David Cook Plays Entire Album to Celebrate One Year Anniversary
The one year anniversary of David Cook, the album was yesterday (November 18) and to celebrate, David performed the entire album live from beginning to end for lucky concert-goers in Indiana last night.
After the jump, check out a few tunes he rarely plays in concert: “Avalanche”, the powerful “Permanent” and “Life on the Moon”
After the show, @thedavidcook tweeted, “lofty idea, playing the whole record tonight. Worth it. Vocal rest tonight to get through the next few days, but worth it. Thx, Indiana!”
Happy anniversary David!
Videos after the JUMP…
Permanent
Avalanche
Life on the Moon
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IKR? Selena Gomez and “The Scene”.
Really?
Wow. I’m speechless *tears*. Never been this invested as in this David Cook fandom before. Love him.
David, thank you for the memories. Here’s to many many more!
That just made me giggle, lol. I don’t know that we’ll ever know why Joey left but… I sure love Monty!
I don’t know how I missed this thread. OK, I do know, but I’m not gonna go there.
How awesome it must have been to be in that audience. David is one of my top 3 favorites to come from this show.
Every time I hear ‘Permanent’ I tear up. Watching him perform it reduces me to a sobbing mess at times. Such a powerful and gut wrenching song coming from deep within his soul. How generous of him to share that with us.
Thank you for sharing the 1 year Anniversary with us.
Heh. I can’t quit him either. And I do not wish I could. hahaha listening to All Right Now right now. Nice gi-tar, Dave! I just love the whole band more & more as we go along, along on the Cookcoaster, along we go! Thanks for the great ride since AI 2008, Mr. Cook.
I too still listen to the whole DCTR, a year later. As someone else said, he still owns my playlists. Got Analog Heart, DCTR, Axium, MWK all filed under their own names AND Cook. Yes yes I don’t think I can go one day without listening to his voice, in some form or fashion, and maybe watching a (or more) video.
I haven’t watched all the videos from this show so I must watch Straight Ahead tonight! I ffffffllloooooovvvveee that AVALANCHE. Just kill me now. That is heart-on-his-sleeve David at his best, IMO. But I expect he will continue to surprise us and suck us into Cookdom even further. I’m looking forward to whatever he brings next.
Can we haz a tewer DVD, pleez? Oh wouldn’t that be SWEET? argh.
Delurking to say — Can I get in on the group hug too? I’ve been lucky enough to see DC three times in concert but it just doesn’t feel like enough! lol I’ve listened to a ton off cellcasts and must admit that listening to Permanent on his 1 yr anniversary had me in tears during the cellcast. Very emotional for him and for us! So looking forward to his next record!!
Well I was trying to be kind to Joey in my last comment. I was only asked who I thought was the better bass player. I wasn’t asked how stupid it was that Joey left DCATA to be part of Selena Gomez. I don’t know how it happened, and I honestly don’t even care that Joey left the band…his doing or anybody else’s. I think Monty adds to the band. He came in and did stand-in duty for 4 shows before they started changing the set list again. I doubt that’s very easy for anybody.
Adding the fact that Monty is much closer to my age and it’s all good. I still don’t think, however, that their bass skills, as shown on tour, are very divergent. So in the end I prefer Monty, but it’s just my personal preference.
Dave also owns most of my playlist. Heh. I keep trying to Cookify my brother, but I’m thinking it’s harder to Cookify a male. My brother likes only DCTR and nothing else by David. He doesn’t give it a chance. Lol. I did Cookify my sister though.
I would like anything Cook sings though. Even the Barney song. I even love his Eddie Vedder voice from the old days.
I was there at Northampton when he sang Silver, and I have to say, I never knew what “flail” meant before that moment, lol. I jumped up and down, and squee-ed so loud! I couldn’t believe my ears. It was my first DC&TA concert, too. How lucky was I? I find it amazing that Neal seemed to start playing the song before it looked like he could have seen the note! Those guys must have ESP with each other. *grin* And there is one video out there of Neal singing along with a big grin on his face. *Smishes Neal* Found it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN7ABMs4cfE&feature=related
Yes, this year of following Cook has been so wonderful. I never got to meet him, to tell him thank you in person, but I guess my 5 shows were thank you enough. I’ve never done that for any other artist, would never even occur to me to see anyone more than once! Just can’t get enough of DC&TA. Love all those guys so much, they are all fabulous. I do hope Monty gets to stay, he’s such a great addition to the band. Nothing against Joey, but as he did leave, I am more than happy with Monty in his place.
Sasha’s link to Straight Ahead with a fantastic stroll through the audience with much love and enthusiasm didn’t work for me. The stroll starts at the 4:00 minute mark – and by the 5:00 minute mark you can watch him and the audience and it is breathtaking.
Try this one.
Thanks for bringing that over! I forgot about that. Neal is adorable, again in the toughest way possible.
I am flailing in the worst possible way…because I CAN’T WATCH THESE videos right NOW! ARGH. AAAARRRRGGGGGH. Anyway, thank you all for bringing the video sources to us in one convenient place! Thank you from the bottom of my little Cookified heart. And I felt compelled to add more comments…
Didn’t Monty Anderson play with MWK and/or David in the past? I think so. I liked him with DCATA when I saw them a couple weeks ago, very much so. The band seems to flooooow so nicely and work so well together.
“Permanent.” I have not seen David sing it live. I don’t know if I could handle it. That is beyond heart-on-his-sleeveness. Seriously. Him singing that for a live audience is beautiful heart & soul on the stage, stripped naked. (Heh I said “naked” and “David” in the same paragraph. I’m so shallow.)
I FLOVE Neal F’ingtiemann. I could think he’s a silly poser boy. But I don’t. He’s a great musician. I’m a sucker for those singer/songwriter/musician men. And all the bad-boyness of him, with that stunning smile we rarely get, is just…hot. Or something. I dunno. I love him. I love that he & David are in love. hah. David Cook & The Love Fest Man Band. yep. sigh.
I’ve just been telling a 50-something male friend of mine about Cook. He wants to borrow some music. I sent him the words to “Avalanche” and he asked if I would play it for him sometime soon. HAH! Another victim falls prey to the Cook! Of course, I’m thinking HOW could he possibly NOT like the music? We shall see…..
Congratulations, David Cook, on the one year anniversary of your platinum selling major label debut! (And don’t forget, Neal played on a platinum album. F*ck yeah.)
Monty played on Analog Heart, didn’t he? And he played with Phil Marshall, another from this Tulsa gang of musicians – though he’s from England
Oh, he did? Didn’t remember that. I do remember David mentioned him in one of his blogs when talking about the unreleased 2nd album though. It’s nice to know these guys all go back together and share a real history.