David Archuleta – The Today Show – Video
After wrapping up his Christmas tour in Westbury, NY last night, David hit the Today show in New York City this morning to sing “Angels, We Have Heard On High” from his new Christmas album, Christmas from the Heart.
Bonus: Hijinks ensued at last night’s final concert in Westbury, NY. David’s tour manager, Ray joins him on stage to sing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” After, the crowd sings an early “Happy Birthday” to David, who turns 19 on December 28.
NEW: Added fluffy interview with Kathy Lee and Hoda.
Videos after the JUMP…
Angels We Have Heard on High
Interview with Kathy Lee and Hoda
David and Ray sing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” in Westbury
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Archie fans are an intrepid lot. That Westbury video looks like he had a good crowd last night, when Long Island was buried under 2 feet of snow. I was actually wondering if the show might be cancelled.
so were a lot of fans will… the weather and the potential cancellation was a hot topic all yesterday… there was and always is a lot of anticipation and excitement to see david in concert, so it doesn’t really surprise me that people made their way through that roaring snowstorm to get to see and hear him on the last night of the tour… an intrepidly dedicated lot, though i’m sure if it had gotten worse , they would have cancelled like they did due to weather in st.paul… ray and david take safety seriously, as evidenced in the boston house of blues concert saturday night, when david asked the crowd to stop pushing forward, and asking from the stage if a girl who had fainted, or was feeling faint, if she was ok – mj was there for that, so she can tell you how it went down in real time… i think he gave the girl his water bottle, lolol…
‘American Idol’: David Archuleta performs ‘Angels We Have Heard on High’ on ‘Today’
By Andrea Reiher
December 21, 2009 7:57 AM
David Archuleta stopped by ‘Today’ Monday morning to promote his new album, ‘Christmas from the Heart,’ and gave a beautiful performance of ‘Angels We Have Heard on High.’
After regaling the hosts with memories of Christmases past, when David used to go caroling with his family in neighborhoods and nursing homes, he performs the classic Christmas carol ‘Angels We Have Heard on High.’
We particularly like the multiple key changes, spicing up the song past the typical version you usually hear. Whether or not you’re into the non-secular Christmas music, David Archuleta sure can sing.
‘Christmas from the Heart’ is in stores now and also available on iTunes.
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2009/12/american-idol-david-archuleta-performs-angels-we-have-heard-on-high-on-today.html
from the santa rosa press democrat……
December 21st, 2009 02:50pm
Archuleta on Regis and Kelly show Dec. 22
by pinella
For all of you David Archuleta fans, he will be appearing on the Regis & Kelly show on Tuesday, Dec. 22 (9 a.m. PST).
Here are a couple of thoughts about Archuleta and his recent CD ‘Christmas From The Heart’ ‘ ¦
- No other AI participant, over the past couple of years anyway, is really capable of doing a Christmas CD that would be half as good as Archie’s and 90 percent of them shouldn’t even try.
- After listening to it more than once Idol Chatter must admit one thing ‘“ it is one of the best Christmas records out there. I’d even go so far as to say it’s one of the best, ever’ ¦
http://idol.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/10684/archuleta-on-regis-and-kelly-show-dec-22/
Just saw the video. Beautiful vocal but it’s like watching Andrea Bocelli. David really has a problem with closing his eyes, which is much less of a problem in concert because the people can’t see his face as well.
I hope that someone advises him about that. It’s just so impersonal. Why would people want to watch someone sing with their eyes closed?
I thought he did well in the interview. (those two gals really are like the SNL parody,eh?)
it’s in the listening for me – i could care less if his eyes were open or shut when he’s getting into the heart of a song and delivering it… eyes wide open or shut, nobody conveys and connects the audience to a song quite like david. i find it deeply personal for him, and the audience, when he does so, because one can sense he’s deeply feeling what he’s singing, imo… have heard too many singers in concert who would have been more entertaining if they had kept their mouths closed rather than try to croak or scream their way through a song… if this is all he has to work on, it’s quite an easy fix, unlike too many other so called ‘’singers” in the industry relying on the audience keeping their ears closed
That video of David singing with his manager was a riot. I would not expect that in an Archie show, maybe Kris’ but not Archie’s.
I have no problem at all with the eye closing. He makes plenty of eye-contact with people in concerts. Try making eye-contact with a TV camera. There are sooooo many artists that do that. And I never see a mention of it in any review or hear anyone talking about it when discussing artists with friends. And you don’t see anyone’s eyes over the radio.
I still believe no one would ever have said anything about this and keep harping on this point if it were not for Andrew Lloyd Weber and for the fact that artists on AI are ultra criticized for every little minor thing by the judges because it makes for good TV. Not one of the judges on AI ever mentioned it to David until ALW said something…called attention to it. LATE into the competition. Because it wasn’t important.
People forget that the criticisms leveled at the contestants are just those particular judges opinion and that another set of judges might not have even mentioned it at all, but everyone remembers every little thing the judges say and then they LOOK for it. And go, “Aha!” Things that a casual viewer who never saw AI would never even have noticed or deem important if someone else hadn’t mentioned it.
I watched Andrea Bocelli a few weeks ago on Oprah, and it got me thinking….No one ever says he’d sound better or be better if his eyes were open. When David sings certain songs, especially these reverent ones, he goes to a very special place…and thankfully he takes some of us along for the ride.
David got a bum rap from Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber for calling him out on the eye thing…guess he couldn’t come up with anything else to critique him on…lol
When he sings other songs, like his pop, it’s a totally different David. I was front row center last week, and I saw plenty of his eyes.
