! Her fans beat out Daughtry fans in the AC category, but Daughtry fans never were the best voters! lol

Tuche! forlife good point :lol_wp:
IMO I have to get off the puppys and rainbow of one vote per artist not gonna happen..or just award show overloaded.

Kristen if you still here just for kicks how about sillyest award shows..(best armpit noice)?

David Archuleta is nominated to Nicest Celebrity of 2008

As much as I don’t like the little kid jokes about David A, I realize that you are somebody when people tell jokes about you. . . . and they weren’t too bad.

I was at the red carpet thing! I’ll recap in the DC/red carpet thread if anyone is interested. My feet still hurt, lol (could’ve sworn someone said we’d spend the whole time in bleachers…) We skipped the AMAs even though they were letting us all have tickets because me and my bf had a drive back home and then work the next day. But thanks to dvr and tape delay, I was still able to catch it all on tv

To be honest I fast forwarded over most of the awards. It all sounded live to me…agree w/whoever said if it were recorded it would sound better (ouch.)

I actually really liked Taylor’s song. She seemed pissed near the end singing about finding someone who would treat her right. I was waiting for them to cut to the Jonas Bros afterwards for “reaction shot”

Pink and Sarah McLachlan together on “Angel” was beautiful.

I was impressed they got Kathleen Battle for that last number with Alicia Keys and Queen Latifah. She’s pretty legendary in the world of opera.

OMG! Archie! I would love to see the look on his face when he finds out who she is. hahaha!

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp148/wpdusdl/83800797.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Amy

If anyone is reading this thread any more–Why would Larry Klein put David Archuleta to bed. They don’t know each other. don’t get it.

Thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a Daughtry fan who admits voting 20,000 times a wek for VH1 and any other award that heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s up for.

I think we know who that is. Ahem.

I watched most of the show last night. Missed a couple of awards as I was flipping back and forth between this and the Colts game but I was DYING at Jimmy Kimmel’s opening monologue (“It’s been a big year in music – Christina Aguilera had a baby, Mariah Carey married one.” LMFAO.).

Loved loved loved Sarah McLachlan/Pink, Annie Lennox, Ne-Yo, Alicia/Queen Latifah/Opera singer, Kanye (LOVE that song), Pink, and I actually really liked Leona Lewis and Natasha Bedingfield too.

All in all, good show. Some of the winners made it obvious that it was fan voted, but that’s cool.

Taylor swift sucks and she did NOT kick Carrie’s butt. I resent that.

She cannot sing her way out of a paper bag– and even her blatant lip syncing last night was still crappy.

I think Taylor became the first country artist in history to lip sync. lol, She is so so bad at singing– she needs to be a songwriter and be done with it.

Carrie deserved that award and would have been there but she was touring in Canada and couldn’t make it.

Carrie sings circles around Taylor— and there is no way Taylor will beat Carrie at the Grammys.

The Grammys and CMAs are about Vocal ability and talent- not teenyboppers voting like crazy on myspace for Taylor-can’t-sing-swift.

Carrie Kicked Taylor’s butt at the CMAs a few weeks ago– and won Female vocalist of the year for the 3rd year in a row.

So please get the facts straight. If this is supposed to be an IDol blog– please support idols, and not crappy swift who can’t hold a candle to carrie iin her wildest dreams.

Ok, I dumped all my AMA red carpet pics here:

http://s376.photobucket.com/albums/oo208/AMA2008_DC_RedCarpet/

There are a lot of DC pics, and some of Daughtry, Jordin and Archie (including the classic “Archie meets T-Pain”). Someone told me the guy at the top of pg 6 is Constantine but I have no idea.

That doesn’t look like Constantine to me…

^Thank you

Archie and T-Pain together is just classic. Classic. I want Archie to wear that gold hat.

Those are some great photos, Michelle. Thx for posting.

So please get the facts straight. If this is supposed to be an IDol blogà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ please support idols, and not crappy swift who canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t hold a candle to carrie iin her wildest dreams.

This is an Idol blog, not an Idol FAN blog, so I call them as I see them. Sorry.

Michelle, thanks for the pics. .

