FearofH2O

BROKEN WINGS.... i'm toast... i can listen to this over and over and over... wait... i have done that. just love everything about it..including the talking part.... two lovers intertwined... guh... nothing profound to say.. it's just my absolute favorite..maybe most favorite clay song ever.

Word!

I am amazed that this was Clay's conception. Another potential interest for him, producer.

Ansa, Yes I can see him singing this to his bride but in his dreams.

It sounds introspective to me, wishful and wistful. Or whatever.

Sweet, sweet voice. I love the gentle flourishes at the end of a phrase.

I really like this one. Too!! Aw, I like them all.

There is a hook to this which goes on after the song is done- in my head.

If anybody can do duets, it's Clay. But I think this is just a boring song. The lyrics are too repetitive.

I would love to hear them do another song together.

Are we talking about the EP. Wonder what it is all about? A stocking stuffer? Or will it be used to help sell ATDW?

Hey everyone!

This is one of my top favorites on this album. I agree Clay sounds different here but I thought he was making use of his voice as another instrument. This is another example of his musical growth. IMO.

Also, I really , really like it.

I want to thank you all for letting me take part in the listening party. It was great fun. Ms. Playbiller very kindly invited me.

I enjoy any excuse to listen to ATDW. It sounds particularly great on our old nondigital stereo set.

I wish I could enter the contests but I am so uncreative it ain't funny. Maybe Mr. Fear could help me.

Hopefully I'll see you all next Saturday.

Had a great time tonight. Hope to be here next week.

Have a great weekend.

ETA: I had to add- what a great post Ansa. Nite All!

This song does make me feel sad. But Clay's vocals on this song are spectacular in it's understatedness.

The addition of the cello which almost sounds like a partner to Clay is wonderful. It's a duet of sorts.

Just wow!

I almost like the cd version of 1000 Days better than his live performances. Well except for Kimmel.

It cracked me up watching Martha Stewart show as the audience looked like Stepford wives. I thought Clay was going to fall asleep seeing them.

I like how he has added "well now" before 1000 days. I'm not sure why.

Silver Angel,

I'm in the same boat as you I really like them all. Last week my husband even said this was a really good cd. And since he has been forced to listen to it in the car since 9/19, that's pretty good.

I voted for When I See You Smile as my favorite song. It is so uplifting and I love his voice on this song. The I's as Ahs led me to believe that he relaxed and just sang this thing. I didn't expect every song to be deep and meaningful and this is the respite from the angst.

Very nice interpretation of this song. I get the feeling of longing rather than sorrow in Clay's voice. Perhaps he is regretting what has happened rather than feeling remorseful and is longing for another chance.

Is this stretching?

Another song I enjoy. Who am I kidding I like them all.

Rather than protools I think they may be using some effects at the very end of Clay's voice on Oooo, ooo,oo. If I remember physics at all, I think it may be changing the length of the sound waves of his voice and the instrument to make them sound alike.

This is definitely a showcase song which is interesting and fun.

I still love, love, love this song.

If he put any more emotion into it, I would have a heart attack. I just feel a tightening in my chest when he starts wailing it.

I love the starkness of the opening with just the piano and the building of the song.

This song is one of my favorites. I love when he harmonizes "don't wanna be lonely".

I really like how his voice just floats at the end of a phrase.

I like this song, particularly the phrasing but it's not my favorite. I think the strings really enhance the sound in combination with the guitars. The best part to me is when Clay sings "I'll take the chance."

I'm another who is not familiar with this song. I probably listened to whatever my sons were listening to then.

Great idea- the listening party.

Hey musicfest,

I grew up in NJ and went to Rutgers U. We moved to Winston many years ago and raised our kids here. Now this is home and I don't think we would ever move to NJ again. Pretty odd how "home" can be easily changed. Wake Forest is a great school, we've gone to many games and other events there. It is just up the road from us, probably less than 5 miles.

When we first moved here I couldn't understand what people were saying. It was a different language, but now I guess I speak that language too.

Hey Playbiller hint, hint.

Hey to anyone else here!

It took me a while to find my user name and password. I don't know why I have a different one for every web site.

We had a fun day planning the cd release party in Winston-Salem today. We are aiming for a lot of young kids, so lots of cupcakes and prizes. I guess we won't use the thong as a prize after all. We are excited about the cd. I learned a long time ago not to look back. Why mourn what we can't have when there is something that we will have and it is going to be great . I have loved every one of the tidbits from PS and listen to them every day in the car. It's that undeniable voice no matter what the song.

