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Susan Boyle's Memory from Cats performance on YouTube. She faltered a bit in a couple of places and the whole performance wasn't as strong, but I still got shivers when she really belted it out about the middle of the song (2:23 in). She looks very nice with her darker hair and a bit more makeup. She won into the next round.
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Here Clay, let me kiss it and make it better
I just came from skimming thousands of pro-, con-, and neutral posts reacting to a published OFC Clay blog. It's getting more comments faster than I could skim even when I jump 4 pages at a time. Someone did question Lindsey Parker for a "copy and paste" article which she then interpreted like a hater or riler. I went to that blog because there are headlines in my web page. Did you see it? 'Aiken rips fellow idol' and other titles. I sure wasted my time.
With almost 6-7,000 messages, I couldn't even reach the last page because it had no 'last page' to go to and I never found my posts which were several. And I said it like our VIP did: HE HAS TOO MUCH POWER AND INFLUENCE that people quote, post, read, and react to what he says! Ms Parker has been doing this so her blog gets readers; Clay (and now vs Adam) is a tested formula for her. It seems to me that OFC has a lot of Judases. That Lindsey should follow up her article with Aiken's latest blog if she has any integrity as a blogger.
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The finale was a ratings dud -- worst ever. No matter who won, it would have still been the lowest.rated.ever.
keepingfaith, I couldn't find the link for the ratings but I think AI owes its highest viewership to Clay Aiken and his millions of fans (then?). 38.1m, the highest belonged to Season 2 where he was in the top 2, and 36.5m, the second highest, happened in season 5 finale where he was a guest performer, wasn't it? I think it was because of the Claymates, Claynadians, Claynation, and Clayasians, right?
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Thanks for posting this. I love the way he speaks, he is so comfortable on stage in a non-performance role. Love the way he milks the fact he didn't win and was cut from his HS musical, inspiring for the ones who don't win.
ETA: American Idol 8
http://findingclayaiken.invisionzone.com/i...t=0#entry106697
I know that there are some out there who pretend that it's all about the charity but how many of them would buy a ticket and fly or drive all of that way if Clay wasn't going to be there? I'm not even going to pretend that I would. Also, while I think that the BAF is a great charity, if I was going to just pick a children's charity to support, I'd likely pick on that would benefit kids in Ontario.I always felt that there was no point to the Royals, and in many ways, I still do feel that way. However, during the years of Princess Diana, I saw what a difference she made to charities, how her appearance would draw crowds to an event, how at a special dinner costing $1000 a person, people would turn up just to be seen and be able to say they attended a dinner where the Princess of Wales was the guest of honor. So I changed my mind and felt that if that is what it took to get people with lots of money to spend some of it for an important cause, then that was okay with me, it's a means to an end. Like you, I prefer to financially support needy causes closer to home... however, I never let an opportunity go by to plug TBAF because it is a serious and important cause and it is also one of the reasons I have such a high regard for Clay Aiken.
CRITICAL TRIVIA: Red Hair Alert!!
A health/lifestyle show I was watching revealed that only 2% of the world's population are natural redheads! They also said that redheads have better love-lives
. However, they added that due to the 'melting pot', redheads are on the way out, i.e. set to become extinct!!!That gives credence to what I said last time that red-haired people must be extraordinary. They're very very special; and if they belong to an endangered species, they should be loved, cared for, and protected!
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I know those pics are posted to reveal the shoes but can I say that i don't like those "posey" pics of Clay? I don't like men in those kinds of poses. PLEASE don't shoot me for not liking SOME Clay pics!!
Same here, the posey pics are beautiful but 'gayish' and unnatural (with make-up?). I love those stolen shots, especially where he was walking with Mystery Man (seems to me he's a friend or neighbor). He looks very manly, very handsome; those are the best photos for me.
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Thanks for that link, some great shots.... Cher.. well I am speechless and Donny Osmond, OMG he is ageless!
I've also just watched all Charice's performances on YT (wow she had quite a few) and she looks older and performs with so much confidence. Her voice sounded great but I've heard her in better form. Yeah I know I sound like an anxious auntie but I want so much for her to do well, not just because I've been following her career from the start but also because she is an inspiration to young people everywhere, especially those who start life behind the 8 ball. Didn't like that red in her hair though. LOL the ex-pat contingent from the Philippines sure made themselves heard!
Did I say something about red hair? Now, when it's Clay Aiken's hair au naturelle it looks just superb. I've never seen him look better or healthier. Whatever he's been putting in his drinking water... it's working...!!
That glorious red hair reminded me of L.M. Montgomery's novel turned TV mini-series Anne of Green Gables, and a sweet teenager who had waist-length curly strawberry gold hair during my Chefoo dorm-school days. Must be for very extraordinary people!
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Happy Mothers Day!
