What Were Your Favorite Performances?
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Jimmer

Saturday, May 17, 2003 - 08:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
While we’re waiting for the final shows, I thought it might be fun to discuss favorite or memorable performances.

I have a few unusual suggestions for my favorites. One is “Lets Kiss and Say Goodbye” by Ruben. He just looked so relaxed and confident singing it – I could really enjoy the performance. With Kim it would have to be “New York State of Mind”. She sang great and she looked awesome. That was the first time that I thought that she could be a real contender. Finally (and this will probably surprise some people), I really liked Clay’s performance of “Vincent”. Contrary to Simon’s comments, he was able to inject some real vocal color into the song while at the same time capturing the beauty and the sadness. Just listen to Josh Groban’s version for comparison to see what I mean. Don’t laugh, but another favorite Clay performance was “Build Me Up Buttercup”. He showed some real versatility here, singing an up tempo song. Finally, his performance of “Solitaire” (what a contrast in song from “Build Me Up Buttercup”) was brilliantly understated.

These are just a few suggestions. I’m sure I missed mentioning many other great performances (including some by people not in the final three). I’d enjoy hearing what stood out for others.

Llkoolaid

Saturday, May 17, 2003 - 10:44 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Jimmer, I like the idea of your thread so to help out I went back to the show on April 1st and wrote down all the songs that Clay and Rueben have sung. I don't know how to get to the archives to find the rest but if someone else can or tell me how I will. Anyway just to remind you of what they have sung here they are.

Clay
Everlasting Love
At this Moment
Tell Her About It
Somewhere Out there
I could not ask for more
Build me up Buttercup
Solitaire
To Love Somebody
Grease is the word
Vincent
Mack the Knife
Unchained Melody

and Rueben Sang

Can't get enough of your love
Kiss and say Good bye
Just the way you are
Superstar
Music of My heart
Ain't too proud to Beg
Breaking up is hard to do
Nights on Broadway
How can you mend a broken heart
Signed Sealed Delivered
Smile
If you're ever in my arms again.


Hope this helps

Walker

Saturday, May 17, 2003 - 11:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
llkoolaid left out two of my favorites.

motown night..i really loved when clay did (sugar pie honey bun) he was so cute with that one and it seemed like he had a blast doing the song.

country rock night..ruben did a great job with (sweet home alabama) he gave it a lot of soul and had a lot of fun with it and i thought it was great.

Llkoolaid

Saturday, May 17, 2003 - 12:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I know, I didn't get from the start up until the first of April and I don't know where the archive is. If someone could help I would get them all in there. Everything is there in the order that they sang them from April 1st on but I am missing the week before Corey was kicked out and back.

Llkoolaid

Saturday, May 17, 2003 - 12:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok, I looked in the archives and I just can't find it. Maybe we will have to do this by memory, I don't have one.

Kitt

Saturday, May 17, 2003 - 02:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The one single performance that had my mouth drop open was in the movie themes show, when Ruben sung that song from Aladdin. It was pretty early on, and it was an awesome rendition, from the very first line.

He seems to have lost that "velvet" sound now, he's a lot rougher, even if still, of course, excellent. Right now I'm not sure which way, or even if, to vote in the final, but if Ruben gets back his velvet voice he'll get my vote.

Chiparock

Saturday, May 17, 2003 - 03:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Jimmer, THANK YOU!! I'm so glad someone else feels as I do regarding Clay's rendition of Vincent. He gave it a lot more depth and texture than the original; it was very moving.

As far as his forgetting a few words, he was able to cover and recover beautifully -- immediately! How many performers have really blown the National Anthem and got so totally flustered that the song was ruined? And it's a song just about all Americans (should) know by heart.

I can't recall offhand which singers they were, but I've seen a couple of them forget lyrics they themselves have written!

Anyway, Neil Sedaka had it right: Clay now OWNS Solitaire!

Maris

Saturday, May 17, 2003 - 04:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My favorite was Kimberly Locks Somewhere over the rainbow.

Hobobabe

Saturday, May 17, 2003 - 06:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
For my taste, Kimberley Locke provided my favorite performances:
I CAN'T MAKE YOU LOVE ME
NEW YORK STATE OF MIND
INSEPARABLE
Her elimination night rendition of Inseparable was inspired!

My other favorites all occurred on Movie Theme Night--so I guess that was my favorite show overall. I particularly enjoyed:
Rickey Smith, IT MIGHT BE YOU (Tootsie)
Ruben Studdard, A WHOLE NEW WORLD (Aladdin)
Clay Aiken, SOMEWHERE OUT THERE (An American Tale)
These guys blew me away that night!

Gracieo

Saturday, May 17, 2003 - 08:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Try this link...under the "media" tab, they list all the songs everyone has sung from the beginning.

http://www.idolonline.org

And BTW, I agree with Hobobabe regarding her choices. I also loved Kim doing "Home" and "If You Asked Me To," as well as Clay doing "Open Arms." I found all those performances thrilling and goose-bump-producing :).

Tabbyking

Saturday, May 17, 2003 - 09:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i loved kim's singing but did not like the song 'inseparable'. how can one person be inseparable? well, besides sybil, i mean. the words just bugged me so that i couldn't enjoy the song! i liked her 'somewhere over the rainbow' but wish she hadn't used it two or three times.

ruben brought down the house with 'sweet home alabama'.

clay was perfect on 'buttercup' and 'solitaire'.

