Has anyone been able to read his liner notes without tears welling up in your eyes?

ronaldsf: I knew I liked Cal!!! :] (whispering so my cardinal-blooded bro-in-law doesn’t hear me) So did you have any influence on that review? :]

kizzi: Great LA Times article.

SF: Amen to that beautiful prayer.

Beebee and TOfan: Did you hear them play our fave song on the Today Hhow before his intro??

BTW, y’all…David has a new MySpace layout (finally!).

It is Nov. 17 issue (pages 119 and 120) of People magazine. I think it will on the stand next Monday or Tuesday. I scanned the pages and posted on http://picasaweb.google.com/quiteblanc as a public album, and hopefully you can see it. I am a DA diehard fan, but I am just a lurker because I don’t have much time to submit comments.

Abrra, that baby in your avatar is positively adorable! Who is it?

First I would like to apologize is I offended anyone with my comment on one of the previous posts, re the whistling into to YEDL. It was not my intention at all.

Now, as I listen, yet again, to the tracks of David’s debut album – the tears streaming down my face – I accept that this young man touches me deep inside on a level that strips me of coherent thought. I just feel. People can talk about the overproduction of the tracks, quirkiness of some of the lyrics … but I just listen to David’s voice, pay attention to the words, and cry. Desperate is the song that I connect with the most, perhaps because of my continuing battle with depression. I can totally relate to being desperate – all the emotions described in the verses… and THE CHORUS, well. “You want somebody, just anybody To lay their hands on your soul tonight You want a reason to keep believin’ That someday you’re gonna see the light.”

David is the one who “layed his hands on MY soul”. He has inspired me to find a way to find my way, back, day by day and to start to come alive.

If I feel this way listening to these album tracks, what will I do when I hear him in concert? I won’t stop me though.

When I heard the Falling snippet, it became my favorite song. I can hardly wait! Oh and how silly, when I tried to per-order mp3 download
on Amazon……..I clicked to much and ordered 4 copies of Crush!
I guess I was determined to get my order in, only to realize it’s not possible til 11/11. I wonder how many sales they have from people like me?

Abrra

I’ve heard the argument that a musician needs to play an instrument and write in order to be considered an artist. I think David is capable and will grow in this regard, but I also think about the tons of songwriters out there who don’t have good singing voices. What’s to become of them? (If I were one, I’d want David Archuleta to be singing my song. Just sayin’.)

I wonder if the argument is made to artists beginning a career -- it must be so hard to break in. I believe that Taylor Swift was told the same thing, and since her strength is in her songwriting, she must be glad she got that advice!

Beautiful lyrics, melody and the powerful chorus just screams to became a hit. Hopefully this will be his single release at some point. The best piece from the solid first album from David. “Desperate” became our favourite after the first listening of the album.

http://onlyvipmedia.blogspot.com/2008/11/vipmedia-recommends-david-archuleta.html

http://media.herald-dispatch.com/blog/idol/2008/11/david-archuleta-cd-review-one.html