David Cook Performs on Saturday Night Live

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David Cook performs on Saturday Night Live tonight. Ben Affleck hosts, Republican presidential candidate, John McCain, makes a special appearance

Thanks to Gwen, we have a spoiler for tonight:

Yay! He did, in fact, sing à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Declarationà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  and à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Light Onà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . Hereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s more, from rehearsal:

David sang, did not play the guitar. Declaration is a mid range rock song. They really liked it.

The audience responded very well, and after the song David, Andy, Neal, Joey and Kyle stood on stage and hugged each other. They were clearly stoked.

More in comments!

  • Tina Fey (Palin) and John McCain on QVC!!! Ha ha ha…
  • Ben Affleck as Keith Olbermann = LOLZ!!!!
  • David and the band sang “Light On” at show midpoint – He looked a little nervous, but he did a nice job. That transition in the chorus to the softer notes is a tough one… I have to say, hearing the song live doesn’t make me like it more.
  • John McCain on Weekend Update – “The Sad Grampa” Heh!.
  • “Declaration” was David’s second song — I’m liking this song way more than “Light On”. It’s a melodic straight-ahead rocker–just what I expected from Davd based on his musical influences and earlier work.

You Know What…after the JUMP!!!

Light On:

Declaration:

John McCain and Tina Fey Cold Opening:

John McCain on Weekend Update:

Ben Affleck as Keith Olbermann – The bit about his mother and his cat at the end had me howling…and Ilike Keith Olbermann.

 
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  • Michelle

    daenarys I tend to agree with your interpretation :)

    If anything because:
    “I’m taken just the way you are,
    Imperfect words inside imperfect song”

    I took to mean maybe AI isn’t the way he envisioned getting here, but here he is and it’s working out pretty well so far! (Also…shout out to ToML? which certainly has imperfect words in an imperfect song, but represents such a wonderful thing that we fans have learned to love it)

    And
    “Will I ever be enough?”

    Sounds to me like he is talking about all the expectations being put on him since he became famous so fast and in such a way.

  • Scifisam

    “Anyway, the reason being in a span of two days, Declaration has been declared both à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“too hard for Top 40à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ³ and à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“practically identicalà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to a Hannah Montana song.”

    LOL, Hey now, I didn’t say the whole song, I said 7 notes of the song. That’s a very small part.

    And I hope the former claim is more correct, that ups it’s cances of being played on a station I listen to.

  • KarenLE67

    Another comment on the tv critic’s blog I read, about SNL:

    I had no idea who David Cook was ….if I had known he was the AI winner, I would have fast forwarded…..after hearing him, I think I am going to get his album…he was great.

    I’m loving all the positive feedback from the uninitiated, because things tend to get a little murky fangirl land. I didn’t realize though that there was still such a strong perception that people coming out of AI are not really legit.

  • sunchick

    Great analysis, daenarys. This line really gets me thinking…

    When the light runs from the day, Will the darkness be too much, Will I ever be enough

    I know he’s talked about being realistic, knowing that winning AI is not a magic ticket, etc. So “will the darkness be too much, will I ever be enough” could be asking, “How would I really feel if I step off that stage and it’s the last time I feel this way? How would I feel if it all ends tomorrow?” Or it could also be about the day to day weirdness of his new situation, where one minute he’s on stage and basking in the all that positive energy (light) from the audience, and then the next minute, when he leaves the stage, he would kind of have to decompress and go back to being just Dave until the next performance. Kind of the dichotomy of being David Cook, The American Idol, and just Dave, goober from the Midwest, and not letting the fame consume him… :ponder_tb:

  • shellberry77

    I had the great honor of meeting David (albeit for a few short minutes) at the end of the Carrie Underwood concert on Nov 5. I was a little star struck to be honest! He told me (after watching Carrie’s concert) “I’ve got a lot of work cut out for me!” How humble of him! I told him I thought he and the band rocked on SNL and that he was going to be awesome. He smiled and told me “Thanks”. Although our conversation was short he seemed almost in awe of what he had just experienced (watching Carrie). Now this is only my opinion of what I felt his mood was, only he can really say. I think anyone would be in awe of her after the 5 minute video they played of all of her successes (Winning AI, Grammys, CMA awards, platinum records, etc). I think that would put a lot of pressure on him as to what is expected of an AI winner. Anyway, my point is, the lyrics of “Declaration” perfectly encompass the short conversation I had with him!

    BTW you can read my story on david-cook.org under the title “I met DC @ the Carrie Underwood concert!”

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