Surprising amount of consternation and handwringing over Cookie's win at MTV, I'm afraid.
Posted on 05/29/2008 8:09:34 PM PDT by lainie
'American Idol' winner is embodiment of the overwhelming majority of people in this country, whom I will never understand
To put it in much clearer terms: I do not understand the phenomenon of David Cook because David Cook is pretty much everything I am not. He is a former frat guy turned bartender, the kind of guy who willingly chooses to perform songs by Switchfoot and Collective Soul and proudly proclaims his undying affection for Our Lady Peace. He sings in an earnest, gruff, decidedly weathered voice, not unlike the kind you hear all over rock radio or in a Chevy Truck commercial. If you squint funny, he looks a whole lot like Chris Daughtry, only with more hair. He has probably never cared what a blog has to say (if he's ever read one), and he likely still has an AOL e-mail address. He is a Kansas City Royals fan.
He is a Rock-and-Roll Red State. He is Rolling Thunder across the Fruited Plains. He is SUVs and flag-waving and the American Dream. He is basically the living, breathing embodiment of the overwhelming majority of people in this country, whom I do not, cannot and — let's face it — will not understand. Not ever. He makes me realize just how detached I am with reality and how unimportant I am. And that makes me sort of hate myself. And this country. Sort of.
Let me point out ... I mean the concept of him, not the actual man. Cook seems nice enough. He has cool facial hair, and he did a killer job on Lionel Richie's "Hello." But it's what he means as a whole — the ideals and social forces he represents — that frustrate and, well, sort of terrify me.
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Surprising amount of consternation and handwringing over Cookie's win at MTV, I'm afraid.
ha!
Maybe he can sing a duet with Shania Twain. I hear she’s got some unexpected free time on her hands. LOL!
Hey, he’s single, too..hm
But you know, she probably won’t be caught dead with a red stater, either.
BTW, David Cook is from Blue Springs, MO, which is the city "next door" to where I live. So I guess Mr. Montgomery hates me too. Even though I've never actually watched "American Idol," and only learned about it because the local talk radio stations had been pulling for him!
Mark
Well, good luck with that career then. It sort of helps to have a pulse on things that you write about.
No longer all Bush's fault?
Sounds like he’s just disgruntled that everyone’s not disgruntled............
My goodness, we non-blue-staters sure are horrible. . .
David Cook is the reason we are divided, obese and ignorant. David Cook is why the reason the rest of the world hates us.
It's truly amazing to see just how self centered this so called "music journalist" happens to be. Everything is about him. And he can't understand how it is that HE can see all this "subtle talent" in acts he likes, yet he denigrates anything "popular." Reading the piece he wrote for MTV is like living through "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand, and the "James Montgomery" character is a combination of Balf Eubank and Bertram Scudder. For those of you who aren't familiar with the book or the characters, here's what Wikipedia says about the characters:
Balph Eubank: Called "the literary leader of the age", despite the fact that he is incapable of writing anything that people actually want to read. What people want to read, he says, is irrelevant. He complains that it is disgraceful that artists are treated as peddlers, and that there should be a law limiting the sales of books to ten thousand copies. He is a member of the Looters. Balph Eubank appears in section 161.
Bertram Scudder: Editorial writer for the magazine The Future. He typically bashes business and businessmen, but he never says anything specific in his articles, relying on innuendo, sneers, and denunciation. He wrote a hatchet job on Hank Rearden called The Octopus. He is also vocal in support of the Equalization of Opportunity Bill. Later on he has a radio interview program, in which Dagany Taggart is forced to appear by the threat of revelation of her relationships with Rearden - but she turns the tables by herself revealing the relationship, taking pride in it and denouncing the regime. In the aftermath, Scudder is made the scapegoat and loses his job. Bertram Scudder appears in section 161.
As I mentioned earlier, this "hit piece" on David Cook says a lot more about Montgomery than it does Cook.
Mark
David Cook is the reason we are divided, obese and ignorant. David Cook is why the reason the rest of the world hates us.
It's truly amazing to see just how self centered this so called "music journalist" happens to be. Everything is about him. And he can't understand how it is that HE can see all this "subtle talent" in acts he likes, yet he denigrates anything "popular." Reading the piece he wrote for MTV is like living through "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand, and the "James Montgomery" character is a combination of Balf Eubank and Bertram Scudder. For those of you who aren't familiar with the book or the characters, here's what Wikipedia says about the characters:
Balph Eubank: Called "the literary leader of the age", despite the fact that he is incapable of writing anything that people actually want to read. What people want to read, he says, is irrelevant. He complains that it is disgraceful that artists are treated as peddlers, and that there should be a law limiting the sales of books to ten thousand copies. He is a member of the Looters. Balph Eubank appears in section 161.
Bertram Scudder: Editorial writer for the magazine The Future. He typically bashes business and businessmen, but he never says anything specific in his articles, relying on innuendo, sneers, and denunciation. He wrote a hatchet job on Hank Rearden called The Octopus. He is also vocal in support of the Equalization of Opportunity Bill. Later on he has a radio interview program, in which Dagany Taggart is forced to appear by the threat of revelation of her relationships with Rearden - but she turns the tables by herself revealing the relationship, taking pride in it and denouncing the regime. In the aftermath, Scudder is made the scapegoat and loses his job. Bertram Scudder appears in section 161.
As I mentioned earlier, this "hit piece" on David Cook says a lot more about Montgomery than it does Cook.
Mark
And good point dittos to you.
I think it's pretty crappy of this writer to use David Cook as an excuse to get out some political whining. It's not David's fault the writer can't find a political gig.
(of course, the writer probably thinks it is)
Every sentence of this piece condemns the author. How can someone who writes such tripe expect to be taken seriously?
Soooo....is Cook conservative or something, because if he is....I have an idiot niece who loves him, who is a flaming liberal, and this will make her come unglued!
If the author doesn’t like American Idol, he’s free to create Global Idol and limit competitors to only those he deems unAmerican enough.
I don't think Cook should be dragged in politically here. It's just the writer trying to tell us that he's WAY more hip than American Idol, or someone who would sing a song from a Christian rock group, or become a bartender. You know, the writer is just too cutting edge for Nickelback blah blah.
Like a kid in high school who wears orange hair to get attention. "Look at me! I'm different!"
Thing is, most of us went thru our rebellion stage in junior high.
Yes, we get it James. You're so unique. Just like everyone else.
Thanks...
Yep, the writer has a case of terminal uniqueness.
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