David Cook Leaves The "Light On" (Al Gore Does Not Approve)

David Cook is beautiful hunk of a man. Now that I've gotten that part out of the way, I can try to judge his new single "Light On."

The song open with a piano, but only for a second. It breaks into a moody guitar line and then the gruff vocals of the Best AI Winner Since Kelly (hyperbole? perhaps...) begin. Emotive, but also with a rock star's swagger, David pleads with his girl to "try to leave a light on when I'm gone/something I can rely on to get home" with the vocal prowess of a young Steven Tyler. The production is more Nickleback/Daughtry however, very inoffensive hard-rock. But it's the voice that puts it over the edge, David Cook can rock without resorting to the Emo-whine of Boys Like Girls or even Buckcherry; nor the cookie-monster word-swallowing that prevails in the harder rock arena. This is David's niche, a rock star who can sing like a pop star. And he makes the most of it. Listen at his MySpace.