It would’ve taken him 20 seconds, tops, to say something along the lines of what I mentioned above. Perhaps he’ll do it at the next performance.

See, this is where the self-entitlement comes in. If there are legalities, privacy issues or just plain awkwardness involved, why isn’t he allowed to remain mum about the subject until he (and/or Joey) is good and ready to talk about the situation instead of fans asking, why couldn’t he take 20 seconds to explain this to the 5 of us who really, really wanted to know and can’t wait, even though the remaining 4,995 other concert attendees didn’t even realize there was anything amiss? I mean what’s so dang important that you can’t wait and why put the burden on David to immediately address every situation that arises?

And how important was it really to address the questions of the 20 people in the 5,000 audience who would know Joey’s name, of which maybe 5 of those 20 would be angsting about the fact that he wasn’t there? I’m thinking not very.

It would’ve taken him 20 seconds, tops, to say something along the lines of what I mentioned above. Perhaps he’ll do it at the next performance.

And, just to add, I don’t think there are only two types of fans, i.e., 1) raving, self-entitled lunatics and 2) casual, whatever, I like listening to David … now whose up next on Idol?!

As schleppy as Cook looks from time to time, I admire him that he hasn’t caved to the pressure to get hair plugs and live at the gym while popping diet pills and/or taking up smoking.

I wouldn’t hold it against him were he to get hair plugs though. I am afeered of the Massive Alien Skull without the benefit of the hair camouflage.

Sassykatz, there are myriad possible reasons why Joey wasn’t around and we have no idea whether or not David is at liberty to discuss those reasons. Or whether the situation has settled to the point where there was anything definitive to discuss. I can probably list 20-40 plausible reasons why the situation couldn’t be discussed last night as of yet. For goodness sake, Phil Marshall’s blog was discussed by the fandom just yesterday and Joey didn’t play for the first time last night. David probably hasn’t even woken up yet today, yet the tone of some of the posts from some of his fans seem to be along the lines of “I wish David didn’t keep things from us” or “I wish David didn’t keep us in the dark.” I think his fandom needs to learn the meaning of the term backing off for just a millisecond.

And how important was it really to address the questions of the 20 people in the 5,000 audience who would know Joey’s name, of which maybe 5 of those 20 would be angsting about the fact that he wasn’t there? I’m thinking not very.

Joey — whether meant to be more permanent or not — has been in Cook’s touring band for 90 shows and for all the important appearances. Fans have grown familiar with seeing DC’s band mates and have acknowledged everyone’s talents. After going to a concert and watching all these videos, no one is “just an interchangeable bass player” or “guitar player” or “drummer.” Certainly, there are other musicians who could fit right in in terms of talent, but it’s odd that after all this, the way fans learn that Joey is no longer there is through a third party’s blog congratulating a colleague on a six week gig. Huh?

I was kind of surprised that, at Monty’s first show, David didn’t just address the obvious, i.e., “I guess you noticed Joey isn’t here and we have my friend Monty playing bass. Well, Joey is going to be away for six weeks (or Joey moved on) and Monty is helping us out in the interim.’ 

So, how is that intrusive, or giving detailed explanations, or stepping all over legalities?

And I grant you, many in the audience might not have known what in the world DC was referring to, but some in the audience would.

And, yes, Adam Lambert looks gorgeous in that Memphis video, but I would still bet my lunch money that he’s had work done on his nose. Personally, I would love to see Adam with his natural coloring and sans all the too dark foundation make-up. He’s a beautiful guy, and I hate that living in Hollywood makes all these great looking people feel like they constantly need to “improve” themselves. As schleppy as Cook looks from time to time, I admire him that he hasn’t caved to the pressure to get hair plugs and live at the gym while popping diet pills and/or taking up smoking.

I think fans were the least invested in Joey of any of the band members, though he did have his fans. I don’t think the change in bass players is all that earthshaking. Bands change, we don’t even know what happened or whose idea it was. Monty appears to be an old friend who played with David on his solo cd, Analog Heart, and also played with Neal and Andy before. He’s committed for 6 weeks, beyond that is anyone’s guess.

Am I curious? Yes. Is it my right to know, or is it the band’s duty to let me know immediately every single thing that happens with them? No. This won’t affect the concerts or the music, since Monty is a good bass player too, and it’s all in the family.

