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between_time_and_42I just rescued my old diary from my parents' house, and because David Archuleta has been on my mind after I read his memoir last week, I've decided to share what was the first concert review I ever wrote! This was about the David Archuleta concert I went to in 2009, when I was 12. Only my unrelated tangents are edited out (seriously, almost every entry in this diary reads like a stereotypical depiction of a person with ADHD, for the amount of tangents I go on). Everything else, for better or for worse, is exactly as I wrote it when I was 12 (including any incorrect spellings of words). Have fun, go nuts! (Also, warning for a couple dumb comments suggesting that it's bad for a guy to act "girly" and for a man to write about another man as if he's attracted to him. As I said before, I was 12.)
We went to the concert last night!!!!! David Archuleta!!! He was great last night. I can still hear his breathy voice: "Oh my gosh, you guys, it's awesome here!" No, he's not a girly guy. It took a bit long for him to come onstage after the opening act, which was Lesley Roy singing. I learned today that the reason was that his vocal cords were inflamed. See, David Archuleta had an operation sometime back then on a vocal cord problem he had. The operation DEFINATELY fixed the problem (if you hear him, you'd be able to tell) but I guess it just comes back every now and then. Maybe that's why during the concert, just as a song was starting, he took a sip of water from a bottle he was drinking from and coughed. Maybe it was just because he'd been singing a lot before. Maybe his vocal cords were also the reason he suddenly said "Ahhh!" while telling what the next song was about. At the time, I thought it was because he didn't know how to explain it. Now I think it was because people started cheering as he spoke. Before the concert, girls were chanting, "David! David! David!" I saw a picture in the newspaper of the concert, and some girls looked like they were going crazy or about to faint. I hope David Archuleta doesn't become like the Beatles.
My two favorite things David Archuleta did during the concert were have his picture taken by someone on stage (he faced them with his back to the audience and posed, doing a peace sign) and put his in the audience. You know, like, bend down and pass your hand through the audience and let them touch your hand. That was during the first song, Touch My Hand. I would have given anything to have been sitting in the front row touching David Archuleta's hand as it passed by, but we sat on the balcony. Touch my Hand fits me perfectly, at least for the concert. Listen:
Don't let the music stop/Until you touch my hand/Cause if you do it'll never be over and I'll never get the chance again.
I never wanted him to stop singing, at least until I touched his hand. Cause if the music never stops it'll never be over and then I would get more chances to touch his hand. See? I used to think Crush fit me perfectly, but not anymore.
My favorite song he sang that wasn't on the CD was Works For Me. Mommy said she thought My Hands was pretty. I like that song too. And David Archuleta gave it the simplest introduction: "This song is about my hands, so it's called My Hands." I liked the songs he sang at the keyboard/piano. They were To Be With You, the encores, and Love Song. Maybe it's called I'm Not Gonna Write You a Love Song, I dunno. The last one was in a medley of his favorite songs. David Archuleta introduced it by saying, "These are my favorite songs- or, my current favorite songs." Then he sang a song I didn't know, You Gotta Be, and Love Song. Then he said "The next song is my favorite song of 2008. It's by Jason Mraz." Then he started singing I'm Yours! I love that song! Yes, he sang the bad word. I said it was a mild bad word. The word is danm. Oh well! If you can't sing that word, you won't make it sound right.
Now let me tell you about the newspaper article. The photo didn't look like his CD photo or his T-shirt photo. It just looked like the real thing. David Archuleta's CD and T-shirt photos are misleading, making him look taller and thinner than he really is. Because of that I was surprised to see how short he really was. David Archuleta is only 18 years old. I wish I knew when his birthday was. I'll try to obtain the article for you, but since it'll probably be gone I'll tell you what it said. It started out saying, "It's not so bad to be second. Especially if you're a teen idol with puppy dog eyes and hair just begging to be ruffled." I know! If the author of the article was a man, that's WRONG. But I'm pretty sure it was a woman. Then it said that even though David Archuleta lost American Idol to "sultry rocker" DC (he doesn't deserve the use of his full name), he's still good. In fact, since Idol ended I haven't heard anything about DC, but David Archuleta is on tour. What's with that? A theory I had is DC gave up his recording contract to David Archuleta. Well, no. Once again: Why did DC win Idol?
