Chris Cornell called American Idol

PearlsGirl

dlymnfld wrote:

To give David Cook props for singing his version of Billie Jean. I thought that was pretty funny. The song actually wasn't that bad.

aaaaaahhhh, now i get it. these ladies at work were talking about it and i overheard them say Chris' name. why chris, why would you listen to american idol? you're a genius, don't do this...

ii44

boxwine_in_hell wrote:

You're all missing the point. It doesn't matter who sings what song or who calls in. American Idol is retarded and should be put down like a sick dog. Bullet to the brain.

I find the show as entertaining as hell. You know there are a lot of people who watch it that don't give a shit about the music.

facepollution

PearlsGirl wrote:

aaaaaahhhh, now i get it. these ladies at work were talking about it and i overheard them say Chris' name. why chris, why would you listen to american idol? you're a genius, don't do this...

He doesn't watch the show, he was emailed by the guy who runs his website, about the performance, so he said youtubed it. He then spoke to Ryan Seacrest (the host of AI) on his radio show, talked about the performance, and his new album which is out in a few weeks.

PearlsGirl

facepollution wrote:

He doesn't watch the show, he was emailed by the guy who runs his website, about the performance, so he said youtubed it. He then spoke to Ryan Seacrest (the host of AI) on his radio show, talked about the performance, and his new album which is out in a few weeks.

oh okay. so he's still a genius. god i love that man...

oktacoma

over_bends wrote:

If you're talking about Cornell's studio version, yea I agree. But that Unplugged in Sweden was a true masterpiece.

100% correct, my friend. Very well said. I was thinking the exact same thing.

boxwine_in_hell

ii44 wrote:

I find the show as entertaining as hell. You know there are a lot of people who watch it that don't give a shit about the music.

Personally I kind of like the first couple of shows in a sadistic sort of way because all the terrible people are on and I like to see Simon give them a verbal beat down. After that it's pretty much karaoke and totally uninteresting to me. I kind of prefer my karaoke to be done by drunks that sing off key, but maybe that's just me.

clarefromscotland

Um....CC didn't actually know anything about the David Cook performance, he was still on his way back from South Africa where he's been playing a couple of festivals. He only heard about it when he checked hs e-mail, lol, and realised his fanbase were up in arms about Cook being given all the credit for the "originality" and "courageousness" of the arrangement. doubt he actually "called the show", lol, but he did comment in a couple of interviews to the effect that there was nothing wrong with David Cook's version, but he quietly made the point that the arrangement was his.

Ryan Seacrest then had Chris on his radio show to set the record straight about the arrangement. You can stream or download that interview at http://www.kiisfm.com/cc-common/podc...st=on air.xml (scroll down). He also announced his new album due out later in the year.

Ryan S said that although he's announced David Cook as playing "Chris Cornell's version", he'd been a bit drowned out by the crowd and the judges were not aware. Why they weren;t aware is anyone's guess - just shows how much expertise they don't have I suppose!!!!

I've been summarising the whole business as it's unfolded on my news page at http://www.chriscornell.org.uk/news.htm On that page there's also some pro-shot video of CC doing Billie Jean live with his band last year. Real passion. Makes Cook's karaoke version look exactly what it is.

Also found this on a fellow fan's MySpace page, which I thought was amusing.

clarefromscotland

oops double post

facepollution

clarefromscotland wrote:

I've been summarising the whole business as it's unfolded on my news page at http://www.chriscornell.org.uk/news.htm On that page there's also some pro-shot video of CC doing Billie Jean live with his band last year. Real passion. Makes Cook's karaoke version look exactly what it is.

Also found this on a fellow fan's MySpace page, which I thought was amusing.

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Lol, that was funny!

I actually really like David Cook's version. It's not up there with Cornell's, because he doesn't have Chris' range, or the soulful tone; but I still think he's a decent singer, albeit a more conventional singer.

Hebejebe

Am I the only person that thinks Cornell's Billie Jean, including the one in Sweden, is vastly overrated.

facepollution

Hebejebe wrote:

Am I the only person that thinks Cornell's Billie Jean, including the one in Sweden, is vastly overrated.

