American Idols Live! 2008 – Sunrise, FL

Rumor has it that DA has had a wardrobe change of some kind. Could it be that he lost that terrible suit?

oh i hope so!!! lol

Rumor has it that DA has had a wardrobe change of some kind. Could it be that he lost that terrible suit?

Oh let that be true. Maybe success on Billboard comes with privileges–like not having to wear a shiny ill-fitting silver suit with sparkles.

Maybe success on Billboard comes with privilegesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’like not having to wear a shiny ill-fitting silver suit with sparkles.

LMAO!!!!

Maybe success on Billboard comes with privilegesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’like not having to wear a shiny ill-fitting silver suit with sparkles.

:lol_tb:

LOL yeah I heard he ditched the jacket… now to work on the pants….

Careful there, frogcooke … :wink_ee:

(you know I am so kidding)

Work the pants! Work the pants!

No “traditional Mavid” tonight. Report from the Word Nerd Home:

“Apparently they didn’t do a dance this time, but had pieces of paper in their pockets that they pulled out and help up. Michaels said: To All Mavid Fans. Davids said: Give Back To Luke Menard.”

No à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“traditional Mavidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  tonight. Report from the Word Nerd Home:

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Apparently they didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t do a dance this time, but had pieces of paper in their pockets that they pulled out and help up. Michaels said: To All Mavid Fans. Davids said: Give Back To Luke Menard.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Nice. I’m not a fan of Mavid at ALL. But, it they want to give Luke some support, I can appreciate that.

Ahh, someone beat me to it! Yes, that’s what the signs said. I got some video of that one part but I looked at it on my camera and it looks like a blind man shot it from a mile away, even though it happened right frickin in front of me. :laugh_tb: My camera was being a cranky bitch and refusing to work since Michael’s set even with new batteries so I saved it just ’til the end and enjoyed the show for myself. I’ll try to type up a better report tmw.
I got there at 3 but only Archie and Kristy Lee (who shall henceforth be referred to as Bitchy Lee) came out. Archie was a doll and a half, worked the whole line and was the nicest little dude ever. Bitchy Lee was out for not too long and full of hair flips and a weird sense of superiority. Uh, sorry if I’ve pissed off her fan(s?).
Mad props to Captain Graybeard (Ray?) who took pity on me after DC’s set and passed me an autographed pick. That was really cool of him! I’ll take pics of the pick tmw also for you guys. =)
Also, the girlies that caught the “Luke Menard” part of the message had no fricking clue what it was about and came up front to ask the security guards, but I guess they had no clue so I explained or tried to, they still seemed to be confused.

Mad props to Captain Graybeard (Ray?) who took pity on me after DC’s set and passed me an autographed pick. That was really cool of him! I’ll take pics of the pick tmw also for you guys. =)

Awesome! Captain Graybeard was standing right in front of me while I was videoing my head off in Worcester and he never busted me! He’s ok in my book.

Cool that you got a pick. Look forward to hearing more about the concert later.

Bitchy Lee…LOLZ

I was scared to video in front of him but camera defied my intent to video anyway. Still he was super, I took a chance to ask for afterparty passes because hey, why not? But I’m thrilled with the pick and I guess I still have another chance to meet DC in a few weeks. Hopefully.

ETA: Oh, the audience completely lost their shit over Archie and he was so adorably appreciative. What a cutie pie.
Cook had a similar reaction as well and when he brought his video camera out he made a funny about watching this back in the future after he’d “gained 40 lbs and lost 40 lbs. of hair” and “remembering when people liked him.” Okay, the second part is more “awww” than funny but he said it very cutely. And then he said he had proof of us all screaming our heads off in case we went back home saying the show was horrible. Heh.

pj I just have to ask: Why don’t you like Mavid dances?

It looked like Cook was wearing Archie’s jacket during PDSTM recently. I wonder if he accidently on purposely ripped it?

grrrr, I’ve read a few other stories saying that Bi er Kristy had a bit of a tude. She needs to read Syesha’s self help blogs.

