David Cook & ZZ Top -Sharp Dressed Man -American Idol Finale

[jabom99]

who's the douche singing with ZZ top?

[mariosapm]

I think B. Gibbons makes a mistake on 2.05???? And then he quickly starts playing the solo again...

[N1ewidomy]

ZZ Top, awesome beard men.

[Nerdhot]

I am a huge ZZ top fan, and I think David cook did very good, or else they wouldn't of sung with him. But, he was a sellout just like the rest of the damn idols, instead of doing music, they're obviously talented at, they all end up doing crappy pop music

[DaughtryGirl8]

i cant believe its been 2 years. :-)

[Ezdduf4kuZ]

This is the song that did it for David, when it comes to desicion making, apart from that I would have to say David Cook edged out his opponent by his age alone..otherwise had they been the same age, it would be that I favored this ZZ Top classic & would use it as a tie breaker. Australian idol...you'll notice Anthony Callea and the voice of his(so dramatic). David & David don't compare to Anthony. Check out his prayer alone, many videos but only one. may I repeat. only one Anthony.

[yamahaua]

sounds good

[radc898989]

son la maldita ley!

[dcrocksmyworld1]

LUV DC. i have playing cards with a different pic of his face on every one

[HaikuAutomation]

Sad to see ZZ on Idol, but then again its business now not art. As for Cook being out of place, well goes without saying doesn't it?

[bl709]

GO COOK! and its kinda odd, lambert played with kiss, an all guy band, then he goes and kisses a guy!

[WEISSERZWERG]

when this is the way rock music will go i rather die.ZZ TOP never needed castings, so, where is combination?

[TheGibsonPlayer]

my biggest dream is to play with ZZ Top :)

[RockingLikeTheDead]

hothothot

[wateromega]

out of all the sounds i heard from david cook,this song matces his voice the most,lol

[duffmckaganrules]

great song great band but the sound is compressed to hell.

[kuroganeblack]

Oh wow! They had a rocker on! That's kickass! Usually I don't pay attention to American Idol--but that's awesome!

And the song is totally true. I like a well-dressed man~

[horsefunfum]

I liked this more than Lambert with Kiss

[horsefunfum]

No I liked Lambert with Kiss, I just thought this was better

[doobsthegr8]

where's the sound?

good performance though

[Belle0308]

My favorite performance on idol EVER!

[Skye138]

The Kiss and Adam Lambert one was really good to, but I loved this one, especially when they forgot who was supposed to sing.

[gimmedatstick]

Great job! My favorite ZZ song.

[sammiiboyy]

Cook got a good voice

[ncreson]

cook rocks, archuleta sucks balls

[anitafrancesmac]

this was the best part of the finale... david cook rocked it with ZZ top ... they were fantastic... put your ear phones in for the best sound ... the video is not great quality tho... d.cook is the best idol ever...

[guitar143215]

nice

[kenrick34]

sharp dress man drums are sick

[diegoquito]

por Dios que asco este man del cook!!! los de zz top deben estar sin plata...

[robertgoul]

the other dude was cryin during this

[DeeDeeJ1354]

Great song with ZZ- Video not so good

[randyboots]

FIERCE

[Yssie08]

Cook is lucky to perform w/ZZ Top, & it's no wonder why he won, he truly has been the best American Idol, & at least he did justice for ZZ Top, not everyone can do that. Me & my daughter were so happy when he won.

[Jalynfein1]

You know the votes were over by that time right?

[xerxes106]

Look at Paula Abdul, no rhythm haha her clapping is way off, Cook is such a lucky bastard getting to jam with ZZ Top

[guildman14]

why the hell does cook have that guitar?? He does not even need it. but still cool

[techwiz81]

David Cook sucks. Billy should've taken the mic and shown him how it's done!

[Cuduvhadav8]

mhmm....he cant imatate zz top

[davidcooksweety]

david cook rocks! hes got an awesome voice! just cuz u dont like him, doesnt mean he sucks!

[JohnC20061000]

zz Top are the coolest men alive!

[prince318]

yeaahhh i agree with you. they're so fucking cool

[LordofBLTs]

That's like saying that grass is green. OF COURSE they are.

[wwechick99]

zz top and david cook are amazing

[luvablegurl89]

Cook is HOT!

[b435]

ZZ Top is awesome... David Cook recognized he was in the company of legends...

[DsherpaD]

u guys are idiots stop arguing and make comments about what the video is portraying not your own insolent minds

[hsmfan113]

i luved it!!! David cook should stop wearing eyeliner or mascara,ITS FOR GIRLS!!!!!!

[Gutalaxist]

LUCKY BASTARD!

