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 Inspirational Song from a GREAT Voice May 25, 2008
jetcitypink (Seattle, WA United States)
33 out of 40 found this review helpful
David Cook .. winner of 2008 American Idol. I wrote CHEESY before I read the story from the songwriter behind the song here: blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=54139274&blogID=423067994
The song is INSPIRATIONAL, and this is the first release from a powerhouse of a voice. Amazon needs to re-add his first solo album, "Analog Heart" here for sale again (it was pulled midway through the Idol competition, apparently the powers that be at Idol thought it was disadvantageous for Cook to have an album for sale; even though they permitted other finalists' albums for sale here {and continue to do so}). We will hear much, much more from this young man. What a powerful versatile, edgy voice!
 People actually LISTEN to this? May 26, 2008
hempomatic (The Garden State, USA)
26 out of 103 found this review helpful
Is this a joke everyone in the world is in on except me? Ok, he has a reasonably good voice, hence the one star. That's about it. His guitar playing is marginal at best, and he's certainly not doing anything even remotely original. Who knows maybe in a decade or so after the pop hooks of American Idol have been removed from his spine he may become a good singer. In the mean time he'll continue to perpetuate yet more pop drivel and aural wallpaper disguised as rock. I see lots of live music living in the NY Metro area, and David Cook is an OK bar band singer of which there are thousands.
Fantastic Voice May 24, 2008
Guava Duff (Huntsville, AL)
10 out of 17 found this review helpful
David Cook, American Idol, has an absolutely fantastic voice. He is destined to go far. He makes any song sound great.
Worthy American Idol May 24, 2008
Y. Tal
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Even when he is singing about "magic rainbows", David Cook can sell any song. He has beautiful tone and range, and even if this coronation song is not representative of his style and ability (and it's not), he still manages to invest enough of himslef in it that the song simply WORKS.
Hopefully RCA will let him have creative freedom with his album, and do the fans a favor by re-releasing Analog Heart, his indie record from 2006.
Not trite May 28, 2008
J. Johnson
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Dream Big should have been the Idol coronation song, but Cook put as much of his style into this song as he could, magic rainbows and all. It's actually a fairly uplifting song, and still gets to me as I think about his win on the finale. Compared to other coronation songs, it's the best since Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This".
However, I don't believe the song is at all representative of what to expect from Cook in the future. For those of you who missed out on Analog Heart before it was pulled, that album was all sorts of brilliant.
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