David Cook Light On
By Jason on Sep 23, 2008 in David Cook | 2 Comments | |
David Cook Light On – Here is David Cook’s first single called “Light On,” that was produced by Rob Cavallo .Listen to David Cook’s “Light On” after after the jump.
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melissa | Sep 25, 2008 | Reply
I really wanted to like this single, but I just can’t. David’s uniqueness does not translate in the song. There is nothing separating this release from run of the mill Daughtry or Nickelback release – who he should be trying to separate himself from with a quickness. Aside from writing the song, there is way too much of Chris Cornell’s vibe in it – the music sounds too much like Soundgarden, and if you close your eyes and listen closely, it sounds like Cornell is singing. If I wanted a Chris Cornell record, I would buy one from Chris Cornell. I didn’t expect to hear David lose so much of what makes him special…his fans from the show will buy it in droves… I’m not so sure he will have such an easy sell to the public at large… I’m lowering my previous expectations for the album, and hope there is more authentic and substantive David Cook material in it.
dina | Sep 26, 2008 | Reply
I love this song. Of his previous work, I also love Stitches / Let Go / Porcelain / Optimisc to A Fault / Searchlights / his renditions of Eleanor Rigby / Daytripper / All I Really Need Is You / Little Sparrow / Billie Jean (of course!) / Hello / Innocent (the studio version is far and away the most amazingly good track ever released by AI. In fact, I love his versions almost better than any of the original singers. And he totally killed Music of the Night by a dramatic straightforward rendition of the song. The unique quality of David Cook: his vocal versatility. But this is also the very thing that could be a problem for him because he attracts fans of all sorts of genres who bring with them their baggage of expectations. So David is an artist who will never ever be able to fulfill everyone’s expectations. I hope he never tries to. Whether this will help him commercially, I don’t know. But his artistic choices will always be interesting. I’m lucky, because my musical tastes are all over the map too – I can love a piece of classical music as much as an alt-grunge dirge or a bopping pop fluff or a rock-rap anthem or a retro blues number or, yes, a power emo-rock ballad. I almost wish David would try all of the above. Not many could pull it off, but I think he can!