David Archuleta: American Idol

Wow, what an incredible finale, and man, a huge surprise!  Simon said it was knock out, and boy did he get it wrong.  David Cook beat David Archuleta by 12,000,000 votes.  Damn!  Ya gotta wonder how much the “underdog” syndrome took effect.  In any case, both David’s are absolutely amazing, no doubt.  Check out the […]

Oh man, what a finale!  David Archuleta and David Cook are going head-to-head to become the American Idol for 2008.  Here are the songs that were sung in chronological order:
David Cook: “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”
David Archuleta: “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me”
David Cook: “Dream Big”
David Archuleta: “In This Moment”
David […]

Man, this will be quite a showdown between the two Davids.  It’s Archuleta vs. Cook.  Each contestant will sing two songs, a “Previous Song”, a “New Song”, and then the winner will sing a “Coronation Song”….or somethign like that, I always get it a little confused.  Don’t forget to vote this week, this is the […]

You’ve heard it here since American Idol started this season — just look at the header banner at the top of the website…that’s right, “David Archuleta, Winner of American Idol!”.   YEAH, BABY!!   Go David Go!!!

Ok, here’s the typical Archuleta ballad, he’ll rock, right?  Right.  Check David out on “Longer” by Dan Fogelberg, a great performance:

I wasn’t sure how this song was going to sound — it was a little outside of what David’s been doing well with…  When he started, his bopping-like dancing was a little wierd…and the song itself didn’t really go anywhere.  I.e. it wasn’t such a great performance.  Of course, that’s relative to his stellar performances […]

Damn, this is one of the most beautiful songs ever…a tough undertaking for anyone.  David did pretty well (though I gotta say, I still love Billy’s version…you can’t beat the piano in that classic version).  Anyway, David did great — check out “And So It Goes” by Archuleta: