Jamming with David Archuleta

davidarchie Feelin’ the power.#anditwasallyellow

The Orion Summer Tour is over.   The Orion EP is circulating round the world and cyberspace.

My heart is still soaring.   My smiles still smiling.   My ears still tingling.   And my feet still tapping.  On an impulse, me and a couple of try-hard archies had a jamming session.   Yeah, attempting to belt out our best wannabe-archu-voices to sing the songs from the EP.   Quite a disaster, believe me.   Didn’t know more than half the lyrics!   Especially INVINCIBLE!  

So I decided to put all the EP lyric vids in a single blog for easy reference in the event of another jam!   😀

N U M B

Singing  NUMB was fun!  Especially the part where we imitated David in the Official vid when he sings :  “I don’t wanna feel nu-u-mb”!!   We just went crazy exaggerating the movement with our arms and legs and our very un-David-like vocal cords!   😀

As I said, singing INVINCIBLE was impossible.   We landed up in a vocal mess.   And lyrical mess.   More admiration for our idol-of-choice.   We did try to make up for it by swinging our hair like what David did.   Of course we landed in stitches instead.   😀

I N V I N C I B L E

Ohh .. such a beautiful song  .. singing SAY ME was a truly sensual experience.   All exaggerated of course.

“IneedyouIneedyouIneedyou .. to say me …!”   Everyone landed up in an emotional heap over each other with tears and sniffy noses interrupted by guffaws and self-pity.    😥   😀

S A Y   M E

UP ALL NIGHT  (the new ZERO GRAVITY !!) should become a David-classic – a must for parties and get-together’s.   Trying to imitate David’s dance moves was exhilarating!   Our favourite part was the physical motion of “knocking on the door  ..”   😀

U P   A L L   N I G H T

Looking forward to ORION Series 2 (and hopefully 3 and 4 and … !!)   More concerts!!   More new Moves!!   And More never-give-up Jamming Sessions with David Archuleta!!   😀

Everything Good Doesn’t Have To Come To An End

C H A D / TRUMAN‏ @ChadTrumanMusic

Tour is over. 14 cities & tons of laughs! @DavidArchie @KariSellards = perfect bosses. TY all! #davidarchuleta

We have come to the end of ORION‘s Summer Tour.   After a month’s giddiness of David-High, we now need to go through a major pull-back of withdrawal symptoms.

Yes I agree with her.    WE DO NEEDS MORE!   The Summer ORION Tour – I consider it to be David’s most successful string of  performances to date.   Not talking about it in terms of the money he made (we have no means of finding out, right? haha)

I’m judging by the quality of his singing, the relaxed confidence he exudes, the choice of songs, the standard of professionalism, the huge jump in improvement of his performances, the level of entertainment  …  I wasn’t even there at the venues to feel it first-hand  (thank God and all our lovely Archies for the videos)!   What more need I say?  DAVID ARCHULETA HAS NEVER BEEN SOOO GOOD!!   I should also add:   DAVID ARCHULETA HAS AT LAST ARRIVED!!

I’m not talking about the magnitude of craziness of AI when the “cute adorable boy” could do no wrong … when we were all bowled over.   I’m talking about the emergence of an artiste who has at last discovered what he is about, and what he can do.   (and we are still bowled over!   😀   )   With his God-bestowed talent.   With the wonderful opportunities he knows he has ahead of him which he can create by just being himself.   Based on all his past experiences and lessons learnt.

Would I dare say that I’m glad he went for his Mission?   That I’m glad he had a chance to expose himself to another kind of life with all its intricate differences?   Yes I totally dare.   😛

Although, as a fan, I hated his leaving for the Mission, and questioned every angle of his decision with anger and dismay, I now confess he had done the right thing.  AI gave us a lovable, innocent lad with an angelic voice.   Five years later, the Orion Tour gave us a chance to see a confident young man and his true Soul.

I see a true Orion Hunter who wants to conquer his Life, his Talent, his Fans.   Gotta admit I’m truly proud of him.

This vid shows David at one of his most confident moments.   Loud and clear and beautiful – not just a singer, also a confident entertainer.

SBL vid – how he works the crowd

Awesome video below.   One of the best fan vids I’ve watched.  As if you are right there at the Show. You can truly feel the energy and the vibes he creates.   A girlfan could not resist the vibration of the sensation any longer and had to run up the stage to squeeze the life out of him!   A truly David-proud moment for the envious Archies!   😀

Thank you carlosjr84vlogs for the video.

This energy can be better felt in the smaller venues such as the Troubadour, Soiled Dove and the Old Rock House in St Louis.   It was more personable to have a heart- to- heart proximity when listening to this True Soul.

