Mix Tape Monday

It is true.
Idol Mania has taken over.
I have never really been a big fan of the show.
But that was before.
Before what? you ask.
Before David Cook.
So here in his honor, my mixtape.

I made this music player at MyFlashFetish.com.


First up is the song that started it all (for me.)

Randy called this an emo version of the original.
I remember sitting there thinking
what was that?
That was different.
Next, the original "Hello" by Lionel Richie.
Do you remember that music video?
Go here to see a real life demonstration (sort of.)

Third up is the song that made me fall.
In love that is.
He didn't sound perfect but there was something about his passion that resonated when he sang "Eleanor Rigby."
After that the original.
The name that originally came to Paul, though, was not Eleanor Rigby but Miss Daisy Hawkins. In 1966, McCartney recalled how he got the idea for his song:
“I was sitting at the piano when I thought of it. The first few bars just came to me, and I got this name in my head... 'Daisy Hawkins picks up the rice in the church'. I don't know why. I couldn't think of much more so I put it away for a day. Then the name Father McCartney came to me, and all the lonely people. But I thought that people would think it was supposed to be about my Dad sitting knitting his socks. Dad's a happy lad. So I went through the telephone book and I got the name McKenzie.”
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The third and final David Cook song of the day is last week's masterpiece "Billie Jean."
Did you know that this was not a cover of the original song? It was a cover of the cover.
Read more about that here.
I was a little disappointed to find out that David didn't arrange this himself like originally thought he had.
But he did an amazing job with it either way.
Lastly, instead of that cover, though,
I give you Michael Jackson's original
"Billie Jean."

How do you think David will do this week?
Will he impress yet again?
I can't wait to find out.