Feeling The Power
Chicago House of Blues, March 8, 2009 (photo credit: Tom Cruze/Sun-Time
Zero Gravity, Chicago House of Blues, thanks to LettuceBoy924
Zero Gravity, The Moshpit Experience
To mosh or not to mosh, that is the question! Yes, you’re up close to the stage, but oh! the elbows and the shoulders and the other body parts you don’t want to think about, that are pressed up close to you! Did someone just kick you? (Yes, and it wasn’t a mistake!) And the endless sea of video cameras thrust in your face and brushing up against your hair. Sigh…. For those of us who haven’t had the pleasure yet, here is the moshpit experience, up close and personal.
davidfanLIZ
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Where is SFs recap mentioned on prior post? The comments began with Vee’s at “March 19, 2009 at 5:30 a.m.” and hers must have been earlier. Just logged on, trying to figure out if there’s a new structure now?
davidfanLIZ: I can watch Zero Gravity for hours. I LOVE when the crowd jumps, when you can feel the energy even sitting home in your office chair. I didn’t mosh, but the layout of Infinity was kind of strange. I did stand up close but on the elevated platform on the right side. Hip to hip with other fans, elbows raised, hair flying, hands swinging, posters held aloft, cameras flashing. These small venues will be missed when David begins to fill music halls, and then stadiums. We won’t ever be this close to him while he performs again.
HB — SF’s recap is in the previous thread at 1:02
highervibe March 19, 2009 at 1:42 pm
When the tread gets too long they are compressed to a link marked Older posts. You will see it in the lower left of the longer threads. Click that and you have the complete thread list. SF’s may have been compressed. Older posts never lost , just “boxed’ for ease after a certain thread count.
SB
I answered you in the last thread. I have a habit of being last to post.
Abrra
This is from SF. I didn’t want anyone to miss it. SF has promised us some more information once she is back home. Look for that soon.
“Good morning everyone! I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean to leave you all hanging..It was just so late last night and I really won’t have time to recap everything til I get home..However I will explain the hand-holding experience…
After the concert, we had a bite to eat, then went out to the buses. Eli had mentioned they would be leaving in a few hours and we hoped to see at least a glimpse of David before they left. There were fans there already, and David had just come out. He was to give one autograph, no pics allowed and we had to be in a single file line. Then as David passed each person, that person was told in no uncertain terms..go away, leave.
When he got to me close to the end of the line, Lupe had just walked up behind him, so I was able to say “Hola” to her! Then David sees me, recognition in his face, he says, “Oh hi!” I said, “I don’t have anything for you to sign David”. So he takes my hand and holds it in the most loving way, gentle but firm. I say, “Finally I can say hello to you beautiful mom!” He smiles and says, “yeah!” I tell him to have a safe trip & I’ll see him again in Utah. Then Ray, cuz he’s so protective of David, says “OK, move on, you have to leave”. I say “ok, ok..I’m going!” And David turns around to walk to the bus, and I yell, “HAVE A SAFE TRIP!! GET SOME SLEEP!” He turns & waves! And then he’s gone again!
I love David Archuleta for the beautiful human being he is and for always wanting to please his fans. And I love Ray, his tour manager, for protecting David..even though he could BMLD (be more like David)…
gotta catch my flight in a little while.”
Hey, thanks all -- I’m catching up now!! HUGS!
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that David is 18. So even though we find certain articles of clothing inappropriate or distasteful, eighteen year olds like shirts like the one he wore last night.
DFL: Thank you for showing what the moshpit experience is like. In Sayreville, I got there too late to mosh, unfortunately. Being so far away, I feel like I missed out. But I came to hear THE VOICE in person, in the same room and that much I accomplished. Have to admit that I feel a little shortchanged to have missed out on the up close and personal feel. (Waiting for the next tour.)
djafan When you’re ready to tell us about your concert experience, you have a captive audience right here, ready and waiting.
SF I know you had to catch your flight but thank you for relaying your moment. He held you hand? He held you hand?!!!!! SF: HE HELD YOUR HAND!!!!!
Folks: David held SF’s hand!!!!
You’re one lucky girl, SF!!!
That pic up top, WOWZAAAA!
My first mosh experience ever was the Northern Lights in December. Crowds terrify me so I was dreading that part of it. Turns out, besides being close enough to feel the heat radiating from David’s performance, I LOVED being part of the screaming, dancing crowd.
When you’re seated, you rarely talk to the people sitting around you but à la mosh there’s an instant intimacy forged when someone’s shoulder’s lodged under your armpit. Good times.
While we’re anxiously awaiting the FULL report from SF, one photo on snarkies led me to this incredible rabbit warren of photos of David!! It’s like nuts saved up for winter, omgosh, except they’re all neatly organized. Oh he is gonna lov v v v v v e his Asian tour!!!! (And here I thought **I** had the ultimate stash of pics… hahahaha)
http://gengenw.pixnet.net/album
I’m just logging in today to apologize for not doing a writeup today -- I was geared up to fly out to Reno but had to stay behind because of a debate that I was called last-minute to be part of. (Folks will hear the full story later!) So yeah, I couldn’t write about the concert.
I will however be at the Salt Lake City concert, for sure. And I am still unspoiled!
MOSHPIT FTW!!!!!!!!!!!! Save some elbow room for me!!
