"Innocent" on American Idol

Teedus · Post by **Teedus** » 6/4/2008, 10:30 am

Wowza.

myownsatellite · Post by **myownsatellite** » 6/4/2008, 10:55 am

Look guys. I'm sorry for starting drama, but it's honestly how I feel sometimes. I'm anxious and cranky and quite frankly very miserable right now because of my actual life, and it felt like you were jumping all over me because I was saying that I would buy the music if I liked it regardless of where these people started, and the whole thing seemed silly to blow up over so of course I blew up over it some more. There are days I don't feel like I can get anything to go right and the big ranty posts were the icing on the cake. It felt like they were directed right at me, whether they were or not.

It's all out of hand and now I'm trying to reign it back in by stepping out of the conversation. So let's just let it go now, okay?

Tattooed Angels · Post by **Tattooed Angels** » 6/4/2008, 1:50 pm

On dropped in to tell you how Raine/David came about.

According to interviews with David. He said Raine reached out to him after he did Innocent on AI.. They had being emailing each other since..

I knew he would end of working with David. Raine seems to be getting involved more and more with up and coming, and young artists..Good for him..

I think it is great David will work with Raine. Imagine how you would feel if someone you admired or was an influence on you -you get to work with. I be on cloud nine also..

I had this conversation with a friend this morning. Raine probably had more songs played here from artist he help write songs with then his own stuff..

Neil · Post by **Neil** » 6/4/2008, 6:09 pm

Gail's got a point. Imagine if David's first radio hit was like co-written, developed, etc. by Raine. That's huge for him. Whether or not we like David Cook's voice (I'm soooo glad he beat Archalube) things could be worse.

Examples of worse are Bo Bice, Clay Gaykien, Ruben Studdard, oh and that one bitch that sounded like Macy Gray and made me wish I were deaf.

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 6/4/2008, 10:31 pm

xjsb125 wrote:Robbo said it best, and I'll say it again. Art appreciation is all subjective to the viewer. No one person's opinion is more right or wrong than another's.

Actually, I'm pretty sure my opinion is way more right than everyone else's.

:eek:

Lando · Post by **Lando** » 6/5/2008, 3:43 am

i'm going to agree with sarah.

Post by **xjsb125** » 6/5/2008, 4:07 am

Well, you're wrong. Same goes for Sarah.

Lando · Post by **Lando** » 6/5/2008, 4:41 am

i'm going to agree with matt.

Dr. Hobo · Post by **Dr. Hobo** » 6/5/2008, 6:37 am

*shaves his head and flashes his junk while running around doing crazy things for attention*

Lando · Post by **Lando** » 6/6/2008, 12:53 am

i'm going to agree with the junk.. wait! I mean sand.

damn hypnotizing junk...

Dr. Hobo · Post by **Dr. Hobo** » 6/6/2008, 8:53 am

im not sure whether to be offended or flattered

Tattooed Angels · Post by **Tattooed Angels** » 6/6/2008, 10:46 am

Leave it to Sand to add humour to all of this.. :lol:

Tattooed Angels · Post by **Tattooed Angels** » 6/10/2008, 4:12 pm

another piece of interview with David Cook. From ESPN -The Magazine

What's been the coolest thing you've done post-Idol?
I actually got to write with one of my musical heroes, a guy named Raine Maida from Our Lady Peace. I got to sit down and write some songs with him, and that was pretty heavy. I listened to Our Lady Peace growing up. It got me through the teenage angst.

crustine · Post by **crustine** » 7/10/2008, 8:33 pm

this from an interview with David Cook

Who else have you worked with on the album?
I've written with a few people. I got a chance to write with Raine Maida [lead singer] of Our Lady Peace. That was just crazy. He was so nice. I got to write with Zac Maloy of The Nixons, which was cool. Let's see, who else? I got to write with Jason Wade of Lifehouse. I guess I’m lucky. Everyone I've written with has been so nice and really cool. It's been very fruitful. I'm really excited about where the record's headed.
You did Our Lady Peace's "Innocent" on the show. How did you discover the band? They're biggest in border towns and you're from Missouri.
There was a dude that I went to high school with. He was a year or two older than me. At that point, I was really trying to get into some new music. He said, "Well here. Listen to this record." It was Our Lady Peace's "Clumsy." "You can borrow this, da da da." It took me six months to get it back to him. I just loved the record. Then, once college hit and "Gravity" came out, I re-immersed myself in it. I went back and started listening to "Spiritual Machines" and "Happiness ... is Not a Fish That You Can Catch." The ambient stuff on those records is so solid. You just get lost in it. You see the charitable stuff that Raine does and that solidified it for me. I remember watching very recently his video treatment for "Yellow Brick Road," that song he did on his solo record. It was amazing. He goes out and plays acoustic on the streets all day to try to raise $30,000 to build a school in Africa. It's easy for somebody of his stature to kind of rest on his laurels a little bit. The fact that he is so active--I respect him more than I could ever put into words.