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I am furious that I am still thinking of David Cooks' performance. Even though credit was given to Chris Cornell, what happened all of the other times he he didn't give credit. DOXOLOGY's Eleanor Rigby and Me First and the Gimme Gimme's Hello. American Idol is about cover songs, but when is this guy going to come up with his own versions of them? Good singer, maybe but is he original?

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I've been visiting this site since last season, and this is probably the most balanced and sensical comment I've seen.

The judges should be better prepared. The original artists should be credited in some way - but maybe time constraints prevent them from doing so on the show? Or maybe instead of their 'cute' interviews, they could actually give more info on their song choice and less info on embarrassing moments, their childhood, etc.

As for this particular song, I didn't know who Chris Cornell was (heard of Soundgarden, just didn't know the members' names) until a friend told me what Seacrest had said. Maybe with all this hype he'll get some more interest from David Cook performing his version of the song.

So the judges look silly, David Cook was amazing, and Chris Cornell gets some publicity by proxy. Everyone wins.

"The judges didn't technically call the performance original. Randy referred to Cook as the "most original" contestant, which I guess is a little different"

Yet most of America will remember them saying he is original and won't remember that Ryan said it was some other guy's (who they probably never heard of) version. I know i sure didn't hear Ryan saying that. Heck most probably just drowned that out.

They hear "Billie Jean", the "Chris cornell" comment gets drowned out because they automatically think "Michael Jackson". The judges say "most original contestant" they hear "David Cook is soo original for doing Michael Jackson's song in a way never heard before".

Ashbender you are soooo correct. And to not give the correct artist their credit is a fucken crime!

Okay I am done.... don't whack me for flooding Dave! :)

Waiting to make David Gee my bitch!

David Cook is short, hideous, and a greaseball. How can anyone seriously find him attractive?

HesucksandIhatehim. >:(

Correction...I see that he didn't completely come up with that arrangement of "Hello" either (inspired by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes?). So he's covered about 3 covers, I suppose. I'm glad they finally gave some credit where it was due this time, but they need to step it up. I still think some rules should be enforced so that sources are clearly credited, but at the end of the day, it's really David's responsibility to let everyone know when he's working with someone else's arrangement. For all we know, he may have told Ryan and the producers, and assumed that the sources would be properly credited. But he can't count on anyone else. When the judges cluelessly give him credit and he doesn't enlighten them, that's a problem.

The thing is, this is a singing competition not a song writing competition. Yes, the contestants can change things up and perform the songs in their own style, but none of them are breaking any new ground and--let's face it--David Cook out-sings and out-performs the rest of the bunch on a consistent basis. It's not really his fault if the judges decide to call him creative & original, or if the fact that he's singing other artist's versions of the songs gets glazed over.

And the fact is, he is still bringing his own style and voice every week--and in my opinion he's doing a better job of singing the songs than the people he's "stealing" his performances from (not saying CC or Doxology are bad by any stretch of the imagination, I just think David really killed those performances).

Plus I'm pretty sure Chris Cornell & Doxology had more than a week to perfect their versions of these songs . . . how much can you really expect someone to do in a week as far as learning a new song AND messing around with the arrangement, and still sound polished and prepared?

Paula got it right tonight when she said this performance showed how smart he is. He's consistently picking interesting songs and arrangements that show off his talent--which you have to admit he has. I'd personally rather listen to someone who doesn't change things up constantly but gives a killer performance than someone who tries to be better and more creative than the have the talent to carry . . .

This subject has probably been beaten to death so I mainly wanna say I'M SO GLAD that dude is kicking Disneyboy's ass in votes.

And, I don't expect these kids to write a totally new arrangement every week, especially when they have to learn cheesy group shit. I'd rather hear a copy of a relatively obscure version than a copy of an original that's been sung to death. David didn't "steal" any more than divas "steal" Whitney's etc sappy ballads. Ryan should have credited CC much more clearly (and MJ for that matter; the whole intro was muddy) but that's not David's fault, nor that the judges don't know their shit.

Oh yeah, and he's kicking Disneyboy's ass in votes! 'Bout fucking time someone did that.

Carry on.

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sorry accidental double post :(

It's actually the live Chris Cornell version he stole this time. Both suck. Both singers are total douches.

Been done better before. There are many versions of this.

Combover Cook. LMAO

Now put yo hands up.