That’s the part I like the best: Gin Blossoms opening for David Cook. Woo!

daenarys whhaaattt? gin blossoms still exist??? wow…i love love love their songs n its super cool they r opening for DC….one of my first favourite bands and i thot they had disbanded or something….wish they put out an album some day

No, it was Mark Harris who wrote the cover story.

Yes, you are correct! I was getting mixed up. It was Mark Harris who wrote the cover story for EW, not Adam Vary. Thank you. My boo boo, however, doesn’t change my original point. I believe some writers do have agendas some of the time. I saw the EW cover story by Harris as having an agenda.

I wish DC and friends weren’t so cryptic about things. It’s not like they’re with the CIA. (In fact, they’d be excellent operatives, they’re so mum about this type of crap.) I just wish they’d be straight with their fans, no matter what.

Geez, people. They had one day off between when Joey last played (Saturday night) to when the new bass player played with them for the first time (Monday night). If this was a sudden thing, I would think they were spending most of their time practicing with the new guy so he wouldn’t eff up and ruin the concert for the 95% of the attendeeswho wouldn’t even who in hell Joey was. The hardcore fanbase that would even know Joey’s name is a rather small subset of the total fanbase and a miniscule subset of concert attendees — so I think a press release or blog or whatever explaining the situation is a bit further down the list of to-do’s in the 24 hours they had to get Joey’s replacement concert-ready.

Or, you know, what FolkFan said. If (and that’s a big if) there was a firing, employers (which is what David Cook is to his band members) should not give or write off-the-cuff comments about the situation, if at all. If they do decide to discuss the situation, I’m sure it needs to run by David’s PR folks and management, 19/RCA Legal, Joey’s legal, etc.

So are we to believe that the Lil’s and Scott’s and Danny’s performances in the show were just fine, but Adam was the guy who disappointed because of pitch problems? Huh? Not likely.

Well, Adam gets a lot more attention, not only from most of the world but from this reviewer, it seems, than these singers. So when somebody gets the most attention and has the most expectations riding on them, it kind of makes sense that you would say more about your impressions of them.

If you really thought that Adam wasn’t making the best use of his voice, it could matter in some way to a really promising career. If you thought the others weren’t — well, they’re not currently signed to a record deal anyway. From those to whom much is given, much is expected.

I have no idea whether there’s any factual basis to his complaints about Adam’s performance that night — certainly seems some other knowledgeable people didn’t have those complaints. But I think it makes perfect sense that you might have more to say in a review about Adam’s (and Kris’s and Allison’s perceived shortcomings) than about those of the others, simply because those three are the ones you know are going to have albums and future tours down the line.

One function of reviews is to give opinion about whose tickets to buy in the future, and Adam’s one of the few here that we *know* will have tickets to sell next year.

I found the review funny and it obviously wasn’t trying to be a serious musical review of the performances, but she did commit a factual error. There is no Otis Redding song in Kris’s set, a Bill Withers song, yes, but no Otis Redding.

Didn’t you know that Otis is ghostwriting songs for both Kanye and The Killers? Of course, since he’s been dead since 1967 (ie before any of the songs that Kris sings on tour were even released), Otis is one of your true ghost writers.

It’s Murphy’s Law. Make statements implying your a “slightly more discerning music fan” and then biff something like that in the very next paragraph. Oh, a good editor might have caught that and saved her credibility (full disclosure, I frequently need a good editor for my posts).

Sorry, but he makes me want to gag.

Ya mean the glambulge is THAT BIG????

ROTFLMAO!!

aa618892 Jul 27th, 2009 at 10:34 pm

Squirrely-This video is beautiful. Do you know if it was made for a paricular reason/project? I can’t get over his voice here, Thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70dDqO_j-zg

I’m not sure of the story behind it, Anne03 original posted it, maybe she knows.

BeckyMD Jul 28th, 2009 at 1:24 am

Don’t if this get posted already. Memphis Fox interview with Adam, Lil, Matt, Megan and Danny. Adam looked gorgeous there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aA6eb_YJ64

I don’t mind Adam’s make-up, but he does look fantastic without it.

ETA:
Broadway.com article
http://broadwayworld.com/article/STAGE_TUBE_Adam_Lambert_Behind_The_Scenes_IDOLS_LIVE_Tour_Rehearsal_20090728

The Examiner review was funny and snarky
http://www.examiner.com/x-16175-Memphis-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m7d28-American-Idol-2009-Tour-hits-Memphis–Adam-Lambert-wins-screaming-contest