I don't mean to repeat myself but rewatching David's performance of 'Music of the Night' just reminded me how much I loved it. That song was just an amazing vocal for him and dear lord he just melts you with that smoltering stare of his.

All I can say is Gaaaaa-ggggaaaaa-gaaa!! THUD! All over again.

Watching on and off all night, and ironically every time I tuned in Cookie was on. Fate, huh

Did anyone know at the time of ABMB that David's "family and friends" was his brother Adam? I know I didn't!


Also, has anyone else noticed that sometimes when they do the recap at the end, they use a different camera angle? I thought I noticed it before but wasn't really sure, but then it was really obvious on MOTN since he was last and it was dramatic. At the last glory note, they shot it from his lower left looking up into his face but on the recap they shot the last glory note full face on (which of course lets you have one more look at those gorgeous eyes -- btw I think he worked the eyes the most on this song than any other all season...) Which bums me out a little because I haven't been burning the recaps to disk, just the performances.

Oh, and Brooke's butterfly dress -- hubby and I took a ride into Long Branch last spring and we saw the butterfly dress in the window of a shop. I asked the shopkeeper about it, she said she'd been getting a lot of comments, yes it was the same (well not literally the exact same) dress that Brooke wore on the show.

OK got to go burn some DVDs so there's room for tomorrow night's shows.. Night all...

I noticed at the finale that the recaps are different from the actual performance-especially on I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For(a favorite DC performance). The recap was totally not how he sang when he was judged. Is it possible the recaps are from the dress rehearsals? I don't pay much attention to the others' recaps, but I want to get up and vote for David all over again! It's like he was the only contender! These reruns have been such a gift. Kudos to whomever had that brainstorm.

The recaps at the end of a performance show are from the dress rehearsal (due to time constraints.) The recaps on the results shows are from the actual performances.

1st songs….

Jason----Lol @ having the wrong song on his hand. Not bad…had the Jason twist on it.

Cookie--- OMG that lil shoulder shrug and smile! Nice. I actually like the studio version of this (BUT they should have done the studio version of All I Really Need is You instead).

Brooke- eh…kinda cheesy...song didn’t fit her….kinda awkward performance

Archie---Well I guess he did a more upbeat song….I found it be a cruise ship type performance lol

Syesha---she has such a good voice. Pretty song. Thought she did a good job.

Uh oh…and there goes Paula …

I've lost count how many times Syesha was in the bottom 2 or 3, how did she manage to survive all the way to #3? She was very lucky because now I really see that Carly should have been there instead.

And wow, Grace! I would have never pegged you as a purple dress kinda girl!!

lmao, i dont know if it was me but did anyone else find the archie looked really shocked to steal be there?!
while the others where jst like happy they were.
i jst relized that

Only gonna comment on David's performance. I'm going to bed after Baba O'Riley.

Hungry like the wolf----he did a nice job and looked sexy and had the camera eyes going. Didn't seem like himself I will admit. I think singing more than one song made it tough on David because he probably didn't have time to rearrange both songs and do what he wanted with them.

LMAO "I was thinking Bob Marley!!" That still cracks me up, thank you Jason

Am I the only fan that didn't totally hate HLTW? I was disappointed that out of all the rock songs to choose from he picked...Duran Duran? unsure.gif It was a very WTF moment for me to be honest, but I was a DD fan when I was a kid so I went with it, lol. I didn't think his performance was on the same level as his past ones...still I didn't think he sucked, but he and most of the fans really seemed to want to wipe that from memory laugh.gif

Yeah, I think Jason was ready to go as well. The last few weeks he didn't come across (at least to me) as putting as much into the performances. And I didn't notice the first time around but this time, his big grins in the results shows as the contestant eliminated is doing the sing off is weird, I mean it really struck me while Brooke was bawling and barely able to get through her song, there is Jason behind her chuckling with a huge grin. Seemed inappropriate. JMO.

Does anyone here post on TWoP? I never knew what they meant when they say (still to this day) that they've been "Baba O'Reilly'd". Just wondering if that's a good thing or not.

Am I the only fan that didn't totally hate HLTW? I was disappointed that out of all the rock songs to choose from he picked...Duran Duran? It was a very WTF moment for me to be honest, but I was a DD fan when I was a kid so I went with it, lol. I didn't think his performance was on the same level as his past ones...still I didn't think he sucked, but he and most of the fans really seemed to want to wipe that from memory

Ok... did you guys get the bighappyhair.com ad? I think I'll get some Bumpits to go with my purple dress!

LOL, didn't see that ad, Grace

Was anyone able to make out what that person in the audience screamed out to Cook that had him laughing when he was responding to the girl from Pittsburgh who asked him out on a date?

I agree - I sooooo wish they had done the studio verson of AIRNIY. It is gorgeous and he does such a great version of it. I wonder if they just weren't given permission to record it...........

i rewatched how when brooke left how sysha and archie were crying and cook had that sad look on his face , and jason is all smiley, i was shocked.