But back to the article: it also said that while on American Idol, any comments about how popular he was would be responded by "cute blinking and a smile stretched across cheeks waiting to be pinched." Or maybe it said ripe for pinching. David Archuleta seems unused to fame. I hope he never gets used to it, as it would stop him saying cute stuff like "There's so many people here tonight- it's crazy!" The last thing I'd like to say about the article is that from it I learned about the inflamed vocal cords ("the show began 30 minutes later than it was supposed to, due to inflamed vocal cords backstage") and I learned it was called I'm Yours from the article ("including You Gotta Be by Desiree, which was popular when Archuleta was 4, and Jason Mraz's I'm Yours").
I heard 2 facts about the concert at school. Well, I'm not how "facticious" they are, but I have them. First, David Archuleta forgot the words while singing the medley and went "Ehhh" but I didn't hear that. Second, he had a cold when he sang, but still sounded good. That's likely. If that was the 2nd day of his tour, then maybe the transition from warm Utah to cool [where I live] brought it on. Yes, he lives in Murray, Utah (and we live in [where I live]). Maybe that's why his vocal cords were inflamed. Poor David Archuleta.
But anyway! I've gotta talk about the encores. After David Archuleta ran offstage after singing Crush and the musicians left, Mommy said, "He'll probably come back to do an encore." Sure enough, he ran back later, saying something like "You guys! I guess I'll do a solo." He did his solos at the piano and looked awesome. I love the way his thumbs touched the keys. Angels was one of the encores. When he was done, he wan offstage again, waving goodbye. When we left, girls clustered around the doors in hope that David Archuleta would come out of them.
Okay! Sadly, that's all I have to say now. Let me end the longest entry in you by saying I will forever remember David Archuleta with his mouth stretched into a smile, walking forward with a mic near his mouth. That is David Archuleta, pure David Archuleta. Not a replica or a misleading photo, but a short David Archuleta with a black shirt and jeans and sneakers. I <3 him!
We went to the concert last night!!!!! David Archuleta!!! He was great last night. I can still hear his breathy voice: "Oh my gosh, you guys, it's awesome here!" No, he's not a girly guy. It took a bit long for him to come onstage after the opening act, which was Lesley Roy singing. I learned today that the reason was that his vocal cords were inflamed. See, David Archuleta had an operation sometime back then on a vocal cord problem he had. The operation DEFINATELY fixed the problem (if you hear him, you'd be able to tell) but I guess it just comes back every now and then. Maybe that's why during the concert, just as a song was starting, he took a sip of water from a bottle he was drinking from and coughed. Maybe it was just because he'd been singing a lot before. Maybe his vocal cords were also the reason he suddenly said "Ahhh!" while telling what the next song was about. At the time, I thought it was because he didn't know how to explain it. Now I think it was because people started cheering as he spoke. Before the concert, girls were chanting, "David! David! David!" I saw a picture in the newspaper of the concert, and some girls looked like they were going crazy or about to faint. I hope David Archuleta doesn't become like the Beatles.
My two favorite things David Archuleta did during the concert were have his picture taken by someone on stage (he faced them with his back to the audience and posed, doing a peace sign) and put his in the audience. You know, like, bend down and pass your hand through the audience and let them touch your hand. That was during the first song, Touch My Hand. I would have given anything to have been sitting in the front row touching David Archuleta's hand as it passed by, but we sat on the balcony. Touch my Hand fits me perfectly, at least for the concert. Listen:
Don't let the music stop/Until you touch my hand/Cause if you do it'll never be over and I'll never get the chance again.
