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Post by ~Vera on Aug 23, 2008 19:46:03 GMT -5
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Post by mimi on Aug 25, 2008 6:59:36 GMT -5
There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.
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Post by mimi on Aug 25, 2008 12:17:05 GMT -5
I updated the blog, its really geared at the Stand UP to Cancer fundraiser,(that he will be a part of september 5) there is a video tribute, that shows Lindsay with David and David with his brother Adam.. I added the always be my baby as the performace of the week (since it was the week that Adam was able to attend because of the gracious fans that put together money so he could take a private plane with medical care to see his brother perform in Hollywood. Also a picture of him and Lindsay hugging and holding hands.
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Post by mimi on Aug 27, 2008 8:27:25 GMT -5
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Post by ~Vera on Aug 27, 2008 18:45:49 GMT -5
haha best virgin! ;D I'm voting.
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Post by mimi on Aug 27, 2008 19:43:05 GMT -5
I think I voted 50 times.. I'm so glad you got on today and seen this and got to vote, we won't be able to find out if he wins until the week of september 22 on Live with Regis and Kelly. I know the peeps on DC.org are religiously voting, so I hope we win, its some tough competition with Brad, the Jonas Brothers ( I don't think the others are that much of a threat)
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Post by mimi on Aug 28, 2008 8:48:34 GMT -5
CNS Exclusive: David Cook Talks About "Idol" Tour, Skechers Endorsement And New Album
August 25, 2008 4:07 p.m. EST
Jennifer Tormo - Celebrity News Service Ft. Lauderdale, FL (CNS) - Which David - Archuleta or Cook? That was the critical question earlier this year on "American Idol." What most don't know is that David Cook actually has a David Archuleta wristband.
"It was given to me in Utah," Cook tells the Celebrity News Service. "It says 'David is my idol.' He's a good kid."
Cook, 25, won "American Idol" earlier this year, beating out the other David - 17-year-old Archuleta. Though Archuleta was incredibly talented and irresistibly adorable, Cook impressed "Idol" audiences with his unique, radio-ready arrangements of songs like Mariah Carey's "Always Be My Baby" and The Who's "Baba O'Riley."
He also showed off his vocal talents in what was probably his most memorable performance, a cover of Chris Cornell's remake of "Billie Jean."
Now Cook is living the dream - he's working on an album, touring the country with the rest of the top 10 "Idol" finalists on "American Idols LIVE! Tour 2008"and even endorsing Skechers.
CNS spoke with Cook about all of this prior to the "Idols" Ft. Lauderdale show at the BankAtlantic Center on Wednesday. He was just as down-to-earth and eloquent in person as he is on TV.
"The tour's been fun, but crazy," he tells CNS exclusively. "I mean, 53 dates in two and a half months is a pretty ominous task. But I think so far it's been great. I mean, you get to travel the country with nine amazing people and play music. It's not rocket science. It's cool."
During some shows, Cook and fellow "Idol" star and pal Michael Johns have taken to performing funky dances like The Robot during the group performances.
"I think it's more just out of necessity. I mean, we sang Rihanna's 'Please Don't Stop the Music' almost 40 times. Love Rihanna. Amazing song. I'm happy for her, but I think we're all tired of singing it, so Mike and I just kind of started doing it to have fun and be dorks. It's kind of taken on a life of its own," he says, laughing.
He adds, "We were joking the other day, we should start making political stances with our dances and holding signs. But I think more than anything, it's just kind of to help us get through it. Our job is to be entertainers, and if people are entertained by it, then we'll probably do it."
Cook also says that the tour has allowed the Idols to loosen up.
"We were able to go through a really unique experience the last year, and I think that's a bond we'll take well past the end of this tour," he says. "I think there's a different relationship dichotomy now, without us being contestants, and now we're back to being performers. It's let everybody loosen up and now the relationships have definitely augmented themselves."
Cook and the other Idols seemed to enjoy the Ft. Lauderdale stop.
"We had a day off yesterday in Ft. Lauderdale and got to explore a little bit," he says. "I spent half the day just kind of crashing in the hotel, trying to rest up. Then Michael, Chikezie and I went and had dinner and saw 'Tropic Thunder.' Amazing movie. And then I went and hung out on the beach for awhile."
Cook says that Tropical Storm Fay, which was in the area early in the week, did not really affect the group's travel plans.
"The storm was actually off in the distance by time the sun went down, so I got to chill out on the beach and watch the lightning in the distance," he tells CNS. "It was like a velvet painting."
Cook says his favorite stop on the tour so far, though, was Washington, D.C.
"D.C. was probably the most fruitful stop on the tour for me, I think, in terms of what I walked away with," he says. "I'm kind of like my older brother; I kind of enjoy history, so just to see things was cool."
"And then there were some other things that went on in D.C. that were really interesting for me. I got a chance to sit in on a cancer symposium and really kind of learn about some new things."
Touring doesn't last much longer, though - the Idols finish up on Sept. 13. After that, fans can expect to hear from Cook again sometime in November, when he releases his new album.