I am so glad to see you celebrating here. :04:

clay4shore,

I am with you on no summer touring. Cary last year 100 degrees 100% humidity. It called for some heavy duty deodorant. Even Greenville last year, although it was indoors, we were packed like sardines in the lobby waiting to get in and the air conditioning was not adequate.

Bottlecap, it seems to me that Ashlee has passed on her crown to Paris Hilton, who does get a lot more publicity. I don't think a new nose is enough to be a great singer.

I wanted to sneak in and wish playbiller a very happy birthday. :fest30: I'll see you next week. Rain or shine.

I don't know Santeyamor but she seems like a really deserving winner. I have the feeling that Clay was thrilled to be talking to someone who contributes to her community.

Now if Clay had called me, I'm sure the conversation would have been about what I was cooking for dinner that night. Or perhaps which fast food restaurants are my favorite. I could be very poetic about the various types of coconut cake in the South. I might want to talk about how I really hate grits or pinto beans.

Perhaps we could talk about cats. They have a very distinctive vocabulary and each of mine has a different sound. I might even get him interested enough to begin liking cats.

After that I would have pretty much run out of things to say.

Win or lose it was kind of fun playing with Clay. It was a lot more personal knowing that he, supposedly, was reviewing the entries. I felt like he invited the guesses of those who were not eligible to enter also. I hope you took some stabs at it Ansa.

I think the probability of winning of those who were ineligible is not that much different from most of us who did enter. Zilch to nothing.

The fan club is quite close to reaching 12,000 members. With the release of the new single, I would not be surprised to see it reach that quickly. I wonder if we will always be charter members?

Bottlecap, I loved your hamster with the party hat. We always seemed to have a hamster or two around the house. Sometimes we would find their desicated little bodies behind the sofa. Thankfully they were not wearing party hats.

I broke down and submitted my entries today. I got out some posterboard, scissors a ruler and pencil. I made 26 one inch squares and labeled them with magic marker. The consonants went in one bag and the vowels in another.

I pulled one square from the vowel bag and wrote it down and then pulled one from the consonant bag, wrote it down and replaced the square back in the bag before pulling the next square. Etc. etc.

I think the advantage to entering earlier was that you would be the first to have the opportunity to win. I entered one earlier before the hints, so I really could only enter six more guesses. Now that some are making spreadsheets the odds of winning are less for me but i did have my guess in earlier so if any should be correct I would have time in my favor.

Wow didn't mean to make this a thesis.

I really really like Clay's hair. He looks comfortable with it and it definitely has opened a lot of peoples eyes. I love reading various blogs with new fans who didn't notice his voice until he changed his hair. Whatever it takes is OK with me. Having two sons I can tell you that hair is very important to them. My youngest, who was a musician, had tricolor hair, a mohawk, dredlocks, blond spikes, black spikes and most recently a buzz cut. My oldest grew his hair long and at the age of 37 has not yet cut it and recently dyed it black from his normal light brown.

And now for my next lecture I will talk about the mating habits of butterflies.

Happy Birthday

Musicfest and cameocat

Does it seem like almost everyone here is the sign of cancer? I don't know much about horoscopes other than 1 out of 12 is a particular sign. Just seemed strange.

I thought Clay's hair looked really cute despite the heat and humidity. I introduced playbiller to that great NC weather last year at Cary, 100 degrees and 100% humidity. Good to see Ruben and hear about the three of them getting together to eat.

Since we are getting closer to the cd release, I am getting a little concerned that things will start to leak. I like surprises and don't really need to know anything ahead of time. Never looked in closets for christmas gifts. We grew up in such a small house, I pretty much knew where everything was hidden. I guess I'll have to scroll a lot.

So take your time Clay, I need a new computer before all this stuff starts. One thing has been preying on my mind. I am really concerned that Clay might end up being attached to Fox. I guess the AI5 appearance made me think of this. If this was the case I would never see Clay on my tv again. I hate FOX with a passion.

Musicfest, I am way too lazy and sleepy to edit Mar a Lago? I don't even know if its right now.

So I think I'll probably be up all night trying to think of an acronym for the new cd. But I'm even too tired to see what the prize is. Well I think I'll probabaly have a premonition and get it right this time. I was pretty close for the last contest. I had staiken claytatoes. (steak and potatoes. Get it?) I think the winner was baiken, tomato and clettuce or something like that.

Hope those going away or maybe even gone already have a great fourth.

I like that idea musicfest "Del Largo". Thanks for the good wishes.

Maybe after he does Del Largo, he would be booked for a few weeks at Trump in AC. Or he could do the JNT06 from there.