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Grannyg
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05-28-2002

Sunday, June 18, 2006 - 7:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grannyg a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Mak!! Lots of cute pics of both of them.

Naja
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06-28-2003

Sunday, June 18, 2006 - 9:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
You guys are going to laugh. Today is the first day in a while that me and crabby actually got watch tv together and Taylor's Ford commercial came on. And I screamed "That's him! That's Him! That's the guy I spent hours voting for!!!"

and his response was "Yeah, I know, I have seen that sonomabich on tv 800 times this weekend for that commercial. In the paper yesterday it said he got 2 million for doing the commercial"


WOO HOO! 2 million!


PLUS, I had to laugh that he read an American Idol article in the paper and admitted to it..LOL

Starshine40
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07-30-2002

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He needs to get a good accountant to keep up on taxes, etc. I wouldn't want him to get in trouble for not paying enough and it's easy to do when you first make BIG MONEY. Once you get into that kind of tax bracket you have to pay soooo much in taxes, more than half, unless you have some really good deductions.

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Sunday, June 18, 2006 - 3:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    


Grannyg
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05-28-2002

Sunday, June 18, 2006 - 4:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grannyg a private message Print Post    
Awwwwww, that is sooooo good!!

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Monday, June 19, 2006 - 2:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
I knew you would love it too, Granny.

Naja, your story about "crabby" had me cracking up!

Good point, Starshine. Hopefully, he has some good advisors.

I read about the black bracelet last night. There are a couple answers that were supposedly given by Taylor. The one that seems more credible is the one reported by a friend of his. She interviewed him for a website she helps run. He said it had special meaning for him and he wasn't going to say what that was. A poster at the same site said that Taylor has said in numerous interviews that it is a reminder to himself to stay grounded and that he began wearing it in Vegas.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, June 19, 2006 - 7:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Love that "Taylor When He Sizzles" slideshow! Thanks.

Chy
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07-19-2003

Monday, June 19, 2006 - 9:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the answer about that black bracelet.

I trust everyone here know enough to go to Fox6 in Birmingham to get your Taylor fixes?

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, June 19, 2006 - 10:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
What is Fox6 in Birmingham?

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Monday, June 19, 2006 - 10:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
I do! I do! They have video of parts of his performances at City Stages, both this year and last year. Last year, he was on one of the smaller stages. This year, of course, was a bit different. Lol! In addition to the performance with Snoop, he sang and played tambourine with his bandmates later in the evening. There is also a cute interview about his life during Idol.

myfoxal.com

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Monday, June 19, 2006 - 11:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
From the Birmingham News:

Steady crowds, nice weather make for 'fabulous' festival
Monday, June 19, 2006
KATHY KEMP
News staff writer

Although Saturday night's attendance didn't live up to organizers' predictions, the crowds were steady all weekend, and especially thick Sunday afternoon.

That's because Taylor Hicks, who performed with Snoop Dogg Saturday night, returned Sunday at 5 p.m. to front his own Little Memphis Blues Orchestra on The Birmingham News/al.com Homegrown Stage.

"I'm proud to live in the state of Alabama," Hicks told the crowd between songs that included "Soul Thing" and "Will It Go Round in Circles."

The Hoover native played the same stage last year to a much smaller crowd, his father, Brad Hicks, said backstage, where he mingled with singer Bo Bice's mother, Nancy Downes, and dozens of well-wishers.

"The first year he played, probably 40 people were there to see it," Brad Hicks said.

The newly crowned American Idol was greeted this year with cheers, cell-phone camera flashes and homemade signs proclaiming "Taylor rocks!"

Hicks was not paid for his City Stages appearances.

"That tells you what kind of young man he is," City Stages founder and president George McMillan said. "Taylor first played here when he was 19, and he's got the right kind of heart to want to come back and help us now."

Although the weekend roster at the Waldrep, Stewart & Kendrick City Stages included John Hiatt, Hank Williams Jr. and Cameo, some fans came strictly to see Hicks. Among them were schoolteacher Lynn Airhart and lab worker Jeannie Wright, both 55. "He was wonderful," Airhart said. "Suuuper!" Wright added.

Twelve-year-old Michael Fullan, who watched Hicks with his sister, Mimi, 10, and their parents, Cathy and Guy Fullan of Mountain Brook, summed up the experience best:

"Taylor's, like, so famous, and he's, like, here on this little stage in Birmingham, and, like, we're here, too," Michael said. "It's the coolest thing."