"It's coming along nicely - we're ahead of schedule right now," he says.
"I probably shouldn't have said that - I probably just jinxed it," he laughs. "But it's moving along at a nice clip and I'm really happy with the way the songs are coming together."
Cook says fans can expect music reminiscent of his "Idol" performances.
"You know, one of the things that I had thrived on on the show was being able to catch people off guard a little bit, so the goal is to kind of keep that up with the record," he tells CNS. "I definitely want it to be palpable and something that is commercially successful, but I want it to be something that has some staying power. I want it to be an important record." Cook won't stray far from his rocker roots.
"It's just gonna be a rock record, but I want it to be interesting and have something to say and make people's ears stand on end a little bit," he says. "I think the record's shaping up to be me, which is of utmost importance."
Cook is less worried about fans' expectations than he is about his own.
"I think the only expectations that I'm really worried about are my own, because the expectations that I have for this record are expectations that nobody else has probably met just yet," he says. "I'm pretty hard on myself. [I'm] definitely a perfectionist, probably to a fault."
"I don't want to put out anything less than what I know I'm capable of doing. In that regard, this record needs to be the best record I've ever done, I think for myself," he tells CNS.
"So that way if the record does poorly, I don't have any excuses. I can just be content and say, 'Listen, I did everything I could on this record.' And if it flops, then okay."
Besides working on the album, Cook also recently signed on with SKECHERS USA, Inc. to promote their footwear in an ad campaign that will last through Dec. 2009.
"That was a real organic partnership.... I just wanted whatever happened to be real," says Cook. "I didn't want to just go up there and smile and wave and throw Skechers at people. I wanted to do something like, this is who I am, this is what I'm about. They kind of grasped onto it."
Cook plans on putting his personality into anything that he works on now.
"I think that's the deal for me. I think whatever I decide to put my name on from here on out, I definitely just want it to be something that is a good thing and something I can believe in," he says. "I think that's the most important thing for me is, whatever I do has to be me. I'm lucky in that since I know who I am."
In and out of music, Cook just wants to stay true to himself and be someone worthy of respect.
"My aspirations are to just be somebody that people look to and respect and maybe not go nuts over," he says. "Somebody who really encapsulates a movement in music, I think, would be amazing."
He adds that if he could collaborate with any musician, living or dead, it'd be Jeff Buckley.
"I would have loved to sit down with Jeff Buckley and written, I think. One of my favorite songs of all time is 'Eternal Life.' To be able to, I guess, pick such a musical mind's brain, you know, would be amazingly educational."
He says, "I think I would love to be somebody that ten years down the road, you ask somebody else that question and then they say me. I think that'd be a huge compliment."
Ultimately, Cook sees himself making music a long time.
"As long as they'll let me. I mean, I'll make music my entire life regardless," he says. "Whether or not I do it as a career is not really up to me. So I don't think music's a career choice for me - I think it's just kind of what I'm doing."
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Post by mimi on Sept 3, 2008 15:09:15 GMT -5
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Post by mimi on Sept 4, 2008 11:17:41 GMT -5
working on the Sketcher's ad
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Post by mimi on Sept 4, 2008 19:12:50 GMT -5
just a reminder tomorrow is Stand up to Cancer (television fundraiser) , it will be on all major television networks.
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Post by ~Vera on Sept 8, 2008 19:23:53 GMT -5
^I thought david was gonna be there... I saw the show it was so sad yet so real Gisele just let me know about this: Cookie's old myspace is BACK!!! www.myspace.com/drcook
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Post by mimi on Sept 9, 2008 6:45:11 GMT -5
he was suppose to be, I'm not sure why he wasn't, maybe it was edited out because they only had 1 hr of air time and couldn't get him in, who knows, but I was really disappointed. Did you see him on Oprah yesterday? thanks for the link to his page, I added him and he accepted
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Post by ~Vera on Sept 9, 2008 12:31:15 GMT -5
Yeah maybe..but there were other artists singing songs (a group of girls) i thought there was gonna be a group of guys also (and david there) but it didn't happen. He was at Oprah?? I'm gonna go watch it now. That's the old myspace i first send my request to be friends I was disappointed when i was redirected to the new one. I like this one the most, is more personal, original, shows us a david more approachable.
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Post by ~Vera on Sept 9, 2008 12:43:43 GMT -5
David talking about being on Oprah. David on Oprah. His song is the official one for the Olympics!
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Post by Doya G. on Sept 9, 2008 12:55:16 GMT -5
I LOVE HIM LOVE HIM LOVE HIM..
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Post by mimi on Sept 10, 2008 8:58:51 GMT -5
he has a facebook page now similar to myspace. DAVID COOK
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Post by mimi on Sept 11, 2008 6:17:42 GMT -5
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Post by ~Vera on Sept 11, 2008 12:32:35 GMT -5
he has a facebook page now similar to myspace. DAVID COOKNow i'm a fan
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Post by mimi on Sept 13, 2008 8:41:39 GMT -5
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Post by mimi on Sept 14, 2008 13:55:08 GMT -5
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