It Never Ends For David Cook....
So as we all know, David has a knack for finding covers of older songs that were redone by newer bands. Ryan obviously had credited Chris Cornell and remake of Billie Jean last week, but now "Eleanor Rigby" is creating a stir. Even though people had spoken out about how he ripped it off from a band, now the BAND actually has something to say.


Though Chris Cornell was acknowledged to be the source of David Cook's "Billie Jean" rearrangement on last week's American Idol, another band has come out demanding Cook (pictured) credit their cover of "Eleanor Rigby." Doxology, a rock-soul group out of Seattle (who happen to be pals with last season's runner-up Blake Lewis), claim that on March 11 Cook performed their version of the Beatles' classic — which has been available on the band's myspace page and iTunes since January 2007 — without crediting them.

In a statement issued to the press on Saturday, lead vocalist Luke McPherson contends, "When given the opportunity to speak up and reveal where the arrangement came from, David Cook did not. His silence on the issue implies that the arrangement is his own. It is not." The band is careful to note that they are fans of the show and they are not seeking royalties (which they would have earned off of iTunes sales had their name been mentioned on air). Their impetus: "We just want David Cook and American Idol to do the right thing and acknowledge these facts. It's that simple." Whether Cook was actually aware of their version is still unclear as representatives for Fox could not be reached for comment over the weekend.

Read the band's full press release after the jump.

Seattle, WA – March 28, 2008: After much deliberation, Doxology is releasing a statement to the press. There are many reasons that the Seattle area band feels it is necessary to shed some light on recent events. First and foremost, Doxology is not angry with David Cook or American Idol. They are, however, troubled by the lack of public acknowledgement that the arrangement of "Eleanor Rigby," used by David Cook on American Idol's March 11, 2008 episode and its’ subsequent iTunes studio recording, is a near note-for-note copy of a unique demo arrangement recorded by Doxology in 2006. The band feels that David is a great performer, and they are also supporters and fans of American Idol (Blake Lewis, a good friend of the band, was last season's American Idol runner up). Secondly, Doxology is in disagreement with Idol's decision to post David Cook's performance and studio recording on iTunes. This allows American Idol to profit from the David Cook, March 11th performance and studio recording, without crediting the source for the recording's arrangement. This is not the first time American Idol has had to deal with this type of issue. During season 5 of Idol, Chris Daughtry used an arrangement from a band without crediting his source. To listen to Doxology’s original demo recording of “Eleanor Rigby” and additional original song selections visit www.myspace.com/dxband.

Doxology lead vocalist Luke McPherson: "Our main issue is that when given the opportunity to speak up and reveal where the arrangement came from, David Cook did not. His silence on the issue implies that the arrangement is his own. It is not." Luke goes on to say, "We were even more surprised when the studio recording, released Thursday morning, was even more of a note-for-note instrumental copy of Doxology's recording. I want to be clear. We are not seeking royalties. That's not what this is about. The compensation we are asking for is the easiest and least expensive around – we, at minimum, want David Cook and/or American Idol to admit that the arrangement he performed on March 11th, and then went into the studio and recorded for immediate sale, was not only inspired by, but almost completely carbon copied from our arrangement. We just want David Cook and American Idol to do the right thing and acknowledge these facts. It's that simple."

Source: http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/03/idol-seattle-ba.html

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Oy vey people, huh? When will this all end?! lol. Thoughts?
I personally am just tired of people exploding about this. Now, I do think David shouldn't be smug about the whole situation because that won't help him. But I'm just tired of this whole "he said she said" shenanigans. If David DID indeed take the arrangement from the band, he should just say "Hey thanks man, this band is cool beans" or something like that. I don't think he needs to bend over for them though! And I know that's not what they're asking but I mean I am personally tired of the whole "boo hoo he stole my arrangement." I mean technically, every time someone performs any song on the show, (let's say that Syesha DOES indeed sing the Dolly Parton "I Will Always Love You" song, and that she does the Whitney version. Do we really think that Whitney is going to speak out crying like "She stole my arrangement! That wasn't the Dolly version! Oh woe is me!"
Oy vey. I'm just tired of drama queens. If David Cook knew about the arrangement beforehand, then yeah, it'd be nice to give the band some credit. But I think everybody just needs to calm down!