Floresmama

Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 01:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My favorite Clay performance(even though I love them all)is I Could Not Ask For More from Diane Warren night.

My favorite Ruben performance hands down was A Whole New World from Movie Night.

Bracken

Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 05:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks so much for the listing Likoo, and the link Gracieo. I'm trying to get all the songs downloaded to make a CD of the three finalists and notable songs from the final ten. This will help immensely.

My favs are:

Clay:

Somewhere Out There
Solitaire
I Could Not Ask For More,
but love his earlier songs because he was such an underdog. His audition Always and Forever, then Open Arms and the wildcard show, Don't Let The Sun Go Down on Me

Ruben:

A Whole New World
Sweet Home Alabama
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
and his audition - Ribbon In The Sky - he shows real range here and Superstar, first round.

I think lately he's been sounding hoarse, boo hoo! Those viewers coming late to the show can't appreciate how his voice sounds when it is rested.

Kimberley:

New York State Of Mind
My Heart Will Go On
I Can't Make You Love Me

also like Home, I think this is the one where we really begin to appreciate her talent, before this, she was good, but she really became a contender and then when she sang Where The Boys Are she set herself up for one of the top spots.

Llkoolaid

Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 05:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Gracieo, after a little search I found it.

Anyway guys here is the complete list including the song Clay sang for the Wild Card show which is why he has one more song than Rueben, and to put to rest the rumour that Rueben has closed most shows , I have put a star beside the songs that were last, As you can see they both had 4 and they alternated. Check out the site Gracieo gave me, It will bring back memories of the show that you have forgotten, some you wish you had. There is a review of every show and what the judges said, it is really a cool site.


Clay
Open Arms
Don't Let the Sun go down on me
I can't help myself
Somewhere out there
Someone Else's Star *
Everlasting Love
At this Moment
Tell Her About It *
I could not ask for more
Build me up Buttercup
Solitaire *
To Love Somebody
Grease
Vincent
Mack the Knife
Unchained Melody *

and Rueben Sang
Superstar
Baby I need your lovin*
A whole new world
Sweet Home Alabama
Can't get enough of your love
Kiss and say Good bye *
Just the way you are
Superstar
Music of My heart *
Ain't too proud to Beg
Breaking up is hard to do
Nights on Broadway
How can you mend a broken heart *
Signed Sealed Delivered
Smile
If you're ever in my arms again.

Felicia

Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 06:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My favorites from Clay

Somewhere out there
Mack the Knife
Build me up Buttercup


Ruben
A whole new world
Superstar
Kiss and Say Goodbye
Just the way you are
How can you mend a broken heart
Sweet home alabama


Kim
Home
Emotions

Ladyc

Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 07:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My most memorable moment was when Frenchie started singing, And I'm Telling You, at the auditions. She was awesome!!! I'll never forget that moment. Frenchie and Kim were great together in Band of Gold. I cried when she was booted from AI. :-)

I didn't think that I would connect with any of the others, but when Ruben started singing, A Whole New World, I was hooked. My favorites from him are ....

Kiss and Say Good bye
How Do You Mend A Broken Heart
Superstar
Just The way You Are.

My favorite from Clay, Mack the Knife

Spot

Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 09:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I, too, am coming out of the Vincent "closet"! I couldn't give a rip that he skipped some words (I actually didn't know he did). But I loved his performance of the song. It has become, in fact, the most memorable performance so far for me on AI. I find myself humming the tune, or singing "starry, starry night, da da da da, da da da..." (I don't know the words - LOL!)

Solitare is my other fav Clay song.

Kim - Inseperable was magnificent.

Ruben - love his tone, but all his songs have blended together in my memory (my, poor, old, holey memory...) But in reading your lists, I do remember I liked Can't Get Enough of Your Love.

Wcv63

Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 11:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Favorite Clay songs:

Open Arms
Don't Let the Sun go down on me
I can't help myself
Somewhere out there
Someone Else's Star
Everlasting Love
At this Moment
Tell Her About It
I could not ask for more
Build me up Buttercup
Solitaire
To Love Somebody
Grease
Vincent
Mack the Knife
Unchained Melody

Yeah. I picked them all. I'm ornery like that.

Muse

Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 12:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I liked Vincent, too. It's not my favorite Clay performance or anything (and I think it was a poor choice by the producers since it's so subdued), but I thought it sounded good. :)

But overall (and I'm *really* going to make an effort not to list all Clay songs here):

Clay - Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, To Love Somebody, I Could Not Ask for More, Build Me Up Buttercup, Mack the Knife.

Ruben - A Whole New World, Superstar.

Kimberley - I Can't Make You Love Me, Band of Gold, New York State of Mind.

Prisonerno6

Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 12:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
"to put to rest the rumour that Rueben has closed most shows"

Oh now, LL, let's not confuse people with the facts. :-)

Llkoolaid

Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 03:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
They also opened equal amounts of shows.

Llkoolaid

Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 06:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I forgot to list my favorites

Clay
Don't let the sun go down on me
Everlasting love
Tell her about it
At this moment
Build me up
SOLITAIRE
Unchained Melody
I really liked them all but these were my favs

Rueben

Baby I need your lovin
A whole new world
Sweet Home Alabama
Just the way you are
I can't remember Superstar