You know why David won??!!! HE's HOTTTTTTT first of all and he never missed a lyric and always changed up the song. Archie was good too but he was boring after a while. I'm more of a rocker girl than a mellow girl anyhow sooo yea. AND DAVID I LOVVE LOVEEE LOVEE LOVEE LLLLLOOOOOOOVVVVVEEEEEEE YOUR NEW PUPPY!!!!!!!! HE'S ADORABLE AND I CANT WAIT FOR YOU TO BRING HIM OUT ON STAGE DURING THE SHOWSSS!!!!! I LOVE YOU DAVID!!!!!

LOL, didn't see that ad, Grace

Was anyone able to make out what that person in the audience screamed out to Cook that had him laughing when he was responding to the girl from Pittsburgh who asked him out on a date?

Sounds like the guy says, "You can do it!"

I missed last night (will watch later on DVR) so I won't comment,
Watching the finale is bringing back all the nervousness I felt the first time around.

Archie's doing a beautiful job, I had not known about dial-idol at this point, yeah I was really nervous for Cookie. I thought for sure Archie had the teeny-bopper and the granny vote...

LOL. Yeah well I watched dial-idol all night long and never went to sleep. He was so far ahead there that even without text messages, I thought there was no way he could lose. I also watched zabasearch and the same there (but they count text messages). I still was nervous but HE DIDN'T GET ALL THE "GRANNY" VOTES BECAUSE THIS GRANNY VOTED HER FINGERS TO THE BONE. Sorry, us "granny" people love rock. Heck we practically invented it! All we were thinking was "Yes, finally some good rock music again."

So what happened was Simon pissed us off and gave the night to Archie and so there were tons of "grannies" out there who said "WTF?" We picked up the phone and dialed 4 hours straight!!!!! The little teeny-boppers voted as long as they could but it's a school night!!! Rocker moms and grannies tucked them into bed, grabbed their cell phones, grabbed their land lines and voted and voted.

Did you hear me all the way from Virginia screaming when he was announced the winner?? Yes, that noise was me--sorry...

LOL. Yeah well I watched dial-idol all night long and never went to sleep. He was so far ahead there that even without text messages, I thought there was no way he could lose. I also watched zabasearch and the same there (but they count text messages). I still was nervous but HE DIDN'T GET ALL THE "GRANNY" VOTES BECAUSE THIS GRANNY VOTED HER FINGERS TO THE BONE. Sorry, us "granny" people love rock. Heck we practically invented it! All we were thinking was "Yes, finally some good rock music again."

So what happened was Simon pissed us off and gave the night to Archie and so there were tons of "grannies" out there who said "WTF?" We picked up the phone and dialed 4 hours straight!!!!! The little teeny-boppers voted as long as they could but it's a school night!!! Rocker moms and grannies tucked them into bed, grabbed their cell phones, grabbed their land lines and voted and voted.

Did you hear me all the way from Virginia screaming when he was announced the winner?? Yes, that noise was me--sorry...

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Does anyone here post on TWoP? I never knew what they meant when they say (still to this day) that they've been "Baba O'Reilly'd". Just wondering if that's a good thing or not.
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Was anyone able to record the AI replays and if so, would they be willing to make a copy I could purchase? It would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks
~jules

Did anyone have a problem with their tv in between David's two songs for Neil Diamond week? My screen froze on Randy's face and I did not get sound either-so I missed -but the best part was missing. We got to see the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame with no problem. I love HLTW-that performance was just fine-. David is looking so amazing on these shows-those eyes are in a class by themselves!

Hi, I just played back top 5 last night, since I was at a wake Monday night, and I had the same problem, the DVR froze on Randy's face after Jason's second performance (at about 26 minute mark), then the next thing you see the DVR is at the 12 minute mark and Simon's commenting on Archie's performance.

I'm so bummed because I've been recording all of David's bits onto DVD and now I will be missing All I Really Need Is You, except for the snippets they show on the recaps. And I love that song....


Do you also have Verizon Fios? I was wondering if it was a Fox issue or just the local carrier?

Yes I do have Verizon Fios(on Long Island). So annoyed, because I was DVRing all of season 7 and looking forward to both of the Neil Diamond songs. David outsung the other performers by a mile! Watching season 7 again was such fun and even better because we got the outcome we wanted.

Darn! I used to have this channel until we switched back over to Cablevision. Oh well. At least I still have my AI 7 DVDs!

I appreciate your enthusiasm, but David actually did mess up some lyrics on occasion. Granted, he never totally forgot any lyrics, but he did say a few wrong lyrics here and there -- Father McKenzie was "darning" his socks in the night, not "wearing" his socks in the night. He said the same line twice during All Right Now, he transposed some lyrics in MOTN, in Daytripper he sang "One-way ticket, yeah" when the background singers were singing "Sunday driver, yeah." In DWTMAT, it's supposed to be stay "awake" just to hear you breathing, not stay "away."

BUT, the thing about how great David is, is that no one notices when he misses the lyrics. He's such a professional and never misses a beat, he just keeps on going. And the only reason I know about any of these mis-cues is that I've watched his AI performances hundreds of times. I'm sure the judges and the audience seeing the performance once never noticed a thing!