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  • Simon doesn't know what great music is, and I'll bet he never heard this song before! Having said that, David Archuleta was nice, but it was a million miles away from how great Dan sang it when his voice was still at it's highest and best, before his throat surgery! A Dan Fan, BobbyK

  • @bobby7771117 well no one can sing it better than dan but david was robbed of his win that week

  • What a gorgeous performance of a great song by a great writer. Perfect voice of voice and song...

  • SImon doesn't even understand what he is talking about.... the lyrics was great..it is very poetic..and it doesn't matter who sings the song or what age,...being in love is ageless and timeless...

  • LOL "you can sing the phone book"

  • i prefer Dan Fogelbert is the best .....i don't like this performance

  • What the heck is wrong with Simon?????

    David was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! I am surprised that the judges didn't give him a standing ovation!!!!

  • DAVID ARCHULETA is an ANGEL sent from heaven. WE need more guys like him instead of stupid low lifes with no future for them like someone below me ha

  • booooooo, you over sing the song. don't try to fix what isn't broken you faggot

  • @kalif151byccrew haha like i said..why r u commenting again if hes a fag. WHY r u soo interested in him BITCH

  • @elponito1 to piss you off, and the vids on your page a gay too

  • @kalif151byccrew oh really ...well guess wat.....I DOnt give a FUCK....yur a worthless piece of shittt..... sooo hey yur opiniondoesnt matter.....soooo FUCK OFF

  • @elponito1 Be nice.

  • @notefromself hahaha be nice??? Umm FUCK OFFF

  • @kalif151byccrew That sentence doesn't even make sense. As a matter of fact, it's not even a sentence.

  • now this is what I call singing :)) thank u David, it made me smile <3

  • david, you suck! never attempt this song ever again you fag!

  • @kalif151byccrew fuck you

  • @elponito1 you must be the one giving it to him in his ass hahahaha faggot

  • @kalif151byccrew hahaha ur fuckin stupid.. Ima a female. u Little bitch. Why u checking out his videos if hes such a "FAG". I think the faggot around here is you

  • Glad I stumbled across this version of Dan Fogelbergs song. WOW!!! A great, great job well done!!! You've got a gift there.

  • what a voice...

  • AMAZING!

  • david archuleta is so talented....i wonder why his record company releases him....is it because of his father?????

  • @feljandro Jive still continued to make offers to him but David declined 'em. He said that "It feels like this is not where I'm supposed to be." Make sense cause I don't think there's a record label that's dumb enough to let go of someone like David A. like that.

  • Wow, I'm a big fan of the original song by Dan F, and this was great for me.  He totally did it justice. Great rendition.

  • David James Archuleta is and always will be my American Idol! You are the only one who can make me and hundreds of million others feel the music by your awesome rendition of the song. you are not rare...you are the only one! We adore you Archie!

  • David James Archuleta makes milions of different people feel the same emotion by his angelic singing voice. It's not only magical but divine! His singing is always heartfelt and soul penetrating; enchanting his audience with awe. We love and adore you Archie!

  • LOLOLOLOL!!! "Simon, You're my 3rd Favorite Judge!"  Holy crap, that is hilarious!!!

  • Dan Fogelberg!  love it!

  • This song is really good....Simon is a piece of shit to trash a song written and originally sung by one of the greatest singer/songwriters. RIP Dan Fogelberg

  • @jojoyoyo2006

    Absolutely - Dan is one of THE best songwriters of our time. And he toured with his good friends (The Eagles!)

    Don Henley I'm sure taught him a few things. : )

  • @jojoyoyo2006 Hats off, I agree completely. Dan Fogelberg is a legend.

  • This is the first i've seen and heard this young man preform. I can honestly say i have never witnessed such talent. Remarkable vocals. Outstanding version of this song.

  • His voice makes me shiver but in a good way. I love you Archie <3

  • I Miss Simone && Paula !

  • wow

  • David Archuleta has won my heart. <33

    I'll cry so badly if he marries someone..... ;(

  • simon does have a point, the lyrics did suck

  • @xxhailybabexx Dan Fogelburg's "Longer" is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. All your taste is in your mouth.

