No, I’m not talking about Barack Obama wrapping up the Democratic Nomination, I’m talking about David Cook winning American Idol.  If any of you y2kers care what I think about the American Idol finish, check back after the break.

 So, I know some of you all probably think I am bias, because this guy spent a few years of his life mastering his craft in my favorite city: Tulsa, Oklahoma, but this guy really is awesome (anyone that saw the Guitar Hero commercial from last night has to agree with me, youtube it if you haven’t seen it.)  I was 100% convinced that the other David from Utah had this thing wrapped up.  Maybe it was the fact that he was a teenager and little teen girls in reality probably run this country right now (by that I mean they probably have the most buying power).  It also could have been the fact that at the age of 17, that could could flat out sing.  He is one of the best singers I have heard in a while.  The kid has natural talent to sing and will have a good career singing songs that other people write.  BUT, David Cook is a natural.  He is so relaxed on stage, he took risks during the whole competition, and refused to back down, even when people said he should sing one of his “money” songs for the final episode.  That, by the way, is exactly what the other David did when he sang the best song ever written for the finale.  For the second time this season, he sang “Imagine” by John Lennon.  For those of you that know me, you know how I feel about John.  For those that don’t, I’ll just say that I think he is the best song-writer that has ever lived.  Period.  Now the fact that Archuleta decided to sing only the last verse of “Imagine” makes me mad.  But, that is a problem I have with the whole show in general.  I don’t know how you all feel about music, but I consider it a work of art, much like I consider film.  You wouldn’t want to watch 1/2 or even 1/4 of a movie, so why would you want to hear that much of a song.  So, when they do that to Beatles’ music (especially John Lennon music) I get a little bitter.   But, those are the rules of the show, and they have to follow them.  That being said, I thought Archuleta was a good singer (as I said earlier) but he messed up too many times (forgetting words, to Beatles’ songs none the less) but also was a bit too cheesy.  I know that seems like an obvious statement for American Idol, but he took it to the extreme.  That being said, I would like to congratulated David Cook.  HIs version of songs (although, admittedly, a lot of them had already been done by “established” musicians) were nonetheless different for a show of this kind.  I hope he has a good career and does not forget the years he spent in T-Town.  Thanks for hanging in there for all that, hopefully I will have some spare time in the near future to talk about things that reallly matter, such as the future of our country or Sooner Football.