I voted on VH1 for David’s videos but I never voted on this either. The fact remains that this single broke records & it wasn’t just because Regie wrote it.

I don’t care what anyone says about this song, I actually like it. In fact, I’ve been putting it on “repeat” on my CD player. You can have a song written by a famous person but if the right person isn’t singing the song–it goes nowhere. So they can praise Regie as much as they want but Cook made this song what it is.

Heh, maybe you would have liked it better if Archie had sung it?

What does Archie have to do with it? This song stinks, that is all. I don’t know why you feel the need to bring up Archie in this discussion that does not concern him in any way, hmm.

This was Cook’s biggest hit and probably the one most people identify with him.

Wasn’t LO an equal hit? TOML was an AC hit, LO was a HAC hit, and both sold platinum. So … just saying. Also, as for what he’s most identified with, TOML or LO/CBTM, that possibly depends if you listen to AC or HAC.

in fact, the great big airplay, and the featuring on Oprah, ESPN, Olympics etc logically reached an audience quite beyond the show. But if one NEEDS to believe that secretly it’s all! not! fair!, then the real culprit for the song’s status is the two million consumers who made the dude a hit, not this one award vote.

Anyway, I kind of love that one line ‘watch all the bitterness buuuuurn!’ 

; )

somewhere in maine’ ¦.Kara is ripping out her hair extensions

LOL!

Kings of Leon won big time as well. So did Taylor Swift. So did Jars of Clay, a Christian act, and Elvis Costello, for a cross over album, and a host of special categories like bluegrass, and Jack White and The Raconteurs and Erin McCarley. The theme seems to be that they wanted to highlight how Nashville is homebase for so many types of acts and songwriters in addition to country, bluegrass and gospel. I think it’s neat.

The song becoming a hit, IMHO, is all Cook, but since it has been such a hit, provides a feel good chance to recognize its writer.

those idol fans ! etc etc etc

Since Cook sold both 1.2 mil of TOML as a single and 1.2 mil of his album, either the Idol “bubble” is huge or he’s got a lot of fans outside it. Either way, he’s good.*

* in fact, the great big airplay, and the featuring on Oprah, ESPN, Olympics etc logically reached an audience quite beyond the show. But if one NEEDS to believe that secretly it’s all! not! fair!, then the real culprit for the song’s status is the two million consumers who made the dude a hit, not this one award vote.

Anyway, I kind of love that one line “watch all the bitterness buuuuurn!”

I ran across this early in January, a commemoration of a different occasion.

I wasn’t sure what The Magic Rainbow was doing here, or where ‘here’ was, but it appeared to be having a very good time.

http://sports.cctv.com/20090105/109951.shtml

I’ve since been told that it looks like clips from the World Soccer Cup on a Chinese website…go figure.

I love ToML- but like “Lie to Me” more. I know they won’t release it, because another ballad in 6/8 is too similar to ToML- but I think of the people who don’t love his rock show (I’ve been 2xs in DelMar and Antelope Valley- and he’s HOT in concert)- Lie to Me and Permanent would be the type of song they would like (people like my 62 year old pretty-hip mom who was heartbroken when he didn’t play ToML at DelMar). I think Lie to Me is beautiful- and would have a long radio life- and he wrote it!

As far as coronation songs go- it’s one of the best (magic rainbows and backstory and all). I still can listen to AMLT and ToML, but sorry to Reuben, Carrie, Fantasia, Taylor, Jordin, and Kris- I don’t listen to theirs anymore. And a smile still comes across my face every time I hear :Invisible- but too bad Clay didn’t put out more commercially viable records.

And I still smile everytime I hear ToML on a tv show- like I think they played it on the finale of America’s Got Talent… and the Olympics… that song reminds me of why I love Cookie- and I hope he finds his audience with his writing voice (as well as his singing voice).

so would ppl like fearbear plz lay off the’ EWW THIS SONG STINKS LIKE HOW COULD IT WIN AN AWARD LIKE, IZ ALL B/C HIS FANZ SPAMMING THAT VOTING SITE LIKE.’ 

thank u.

It’s an opinion, I think I’m allowed to have one? I mean, unless you can prove without a shadow of a doubt that his fans didn’t spam the poll, then go ahead. PS: The song still stinks. Thank you too.

Not every idol success is because of Idols spamming polls. I actually doubt Cook fans had a lot to do with the success of this song.

Well that’s really nice that you think that, but I still think differently.

2) was played in various (popular) american tv shows like ”Opra”, Dancing With The Stars” and ”SYTYCD”and more.

3) and radio station are STILL playing it

i would like to say ,as a cook fan, i had nothing to do with it winning this award, and that I don’t even like the @*&%$$ song!
so would ppl like fearbear plz lay off the”EWW THIS SONG STINKS LIKE HOW COULD IT WIN AN AWARD LIKE, IZ ALL B/C HIS FANZ SPAMMING THAT VOTING SITE LIKE.”

thank u.