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Hee, I sang "she loves you yeah yeah yeah".........my mom has good old Super8 video of it! I was one year old and wore a Beatle wig. By the time I was of screaming age, I was screaming for the Bay City Rollers! *waves to ldyjocelyn* I rediscovered the Beatles in my teens, along with a lot of other 50s and 60s music. I'd love Clay to sing Rocky Racoon (and just think, he wouldn't have to fake the accent like Paul did, LOL) or he could sing some George Harrison like Here Comes the Sun or Something and then I'd have to die on the spot. It's ok, because when I hear the guitar solo on RHW, I imagine George is playing it, anyways. Come on, more dates! Although I think I'm already pretty much set with the ones that were announced yesterday. But I want EVERYONE to be able to find a concert that works for them! :F_05BL17blowkiss:

Hee, couchie, you are CMSU. You've never heard the Beatles White Album? Thanks for the kind words. Sometimes I just can't hold my tongue and have to tell it like it is. But if this board keeps moving like it has been moving, I'm hoping to just hang out here more. Talk about girls just want to have fun! :F_05BL17blowkiss: I'm in the strange position this summer of having tons of vacation and little to no $$. So far, two of the five concerts I'm looking at are general admission and therefore quite inexpensive. $38 and $16 to be exact! We'll have to see about the others. If I can drive them all and split the cost of gas and hotels with friends, they will be doable. My dream is to fly out for the first show, whereever it may be. That remains to be seen, where it is and whether it's doable. LOL. Any set list works for me, but I'm with ldyjocelyn that the concert should and will open with RHW. :medium-smiley-070:

They've appeased me!!!!! :F_05BL17blowkiss: Looks like a NY-OH threefer! And the timing is perfect too, becoss I have family stuff at the end of July. Heh, watch, just becoss I said that they'll post a bunch of Canadian dates then. LOL. I'm also thinking about doing a roadtrip to NC for the Cary/Asheville twofer. I attended the Cary JBT, and just by complete luck managed to pull up 2nd row reserved seats on the Ticketmaster public sale. It was the hottest I've ever been in my life, but it was sooooo worth it. Asheville sounds very prestigious, and the scenery looks gorgeous. I've never been to that part of NC. So if an FCA get together was planned for NC, I'd definitely be there!

You guys all crack my shit up. Who knew we had so much dancing produce right here?

Hee, emoticons. What a controversial subject. :medium-smiley-070: I agree, they can be annoying and sometimes dangerous when you are at work surfing when you should be working. However, I've been able to get around that by turned images off on my browser. Unfortunately, sometimes I don't catch the tone of a post as well if I can't see the emoticon. Imagine that! What deep, dark, sinister meaning was there behind Clay's use of the dancing fruit?????? Was he snarking on his fangirly fans? Was he pointing fingers? Or was he just being a little shit? It's being discussed all over Claynation today. OMFG. I posted a snarky opinion elsewhere about what I thought it meant, just because the whole stupid conversation was so OTT. I can't believe anyone took me seriously. Obviously, my meaning would have been crystal clear if I had just been able to use a or a . All I can say is.........is it March 31st yet? I can't wait to see the man in person!

Welcome, Clayzorback! Glad you found your way. :medium-smiley-070:

Wheeeeeeee! Clayzorback is here! :F_05BL17blowkiss: Thanks, bottlecap. We got the Merrillville series finished up yesterday, and they have been uploaded to CV, and CH has been made aware of them, as well. Hopefully they'll be uploaded to our own site by tonight, and I will post a link here then. But if you have a key to CV or CH, please d/l them from there to spare our bandwidth. I loved the blog. It was so awesome to wake up to this morning! I teared up at the part about the crowded room, when he said "YAY me!" And I laughed my ass off at other parts. He really has me wrapped around his little finger. He is such a goober with his thread-starting at the OFC. What a riot! Loved that he used the dancing fruit emoticon that so many there have complained about, too. I wish some fans *cough*pod*cough* wouldn't automatically assume that "things in development" means "new CD". It could mean anything, and I am excited to find out what he has in store for us, but I am not going to put all my eggs in one basket. I have a thing about that.

