POSTCARDS IN THE SKY continues to roll with buzz. This Review is from The Morning Call by John J. Moser.
“REVIEW: David Archuleta at Sellersville Theater shows same voice as on ‘American Idol,’ with new maturity.
From the first notes David Archuleta sang in his new song “Up All Night” to open his concert Wednesday at Sellersville Theater 1894, his voice was immediately as recognizable — and as good — as when he was runner-up on the seventh season of TV’s “American Idol.”
But that “Idol” run was 10 years ago, and Archuleta also has matured and changed — both musically and personally, as his hour-and-55-minute show (plus an intermission) showed.
His rich-toned voice still is a wonder, and he displayed it throughout the two sets, starting with a huge, long note to finish that first song. The second song, the slower “Numb,” had great tension to it.
Now 26, Archuleta showed far more command of the stage, often gesturing broadly and sometimes dancing slightly as he sang.
It was the same David Archuleta from “American Idol,” but perhaps now even a bit better.”
“Postcards in the Sky was a song that was written as we were talking about hard things that happen,” David told Idol Chatter. “One of the writers, Jeff Trott, had a niece that passed away when she was only 9 or 10 years old.
“At her funeral, in her honor, they released balloons with messages tied to it that were positive. I loved that imagery and wondered who those messages would reach. I imagined they could have reached the heavens, or landed by someone who was having a hard day.
“I wondered what would happen if we let out what was deep inside our hearts more often. Let out what we keep inside — whether to God, or to our friends, or to a stranger. How would it change us? Or change them? Thus Postcards in the Sky was written.”
“I felt all these songs were my Postcards in the Sky,” David said.
“I hope they reach other people and can impact them to be better. To search within them and connect to what’s deep inside and then share it themselves. I hope they find who they are, find they are connected to something bigger than them and newfound strength to keep moving forward.”
“Postcards in the Sky” — the album — has received a warm reception. David’s first full-length album since 2013, it cracked the Top 20 on iTunes pop chart on release day. A week later, it’s still in the Top 70 on that chart.”
As for David himself, right from Day 1 of his tour at Sellersville, I suspected that he was under the weather. I’m sure we all saw it when he sang Forevermore. Just having touched down from the Philippines where he was up all night and up all day (haha! joking) .. flew halfway round the world .. went straight into the 1st performance of his tour.
Have you heard of a thing called “rest”, David? Ok, I know, I know, it’s the mama in me talking. Aren’t we all, the forever- anxious Archies? 😉
Credit: Robin
But David the Mountain Goat (Capricorn! Yay, me too! 😀 ) plods on and on – vocal rest or no. But he does seem better by the time he got to Pittsburgh .. hmm dancing and singing and up all night again! Really! David!
Watch this vid to see his energy level increase as the fans cheer him on. Despite all that globe trotting, he is determined to give his Archies a good show! 😀
Fans refusing to let him go at the end of the show (4.15 or so) and yelling More! More More!! Can you blame them for their enthusiasm? Serves you right, Arch! for being so adorable 😀
I’m not a fickle person. In fact. I pride myself in being usually consistent and knowing-my-thing. But Mr David Watchamacallit – his POSTCARDS IN THE SKY – has changed everything.
At the beginning, when I was in the process of drowning and drowning fast in the Snippets, I was quite sure WAITING IN THE STARS was my favourite.
Then I found .. Yes..Yes ..SPOTLIGHT DOWN. Twenty and three hours later, I decided .. No No .. CRACKS OF HEAVEN and SHINE A LIGHT had a slight edge and moving up in my list of preference.
Upset With Me drove me to tears one night while I was feeling depressed, and that became a firm favourite. The next day WAITING IN THE STARS resumed its top spot. Then there crept in OTHER THINGS IN SIGHT .. I’M READY .. SAY ME .. my list of favourites ran through the whole list of songs!
Up-and-down .. Left and right .. there were multi-changeabouts as David emoted me through the album, sort of twanging me about. At this very moment, I’m deeply immersed in AIMING FOR HOPE. It is touching me in the pits and insides and outsides as nothing has ever done. Just these 2 short lines – they have me thinking. And thinking …
[Pre-Chorus]
The darker it gets
The more I can see it
I’ve become fickle like our current weather?
No. I think it’s David Archuleta. He is S U C H a wholeheartedly intense character – AND composer – that he drives you to your various depths and pits (PITS .. yeah that’s a good word to describe the music of the album! ) of your emotions.
There is a song for practically every human emotion and various life’s situatuions. That’s saying alot for a single album. He is a hero for noticing things. And I’m truly proud of him.
Many of us have in the past believed that David was just a teenybopper too young to delve into depths or profundity. How wrong we were! That he should stick with Covers and not compose. Or at least, have others write for him. We should now hang our heads in shame. 😥
In this album, he empathises with you and makes you sadder than you really are. Then he makes you emerge at the end of the song feeling triumphant that you’ve conquered all your cobwebs.
If he is manipulating me and my emotions with his wonderful music and lyrics and trying to make me shed tears, I’m happy for him to do so. I submit to him. I submit to his music’s beauty. We are all hot-blooded beings who need a little crying and a little eloquent impassioned stirrings to make our thoughts and feelings more meaningful.
