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Jason — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:20:09 -0000

No, but Mike will buy a poster of him for his bedroom...he's so dreamy.

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Mike — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:27:28 -0000

I'll never buy a David A. album, you can mark my words.

And I'm WELL over 20 :)

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Jason — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:03:13 -0000

@Amy - I've said, many, many times that I think David A has a wonderful voice and can sing quite well. However, I don't think he's exhibited much growth, for the most part, throughout this competition. I think he's been able to rely on a solid fan base that votes for him no matter what. He's often chosen songs that were corny and did nothing to prove his skills - in short, I think he's skated by instead of really pushing himself. I do not agree that there are a bunch of 20+ year olds sitting around all over the country waiting for David to release an album. It may be the case in your college within your group of friends, but I somehow seriously doubt that's a national phenomenon we'd see repeated in multiple cities. David's appeal is to a younger crowd of mostly females. There's nothing wrong with that. That's just what it is.

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Amy — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:19:00 -0000

Archuleta has been the front runner since Simon said he was the one to beat in the Top 20 performances (boys night)Ã¢â‚¬â€œno favor to him. He has run the gauntlet through the negative seeking & harsh entertainment press and national press; he has been both professionally and personally attacked in about as many ways as possibleÃ¢â‚¬â€œthe most sustained, vitriolic, acerbic attacks in the history of any AI contestant.

I like his voice and talent now; nothing to do w/adorable, cute, etc. It is his musicality and rare interpretation of the music by his voice. He has a new sound and a new interpretation of music. Entertainment media doesnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t know what to do with him b/c it isnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t cool to like a nice, kind, humble kid so they take the easy way out and lampoon and bash him at every juncture. AI format has not allowed him to select nor sing the songs that show his gift to his best advantage except early on (but oh, what he did do with his assignments) and when he leaves AI and gets to control of his song selections and arrangement, all will be forgotten by the entertainment media as to his age. We will see some rapid turnabouts.

Oh, btw, I am a music/communications major at a university. A lot of my friends in the collegial music world (those 20+ year olds you are talking about that couldn't possible vote for Archuleta) are looking forward to David A's first album

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Kory — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:55:49 -0000

I am not a fan of David A either. just don't care for the kid.

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nicky — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:45:35 -0000

that's -ish. i can't spell today!

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nicky — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:45:03 -0000

at least he said his first song was "amateur-sh"

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Mike — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:26:00 -0000

I guess that's what he meant, but it still seemed ridiculous to me.

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Rob O. — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:58:52 -0000

Mike, I got the feeling that even Simom knew that David's choice of "Coming to America" was "smart" in that nobody's going to criticize a patriotic song. It's like trotting out a gospel or religious song - what idiot would dare speak out against that, no matter how much the performance of that song deserves to be slammed?

In this case, "smart" = "tactical" and everyone was well aware.

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Cap'n Schwartz — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:13:40 -0000

@Mo Hate leads to the darkside...

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Mike — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:03:16 -0000

I've hated David A. the entire time. I hate the man-love Randy and Simon give him all the time.

It was ridiculous this week:

"That was a very smart choice David...very smart." - Simon

It was Diamond's "Coming to America."

It was like one of this most popular songs, how is picking it smart? It was just a no brainer.

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Rob O. — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:50:35 -0000

So glad to hear from someone else who's not totally enamoured with David Archuleta, Nicky! I've thought he was quite overrated all along. His vocals are thin and there's not a lot of range there. He just desperately needs to become 1/4th of a boy band. And he can take that looser Jason Castro with him for cuteness - since he obviously has NO singing chops.

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nicky — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:29:28 -0000

i finally got a chance to watch the performances last night. um, i seriously almost threw up in my mouth when david a. sang "touching yooouuu, touching meeeee!" barf. i know this is sooo mean, but he is seriously the most asexual dude ever. and the stuffy head thing every time he talk doesn't help either.

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Cap'n Schwartz — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:13:52 -0000

LOL Anadvr...cracks me up :) @Ape "However, I do know that the CapÃ¢â‚¬â„¢n went Ape last monthÃ¢â‚¬Â¦geez man." Well think of it this way, at least some there was some Ape still in the top spot :)

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AnaDVR — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:57:08 -0000

ANADVR!!!

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TrouseredApe — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:42:01 -0000

Not sure how to answer that question. However, I do know that the Cap'n went Ape last month...geez man.

The Trousered Apes last blog post..Who was Jesus of Nazareth? Parts 5 thru 10 of 10 with Dr. Craig

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Mike — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:40:10 -0000

I wonder who will have more comments in May? Ana or AnaDVR?

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AnaDVR — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:35:38 -0000

If Jason would have listened to his wife he would be ahead by at least 2. :) I got it right. Bye bye Brooke .

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TrouseredApe — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:31:45 -0000

Ah - Brooke getting booted was not too bad. I seriously thought she was going to stop and have the band start again as she closed out the show - she was having all kinds of trouble singing through the sobs.

The Trousered Apes last blog post..Who was Jesus of Nazareth? Parts 5 thru 10 of 10 with Dr. Craig

Re: American Idol 2008 Results - Top 4 Announced - April 30

Scotty Dub — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:24:24 -0000

I'm def losing interest, not sure if we'll be back next year, there's lots of other stuff on those nights so we may skip it.

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Mike — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:31:31 -0000

Scotty Dub told me on Tuesday night that this might be their last year.

I'm not even really watching it. David Cook is the best, the rest suck :)

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Cap'n Schwartz — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:19:57 -0000

Not sure I can watch next season...

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Jason — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:05:02 -0000

I can't believe we're keeping score either. Heck, I can barely believe I'm still watching the show.

Re: American Idol 2008 Results - Top 4 Announced - April 30

Mike — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:37:44 -0000

I can't believe you guys are still keeping score :)

My favorite part of last night was Ryan standing up for Paula and the false "rumors"...

What rumors? That's she's drunk sometimes? That she's not too bright?

Those seem like facts, not rumors :)

Re: American Idol 2008 Results - Top 4 Announced - April 30

jina — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:37:00 -0000

I'm not sure if Brooke was even a Believer after that song performance.