QUOTE (P. L. River @ Apr 23 2008, 04:06 PM)

Thanks for the link. It's always nice to hear from his coach.
It's kind of too bad that the orchestra held David back from taking the song more towards the pop direction he wanted. I know a lot of people called that performance 'cheesy', and I think the orchestra, especially the string section, was a huge part of that. If they had kept the arrangement simpler and less theatrical - just acoustic guitar, percussion, and synth, maybe - the performance might have been received a little better. Just my opinion.
i think so! there was a rumor yesterday, said that David was gonna play guitar himself. I guess AI paid for the orchestra, they gotta use it...