American Idol - Kansas City 08-29 Concert Review

So my wife is 9 months pregnant due the following Monday and we end up taking my Niece and Nephew to The Sprint Center to see the American Idol 2008 Tour. This is obviously a big stop as David Cook is a local.

I watched the American Idol show this season, but never would have thought that I would have ended up going to actually see one of these concerts.

The top 10 contestants all go out on the tour and perform individual and group songs. Because fo the strong group this year they had contestants 3-10 do 3 songs each and David Arculeta did 4 and David Cook did 5.

So my biggest concern of the night was to make sure I had a good parking spot close by and to be prepared in case my wife went into labor. So fortunately in the 2 1/2 hour set that was done we survived without incident and made it home.

So Chikezie came out first and did a few numbers followed by Romiele, both were ok like on the show. Then Michael Johns came out and got everyone going. He played some Queen and did a great job. Kristy Lee Cook followed up looking nice these days in her tight pants and low cut top, or high cut that is. She sang some country tunes and the Proud to be an American song. She put on a good performance.

Carly Smithson came out and did some of the numbers she did on TV followed by Brooke White who did her Let It Be as well as Coldplay's Yellow. Jason, where's the weed, Castro came out and did Somewhere Over the Rainbow with his ukelele and a couple other tunes. Not bad, but not great. then Syesha Mercado did a couple of songs that were nice.

David Archuleta did some tunes, but not his new hit single Crush. I'm surprised they didn't try to get that one in for some sales. He had the little girls all screaming and actually sang pretty good.

The night was almost over, but it was David Cook that most were there to see. He came out in a KC Chiefs jersey and jammed out some tunes that he did on the show. He played a cool version of Hero, from Foo Fighters, dedicating it to his brother Adam. He also did Time of My Life and Billy Jean as well as an Aerosmith tune. There was one other, but I can't remember.

It was actually a pretty performance from all the Idols. The place was packed and the people went crazy all night long. A fun time for something I never thought I would do.

It wasn't until the next day at 4pm that my wife called me from the shopping mall to tell me that her water broke and she was on her way home. 2 1/2 hours later our son was born. A pretty good weekend I would say.

David Cook - The Time Of My Life - Idol Review

So in all of the years of the show American Idol I had never watch an actual season. I always watched those tryouts and the tools who came back every year even though the sucked big time. They must have mental issues or just want to always be known as the complete idiots of the world. Anyways, this year my wife sucked me into the show and I watched it from end to end.

I just moved to Kansas City, MO so for me Blue Springs, MO didn't mean a thing, it might as well have been Madison, WI or something. I come to find out that it's basically a subburb of our little KC town. From the top 12 I knew that David Cook would be the one to beat. Everything about him screamed - I'm the one - the voice, style and versitility he has is amazing. I can't believe it took this show for him to make it. Sounds like he put in some years here in KC working hard at it and new really took off.

At first I never called in a single time because I watched the show after voting on the DVR. Then as it came down to the final 6 or so I started dialing in and getting my David Cook votes in for fear that some dipshit like Jason would win because women thought he was cute or he was the vote for the worst person - who knows.

From week to week David Cook was consistant putting out great sound from Opera, rock, Dolly Parton, Neil Diamond and the rest. I personally thought that David A. would win because all the teens voting for him. Personally I saw him as nothing more that a good kid, with a kind heart hanging on the puppet strings of his father. He has no versitility in his going and will do well as a christian singer or something in that nature. I do wish him luck as this was a lot for a 16 year old to go through.

Back to Cook - The man of the hour - the week and hopefully a successful career going forward. I see this guy blowing away the likes of Clay, Ruben, Daughtry, Clarkson and the rest. He has a good heart and doesn't seem like he will et it go to his head too bad. Hopefully he stays grounded and remembers where he came from.

David's cd Analog Heart is great. I think lyrically you can tell it's a start and needs some work, but the voice and arrangemnts are amazing. When they do put it out again I would certainly pick it up if I were you. Plus all those great studio versions iTues sold through the competition are good ones to have.

I wish this guy nothing but success in teh years to come. He was up against some good, some bad and some ugly and really came through.