LOL! I, like, love little Michael's comments.

www.al.com/

Grannyg
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05-28-2002

Monday, June 19, 2006 - 12:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grannyg a private message Print Post    
Great article!! And that's just the kind of guy I thought he would be.

Chy
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07-19-2003

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O-yohHK25g&mode=user&search

I know we've all heard umpteen times of DIMYP, but this 14 y.o.(according to poster from GC) Air Force child did a great job. Maybe I had a weak moment, but that brought tears...

Chy
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07-19-2003

Monday, June 19, 2006 - 3:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
Does anybody know when the Honda ad began to use the Harmonica music? I was in the kitchen when I'd heard that. I thought it might be another Taylor for Ford. For a while, I thought the truck looked like the kind Taylor had pictures with...(Sorry, I don't drive and never learned to tell differences between vehicles.) but at the end it said blah blah Honda.

I might be evil, but I thought for a min. maybe they were trying to cash in on Taylor!

Keldogg
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08-12-2005

Monday, June 19, 2006 - 7:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Keldogg a private message Print Post    
Chy, that video link that you posted is awesome! .... up until now, it has not been my favorite song, but watching those images, with the music just emphasizing and expressing what these soldiers go through has left me speechless....this is what music is supposed to do, evoke emotion in us, and I must say, it certainly did.
Thank you so much for the link!

Starshine40
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07-30-2002

Monday, June 19, 2006 - 8:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Starshine40 a private message Print Post    
Thank you for posting that link CHY. I really enjoyed it and it does make us think about what our military goes through. I'm a widow of a Navy man myself.

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 1:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
That was very touching, Chy. Thank you for sharing the link. It brought some tears here, too. {{{Starshine}}}

Mak1
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08-12-2002

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Mak1
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08-12-2002

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 10:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
Billboard magazine article confirms "Do I Make You Proud" #1 on Billboards Hot 100 this week:

"Season five American Idol winner Taylor Hicks' "Do I Make You Proud" will debut on the top of the Billboard Hot 100 to be published tomorrow (June 22) on Billboard.com. The silver-haired Alabama native moved 190,000 physical singles and another 38,000 digital downloads of the track, according to Nielsen SoundScan."

Taylor is in good company:

"Three of the previous four Idol winners have also nabbed the top spot. Carrie Underwood's 'Inside Your Heaven' sold a combined 169,000 in its first full week last year. Fantasia's 'I Believe' moved 142,000 and Kelly Clarkson sold 236,000 of 'A Moment Like This.'

Season two runner-up Clay Aiken scored the No. 1 spot with 'This Is the Night' with a whopping 393,000, staving off the winner Ruben Studdard's 'Flying Without Wings' (286,000)."





mjsbigblog.com



Kaykohl
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05-10-2004

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 10:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaykohl a private message Print Post    
AI Single - First Week Sales

Clay: 393,000

Ruben: 286,000

Kelly: 236,000

Taylor: 227,946 (Physical singles-190,147; Digital Downloads 37,799)

Carrie: 168,634 (Physical singles - 129,610; IYH downloads 39,024)

Fantasia:142,141

Bo: 119,211 (Physical singles - 105,955; IYH downloads: 13,256)

Diana: 64,730

Just to make the comparison easier.

Chy
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07-19-2003

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 12:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
http://www.gofish.com/userVideoPlayer.gfp?gfid=30-1034855

Glad you like the other one I found.
I can't believe I'd missed this one until now.
(This is a fun one.)

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 7:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
I can't believe I am about to yell, but...

TAYLOR WAS ON MY FLIGHT TODAY FROM DALLAS TO BURBANK!!!!

I had no idea until we were in baggage claim and I saw photographers and a small entourage. Taylor walked right by me and people were yelling, "Taylor, we love you!!!"

My jaw is still on the ground. At baggage claim. Burbank "Bob Hope" Airport.



Sunrvrose
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08-13-2001

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 8:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunrvrose a private message Print Post    
All day today, I've been seeing Taylor doing Ford Truck commercials. Good on ya Taylor.

Starshine40
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07-30-2002

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 8:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Starshine40 a private message Print Post    
WOW Bonza, that must have been a real thrill to see Taylor up that close. It would have been even nice if he was your seat mate, lol!

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 11:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
Bonza, did your knees buckle? I would have lost my jaw on the ground, too!