Yes. To not like it is one thing. To not recognise the talent involved in completely over-hauling such a well known song, and making it hugely popular, is quite another.

Hebejebe

facepollution wrote:

Yes. To not like it is one thing. To not recognise the talent involved in completely over-hauling such a well known song, and making it hugely popular, is quite another.

It is a bland rendition, how you can say this as an example of Cornell's talent I'll never know.

clarefromscotland

Hebejebe wrote:

It is a bland rendition, how you can say this as an example of Cornell's talent I'll never know.

BLAND? Well maybe it's colder up there in Thurso than it is down here in sunny Wester Ross, but my ears say it's a wonderfully dark murder ballad. It seemed to have more in common with Nick Cave or Polly Harvey than it did Michael Jackson. It was sinister, moody and magnificent - and it had a real sense of the blues, which is more than we can say for Jackson most of the time, and certainly more than we could claim for that poor wee David Cook.

Hebejebe

clarefromscotland wrote:

BLAND? Well maybe it's colder up there in Thurso than it is down here in sunny Wester Ross, but my ears say it's a wonderfully dark murder ballad. It seemed to have more in common with Nick Cave or Polly Harvey than it did Michael Jackson. It was sinister, moody and magnificent - and it had a real sense of the blues, which is more than we can say for Jackson most of the time, and certainly more than we could claim for that poor wee David Cook.

Well it's the Highlands and on the coast so it's definitely cold but my ears are warm enough though

To be honest I wasn't looking for an argument with anyone, I just genuinely get nothing from his version. I'm glad that everyone else (so it seems) does get something from it, but rather like when I asked a similar question regarding arcade fire I just wanted to know if I was the only one that couldn't see what the fuss was about.

eyedclaar

Hebejebe wrote:

Well it's the Highlands and on the coast so it's definitely cold but my ears are warm enough though

To be honest I wasn't looking for an argument with anyone, I just genuinely get nothing from his version. I'm glad that everyone else (so it seems) does get something from it, but rather like when I asked a similar question regarding arcade fire I just wanted to know if I was the only one that couldn't see what the fuss was about.

The lyrics are sad and disturbing. It's about time someone put them to matching mood and music. Some buddies of mine also do a metal version of that songs which flat out kicks ass.

Odin

Not an American Idol enthusiast (only watch the auditions), but I've heard a lot about this guy. Is he better than Chris Daughtry?

facepollution

Odin wrote:

Not an American Idol enthusiast (only watch the auditions), but I've heard a lot about this guy. Is he better than Chris Daughtry?

I think so. Here's his version of Billie Jean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_aiawC-9aM

and here's his version of Eleanor Rigby, which I also think is pretty cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSq8VBuZdU8

Odin

facepollution wrote:

I think so. Here's his version of Billie Jean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_aiawC-9aM

and here's his version of Eleanor Rigby, which I also think is pretty cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSq8VBuZdU8

Not bad. Alright, that was a bit of an understatement right there. I bet this guy will go off and do his own thing unlike Daughtry who was in Absent Element before auditioning for American Idol and then took his band along for the ride to rock music stardom.

dharma69

clarefromscotland wrote:

I've been summarising the whole business as it's unfolded on my news page at http://www.chriscornell.org.uk/news.htm On that page there's also some pro-shot video of CC doing Billie Jean live with his band last year. Real passion. Makes Cook's karaoke version look exactly what it is.

Also found this on a fellow fan's MySpace page, which I thought was amusing.

Now I'm as big a CC fan as anyone and but I hardly found Cook's version to be karaoke and without passion. I know it's hard sometimes to be objective about things we're really passionate about but Cook did great and no harm in giving credit where it's due, even if it's to someone on *gasp* American Idol.

And that gif is just brilliant. I really shouldn't laugh like that at work.

reversedarwinism

clarefromscotland wrote:

Also found this on a fellow fan's MySpace page, which I thought was amusing.

Look at the cd's in that pic, should have had screaming life/ fopp instead of A-sides, but that an awesome collection of rock albums.