  • I like Dan's version more. He's too pitchy to me.

  • I love this song AND the way He sings it. GO DAVID ARCHULETA!!!! :D

  • Blah ! .......Way to sugery for me.

  • bravo David.God bless u.

  • Holy crap such an angelic voice. I love his rendition for this song that I too love.

  • bravo david archuleta.  the more i listen to david cook, the more i dislike him and his attitude.

  • Simon was only saying that bcoz his not happy with his life....hehehee..the kid is in love! that's y he sang that song..

  • this guy, who will soon come out of the closet....has really ruined a great tune....there is only one person who could sing this song...and that is the original artist...dan fogelberg....he has since passed away, but I do believe, after hearing this....he is turning over in his grave and putting his hands over his ears...

  • @AlbertValenzuela well, i bet u can't sing that song even half as good as david archuleta did. you're just one of the FEW people who did not think his version was great. you CAN'T be right against the MILLIONS worldwide who believe in him. Yes, it's true, dan fogelberg is in a very esteemed place.. but it's YOUR NASTY WORDS, not david archuleta's rendition, that would make dan turn over in his grave!!!!!

  • @TheBlackamiel ooh, someone got their feelings hurt. The over rated David Arch is a hasbeen now, and will never amount to anything. As for the Dan Fogelberg version of this song, it has endured and will endure for years to come. As for Dan turning over in his grave...well he did this, when Davids rendition was sung. As for my singing abilities....Well, I am quite the showman, artist.....to bad ya never heard of me.

  • @AlbertValenzuela Listen to a better quality version of this. Archuleta had one of the best vocals of the year. As for the accusations of homosexuality...don't go labeling others while you have that creepy profile picture. Seriously, is that an accusation or a secret desire? Okay, i guess that was over the line. I apologize. Still, I stand by my statement. Critique the music, fine, but respect the person like you would expect to be respected. Including refrain from slander.

  • huh?!?! For me, its the same with the original.

  • The point that Simon totally missed and what completely escaped him is that this song didn't seem like something from a 90 yr old the way DAVID sang it. He did just the opposite, he took a song from long ago, and gave it new life. The way he sang this song, it could have been written yesterday.

  • at 1:31- 1:32 can you get ANY closer!!! seriously!! haha but still... to see his beautiful face... but isnt it a little TOO in his face?! haha oh man... bb, we love you.

  • I like the achy sound he has singing this song. He always sings with his heart...love that.

  • gosh, I think I was 18 years old when this song came out so whatever Simon has to say, I don't think I was a 90 year old at the time because I liked the song. And Mr. Fogelberg was certainly not old when he recorded that beautiful song.

  • i think someone could do better with this song, the song is sacret and needs to have a sutible singer.

  • @zombie161 , yes......and the singer is.....you, ha,ha,ha.

  • @Basandar43 idk it could be anybody who heared this song at a younger age and fully has feelings towards it. im not critisisng or anything im just sayin thats all.

  • I have loved this song all my life, and I think David did awesome!

  • I love this song ^_^ I didn't like how Archuleta sang it, though.

  • David re-introduced a new generation of music listeners to a beautiful song by Dan Fogelberg. Good job David!!!! Well done.

  • u suck simon! that song was played at my parents wedding!

  • Gawd, Simon needs to have his scrotum nailed to a stump and pushed over backwards!!! hes the main reason why I dont watch Idol. And I dont watch America's Got Talent because of his boyfriend Niles...

  • not surprise simon did no like ,,,,,,,longer,,,,,,,,,,,,,,!!! is not a song made by  an english they think they are the best thing on earth ..

  • Oh Simon ! Shut up ! This is a beautiful song ! David did it ok, but no one can sing this song like Dan Fogelberg.

  • I love Dan, and David did this justice!!

  • I cant believe Simon called Longer a horrible song. That is a beautiful song.

  • On Aug. 10, 2009, David Archuleta won ALL THREE AWARDS he was nominated in t c a, Breakout Artist, Love Song (crush) and Best Tour.

