David Archuleta - Ave Maria (Live on Nuestra Navidad 12/17/09)

[karlaluvsdavid]

i remember i saw this i was freaking out i was like OMG DAVID!:D

[karlaluvsdavid]

i remember i saw this i was freaking out

[iadorearchie]

David Archuleta is simply angelic and divine! He honored Mother Mary with reverence by his version of this song, you could feel it in your heart and inner most being. God has chosen this young man, blessed him and shared with us. we love and adore you, Archie! Thanks be to God!

[lesarchie]

it's wonderful . love to see his life .

[danielleberman]

jajaja mirad que mola la voz del tio pero... hay que ver el lipsing del coro son un poco crecidos como para que os creáis que son ellos...

[Sarttimi]

blows me away everytime. love him <3

[8BryanRyan8]

The guy behind david is totlly checking him out hahaha

[Josselyn6824]

no se oye en que idioma esta cantando ???

[rhed31]

such a brilliant performance. you know it's good when even the fanbase has to listen to it several times to tell if he's singing it live. lol

[Cayres22]

Magnifico, perfeito, o David é incrivel!

[6969victoria]

i Love David it was incredibLee(;

[xmeeshellll]

so glowy.

simply beautiful!

2:17 he nailed it.

oh,davidd.

[HappyBelugaCo]

ohhh goshh 2:17 killled meee

[gamagu4ever]

does he talk in nuestra navidad? I had 2 miss it :(

[GoldenGirl1314]

@gamagu4ever no. :[

[collegemom12]

There were slight changes in this - even in the final amen, amen. But the backiing track was there.

[retroviolet]

I know that is a real choir from their tweets the day David went there. I think the backing track with orchestra and choir was used at lowered volume with the kid's choir singing softly on top of that. And I think David sang this live there because there are small diffs in his singing between this and his album recording. But sure, maybe they played back what they recorded earlier at the school for this performance in front of the audience of children.

[retroviolet]

On more views, yeah he is definitely singing it live right as this was taped. It's obvious even just from his breaths. And he sang it live every night of his Christmas tour (last night is tonight I think in Westbury NY). Check out his live concert on Billboard Live (less than a week left to do that). And buy his Christmas CD - it's gorgeous and soulful.

[Sakura52296]

D, you nailed 2:15-18 note with an added vibrato. Bravo!, Bravo! Keep that up you know and the extra run on Amen. It gives you the full control of your song Fantabulous job! Do the same in Boston and Merry Christmas to you and

your lovely family! and to Ray.

[unf0rgiven1]

He was live 100%. To be honest, I don't think he knows how to playback hahha. He did it just once due to weather conditions and you could've say for sure that it is playback. Now it wasn't.

[88Aladdin]

You are correct. The choir was from the album's backing track, however, but David's voice is live--this is the same setup he does it at his concerts.

[Lanaaay245]

i know most of it was live but...1:20? Not so much. but i know he can sing this live anyways so oh well. haha

[LittleSnowDancer02]

@Lanaaay245 It's obvious that this performance was live. You can even hear his loud inhalations. It's just that this clip does not have the video and sound in sync.

[Lanaaay245]

nooo i knoow its live!!! :) haha i can definitely tell its live, but that one spot, the way he moves shows he hit the higher note, but the audio is the lower.

[88Aladdin]

He is singing live however the choir is not because they had to use the backing track from the album. You can hear audible differences between the recorded version and this one. You also can hear the breaths he takes between his phrases a lot more here than in the recorded version.

[unf0rgiven1]

You can even hear how he licks his lips haha....and that's not from the recorded version.

Would be funny him thinking "ok, what's next? after this lyric I have to lick my lips and make the specific sound....and nooow 3..2..1... breaaath " hahaha

[missmaca93]

He's the best! Beautifully done!

[lucabocconi]

Amazing, but I believe this was playback, don't you think guys?

[muzikfreeke]

@lucabocconi only the choir

[88Aladdin]

Nope, it's live, but he's just that good if he's making people question it here, LOL.

[Ardy6048]

Just stunning! This difficult version of Ave Maria is by far the most beautiful and moving. Loved the way the microphone wasn't blocking his face. Bravo!

[thetruenotamonkey]

thanks for posting this!

[retroviolet]

Beautiful. Thanks!

[7pmm]

man..I wanna kiss on his closing eyes....

[wpdusdl]

WOW AMAZING <3

[7pmm]

OMG..OMG..

he is sooo beautiful..

Look at his eyes..omg

[rhed31]

beautiful

[archierooroo]

Wow, thanks for posting so fast!:) David's voice is SO beautiful!!!