Comments on: Album Cut Preview: Touch My Hands

By: alicia

alicia — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:33:15 +0000

The actual title is Touch My Hand, singular.

By: Mrs. Archuleta

Mrs. Archuleta — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:44:56 +0000

You can touch my hands David HUBBA HUBBA

By: np1107

np1107 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:55:39 +0000

Silverfoxe, Kizzi#112, and davidfanLIZ#113: Thank you so much for your posts. You speak to what I was thinking when I read his blog on alloy.com about him making his album for his fans. I so appreciated that from him, but at the same time it made me feel worried. I hope he knows that we TRUST him, and that he has fans by his side for the marathon, not the sprint.

By: davidfanLIZ

davidfanLIZ — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:37:21 +0000

Kizzi -- we’ve all moved on to the next post, but I wanted to say that I hear what you are saying. I put myself down in the “unconditional love” category of fan. I too worry about David’s fear of letting down his fans. He should focus on pleasing himself -- his aesthetic, his morality, and let the rest go.

By: Kizzi

Kizzi — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:42:45 +0000

Silverfoxe -- I am glad you brought up the topic of “conditions” for being a fan. I think of the interview where David speaks of fearing responsibility (how acutely astute for a 17 year old btw) and my heart hurts. David has such a vast continuum of fans and they span from the most conservative to the most liberal and all points in between.

I read comments at other sites where the expectations set are beyond perfection, actually into the divine. I see fans who are asking David to prove some idea, belief, ideal for them. What an albatross to put around anyone’s neck. Couple that with the fact that David is sensitive, caring, kind and has an obvious two-way adoring relationship with his fans and I see the potential of painful realizations ahead. Thankfully, David has fans who accept him for who he is, who know that what happens, happens and who genuinely want what David wants. Those are the fans who belong to the “fans for life club,” the fans with UNCONDITIONAL love.

I think of him growing up before our eyes and sharing his vulnerabilities and perceived “faults” and I am in awe. Imagine being 17 years old and in a glass house--not me, never would have had the courage to do that. .

By: panamom

panamom — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:58:45 +0000

Oh! I soooo hope the cd comes leaks Oct. 30th. I will be in Orlando then: I can have an early Christmas, and I won’t have to wait for express delivery (fingers crossed).
HG: can we have the happy song in the background?

By: archu_adorable

archu_adorable — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:51:29 +0000

I admit I haven’t gone to a lot of other sites, so I may have missed something. It seemed to me that those that are relieved he didn’t write TMH based their relief on the pretty predictable nature of the lyrics that we’ve heard so far -- not that he couldn’t have the feelings expressed in the song, but that we all expect something a little more profound from him lyrically, even though I think anything he sings will be a gigantic hit. I don’t actually care so much what he sings as how he sounds.

They also may have been referring to the fact that he expressly stated he couldn’t find his soul mate by just looking into a crowd and saying “I choose you” which you have to admit is pretty much where this song is headed.

By: momofteens

momofteens — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:10:34 +0000

Silverfoxe, I so agree with your post 101! There are a lot of folks out there with what I think of as rather puritanical beliefs, and that’s one of the reasons I don’t post much anywhere but here. But, I guess that just goes to show the diversity of DA’s fans. I can’t believe that they would actually turn away from him if he didn’t live up to their expectations, but if they do, it’s their loss.

By: silverfoxe

silverfoxe — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:03:08 +0000

Joner…veryyyyy BIG’UN’s!!

RAH-RAH-RAH! Go BIG ‘D’!!

By: Joner

Joner — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:47:35 +0000

Sorry, I meant FANBLAST!