    Congrats. you well deserve the recognition.

  • amazing

  • i have the same phone as the one in the beginning and end only it's purple.. lol... GO DAVID!!!! i loveeee this song <3

  • David Archuleta is nominated in T C A 2009 for -

    best love song (CRUSH), best breakout artist, and best music Tour (wt Demi). Competition is fierce, very tight race, go register and vote every day per e mail address. Vote Vote Vote for David Archuleta. spread the words, tks.

  • awesome voice

    nothing compared to the original though

  • Hey all! David has a FAN PACK album coming only to iTunes on June 9th!! It includes: A Thousand Miles, his Touch My Hand fan tribute video (adorable), and ZERO GRAVITY...the best song ever that wasn't released! Pls keep supporting David by buying his music and spreading the word. He deserves the best. Tks.

  • Anyone know why David said "I'm sorry" at 2:10? Can't figure it out.

  • I assume he says "...I'm sorry" when he sees Simon's facial expression before the critique came. Not sure why David would apologize without Simon saying anything (he's just a really naive kid like that, I guess). Anyways, that's how I interpret David's apology, which was not called for. David sang this song beautifully.

  • my heart is melting.......

  • Cook is good but Archuleta still has the best vocal. his voice is really powerful.

  • Shouldn't he be in school?

  • he's doing school there... i think they have to get at least 3 hrs of school on the week days...

  • I don't care for rock style of cook. I can listen to David Archuleta every day, listen to his CD album songs, and never get tired of his voice. Archie has won my heart. I am with him all the way and wish him the best in his wonderful musical career. Have fun in UK Tour with McFly.

  • cook is good. but he is those that belongs in a band or something. i love his voice but honestly speaking of best vocal no one beats archie with hsi purity and clarity and emotion in his voice.

  • thank god Archuleta has become a SuperStar and his musical career is soaring.

    It's the voice. amazing voice !

  • Randy: "You could sing the PHONE BOOK..."

    He totally could, and I'd still listen. =)

  • Wow! What a performance. Simon is wacked.

  • He has an amazing voice !

  • I get the impression that Simon looks for reasons to criticize a performance, & if he can't find any reasons he invents them. No wonder he's the least popular judge on this show.

  • i don't agree. simon always gets a bad rep. what he does is tell the truth. he doesn't sugarcoat things like paula. he is the most inteligent judge. He tries to help singers perfect there songs

  • Yeah that's true. But I don't think he really needs to be as blunt as he is sometimes. Besides his opinion of the song is irrelevant. It's the singing he's supposed to be judging, not the 30-something year old song itself.

  • wow...i actually think that he should of won...like seriously...david cook is very good but i mean like david archuleta is...amazing...its a very wonderful voice...one of the best male singers..even at his age...like come on..just think about that..

  • ahh,... still the same simon cant spot his mouth for saying something no so nice

    anyway the song is extrodinary

  • Wow. Nothing against Dan Fogelberg, but David made this song worth listening to. His voice is so beautiful and pure. I don't care for the song, but I can't stop listening to David.

  • I watch this every day. His voice is amazing

  • David sang beautifully. Simon is a Cook fan and he wanted Cook to win so his praise for Archuleta is sparingly given. David's tone, his expression all fit together. David did a great job. I enjoy listening to him sing.

  • I thought that David did a wonderful job. And, going with what Simon said, this 90 year old 30-something loved this song.  It was a beautiful performance:)

  • his facial expressions, his superb vocal and emotions he put into his song(s) is just outstanding, Simon don't you get it????

  • I remember wanting to hurl a shoe at the tv when Simon dared to trash this song as "gooey"! I think Simon knows a good voice and he knows if the song fits the artist but I think his actual taste in music leaves a bit to be desired...Dan Fogelberg could do NO WRONG! And David A sang it perfectly!

  • wow, the judge who said the lyric of the song song was gooy seems kind of negative,and like

    RockawayRiotSquad said David don't write the song so what different does it make and what does it matter. That negative judge wouldn't know a great singer if it depended on his life.

  • simon had to say something negative everytime.