Can you blame anyone when they want a piece of him?   To touch/grab a slice of heaven?   😀

Just like this!   It is another gesture David has re-created.   Re-connecting with his Archies by Touch!   He wants his fans back.   He wants his career back.   Everything is falling into place at last.  He now realises he can have his religious life and still simultaneouly be his Archies’ Hero.   😉   Hallelujah!   ♥

See the look of deep joy in his eyes in Safford

And his Fans are back too!   Perhaps slowly, definitely gradually and surely!

Mesmerised and Hypnotised

And the new Fans!   Fanboys!   Love ’em!

Yeah  ..  he is back alright.   I hear that there are more EP’s to come later in the year.   And probably all the EP’s compiled into an Album.   I’m truly looking forward to so much Archu-goodness.  Yeah ..  Life is good!   ♥

See you again soon, David!   Meanwhile, give those beautiful vocal cords a well-deserved rest.   😀

♥ DAVID ARCHULETA FOREVER! ♥

The Old Rock House, St Louis

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David at the Chicago Lions Club International Convention

Phew!   David is everywhere!   No sooner had he stepped out from the end of the Orion Tour, he was performing at the Lions Club International Convention in Chicago.   I was hoping he would take a rest   🙂

The good thing is David is continuing to impress.

@lionsclubs

American Idol? How about Lion Idol? @DavidArchie and Edward Lee tag team at our 2nd #LCICon Plenary Session

David tweets:

Meet the African Children’s Choir. These kids, Tenor Edward Lee and I all performed at the Lions Club International Con. The Lions Club (a service organization) was celebrating 100 years in Chicago where they originated. We had a ball! Glad to be a part of things where people get together to do good, and also meet fun folks like these! (They wanted a silly picture)#chicago #lcicon #lionsclub #africanchildrenschoir

Meet the @acchoir. We all performed for the #LionsClub as they celebrate 100 years. I sang the Prayer with @EdwardLeeTenor.

Lions Clubs‏Verified account @lionsclubs

Replying to @DavidArchie @acchoir @EdwardLeeTenor

Thanks for hanging out with us, @DavidArchie! You have the heart of a Lion

Edward Lee‏ @EdwardLeeTenor

Such a great joy to sing ‘The Prayer’ with the amazing @DavidArchie this morning. What a wonderful singer! #Lions100 #Chicago #ilovemyjob

Edward Lee @EdwardLeeTenor

Looking forward to singing for my biggest audience yet… 39,000 people here in Chicago! #Lions100 #WeServe #LoveCrossOver

 

✔@lionsclubs

“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.” @DavidArchie covers John Lennon’s Imagine for #LCICon and we are #fangirling

Last Show at The Old Rock House St Louis

David tweets:

“Bittersweet having this St Louis show as the last one for this leg of tour! What a fun group this has been though, and we’re excited for this last one tonight! (I should say this is just the last one FOR NOW 😉)    ”

The renovated Old Rock House building, which borrows its name from a historic riverfront building dismantled in 1959 to make way for the Gateway Arch, features 6,000 square feet on three distinct levels, a state-of-the-art sound, light and video system and a menu created by an award-winning chef.

At the Cardinals-Nationals baseball in St. Louis

Some beautiful after-show comments which made me smile   😀   :

Thank you David for coming to St.Louis!!! Traveled from KC just to see you-after 8 long years my dream came true tonight

Vidya @VeeBee123

@DavidArchie excuse me I had no idea you’re THIS GOOD

11:02 AM – 2 Jul 2017

David- Your show tonight was more than I could have ever dreamed of! Your music, your energy, the band & your connection with the fans is

Thank you so much for an incredible show tonight and an incredible tour. You give your whole heart on that stage and it means a lot

Joanie S‏ @suttygal

Slayed in St Louis by the Arch!!!! Absolutely fantastic show @DavidArchie @kariontour @ChadTrumanMusic & everyone!!! No words!! #blessed!

“I feel thankful. Thankful to have been given the opportunities I have in life and thankful for the people that love and support me. Tonight I brought five friends (most of whom happen to be long-time coworkers) to the David Archuleta concert in St Louis with me. The fact they would take part of a holiday weekend to travel over 8 hours total to and from St Louis and spend their night at a concert by a guy they’ve never seen before just to finally experience in person what I’ve been gushing to them about for 9 years… That makes me feel happy in my heart & soul. I am lucky. Lucky to have the chance to see David again, lucky to have amazing people in my life, lucky that I can see how lucky I am. Love y’all. P.S. they were all legit blown away by David. And I can’t stop smiling. Beautiful day.”

And we absolutely ♥ ♥ ♥ this   –    I’M READY!!!   

(Audio only at the Old Rock House.   All the better to focus on his Voice!   😀   )

https://www.pscp.tv/rhiminee1/1LyGBBqNRZWGN

(Thanks rhiminee!)