9 Responses to “David Cook | Billie Jean | American Idol”

1. Brother Breeze on March 25th, 2008 9:46 pm

   Puhleeeze! David Cook did a great job, but it is NOT “his version” . This was Chris Cornell’s version. There was nothing risky, brave, or original about it. It was a great cover of Cornell’s arrangement of Michael Jackson’s song. Props to David Cook for an outstanding performance. BUT props to Chris Cornell for the genius of the arrangement.

2. Chris on March 26th, 2008 6:02 pm

   Hi Brother Breeze,

   Thanks for pointing out the Chris Cornell version of Billie Jean, otherwise we’d all be thinking that David Cook had come up with the idea all on his own.

3. Erin on March 27th, 2008 6:10 am

   Seeing as David Cook had Ryan Seacrest announce “Here’s David Cook performing Chris Cornell’s version of Billie Jean” I seriously doubt he was trying to pull off the idea “on his own”

4. Chris on March 27th, 2008 11:25 am

   Hi Erin,

   I saw a news report on Fox Chicago last night about David Cook’s singing of “Billie Jean.” They mentioned that a lot of people might not have heard Ryan Seacrest saying that the version was Soundgarten’s because the crowd was yelling. I know I didn’t pick up the Soundgarten reference while watching the program Tuesday.

   It was a pretty cool version, even if it was Soundgarten’s arrangement.

   Maybe the publicity will help Soundgarten’s record sales as people who’ve never heard their version go out to buy a copy for their collections.

5. Devon Delaney on March 30th, 2008 3:34 pm

   Every contestant on the show is singing some artist’s song. And, there are alway variations to the original to fit the restricted timeframe or please the audience. David Cook’s verson of Billie Jean is so much better than Chris Cornell’s. Just listen to Chris Cornell’s. Frankly, his vocals are pretty bad and he can’t hit the high notes. The most exciting part of David Cook’s version – the holding of word “I” is NOT part of Chris Cornell’s version.

6. Chris on March 30th, 2008 9:13 pm

   Hi Devon,

   Thanks for the clarification regarding David Cook’s version of Billie Jean.

   You’re right — since each artist is singing a song in their own individual way, it is appropriate to give that particular artist the credit for singing the song in their own style — even if it is derivative of another artists’ previous works.

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8. S.P on April 4th, 2008 8:10 pm

   I don’t care WHOSE version it was…it F’in ROOOOOOOOOCKED!!!!!! He is not particularly physically attractive until the passion pours out of his vocals & veins……….but when it does, OMG!!!! Orgasmic!!!!!

9. Toni Luetjen on April 10th, 2008 8:49 pm

   I am ready to buy a CD of David Cook’s – I think he is awesome, he is so original and doesn’t mind taking chances.

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