Archive through May 26, 2003
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Archive through May 26, 2003
Bracken | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 06:04 am     Just channel surfing again and Ruben will be kicking off the summer series of musical stars on the Today show in the next hour. |
Nanarobin | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 06:33 am     They just announced that in the 4th half hour os the Today show, that Ruben will perform 2 songs and then he and Clay will sing a patriotic song.. Just wanted to alert you if you are online now or reading out west!! |
Bracken | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 06:43 am     Thanks Nana, I'm listening to Ruben right now. I was surfing and saw that you had posted the appearance schedules for both Ruben and Clay in one of the threads after I put this up as a new conversation. The threads are so long now it is hard to find info, so thought starting a new conversation about this mornings appearance would be beneficial for the fanatics. Maybe you can find your original post about their appearances and start a thread and re-post it. I have to leave so cannot do it right now. I'm sure this would be a big help to those who don't have the time to read all the posts in the thread and they can set their VCR's accordingly. Thanks for all the info you have provided. |
Demeter | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 07:02 am     Clay introduced Ruben, "My good friend and your American Idol...Roooooben Studdard!" Raining in New York. Ruben sang "Flying without Wings" and "Superstar". Ruben and Clay sang "God Bless the USA" together. Nice friendship between the two. |
Nanarobin | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 07:04 am     OK, Bracken...will try to start an appearances thread...I found the Clay info on "That's the Clay" site..where they seem to be fanatic about anything to do with him. I don't have any Ruben sites that I view...perhaps others can find and add. By the way...Clay and Ruben sang "God Bless the USA" together with the recorded other finalists background. They repeated part of it at the beginning the 3hr TODAY hour...fyi |
Snoopsmom | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 07:05 am     No bashing please, just an observation. I thought Ruben seemed very tired. He didn't seem to have his usual spark, and there didn't seem to be any excitement in his singing. Wish they would let him get a couple days of rest. |
Texannie | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 07:20 am     I thought he looked very tired too. |
Llkoolaid | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 07:24 am     Now I thought he sounded better than he did on the last few weeks of the show, more relaxed and in better voice. Just goes to show you that we all can look at the same thing and see something differant. |
Demeter | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 07:29 am     I thought they both looked exhausted. I also thought Ruben's singing voice was better than the last few weeks, didn't notice the froggy throat as much, but also without much energy in his singing. Clay sang well also. |
Mak1 | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 07:37 am     My observations exactly, Demeter. Ruben said the tour will include 11 performers, so that means Josh will be participating. Some people have been questioning that. |
Texannie | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 07:39 am     Yep, that's what I saw too, Demeter. Not a Ruben fan, but liked him much better today. The mother in me is worried about those boys being so tired!! LOL |
Nanarobin | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 08:04 am     I agree about Ruben looking so tired...and his melisma (which is what I hate and others love..lol)bwas more than ever to compensate for it. Other than that his voice sounded strong..even out in the pouring rain. I still think he and Clay are so cute together..as buddies who both 'won' in their own ways. They sure do seem to be promoting them as a pair...perhaps anticipating the touted movie they MAY make per the latest rumors. Almost every indepth interview with Ruban has questioned his health/weight issue. I think if they just give him some time to relax, he will be ok. |
Seamonkey | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 09:01 am     I'm watching them now.. Hmm now I had already heard that Josh would be on the tour but 11 tells me that Vanessa will also be on the tour.. a Good Thing, IMO. I thought they looked tired, but both seem quite happy to be doing what they are doing and I like Ruben's confidence in his interviews. He's not at the "I'm so shocked" stage; he's actively planning what will go into his album. I also like the friendship between the two. |
Iscreamer1 | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 09:09 am     I also thought that Ruben sounded better than he has in weeks but I've never thought there was much energy to him at all. He's so laid back he almost seems bored with himself. I really enjoy the 2 of them together and I think it was very "big" of Ruben to include Clay in his performance, apparently that wasn't the original plan. I hope we see alot more of that. |
Iscreamer1 | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 09:10 am     oh yeah, what is melisma? |
Sadiesmom | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 10:13 am     melisma is singing multiple notes for a vowel I-i-I-i-I-i-I-i, think Whitney Houston at the start of 'I really need you' or whatever it was called <bad memory> I would imagine that they are both really tired from running around, but their voices are rested because they don't have to practice for the show. Everyone is right. I think they did luck out being friends and being able to count on each other and be on shows like Larry King together. They both are better interviewees with the other present. I don't think that this was true for Kelly and Justin. I really get this feeling that Kelly, does not like Justin. Just a feeling, don't know either of them well. |