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Mother, grandmother, aunt, godmother, pet mother! I hope everyone has a great day.
beryl, thanks for your story. I sometimes forget how easy I had it as a child.
ldyjocelyn I hope today is filled with good thoughts.
Didn't mean to make anybody sad but I don't know of any motherless child who had a very happy childhood or easy teenage years. It's my way of saying Moms are great; without them, there would be no adorable babies, be no children and grandchildren!!
Here's a few lines of my version to the tune of John Lennon's "Imagine".
Imagine there's no Faye, and no Jaymes Foster,
Imagine there's no Clay, and baby Parker too, oh hu, hu, hu hu...
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Clay also said that in LTShe regretted that his relationship with Ray wasn't better and he also took some responsibility for that...he said in the end he realized that Ray did the best he could and it could have been if they both worked at it...amazing that he was able to forgive Ray and not be bitter and angry.
I thought Clay was very generous in his attitude, too generous as far as I am concerned. After all, he was the child without any power. Ray was the adult in that relationship.
While I agree that everyone remembers incidents differently, I don't believe he could have repeatedly had it so wrong with every recount. That book surely would have hurt Brett and Faye in some way, after all, they both loved Ray deeply. I cannot imagine for one moment that Clay would deliberately embellish stories like that, compromising his brother and mother for the sake of book sales. It's one thing to sensationalize say, an event at a prom, but this stuff we are talking about is far too serious to dismiss as unsubstantiated. Would Faye have allowed Clay to say in his book that she told him Ray wasn't capable of loving child that wasn't his own? I hope not.
My own relatives were incapable of loving me. I was only 8 with a sibling of twins when my mother died and my father abandoned us. My rich aunt and uncles made me work really hard for my bed, food, school fees, uniform, fare and every thing else. Treated like a slave with little food at irregular hours and allowed to sleep about 4-6 hours, I was ordered to do every chore and job in the big house (laundry, babysitting, janitorial) in the businesses (restaurants, groceries, bakeries) and farms (poultry, piggery, vegetable). My cousins treated me like their servant until I left when I was 17. After decades, my grown-up cousins have forgotten what they did to me but an aunt remembered her meanness and was apologetic. To this day, two of my 5 aunts often tell my nieces the hardship I went through. I have forgiven them all and visit them when I can. The wounds had healed but the scars remained.
Some of those who witnessed the abuse and ill-treatment are still alive but we don't talk about the past unless we want to point out some lessons learned such as the Golden Rule, perseverance or patience, gratitude and humility vs pride, and so on. One witness who is now very old saw me last year at the former rich aunt's birthday and reunion. She was surprised or shocked to see me! She hugged me for a long time and was teary-eyed. I knew she remembered. Although a few showed kindness to me at that time when my uncle and aunt were not around, none dared to protect me because they were afraid of the bosses.
Yes, it's a miracle I'm still alive, happier than most of my cousins in California, Canada, Australia, Japan and in the Philippines. I thank God for everything.
My point is those who did wrong often forget what they did or are blind and too proud to admit it. Those who suffered don't have to and will not want to prove their story. It's too painful to go back for every detail but there is always one or more who can verify the facts in a case like this.
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Whew! finished reading, viewing and listening to everything mentioned in all 12 pages. That's how I end the day. I enjoyed all your posts. Now I can go to bed with a smile and hope to see those cute , adorable faces singing beautiful songs in my dreams.
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The first time I saw Gone With The Wind, I cried because of the war and I felt it deserved the accolades. Then I saw it on TV twice and stopped raving about it as a great movie.
More than a decade ago, I read an article about the real Scarlett O'hara and Rhett Butler.
After the war, Rhett became a Methodist minister and in the course of his pastoring, he had to talk to an owner of a brothel who turned out to be Scarlett (Emily Louise something). The result: she closed the brothel and opened an orphanage to which she devoted her remaining life. They didn't go back into each other's arms but they became good friends.
Here's my list:
Never read nor seen: Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings series
Enjoyed reading and watching: John Grisham novels and movie versions , Bourne Identity
Preferred: Titanic starring Catherine Zeta Jones
Disliked: Titanic with Leonardo diCaprio and Kate Winslet
Favorites: Giant, Ben Hur, A Few Good Men, The Sound of Music, Love Story, Sister Act
Likes: Old movies with great actors, comedies like The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Now You See
Him Now You Don't, Back To The Future
Hated: Cleopatra, The English Patient (Both depressed me.)
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Claytonic, I haven't been to Charice's website for sometime now until justclay12 mentioned her name. Today I watched a clip of her singing as a guest in an Italian musical variety show where international singers are invited and another from her own video singing Star Spangled Banner at Dodgers Stadium for the LA game vs SF Giants last April 13.
After listening to Charice, I went back to Clay's videos in YouTube. I did that three weeks ago when I compared all AI alumni and other artists who sang SSB. Here I am again, looking at a cute face, hearing a beautiful voice and enjoying it even if it's not a love song he is singing.