[BluesMan88]

THAT LUCKY SON OF A BITCH!

[gus960]

cool dudes,and they got a sense of humour!! chandoosha!!!

[MAGICzkala]

paula is weird....

[Swecorn95]

ZZ top should win american idol!

[AllThingsMunkd]

Better than the original, in my opinion. Press here for thumbs down lol >

[xerxes106]

did it before i finished reading your comment haha

[emeraldxm]

Why did the mighty ZZ Top reduce themselves to this?

[thafreeworld]

I just don't know :(

[soheee]

And why would ZZ Top limit themselves? Open up.

[emeraldxm]

Because ZZ Top are a great rock band not a two minute wonder with zero talent (which is what these shows promote). Leave this shit to the grannies & teeny-boppers.

[TheChugulator]

Great Combination!

[Ninjaofawsomeness]

this song is badass

[wwefan4065]

lol 2:05 thts funny ya david! lol. david is a good singer. he rocks this song and im shure he was pumped to perform wit zz top! i no i would1 i mean come on, they are like the best rock band of all time, and this might be ma favorite song from them. but of course, the original version sung by just zz top may always be ma favorite. but i gotta hand it to him, he makes this song rock goood!

[iWUZhereYO]

ZZ top rock

[samstrat999]

Well American Idol is a sucky show, but this owns!

[zdurrant]

WTF?!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BoltThrower2000]

What a terrible way to ruin a good song.

[FloatingGrin]

Sucks for you that ZZ Top went on the oh so sucky American Idol show. Did they sell out? Or did they like David Cook enough to ask him to sing all 3 verses when it's obvious he didn't expect to do so? This is your cross to bear...I really don't care. You seem to care enough...sucks for you.

[BoltThrower2000]

Did you really describe this as my cross to bear? Really? You are comparing having to watch David Cook sing this song as being forced to carry a large, cumbersome object only to be nailed to it and beaten to death? Isn't that a bit much?

[dcgt2012]

QUOTE (kirakirainu)

"in an interview Cook actually said that he wasn't planning on singing more than one verse... but when he met ZZTop to practice... they said they wanted him to sing the WHOLE THING. Not really his fault, they wanted him to do it."

[chelsxlauren]

I hate american idol but this is badass

[blueskyypie]

To get to play with ZZTop, Awesome!

I love his guitar too!

What Fun!

[AgentDarrynsSIS]

well not every girl but i know i am

[MrsJonasbro]

I absolutely loved this performance! He tore it up!!! lol.

[sixfobrutha]

David Cook ROCKED the HELL outta that song!!!

[maynard789]

dude, take a look at the version of this song played by Chrome Division and you'll know what it means, to rock the hell out of anything!

[theloverofmovies91]

haha, i agree!!!

[luggo]

say it ain't so...

[supahdog]

It sounded much better with david singing

[blakfootx12]

OMGOSH!!! I LOVE THESE GUYS!!! <3

[AlexxFarrell]

i freakin love the cute dance he does at 2:05 hehehe WORK IT DAVID COOK! haha i love you and zz top <3

[gimpy666420]

shit pure fucking shit..lousy cover..how the hell did he get zz top to play with him??? what the fucks that guy singing sucks...zz top was awesome though as always

[creamydinkly]

shit, except for zz of course, the other guy justs a load of bullshit

[JamesHetfieldRox]

excellent cover but no one can get Gibbons' voice style

[polishprince1975]

True that no one can get Gibbons' voice style, but Nickelback covered this song at the VH1 Rock Honors. Chad Kroeger comes in a very, very close second. If you haven't seen it, it's worth watching.

[isisdagmar]

If his CD has music on it like this, I will be quite happy.

[nrckz]

this is great, 5 stars for you cook and ofcourse, zz top.

[joandenolong]

sexy dance lol 2:05

[goth6rose6]

2:05-2:08 :D <3 LMFAO !

[goth6rose6]

2:05-

[surfer53]

This guy should release this as a single. This live version vocally rocks. He has a voice like Elvis - perfect for rock, but did anybody see him do Phantom of the Opera?

[isisdagmar]

I am not a Webber fan largely (Sondheim all the way), but Cook's voice on those high notes was pretty astonishing.

[wotlef]

ZZ rules

[nxrck]

this rocks. zztop and cook were awesome

[ACDCRULES7408]

ZZ Top and David Cook Rock!

