Is it surprising to anyone else that on itunes, Cook is labeled pop and not rock?

Daughtry is also labeled as pop, so no, I am not surprised.

Isn’t it pretty normal to self title your first major album?

Is it surprising to anyone else that on itunes, Cook is labeled pop and not rock?

Don’t lecture your fellow posters. It pains me to see posters have to clarify their statements due to finger-wagging fans. That’s not the way we roll around here. Respect your fellow poster’s opinions, please.

If you’re feeling angry, step away from the computer for awhile. This is going to be a long Idol record season, and I will be putting folks into moderation who don’t follow the guidelines.

About the album name, at least it’s better to be “David Cook” than just “Cook”. I’m fine with self-titled album, but I’m somewhat disappointed because if it’s not self-titled I believe he’d have many ideas for its name, all cool and quirky.

I am not concerned about him yielding the firsts of video, song (excluding TOML), and album, which have already happened or are scheduled, as I don’t think they are needed for his success. I did not mean to imply that he had given up any other perks than these except maybe the Macy’s Parade, also for his own good. Keep in mind, as FolkFan pointed out, the Davids are under different management altogether. They are vying for largely different audiences, with only some overlap.

I do see the Blender article and Rolling Stone review as part of a repositioning which I agree will take some time. I think he’s going for HAC and AC and Top 40 out of necessity, and as a bridge. That’s where TOML has played, and he has fans over there. He may even find the AI title still useful over there. It’s got to be pretty tricky to go after rock fans without losing too many pop fans. Inevitably, he will lose some. However, I am on the optimistic side and am waiting for things to take off. I think he’s in good hands, with more evidence of that coming in every day. I am excited for the upcoming video in particular, as it sounds like they are taking pains to make it good. This has been a great week with lots of visibility for him in general.

This may be one reason he did not claim the normal winnerà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s expected à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹perksà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ of first single, first album, first video, etc.

The video hasn’t even been shot yet and the album is more than a month away. Maybe I’m nuts but I fail to see how we can know what perks he is or isn’t getting when things like that haven’t even happened yet. As for the video, he’s got a top notch director so I tend to think that actually is a good thing. If you want to see how cheap RCA can be when it comes to videos take a look at Clay’s last couple of “videos” that didn’t even have a director.

The song impacted this week. Are we supposed to see every single radio interview they have planned in a span of 2 days? The HDD blurb said “tons of press on deck” and “multiple TV appearances in November”.

edit: DON’T LECTURE YOUR FELLOW POSTERS! I’m going to start putting people into moderation soon…

It occurred to me that possibly what appears to some to be a lack of promotion might be a very deliberate strategy to distance him from all things Idol, in order to reboot his image for the rock world. This may be one reason he did not claim the normal winnerà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s expected à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹perksà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ of first single, first album, first video, etc.

I don’t know. I really don’t think there has been any lack of promotion. It might not be coming fast enough for some of the fans, but the promotion is going to pick up considerably over the next few weeks. It’s already starting.

I don’t think it’s possible to distance Cook from Idol this quickly considering that he just won a few months ago. There are always going to be some rock music snobs who’ll look down on Cook because he’s a product of American Idol, but who cares? As long as he’s moving units, it’s all good. Rock “cred” can come later, if at all.

It doesn’t make any sense to me that RCA would hang “the other David” out to dry…what purpose would that serve…just doesn’t even approach logic or good business sense.

RCA is hadling “the other David” just fine.

Still wish the album would at least be called The David Cook Band. Just David Cook is too much like DA’s title…different names of course! LOL

Sherryw, there has been a Blender article and will be a Rolling Stone article. His date for adds on rock is not until today, and he’s been getting some test spins on rock according to the quickcut data. And we don’t know what interviews, etc., he may have coming up. It seems pretty clear that they are ramping up the media. They also just hired a highly respected video director with a lot of experience in the rock world to handle the video.

All of which is to say that I agree with IndyMuse and don’t agree that RCA (who doesn’t have David A in its fold) AND 19M (who doesn’t have David A in its fold) are supporting David C (whom they do have in their folds) and aren’t treating him as “the other David,” which would make no sense for either of them. It makes sense that they are selecting media and other opportunities that, sure, will open doors for him at HAC and Top 40, where he’s already had some good success, but will also increase or at least maintain his credibility with rock.

This was posted on DCO. I hope the person doesn’t mind me usingit here:

I received Issue #31 in yesterday’s mail. Here is the review:

Light On
(3 stars)

‘For the American Idol’s power ballad on Red Bull, co-writer Chris Cornell- whose own “Billy Jean” cover served as a model for Cook’s victory performance- tosses some “Black Hole Sun”- style arpeggios under the verses. Cook summons all of his throaty passion, turning out a performance Simon might call “commercially viable.” ‘ -C.G.

Someone posted that RS gave LO 3 stars, I checked and it’s not true, RS usually reviews albums, and only rates singles, but LO hasn’t been rated or mentioned.

“Crush” had a review on Billboard as soon as it was released, then a lot of news blurbs on Rolling Stone, including one which can be viewed as an unofficial “review”, whereas LO has none til now, 2 weeks after its release.

In regard of “distance Cook from all things Idol”, I think that the best way isn’t forsake his promotion, but drive those promotion to the more suitable direction, ie Rock stations, mainstream music magazines… I don’t know how to put it but LO being marketed in CHR/HAC is not the way to gain any rock credibility. IMO RS is that direction if he really wants to strive as a credible rocker. So nothing about LO on RS and Rock stations yet really concerns me.

There are two importnt messages in that clip…one is he looks so damn good and sounds intelligent, and two: the album drops Nove. 18th!!!!

I do wish it would be called something other than David Cook.

I was still rooting for “Optimistic to a Fault!”

Eff me he looks so damn good at 1:07/1:08.

Now..back to catching up….

It occurred to me that possibly what appears to some to be a lack of promotion might be a very deliberate strategy to distance him from all things Idol, in order to reboot his image for the rock world. This may be one reason he did not claim the normal winnerà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s expected à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹perksà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ of first single, first album, first video, etc. Rock does not look kindly on AI, to put it mildly.

This would be a plausible scenario if any of his upcoming radio interviews were with rock stations, but they aren’t. They are with Top 40 and HAC. It isn’t like it can’t be done. This is the exact same label and management that got Chris Daughtry on the Bob and Tom Show (a nationally syndicated morning show on rock radio, and, btw, they are hilarious). It doesn’t appear to be that they are making some sort of effort to establish “cred” in the rock world. They just seem to be dismissing him as “the other David” and somehow less worthy of promo, IMO.