Fans and spectators at yesterday’s (March 26) NASCAR Nationwide series Royal Purple 300 event had the pleasure of seeing the race start with a performance of the National Anthem by singer/songwriter David Archuleta.
Archie performed a simple version of the Star Spangled Banner for the race. Light on adlibs and unnecessary runs, David wowed the crowd by simply
having a fantastic voice.
On January 6, 2011, a song that didn’t make it on David’s debut album leaked. The song is called “Senseless”, written by James Fauntleroy, who helped pen another one of David’s songs, “My Hands”. And this song is a little bit like it. With an R&B vibe, showing David’s rougher voice and his sensitive side.Teen Ink
The song is about a girl breaking up with him, and how he can’t handle it. It’s making him senseless. This song seems a bit extreme for David, considering he’s said he would never act this way over a girl. It seems like that’s why this song didn’t make the album. It’s a lot like “She’s Not You”, another reject off of the debut which was leaked last year. Both songs show a more vulnerable David, going crazy over a girl, and that’s not the way David is. Though he puts a lot of emotion into this song when singing it, it’s pretty obvious he doesn’t connect to it as well as others.
So if the question is whether this song should have made the album, I’d say no. It’s a great song, and David sings it amazingly as usual, putting the right emotion where it’s needed, but it’s not “him”. It’s a lot more believable to hear David sing about touching fans’ hands rather than things like this. Fans would much rather want to hear the real “David” in his songs rather than him singing a good song just for the sake of a good song.
David Archuleta Loses It In Unreleased Track “Senseless”
It feels like 2008 all up in here, with David Cook and David Archuleta duking it out for America’s attention. Well, okay, not really. But work with us—it’s January. Two days after Season 7 American Idol winner Cook posted a new video clip featuring songs off his upcoming album, along comes an unreleased Archie ballad called “Senseless.” It’s not the most exciting thing the 20-year-old A Fine Frenzy fan has ever turned out—who knows, maybe it’s only a demo—but you can give it a spin below.
Today (December 28) is David Archuleta‘s 20th birthday! To celebrate, we decided to bypass the typical video playlist and get a little more personal. We want people to know just why we adore this singer/songwriter so much so we’ve complied 20 reasons why we love David–one for every epic year of Archie’s epic life.
Happy birthday, David! Here are some of the reasons why we love you:
- His singing voice
- His bow tie swag
- His laugh
- “My Kind of Perfect“
- He makes dorky cool
- His obsessive tweets about food
- He’s becoming a kick-ass songwriter
- His philanthropy
- His Idol performance of “Imagine” still owns
- He cares about the well-being of pumpkins
- Christmas From The Heart
- This interview!
- His adorable smile!
- His many, many haircuts
- He does random so well
- He loves his family!
- “Barriers“
- His cover of “Apologize” by OneRepublic may be better than the original
- He knows what a “hob knocker” is!
- Did we mention THAT VOICE?!
Day #9
Artist: David Archuleta
The underreated song: Something 'Bout Love
Our thoughts: An underrated artist will more than likely release sorely underrated songs. Although David Archuleta has one of the best voices recording today (feel free to argue with us on this, we’ve got tons of videos to back up this claim!), his talents are still largely overlooked. When David and Team Archie decided to get a little more top 40 friendly with the pop radio-ready single Something ‘Bout Love, we just knew the masses were about to discover an artist who has all the potential in the world to top charts but somehow still feels like a little known secret. The synths and uber-catchy chorus played well with every other song currently getting radio airplay, but apparently, pop radio isn’t quite ready for a single that showcases lyrics with actual depth. No matter. Archie is something special and we’re sure in time, others will catch on to this gem.
