Idol Headlines for 10/15/08

http://www.y98.com/pages/931116.php

David Cook’s Y98 radio interview.

You can pre-order Josiah Leming’s EP from his myspace now. He says that he will personally autograph the first 1000 copies purchased.

I thought it was only going to be available on itunes, but, yay for a physical CD!

Release date is Oct 28.

Thanks, elisad. Another great interview.

Aww, LOVED that interview– he got to joke about sports a little, sounded really happy, and seemed really at ease. I die a little every time I hear him talk affectionately about Archie. LOL about Archie “big-timing” him when he didn’t immediately respond to his text, and how he’s worked really hard on his impression of the kid. I think DC’s a remarkably perceptive guy because he cares about people, and the way he talks about Archie makes me feel like he really sees him as more than just a nice kid– calling him focused and mature, etc. DC’s also so self-aware– he zoned in on how the competition aspect with Archie was tough because people either loved you or hated you, but kept perspective that it was weird because he and Archie get along great. Sigh. DC is love in that interview. And Light On– love and longing FTW!

ETA: What’s up with the Simon stuff in the media lately? First it’s shaving grey chest hair, now it’s cushions to be taller!

You’re welcome~

Re the Blake Lewis story

I didn’t watch AI 6 at all, so I don’t know from Blake Lewis.

I had friends who liked him, so I saw the YouTube of his famous Bon Jovi thing, and had mp3s at one point of Break Anotha and Know My Name. I found they were just unlistenable after a few spins and later deleted them.

The other day I caught him doing ‘How Many Words” on a piece of one of the AI7 results shows that I missed when it aired, and I was like: oh, there is like one little piece of that song where he sounds *great. * Like the long-ago ABC (Poisoned Arrow) or a little Maroon Five. And I just listened to it again and it grew on me more, except for the hiccupy up-up-up-a beatbox parts.

I’m this all got fought out to the point of exhaustion at the time but–presumably people told him that the beatbox thing, while fun, is appealing only in a really, really sparing use? And begged him to sing his stuff straight? And he feels really, really strongly about not? Poor kid.

Whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s up with the Simon stuff in the media lately? First ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s shaving grey chest hair, now ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s cushions to be taller!

I think he’s hit midlife crisis. We’ll know for sure if he starts wearing snazzier shirts on AI this season.

Great interview! I agree Cook is self aware and he is so down to earth.

maturin — I still follow Blake’s career and while I am one of those who prefer when he just sings things straight (cause there is an amazing amount of musical creativity in him and IMO the beatboxing etc just distracts from it) I think he’s decided that it’s more important to stick to his musical self-identity than worry about sales. Best way to make a living? Maybe not…but I kind of respect him for sticking to his guns knowing it’s become acceptable to take shots at him for it. Okay, that’s my Blake apologist moment for today.

I will say he’s been getting fairly decent press lately…new management? I guess he didn’t want to share Simon Fuller whose hands are obviously full getting David plum gigs like SNL

It’s very refreshing to witness the interaction between Cookie and Archie amidst the hate thrust upon them from extreme fans of the opposing sides. Like Cook said, “They either loved you or hated you.” I think now, however, months after the finale, after seeing them together during the press tour as well as the AI tour, many of the fans on either side of the fence have grown to accept or at least tolerate the rival idol upon seeing their genuine affection for each other. We should all learn from their example. Thanks for posting the interview, elisad. It was a revealing glimpse into the psyche of David Cook.

Great Interview with Cookie. Yeah…he’s the shit!

Courtesy of DCO, scan of the rolling stone article. The record sounds awesome, based on the description of the songs that the author heard.

Mogwai! OMG! They’re awesome! And Mono BTW… I’m freaking out!

This is not the blurb I saw on another thread…this article is really awesome…LOVING the description of the songs on the record.

OMG!!! Is it really November next month!!!!?????

I have been grinnin’ all bloody day about DC and how the PR is going. Couldn’t ask for more right now.

And now an EW article about the record and about upcoming appearances (no dates, but confirmation of some more TV appearances).

Courtesy of DCO.

From Entertainment Weekly’s Hollywood Insider:

David Cook puts the finishing touches on his upcoming album
Oct 15, 2008, 02:02 PM | by Shirley Halperin

David Cook has been pretty quiet since the American Idol tour wrapped Sept. 13, but with his debut due on Nov. 18, the season 7 champ is preparing for another nonstop ride. Mastering on his self-titled album was completed in New York earlier this week, with Cook personally overseeing the finishing touches on 12 tracks, 11 of which he wrote or cowrote. Other songwriters who made the cut: Goo Goo Dolls’ Johnny Rzeznik, Our Lady Peace singer Raine Maida (who’s credited on four songs), Cathy Dennis (of Britney Spears “Toxic” fame), and, of course, Chris Cornell, who wrote the single “Light On.”

As of Oct. 21, fans who pre-order the full album on iTunes can download the single instantly and will also get an as-yet-undetermined exclusive bonus track. As for the Idol-winning song, “The Time of My Life,” which Cook told EW.com might not make the record, it had yet to be included on the album’s official track listing, as of press time.