(off to work now… sigh)
On a personal level.. I am terrified of crowds..and tend to lean toward being claustrophobic. As a matter of fact, in Williamsville I took my camera put in backwards over my head and took a picture of the crowd behind me.
I vowed to not turn around, don’t look back.. because that would have certainly given me a full blown panic attack.
My fear of crowds.. is not gone. I’ll probably never do it again in my life. (I’d never done it before.)
I let myself get swept up in “The David”. His beauty and spirit..were enough to keep me SO captivated.. I was completely unaware that there were 1200 other people behind me.. pushing, jumping, bumping, sneezing, coughing…whatever.
Believe me… after Sayerville.. I struggled with this.. I don’t know if anyone remembers…but moshing.. was something I definately weighed before Williamsville.
I’ve done my best to convince others to mosh.
I’ve had some truly wonderful things happen to me in life.. I’m not without joy.. but I know my moshing…is something I’ll never forget. If I could go back and do it again …I’d do the same exact thing.
It’s been several weeks now.. and if I allow myself to transport mentally back in time.. it’s still as breathtaking today, as it was then. That’s why I don’t tranport often. There IS such a thing as David overload.. and he leaves me paralyzed if I don’t keep him at a safe distance.
highervibe March 19, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Oh my! I feel my inner Gravitar waking up! Those are some sweet photos. Thanks for posting!
Dawn my friend ! I am beginning to thaw out some from my overload of recent. I wonder who is going to feed us videos from UK and Asia. /whistles innocent JR /cough
Abrra
If we don’t get updates from the UK.. I’ll go straight from overload to withdrawal. I can’t imagine THAT being very safe for the psyche !!!
And wow.. talk about a treasure chest of photos !!! Those are almost.. print them out and make an album photos. I’m not saying anything to anyone.. if they have such an album..but if I did that at my house.. they’d have me shipped off.. straight jacket and all in short order.
I’m walking on thin ice with the ODD at home.
I saw this on LAF. It is third-hand information, from someone who claimed they got it from the band. Doesn’t seem plausible; not sure how on earth there could be a summer album AND a Christmas album:
From his band:
“Okay so, i got at the arena around 6:30-7 in the morning and there was already like ten people in front of me, it was pretty crazy. So like around 11 the bus showed up and the band came out to talk to everyone, it was so cool! I got pictures of one of them eating oranges haha it was funny. They were telling us that davids new cd will be out in the summer and he IS making a christmas album. He also might tour for disney with miley cyrus but thats a maybe. “
I’m sure we will get updates from the UK. CHenson is going to four concerts that I know of, and he mentioned that he plans to stalk the TV studios.
Well, the talented Starrynights01 has just loaded a set of front row videos of Reno and like her last set, they are fantastic. Go take a look on Youtube, while I load them into the Reno page
Jeff has confirmed that there will be a summer CD and a christmas CD.. that’s part of the Jive contract. I don’t know where he’ll find the time.. but I trust him
“He also might tour for disney with miley cyrus but thats a maybe” … that’s my least favorite idea.
To mosh or not to mosh…that is the question.
When I attended the Sayreville concert, I was determined to find a place at the back, possibly a level higher than most people and near an exit. You see…this was my first time to attend a general admission, my first time to see David live. Somehow, because I went inside the venue with our jD friends, I ended up following them right smack very close/center to the stage in that mosh pit. When the venue started to fill up, I felt trapped and started to regret the decision to stay where I was at that time . I locked arms with Samfan just so we don’t get separated from Happy, DJ and some of our jD friends in front of us. The worst time was when I had to endure Leslie’s set while the teens around me started yelling and screaming (unbelievable noise).
When it was David’s turn, the noise was even louder (almost unbearable) to a point where I felt that I might end up losing my hearing. When David came out though, somehow, my ears were just focused on his voice and the volume of screams were turned down to a point that it became part of this joyful experience. I took a few photos and snippets of videos, but most of the time, I was just there to experience his presence. It felt so surreal that I was so close to him, I could see every expression in his face and I knew every song he sang. You could tell from the joy in his face, that it wasn’t just about us being there to see him and listen to his music, but it was also about him enjoying to share it with us.
Thanks Liz for making me re-live my moshpit experience. I would do it again for a David concert but alas…I’m afraid that these small venue/general admission concerts will be a thing in the past soon. There is no doubt that he will soon be moving up to big venue concerts where I may have to settle for nosebleed seats. At least…I was able to do it once…
So back to the question above………………………….. Yes Yes Yessssssssss…..Moshpit FTW. You gotta do it once if haven’t done it before.