CLip of jacket less Archie during apologize: http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=d3GM0d0CgZw

PDSTM:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzFQHax1FRA

Archie’s up cookie at the end like a puppet or something it.. its funny. Kinda grabs him by the collar xD

Thanks frogcooke! Archie does look better w/o the jacket!
Cook sure came up in a hurry! LOLOL

I think Cook and Archie now have a “Mavid-type” thing going at the end of PDSTM–first a kick in the rear from Archie, next stop he flaps Cook’s arms about to get him to stand up, and tonight he pulls Cook up by his collar.

Archie’s definitely loosening up on stage.

Yikes, sounds like Kristy should’ve stayed inside with the other 8 idols today before the show. But in all honesty, as a fan of many of the idols this year, part of me wishes the idols wouldn’t be so darn gracious to come out before and after the shows to meet n greet with the fans as it gives us all one more thing to judge them on. It seems like pretty much all of them have given a poor impression to a handful of fans here and there based on things that happen during the pre or post show signings, which is unfortunate given that they are essentially giving up their free time, to make an effort with the folks waiting outside. (I’ve actually even seen a few reports where fans reported that Brooke was rude or unpleasant, which seems unfathomable) Even though Cookie is my boy this season, I have to give Kristy a lot of props as I think she has made it out before and after about every show this entire tour. It’s too bad she may have made a poor impression on fans today but the more you are out there with the fans the more opportunity you have to tick them off. I know Ramiele seemed to indicate in her most recent blog that she’s pretty much stopped going outside as she’s had too many unpleasant fan encounters. Chikezie, also, for whatever reason seems to think it’s best to stay inside most days. So personally I’ve got to cut the ones that do still venture out a lot of slack.

Anyway sorry to the Sunrise folk that more idols didn’t make it out today and that it wasn’t as pleasant an experience as you were probably hoping for. Thanks for the reports so far. I look forward to (hopefully) some vids and recaps.

Thanks for the clips, Frog. I wouldn’t be mad if the sparkly suit was getting retired, but maybe it’s just out for deodorizing/disinfecting, lol.

And the interactions between Cook and Archie are just really lovely. I think Cook is a good example for Archie in many ways, and he has always been so gracious about Archie’s popularity and talent. Not a trace of resentment, and why shoud there be? The world of music is plenty big enough for both of them. As a big Archie fan, I have nothing but the greatest respect and appreciation for Cook. They truly are a dynamic duo.

I wonder what the Idols will say when they hear about Crush hitting No. 2 in its opening week on the Hot 100? I hope they throw Archie a big party. Of course, he’ll be too embarrassed and humble to really dwell on it.

Archie should have known about the #2 before he went on stage, actually. A friend of the family told Jeff before then. So unless Jeff kept it to himself, David knew during the show that he hit #2. I would have loved to see his reaction since he’s a self-professed Billboard geek.

It seems like pretty much all of them have given a poor impression to a handful of fans here and there based on things that happen during the pre or post show signings, which is unfortunate given that they are essentially giving up their free time, to make an effort with the folks waiting outside.

I know, it’s sad. They’re people too and they have bad days.

I also give the Idols credit for coming out. The way some fans behave like they are entitiled , screaming to get an autograph – I heard a very rude dad screaming at Carly in Atlanta. I could tell she was trying hard not to react to the attitude the dad had – like she owed it to him to sign his daughter’s shirt. She was signing as much as she could, with a smile on her face.
I was right up against the barrier, with Syesha right in front of me, when you could plainly hear someone say “don’t waste the battery on Syesha”

Jason and Kristy Lee stayed out for a long time and even came back out a second time.

I was right up against the barrier, with Syesha right in front of me, when you could plainly hear someone say à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t waste the battery on Syeshaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Well, that breaks my heart. :sad_wp:

For the record, Kristy Lee was very very nice the day I met her (before the Lex show).

Well, that breaks my heart.

It does more than break my heart, it pisses me off. How were these people raised to be so fricking rude? You should have turned around and told them exactly how inappropriate that statement was. Hopefully they’d feel at least a fraction of how they made her feel. Syesha is not anybody I’d go out of my way to see, but she’s still a human being and deserves the same respect anybody does.

