The Season 7 performances and studio recordings are no longer available at iTunes, but available now are finale night performance recordings and videos from David Cook and David Archleta. Also available–David Cook’s winning single, “The Time of My Life”. Magic rainbows for everyone!
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Check out today’s Top 20 iTunes chart (after the JUMP). David Cook has the Top 4 spots, with his single “The Time of My Life” taking the #1 position. David Archuleta takes #7, 10, and 16.
Can’t wait for next week’s Soundscan and Billboard numbers!
I suppose if I’m going to hear him on the radio, I’ll have to turn off the ipod… sheesh — my hubby set my home office up with a great set of speakers and I’ve been rocking out all day.
Someone let me know if they hear anything on a DC station – (Washington DC!), but I kinda doubt we’ll hear it here. 107.3 Jack Diamond liked him — but I can’t see them playing the magic rainbow song. Maybe I’ll send him Creep.
A roll call of poster’s ages is off topic and belongs in chat. Thank you.
by the way, since I’m far too out of the pop culture loop to know who Jesse McCartney is, I looked him up and listened to some of his music.
Now I’m gettin’ worried.
If you also didn’t know, he’s a very cute, tween-worshipped teen pop star who co-wrote Leona Lewis’s humungoid hit “Bleeding Love,” which I’m not a great fan of. And the other songs I found on his myspace jukebox seemed like very elementary pop diddies — nothing special or meaningful, just your usual faux-Timberlake twaddle.
Am I being too mean? Or missing something? and am I wrong to be concerned that our fab new Idol might be stuck with the Simon-izing sonic repackaging that results in a hit record — but one I’d listen to just once?
eeek.
wow, that is fast. Pretty awesome, too.
They played it on the #1 Top 40 station here in Boston this afternoon as well. I almosy crashed my car from shock.
Yeah, I think that part of why Clay has never received much radio love is because of the Claymates and their incessant campaigning. If you want an AI contestant to do well – don’t start harassing dj’s.
I think all of this talk of Cookie having some kind of middle-aged Cougar fan-base is ludicrous. I know plenty of young people, and men who were fans of David Cook. And, the word Cougar itself is just vile. It implies there’s an actual group of women over a certain age (35? 40? 50? what is the cutoff?) whose main pursuit is to try and look 25 and date younger men. While people like that exist, they are few and far between and certainly not typical of older women. And, most definitely that word does not define the women who voted for Cookie. Some of us just dug his music and have absolutely no urge to have imaginary sex with him at all.
I wouldn’t worry too much until we hear what the album will be like. It’s still to soon to assume what direction he’s, meaning DC, going. We’ll just have to wait and see what the outcome will be.
Oh darn mj, I so wanted to announce that I’m 99 years old and so are all my buds from chat.
Half Dead Broads for Cookie !
eta: except for hisaki, my great, great grandaughter.
I’m really not worried if “The Time of My Life” doesn’t get much airplay. These coronation songs usually don’t because they suck and people who didn’t follow the show aren’t going to want to listen to songs about magic rainbows, tasting every moment and rising from the ashes.
Are we thinking that TPTB will eventually release the numbers for iTunes downloads for the season? I’m really curious to see how some of the bigger hits like Bille Jean, Always Be My Baby, Imagine, Hallelujah, etc. did.
Those would be great numbers to have, cheese — but do we have anything to compare them too? Like Queen Leona’s numbers?
KISS FM? I remember hearing “This is My Not” a few times on there. Heh. I never heard it again after the first week.
However, I will say, the Boston pop radio stations LOVE their Idols. They LOVE Daughtry. Not the rock stations mind you. But KISS and MIX can’t get enough. Jordin, Carrie and Elliot–also popular. Kiss even gave Kat McPhee’s singles some spins. Bo Bice and Blake Lewis–no love for those two at all.
Hilarious that the press has suddenly grabbed on to the notion that all of Cookie’s fans are ready for AARP.
Isn’t that the truth! His fanbase covers all age groups. FWIW, I am 31 soon to be 32-year-old single female that adores Cookie. So no, I don’t fit into that age bracket. Heh!
Half dead broads unite!
LOL, caro. I love you too.
I haven’t listened to the radio at all lately, but I’ll turn it on more now and see if I can catch ToML on Z100 or something.
Here’s a review of The Time of My Life:
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/archives/2008/05/grading_the_itu_2.php
Yep! Them. And yes, they do play all things idol on there. But I didn’t expext to hear this so soon!
I just bought TWIK and it’ s fabulous. Cook’s voice live is so on key.
I would have to agree with the suggestion of not pushing this song. Channeling Randy: It is true that he can sing the phone book and make it sound good. But, do any of Cookie’s fans want him to become synonymous with magic rainbows?
If a radio station in your area is already playing it and you want to request it, I say: Go for it. But save the big guns for when his first “real” single comes out. I can’t wait for that.
I am really hoping that a polished up version of Fall Back Into Me ends up on the album. A little spit and shine and that one is radio ready.
sherryw– i highly doubt he will put anything from analog heart on the new album… however, that is also my fave song on there! =)