He sounded great to me by the way. I liked the arrangement.

I think he has the voice to handle it. From all Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve heard of his singing, he has a pretty incredible range.

He’s got Dolly to help him with it, too; she’ll be there to tell him to go down/up a half-step or whatever so the song brings out the most in his range.

Bettye Lavette has a bluesy soul version that sounded pretty good- I had to listen a few time to make sure it was the same lyrics.

I can’t hear Cookie singing blues, or soul for that matter. It’s a nice cover; I just can’t imagine him singing it.

ETA: LMAO @ RYAN. It sounded too good to be true…xD

Oh, I was right when I thought Brooke was going acoustic with “Jolene”. Hmm.

…I’m scared of Cookie’s new hairstyle. I almost wished he’d kept the combover look right now.

The poetic structure…so tied in with the truth of that song; the way she repeats phrases the way we go over and over things in our minds…

Or in “Jolene,” the way the title name is repeated and repeated in rising panic, further and further up on the scale…

These are the things that say what an intuitive artist she is, and how she has been touched with genius to be able to express these things so vividly in the language of music.

Steph
Apr 1st, 2008 at 6:13 pm
i canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t find any covers of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“little sparrowà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  on iunes. just country. i agree that DC could be great tonight!! Maybe it will be a soft performance with just DC and a guitar.

Bettye Lavette has a bluesy soul version that sounded pretty good- I had to listen a few time to make sure it was the same lyrics.

oops-cheese beat me to it

Well if he sticks to acappella it may be fine but he has to hit all the right notes and Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not so sure if his voice can handle that but time will tell.

I think he has the voice to handle it. From all I’ve heard of his singing, he has a pretty incredible range.

I hope he sticks to the original with at least the acapella opening.

Me too. Even if he doesn’t do the whole song acapella, it would still give me goosebumps.

A reliable spoiler on IDF reported that Syesha is singing 8th and they’re bringing a piano on stage for her (which she may be sitting on. ugh)

Brooke-Singing one of my favorites. I honestly thought David Cook would sing Jolene since The White Stripes did a pretty awesome cover of Jolene. Their version was so obscure though, David probably doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know it exists.

Oh, I don’t know if it’s obscure…. Wasn’t this a single? And the White Stripes are huge. Quite frankly, I’d be disappointed if David Cook wasn’t aware of this version even if he wasn’t a fan of the Stripes.

By the way, the version of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I Will Always Love Youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  I was most familiar with before Whitneyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s was Linda Ronstadtà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s

Ah memories. In the 80′s I put the Linda Ronstadt version on a mixtape that I made for a boyfriend who broke my heart. I loved that version.

Well if he sticks to acappella it may be fine but he has to hit all the right notes and I’m not so sure if his voice can handle that but time will tell.

David Cook-Now I like David Cook and all but I think he is going to murder this song once he changes it into a rock song. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a spiritual song and the arrangement should not be messed up with it too much and I fear he is going to rockify and I am going to hate it.

I think he’ll stick to the a cappella with this one, actually — he’s smart enough to. At least, I hope he is. I Youtube-d it for a while and found nothing but Dolly’s version, and someone else racked iTunes and didn’t find anything either. So he’s alone on this one.

By the way, the version of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I Will Always Love Youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  I was most familiar with before Whitneyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s was Linda Ronstadtà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s

Oh – that’s a good one. I love me some Rondstadt.

ETA: Metta, I agree with everything you’ve said. And, you’re looking lovely tonight. And, I’ve missed you since I’ve been gone So, hello friend!

David Archuleta: Another booooring song from him. This song is so slow and it’s kind of boring when Dolly sings it. I have no doubt he’ll sing it good though.

Syesha-I called this when I heard they were doing Dolly this week. Syesha is not Whitney nor should she try to be. BTW I like Dolly’s version better than Whitney’s. They are very different. Dolly is more sincere.

Carly-As long as she doesn’t scream this, she’ll be fine.

Kristy-Very safe song and considering it’s country she will probably do well and we’ll be subjected to her for another week.

Ramiele-This song was actually a duet with Randy Travis and it’s very bluegrass. I don’t know if Rami can handle it.

Michael-This song is slow too. I’m curious to know why Michael picked it. I’m on the fence with this one.

Jason-This song is very upbeat. I hope he doesn’t have his guitar even though the song may warrant it. I think it takes away from him and we may be bored.

Brooke-Singing one of my favorites. I honestly thought David Cook would sing Jolene since The White Stripes did a pretty awesome cover of Jolene. Their version was so obscure though, David probably doesn’t know it exists. I hope Brooke puts some energy into it considering she is my favorite of the girls.

David Cook-Now I like David Cook and all but I think he is going to murder this song once he changes it into a rock song. It’s a spiritual song and the arrangement should not be messed up with it too much and I fear he is going to rockify and I am going to hate it.

Again, this is based on what I know about the songs and past performances from the contestants. My real opinion will happen after I hear them.