[Missbeardx]

he goes good with zztop.

i love zztop

[xxRockst4r]

that playing is just so he has something to do cause you cannot hear his guitar and it's picking so probably a clean tone and not necessary

[kstormcho]

sexy idk what it is but that was sexy

[mike20070]

Its great that he steps back during the solo, some guitarists would try and milk it and make it look like it was them doing the lead. Like Billie Joe Armstrong for example

[styxfan0504]

It was awesome to see David Cook play with ZZ Top. I like ZZ Top anyway, and David Cook deserved to win American Idol. This was an awesome performance with ZZ Top for him.

[termis69]

ZZ Top should have kicked that guy off stage LOL

[vorscht1999]

You got that right!RLMAO

[tjcbulldogs]

david cook just doin rythm zz top dude is doin the ass kickin guitar

[stuygriffen911]

my favorite zz top song!!!

[YourSimsMachine]

AWESOME!!!!!

[BNRSusie]

Where is David Cook's cd??? I'm impatiently waiting.

[kyle5son]

this song rocks

[csinychic]

oh my word!!!thats too cool!!!! love you david!!!

[indigolime]

man, cook is the luckiest son of a b*tch, haha, that my friend is an opportunity to be performing with the zz top. this was my favorite of the night, rock on cook.

[Hawk0127]

haha people need to bite it. tv and live performance are way different. lay off the engineers. they know what they are doing.

[005davidragon]

zz top should "draft" David Cook. he belongs with them. of course, he needs to grow a more suitable beard...

[FloatingGrin]

There were sound issues all season.  They need to fire whoever was doing sound and hire some competent engineers.

[tilly2wheels]

Great song. Could Archuleta have sung this type of song? I think not.

[katypucp]

archie??? OF COURSE NOT! but i want to see it...just ridiculis lol!

[AlabamaAxeman]

To all other Youtubers, please accept my apologies for the comments below. I was responding to idiots who had to start out by insulting me.

The issue is that Cook's guitar didn't come across in the mix. Listen to the guitar solo using HEADPHONES ...the ONLY guitar you hear is Gibbon's playing lead and no backing guitar from Cook. This was obviously a blunder by the Idol sound team and is NOT a negative remark on Cook's playing...he is a VERY GOOD guitarist and SOMEONE else screwed Cook over.

[vorscht1999]

He is a very good guitarist when you can't hear him play. I agree with you on that aspect!

[AlabamaAxeman]

Necro...are you as brain-dead as Ace down below? Did I say he wasn't playing? NO I didn't, you moron. I SAID there was a soundman blunder and Cook's guitar playing didn't come across in the mix. If you'd get your head out of your ass and watch and listen, you'd see the look of SURPRISE on Cook's face when he played and NOTHING was coming out.

Cook is a really good guitarist, but SOMEONE on the sound team screwed up....got it, F-TARD??

[AlabamaAxeman]

Hey, nice response.....listen dipshit, I've been playing longer than you've been alive. I'm also a sound engineer which means I use my ears and what's in between them. I not only listened to the song, I watched it several times as well. Cook's guitar shit the bed for whatever reason. It was NOT coming across in the final mix for whatever reason. If you're going to make rude, idiotic comments, perhaps you should at least know what the hell you're talking about.

[noattendance]

exactly archuleta is definately good on the slower songs .... cooks more rockish thats why versitility cause he can sing a lotta stuff.. well archuleta just 16 o 17 give him time and he will develope .... it dont mean he sucks ...

[noattendance]

archuleta doesnt suck ...its just that cooks voice is better on this .... archuleta is one of the best ive heard but cook definately is more veratile ..

[ferrari68]

What i didn't like is that archuleta looks like hes 12 and can only sing slow songs. He is definitely more suited for ballads and love songs and he relied on his "cuteness" to get him through some low points in the competition.

[Celticsgal247]

i ♥ u david cook u are soo awesome Arculeta u suck

[tdwags97]

i agree with Celticsgal247

archuleta sucks

[Celticsgal247]

ik he was too young to enter and his dad basically ran the show 4 him. david cook is wayyy better

[katypucp]

Totally agree! archie is too boring, he didn't deserve to be TOP 2

[MadamIero]

Total badass.

:]

[patriotsballboy79]

thats the coolest thing american idol has done! ZZ top is awesome and this is a good song so it balances its self out.

[997C4S]

How can you lose when you have an opportunity to rock with ZZ top. Billy Gibbons carries the tune with the smooth Texas blues guitar.

[DavidCookisTheBomb13]

Totally my favorite performance EVER!

i love DC! -randi-

[oldford71]

that musta been a dream come true for him..

[hilaryduff8271]

wow that was AWESOME! I love him so much!

[onixeye]

man, cook is the luckiest son of a b*tch, that my friend, is an opportunity....

[pogodamunky]

Lucky bastard...

[thobiashs]

Umm, I prefer ZZ Top alone...

