WE LOVE YOU, DAVID! BRAVISSIMO!

I am not bothered when David sings songs that some feel are beyond him because of his age or lack of life experience. Many have been troubled, I know, feeling that he cannot legitimately sing about something he has never experienced. For me though, the natural extension of that logic would mean that Haley Joel Osment should not have been in the Sixth Sense unless he had actually seen dead people.

Very good point! That’s one of the lamest objections I’ve ever heard. There are a lot of songs that many people shouldn’t sing if they first need to experience whatever the song is about. To start with, nobody could sing the US National Anthem because it addresses an event in history that nobody currently living witnessed. Neither David Bowie nor Adam could have sung “Life on Mars” because they’ve never been there.

I often think people who complain that somebody needs to experience something to be able to sing about it really basically dislike the singer and are looking under every rock to find something they can gripe about.

Singing and acting are similar in that they are performances where artists step into another’s shoes and portray the emotion of that situation or song. And that is precisely why I believe David is gifted and brilliant! He does this so convincingly…so breathtakingly at times, as it was on Friday night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMOFuNJLV28

David Archuleta’s Stunning ALMA Awards Performance
Sunday September 20, 2009

Even if you are not typically a fan of Latin music, this is a performance to see. This year’s ALMA (American Latino Media Arts) Awards were televised last Friday and featured a stunning performance from former American Idol runner-up David Archuleta. He won the award for Male Music Rising Star. When David Archuleta started to sing it quickly became obvious why he was deserving of such an accolade. He performed the song “Contigo en la Distancia.” The song is most closely associated with Mexican Latin pop star Luis Miguel. Now 18, David Archuleta sings with impressive maturity in voice and demeanor. This is one of the best performances of his career to this point. Look for a Spanish language track on David Archuleta’s upcoming Christmas collection Christmas From the Heart.

http://top40.about.com/b/2009/09/20/david-archuletas-stunning-alma-awards-performance.htm

Here are some beautiful high resolution pics of David on the red carpet’ ¦
http://snarkyarchies.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-hq-alma-pics.html

He is lucky to have naturally gorgeous looks and skin. To readers of this blog (average age is 40? just like American Idol age?), he is just a next door neighbor BOY. But for young viewers, he is a good looking HEARTTHROB. On his Youtube videos, you will see thousands of comments from young people expressing their love for this guy.

When you hear him sing songs like this you can’t help but to think his voiced is being wasted on songs like Crush.

It wasn’t a waste of voice to sing Crush. His voice makes Crush the mega hit song. His low voice at the beginning of Crush sets the mood, which is my favorite part and then reaches to the climax. This mature performance shows again his versatility to sing different styles of songs and it’s like a diva, Christina Aguilera sings powerful ballads as well as pop songs. Think about X-tina singing diva songs all the time. Boring.

BTW, I am glad millions of people finally watched his mature and lost looks that his fans love when he performs. He is somewhere out of this world when he is lost and takes viewers to there with him.