Comments on: David Archuleta – Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade – VIDEO

By: LK08

LK08 — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:51:51 +0000

David has a very recognizable voice, both musically and speaking. People will never mistake him for another.

I remember when he called up at the radio station where Cook was interviewing to ask a question. He got out a couple of words and Cook immediately recognized his voice and started cracking up. His voice is VERY distinct. I love it.

“Crush”. . . what can I say. . WOW!

By: abbysee

abbysee — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:48:42 +0000

I love his speaking voice. I could never mistake his voice for someone elses, singing or speaking. Distinctive is the word I was going for. Yep. David doesn’t like all of the things his fans adore about him. He hates hearing his voice, hates seeing himself on TV. Poor kid, he’s missing out on some good stuff, lol.

The numbers for Crush are incredible. That song has legs!

By: serenade

serenade — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:58:14 +0000

Crush never fails ti impress. What an awesome song.

David has a very good voicevver voice. Warm and distinguishable. I’d like to see him narrate more or do the voice of a character with it. It stands out, whether he’s talking or singing. He did a very good job and I’ve actually been on most of those rides. lol

By: ercheers

ercheers — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:53:40 +0000

David did a very nice job on this for Disney. Just the right person to promote young cool Disney to people all over the world.

David has a very recognizable voice, both musically and speaking. People will never mistake him for another.

I checked out the site that you provided frogcooke and high five to David A. for his “Crush” single. Disney loves them some “Crush”. Thank you Disney.

By: weareallinnocent

weareallinnocent — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:51:18 +0000

FWIW, from a non-fan (who thinks DA has a beautiful singing voice though) I didn’t find his voice (good) or voice over (better) to be bad at all. He sounded good to me.

Could be that my listening to a few of the “worst idol performances ever” over at EW just before playing DA’s Disney Parade video affected me. LOL But, I don’t think so.

Maybe fans who listen to his music all the time notice a distinct drop in voice quality when he speaks, and as fans, just want him to sound better. Who knows. But, again, I thought he handled it well, looked precious, and sounded good!

By: frogcooke

frogcooke — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:28:17 +0000

judy you can check different ‘feeds’ its an rss feed bookmark. this is the feed generator, you can pick what you want.

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStoreServices.woa/wa/MRSS/rssGeneratorInput

By: JudyOhio

JudyOhio — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:12:02 +0000

I don’t see the song moved up either, and I don’t understand the feed thing. What’s with itunes not updating. Everything seems to have been frozen for 2 or 3 days now. Sorry for the OT, just wondering was all.

By: KathyH

KathyH — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:52:44 +0000

Don’t most people dislike the sound of their voices, especially at David’s age? But yes, his voice is unique at least in part because of the vocal chord problem. I’m glad David ‘deals with it’ well enough to share.

Love that “Crush” moved up — I still can’t ‘see’ the song at 19, but I’m taking everyone’s word on it.

By: sabby_rina

sabby_rina — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 07:34:28 +0000

Haha yeah David hates the sound of his voice whether he’s singing or talking. LOL

I never noticed how “airy” sounding his voice was before. It’s what makes him unique and stand out from the rest. He’s got a very distinctive voice, and I think thats pretty cool.

By: bluejeans

bluejeans — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:39:11 +0000

If I were David, I’d hate to hear myself speak too. But since I’m not, I find it totally adorable.

By: ozarka

ozarka — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:26:55 +0000

Duke, actually David does hate his speaking voice. He’s said that in a few interviews. But it’s part of what makes him unique and endearing to his fans.

Thanks for the link, shebee! I appreciate it.

By: shebee

shebee — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:14:07 +0000

here’s the link to the feed requested:

http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wpa/MRSS/topsongs/sf=143441/limit=368/rss.xml

By: Duke

Duke — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:09:06 +0000

If i was David, i would hate to hear myself talk..lol. but having said that, i enjoyed his commentary. i live like 2 hrs from Orlando and will probably go down there for the opening if its on the weekend. and i’ll bring my video camera!

By: ozarka

ozarka — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:48:54 +0000

A tad off topic, but about DAÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬'the iTunes charts unfroze (finallyÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬'been frozen for 2 days), and Crush moved up to #19. Other than Disturbia and IÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m Yours, itÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the oldest song in the top 20! IÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m very interested to see its sales for this week because judging from last year they could be pretty big. His and CookÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s albums also moved up.

That's awesome news, soundscene! I think the last time you reported Crush's position on iTunes, it was #29. I figured that by now, everyone and their uncle have already bought a copy of Crush, so I'm really surprised to see it still chugging along. I assume you get your numbers from somewhere other than the iTunes store because it still shows up as #33 overall. Do you think you could provide us with the link to the feed that you use? I think you did try to do that on the ALTNOY video thread, but your link didn't work. Pretty please?

By: wordnerdarchie

wordnerdarchie — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:31:08 +0000

Good job David. I’ve never been to Disney (yeah, I know, I’ve been deprived), but you’ve made me want to visit the next time I’m in Florida.