Good morning everyone from the land of koalas, platypus and kangaroos. It is just 6:38 am here
Just from previous post. HG, I am not saying that FOD had more chatters than JD. It is not the number of chatters. But we have to accept that their way of chatting is different from here. Different websites have different chatters and they do have their faithful regulars just like here. I do the rounds of websites depending on my moods and what time and day it is. Especially if I want to share something to all of DA fans. But my home is here, I love the company here. You don’t mind my rambling…….Just like now….of nonsense….but
Sorry if that was the impressions I gave jello525, and to you guys, it is my English sorry. Rather than keeping him/her here , I pushed him/her away, I think. What I meant was he/she can switch from website to website if no one was there to fill the void. And then come here again when all people are here. Calling Calling Jello525……sorry if I have offended you
On this topic, if given a chance, I will do moshpit. Being small might be an advantage, I will squish myself to be in front, just like a teenager ( my ex said , I can pass for one) so in some situations I can pretend to be one. Of course, I will say excuse me………until I reach the stage…
???? when would that be…. Uploading some videos now.. Angelica, haven’t forgotten you DLG…
OK…This is seriously the cutest most honest video of David that I’ve seen. It’s like you’re hanging out with him…Check it out!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT3m8YO4TzA
Oh did I forget to mention that I had the time of my life at the Sayreville show, despite the fact that I was not moshing! The Archulator never ever disappoints!
ARE YOU ALLERGIC? OH MY GOSH!!! I’M SORRY!!!
He is SOOOOOO cute!!!
Jone: I watched that one, too, and he is so sincere! So regular, too.
May I please come back?
To Marlie,TOfan,Abrra,djafan,HG,refnaf,bebe…and every other wonderful person here-
Yesterday was just a terribly “off” day for me. I should have never posted. Period. For lack of a better explanation, I am going to attribute it to some wild and crazy hormonal shift going on. Here lately I must say I am 47 goin’ on 13…not the best place to be! I only hope I can behave for you all from now on!
Bebe and Joner- I just love your posts.
Oh heck,I just love everyone’s posts!
Oh Gosh-you are prob. all thinking “Another menopausal woman…can we deal with this?” I hope so. I probably should be on some medicine LOL.
To Dawn: Commit me NOW! I am one of the dorks that actually have printed his pics and will construct an album. He is just so beautiful inside and out and I am worried the pics will go away. Plus, this way I can look back when he is like 30 and see how cute he was @ 18! Please don’t arrest me!
Can anyone say…adoption? Geez, it’s like he’s my son! Sometimes I worry my actual 18yr old son will get jealous…but, not so much. I am pretty sure he is more mature than I am at times!
BTW-I forget already who was kind enough last nite to recommend other fan sites for me.
Well…I have to say that I do like visiting them but may I reside here?
Please reside here jello… you fit ..
don’t worry about the bad day.. David brings it out in us.. we are fondly starting to call it David Overload.
It IS very real.. I know I’m not the only one that goes through it, but I won’t “out” anyone else.
He just gets to be too much for me. He turns me inside out, and sometimes I’m left scrambling around looking for the pieces. I’m sure I’ve forgotten some in all this.
I can’t figure it out. He simply IS.. just too much. If I don’t take my times to step away for him for a minute.. I won’t function.. at all. Bearing in mind.. this is the LAST effect David wants to have on his fans.
So take your breaks.. have your mini meltdowns.. and we promise.. we’ll be right here.. to mend you
Oh Vee-just read your post. I just want to say that some sites(one in particular) just seem…..um…well, I love the positivity goin’ on but…..geez….well….it’s just over the top @ times. I am not a neg person but I do realize things are not rosy all the time that’s for sure! I have seen MAJOR attacks if posts are not super flowery followed by a gahzillion !!!!!!!!!!! Got my drift?
Hey jello! Glad you are back. It can get quiet around here late at night. Let me tell you about your symptoms -- ODD -- yep, mood swings, feelings of abandonment when there isn’t a concert that night, printing off pictures of 18-year-old boys and feeling kinda creepy about it LOL!
You came to the right spot!
Jello at 4:15
Girl, you may as well start unpacking because you have a home here!
Did I read that right? You love my posts??
Unbelievable that someone loves my posts!!!
All of you posters put me to shame and yet, someone loves my posts!!!!
**Doing the happy dance.**
Feeling the love people! BRING IT ON! lol
Seriously…thanks.
..sorry to spam peeps.. oh …and about the album.. believe me.. I’m trying to find a way to do it incognito. I’ve recently been David bashed again, but I’ll overcome it soon enough and just start building an album. Right now.. it’s just too much at home.. if I hear about Chris Brown’s new single one more time I’m moving out.
Bebe you seriously crack me up. Seriously.
boys…did I say 18-year-old boys (plural). Well, I meant a certain 18-year-old man. The end.
New single for CB?
“New”…”renewed”…relationship with Rhianna?
I signed an online petition to oust him for a teen choice award. I cannot bekieve he is still on the ballot.
Things will get better with me and for me. I am usually @ work late @ night so won’t be here at that time anyway. I just happen to have this spring break week off. I usually jump on when I get home in the AM.
Man-boy. Gotcha marlie.
Well, I am off to recycle. And tomorrow I am hopefully buying a car. Talk to you all upon my return.
OKAY MARLIE !!!!!!!
40 LASHES .. I’m usually SO SO good while I’m at work… keeping it all on the downlow..
But this !!! “printing off pictures of 18-year-old boys and feeling kinda creepy about it LOL”
DONE… SNORTING OUT LOUD .. I’ve drawn attention from my neighbors..who want to know what’s wrong now.
I’m backpeddling.. someone sent me a joke or something !!!
Bad Bad Marlie !!!!!!!!!!!
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Talk about ODD, I can barely type! I just finished watching the recent video Joner sent and am BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS!!!!
Okay I’ll explain.
