David Archuleta – Touch My Hand – VIDEO
A new video for David Archuleta’s “Touch My Hand” has popped up. Not sure what it’s about–maybe aimed for the overseas markets David is/will be covering–he just did a tour of Singapore and Malaysia and is heading to the UK later this week, after his appearance on this week’s Idol results show.
But in any case, the video, with it’s shots of squeeing young fans is aimed squarely at the tween/teen demographic.
After his UK tour with Brit band McFly, David will hit the road with Camp Rock star Demi Lovato this summer. His appearance on Disney’s Hannah Montana airs May 3rd.
Check out the video after the JUMP…
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“I wish there were many more like David Archuleta out there.”
Then there would be world peace.
Well . . . um . . . back to the video. Any theories about why it was made? Not just to go on his Youtube channel, right?
Don’t forget the symbol! :thumbup_tb:
I wanted to ask the same thing. Are they abandoning ALTNOY as a single? Is this a quick and cheap way to get a new song out there as a replacement single? Or is this specifically for a particular place where TMH is popular? Or as also posited upthread, the video is targeted specifically to build up and expand his teen audience?
Wow. Is it possible to have a civil conversation here without defensiveness? Seriously, even if you think an opinion is way out there, I still expect fans to respond in a civil and polite manner.
And. I just banned somebody!
ALTNOY is already done on radio, so there’s no need to abandon it. I don’t think this was intended as a quick and cheap way to get a new song out. It was Jive’s intention from the get-go to film TMH at the HOB in order to make a video–that was communicated to the fans at the concert. For what reason is still uncertain. Frankly I’ll be very surprised if Jive decides to release TMH to radio or if it does, I suspect it will be released only to Radio Disney.
I buy the theory that it may be intended for the overseas markets as TMH already has gotten a lot of play in Europe and Asia.
I am pretty familiar with the peace sign (I’m old) and I was a little surprised to see Archie use it. However, here in the States it has lost much of its original meaning and is now used on fashion shirts, earrings, bags, etc. and I doubt most of the teens who buy it have researched its origins.
Archie is quite knowledgable about musical history. He might even surprise people and know the origin of the sign. How about someone find out if Allison knows what it means. And then if she doesn’t we can assume she’s kind of stupid and naive.
Er… interesting thread. Lol. I’ve heard/read a lot of different criticisms concerning David Archuleta before, but this may take the cake as the strangest one yet. JMO.
Heck, I’m twenty years old, I consider myself to be a fairly normal person, and I didn’t know what the peace sign originally meant until now. All the peace sign means to me is just that… peace. *shrugs*
Well, Lys, I’m 61 years old, college educated, world traveled, a white collar professional, well read and until this thread I had no idea that the peace symbol I grew up with meant nuclear disarmament. Guess some things just slip right past you when you aren’t looking….or I need to reassess my faith in my education. Guess my high school and college were the crap (or I just didn’t listen in class). Oh well, water under the bridge.
Although I am not as old as you, I am pretty much the same and I also had no idea what the original meaning was. To most Americans, it is just symbol of peace. Honestly I wouldn’t be suprised if David would like to have nuclear disarmament. Wouldn’t we all be happier if the world was that way, even if it isn’t practical?
Okay, I got this from the headlines thread. It’s a page from Idolforums showing Adam with Zac Efron. Scroll down and you’ll see a picture of Danny Gokey with a pizza box. Is that peace symbol on the box or have I lost it?
http://idolforums.com/index.php?showtopic=594571&st=4460
I’m not sure if this is any more signficant than the way many people would wear the cross simply as a fashion accessory rather than for its religious content. I’m sure a lot of Americans are unaware of the full meaning of the CND peace sign, but I do think the proof of the claim that the sign only mean peace to Americans would be to show that this is how the American officialdom sees the sign. Frankly, I very much doubt the American Government would use the sign in any official manner in public events, but I would interested to be proved wrong. If anyone has any evidence to that effect I would be intrigued to see it, especially if its use comes from the Bush era government organised events (this is not an invitation to discuss the Bush era, I’m just interested to see if there is any such evidence).
I’ll stop after this comment but the peace symbol would be too “hippy,dippy” for an government official to use. You’ll just have to trust the Yanks here that to the vast majority of Americans, it has no connection to the nuclear disarmament movement. That movement was never as big here as it was in Europe to begin with. Peace out.
David is singing TMH tomorrow night … I just got a text message.
That sounds like you are concurring with the idea that the symbol has cultural as well as political baggage associated with it.
It is 2009 in the USA, where flashing the peace sign means support of nuclear disarmament about as much as the word à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“gayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ means a happy and merry mood.