I swear I'm going to print this out in a very large font and tack it above my computer, both at home and at work. It describes me to a T! You go girl! Me too! I am not going to secumb to ticket stress and I definitely will never go the broker route. {{{muskifest}}} No chance of taking a red-eye flight Saturday night?

Wheeeeeeeee! I've never been to Texas, but if this turns out to be the start of the tour....I'm So there! Hee, jmh, so much for our mysterious 7/7/7 TBA date.

Simon? Can't stand him, never could. I think he's an arrogant ass. But to me, when he rolls his eyes at contestants who talk about using their success to help others, it's because he's cynical like that, and just plain doesn't believe them. Personally, 9 times out of 10, I don't either, because that's just the way the world works (especially the entertainment industry). People will say *anything* to advance themselves. So, I have no idea whether Simon is actually charitably generous in his personal life. I'm sure someone here must know more than I do about that. But I don't object to the Idol Gives Back show, because as long as the funds go where they are supposed to, no matter what the means of getting the funds is, it's worth it. I also think that somehow, someway, in some capacity (whether it's only as an audience member or as a taped message), Clay will be included. It's just too much his thing not to be. Touring partner? I'd rather he didn't, but if it helped him gain new fans, it'd be ok, I guess. There's no one except Canadian Amanda Marshall who I'd be interested sitting through, though. They'd kill on a duet! At this point, I don't think it's likely to happen, since neither of the two venues we already know about have mentioned a co-tour. I can't belive how dead the boards are today.

I agree, the venues do seem a bit larger than what I was anticipating. It makes me excited to think that there might be some publicity coming that we aren't aware of yet. ETA: I checked out the website for the Nokia, and apparently it has configurations of 1800 and change, 3500, 4500, and the full 6300. So who knows? Sooooo....apparently David Foster talked about being with Clive Davis in New York two days ago, on a CBC program last night. Hee! I wonder if maybe they could be collaborating on a project for Clay. :medium-smiley-070: Apparently, they were also discussing Whitney Houston.

Hee, me too! I was driving to work this morning and the first line of Sorry came on and I figuratively kicked myself that we'd forgotten to put it on our set list!

The one thing that does concern me about the use of orchestras is if it will affect our ability to get clack. I hope not.

Uptempo? How about I Want To Break Free by Queen? *shit, where did that little green pod person emoticon go?* :medium-smiley-070: George Michael? I vote for One More Try. But if he sang it, I'd be dead on the floor. As much as it would be cool for the concert to be split into 2 parts (orchestra vs. band) I think that what we'll get is more along the lines of the first JNT concert - an orchestra with some band members and back up singers, and, of course, Clay. For the whole concert. ::bows down::

That's an interesting idea. I really hadn't thought about a theme (unless its JBT2 ). I am envisioning a show that is similar to the JNaT, just very laid back with lots of funny banter, snarking on the audience, etc, in between songs. But that is probably more because I have no imagination.....which is why Clay hasn't called me to be his tour manager yet. It would be cool to hear these songs eventually, but I'm just not expecting them on this tour. Hee, stump the orchestra? I am sure he'll have some sort of cool thing each night that makes each concert unique. Can't wait to find out what it is! Yep, I'll take him singing anything he wants, too. The only reason I didn't include ISY on my set list was because there are so many people across the boards who will probably take it as a sign if he does sing it. There has been a lot of talk about how he could really "feel" it now....and while I always thought he did really "feel" it, I think most of them mean something to do with Clive/RCA. :pod:

Pfffffffft I like it just fine the way it is. *blows raspberry* Although I do agree with the suggestion to add in These Open Arms. Love that song.