The dumbest advice anyone ever gave on AI, IMO, was telling David it was wrong to close his eyes. Many artists close their eyes. It is part of what an artist feels. Now everybody, whether they know a thing or not, is an “expert” on this.
I definitely think he closes his eyes when he’s focusing inward — and since I get the benefits of that focus (by hearing a song taken a few notches higher) I don’t care a hoot about the closed eyes. David’s fans, in general, don’t complain about this. And then again, he does make plenty of eye contact in concert. If you read the fansites, you see all sorts of “he looked right at MEEEEE” accounts.
I can’t cut and paste on my device.
Andrea bocelli is blind. He can’t make eye contact with his Audience, and it is a handicap for him. David is sighted. Eyes are expressive. He has the ability to consct even more with his audience. I’d enjoy watching him perform more on tv if he did.
Also, on the Today Show, David was seen by 3 to 4 million. In his recent Xmas tour he was seen by about 20 to 25,000. TV is the way to gain more fans faster. Great that his fans don’t give a hoot about his eyes. I just think it’s likely that I’m not the only person who would enjoy watching him up close more if he had his eyes open occasionally.
Hopefully, his people will advise him on all of these types of issues (the closed eyes when performing on TV, the complaining about the sound of his voice, etc.) and he’ll work on these things. Minor issues, fixable with some effort. And if it helps win more potential fans, worth it.
As long as he never loses that connection between his soul, the song and his audience.
ummm…I know Andrea Bocelli is blind…the point is he’s loved no less because of the lack of eye contact. It’s all about the voice…for both of them.
I just watched the tape. Good job, David. I love the mix of ‘Jesus joy of man’s desire’ to the original song. The ladies were nice to him and seem to know who David is as a person. I am glad they didn’t cut off the very last part of the song, his humming! I loooove that part.
Tomorrow, on Regis and Kelly, he is going to sing the song he wrote, Melodies of Christmas. I am going to be at work, so video-tape, please?
BTW, only idol fans mention about his eye closing. And I think actually his eye closing is the reason why he produces perfect and consistent pitch when he sings slow songs so that he can totally focus on his own sound. But hey, open or close, does it matter? He feels it, delivers his emotions through his voice and eventually audience feels it. One of today’s articles on this performance wrote that readers prepare kleenex when listening to the song. I think the writer felt his emotions too although his eyes were closed.
If you watch this video you will hear audible gasps for breath between lines of the song and you will see eyes closed when reaching for notes and feeling the music, etc. For me this performance is not diminished by those things.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9g-jDV5K3o&feature=related
It is a performance by Adam. One of his best IMHO.
I don’t know why I’m debating this. I must be bored. Help! lol
One of the biggest names in music in the last century was Ella Fitzgerald, who spent 60 years in the business and is considered one of the greatest interpreters of song. She almost always sang with her eyes closed as she immersed herself in the music. If a singer feels the music, then I feel it. They can look me right in the eye the whole time, but if they are not feeling it then neither am I. Obviously YMMV.
It’s generalizing, but I think this might be a somewhat generational thing? Before, IMO, music went from interpreting a song to performance art. And whether you are at all a fan of Jazz, Blues or even some operatic music. Because many, many, many of the artists in those genres are closed-eye singers.
Well I am one of those persons who likes when he closes his eyes. He is just so into the music and I think it is kind of cool. I have seen other artists do this as well. Many, many singers close their eyes when reaching for a note or a feeling. I feel Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber was wrong on his statement about David closing his eyes. I am a big fan of David Cook and he does not do it as often, but I have definitely seen him close his eyes as well. I don’t get why closing the eyes is such a big deal. I can’t say this about Archie, because he is too young, but when Cookie does it, I think it is sort of sexy! Lol!
I also appreciate David’s honesty about not liking to hear his own voice. It doesn’t mean he doesn’t think he has a good voice, just that he doesn’t like to listen to himself. I don’t see how that is any different than when a famous actor says that they can’t stand to watch themselves on screen. They may be great actors, but just don’t like watching themselves.
Andrea Bocelli ´s blindness is not a issue for the fans, and he has plenty of them! I ´m sure even though he was sighted, he would close his eyes because all great singers do so to convey their emotions, they get lost in the song (as David said once on Idol) and connect with their deepest emotions.
Bravo, sanduskyday, forensic evidence, exhibition A! Even Adam Lambert (!!!) closes his eyes to convey his emotions when the song requires it!
David is singing a lot of emotional and very reverent songs for his Christmas Album, and he tries to express his deepest feelings, his faith and connect with our souls’ ¦ eyes are not required for the task and he accomplishes that gloriously!!!
Now, if Nick Jonas sang a pop song with eyes closed, it would be a problem’ ¦ by the way, David never closes his eyes when singing pop, more uptempo songs!
Neither David’s breathing or whether or not he closes his eyes have ever been things that bothered me, and I honestly don’t think they are going to be major issues for him over the long haul. But, every performer has quirks or mannerisms or stylistic tendencies that turn some people off. No performer wins everyone over.
Bocelli is blind, lmao. Big difference.
I’m pretty sure he looked at meeeeeeee several times at my concert… just saying. lol and the girls next to me…
well mary j blige is on the today show right now.. and most of the song she is ~le gasp~ singing with her eyes closed!
David not opening his eyes. It’s soooo amusing really.
ha ha ha
David did a super job and I loved it!!!!
AGREE. HE NEEDS TO LEARN TO OPEN HIS EYES WHEN HE SINGS.