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Thursday, July 10, 2008
7/10: David Cook working with Atlanta’s Ed Roland (Collective Soul)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Ed Roland, who is buds with Michael Johns from his days in Buckhead, is working with “Idol” winner David Cook, according to Entertainment Weekly..
As you may recall, Cook sang “The World I Know” during “Idol.”
Cook is also working with Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace, another group he paid homage to on “Idol.”
In San Jose, the Merc dissed Cook’s performance during the Idols Live concert.:
Ironically, the qualities that made Cook stand out on TV are the very things that could hold him back in the music business. He came across like a one-trick pony, relying too heavily on the novelty of turning pop/R&B songs into brooding rockers.
At his best, he seemed to channel the worst of ’90s alt-rock, coming across like one of those generic frontmen from groups signed to record contracts just after Stone Temple Pilots and Matchbox Twenty arrived on the scene.
Fair? Unfair?
And since I’m unfairly targeting Ramiele, who should not have been in the top 10 (David Hernandez, where are you?), here’s another funny critique about her:
Things were so subdued, I could have sworn crickets were accompanying Ramiele Malubay on Taylor Dayne’s “Love Will Lead You Back.”
The San Francisco Chronicle was even less kind, clearly written by someone who didn’t watch Idol:
[Cook is] certainly a capable rock singer, not all that different from Chris Daughtry, but Cook’s decision to throw all those chugging riffs and sweaty metal vocals behind limp songs by Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson and Diane Warren seemed like the kind of thing that would have got him a round battering on the actual “American Idol.” Where is Simon Cowell when you need him?
-Ready to pre-order the new Jennifer Hudson CD nearly three months early? Amazon is giving you the chance.. And as Just Jared noted, is this photo of Jennifer Hudson a wee bit, um, photoshopped?