Great additions! And then the stage would go dark, and the screaming and clapping and pounding of feet would go on and on.........and then he'd come back and kill us all off with 19. If You Don't Know Me By Now 20. Invisible Man, I love this set list! although I'm not sure I can even visualize #6! :medium-smiley-070:

1. Here You Come Again 2. Right Here Waiting 3. Lonely No More 4. Because You Loved Me 5. Everything I Do (I Do It For You) 6. Why Don't We Do It In the Road? 7. Everytime you go away 8. Run to me 9. Broken Wings OK time to rock out! 10. A Thousand Days

6. Why Don't We Do It In the Road? what. That must be one of the rockin' original songs from his Lost Album! Wait........Clay wrote for the Beatles? 8. Run to me I'm hoping he mixes them up a bit. :medium-smiley-070: Absolutely! They can spin whatever conspiracy theories they want, but when they look at the facts that we know so far about this tour (2 venues with 42 piece orchestra, most recent Clay album is orchestrated) and somehow manage to come up with the scenario that he will be rocking out with his band on new songs instead, they are bordering on delusional. I mean, I don't know that the tour will be ATDW heavy, but logically, and hell, just using plain old common sense, tells me it most likely will be. If it isn't? No worries! Clay can sing the phone book to me and I'd be happy. I'm not invested in my vision of what I think the tour will be. That's the difference.....they are. If it doesn't turn out to be what they want, some say they will not attend (no problem there), and others will probably attend and live to bitch about it (and these are the ones that I wish would just move on).

I've often wondered about this. It's one of the reasons that I'm not overly thrilled that almost every fan in Claynation seems to be building up all these huge fantasies around him singing this on the tour. As much as I love it and would kill to hear it performed live, I don't want to get my hopes up and then have them dashed. So I'm not letting myself even go there, at this point. If it happens, it'll be a sweet surprise. BTW your Clive scenario is hilarious.

Rick, eh? Oooookay. Still, nice review. jmh123, thanks for filling us in on who Bets is over at the OFC. I've gone to bat a couple of times against her already, but I had no idea who she was. I'm just giddy with excitement over this tour. Can you die from anticipation? Hee, I'm trying to be patient, but it's hard! I found myself looking up quotes from Clay about how he feels about orchestras. Here are a few I came up with: From around the time of the Alladin DVD release (and this one isn't verbatim, I am going to have to watch it tonight and see for sure): From an interview prior to JNaT06: From his Merrillvile banter (which I transcribed): I think the man likes singing with orchestras. I'm sure there are many more quotes out there. Anyone care to add some to my list? {{{muski}}}

I wish I could donate, but the site won't accept Canadian addresses and credit cards.

Yeah, I was told in no uncertain terms on another board that those liner notes were obviously written under duress. Yes, Clay not only had to thank Clive, he had to say nice things about him as well! Are you insinuating orchestra's can't rock?! :09: :finger: Oops, sorry, forgot we aren't at the OFC......heh.

So the NaT wasn't in support of MOAM then? Coulda fooled me. :: Is it too early to start a pool to guess what he'll sing? I figure we'll get somewhere between 16 - 20 songs (and if there's more than that, woo hoo!). I came up with those numbers by counting how many he did on the NaT and the JBT (and medleys only count as one). So, we could guess the set list, and if it's a song that we don't already know, we could use the place holder "new original song" or "upbeat cover" or something like that. Yeah, I'm bored at work today.

It's really become a joke over there. I was replying but I've stopped now because there's just no way you can say anything that they can't twist into what they want to see. Now they're saying that even if he does sing some ATDW songs, that doesn't mean he is "supporting" the CD. So no matter what happens (and as far as I am concerned there is no way he's *not* going to sing them) they'll feel like they were right. ::rollseyes:: I really pity the mods over there. I'm quite surprised that we don't have any more leaks today. I figured that even if we didn't get anything official, we'd at least hear about another venue or someone would read something on a band member's my space or.....well.....something! ::insert frustrated emoticon:: (hee, no graphics at work)