Taylor is not a gifted singer, singing talent is a gift. It’s not something you can learn or buy, it’s a gift and admittedly that is not one of Taylor’s strongest points. She, however, is a gifted songwriter. She is using whatever gifts God has given her to her advantage, and you can’t fault someone for that. Is it a crime to sing songs that you have written if people are listening? Some of the most important musicians in history are not “amazing!zOMG!glorynote!123!” kind of singers but rather gifted songwriters who know how to interpret a song because they have written it from their experiences. Just because you have not been gifted with the ability to hit every glory note out there with ease, it doesn’t mean that you have to stop pursuing your dreams.

Carrie can sing circles around Taylor all she wants but Taylor will always be the more compelling of the two for me because she draws from her and other people’s experiences and writes from her heart which makes her music, truly her music.

Nick Lachey, (Jessica Simpsons ex), presenting best female country artist?? Carrie Underwood was up for it……wondering who put that together.

BTW, if anyone wants to write up a re-cap of the event, I’ll post it out front. .

Thanks for posting the extra vids mj. I’m watching some of them now since I didn’t finish watching the show.

Someone mentioned earlie that the JBs looked pissed at Jimmy Kimmel’s opening remarks, I just thought they looked like, “Yeah, that’s to be expected, just not sure how to respond, Oh well.”

BTW, I’d love to read any recaps of those who were there. Esp. DC and band on the red carpet. Thanks!

I agree, cookcricket. They weren’t so much pissed as they were like “Um, didn’t Russell Brand do this already? Oh, you’re going to do it too…m’kay.” I think Jimmy was funny but it almost went overboard with the young/teen jokes (like Archie and the JoBros).

One thing that I thought was going to be dicey was the whole Joe/Taylor and Nick/Miley breakup bit. Good thing, not much came out of it, which was surprising since Joe and Taylor are still in the “You fucked it up. No, you did” blaming game.

No recap, but I did watch it and here are a few observations. First, I am an award show junkie, and I look forward to this show particularly because the entertainment is usually pretty great, but for me this year was a bit disappointing. The highlight of the entire evening, for me, was David Cook and the band singing on the red carpet. It was fun to see the few people they interviewed. I did enjoy hearing Daughtry and seeing the members of the band. The whole time they were talking to the Jonas Brothers I was trying to see if David Cook (behind them in the background) was with Kimberly. Loved “Declaration”. Hated that they cut it off mid way through for a ridiculous commercial, the product I can’t remember, and would probably never buy even if I did because I was so annoyed they cut off David Cook. He sounded great on Light On and we got to hear the whole performance. Loved the little smile as he heard the crowd singing along. Very cute.

I kind of liked the flower dress. Talk about going green. Also thought Miley Cyrus looked really nice although precocious 16 year olds are not my favorite people in general. She did look great and it was a nice way to celebrate her 16th birthday. Didn’t they just do that in Disney World?? Taylor Swift looked lovely. She does sound better on the radio though, but I am sure it was a pretty “nervous-making” experience. She and her ex Jonas brother didn’t appear to run into each other.

Jimmy Kimmel, who is usually funny, wasn’t funny at all on this show, in my opinion. His comments about Archie were a little tacky. In fact most of his jokes seemed to fall flat. I hated the reference to Elvis Presley and where he died. Also, is it just me or does Kanye West need to get a bit of an ego check? Annie Lennox was a highlight and I also loved Alicia Keyes. Coldplay, not so much, and I usually really like them but they were all over and I couldn’t recognize any melody in the song they performed. I liked the Sarah McLaughlin/Pink duet. A strange combination to be sure, but somehow it seemed to work.

Congratulations to Carrie Underwood, not sure why her award was given at another time. It seemed a few others could have been cut out of the television show rather than hers. Congratulations to Jordan Sparks, but not too crazy about the bright yellow dress. She has had a great year in terms of Top 40 stations though. Jive records has done okay by her. Congratulations to Daughtry for beating out some pretty stiff competition. I am also glad that Chris Brown won and was impressed with his acceptance speech which was humble and gracious.

Thank you to the person who posted all of the Getty Images. Page 13 or 13 was, of course, my favorite page with all of those good pictures of David singing on the red carpet. I hope both Davids get to perform next year and both are nominated for major awards. A lot more David…a little less NKOTB would be my suggestion and maybe they could get Queen Latifah to be the host next year.

Alicia Keys, blew me away with Queen Latifah and Kathleen Battles. Not only was it inspiring, but they were having such a great time! Awesome. Sarah McLachlan and Pink, so beautiful! Annie Lennox was very nice too! Thanks again for posting these mj.