I would have told that person…my daughter is behind me saying, yeah you would have lol

I agree with everything you guys are saying about the Idols coming out to greet their fans. People need to realize how good it is that the Idols are even taking time out of their busy schedules to come out and see them. I went to both the Washington DC and Charlotte NC shows and was able to meet them before the first show and after the second show. All of the Idols were very accomodating and nice (esp. my two favorites, Carly & Michael, who I got to take pictures with). The fans really need to cut them some slack and stop acting so rude.

But in all honesty, as a fan of many of the idols this year, part of me wishes the idols wouldn’t be so darn gracious to come out before and after the shows to meet n greet with the fans as it gives us all one more thing to judge them on. It seems like pretty much all of them have given a poor impression to a handful of fans here and there based on things that happen during the pre or post show signings, which is unfortunate given that they are essentially giving up their free time, to make an effort with the folks waiting outside.

And that’s life in the big city isn’t it? You’ve gotta have a pretty thick skin to be in show business. Oh well!

While I think hassling or being rude to an Idol on the fan line is beyond the pale–yes, they are giving their free time to come out and meet the fans and rudeness isn’t acceptable under any circumstances–I think folks are entitled to an opinion concerning their behavior.

It’s just an opinion, and frankly I’m interested in hearing readers honest opinions of their encounters. What some fan says on a message board or a blog about any of the Idols isn’t going to kill them, or their careers.

I think I remember “Captain Graybeard”. Wasn’t he “Mr. Sharpie” in the days of Taylor Hicks? Wonder what he does when he’s not with the tour, lol.

Yikes, sounds like Kristy shouldà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve stayed inside with the other 8 idols today before the show.

Honestly, I agree with you. I mean, there’s a certain truth to what some of the girls say about the guys getting more attention, but I don’t think it could kill some of them to be more gracious. I don’t mean towards the really douchy people, though, obviously. But if you’re going to come out at to the 100% voluntary outside-the-venue meet & greets, I do think a good attitude goes a long way.

Here’s my crappy Michael/David video, ‘course you can’t see the sign but it’s Sharpied in black on lined paper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn-j-2aGRmc
Note to self: a career in videography and photography is not in the cards for you.

Funny little story from a cookie fan who likes archie too:

“So, I’m basically the biggest David Cook fan in the entire world. He’s my life. and I told him that yesterday. He told me he loves me. I’m like madly in love with him. Always have been. Haha. But, I also like Archie. He’s a great singer.

I met Archie. Yesterday. [August 17th] HE WAS SO FREAKING SWEET! Like seriously, he was so nice. He was really shy and giggled a lot. He smiled a lot too but sometimes he looked kinda like a robot haha. Like he was going down the line kinda fast, but he wasn’t zooming. He tried to take his time but you could tell he was kinda rushing. He signed my tour book and a picture of David Squared. Then I was like “your voice is amazing” and he started singing some song I didn’t know like really quietly. Then I asked him for a picture and he didn’t say anything. I asked him again and he still didn’t respond. He finally took one with me though. Haha. Then the funniest thing happened. He accidentally got a sharpie mark on my arm when he was reaching out to sign someone’s stuff. I was like “thank you” because he had just taken a picture with me. He was like “you’re welcome, but I think I might have made a mark on you too” and then he like, licked his finger and rubbed it on the mark on me. He was like “ahh sorry” and he was really shy. He didn’t mean to do that he just did it out of habit haha. But when he left, all the wordnerds were like, “you have archie’s DNA on you hahahaha” it was funny. Then some girl gave archie a huge basket of stuff. He was like amazed. it was bigger than him haha. He went inside and put it down and then came back out and finished going down the line. Jeff came out too but I didn’t get to talk to him.”

Aww, what a cute Archie story. I thought only moms did that kind of thing to get something off of someone else. LOL. He must have been feeling very comfortable in his own skin at that moment, and I’ll just bet he’s an awesome big brother to all of his younger siblings.

