New Update From David!

David just got a new vlog out. dunno if this has already been posted... if it has... sorry!!!

top 2 "exclusive"

its on americanidol.com on the home page and it is very heart warming....

talks about:
- did u ever think u would make it this far
- y do u think u made it this far
- wat do u have to say to ur fans
- any big surprises for next week (very smart-allacky (is that a word?) but love when u talks about his clothes.. )

Q&A w/ David Cook

read this and loved it!

http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/tele...c051408.article

'American Idol' Q&A: David Cook

May 14, 2008Recommend (24)

BY FRED BRONSON Billboard

David Cook only decided to audition alongside his younger brother at the last minute, but now the 25-year-old is among the last four singers in the season seven competition. Having sung everything from Michael Jackson’s ‘‘Billie Jean’’ to Free’s ‘‘All Right Now,’’ the Missouri native sat down for an exclusive interview, revealing how he chooses his songs, how former contestant Michael Johns’ departure was a wake up call, and how ‘‘Idol’’ fans’ interest in him has been ‘‘awe inspiring’’ and how the whole experience has been ‘‘vindicating.’’

Q. You have been in a couple of bands and have released a solo album. How did you decide to audition for ‘‘American Idol’’?

A. My little brother Andrew had wanted to try out for a long time. I didn’t really have any interest. I was working on another record and was really content to do it my way, [but] he asked me if I would go as moral support up to Omaha while he tried out.

As we got closer to it, my mom and my little brother were being a little bit more persuasive in trying to get me to audition with him. So at the last minute, I decided to do it. He didn’t make the first cut and we were in the same audition group of four. It was very awkward, like to the point where I turned to him and said, ‘‘Is this something you want me to do, because if you don’t want me to it, I won’t.’’ And his response was, ‘‘If you don’t, I’ll beat your —.’’ So yeah, it’s entirely his and my mother’s fault that I’m here and I’m very grateful for it.

Q. What songs did you and your brother sing at the audition?

A. I’d done some acoustic gigs and played ‘‘Livin’ On a Prayer’’ by Bon Jovi but there’s a version they did that was a little more mellow called ‘‘Prayer ’94’’ off their ‘‘Crossroads’’ record [that] I played at shows and stuff, so I knew I could do it. Andrew auditioned with ‘‘Last Request’’ by Paolo Nutini. I really thought he would make it through at least the first cut with that song because he did really well with it. I’ve given up trying to figure out other people’s logic.

Q. How have you gone about choosing songs each week?

A. For lack of a better way to phrase it, there’s an idiot savant aspect to the way that I pick these songs. When given a theme like the Beatles or the ’80s, there are parameters which help because it gives me a limited list of songs. If the vibe of a song grips me and/or if I can immediately hear what I would want to do with that song, that’s usually a good indicator that I probably should do that song. As far as arrangement, I operate on the mantra, ‘‘just keep it simple, stupid.’’ If I feel like the song needs something to access the vibe that I want to go with it, I’ll try it but I try not to over-think anything. Like with inspirational week, I really second-guessed myself on how I wanted to do that song [‘‘Innocent’’ by Our Lady of Peace] and so by the time I got to perform it, my head was just going a million miles a second as opposed to just really focusing on the vibe of the song. Another lesson learned. I’ve had to force myself to trust myself.

Q. What other lessons have you learned doing the show?

A. This show and this whole process has allotted me a brand new lease on life in that I’m more sure of who I am now than I ever was before. When you’re trying to be a career musician and you have $200 in the bank and your car’s breaking down and you’re lonely, you tend to think about whether or not you’ve got what it takes to do this, you know? To be here now, be in the top [four] and to have this outpouring of support from people I’ve never met and may never meet, it’s awe inspiring that in a couple months time that large an amount of people have managed to invest themselves in who I am. It’s allowed me to walk around with this new aura about me. I feel like, ‘‘All right, I’m in this. I know why I’m here and know what I want to do and I’m not going to accept anything less,’’ which is cool. So yeah, I think the whole process has been very vindicating.

Q. I think everyone wonders if they are good enough.

A. I’ve been fortunate in that some really cool things have happened to me throughout this show that have kind of alleviated the day-to-day concerns. When Michael Johns left, that taught me a huge lesson, because it was like you can go home at any time. So if you get caught up in this week-to-week thing, you’re going to flounder.

Since then, it’s given me a new lease because it’s like I’m just going to go out on stage and I’m going to embrace that minute and a half. If it doesn’t work, I’m OK with that. During the Mariah Carey week, there were a few things personally going on that I would choose to remain private, but with all that going on, to have the judges say what they said, to get a standing O from Randy and everybody, that moment solidified the whole experience for me. I could walk away tomorrow and feel like that moment was my bookend. I said [when I made the] top 24, I feel like I already won. I still feel that way.

Q. How do you feel about being judged after every performance?

A. It’s been a process for me. To have three people of their caliber invest their time enough to say anything, it’s pretty cool in and of itself. But what it took for me was really kind of detaching myself from the song as soon as I got done singing, and that’s been the hard part for me. In order for me to do these songs the way I want to, I have to spend that week leading up to it investing myself in that song.