You know, I’ve discovered a lot of great music on your blog. I have to say I found you when searching for more on DC during the finals and after AI, but you go above and beyond in introducing me to knew and different things. Thanks!

Just wanted to say I agree with cookcricket. Thank you MJ. We always know where to come to get news of David Cook and more.

Jimmy Kimmel, who is usually funny, wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t funny at all on this show, in my opinion. His comments about Archie were a little tacky. In fact most of his jokes seemed to fall flat.

Shari, I so totally agree with you on Jimmy Kimmel. I liked him when he used to do the comedy routine on the Fox NFL Football pregame show (yes, I’m an extreme NFL football fanatic – maybe more than a fan of Idol), but I thought his jokes were lame and tasteless. Give me Billy Crystal anyday.

I hope both Davids get to perform next year and both are nominated for major awards. A lot more Davidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦a little less NKOTB would be my suggestion and maybe they could get Queen Latifah to be the host next year.

Amen to that.

Sorry this is a little late. I haven’t posted here yet, but I’ve lurked off and on since May. I usually come to MJs for the most recent information concerning AI, music trends and charts, and other TV related items. But I had an experience with fellow fans at the AMAs that just blew me away, and wanted to share.

The day – and what I witnessed – really drove home the reality of how big David Cook is in “Hollywood.” He was literally groomed on Sunday to be next year’s Breakout Artist at the show. As far as the “industry” is concerned, he’s already more than a breakout artist. He’s an established, hot artist period, and is held in very high esteem. I was one of the fortunate Cook fans who were treated to a full day at the AMAs, from the free concert to the red carpet arrivals to the 3 hour show.

The AMAs showed David a lot of love. A LOT of love. They showed David’s fans a lot of love. We in turn showed David a lot of love and several times today brought a smile to his face. David’s vocals on LO, sung & recorded twice in a row (for technical reasons) were flawless, twice in a row! To me his vocals were jaw dropping on Sunday. They began with Declaration which was also delivered flawlessly live by the entire band.

It struck me how serendiptious this all was. A small group, maybe 150 to 180 David Cook fans, treated to a private concert, to which we were accepted within hours of emailing our request, and once there, treated extremely well. All was so well organized. The day was divided into three components: David and his band’s performace between 2pm and 3pm. Then we’re moved to the bleachers 100 feet away for two hours of red carpet arrivals (of course David walked it even though he had arrived hours earlier-it’s all about the publicity and the interviews). And then, to our surprise and delight, EVERY David Cook fan who attended the concert was given a free ticket and brought inside to see the show! The show was amazing.

This was a unique and unusual event. David and his boys were the sole performers. It was HIS stage, with his name behind it in huge letters, in the style of his album cover. Just Cook fans. Standing all up by the stage. Intimate and amazing. it was pretaped and inserted into the live red carpet show. David and the boys were so relaxed. David was utterly charming, very funny, very chatty, and very much in control. Emitting enough charisma to ignite nuclear fusion. He toyed around with us, and had to kill time while the TV folks set up the shots and got the taping ready. So he was basically shooting the breeze with us. You’ve probably seen the videos (and fan pictures on the boards) so you know great they all looked in their ties. I call it “dress-rock.”

On the red carpet David got the loudest cheers, but it helped that half the bleachers were the 150 to180 of his fans who went to the performance! At one point when he was on line, after the pictures were taken, we started chanting Da-vid, Da-vid… etc. and it made him laugh. He did a fist up in the air thing, and then put his finger on his face – you know, the dimple routine thing. We showed him love! We did it during the concert too. I yelled out VH1, NUMBER ONE! and he looked over and smiled and then said, “hey, that was you guys!”
Bottom line: the AMAs literally packed the bleachers with Cook fans. Because of that he clearly got the loudest cheers going by. From my perspective, more than the Jonas Bros. Hollywood has completely embraced this man.

The music industry and the AMA clearly laid the groundwork of inviting him into the fold, into the big leagues. It was like they were foaming the runway for him to land in awardville next year. It was an honor for him to be the sole Red Carpet perfomer. It was a showcase for a breakthrough artist who is so new he hasn’t yet been nominated. I felt like it was an honor for us fans. It was a great day to be a David Cook fan here in LA. It bodes well that Daughtry won tonight. And I loved seeing David talking to Daughtry on the red carpet. He and Archie seemed really happy to see each other too.