  • he makes me cry. love you david

  • i luv him

  • If they could include this version in the Nissan Teana ads, it would attract more buyers like what Nissan did for the Cedric and Gloria Y31.

  • such a shame that simon can't see a great singer when he sees one.

  • Simon is such a dick...he criticizes the lyrics...ARCHIE DIDN'T WRITE THEM SO WHAT DOES IT MATTER?

  • well, he did say that himself-- he was just filling time and trying to spice up the show-- he plays the antagonist, and had nothing else to criticise ;)

  • Why Youtube can't seems to organize replies to match consistantly - how slack for such a popular website~~

    my last post is in response to :RockawayRiotSquad "Simon is such a dick...he criticizes the lyrics...ARCHIE DIDN'T WRITE THEM SO WHAT DOES IT MATTER?"

  • @RockawayRiotSquad well he did choose the song...

  • Another point of interest, David wanted to do an updated version of this song, ala Sara Bareilles, and the AI producers wouldn't allow him to. They told him they wanted him to keep it simple.

  • David wanted....or was it his father who wanted David to update the song?

  • beautiful song by the late great Dan Fogelberg

    David did justice. I know I was a Dan fan

    and I'm a David fan : )

    Vee, Colorado

  • Simon is a jerk for insulting this song. HE DIDN'T PICK IT OUT, the producers did, so he needs to take it up with the producers, offstage. At least he told David he sang it well. I thought he did a great job, as he always does!

  • archie kiss his hand and waves oh my pricelessi wish he do this for me some day

  • omg the lyrics is so beautiful man!!

  • I love Dan Fogelberg and this is one my favorites of his. David sang it beautifully, as I knew he would. Only people with class would appreciate his music, unlike the morons who have left negative, vulgar comments on this site.

  • very true USA8869, i mean, some say that this song is boring or not good, but when i heard it, it was really nice, but it didn't show much of his vocal prowess though, but still very good performance.... i dont know what some of the people are talking about...

  • sad to say most of cooks fans are uneducated moron :))

  • that performance was flawless. i loved it!

  • @Chufil Then why did you even bother to listen to this in the first place? Tsk Tsk... You DON'T KNOW A THING! It's true, david cook won.. but the millions who voted for david archuleta could not be wrong.. and you COULD NEVER be near the truth either!

  • David can take a song like that and make it special...nice!

  • that will be our wedding song david!..

    haha...i'm just kidding....*peace*

    nice s0ng!... ._^

  • How can someone be soooooooooo perfect!!

    This performance is lovely!!

    Chufil..you can go take a hike if you can't appreciate anyone!! I'd like to see you quack next to him! David Cook is awesome too but really..David Archuleta has no comparison!

    Only pure Archie hearts can understand soulful music..not dumbrockheads like you!!

    You're for the win of "WORLD IDOL" David A!

  • @feeltheheatt very well said.... the likes of chufil CAN NOT even hold a candle to someone as brilliant as DAVID ARCHULETA is!!!!!

  • I <3 this song! nice job david a!

  • please dont say it d.a is the best!!!!!!

  • Chufil, Archie is wonderful. The producers chose this "boring" song for him to sing, he rearranged it to make it more contemporary and wanted to play the piano but he was told to keep it as is.

    Type in David Archuleta EW interview Part 3 where he talks about it. He had to play by their rules, just like Syesha had to sing the penquin song.

  • Archuleta is the best vocalist of all AI. cook is only another rock musician and his fans have to worry is with Daughtry, who is so many times better than him. Archie is other kind of singer, more sophisticated and unique.

    And the songs he had to sing in AI were part of a list and themes predefined. He didn't have too much choice.

  • You said it all. Couldn't agree with you more. David A is the type of artist that few and far between in liftime. Cook is a throwback of Daughtry.

  • bad and jealous people still coming to insult the kid? why these idiots insists in watching videos with somebody they hate? how explain this obsession? The fact is that DA is the best of all in everything. The show is over. Leave the kid in peace.

  • the truth is they like him, that's why they keep on coming to his corner but, they are just in the stage of denial because he is much much better than their choice.

