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……
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.
An uncrustable. The tweens love them, and they’ll love this song, too. The song’s just okay for me, dawg. I liked his first single much more.
This is another good catchy pop song.It’s more like a cousin to his first hit Crush. The rhythm will have you swaying your hands in the chorus section and singing along to the chorus in the car!
You are a glutton for punishment with the Archie fans. Good luck with that. Not that the crazed sputtering angry posts won’t amuse me. In fact, thanks in advance, Slezak!
I like the song and I think the video is cute. It will get played so much on the radio that people will start liking it just because they hear it so damn much. Same thing happened with Tattoo.
It’s a pb&j, familiar favorite, nothing new but still sweet.
I love this video.I think because it a clean cut video, no sex or sleaziness you might think its not great. He is trying to make video his fans like. He made one that I really love. I hope it sell’s millions
I LOVE DAVID ARCHULETA and I am an older fan. His new video is great I have not stopped listening to his CD and bought several copies for gifts!!! This article and EW sucks. His voice is AMAZING! Finally I can take my whole family and myself to a concert where I can appreciate a beautiful artist’s music and incredible talent. I won’t have to rush out the door for obsene acts and explicit language. You call that entertainment. DAVID ARCHULETA YOU ARE INCREDIBLE. Support David. The rest of the haters, take a hike. Go listen to crap music, you know what they they say, negative crappy people attract same…DAVID ARCHULETA
Mike Slezak one word describes you SLEEZBALL! You have no talent (unless you call being very gay a talent).
DAVID ARCHULETA is an incredible talent. It must be so tough for you to believe that someone so young is so incredibly talented and his talent is appreciated by fans of ALL AGES (myself included 30+ and straight). You my friend is now old and still have no talent. I see why you are so negative. My middle finger says hello to you and the David Archuleta haters. I recently saw him at MSG and he is amazing. His voice is WOW WOW WOW!
Hey Slezak I don’t see your name on the top of the charts or women dying to listen to you or even read your no talent articles. I see the jealousy. Stuck at EW with no talent and getting old with still no more talent. Too bad. Being ugly, gay, wrinkled and have no talent, must be tough. Take a good look in the mirror. YOU ARE A LOSER and DAVID ARCHULETA is a WINNER. So there
haha, I love archie too, but c’mon – Slezak’s being quite fair and not even that negative, and david’s getting plenty of EW coverage. be happy for that.
Turkey! Well that’s fine with me micheal, turkey with cranberry, my favorite sandwich ever. mmmmm yummy. David Archulrta’s voice, mmmmmm yummy.
This is what I noticed. Michael said the song is not bad (great understatement) and he was nice to David when he did a great interview with him. So I choose to be more like David and say.”awwww thanks.”
was this on his cd?
Hey Collins, Did you ever take pictures looking into your girl/boyfriend eyes? Maybe if they were soft porn. One usually looks into the camera while taking pictures, doesn’t one?? Also, whu does every vid have to be x-rated. I am a young adult and sick of the lack of taste. Of course, that’s the only thing that EW would consider “interesting”. And, the sandwich thing is just so NOT ORIGINAL. Move on, EW, the new victims of AI8 are just waiting to be sleazed.
jake, yes it is and I like it even better than crush!
Sigh. He’s got a great voice, and it’s an ok song. But I can’t get over the fact that he’s so young, and it’s just hard for me to believe he has such heartbreak. Thereby, it’s tough for me to buy the gist of the song. I’m over it halfway thru the video. Sandwich? I’d say a peanut butter. Tastes good buy you eat it only because you’ve got nothing else in the refrigerator.
I like the song and it’s a really sweet video. He has a beautiful voice and damn he is the cutest guy I have seen in awhile!