Awesome recap, Scott!

I thought I’d share some pictures and links to videos. The videos shot by John (John_socal at DCO and d-c.org) are of the entire 25 minutes that David and the band were on stage, including all banter and songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCvLyRlZpxk…om/content/amas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsNw3jMxbCE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNoStzD455w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6H9Z2Rfeb8

My flickr page (it’s public) with 40 photos:
http://flickr.com/photos/25997437@N03/tags/ama/

Scott, thanks for sharing your experience with us. What a truly memorable day it must have been for you. I’m also sure you guys helped make David’s first AMAs very special and one he won’t soon forget. He certainly deserves all the love and support we can give him. You did the fanbase proud!

Yes, awesome Scott! Thanks so much for including us. You really made me feel like I could be there. Proud teary eyes for me!

ETA: VIDEOS!!! Thank YOU, Thank YOU, Thank YOU!!!

I’m having trouble adding the images… my computer’s misbehaving. Clearing out some stuff and will try again. I wanted to put 6 of the best pictures right on that post. The boys were beautiful. Great eye candy… modern-day Beatles look.

Aww, Scott, love ya.

That link to clip #1 took me to a different location.. here’s the correct link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCvLyRlZpxk

OK, so I embed the pictures, they show up when I save it, and then they disappear when I refresh. The code remains when I open the post to edit. Not sure what I’m doing wrong.

MJ, or any other Cook fans I know from DCO or d-c.org, please feel free to grab any of the pictures from my flickr pages and add them. I liked the ones of Neal and David side by side, arms in mirror image positions… the one of Andy, Joey & Kyle together, the stage with the huge David Cook sign and the one where David is leaning over, really close up, talking to the fans, and the verticle one of David smiling and looking to his right.

Those are some wonderful pictures, Scott. They looked so sharp, but also so happy….

MJ – sorry if I’m a little late on requesting but can you please upload the video of Taylor’s winning moment? I’ve only been able to find a video if it someone recording from the tv so the quality is not so great. But it’s cool if you can’t do it. Thanks anyway!

I just have to add one more thing, especially to some folk who love to passive aggressively predict the end is near for Cook. That tune is getting pretty old and rather laughable at this point.

Just from my experience all day at the AMA’s – David’s performance, the red carpet, and then all of us treated to the show inside – David was treated like royalty on Sunday, and so were his fans. David is A-list. Absolute A-List in Hollywood. I was there, and I witnessed it personally, as did DCO/d-c.org friends John_Socal, Zoo (Jeannine), dizzyclover, ItsSoReal and 150 other fans on various boards. Not to mention that Simon Fuller manages David personally. And that his album is off to a FANTASTIC start on its first week. Personally, I can completely ignore the naysayers. David is huge, and it’s well beyond our bubble. He’s past the point of no return. Even the biggest starts can fall, and many do down the road. But David Cook has launched and he’s pretty much golden for the next few years. Not everyone is asked to serenade Hillary Clinton.

“Not everyone is asked to serenade Hillary Clinton.”

A most excellent point, Scott! Thanks for the pep talk. It surely helps the worriers (and warriors) among us, ahem. :wub_tb:

Preach it, Scott. Woo-hoo!

Suzanne from page 4- I think the Kimmel bit about Klein putting DA to bed was a lame attempt at making fun of his young look again. Not sure, but it WAS lame.

I must add that I love Archie and really dislike any kind of disrespect toward him. He seems like a really good natured young man with a thicker skin than you might imagine. That’s speaks to his humility. He probably takes it all in his stride, but I still think he deserves respect. When he’s got a half dozen hits out there and his record is platinum, then it’s time for some ribbing. Right now I view it as kind of mean. I may sing the praises of Mr. Cook, but I will NEVER take anything away from Archie. He is a powerhouse of talent who will succeed in a very different genre (which is the most popular genre).
Both Davids are in this for the long haul. In addition to the Davids, there are 3 more winning entities to emerge from AI7:
Sony/BMG (RCA & Jive)
19 Entertainment
The fans

Well said Scott. The fans are the big winners with these two guys.

John has posted his HQ version of his videos of the David Cook Bandà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s AMA performance, and theà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re amazing!
http://davidcooksfan.com/

Scott, thank you so much for everything you said in each of your posts here! Preach on, brother!!