Rascal #34, the “crap” is what you are full of. This is David’s father, period. Whatever “job” he may have is completely beside the point.. You’re taking an end run around the rules here., and you know it.

Rascal, If Jeff Archuleta had a part in writing a song for this CD, what is the problem with giving him credit on the CD for doing so? What atrocity did Jeff commit? We need to mind our own business here. Given what goes on in the music business, what Jeff did is the equivalent of jaywalking. This is the non issue of the century.

Marlie7, would David ever use the word “ass’ to describe anyone on this earth. If Rascal ever runs for office, you should be his campaign manager. Your post # 46 is spin doctoring of the worst order.

We weren’t allowed to discuss David’s dream. Now we have have a real nightmare to discuss. The fact is that if anyone else had written this article, it would have been rejected as inappropriate and offensive, and rightly so.

The premise of this article is that David’s career has and still is being hurt by his father. Am I missing something? What’s wrong with David’s career? In a little over a year, he’s had a successful CD, a mega-selling single, has become the most dynamic live performer in the Business, has toured the US and Asia to rave reviews, and cannot go jogging without getting mobbed by worshipping fans. He wins awards on a daily basis, and his upcoming Xmas CD is selling so fast in pre-order that Amazon is limiting the quantities people can order.

Jeff, please manage my life exactly the way you’re managing David’s.

Happy, love you too

Nobody in the history of the performing arts has inspired such passion
and overseeing of the excruciating minutia of every aspect of their existence like David. No one gave a rat’s tuchis about the way Col. Parker managed Elvis, and he made Jeff Archuleta seem like Ghandi. Parker turned Elvis into his personal cash cow, forcing him into making all of those inane movies like “Clam Bake” , “Girls Girls Girls” and other cinematic masterpieces, when Elvis could have become the next James Dean. Despite the horrendous management, Elvis was the biggest star of the 20h century.

Let us not forget that David is the best singer on the face of the earth, and is the most likable and lovable person in modern memory. Nothing, not even the worst possible management, will keep David from achieving his goal to sing and to enhance the lives of all who are open to him. Someone once said that “nothing is as unstoppable as an idea whose time has come” This is David’s time. He can’t be stopped.

djafan, #149, you’re too kind.

This too will pass. Watch how David makes that happen.

Little M # 160, you should go to the website Souldavid.wordpress.com and read some of comments there. I think it will answer a lot of your questions.

Bottom line, this issue is “personal” for Rascal. Why else drudge up the past to make your case?
BTW, does anyone know if Jeff actually wrote or had a significant input into the writing of the song? Has anyone heard the song? I’m sure David sang the song beautifully. For all anyone knows, Jeff is a great songwriter.

LotusB, with all due respect, the founding fathers and mothers of this site are not the only ones who are, as you put it ” brave enough and have the conviction to write what they believe in….
Many folks have been doing just that since day 1. I also believe that the criteria for appropriateness of a given article or post should be the same whether one works on the site or comes by periodically. Being an “insider” does not give one the right to disrespect David or his loved ones. That is what occurred tonight. Rascal’s article had no business on this site His article was neither artistic or inspiring, which is what this site claims to be about.

….. as I was saying.

Liz, So this is really about Rascal feeling “dissed’ by Jeff et al when he (and others) tried to arrange a private concert, and was rebuffed and dismissed. Correct me if I’m wrong, but was not the charitable component a Plan B after the original attempt to arrange a non-charitable event failed? Is it not possible that David’s team receives numerous requests for such appearances, and cannot possibly consider any of them due to scheduling, etc.?

Personally, I would have loved for such an event to have taken place. You know what, stuff happens, and to quote the Rolling Stones “You can’t always get what you want”. That’s no excuse for Rascal to throw a hissy fit and use this site. to vent his bruised ego. There are therapists out there for that purpose.

Marlie7, thanks for the clarification. That would have been a great event. Sorry it didn’t take place. I would have been there with bells on.

It seems that Rascal has a problem “letting things go”. In his rant, he also resurrected and led off with, my AARP attempt at humor, and concluded that it was meant to offend those “of a certain age”. Since I am ensconced in that age group, never to return, I find it amusing that he would draw that conclusion. In any event, that was 3 weeks ago, an eternity in Archu-time, and
yet he feels the need to unearth it to assist him in making his lame point.

There was one positive result of this whole mess. The “Stepford Wife-esque” lock step fawning over every utterance from Rascal on this site seems to have, mercifully, come to an end. It’s good to be playing a level playing field. That’s the kind of field David plays on.

Marlie7, point taken. The more I think about the possibility of a “private” concert, the more I would have loved for it to have happened. I was lucky enough to have gone to the PC Richard event. It had a very schmoozy, “insider” feel to it. David was relaxed and in prime form, and the small crowd was lovin’ their David like nobody’s business that night. When it comes to David, less is more, although more ain’t too shabby either.

Liz, #246 you say “it’s not a level playing field and never will be” and I’M the mean-spirited one? Also, Rascal calls David’s father an “ass” and uses the rear end of an animal to highlight that depiction, and I’M “attacking people personally”. Let me ask you this. If you were to be face to face with David at a VIP, would you feel comfortable reading him Rascal’s article, and embracing its content to David’s face? Would you show David the pictures of the asses and say “This is what my web site thinks of your father”?

Ironically, I received a very nice E- mail tonight from another TDC member stating how funny she thought my latest post was. Different strokes for different strokes.

Lighten up. Liz.

Tibitibis, thanks for your feedback. My position is very clear to me. I am a fan of David Archuleta. I love his music and I love him. I don’t know him personally and he does not know me.He is in the music business. That means that he, like all artists, have a management team that guides him and promotes his talent and “sells” it to the public. It is no different from any other artist or celebrity. We either “buy” it or we don’t. Fortunately for David and his fans, people are “buying” him, and that allows him to continue to make albums and appear at concerts. If they weren’t, he’d be Sanjaya.

I love the fact that the people at TDC wanted to have David perform at a private function for his many adoring fans on this site. I would have shelled out whatever it took to be there. A proposal to management was made, and for whatever reason , was rejected. What a bummer!
I don’t have all the facts , but it appears that when the initial proposal was rejected, the concept was repackaged to coincide with MS Crush, one of David’s many charities. Again, it was rejected by management,. for whatever reason.

Not to appear cynical and/or harsh, but here goes. When the proposal was rejected, was there any attempt by the promoters of that event to raise money from the fans here and still give money to David’s charity? It seems that unless David would perform for us, his charity would have to go elsewhere for their funding.If I am wrong, I apologize, but no full explanation of the circumstances surrounding this proposed event was ever published on TDC, so I am filling in some blanks.

Out of the blue, Rascal’s article appears, complete with numerous pictures of a horse’s ass, and direct references to Jeff Archuleta as being the ass in question. Since Jeff had been pretty much out of the limelight since his “incident in Utah”, I found it odd that such a scathing diatribe would appear at this time. Frankly, it sounds like sour grapes.

Although I find these “serious” issues interesting to discuss and debate (sometimes heatedly), my main focus is always the joy that I feel from David and his sharing with all of us his unique and wonderful talent. I feel blessed, and in some ways, reborn, since I’ve connected to this handsome young man with the golden voice and heart. The other stuff pales in comparison. Look at David’s beaming smile on that stage the other night. Management, shmanagement!