BTW the one by videoluvr has the most viewed and most comments among Clay's anthem clips. Viewers are still posting comments; the last post was 9 hours ago.
We never get enough of Clay, do we? If I understood the FCA philosophy right, I think it also means we may talk about other things, Susan or Charice for awhile but the journey is Clay; the rest are layovers. Still, I hope the artists I named here all succeed because they have different styles, genres, ages, and fans.
Scarlett, I'm glad you liked that version. You can also watch a clip from the play itself where Lea performs as Fantine.
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Haven't been able to post much here because RL has been crazy for the past few months. I've had a lot of school projects I've had to do, and I got my to teach a whole class of 5th graders a few times this semester, which was not nearly as stressful for me as it was last semester. I think I'm starting to get the hang of this. And I start student teaching in the fall and I'm really looking forward to it. This time it will be 4th graders.
I'm also working on moving and I am extremely thankful to my daughter who has been doing most of the work right now since between my school and work, I haven't had the time or energy. We move next week, and my son is moving in with us, which has good and bad elements in it. The bad being that my son is a pig. He will have the whole bottom floor to himself but I told him not to even think about letting it go like he does at his apartment now. It's amazing how disgusting it can be when two young men share an apartment. Yuck.
I saw that youtube of Susan Boyle and thought she was awesome. I think what really strikes you is the same thing as with Clay. You don't expect those voices to come out of them. Don't know if I'll follow her through youtube or not, partly because I only have time for one obsession, but also because a lot of times I'll see someone that really impresses me, like that Charice girl. But then after a few songs, it's usually just meh to me because they usually only do one style really well and I get bored. Same like Josh Grobin. Think he has a great voice but after a couple of songs, I'm done. Clay is one of the rare singers who can do so many things with his voice and always keeps things fresh. He can express so many emotions with his voice and sing so many styles. And the way he sings certain phrases or uses different intonations, I never get bored listening to him. God, I want to hear him sing again.
I know what you mean. I followed Charice through YouTube in November. I wanted to hear her sing mellow tunes she said she likes to do. But fans want her to sing like those famous singers and she has to please them so there wasn't much variation and I stopped. Then I "discovered" Clay in YouTube and I was really impressed that he can look different each time he has a new hair style AND can sing any song like the original singers but in his unique voice and style. My sister agrees with you too. We watched several videos.
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Someone requested an mp3 of "Cry Me a River" over at the CH, so I'm posting the sendspace link here, also.
Scarlett, my daughter's cello teacher gave us passes to see Les Miserables downtown recently. It was fantastic. A kid from her high school drama department was in the chorus, so it was fun trying to spot him in his various costumes.
Youtube has a great series of clips from the 10th anniversary live concert, including "Can You Hear the People Sing" sung by 17 "Jeans" from around the world.
00lsee, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! It must have been fun to see her schoolmate in so many scenes!
I enjoyed the TAC (Tenth Anniversary Concert) as a VHS pledge gift from PBS but when the CD came out, the sound was much better than on the tape, eg. Leah was a bit strident on the tape but the blending was more even on the CD. Many of the YouTube clips have been overdubbed from the CD but some haven't, so if you have a choice pick the one with the CD audio. Other good recordings are the OBC (Original Broadway Cast) with Terrence Mann as Javert and the CSR (Complete Symphonic Recording) which features a great international cast and is the only version that records the entire show (on 3 disks).
Someone here, I forget who, likes moon pictures.Here is one of the full moon at Easter near Nice, France.
:pickme: Thank you, Lotus!
I read quickly and viewed TAC on YouTube. I remembered something about "Leah", and ended up watching Lea Salonga singing "I Dreamed A Dream" in Bryant Park. Small in stature, she interpreted the song amazingly. Honestly, I didn't know what the song was, never heard it until this Susan Boyle sensation. But after listening to Lea sing the whole song, I understood the lyrics and the feelings that should go with it. Found many comments 'Susan brought me here'.
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Happy Resurrection Sunday to all!
For those who missed out on any spiritual Holy Week celebration and are 'heathens' like me, why not try desiringGod.org? That's where I go when I need to consider other views on various topics.
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Greetings from Madison, Wisconsin! My husband and I are away for the weekend, just to get away from it all. It feels pretty nice.
Love that new picture of the group. He looks happy, the girls look happy...I'm happy.
I work with someone who pronounces is "Gar-sha." I don't understand it either.
clayzy, I saw your facebook thing too!
jmh, I agree with you on the "vocal" people. It can be hard to turn them off, but ignoring seems to work.
Have a good day everyone!
Some are hard to ignore but there are more we can add and persuade, those undecided and without any favorite.