I am a huge fan of Bon Jovi and one of my fantasies is of
Mr. David Archuleta singing my favorite Bon Jovi song, “Always”. “Always” is the ultimate love song and, IMO, one of the most beautiful love songs ever written, lyrics and melody.
I am definitely overdosing now. I think I need rehab. Did I not hear David sing a few bars of “Always” as he was walking through the halls of the radio station after pointing to a Bon Jovi poster?
Tell me what I’m feeling isn’t some mistake.
dawn65: That’s what you guys do to me -- I find myself bursting out laughing in my office or when I’m alone at home, or worse, when my husband walks by the door and sees me laughing with tears rolling down my face and says, “What’s so funny?”
That’s literally.. the first time I’ve laughed this loud at work !!!
You just can’t even know…if you knew the current “state of the environment” you’d understand more why this was ..VERY out of the ordinary.
Joner, LOVED David in the video.. kind of irrated with the interns.. honestly…some of the comments they made at the end are insulting.
I feel bad for all those people waiting.. he’s getting more and more inaccessable.
It’s bound to happen…but it will be horribly sad… Ray seems to make greater and greater efforts to remove David from the fans.
oh well…such is fame I guess.
A summer CD? Really? Why?????
I hope it’s just the same debut CD with some added tracks, including the bonus tracks to get the public to rediscover David’s songs.
It just can’t be the second album!
There are a bunch of songs on this current CD that still need to be discovered.
HG -- Maybe it’ll be a CD of LIVE performances that they’ll sell with the video they took of him performing at the House of Blues!
Man…that would be sweet!
I guess we’ll just have to wait and see HG. Maybe they’ll decide to put the stuff they turned down originally and mainstream it. .
Sara B-a-r-e-i-l-l-e-s has a combo CD/DVD out right now of her live performance at the Fillmore with some bonus stuff.
It’s awesome! Maybe this is the wave of the future for music artists!
Sweet mosh memories…Northern Lights in Albany was the first mosh experience of my life… (I’m old and dull) glad it was David, not sure anyone else could have kept me there.
Joner>409… that vid is so perfectly David, but makes me a little sad. I would just love for him to come over and hang out with the family. Didn’t enjoy the view of the girls at the end… labelling the fans as crazy. They have no idea… haha
I hope the summer cd is a rework of the stuff he’s done… all the extra songs… maybe a Spanish “Crush”
Nice to se you back Jello… you need an avi!
http://en.gravatar.com/
I Like Jello.
Abrra
I need to add… David’s close up performance is so worth the elbows, tired legs, jostling and sweating. I would never take back that experience and If I had the chance to do it over, I’d be there so fast… yikes.
Ooh, Joner! A live CD would be sweet!
Hi everyone,
Dawn -- I have to agree with you about Ray. Based on the experiences of fan stories on other fan sites -- Ray seems particularly agressive when it comes to the fans. We all know David has a penchant for lingering despite repeated requests so maybe they needed to get someone more firm with him. However, Ray seems to go completely on the other side of the spectrum and actually yells at the fans. In a fan report this morning on Snarkies -- David offered to sign another autograph for a fan because he felt the first would get smeared. The fan reported that she got yelled at to leave but David seemed exasperated and gave back a “mean look” as if to say its not her but my fault.
I know that as David’s star rises -- he will get less and less accessible but does his “security” have to alienate fans as well?
Re the after-interview video -- Also agree that it was great UNTIL the comments from the interns. Is is all right to refer to fans as “crazies” when all they want to do is show love and appreciation to someone they admire?
Thanks all for allowing me to vent -- LOL!
Hi jello welcome back.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M0Q6N3D8
Part 5 of Beaumont concert, thanks to Duskette1
Crush and 1000 miles.
Love crush here…. crushing now….
and the last to to be uploaded is Angels
Also uploading DLG of Oklahoma.
You like me….you really like me!!!!!
Credit to Sally Field circa….not sure.
Jello -- please know by now that you are VERY WELCOME here. Sometimes no one is around when you post, but trust me -- someone ALWAYS does after a little while so just keep hanging in there.
I’m hangin’ Joymus. I promise, I am not high maintenance.Thank you.
Where do I start? I can’t get this silly grin off my face with all these random thoughts of the “Day” I witnessed the most amazing and gifted singer /performer I’ve ever seen. I waited over 9 hours to see him. The first act…not so good in my opinion, but I took the advice dawn65, bliss and others to mosh, so I braved it out and I don’t have a single regret, I’d do it again in a heartbeat, but only for David. Everybody needs to do this at least once.
I don’t do well in enclosed spaces, much less squeezed in by hundreds of people. I was about 5 rows back of the stage in front of the keyboard. I looked back and there were people in every space available, I only looked once. My granddaughter asked a few times if I was ok. I’m so glad I snuck in my water. During the first act I’ll have to admit it was rough with people trying to settle in all around me. When he came out all was forgotten. The place went crazy.
Have I mentioned how absolutely gorgeous he is? He glows, his aura envelops you. His facial expressions, his smile draws you in, his eyes… his gaze is hypnotic. His body, his movements are raw and electrifying. I would never like him to choreograph his moves, he moves to the music so naturally and his hand movements, his hands, oh my, his hands… I’ve never seen hands like these. He didn’t look tiny or thin to me, his outfit was perfect, (this is my pick for best outfit, and he wears green well) he looks larger than life dancing and bouncing around the stage. His energy is intense.