Temporarily out of stock. Order now and we’ll deliver when available”
OH PLEASE PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE .. DAVID! WHEN WILL IT BE AVAILABLE???
Cr: Rappler.com
It’s funny .. strange .. this Archu-life. First it’s waiting and waiting for his new music. Now that he has given us the new .. and the best of best .. music, we are waiting and waiting for new stocks!
Actually, it’s delightful news! that they have SOLD OUT!!
DAVID ARCHULETA’S AUDIO CDs HAVE SOLD OUT!!
Either way, all we can say is .. can we have it SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOnnnn!! Like .. N. O. W. ???
A wonderful night filled with many new memories that we’ll take with us as we go our separate ways. Godspeed David, Kari
A last tribute to David and his Manila trip/concert – a lovely article from soundcheckmnl.tumbl
An exerpt –
” .. who could ever forget about the charming and dashing David Archuleta – the youngest aspirant during Season 7 who moved us with his valiant fight to overcome vocal paralysis and pursue his passion for music?Most definitely not his army of Pinoy Archies! Roughly six years since his last visit to the country, the news of David’s return to the Philippine shores had his fans rushing to the airport to welcome him. Throughout his buzzing week, his Archies had shown him an overwhelming amount of support wherever he went in Manila; from his press conference, to his guestings, and finally, down to his much-awaited comeback concert in the Kia Theatre last October 20, 2017.”
“When the lights dimmed again in preparation for the main event, people started cheering for David long before he even emerged from backstage. The over exuberant crowd didn’t need further urging to get up from their seats when the first songs ‘Up All Night’, ‘Something About Love’, and ‘Numb’ rolled in, and the dynamic David Archuleta finally graced the stage with a huge smile on his face. Prepped with high notes and groovy dance moves, he had everyone in the house jumping and singing in a matter of seconds. He was one big ball of life in the limelight: darting to and fro the stage with much ease and expertise that it’d been hard to believe he even took a break as a music craftsman at all.”
“Despite already being an acclaimed star, it was heartwarming to see that David was still as humble and as down to earth as when he first started his career”
We love this most moving picture taken after the concert, when David visited Holt Philippines, part of Holt International – a home for needy single pregnant mothers and orphans.
David’s facial expression speaks volumes of his loving and compassionate heart.
It has indeed been an exceptionally emotional trip to the Philippines.
Isn’t this a riveting pic? 😀 Credit: Carla Barretto
BY THE WAY!! Before I start rattling on, David’s POSTCARDS IN THE SKY album is SOLD OUT on AMAZON!! It says “Audio CD temporarily out of stock”!! Wheeeeeeeeeee!! 😀
Ok back to the original script –
In my continual dazedness trying to catch up with as many of the Manila vids as possible, it did not occur to me that David had 3 Encores! Not only that, he turned practically every song that night into wild, hot-blooded parties! amidst the free flowing of tears and outpouring of emotions (from both David and the Archies!)
The 1st Encore – from about the 2.00 mark, tears began to surge into David’s eyes. You could see he was truly and deeply touched by the relentless support and unfailing love expressed by his Pinoy Fans.
The 2nd Encore – It’s very much David’s mission in life to want us to have faith that “each one of us is Glorious”. He chose to sing this at his own special “glorious” moment of the 2nd Encore. With such heartfelt persuasiveness.
The 3rd Encore – his legendary Crush – his farewell “thank you” speech delivered with more tears and intense emotions. It was not only several minutes of sharing between a beloved performer and an enamoured audience harmonising together; it was indicative of a bond which promised to last a lifetime.
Then there were the wild parties in-between –
Up All Night – Have u ever seen a vid-camera dancing? and Archie going on his knees (literally!!) during a performance?? Well, here’s your chance!! 😀 (around 2.55)
Another wild-party swinger –
Even ALTNOY became a wild-party contender. I was not going to watch the vid at first. What? haven’t I heard it a million times already the past years?! (dang, that song should have had a high Billboard rating!! another missed opportunity! .. Sorry, I digress) But I did watch. Couldn’t resist. Yes, yet again. With my toes tapping and arms and legs thwacking .. whatever that means. 😀
Then of course there was TMH which everyone loves. Gives us a chance to actually touch him and rub off some DNA from him 😀 and gives him an opportunity to flirt YAY!!
I must admit one of my favourite moments which I found most “charming” was when David forgot his lyrics during the MKOP performance!! He was lost to carry on so decided to stop (about 2.30). And giggle. Lo and behold, his Archangels flew to his side for the rescue. They knew all the lyrics better than he. They all remembered from years gone by. It was a touching moment, and an endearing one, for me. No one was annoyed. How can there be annoyance or accusations of unprofessionalism (I’ve heard it said before about other big stars) within archudom? There is only sharing. There is only humanness. There is only goodwill and love. Yes, I would giggle with him too if I had been there. Just like those Archangels who helped him along with the rest of the song. Yes, I shudder to feel all these lovely feelings in an Archu-concert!! ♥
Many of us Archies were unfortunately not present at the concert, but watching David do his thing and witnessing the Pinoys do their thing was utterly heartwarming and spiritually uplifting. They both absolutely ROCK!!! ♥