This is Outrageous!

This makes me so mad, I could just spit.

Here's the thing. I heard on Fox news TODAY that David Cook has an independently released CD from 2006 and that you can download it at Amazon MP3. Also, it has been #1 for awhile now, even beating Mariah's new CD (in MP3 downloads). So, immediately I surfed over to the Amazon site and looked it up. I really wanted to listen to it and get a feel for the type of music he'd make. The news anchor said the album title was Analog Heart, but I couldn't find that or anything by searching David's name. Then I found this chat on Amazon's site for the missing album. Which led me to several other links, here they are:
(I put them in order of importance/interest. The first one's the one where you can actually listen to his music.)

http://www.davidcooktheamericanidol.com/music/
Hear the CD.

http://mjsbigblog.com/david-cooks-analog-heart-pulled-from-amazon.htm
Informative article. Other Idolers have had CDs sell while on the show!

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/entertainment/cant-keep-a-good-man-down-david-cook-on-american-idol-161444/;_ylt=AnulL_eI.CZvE4x2ku__VlV1bqU5
Some chick's Yahoo! blog.

http://www.last.fm/music/David+Cook
Info on what he's done.

http://www.rickey.org/?p=7716
Some guy's blog. Carly's and Kristy's previously released CDs are still available on Amazon... why?!


Cook was also in a band called Axium. He was the lead singer/guitarist. Those CDs are not available, but a few tracks are available for listening at that first link.

Apparently, the MP3s were pulled just days ago from Amazon.
Who else thinks this totally stinks?!

PS. I loved the music from Analog Heart. Everyone should go listen to it.


** To clarify, Cristin said she was confused as to what I am ticked off about, because we have been mad about this season being full of contestants that were previously signed to record labels ie; Carly, Kristy, and Michael. However, David Cook's CD was independently released, therefore he was never signed with a label as a solo artist, or with his band, Axium. The thing I am mad about is Amazon's pulling of his independent album, Analog Heart, for no apparent reason. Amazon and/or American idol is/are (a) big poo-head(s).


Update:

At this link there is a link to this article (by Roger Friedman at FoxNews.com) which is the supposed cause for the pulling of Analog Heart from Amazon. The guy that wrote it is a real moron and has none of his facts straight. This guy's response to the Fox article is hilarious, here's a bit of it:

Friedman is a little late to the “ringer” controversy. It raged months ago, when it was discovered that Carly Smithson, Kristy Lee Cook and Michael Johns had honest-to-goodness major record deals before they auditioned for Idol. David Cook is considered a non-ringer in the controversy. The fact that he released an independent CD two years ago that’s now available on rinky-dink Amazon mp3 downloads hardly elevates him to ringer status in my book. Nice, Friedman–making a mountain out of a molehill.