Then there is the Voice…. strong, rich, velvety, with the most perfect pitch… hitting every note, echoing back at you, the nuances in his voice are so perfect they make you feel the pain, the joy, whatever feeling he wants to convey. He is such a subtle flirt, the little looks and waves are perfect, I think he’s realizing the effect of these and uses them wisely.
His performances were all perfect, I can’t pick a favorite…they’re all my favorites, the ballads are so tender, yet I love his sassiness in WFY and WFM, with ZG he lets loose, that first Zero at the end is crazy… but there is something about Don’t Let Go that my 18 year old self ….. enough said.
I had such a diverse group around me, women, men, teens and various ethnicities, I decided then that I was going to open myself to David and react to each and every moment. I’m 48, I screamed, jumped, whistled, chanted, laughed , yelled out I love you David as loud as I could, these emotions just free flowed out of me… as I’ve listened to the posted youtubes of Pomona I almost fell out of my chair, I can hear myself doing all of the above and I don’t care, I’m past blushing. At the end of Angels his eyes glistened, he looked out at the audience and touched his heart … said thank you with such sincerity, I cried. I have been overwhelmed with all this, I feel euphoric.
I thought I would feel sad now but I don’t, I haven’t watched Reno’s performances just Pomona’s repeatedly, I want to keep my experience fresh for a little while longer. I hope I didn’t bore you all with my extreme fangirling but I love him and he has a fan for life. I’ve started a savings for the summer/fall concert, I’m so there. (sorry it’s so long)
ronaldsf 2:34 (((hug))) So sorry you couldn’t make it to Reno and do a review for us. We’ll get you back here soon. And Salt Lake is going to be epic. I’m going there too! It will be your FIRST TIME! Woot!
hell0g0rge0us March 19, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Perhaps Jive came to their senses and are going to make a new CD with some of the extra songs they have in the”can”. i read that they had 30+ songs to choose from for the first Cd. Think Zero Gravity. Nah that song would never make it on a CD. /snort
Abrra
djafan: What an exciting time -- and your telling of it was wonderful. I’m so glad you let the inner fangirl out -- we need that stuff. David just brings it all to the frontline and you can’t help yourself! Thank you for letting us be there with you!
ronaldsf, no need to apologize, only sorry you had to miss the show.
djafan, bore us? you are kidding, right? Gotta go find a vid of Pomona Angels now! (And Refnaf, Spanish Crush, ayayay)
Joner, a live CD/DVD would be sweeeeeet! And sell like hot cakes btw (Jive, cha-ching alert!)
http://www.z103.fm/
David calling in any minute !!!
GO GO GO
Hey Dawn….I clicked and ready to listen. Jesse McCartney is singing now. Are we on the same page?
I haven’t heard anything about David calling in ..but it’s on FOD and Snarkies..
or did I miss it?
ok thanks
wow.. they’re playing Halo.. is that a sign ? LOL
So…anyways….thought I better say something about David here instead of my sorry self for a change.
He was all kinda awesomeness in OKC when I was there! It’s sort of funny though b/c when I was in line there were 2 women behind me who were older than me which made me feel so much better about being there. I mean,here I am, 47 yr old dorky fangirl standing in freezing weather and wind…ALONE. Not an older woman with tween children….just me…ALONE. So, I turn around and start up a convo with these nice 50ish “fangirls” and the more I spoke w/them, it became very apparent by their lack of knowledge of everything David, that they were NOT the fannys I thought they were! How embarrassing. One example of my dorkiness:
Jeff came out to the line to collect gifts and when he left I said,”David is built just like his dad”. The reply was………..
emptiness….nothingsville. Oops,did I say something wrong?
Anyway-come to find out they were in line for their teen daughters who were in the car doing their homework! I thought that was very sacraficial(sp?) of them. I turned around and kept to myself after that.lol
Did I mention the 4 jr high looking girls in front of me in line doing their homework also? One thing about young people…they have such darn beautiful skin!
Time travel anyone?? I am game.
One more thing I hope you don’t mind me sharing.
Since I was alone in OKC I did a little self-induced dehydration the night before and morning of the concert. I was sure I was NOT going to leave the line to find a restroom and was not sure anyone would hol my place. It worked out pretty well except that I believe I have “teeny-weeny bladder” syndrome. By the time David came on board(7 hrs into my adventure) I must admit I had to “go”. I met some fun people in the mosh…but they all said,”YOU HAVE TO JUMP AND DANCE DURING ZG!!!” So, I did!
It brought me back to the time, not all that long ago, when I bought my son a trampoline for the backyard. After lots of coaxing from him and my b/f I decided to give it a try. Keep in mind my body has born a child.
Need I say more??
Jumping was kept to a minimum.
Any guys here-just skip this entry.
LOL
Hey Jello! I am all in for the time travel!
Alright prd!!
Are you into jumping???
Ooops…I meant “bore” a child…what a dork.
oh jello … you are new.. you are not alone.. but MUCH braver than I !!!
this is a repeat story for most here..but here’s a recap for just you !!
the same thing happened to me in Sayerville.. the jDers will tell you. I was second in line.. surrounded by 12 -- 14 year olds.. and getting pretty odd looks from the “mom”… and I was alone.