[metalmaniac58]

dc's guitar guitar is off.. dammit!

[inspiredbyDC]

oh, man the best part is 2:05 he says he cant dance, 1st of all i cant either and 2nd of all, HE IS SOOOO WRONG!!!!he is one sexay dancer!

[TDRapper2000]

:-)

[BlackyMohana]

Nice one!!

[xadamsxx95]

David Cook rox! i luv him!!!!!!!! THIS SONG ROX THX 4 MAKING THE VIDEO!

[addison4590]

he wasnt as good as zz top alone

[lornanorman]

David Cook and ZZTop should sing a new song together and put it on his upcoming cd. they really naile dthis group for him

[boytangengotz12]

david rocx!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MCRomance2828]

every girl is crazy about the sharped dressed man which is david cook!!!!this was 1000000000 times better than david zrchuleta with one republic...its not 1 republic's fault, it was david archuleta's fault for spoiling apologize

[JBrothers4lyf3]

i luv dha part at 1:58 he is a sexxii mutha fucka

[ACARABBAL]

THIS IS WHAT I CALL MUSIC!!!!!!

[vreinurine]

David Cook's powerful rock voice outshined everyone on the shows. He's the real winner and nobody else.

[RedRocker34]

david did that song so awesome it was sick nasty!

[itsgoodforyourcolons]

David Cook is MY SHARP DRESSED MAN

ehem sorry OUR Sharp Dressed Man

just to be fair to other David Cook fans

[brendaleeeaston]

david an zz top rocks hell ya xxx

[krazytriplets33]

i luv david cook and zz top! that is y this rox! zz top is kinda dumb looking but they rock!

[blknix]

hey dont mess with the zz top, trust me, cook is lucky to be with them, thats a once in a lifetime experience..

[julesro06]

ZZ Top are one of the best known and greatest bands they are legends!

[lizzuneverknow]

ill go after that sharp dressed man anytime

[qg6ff]

i think this is my favorite david cook performance

and hate to say it, but david cook probably makes people say daughtry who?

[cementary17gates]

u pick the song.. he nails it...he is amazing...he can sing anything!!!

[colerainfirekitty]

2:08 is the best time in the hole show watch his legs

[sisters19856]

haha what a nice stupid comment...whether the guitar is plugged or not at least we know and hear who sings the song and I have no doubts at all that David Cook can very well play this song all by himself and it would sound the exactly the same!!! Only jealous people write negative comments!!! Cheers David!!! xox

[ScottXC91]

The guitar is plugged in. He's playing rythmn.

[RodneyAtkinsFan123]

lol, he did amazing, he sounds like the actual person that sings it!

Hes so hot!

[ph33rthereaper123]

he's good but no way he sounds like the origenal, you can't beat the origenal.

[FloatingGrin]

He's not trying to sound like them. He sounds like David Cook. What a silly thing to say.

[krazytriplets33]

i agree who would say that!

[stevieb6966]

that shirt lifter isint even playin,i put any money his guitar isint plugged in!id like to tink zz took turns on paula after the show!!

[SportyDiva95]

ur just jealous cuz ur fat n ugly

[kyle5son]

this is the best when david cook singd and is would suck if archuleta sung

[xXSoraTheAvatarXx]

Other than David Cook winning, this was the best part of the evening!!

[oiyabastard]

ummmm. crapy karaoke sounding shit. zz top suck now . they used to boogie woogie down to the ground. rock it tight . the 70s zz top is the shit . grab a bottle of anything and put on zz top best of

and REJECT THESE BULLSHIT TALENT SHOWS SHOULD BE THE GONG SHOW

[davidcooksweety]

david cook rocks!!!!!! love him!

[skylershaye]

one of the best performances ever!!! DC is a pro...love him!

[minnesotajz]

This is an absolutely spine tingling awesome perfomance!!

Love David and ZZ!

What a great opportunity for him.

[genkigirlvc]

What was Idol thinking? Crusty old ZZ top with the Mega-Hot Mr. Cook? Ugh! ZZ must have needed some dusting off...and had some GREAT agents. This song would have been a Major DUD if it hadn't been for David Cook. Poor DAVID!

[THOSE2MUSKETEERS]

hello. news flash. it was. and still is huge. maybe if you opened your ears there is more genres of music than just one. ZZ is huge. this song was made in the 70s. i agree this performance isnt great, but the ORIGINAL version of this song is classic. Ugh!. ignorance

[jimdandygo]

This is an 80s ZZ song, other than that, I agree. Peace.

[uncomfortablepanda]

this is awesome. on both david c and david a's collaborations they performed better than the people they were performing with xD