Comments on: New Video Blog from David Cook!

By: abigail

abigail — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:02:46 +0000

I love the idea from Remusl…………I think we would all concur. I am going to quote that on his fan page about the whole 2 CD album and DVD thing. Great great great! Maybe somebody out there will listen.

By: Jenn_AI Fan

Jenn_AI Fan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:53:59 +0000

It did seem strange that each week, they held back the most popular, best critically reviewed songs of Cook’s, and I’d been harboring the hope that they’d recorded more than one song each week and will release All I Really Need Is You, Baba O’Riley, and Your Face at some point. But it sounds like they only recorded one song each of those weeks….

By: reinharv

reinharv — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:18:03 +0000

I got that he has knocked out 7 songs by meaning “written” and not recorded because he said “writing process.” It’s been pretty hectic for him with all the appearances he’s had to do and prep for the tour, promote the TOML, promote the tour, etc. I have no doubt that he’ll be writing more and have quite a list to choose from before he starts recording them. What’s the rush? I would rather he release his first album when he feels it’s perfect because I want to have “goosebumps” when I hear it to quote Neil Diamond. That first CD sets the standard for an artist and I want it to be a David Cook “classic” for years to come. Talk about pressure….The bar is set so high for David Cook.

Though I would love him to record a full “All I Really Need Is You” because he never did release a studio version I doubt he will reprise anything simply because he’s already done it. I want all new material but I’ll be happy if he includes All I Really Need is You.

I doubt he will release a single until after the tour because the tour will keep him in the public’s sights and after that’s done–put out a little teaser–by performing his new single live first and then making it available for sale–you know–throw us out a bone–a single–until the album get released.

When Cook performs a song live he does something to us. Then, we’ll rush to our computers and download it as soon as it’s available. Some of his studio versions such as Little Sparrow, Innocent, etc., were unbelievable. Frankly, all the songs he did on Idol that the judges felt didn’t have a beginning, middle, and an end wasn’t a commentary on the song or performance but “WE WANT MORE” because I would scream–just a another minute more–don’t stop!

By: RemusL

RemusL — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:20:53 +0000

Bonus tracks? Bonus EP? Hmm, not nearly good enough.

I want a 2 CD album with bonus DVD.

CD 1 would feature completely new material, CD 2 would be a compilation of studio versions of his AI songs, and the DVD would feature behind-the-scenes “making of the album” video footage, as well as the complete album in DVD-audio format.

To appease the retailers, go ahead and toss in various bonus track offers specific to each vendor (iTunes, Amazon, Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, Yahoo, HMV, Virgin, Napster, etc.) – even though Elliott Yamin fans were understandably frustrated trying to collect every bonus track released this way.

For such a compilation, I would willingly pay big bucks. For the record, I’m not a cougar or even of that gender – such is the power of The Magic Rainbow.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:38:53 +0000

Why stop at a bonus track? I really want a bonus EP, featuring:
1. Hello
2. All I Really Need Is You
3. Baba OÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢Reily
4. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
5. The World I Know

***Hope someone somewhere in high power is reading this love for all the studio’s we were cheated out of. Someone on the other side of that Magic Rainbow***

I second this. As long as Hello & Yo Face is right in there with All I Really Need Is You. One of my favorites studio’s of DC’s besides my MOTN, is Little Sparrow, & it did not really get the iTune love it deserved. It’s simply amazing. Killer. Ending.

In TOML which I have nicked *Lucky Charms*, we have David singing about Magic Rainbows.
In Little Sparrow he sings, *I would flutter all around you, On my little sparrow wings*.
Now I have a mental pic of David as a sparrow fluttering his *wittle* wings around that magic rainbow, lmao.

Embrace the cheese David, you do it so well it’s no longer cheese! heh.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:31:16 +0000

I took it to mean that 7 songs that David recently worked on have been added to the pool from which eventually about 20 will be recorded and 10-13 chosen for the final album Sooo…they are still nowhere close to done. I do hope some of these are from that AH followup album!

There’s always that worry about what expectations people will have based on the *covers of songs from limited themes* they are forced to do on the show. In this respect I think it’s good David tried to stick to his own style as much as possible…

By: jan

jan — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:48:04 +0000

I have always believed that All I Really Need is You didn’t get the studio version because they were saving it for future commercial release. It is much stronger than I’m Alive which got the studio treatment. I am holding on to that belief – because I want to see the full studio treatment of it.

By: Jolene

Jolene — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:39:47 +0000

Why stop at a bonus track? I really want a bonus EP, featuring:
1. Hello
2. All I Really Need Is You
3. Baba O’Reily
4. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
5. The World I Know

If only those could be made available as studio versions… Hot damn, we’d have 5 more #1s on iTunes.
Also – was it ever revealed who chose which song got a studio version? I’m curious as to the factors that were considered.

By: AInoob

AInoob — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:26:04 +0000

Aha. Thanks Gwendolyn!

By: Starrlight

Starrlight — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:20:42 +0000

I took it to be 7 written and/or under consideration for the album given that we know they are looking at some of his songs from AH and his unreleased album. As for his excitement level, it was just his blood sugar crashing from the Taste The Rainbow song overload

By: GwendolynD

GwendolynD — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:40:57 +0000

YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary, which means “your opinion may differ”….

By: gingerly

gingerly — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:31:42 +0000

I’m up for All I Really Need Is You. I loved his performance of the face song, but it’s a freaking boring song and he did all he could with it in 1 1/2 minutes.

I’m really curious to see how his album turns out. So much of what he did on AI that got the most praise was absolutely nothing like I’d heard on any of his previous albums. It should be interesting to see how he deals with what he wants to do versus what people expect him to do.

By: kiki39

kiki39 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:20:59 +0000

Love the new vlog, HUGE DC fan, but I must say, Cookie is starting to look a little rough around the edges again, and I am a little worried. Apparently, the stylists that fixed him up on AI are no longer in the picture. Boo.

By: AInoob

AInoob — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:59:49 +0000

Great video clip, thanks for posting it, MJ.

Purely speculation on my part, but I also took knocked back to mean written. Writing 7 songs isn’t all that much at this point if, in addition to anything he may have written or co-written since the win, they’ve also used (or re-worked) any of the material from AH, that mysterious second album Cookie was supposed to record pre-Idol, or if they’ve used any of the songs he’s mentioned writing while still on AI. I also would love if he co-wrote some songs during the Idol tour with Michael or some of the other contestants.

I am looking forward to his album. I think he has a good ear for music and arrangements that work for him and judging by AH I think he writes well.

OT, but what does YMMV mean? I’ve seen it on here before but can’t figure it out.

By: carrie13

carrie13 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:52:51 +0000

Have to add my vote for the homemade video from the laptop Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ more genuine and spontaneous.