I learned a very hard lesson in week two when I sang Free’s ‘‘All Right Now’’ and Simon referenced the pre-packaged video and I made some comment and I didn’t say anything bad and I certainly was not trying to be demeaning toward him in any way but at the time, it was a speak-before-you-think kind of vibe. The lesson I learned is when Randy, Paula or Simon talks to you, unless they ask you a question, you probably shouldn’t say a word, which in turn has allowed me to listen a little bit more.

Q. You were under the radar before you emerged as a front-runner. What has that experience been like?

A. I love the way that this has all panned out. I do. I like that I snuck up on people in those first couple weeks. There are 24 people to sift through and so my vibe was, ‘‘You don’t have to be one of the best yet. Just don’t be one of the worst.’’ It was fun for me because I felt like there wasn’t a whole lot of pressure. I was able to find my footing doing what I wanted to do.

As we get further into this, the only pressure that I really feel is to try to one-up myself, which is fun for me because I don’t feel like I’m competing against the other kids. I feel like I’m competing against last week’s version of myself, it allows me to evolve. I watch myself when I did ‘‘Happy Together’’ during week one and I watch myself coming into Neil Diamond week and I’m a completely different performer.

I feel like I’ve done what I needed to do, whether or not that makes me a frontrunner is not really up to me. If the other contestants see me as a frontrunner, if anybody else sees me as a frontrunner, I take it as a compliment and nothing more at this stage, because anybody can go home at any point and if I’m the last one standing, awesome. If I come out [fourth], that’s nothing to be ashamed of.

making of "heaven"

so i was watching the making of "heaven" nothin really special... no funny stuff... really cutsie-wootsie kinda

at then end like last 3 sec... "lets here it for the idols" and...... watch it... omg... pause @ 2:55 and u will melt... weve been talkin bout how sweet and loeable Cookie is... omg.. just u wait!

David Cook Debate

i read this and thought it was so.... idk
a debate over his hair... lol


We ask KC experts to straighten out the debate over David Cook’s hair.
By JAMES A. FUSSELL
The Kansas City Star
You know you’ve become famous when America starts arguing over your hair.

That’s what has happened to David Cook, the Blue Springs rocker whose powerful voice and edgy perormances have earned him a spot in the finals of “American Idol.�

So, yeah, he can sing. No argument there.

But his hair? That’s a different story. It’s all the rage on the Internet.

Depending on what blog you read, David Cook’s hair is chunky, choppy, too combed over, not combed enough, gelled down, spiked up, dirty, distracting and gross — OR — cool, hot, smokin’, slammin’, perfect, trendy, original, slick and sexy.

To be fair, his hair has changed from his first appearance in the show’s top 24. Thanks to “Idol� stylists it has gone from a limp and shaggy cockadoodle-do that looks as if it was hacked with a weed whacker to the more trimmed and tousled “Hey, I-just-rolled-out-of-the-rack-and-combed-it-with-a-pitchfork� look.

No matter. His brownish bed head still makes for an interesting debate.

Dynamic ’do or laughable locks? What’s a hometown newspaper to believe?

We asked the experts.

“I definitely think his hair rocks, and he rocks right along with it,� said Maranel Schmitz, a hairdresser at Salon Bliss in Overland Park. “It’s actually trendy right now to have a little bit of a bed head. I know my male clients want more of an edgy and messy look, something they don’t have to have super neat.�

That’s not to say she couldn’t improve on it if he landed in her chair.

“I’d give him a little more flair with his colors,� she said. “I’d put some tipping on the ends with a brighter and lighter color on the heavier comb-over side. It would give him a little bit more flair that would go with his rocker personality. That way when he gets to moving and really gets into his music you’d see the movement and definition in his hair.�

LaDonna Bright, a hairstylist at the Supercuts in the Midtown Marketplace, also complimented Cook’s look.

“I think it’s courageous and different,� she said. “His hair is what makes him stand out. I like the spikes and the bed head look, ’cause that’s what guys are going with now.�

In fact, clients are starting to ask for the look by name.

Cook’s name.

“Two of them came in and said, ‘I want that David Cook look with the spikes and the little taper in the back,’ â€� she said.

What would she do to improve it?

Not much. Maybe add a few highlights.

More than anything, Bright thinks the 25-year-old’s hairstyle helps hide a receding hairline.

“A lot of young men are losing their hair,� she said. “You’ve still got to look edgy.�

And Cook’s hair, she said, pulls that off.

Angella Hilt, general manager for Mario Tricoci in Leawood, couldn’t disagree more.

“I think it’s a hot mess,� she said. “I don’t like anything about it. It just doesn’t look fresh, the color is very dull, the cut is out of shape and it’s just so … yesterday.�

Don’t get her wrong. Hilt is a big Cook fan who thinks he’s talented enough to win. She just worries his hair may be holding him back.

“He needs to get his hair up on the same page as his music,� she said.

How?

She’d add some color and gloss so his hair wasn’t so dull, and — most of all — trim it up so it didn’t look so misshapen and derivative.

“That’s a Keith Urban look,� Hilt said. “Get your own look. I’m not down with that.�

So there you go, David. A little free styling advice from one Star to another.

Don’t say we never did anything for you.