So my opinion of meeting Kristy Lee at my venue is that she was very sweet and efficient. When she was signing for me I dropped something and she immediately picked it up and said, “Here you dropped this!”

I’m sorry only two came out for the Sunrise pre-concert meet and greet.

I also think it was great on the PDSTM vid that DC shouted, “Give it up for your/the hometown girl!” (I think).

Awwww Archie slobber! Cute story!

grrrr’s recrap:

Okay, instead of plopping out bits and pieces of information, let me try to make this one cohesive post. I got the venue around 3 o’clock and saw metal barricades set up in front of the venue and maybe 75-100 people. (I’m awful at this kind of guesstimation, though there were only about 5 dudes, including one who at one point buried his head in his arms…heh.) I asked around and nobody had come out yet so I decided to park myself right there. Met some cool people including a couple of Archuleta fans from Hong Kong who were going back later this week. A little bit later Archie came out and started working the line- total sweetheart. Some kiddies came up next to me and the older girl asked him nicely to take a picture and he talked with them for a bit, asking their ages and stuff. He spent some time with our group and I congratulated him on the single doing so well and told him I’d heard it on the radio on the way over and he was really appreciative and just plain adorable. He also autographed the sad little TV Guide cover I brought with me because I didn’t know what else to bring just in case. I probably would’ve attempted to get my picture taken with him since the mood was pretty low-key and relaxed but a few exuberant crazies (mom and 2 daughters?) almost trampled me. Not exaggerating there either. Thanks, skeery people! Bitchy Lee had come out in the meantime and seemed to basically skip the whole middle part of the line and went back inside pretty quickly. Dadchuleta also came out and got a fair amount of attention from people- he was out longer than David, just chatting people up. Captain Graybeard was out at one point and mentioned the official meet & greets being from 4-5, but we were still hoping that someone else would come out but they didn’t. I’m cool with it, though, since again it’s voluntary and I know they have other obligations to deal with. We saw Carly’s husband walking around outside the venue, but I don’t think anyone bothered him. Amidst all this standing around, I attempted to go to Will Call but I was shut down by a big meanie who was standing guard at the door next to Will Call which was apparently the official meet&greet entrance. She sent me all the way to the other side of the venue for no reason at all, in million degree heat, when all I had to do was wait around until 5 for Will Call to open again. In memory of this biatch, I send her a lovely 2 finger salute.

So eventually I did pick up my super awesome ticket and a can of vitamin water from some radio station people which kept from melting into the ground like the Wicked Witch of the West and then after a little more waiting around, it was time to go in. I made my way all the way to ROW A in the most giddy way possible (because I’m dork, obviously), when I find that there are only 4 seats in Row A and my ticket is for #8. Several really cool security guards checked out the problem. In the meantime, I kindly offered to sit backstage if they couldn’t find a seat for me. And it turns out that mine was the only seat they’d sold in that row. After a few of them of them told me I could bring someone up if I wanted to, I asked one of the girls I’d been waiting outside with because I didn’t want to let the seats go to waste. When we got back, we were told that the “building” would probably fill those seats up which made no sense but then the, uh, not-so-nice head security person showed up and sent my poor seatmate back to her seat. Sorrow. The row actually filled up later by people who’d been sold non-existent seats in the second row.

Showtime: Instead of doing the typical rundown, I think I’ll just mention things that stood out to me. Everyone sounded great!!!! I was surprised that even the ones that I didn’t care for that much on the show were all really good singers. No one sounded like crap, yay! The closest anyone came to sounding off was Kristy Lee during the encore because she sounded really tinny. Archie’s voice was so rich and full. Brooke’s was really rich and throaty (she’d be fantastic in smaller theatre-type venues). Chikezie sounded great and was the perfect opener. Carly was a little shouty (but not shrieky) during the Evanescence song but her voice sounded gorgeous during the other two songs. And this is coming from someone who never cared for Carly’s voice at all. Her Irish accent was very audible during her banter, during which she mentioned Todd having family in Florida.
Speaking of the banter, the 2 “hometown” girls were super excited about being back here and the reception they received from the audience. They both put really great sets and Syesha got a mini-standing O after “Listen.” Archie’s banter was adorable and he mentioned how he’d lived down here as well and paused for a while between songs because people had just done lost their minds over him. It was the cutest thing in the world. (Even though I was trying not to ralph from having to smell that acrid dry ice.) Kristy mentioned going to the beach with Brooke, Jason, and Roxy (either I heard that wrong or ???) Brooke mentioned the ocean being so warm (like a bathtub, I think?) And just a bit of randomness that won’t fit in anywhere else, I thought the lead guitarist was soooo good, very impressive! /end of minutiae

