eh4clay

The videos were up temporarily as we relived the AI2 season. I can't house them at all times as I would put FCA at risk. They really practice due diligence about shutting down websites that host this material.

So, does this mean that the episodes are no longer available?? Or is there a way to get them privately??

Thanks much,

~lynn~

Great new Clay article - LiveDaily

Clay Reflects On ATDW

Clay Aiken reflects on 'A Thousand Different Ways'

November 10, 2006 03:47 PM

by Christina Fuoco

LiveDaily Contributor

Though Clay Aiken's upcoming December concerts will have a holiday

theme, the singer plans to get back on the road next year to support

his third album, "A Thousand Different Ways," which debuted at No. 2

on The Billboard 200 album chart after selling 205,000 copies during

its first week in stores.

It was Aiken's third consecutive debut inside the Top 5: his

debut, "Measure of a Man," entered at No. 1 and "Merry Christmas

With Love" debuted at No. 4.

"A Thousand Different Ways" combines 10 cover versions of songs from

the '70s, '80s and '90s with four new songs--though that wasn't the

original plan, Aiken said in an e-mail interview.

"It wasn't our intention to do it this way," he explained. "But we

started noticing that so many of the greatest songs we were finding

were cover songs. Clive [Davis] made the suggestion and thought it

would be a great idea to remake the greatest love songs of all time.

When Clive Davis has an idea, you have to assume it's going to be

great. So we listened to him and gave it a shot."

The album includes covers of Richard Marx's "Right Here Waiting,"

Paul Young's "Every Time You Go Away" and Mr. Mister's "Broken

Wings." Choosing the songs was a collaborative effort between him,

Davis and executive producer Jaymes Foster.

"Clive chose songs; I chose songs; Jaymes chose songs," Aiken

said. "Then, from our three lists, we collaborated on the best

picks. We really found that we had a great deal of matches on all

three lists. Not only did we want to pick songs that were excellent

copyrights and stellar songs, we also made sure that each song

really matched me vocally and stylistically. I mean, 'I'm Too Sexy'

was a big hit ... but seriously ... me singing it wouldn't really

fit!"

As it turns out, the original artists and songwriters seem

complimentary of Aiken's renditions of their songs.

"A number of the song writers have been pleased with what we came up

with," he said. "Diane Warren is usually quite picky about the way

her songs are performed and she had only great things to say

about 'Because You Loved Me' and 'When I See You Smile.' Richard

Page [of Mr. Mister] was very complimentary of 'Broken Wings.' He

actually said that he never really thought he would be able to

appreciate a cover of one of his songs, but that he was impressed

with what we did. Bryan Adams was complimentary as well."

For "Broken Wings," Aiken includes an original poem spoken by Erin

Taylor. He said he did so because he wanted "to do something

ethereal with one of the songs."

"'Broken Wings' lent itself to that type of production more than

anything else. I was going to simply have a friend of mine read the

lyrics to the song in the background. But she was in the studio with

us while we were recording and came up with this amazing poem that

really related the message of the song in a whole new way, so we

decided to use it."

Aiken launches his latest holiday tour Dec. 1 in Waukegan, IL. This

year, local orchestras will begin the festivities, with Aiken

joining them for a set of holiday songs, some of which are found on

his CD "Merry Christmas With Love."