I never wanted him to stop singing, at least until I touched his hand. Cause if the music never stops it'll never be over and then I would get more chances to touch his hand. See? I used to think Crush fit me perfectly, but not anymore.
My favorite song he sang that wasn't on the CD was Works For Me. Mommy said she thought My Hands was pretty. I like that song too. And David Archuleta gave it the simplest introduction: "This song is about my hands, so it's called My Hands." I liked the songs he sang at the keyboard/piano. They were To Be With You, the encores, and Love Song. Maybe it's called I'm Not Gonna Write You a Love Song, I dunno. The last one was in a medley of his favorite songs. David Archuleta introduced it by saying, "These are my favorite songs- or, my current favorite songs." Then he sang a song I didn't know, You Gotta Be, and Love Song. Then he said "The next song is my favorite song of 2008. It's by Jason Mraz." Then he started singing I'm Yours! I love that song! Yes, he sang the bad word. I said it was a mild bad word. The word is danm. Oh well! If you can't sing that word, you won't make it sound right.
Now let me tell you about the newspaper article. The photo didn't look like his CD photo or his T-shirt photo. It just looked like the real thing. David Archuleta's CD and T-shirt photos are misleading, making him look taller and thinner than he really is. Because of that I was surprised to see how short he really was. David Archuleta is only 18 years old. I wish I knew when his birthday was. I'll try to obtain the article for you, but since it'll probably be gone I'll tell you what it said. It started out saying, "It's not so bad to be second. Especially if you're a teen idol with puppy dog eyes and hair just begging to be ruffled." I know! If the author of the article was a man, that's WRONG. But I'm pretty sure it was a woman. Then it said that even though David Archuleta lost American Idol to "sultry rocker" DC (he doesn't deserve the use of his full name), he's still good. In fact, since Idol ended I haven't heard anything about DC, but David Archuleta is on tour. What's with that? A theory I had is DC gave up his recording contract to David Archuleta. Well, no. Once again: Why did DC win Idol?
But back to the article: it also said that while on American Idol, any comments about how popular he was would be responded by "cute blinking and a smile stretched across cheeks waiting to be pinched." Or maybe it said ripe for pinching. David Archuleta seems unused to fame. I hope he never gets used to it, as it would stop him saying cute stuff like "There's so many people here tonight- it's crazy!" The last thing I'd like to say about the article is that from it I learned about the inflamed vocal cords ("the show began 30 minutes later than it was supposed to, due to inflamed vocal cords backstage") and I learned it was called I'm Yours from the article ("including You Gotta Be by Desiree, which was popular when Archuleta was 4, and Jason Mraz's I'm Yours").
I heard 2 facts about the concert at school. Well, I'm not how "facticious" they are, but I have them. First, David Archuleta forgot the words while singing the medley and went "Ehhh" but I didn't hear that. Second, he had a cold when he sang, but still sounded good. That's likely. If that was the 2nd day of his tour, then maybe the transition from warm Utah to cool [where I live] brought it on. Yes, he lives in Murray, Utah (and we live in [where I live]). Maybe that's why his vocal cords were inflamed. Poor David Archuleta.
But anyway! I've gotta talk about the encores. After David Archuleta ran offstage after singing Crush and the musicians left, Mommy said, "He'll probably come back to do an encore." Sure enough, he ran back later, saying something like "You guys! I guess I'll do a solo." He did his solos at the piano and looked awesome. I love the way his thumbs touched the keys. Angels was one of the encores. When he was done, he wan offstage again, waving goodbye. When we left, girls clustered around the doors in hope that David Archuleta would come out of them.
Okay! Sadly, that's all I have to say now. Let me end the longest entry in you by saying I will forever remember David Archuleta with his mouth stretched into a smile, walking forward with a mic near his mouth. That is David Archuleta, pure David Archuleta. Not a replica or a misleading photo, but a short David Archuleta with a black shirt and jeans and sneakers. I <3 him!