What’s next on Cook’s schedule? A video for à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Light On,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  directed by Wayne Isham (Bon Jovi, Britney Spears), which he’ll shoot in Los Angeles on Thursday and Friday, and lots of TV appearances next month, among them: The Ellen Degeneres Show, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Live With Regis and Kelly, and Good Morning America. It’s a good thing Cook’s firmed up his backing band, which, in the ultimate gesture of hometown pride, includes two members of the Tulsa outfit he used to play with, Midwest Kings.

^OMG…

“As of Oct. 21, fans who pre-order the full album on iTunes can download the single instantly and will also get an as-yet-undetermined exclusive bonus track.”

It’s midnight here for me, now I can’t sleep…

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“As of Oct. 21, fans who pre-order the full album on iTunes can download the single instantly and will also get an as-yet-undetermined exclusive bonus track.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

“Quietly”, maybe? Please?

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Quietlyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , maybe? Please?

Omg, yes please! Though my pessimistic side thinks it’ll be TOML. Did you notice EW’s track list didn’t show TOML as a bonus track, and still says the song might not make it, even though it’s already listed on the official PR? But maybe TOML is a bonus on the physical CD, and we get something cooler on iTunes? The practical (still sane?) part of me feels like I simply cannot allow myself to cross that line and buy more than one copy of an album (even though I do so for books routinely), but if there are various versions I might be tempted, gah! Also I wonder if the co-writers who weren’t listed in the EW article didn’t make the cut? If so, a LOT of big names got cut, including Ed Roland, who DC name dropped a few times over the summer. Awesome that DC’s hero Raine Maida made it onto 4 songs, though.

(no dates, but confirmation of some more TV appearances)

Leno!!!

Love the RS article, yay for song descriptions

Too much hitting the bloodstream at once, RCA — slow down! –actually — don’t!!!

Having ToML as the bonus track for preordering doesn’t make a lot of sense to me—I’ve got to think that a lot of the people who preorder come from the same pool who bought ToML in the first place.

I am so intrigued by Quietly and then that Breathe Right song described in the RS article but not on the track list.

But maybe TOML is a bonus on the physical CD, and we get something cooler on iTunes?

That’s what I think!

Wow, I’m on overload, too, but I don’t want to complain. I’m excited about all of the appearances coming. I might just be tempted by iTunes now, if it means getting a track that won’t be on the physical CD from Amazon.

OMG it’s like Christmas this week!

What did I miss? What is this Quietly that keeps being brought up?

Having ToML as the bonus track for preordering doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t make a lot of sense to meà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve got to think that a lot of the people who preorder come from the same pool who bought ToML in the first place.

I absolutely agree, so I hope you’re right. It’d actually be pretty genius marketing– iTunes customers have had ready access to TOML for months, so why would they need it again? Meanwhile, part of the demographic buying physical CDs do so because they haven’t latched onto the digital download thing, don’t own MP3 players, whatever, and as such probably don’t yet own TOML, and the inclusion of the winners song from American Idol that they’ve heard all summer might help them decide to pick up the album.

I’m definitely preordering the album from iTunes on 10/21. I don’t usually get physical albums anyway, so that’s my preference AND it’s instant delivery (gratification) on 11/18 unlike Amazon, which from what I’ve read, has pretty late estimated delivery dates. An aside- that is silly to me: why can’t Amazon do what they do for big book releases like Harry Potter where preorders ship early and arrive at your door the day of release? I don’t usually get CDs from Amazon, but I feel like if a fan is eager enough to PRE-order a CD, they should get it ASAP. But I digress.

For reference, last year the iTunes bonus tracks on Jordin’s and Blake’s albums were totally new tracks not available on the physical CD.

Jeanette from iCarly posted a youtube video talking about Archie’s visit to the set and theres some pictures at the end. She pretty much gushes over him lol. Said after meeting him wants to make you go home and do something good and that he had a song for like every sentence. lol Random singing strikes again lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2pHe0FhNVA

A song titled Quietly appeared on ASCAP as “performed by David Cook” a couple of weeks ago which was cowritten by DC and Dan Wilson, the guy who co-wrote (among other things) the Song of the Year “Not Ready to Make Nice” with the Dixie Chicks.

I still follow Blakeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s career and while I am one of those who prefer when he just sings things straight (cause there is an amazing amount of musical creativity in him and IMO the beatboxing etc just distracts from it) I think heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s decided that ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s more important to stick to his musical self-identity than worry about sales. Best way to make a living? Maybe notà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦but I kind of respect him for sticking to his guns knowing ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s become acceptable to take shots at him for it.

Michelle, I agree with everything you have said here. I also heard that his recent shows on his tour have been really good.

MJ, I thought you mentioned a while back that you had tickets to go to one of his shows (the boston show?). Did you get to go? I was just curious what you thought. Thanks!

Mac

Re Blake “I kind of respect him for sticking to his guns knowing ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s become acceptable to take shots at him for it.”

That does sound right. He must feel strongly about it. Will keep an eye out for future evolutions of Blake. And listen to that middle 10 seconds of How Many Words again!