By the way, does anyone here think Clay sound like the late John Denver when speaking (not singing)? This heartbroken lady over Scott MacIntyre's elimination was finding comfort in listening to old songs when she chanced upon an interview of the country singer. She said he reminded her of Clay Aiken.
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What a day! My friend came for a visit and we talked about Clay while listening to his music. Then we had a conference call with my friend and her family in Dunn, NC. Her supervisor is a Claymate who brings to work a photo of Clay. I hope to get in touch with her soon. Oh, the things we do for the love of Clay....
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From Notacanuck at CH, who does a fabulous job of finding things,Not sure if this has been posted already. This is a great blog entry.
Clay Aiken: Normal, Humble, and Eloquent on ANTM
Clay is the guest judge, and his criticism basically consists of telling each of the girls whether or not she is willing to step outside her box. But he’s so normal (ahem, Miss J), humble (ahem, Tyra), present (ahem, Nigel), and eloquent (ahem, Paulina) that I kind of wish he were on panel every week.There are also a couple of videos of Tahlia in an exit interview, and in the 2nd video she says some very nice things about Clay.
If you just want to see the video, it's here on YouTube:
Didn't she say that she would like to meet him again? I feel happy when people get to like Clay. I wish many more would appreciate him.
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Feet don't look big enough.
yes, the shoes aren't long enough. So many things aren't right. The man looks shorter; his arms, his fingers and legs don't give you an appearance of being long and a little thin. The shoulders are a bit broad. The side of the face seems to show a part of a square jaw and hard cheekbones. The hair style and length is different. I can't even dream that the guy is Clay. The image doesn't give me the same feeling or sensing of Clay whenever he is there or on TV and in pictures. Take a heartbeat check. That can only be 'Clay Aiken' on a day he doesn't want to be recognized, a double or an impersonator!
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to claylove, i'll print 'The Story of Adam and Eve's Pets' for my friend who has 21 cats. She believes it's her mission to take care of cats.
Here's a quote for people who love God, Clay, pets, somebody or something else:
"Love delights to be with the beloved object; to see the face; to hear the voice; to be near the person; to be kindly addressed by; and above all, to revel in the delightful consciousness of loving and being loved again." -Anonymous
That is why I'm here. I love Clay; I love your posts and I learn things from you all, FCAers.
Ooops, not really a dogwalker. I used to be more of a dogplaymate, catsitter and a horse rider. Now I don't have any pets but my relatives and neighbors have.
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I read Brandon's Buzz and I appreciated jean's defense of Clay against someone who referred to him as AI 'reject'.
Today two people became Clay fans! I was listening to Clay's pre-AI demo song when my sister came for an overnight visit. I had to introduce Clay and we watch selected videos. She really loved what she saw and heard. Then I went out to spend the rest of the day with my friend who just arrived from California. She likes one contestant now. She didn't know much about Clay Aiken because wasn't into AI then. When I told her I'm his fan and mentioned everything I could about Clay including his charitable efforts, she warmed up to this guy as worthy of love and support. For my sake, she'll be looking forward to Clay activities in her state.
Ahh, Clay really puts a happy face on me and completes my day!
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Hi! My name is beryl. I joined on March 6. I knew I wrote something about me but I probably sent it somewhere. I'm not good at using the computer or the Net. It took me a long while to find my way around here.
I don't really have a Homeboard but I have posted in different message boards, originally at the Individual Tennis Story, in Youtube and in other Clay Aiken websites especially clayaikentheidealidol.com / Clay Aiken News and Articles where I used to visit everyday but not lately. Aside from beryl, I use discerning and tripleBfordoubleG. Some of the members here are familiar because I've read your comments in youtube or other boards. I'm so glad to find you here and we can chat.
Please read my "About me " in my profile to know how I discovered Clay Aiken. Thanks.
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I'm dead crazy about Adam! He's amazing.
(NOT as amazing as Clay---but frigging amazing.)
Oh, please don't add Adam here. Let's not talk about him here. Sorry but he can't compare to our Clay. (I only watched once and i can't bear listening to his constipated version of Ring of Fire and I vowed not to watch again. I listened to one more song Track of Tears just to see if I was wrong but it just turned me off. Sorry to say more than I should.)
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Watch this YouTube. It's a very clear copy of Clay's speech. RUN!!!!!!
Thanks! Watched it and listened to a very good introduction by Clay. He's someone I wouldn't mind listening to for hours, whether he sings, speaks, giggles, or laughs.
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Missed again. I thought I posted but it didn't appear. will try next time.
#52: "He doesn't need the spotlight. He just glows."
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Hi! I haven't seen him much lately but I hear him singing over and over "The Blood will never lose its power" right here on this side of the planet (in my headset). Well, I just logged in to say goodbye to each and all of you; you have been really nice to me. If you care to know why, you may read my updated profile and 'About Me' page. Thanks and goodbye again.