Okay, so I was having fun, enjoying the show, singing along, but I stayed in my seat for the most part despite reassurances from the people around that I wasn’t in their way. I guess maybe subconsciously I wanted to save the most fun for DC’s set? From the moment his head appeared from the stage floor all gopher-like (heh…), his performance outshined the rest. I’m guessing attending a lot of concerts as audience member enriches your ability as a performer to transmit that energy around so that everyone feels included. After he shot video of the audience, he said something like “now I got all of you (on camera)” and I got the sense that he really was trying to get ALL of us. The audience loved them some David Cook. I do think it was more of an Archie crowd, but the response to DC was huge and probably equal at certain points. Meanwhile, I’m having and awesome time (the time of my life? heh…) singing along (with abandon, I might add). Right during the beginning of “My Hero,” I swear DC looks right over at me and laughs. Like, a happy laugh. Now since he can’t actually hear me singing, I’m assuming it was just a “look at this dork loving her some Foo Fighters” type of reaction. In any case, I was amused. Right before the Billie Jean encore, Captain Graybeard took 3 of the tweenies from the third row, who’d all attended the Marquis Jet meet&greet, and brought them in front of the barricade. He puts on a stoic demeanor but he’s a big softie! I even saw him kinda clapping at one point, can’t remember if it was during DC’s set or the encore. The encore was great, Micheal was hamming it up a lot, dancing behind Ramielle, and doing a weird spaz dance by himself, and of course the awesome Mavid “dance.” I’m glad if I didn’t see a funny “Latin” themed dance, that I saw something as sweet as their message about Luke.

On my way out, I chatted up some of the Marquis Jet girls, turns out they got those passes just by being friends/family and their meet & greets are much cooler than the regular Kellogg’s one. It sounds like what I’ve heard of the afterparties. The girls had nice things to say about everyone except Kristy Lee. So it wasn’t just those of us outside that were left with a negative impression. There were a buttload of people in line for the afterparty and an even bigger buttload of people waiting outside (for once security didn’t try to fight the aftershow crowds and set up barricades on the side of the venue). I figured it was probably wise not to take my chances waiting again and headed home.

The few pics I took are blurry as hell so I’m not going to post those. Here’s the pick: Front Back

Thanks for the great recap grrrr! I love seeing Cook’s signature. I find it interesting that he uses a lower case “d” and that the last D and the C in Cook form what looks like a heart to me….ok I have work to do…enough handwriting analysis.

the concert was great,my seats were way closer to the stage then i expected, except this stupid old venue lady came to yell at me for recording during carlys set, i missed the last minute of i drove all night >_

I tried getting better pic of the sig on the pick but it still comes out blurry link. Archie’s autograph: pic.

Loved the recap grrrr and I love typing your username! This : From the moment his head appeared from the stage floor all gopher-like (hehà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦),

Cracked me up!

Oh, and I keep going back to that Apologize video that frogcooke posted because the singalong guy is fricken hilarious! When I first watched, I thought, ” Dang Archie sounds like crap!” but then I realized it wasn’t him! LMBO!

I found a clearer clip of the Mavid from Sunrise, you can make out the signs better.

how lengthy is the concert? a good 2 hrs? and did the concert start @ 7 or did it start later because of the weather?

oops, wrong thread.

Pretty sure it started on time. It lasted/lasts 3 hrs and there are about 20 minutes of intermission after the first group song w/the bottom 5.

well im eager to attend the one in fort wayne =]