OK, the world is also full of awesome David Cook news, however, I am so saturated with Cookawesomeness that I have nothing to add. Will just stand around with big shiny eyes and a little smile like a Japanime character.

MJ, I thought you mentioned a while back that you had tickets to go to one of his shows (the boston show?). Did you get to go? I was just curious what you thought. Thanks!

It turned out I couldn’t go. I hope I get another opportunity to see him in the future.

It turned out I couldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t go. I hope I get another opportunity to see him in the future.

Thanks for the info MJ! Yes, hopefully Blake will get to tour more in the future.

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heres a poster someone at their school saw up. Interesting that there were posters up at someones school. Promoting Archie’s album

heres the link to the thread
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New photoshoot pics from Archie:
pic 1(the album cover pic): piccie

the other 2 new ones are here

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lol more stuff:

“David ArchuletaFan Scene has learned that David Archuleta auditioned musicians last Saturday, October 11th in his hometown of Salt Lake City.”

“Editorà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s note: Weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve also been able to confirm there will be a couple of songs on Davidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s debut CD which David co-wrote. Apparently there wonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t be any duets on this album, but David has been collaborating with some very famous artists.”

WOW those new pictures of David A are great!

heres a poster someone at their school saw up. Interesting that there were posters up at someones school. Promoting Archieà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s album

Thanks. This is the correct thread for this information, rather than the sales thread, which is strictly a place to talk numbers.

I appreciate so much the info you guys bring over, but I’d love it if you helped me keep the threads neat and organized. by not posting the same info in numerous threads. News and headlines, as always, go in the headlines thread. Please stay on topic in the other threads.

Links to news in the topic threads are fine if they relate directly to the topic, but please pick one spot to post your item.

Also, I totally understand that posters will post the same item at the same time. I can deal with that. .

Thanks!

ETA: I realize there are exceptions to the rule, these are general guidelines….

Thanks for all those posts, froggie!! Lots of good stuff!

yeah I accidently posted it in the sales thread… lol after i realized it I couldnt edit it lol

all of those TV appearances!!!…thank God for this blog, cause I know that MJ will have it ALL up, cause that’s how she rolls!! :cool_wp:

Great radio interview with Cook! :biggrin_wp:

I loved the pics of Archie on the ICarly set and the girl’s video blog on it…she & Archie kind of make a cute couple. :wink1_tb:

Boy, the last couple of days have sure been a “Davidpolooza” :lol_tb: I can’t wait until November!

New photoshoot pics from Archie:
pic 1(the album cover pic): piccie

Very nice pictures.

He looks like he’s wearing a necklace real similar to Cook’s guitar pick necklace (yeah in all that bling, there was a guitar pick necklace). And is that his belt buckle over to the side? It seems to me they either have/had the same stylist or he likes Cook’s personal style.

Gingerly – That necklace was given to him by a fan this summer during the tour (he received lots of necklaces as gifts and sometimes, like Cook, wore more than one at a time), but we’ve rarely seen him without this one since he received it. It’s a Shield of Faith necklace with the Bible verse Joshua 1:9b on the back.

“Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9b”

Thanks, Jabkmc. I don’t think he ever wore as many as Cook was known to. I hear Cookie’s still going to the chiropractor for that.

LOL! While watching YouTube vids of the tour signings all summer I kept thinking that Cook must have like this patch of skin on the back of his neck that didn’t get any sun. tee hee!

Jive submitted “Crush” in 3 Grammy categories: Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year (goes to composers), Record of the Year (goes to artist and producer).

Record of the Year: http://www.grammy.com/pdfs/entry/record_year.pdf
Song of the Year: http://www.grammy.com/pdfs/entry/song_year.pdf
Pop Categories: http://www.grammy.com/pdfs/entry/pop.pdf

I love that Jive submitted him and the song–they’re awesome. Realistically, the only chance I think he has at a nomination is the Best Male Pop Vocal Performance simply because the song is so new, he’s a debut artist and there have been giant hits this year. Even the male pop vocal category is jam packed with biggies–Chris Brown, John Mayer, Jason Mraz, etc. But you never know. The Academy is very tough to predict and they always throw in a nomination or two out of left field.

Exactly. You never know and while those who you mentioned have some truly awesome songs, they may be forgotten about when it comes to Grammy voting time. Hard to tell.

Thanks soundscene! I’d be more than ecstatic even with a nomination. Crush first has to be a huge hit though. Jive really takes good care of their artists.

When do they release the nomination list?

^^ First week in December, I think. But I didn’t look it up so I could be remembering wrong.

Thanks for that bit of news, soundscene. I’m very surprised to not find TOML and David Cook in any of those categories. Do you suppose RCA just hasn’t gotten around to turning in the applications? It’s not too late is it?

@At the list of Record of The year Hacer por hacer with Miguel Bosà ©, he is awesome, fun fact he is the godson of Picasso…

Wow Manà ¡ and Si no te hubieras ido, that is a great song….

Blake is there with Break Anotha…So is Jordin with No Air…