  • Is it just me or did Randy say he could sing the phone book like 12 times during the competition

  • what do you think you're saying? Are you drunk? He always tries his best on every performance and this is what you say? I'd like to see you try.

  • I completely agree with you

  • You can thank the producers for that. In an interview, David said he wanted to change this to a Sara Bareillis type tempo but since it was the producers choice, they said he had to sing it simple. In other words, they wanted it to be boring. And he had been approved for 2 weeks to sing I Don't Want to Miss A Thing and they took it and gave it to Cook. David did very well considering the deck was stacked against him.

  • Good for you! I'm glad you can feel satisfaction in knowing the person you wanted to win did, and still come and enjoy the person who didn't win. That's really big of you.

  • u are wrong only because u like rock an dc fan says a lot of bad words

  • @Chufil have you eaten your nasty words already? do you see NOW how well david archuleta is doing? i bet even a duck can QUACK better than you could ever do!!!!! piece of UNSOLICITED advice, if you don't like david archuleta and if you find him so boring, then spare us your distasteful and ignorant words by NOT viewing his videos then criticizing him as if you can do better!!!!!

  • @goboywonder , Thanks for the info. Now I know for sure that the show is scripted. Now I feel sorry for Cook really, to be the scripted Idol. Sigh!!!

  • I'd like to hear you quack next to him in a duet

  • Does anyone feel that he has a "kermit the frog" vibe in this performance? It's like....a slow folksy song and I imagine kermit the frog in his place. HAHA< I know weird right?

    Cute none the less.

  • Miss Piggy wished Kermit looked this good! HaHa. David is a very handsome young man.

  • the show's a total fake!! scripted, if you ask me!!

  • Aaaaaw he should have won. I can't wait until he puts lots of cds out :D. congrats to David Cook, even tho i like Archie wayyy more :)

  • oh david that was beautiful

  • Just stop watching the stupid show and all ends with it, ratings flop, show is cancelled.

    I never watch it I don't know how anyone can choose between so many different talents that are NOT ALIKE, it is dumb and it is unfair from it's origin.

  • And putting men against women?, that's two different categories by themselves only...it's totally unfair.

  • he has a nice voice but i cant help but think he strains somewhat- i think he needs a few more years of training to be able to push those notes a little better- then he'll be perfect :)

  • :D

    <3

  • *cough*

    Excuse moi?! He's a great singer since he was a kid! You should search his performance when he sang in front of Kelly Clarkson...

  • Stupid Simon said he predicts the winner will be DC on some Tv interview recently. He's such an asshole! America wants DA to win! Simon, you can't sing so just shut up!

  • i know i hate simon hes mean

  • The song Rocks.. Only Dan Fogelberg could sing that song... Simon Cowel is a dumbass... Simon... If you read this FUCK YOU... AI plays Favorits here... The ending was horrible... But Dan Fogelberg did it best...

  • vote for david! he rules

  • Vote 4 DA 4 4 hours. Get 4 others to vote 4 him also. 44444

  • Yes that is true. They took David's song from him and gave it to DC. Then chose Longer for him to sing. He made it a hip hop song but they came to him the day before and said NO you have to do original version. They are pimping up DC for the win by not letting DA show his originality by changing songs. They want DC to do it but no one else.

  • He doesn't have a low range and doesn't have the fullness in his voice as David Cook does and it was the producer's choice probably because they knew Cook would do a better job with it.

    That said, I love Dan Fogelberg and thought Archie did relatively good with it.

  • OMG... That's soooo mean!!! DC took I DNT WANA MIS A THNG from DA....

    now, im more convinced that the show's scripted!!

  • @phillypen you have absolutely no idea what you're yakking about! let me see YOU try! i BET even the frogs' croaking will sound better than you ever would!

  • hey did any of u guys hear how david rehearsed this song more upbeat and then the night 4 performance the producers said they wanted him to do it slow?

    also his choice was i dont wanna miss a thing but the producers made him change it so they could give it to david cook?

    im not sure if this is tru but fox news reported so i was just curious if any1 else knew anthing about it.