If David Archuleta’s "A Little Too Not Over You" video was a sandwich, it’d be a turkey (the sparse-yet-chic apartment setting) on white (Archie’s bland gray shirt) with light mayo (all that forced cheeriness/wackiness of his "happier times" memories with his lost love), topped with a piece of iceberg lettuce (so much rain!) and a tomato slice (that fetching tangerine-colored lamp). I won’t lie: With its sweeping strings and chorus, the song’s not bad. But much like an un-spicy, decidedly utilitarian offering from your local deli counter, you kind of forget about it the minute it’s finished. In other words, legions of the Idol runner-up’s fans will be gorging on "Not Over You" for weeks and months to come, but I can’t really envision the rest of the world salivating over this track or its accompanying video clip. What think ye, PopWatchers? And not to get all Barbara Walters on you, but if this video was a sandwich, what kind do you think it would be?
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EW will you leave this boy alone? Holy cow! He sneezes and you guys have to negatively report on it. Geeeez……
pleas leave his beautful face alone
Did EW actually post a semi-negative review about the Chosen One? Don’t you know the Archie fans will descend upon this space, full of righteous indignation, calling for a full retraction? How dare EW not gush over this boy and anythng and everything he puts forth? Brave move Michael, brave move.
P.S. I’m not even putting turkey on the no-frills white bread sandwich. Just 2 slices of low-grade processed cheese and a dab of Miracle Whip. MAYBE with some iceberg lettuce that was shredded 3 days ago.
Kraft single on wheat w/a dollop of dijon
you guys just have no life/nothing better to do, you are so ignorant and stupid it’s not even funny, i knw you are only doing this to get attention, did you not get enough whe you were a child grow up u punk.
when i saw this video the first time, i, too, was totes disappointed. this song is one of my two favorites from the album (the other being “to be with you”) and i was stoked when i heard it would be the second single. unfortch, it seems david’s aversion to any sort of physical contact with the opposite sex– even when acting– made this the most boring video ever. dude. don’t sing about not getting over a relationship if you can’t even manage to look longingly into the eyes of said girl whom your heart is supposedly breaking over. bor-ing.
in happier AI S7 news, heard the snippets of carly smithson’s new songs yet? bring the irish barmaid back!
david is not trying to please people without knowledge……….his fans are happy whit this video….thank you very much..
i don’t know about this video but the person that did his hair deserves that kitty litter one from Little Rascals. Come on stylists…he deserves better
Great question, Slezak. If this video were a sandwich, it would be chicken (a relatively “safe” choice) on soft oatmeal bread (for the mushyness) with a sweet honey mustard (for obvious reasons).
I’m hungry now. Time to get a little something more substantive.
I personally love this song since its one of my favorites of his cd, along with “My Hands” so im really glad they decided to release it as a single instead of ‘Touch my hand’. However, I’m not too crazy about the video cuz c’mon… Archuleta… living in an apartment like that? I just dont see it. Especially after seeing all the pictures with his friends and blah blah… it just doesnt add up. If he had been in his bedroom or something, a bedroom that looks like it belongs to a 17 year old instead of a huge house it wouldve been more believable.
Bologna with a smidge of Mayonnaise
The song is good, the video is lacking.
It would be Tuna on wheat.
Michael, I <3 you.
You are so full of sh*t Slezak that I will not participate in responding to this juvenile and imbecilic article of yours, except to say that you are true to form – You just want hits for this article, and you always use the lowest common denominator with David to try and get them. What a BIG MAN you are. You’ll get some hits, while ALTNOY will get its where it counts – in sales and high on the charts!
Looking forward to the day when you quit your day job, and follow your true calling – garbage man…NYC can always use more.
I was too busy watching him and listening to his beautiful voice to critique his surroundings.The less, the better. Smart move by the producers. I would say veggie sandwich with no artificial flavoring.
To All the haters – Michael Slezak included, in the words of Kathy Griffin, “Suck It!” No one expects this critic or any other to gush over everything David does – but there is a silly, I guess, baseline expectation that the reviews would be more professional, objective and worthy of provoking civilized discourse that centered on his talent, and music. You seem to want to harp on everything but the fact that David has moved a million plus copies of his 1st single Crush, has an album that will be Gold in 2 or less weeks, has been getting great critical and fan reviews for his series of his Jingle Ball appearances, and is steadily and consistently improving himself as an artist – for someone 17 about to be 18, still in high school and working on completing his senior year, this deserves as much respect as anything else. If you get it – fine, if you don’t – fine. Just stop going for the lowbrow and the lazy reporting Slezak et al…
I think he’s a PB & J sandwich who just wants to be free to express himself away from the oppressive control of his moldy ham sandwich father. He looks like he just wants to go somewhere and be a kid. Maybe it’s just me.