I just couldn’t STAND there.. so I surrendered my spot…and walked with my head down across the street to the VFW to meet up with the rest of the jDers.
An SUV was there.. with 2 women, I think younger than me.. I don’t know..I’m not good with that.. and they walked over to me to ask me if I’d been to the venue before, I told them no, but my daughter used to go there when it was HunkaBunka. I’m thinking they are there to see the concert as well.. but no.. they are standing guard over their children.
They asked me if it safe to leave their kids there.. I said.. It’s David.. I’d be perfectly comfortable leaving my child there (if I had one under the age of 14… and THAT ship sailed a long time ago). They both looked at each other.. then looked at me and said.. OH.. you’re here to see the concert ? I said oh yeah.
That’s was two shots to my ego within 30 minutes of themselves.
But then.. I was surrounded by jDers.. and all was right in the world again. We showed up in force.. heads held high.. flaunting our bright pink scarves.
We were a proud bunch of screaming fangirls.. and I’m proud to be a member of this elite group !!!!
… jello “I did a little self-induced dehydration the night before and morning of the concert.”…
Williamsville.. I didn’t eat or drink anything from the time I got up that morning, until 10:30 that night… in fear of the same thing !!!
He’s seriously going to kill us.. LOL !!!!
I was horribly ill for the next two weeks.. my body was probably trying to figure out what in heck I was doing !!!
I don’t know if David’s dialing into this station.. the guy hasn’t said anything… going to check the other sites.
Awwwww Dawn….thanks for sharing that!! It’s so nice to share age-related things with all of you. One thing I have discovered with time….a sense of humor is the ONLY way to survive the “mature” years. Fortunately, though not easily, I have learned to laugh @ myself and my plights in life!
jello.. this is the only place I’d share this way.. and I’ve actually met some of these folks… which makes it doubly brave for me…because believe it or not…I’m painfully shy.
Still waiting on that radio station from Idaho but no sign of David yet. Wanna bet he’s probably pigging out on Thai food now.
Anyway, been playing that radio station video that Joner posted earlier and now I’m ticked off. Although it was labeled something like ‘hanging out with David”, it was really “showing David how to get out of the building the back way, to avoid fans’. That in itself doesn’t bother me so much but the attitude of the interns was so unprofessional and they knew they were being videotaped! One of them referred to a fan as an old lady. Their manner was so condescending. I guess we have to get used to being called “the crazies” or is it ‘cra-zehs’. LOL
yes bebe.. I didn’t want to post what she actually said..but I want to go and post something to the station someplace.
notice they didn’t act like that when David was around.
David..was himself.. but those two nitwits..makes the video a bit embarrassing.
okay.. I feel a little better.. vented.. ever so slightly.. and that was pretty mild. I’ve been known to rip a reviewer apart a time or two.
The AI8 contestants arrived at the Motown Museum for the upcoming show theme “50 yrs of Motown”.
This is what Berry Gordy,founder of Motown, said to reporters outside:
“I am not going to talk about singing. Success is the easy part-it’s about what kind of person you are,and integrity.”
David!!!! The epitome of integrity!
Sidenote(or more correctly-bottomnote): I am not into AI this year-I just saw this @ mj’s site.
I want to see you RIP dawn!! Oh ya! Most of them certainly deserve it imo….
lol Jello.. Oh I have.. it’s the protective streak that comes out. Almost like a motherbear with her cubs… I have to try to tone it down sometimes….I wear my screaming fangirl hat proudly… but defensive stalker I’m not a huge fan of… HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Jello I love ya! Jumpjumpjump!
mmm…idk…there is at least one pic over at FOD in the Reno get-up that is pretty pectacular
Oh LittleM.. I’m seriously trying with the Reno outfit. I’m just not feeling it. But the gengen pictures.. wow ….what a treasure !!
Dawn is very tired tonight.. especially if I’m talking about myself in the third person. Too tired to youtube.. too tired to download anything…too tired to upload anything. Too tired to think.
Only 5 shows left.. what will keep us going after that ?
I don’t know who’s more tired.. US.. or David…for the most part, I’m only trying to keep up with him via the internet.. but he’s exhausting.
Everyone enjoy your evening.
Sorry to interrupt, guys
but have we seen this?
http://bringdabeatback.blogspot.com/2009/03/david-archuleta-concert-review.html
Goodnite dawn…thanks for everything. Get some rest.
TOfan:I saw that about 5 min ago….awesome! Actually, I printed it for my “album”***winking to marlie***(see post above @ 4:29)
djafan -- at first thought I wanted to say I loved your first paragraph, then your second, oh, then your third, plus your fourth. Loved your whole piece.
I yie yie…so considering SLC. Saw him there on Idol tour but know that
one cannot even compare. Trying to figure out if this is a possibility.
Alot of details to work through. In the meantime, you guys keep us
well-connected and feeling as though we are there right beside you… screaming, jumping, laughing, crying.
I cannot get enough of the new Reno version of WFM. The new soulful vibe reverberates through the entire song. If there is anyone who has the inclination and know-how to put this into MP3 or knows where I can find it, I would be forever on-my-knees, bowing indebted!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnNQk16xlIE&eurl=http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/03/works-for-me-video-from-reno.html&feature=player_embedded
mmiegirl March 19, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Email me alphawav@comcast.net
I can make mp3 and send it to you via email.
