'Idol' contestant David Cook under fire again, this time for his 'Eleanor Rigby' performance

David Cook is going to sue them for the amount of money he could have made in an entire career if he doesn’t win Idol now. These guys are idiots.
Blake Lewis (good friend of the band) posted last week on rickey.org that David Cook DID credit Doxology — but it got cut on the editing room floor.

And what’s up with the hair and the “just got off the island” look.
Clean up your “act” Cook.

I blame AI for this mix-up. If David did give credit to Doxology and it was cut out, I can’t fault him. AI needs to be upfront with these things. I can understand Doxology coming out and asking for recognition. They’re just like any other band, working hard and looking for their big break. An on air shout-out could have really helped them. So for AI to think they could get away with it because Doxology is pretty much an unknown band, is really shady. They credited Whitesnake and Chris Cornell, why not Doxology? That being said, David needs to stop doing covers of covers! It’s time for him to come up with his own arrangements or sing a song straight through. He’s starting to become very predictable and repetitive.

You know, everyone is saying that Chris Cornell WAS acknowledged on IDOL, but the SECOND NIGHT. I think it was pure damage control and nothing more!

The interesting thing is that even a rudimentary google search will show that it is not possible to copyright an arrangement of a song, because the copyright exists with the original owner. I think all the fuss is just a cheap way for some fringe artists to create publicity for themselves. The American public vote on a performance for its quality and dramatic effect, not because it was arranged a certain way,

This is getting stupid. Chris Daughtry did the same thing when he was on Idol and nobody gave him grief fr it. Anyone remember when he did Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire? It was totally the same version of the band Live’s. Yet no one had a problem then, so why is there a problem now?

1. Ryan acknowledged Chris Cornell during the intro to David’s song on the first night.
2. David said he was doing Whitesnake’s cover of Eleanor Rigby.
3. This seems to be much ado about nothing — isn’t EVERY song on American Idol a cover? Give me a break!
4. In the end, it doesn’t matter wo you are covering, whether it’s a geniune superstar like Whitney Houston or a band no one has ever heard of (..ah hem..Doxology?), the point is whether or not you sing it well. And David Cook has done that — don’t forget about his amazing performance of the Lionel Richie song “Hello”.