Comments on: Go David Archuleta!

by: connie C

Fri, 23 May 2008 14:39:07 +0000

As a man of broad and varied interests, I challenge or invite you rather to just take a peek at “So You think You Can Dance”. Maybe you can do this with the Kid? I assure you it is not the “cheesy” kind ( with my apologies to the ballroom dancing enthusiasts…just a matter of taste. I happen to do the Argentine tango). It is amazing what young people can do with their bodies and be challenged to perform a wide range of styles, many without formal training, from hiphop, ballet, jazz, modern,contemporary, etc. I had to try durian to say “Boy it does taste good!” You never know, MM might bite! And sorry to be persistent. Now back to the kitchen for my matambre.

by: Marketman

Fri, 23 May 2008 02:40:55 +0000

connie C, it’s bad enough you would catch me in front of the tube for a karaoke contest… I wouldn’t go close to a dancing one… :) natie, thanks for those quotes. Frankly, I thought Archuleta did deliver a knockout on the finale night. But it isn’t based on performance, it is based on votes… so bummer for Archuleta, but he has to know he sung the night as well as he could have…

by: connie C

Thu, 22 May 2008 23:12:51 +0000

HI MM,

Halooo! Thought you might be in Turkey already. Just back from the Caribbean and started reading the archives till I came upon your Archuleta blog. In my household the pre teen went for Archuleta and the one over 20 must have voted 20 times to contribute to the 20 million some lead. I’m over 60 but was rooting for Archuleta. Anyway, how about “So you Think YOu Can Dance”. The season starts tonight.

by: natie

Thu, 22 May 2008 22:20:56 +0000

this is from today’s NJ Star:

…no matter which david got the confetti shower last night, both will be signed by the show’s management company, both will have albums produced by clive davis, and both will be treated reverently by the franchise–at least until it becomes clear that one is badly outselling the other.

asepinwall@starledger.com

by: natie

Thu, 22 May 2008 22:13:45 +0000

Kid, i was a bit shocked,too…here’s a few paragraphs from today’s NY Daily News:

The younger David specialized in soft songs of sentimentality, the elder favored bolder rock flourishes, especially as contained in hand-me-down grunge ballads.

Archuleta stressed sincerity - Cook bravado. The former epitomized innocence, the latter, if-not-exactly experience, then at least a suggestion of adult awareness.

By contrast, the Mormon-born Archuleta seems almost startlingly free of experience. He’s like a human Bambi, immune to cynicism and open to faith. Such a pristine character made Archuleta a perfect vehicle for the kinds of idealized ballads he favored week in and week out.

Moreover, Archuleta owns the more individual voice. Cook sounds like any number of mainstream rock singers in bands that wish they were Nirvana - from Nickelback to Daughtry.

For his part, Archuleta boasts a subtle rasp that shades his more boyish tones and gives him a hint of soul. Archuleta also connects to his material in a more probing way, taping into the darker well of feeling his doll-like visage obscures. In the end, he’s both a better, and a rarer, singer than Cook.

Which means that - at least for this election - American voters got it dead wrong.

jfarber@nydailynews.com