Llkoolaid | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 10:15 am     Melisma is that irrating habit that singers used to emphasise a note. It kind of goes up and down and runs on forever. I agree with Nana, I hate it, but so many people love it. I also don't think Rueben had anything to do with Clay being there, I think they are now just puppets for whoever holds their contract and just do and go as they are told. They do seem to get along great which is nice to see. They really are the modern day odd couple. |
Ginger1218 | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 05:10 pm     This was in today's New York Post TEDDY AIN'T READY By ADAM BUCKMAN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Velvet Teddy Bear, Ruben Studdard (above), hasn't shown much fizz during his first week on the talk-show circuit. Runner-up Clay Aiken may have more of what it takes to move on, says Adam. May 26, 2003 -- CLAY should have won. And it's not necessarily because he sings any better than Ruben Studdard. That's a matter of personal taste. My own opinion was that Clay Aiken aced more of his performances than Ruben did during the recently concluded second edition of "American Idol." However, a vote's a vote and the fact that it was so close indicated that America was pretty evenly divided on their talents (and don't even try to draw me into a debate about whether the voting was fixed somewhow - I'm just not buying that). But singing ability is only part of the picture. Lots of people can sing. What it really comes down to is personality. And now that Ruben's on the talk-show circuit, I'm wondering how on earth he's ever going to make it. Now, before you flood my office with hate mail, let me assure everybody I have nothing personally against Ruben. He seems like a polite, soft-spoken guy who enjoys close relationships with his family, community and church. But could he be any more lethargic? Entertaining is about energy. Entertainers at the top of their game project an electricity that infects an audience, whether they're watching in-person or on television. And that includes non-singing appearances on talk shows. I said it about Clay Aiken from Day 1: This kid has the sparkle. You can see it in his eyes everytime he opens his mouth to speak or, especially, to sing (I can't resist saying it again too: His voice really is a miracle of nature). But Ruben? This guy has no pep whatsoever. On the talk shows last week - including "The Tonight Show" and then the next morning on "The Today Show" - Ruben projected no inner life at all. What he projected was disinterest. Here he was on the two highest-rated late-night and morning TV shows back-to-back and he seemed like he couldn't have cared less. He just sat there like he was in a stupor, and answered Jay Leno's and Matt Lauer's questions in monosyllables. Watching him, I wanted to grab him by the shoulders and yell, "Hey, Ruben! Will you please put some zip in your dip?!" Shaking him out of his laid-back demeanor will be Job 1 for whoever is handed the task of molding Ruben into a professional. Clay Aiken might lack the official title of "American Idol," but he already possesses the personality necessary to make it big. Ruben, on the other hand, has the pipes, but whether he can be drawn out of his self-described country boy's shell remains to be seen. |
Texannie | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 05:25 pm     Yes!!!!! |
Tishala | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 05:26 pm     Ruben looked and sounded great on Today, IMHO. I loved him on MTV today too. Ruben has the laid back cool thang going on. He doesn't need, pace Mr. Buckman, to be "energetic" to entertain. Some great acts are, and always have been, cooler than cool and have entertained the masses without hystrionics. |
Seamonkey | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 05:37 pm     Willie Nelson has made a whole career out of being understated.. I remember one review of a concert i had attended where he was labelled "catatonic" but, ya know, there were many thousands of enthusiastic fans there who wouldn't agree. Personal style.. |
Hermione69 | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 07:31 pm     I love those laid-back cool dudes. Ruben seems like the type of guy I would love to kick back and watch a football game with on a Sunday afternoon. Anybody remember Christopher from last season? He made the final 32 and I think he made it to the wild card round, but was not selected to advance to the top ten. He was from Atlanta and he and Tamyra actually knew each other already. He was so cool and laid-back and I remember he got slapped with a boring label by Simon and I was very disappointed because I loved his style. All I can say is thank heavens that didn't happen to Ruben this season. I can't imagine a more fitting end to the show this season than with those two and I am totally at peace with Ruben getting the crown. Now that my initial disappointment is over, somehow it just feels right. I hope the other Claymates don't stone me for saying that, but I truly believe, as Clay himself has said many times, it works out the way it is supposed to. God bless them both! I enjoy seeing and reading about all their appearances, especially together. |
Ketchuplover | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 08:03 pm     Ebony & Ivory |
Scorpiomoon | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 08:41 pm     I agree with what Adam Buckman wrote. I don't mean to offend any Ruben fans and I'm not meaning to be vicious, but to me, this guy is just a bump on a log--boring, boring, boring. I don't know how you all can watch him perform and give interviews over and over again. As Adam said, he has no "spark". This is just my opinion... |
Gracieo | Monday, May 26, 2003 - 08:44 pm     I wonder if perhaps that's the reason Clay so often appears with Ruben...he seems to bring out the "sparkle" in the big guy with his own. It seems to me that there's a switch on Ruben somewhere. I don't know who operates it, but he lights up when he sings and banters with Clay, smiling and happy; but then he shuts down like a coin-op kiddie ride that's exhausted its quarter--he just droops. I like his laid-back style, but this seems to be something else. |
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