Abrra
LOVE that funkadelic WFM! And back to the moshpit theme, the vid captures the sea of screens glowing over everyone’s heads. Can be distracting when you’re there but what would we do without ‘em when we’re not?
Abrra
Thaaank you so much! I just sent you an email. You have made me very happy!
I keep wondering about AI, who chooses what he sings?
If AI chooses, no doubt they will have him do a slow, ballad type song.
(I will refrain from commenting)
If Jive chooses, probably A Little Too Not Over You.
If the fans chose, probably right now, Zero Gravity.
If David got to choose, I wonder what it would be?
A summer CD. Wow, how is that possible? Unless it is as someone mentioned
maybe more of the songs he recorded for first album. Does anyone know, has
any past Idol winners or contestants put out another album so quickly after the first?
Hi emmiegirl -
I don’t think any other idol people have. I really hope it is just a bigger and better version of his original CD, because I want him to be able to take the time to craft his next album. Actually, I don’t think there is any way it could be a whole new album to be released this summer. When would he record it? He only has a couple weeks between this tour and the McFly tour and Asia, for a summer release the album would need to be complete by May or June at the latest…just doesn’t sound realistic..
wonder if it is a “Deluxe” version of the original album, with some new great songs…and perhaps…the Miley duet? *ducks*
esperda -- March 19, 2009 at 3:50 pm -- “When David came out though, somehow, my ears were just focused on his voice and the volume of screams were turned down to a point that it became part of this joyful experience.”
Yes, perfectly said! Isn’t that amazing? I thought I would hate all the screaming, and when David started singing, I **guess** they were still screaming but I kinda didn’t notice -- it just translated as incredible ENERGY and David thrives on it. It was deliriously wonderful!
Joner -- March 19, 2009 at 4:09 pm -- haha that vid, hey, it’s 6:33 minutes towards our wish of some months ago to have reality tv David 24/7!! “ARE YOU ALLERGIC? OH MY GOSH!!! I’M SORRY!!!” too funny -- that was my favorite part too!!
bwwaaahahahahah! You are ALL too funny tonight!!! omg, not even half-way throught the comments. I KNEW you’d like that little photo treasure trove! Happy printing, everyone!! {{belly laughs}}
Welcome back jello {{waves}} -- you seriously crack me up, too! Seriously!
OK, reading on…..
emmiegirl
Sent the mp3
Abrra
littlem ~
A deluxe version with new songs, especially ones that he or he and Mike wrote would be almost too much to ask for, wouldn’t it? That would awesome!
lol, the Miley duet!
Awhile back I think I remember hearing something about Jordan saying she and David had recorded together for her album. Hope that is true!
SF- So lucky he came out so soon, I waited for over an hour in Pomona and he didn’t come out until 3 hours later. I hope one day I’m able to shake his hand.
Bebereader – thanks for the encouragement… I did it.
Marlie7 – “printing off pictures of 18-year-old boys and feeling kinda creepy about it LOL” boys…did I say 18-year-old boys (plural). Well, I meant a certain 18-year-old man. The end.
I’m right there with you ….
Dawn -- 40 LASHES .. I’m usually SO SO good while I’m at work… keeping it all on the downlow..
I have people passing my office and asking me what’s so funny! If the only new.
Refnaf -- I hope the summer cd is a rework of the stuff he’s done… all the extra songs… maybe a Spanish “Crush”
I’m with you on this, maybe include a live performance video of his tour.
marlie7 – thank you for your comments…fangirl it is.
I’ve been told lately that I look younger… I call that David effect….lol.
TOfan -- I’m glad you enjoyed it…thank you.
dawn65 -- okay.. I feel a little better.. vented.. ever so slightly.. and that was pretty mild. I’ve been known to rip a reviewer apart a time or two.
Did you leave a comment? I thought that was very rude of them. They sure seemed to be fans until those last comments….made me wonder.
Emmiegirl …..djafan -- at first thought I wanted to say I loved your first paragraph, then your second, oh, then your third, plus your fourth. Loved your whole piece.
Thank you so much for kind words…it means a lot to me. I blog incognito, this is completely out of character for me, something I never imagined I would. But this ODD was making me question my sanity. Then I found ND, I found people that have what I have. Now JD, I love this place, you all are great.
TOfan -- The beginning of Reno’s WFM is so good.
I think we’ve just seen the surface of his talent so far…it’s kind of scary.
I apologize for the long post….trying to catch up….hate falling behind all the posts.
About the “old lady” comment in that vid -- I heard that too. Offended at first, but then I thought to myself, I probably would have thought--if not said--the same thing if I was their age. I was no where near as evolved as David when I was 18 (or however old the girls are), so rude as it was, it doesn’t surprise me. It just reveals the level of their consciousness. And hey--I bet we’re having just as much fun as they are… probably more!!! We don’t have to do all that teen angsting*.
Peace.
