I mentioned in my twitter report that I was surrounded by David Archuleta fans where I was sitting. They were all pretty cool. So were the cook and Jason fans. It was like a party in my section.The last-minute seaters. Everyone was so delighted to be sitting in front row and center, everyone was in a great mood. Fans of all Idols were bonding all over the place! Heh. No, seriously, people were incredibly polite. We didn’t need no freaking security guards keeping order in our section. Good thing, because there weren’t any around!
Hooray that I was able to get some really beautiful close-ups of Archie’s performances tonight. If he was having vocal issues in the past weeks, I thought he sounded in great voice tonight. And like the other Idols, the awesome crowd energized him. Speaking of which, check out the awesome Archie dance!
Check out the videos of all his performances after the JUMP…
Angels:
Apologize:
Stand By Me:
When You Say You Love Me:
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Wow! Great vids. Thanks for sharing. Archuleta is definitely amazing. :)
Archie sounds fabulous! His voice seriously sounds so solid!
wow those are some of the best videos i’ve seen! thanks mj!
Aw, those were awesome vids!! Thanks for taking them and posting them! He was definitely in great voice tonight (last night, really).
He sounded awesome last night!! I was sitting in the second row. So awesome to it it live that close. Thanks for the vids! ^__^
Thanks so much for the vids MJ! He’s in great voice, and the pics capture his expressiveness and emotion so well…..
You take great vids, mj
Thanks mj! Looks like Providence was a great audience! And so happy to see David in great voice and feeling chipper.
MJ did Archie was singing to you at the begining of WYSYLM????
Great videos…thanks
His “Angels” is brilliant, “Apologize” is great, love seeing him loosen up in “Stand By Me” & I really like his passion & confidence in the last song. Something takes over him when he’s singing, idk, I feel his heart. He’s one of the few who looks like an artist up there & not a karaoke singer.
Damn…it’s hard to believe I actually used to mock Archie and find him extremely annoying. He more than grew on me, heh.
ETA: MJ’s videos are THE best.
WOW! Thanks a lot. I have never posted here before but man the seats you had were amazing! The videos are just out of the park too.
LOVE HIS HAIR! AWE LOVE HIM!
Oh by the way I just LOVE his new video.
wow..thanks, MJ..these are amazing and he sounds fantastic…audience sure loved him
“He’s one of the few who looks like an artist up there & not a karaoke singer.”
It’s nice to see Archie getting so many new fans. I always felt that way about him and hated the comparisons to Cook (real artist) and Archie (robot). They’re completely different and people can certainly prefer one to another but Archie is a real musician who puts his heart and soul into everything he does.
I have to say that David was on fire in these videos. Looking back at the season, he has come so far. It is amazing, and I can’t wait to see what’s next. The “leaked” Crush music video is great. Check it out if you haven’t. MJ thanks for taking such great videos!!
He melted my heart!
Wow! Nicely put, and oh so true.
I loved Angels…..I mean I love Robbie Williams doing it, it’s a a great song, but David infuses it with something extra special, to just catapult it to another level entirely. He is a musical soul, and a soulful musician. Thanks for giving us the full ‘enchilada’ Mj!
“He’s one of the few who looks like an artist up there & not a karaoke singer”
Love that! Glad he grew on you…
I love how DA changes up the songs just a bit with every performance. I think I’ve pretty much seen all of them from the tour and he does a little something different each time. MJ~Did you go to the after party thingy?
ok, this is sort of random, but has he always changed the lyrics in “Beautiful Girls” from “suicidal” to “in denial”? I think that I have heard him sing suicidal before, but now he’s definitely saying in denial.
hmmmm….
I see that now. In fact, & forgive me for comparing the two, I now see more originality with Archie than I do with Cook. He’s that much more believable as an artist imo. Dadchuleta has lended his advice a number of times but I know almost all of Archie’s arrangements are his own. After watching a good number of interviews with him, I’ve realized he is in fact a bright & eloquent kid - as a result, I no longer find it as hard to believe he himself understands what he’s singing about. He has yet to experience the half of it but I can hear/see he FEELS the music & lyrics. I still prefer Jason’s tone (& pretty much everything) majorly over Archie’s but I am now even able to look past Archie’s breathy vocals that used to aggravate me like hellll, haha. Cook has a great voice, a lot of command and confidence onstage, a fabulous laugh & an awesome personality when he’s not in posey mood but the excitement I felt from him on Idol, has gradually worn off. I was initially totally awed by his song arrangements. I knew a couple of them were heavily inspired by other cover versions but I later realized they were all pretty much replicas - & they don’t surpass the original cover versions, imo. Perhaps Cookie’s upcoming album will win me back over. Though I love rock n’ roll, folk, indie, jazz, reggae etc. & I assume Cook headed towards grunge-rock which I can’t stand lol. Jeeeeeeezus, this has turned into an essay. Bottom line: DA may still peform those ‘robotic’ movement thingies (I guess they reinforce the vocals??) but that boy is far from a robot. Kid’s got soul.
David was amazing. One of the best videos from live tour. Thanks mj!
Holy crap. This kid is a star!
Zeppelin, hope you know you will most likely be quoted on every Archie fansite across the web. We love seeing people finally understand David.!
MJ,
I keep coming back to your site just to watch these David vids from last night. I can’t believe how amazing he is! He just keeps getting more and more impressive!
MJ, you are the best EVAH. Great vids. I bet Archie burns the sparkle suit and Harry Potter clothes after Tulsa. Hee.
Zeppelin, high five. Really appreciate your post. :)
*Hi5’s back* :D
Note: This does NOT make me an ArchAngel lol!
Don’t worry, we won’t tell a soul, lol.
*snicker*
I don’t think you’re in danger of getting that label just yet, but there’s still time.
Zeppelin - come over to the dark side - or shall we say the “LIGHT” side? It’s great over here!
Zeppelin, no worries. Remember, only tween girls and grandmas “get” Archie.
;)
But since we are all liking you so much right now, we can give you an honorary number ;D
LOL, you guys crack me up! ^.^
&; just in case y’all are wandering, I’m a 19 year old female…..
Love love Love these videos!
I HAVE to have a good copy of Angels on a cd. I need to start sifting through all of them!
Speaking of Angels, Anyone heard the song Angels on the Moon by Thriving Ivory? Love that song!
Awfully young for a grannie, or is it old for a tween? LOL!
Someone asked why Archie changed the words from “suicidal” to “in denial”: It was reported on one of Archie’s sites that he changed the lyrics because his mom heard it and didn’t like him singing the “suicidal” part…
Ok, the things thta we do for our mothers…. mmm I guess is ok
These are some of the most amazing videos of David during the tour! The close ups during Apologize about knocked me over.
He was in great voice at this concert. And WYSYLM was breathtaking. It made me cry. He totally owns that song (and my heart) when he sings it.