Somebody Pass the Coffee

I can barely keep my eyes open today. Garrett slept terribly last night. Not sure if it was because it was cold and he kept kicking off the covers, or if he was having nightmares. He kept crying and yelling in his sleep, but when I would go in to check on him, most of the time he was still asleep. I know I should look at this as him getting me prepared for a new baby in June, but I'll deal with that in June. I want my sleep now.

So if I can manage to stay awake long enough, I wanted to share with you a new CD that came out yesterday. (And all my family is rolling their eyes right about now.) As some of you know, I'm a big fan of the newest American Idol winner, David Cook. His first CD came out yesterday and can I just say that it's awesome! Yes, I'm biased, but I do think that the majority of you would agree with me if you were to give it a chance. He has an early 90's sound to his music, which I prefer, but of course I was in junior high and high school in the early 90's and I think that period of time in anyone's life is pretty much when your taste in music is formed. He's more of a rocker than a pop singer. However, you can understand the lyrics and it's not the shouty-type of music. There are several slower, ballad songs as well, which are equally awesome.

So can I recommend a couple of tracks if you decide to check him out? Of course I would personally suggest you listen to the whole thing because, in my opinion, there isn't a song on there that isn't good, but here's a few recommendations.

If you prefer a ballad you have to check out "Permanent", "I Did it For You", "Avalanche" (I can't find either of these anywhere on YouTube, but you could listen to a 30 second snippet on iTunes), and "Lie". (Most of these song titles are linked to the song on YouTube.)

If your tastes run more towards the up tempo, rocker songs then you should listen to "Bar Ba Sol", "A Daily AntheM", and "Declaration". My personal favorites are "Come Back to Me" and "Heroes". The person who put Come Back to Me on YouTube, set it to parts of the movie "The Notebook" and I must say that it fits this song. I had to include that because I know it will coerce my sisters to check it out because of our love of "The Notebook".

A couple of things for you to know about the album. David wrote all the songs but two (Bar Ba Sol and Light On). Permanent and A Daily AntheM were both written for and about his older brother who has brain cancer. A Daily AntheM is spelled that way intentionally because his brother's name is Adam. And while this is his first major record label album, this is not his first time recording an album, so he does have the experience needed to hopefully become successful. I personally equate him to Bryan Adams, but we'll have to watch his success over the next few years to see if that label suits him.

Let me know if you listen to any of these and what you think of them. There are more songs on the album that aren't here, but I tried to refrain myself, lest you all think I've gone off the deep end.