ldyjocelyn

Are we all getting tired? Because no comments in 5 minutes???

Heh...Claygasm, I guess I just love cliches.

I am starting to question your being here though a bit.

BTW, in the different strokes department...I think this melody is one of the most catchy on the album. Don't find it plodding at all...I find it "earwormy." Hear it once, sing it for the rest of the damn day.

Oh, and my husband really likes this one too.

Seven songs, play -- half the album -- plus a bonus.

It's all semantics, if you ask me...Claygasm, I read your post. I really did....but I just love the fantasy of them being a couple, even if Clay has said it isn't happening.

I really rock out on this song. The first time I heard this song on record (not during the JBT, but off the album), I actually cried. It was a very emotional moment for me. This song hit me to the core. Again, I think it's just simply that he connects to this one, and it shows through in the song.

Love the bridge...again, very percussive, and I think that's wonderful.

His glory note is excellent, but not too long. Wonderful!

Also, again...the lush strings. Great backing for the voice.

I'll just interject here that I've never been a lyric person. At all. The furor over "spinning balls" always flumoxed me. I just don't care...because I love the music on this one. All the way.

Clay enjoys singing this one, a lot, IMO. He rocks the house.

Glad I've seen this one live already.

I like this song, and his little asides in the song. I say that because they are like little not-a song parts. It seems most like real voiceto me. I just like it and I thought I would hate it. Actually I thought I would not like as much as I did, but I do. The album ramps up more for me after the first few songs.

That's an interesting way to look at it, with "asides." It works in that context.

I've found that if I'm humming a song off this album without the album being on...this is the song I'm humming.

And yes, play, I think the album builds upon itself quite nicely. That was my initial reaction, and I still feel that way. That's why I usually listen to the entire album, without skipping songs. The entire thing WORKS as a unit.

This one was dedicated to Kristy. Wish I was her.

lol~! I tell you, I love this one also. Hope you won't throw me

out of the room.

Heh. Not at all. All viewpoints all welcome, even those who are only OK with certain songs.

I guess I just wish everyone could love all these songs like I do. And I DO love them all...just in differing degrees. *g*

I love to rock out with Clay on this one. And I'd love to know the story on why this is dedicated to Kristy.

Speculation, anyone?

ITA ldyjocelyn the lips totally didn;t do it justice.

Freudian slip, right? *g*

couchie, what was this one like in concert at Kimmel? Was he rocking out? 'Cause I'm gonna guess that he'll be rocking the hair with this one.

Ok, here comes my favorite part....

I FLOVE the string section during the last chorus here. That's a fascinating riff, and it makes a great counterpoint to Clay's voice. It's incredibly rhythmic, and I bounce my head to it every.single. time.

GAH. Love this.

First of all, can we all get an "awwwww" for the dedication for this song. You go Kristy!

This one -- the snippet did not do it justice at all. This has slowly but surely become one of my favorites on the album. I'll get to why in a bit...

Popcorn and a nice Cabernet do NOT go well together.......

Chocolate would have gone well, though.............

Need a barf bucket?

Well, now...if I need to tease claygasm in any way, shape or form...I'll know what to do. Or at least what songs to play.

I think what makes this song a winner is really the arrangement. It just simply flows so well.

no, this is the song where he'll be sitting on his stool...fools will be screaming 'i love you clay' and rest of us screaming shut the fuck up.

yeah that, couchie! You go, girl!

BWAH! And very true! Think some will get a clue this next year? Maybe Clay will blog about that...and tell people to STFU.

Yeah, that would turn me on if he did that.

Not stretching at all Fear...I like that interpretation.

This one in concert. Hmmm. Not sure how that will work, for some reason.

I think this is gonna be one cool concert, regardless.

Hi dmclovesomc!

I think this album alternately relaxes me and energizes me -- just as some of his faster stuff wears me out! Hee.

This song is one big emotional roller coaster for me. The longing in his heart is amazing, from what I can hear.

OMG, that last note...

To revive an old phrase...Thud.

Gah, that is beautiful.

I've always loved this song, always thought it was the best Elton John song ever. Elton's version is rougher, and again, more piano (duh, since he's a piano player). So the arrangement slays me.

This song showed me a LOT of vocal growth in Clay. It's not all wailing, but a different Clay, IMO. So soft, a very caring voice.

And it's sad, so sad...

The guitar work is excellent. Andy will have a field day with this in concert.

This song. Concert. Eyef**k. Yep, the pieces fit.

I'm not crazy about the chick with the echo of the first chorus. That was a bit jarring for me.

OK, question: is listening to some of these songs on repeat torture, or do you get anything out of the repeated listenings? Because I'm in the get something new camp. I've been hearing things tonight I've never heard before, and I've been listening to the album almost non-stop since the first day!

He's a master, that Clay guy.

Clay can take a piece of me anytime he likes.

As for me taking a piece of him...well, I suppose it would depend on where. In a bus line, nope. But in a room alone with him...Heh.

Does anybody think that they used protools (heh) on clay's voice at the end when he's singing the scales/ i read somewhere that some asshat critic said something about the cd being heavy with protools for his voice...

it's bs, of course, but at the end when he slides up the scale while holding hte note and starts sounding like an actual musical instrument....

anybody?

Nope. Not at all, IMO. I love that section where his voice echoes the notes of the guitar. That's probably my favorite section of the whole song.

I'm not sure what "protools" actually does, other than enhance his voice. I saw that they did use them...but I really just can't imagine WHERE.

Also, that "I can't go o-o-on..." is so very lovely!

Concert setting for this one will be VERY interesting for this one. I'm wondering if this will be "the encore," a la "Solitaire."

Ansa, you're right -- his voice needs a strong string section behind him for this one.

And that low voice gets me every.single.time.