(* I’ll take mid-life angsting over teen angsting any day! lol lol lol)
abrra -- sent you another email, and am more than happy to oblige.
djafan -- about the blogging thing, me too. A little over a year ago no one could have convinced me that I would be participating in a blog. I just didn’t get them. I felt no need, and saw no point. Now look at me, I am helplessly, hopelessly hooked. Actually, the very first blog I ever read on David was rascal’s. That is probably why I became even slightly interested in the first place, because it was different from the majority. I thoroughly enjoy my time here and getting to share with you all. Think I might go a little nuts sometimes if I couldn’t come here and spill.
emmiegirl -- my granddaughter introduced me to youtubes, from there I found other websites, didn’t feel it and about this last fall I discovered rascal’s blog, I was hooked but not comfortable participating, only on occasion, my insecurities at sounding dumb. But at JD’s it’s similar but different and nuts I would go without this release, this community.
djafan -- I still feel insecure at times too, but everyone here is so accepting I just kinda go for it. I love your avi. That shot from the BAB video is almost too special for words.
highervibe -- I was thinking the same thing about the girls in that video.
I don’t think they really meant anything, just a by-product of youth. They might have also just been trying to relay some of the craziness which surrounds David Archuleta.
highervibe
March 20, 2009 at 12:23 am
“About the “old lady” comment in that vid -- I heard that too. Offended at first, but then I thought to myself, I probably would have thought–if not said–the same thing if I was their age..”
I thought about it too and am not as ticked off now. I think I have a case of envy, wishing I could be as composed around David as they were. How does JD get us to bare our souls like this?
djafan -- I agree with this: JD, it’s similar but different. (12:39 above)
LOL….my quotes look like I am quoting a Bible verse!
emmiegirl -- yeah, after all, we ourselves admit, it’s a little weird!! So why wouldn’t the girls think so too?!
bebereader -- Yes, lucky girls, they sounded like old friends with him. I’ve never EVER wished to return to the teen years, but lately……… {deep sigh}
emmiegirl -- That shot from the BAB video is almost too special for words.
I’ve gone to change it, but it makes me smile, so I leave it.
jello525 -- I agree with this: JD, it’s similar but different. (12:39 above)
I’m glad you decided to stay… as emmiegirl and others have commented this is a very special place were we spill our thoughts and feelings without being judged.
Did I miss SF’s prayer?
SF -- I don’t know if you are in transit, but I am posting this on your behalf.
Dear Lord, Though we are unworthy to ask,
Please take Care Of David. Watch over him, Protect him from all harm. Cloak him with your love and give him the strength to endure all that is thrown in his path. Give him assurance when he feels doubt. Give him REST when he’s weary. Cloak him in your protective arms during this time in his journey. Keep David and his voice HEALTHY & STRONG as he fulfills his Destiny which was written in his Book of Life before he was born.
Though we may be unworthy, we humbly pray, Amen.
davidfanLIZ -- Thank you!!!!
A lovely moment just now. SF just called from the airport and asked if I would post her prayer. I told her I had done just that 30 seconds ago. Nice, huh?
Nice? That is beyond nice…. it’s telling of the unique makeup of the people on this site.
emmiegirl~ if you want to make mp3′s from youtube ..
Use “YoutubeDownloader”..google it.. it is free..you can download vids and convert to mp4 and mp3 with just a few clicks..simple to use….good luck..
djxox -- speaking of which -- I’ve been wondering how to get the MP4s to play on my iPod? MP3s play fine, but with vids, the only ones that show up are those I purchased on iTunes. I see them listed in iTunes. The boxes are checked. What am I missing? Do I need to convert them to some *other* format?
DavidfanLIZ -- Yes, I thank you and SF for the prayer. And I thank everyone here for…..just being here.
Tomorrow is my kiddos 18th birthday and he returns late tomorrow nite from his Spring Break trip, AND I go back to work on Monday. What I am tryyyyying to say is -- once I am back @ work I will be here in the mornings/afternoons but alas, none of this late nite stuff. Pooh. Except Thurs and Fridays (my off days).
Tried to warn you all about my randomness!! I am SO sure someone here asked me for a detailed schedule….? LOL
I really AM 47 yrs old even though I express myself as though I am ALOT younger. Really…
ohmygosh -- hahaha -- DOH! They are “movies” not “videos” on the iPod. Never mind, they’re there! (So -- you CAN teach an old dog new tricks!)
jello -- you’re too funny! HOW DID YOU KNOW I was about to ask you for your detailed schedule?!! lol Sorry no more late nite stuff -- pooh, indeed!
jello -- For some strange reason, there are many of us 47 year olds here. I have wondered about this before. You’ve just added to the list!
My work schedule is crazy and never the same. I am often here at odd times.
Jr is usually here late at night. Marlie and Vee as well. And Julie will pop out of nowhere. I am convinced she never sleeps at the apex of her ODD! Julie are you out there whimpering somewhere?
Did any of you see the new vid of David telling the crowd to move back? It is the sweetest thing. From last night.
It’s here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw55_PPX9C0
new post…..
Yaaaay -- it worked! I’ve never posted a link before.
highervibe -- it sounds as if you are still in the clouds. Or have you come back off the ledge yet?
betsy -- All I know is I am still a happy happy girl! I would change my screen name but someone’s already got it. HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY Everything strikes me as funny. HA! Life is beautiful. lalalalala la la la l… plop. (just fell of the ledge)
oops -- “off”.
can’t spell. symptom.