Alright so i’m going to have to make a slight confession here…..I on occasion watch American Idol. Normally I only stick around long enough to see the carnage that takes place during the auditions, and like most of Americans get a big kick/laugh out of it. But it’s perhaps something about the contestants this year or maybe the utter lack of quality programming on TV due to the writers strike motivated me to watch….and watch like it’s season 2 I have.
So last night the contestant (already a star) David Cook did a cover of one of my favorite song by Michael Jackson called ‘Billie Jean‘, but decided to do Chris Cornell’s version of this legendary track. It was pure gospel, music in it’s raw form, this kid can blow. Not only did he own a song that isn’t really “his own” and was made legend by the King of Pop, but performed it for an audience of a lost generation of listeners that don’t have a clue what good music is and they loved it.
Hands down it was the performance of the season so far, and the best rendition out of many others. Even though he wasn’t the first to perform it, I think he took absolute creative control (unlike some of the other contestants) over his performance a made it his own.
I have only watched clips of American Idol but not a whole season, I like Simon but that performance is wicked.
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never caught on with the phenom that is American idol
dude’s got some chops
@Hadassah: The past few seasons I only watched enough to see who won, but aside from that I haven’t been “loyal” since the 2nd season.
@dejanae411: Yeah, if he doesn’t go far (being that AI is a popularity contest and not a singing one) then he’s for sure get a contract regardless.