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Iscreamer1

Friday, June 06, 2003 - 07:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I just called my lite pop station and asked if they would play Clay's CD. The DJ said they don't even have it yet, but she did say "he got robbed, didn't he? He's so cute, I just love him." So I said "Well we'll make him number one in the charts, thats what really counts" Her reply was that she was going to call the music director right away. The consumer speaks!

Readonly

Friday, June 06, 2003 - 09:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My station just played "This is the Night." As I mentioned yesterday, they had an on-line vote and Clay overwhelming (by about 96%) won. I can't wait until next week when I can play his CD over and over. Have a good day, fellow Clay fans.

Daisymae

Friday, June 06, 2003 - 02:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't have time to read the postings BUT I thought Clay's single was going to release June 10th. What happened, I heard "This is the Night" in the car today about 1:30 P.M. on 98.7 fm Phoenix, Az. So COOL & I had his t-shirt on too from Official site "Clay Day May 16th, 2003", was so excited.

Please fill me in, I'll try soon to read posts.

Thanks

Daisymae

Friday, June 06, 2003 - 02:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Read posts, have to hurry to Cardiac Rehab BUT

CSCREAMER are you in Phoenix, Az.? Read above post K-lite I guess 98.7 fm. TOO COOL to hear Clay on radio.

Iscreamer1

Friday, June 06, 2003 - 03:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just read that Daisy, I had tried KEZ (Beth and Bill) and they don't have it so you know my station will be switched to 98.7 the next time I'm in the car. THX for the info!!!

Wcv63

Friday, June 06, 2003 - 09:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Billboard reviews Clay's single:

Billboard

Hermione69

Saturday, June 07, 2003 - 08:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
It is a pretty positive review, but I wish the theatrical label hadn't been attached to his voice. It always sounds like an insult and it unfortunately seems like it is going to follow him. When I think theatrical, I think shrill and too loud and slightly above mediocre, none of which I think when I hear Clay. His voice just lifts me up and calms me down at the same time. And makes me tingle all over! It is unreal what his voice does to me; I don't think I have EVER had this reaction to a singer's voice. I have been listening to his music for the past 4 days. Sometimes I will listen to "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water" 3 or 4 times in row. I also love his audition. To think that was a'capella singing, WOW!! It makes me shiver just thinking about it.

Oh, and he is STILL number 1 at Amazon! WCV, tell that to the DJ who keeps dismissing him! It is three weeks now that he has held the number 1 spot at Amazon! That is pretty amazing!!

Wcv63

Saturday, June 07, 2003 - 03:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Go to Oprah and leave a message about your American Idol. You have to join (it's free) but it gives us yet another reason to gush about our boy!

Daisymae

Saturday, June 07, 2003 - 03:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I just talked to a DJ about Clay's single on 98.7. He said they don't play singles, does that make sense. He also said that yesterday was just a special thing they did. He said the single isn't out yet. I'm confused. Duh.

Hermione69

Saturday, June 07, 2003 - 07:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
They are REALLY gushing over Clay on that Oprah board. Wow!

Iscreamer1

Sunday, June 08, 2003 - 08:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just read 4 pages of that Oprah board and there was not 1 post that said Ruben was the best. Any time I saw his name was when they said "I love them both BUT Clay....." Now how the heck did he win? I just don't get it. I know, I know, old news and it really doesn't matter but being a skeptical x-NY'er, it really makes me wonder

Hermione69

Monday, June 09, 2003 - 03:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
If you want to talk conspiracy theories, apparently some of the Clay fan sites have been encouraging their members to flood the Oprah board. Some other kind soul pointed out the demographics of the people checking the Oprah site or hearing about it is probably more likely to be composed of Clay fans. But I must confess my eyebrows raised, too, when I saw the numbers. We will never know, will we.

I'm just glad that good things are happening for both of them. I wish Kim Locke would get some attention as well.

I found this post about Clay on the Oprah board and I liked it so much that I copied it to share here-

"Grace, goodness and energy radiate from him and set a great example for all of us. He is kind without being patronizing, religious without being preachy, funny without being vulgar, intelligent without being condescending and sexy without even knowing it."

Hobobabe

Monday, June 09, 2003 - 08:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hermione...that's a GREAT quote about Clay! I think those words can be applied to Kimberley, as well. They appear to be kindred spirits. BTW, I read on another board that Kim was the only one to make it to Carmen's graduation. Clay (and Ruben) tried to free their schedules but were way too busy. Don't know why the others didn't show.

Midlifer

Monday, June 09, 2003 - 09:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
As I said to Hermie this morning, "Guess who woke me up this morning?" As my clock-radio went off, I heard Clay's voice, singing BOTW. What a LOVELY way to start the day! First time I've heard him on radio, too!

Wcv63

Monday, June 09, 2003 - 12:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Herminone, no boards are encouraging their members to "flood the Oprah site". Just like I posted a simple link and explanation (which I also put in the Ruben/Clay appearances thread for Ruben fans as well) that is what is seen on other fan boards.

These two young men both have sizable fan bases and the final vote was so close that neither fan base should be surprised at the size and breadth of the other.

I posted once on Oprah's board as did the majority of the other posters. BTW, I saw your beautiful post on that board and wanted to tell you how it touched me!

Nanarobin

Monday, June 09, 2003 - 03:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
BILLBOARD POLL...

go to: http://www.billboard.com/bb/poll/index.jsp

to vote for our Clay for favorite AI2 single!!
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Also saw a note the Clay's best friend Amanda told one board that he just could be on the cover of the June 20 issue of ROLLING STONE magazine.

Texasdeb

Monday, June 09, 2003 - 04:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for the BILLBOARD POLL. I went & put in my Clay vote. The % now is 96% Clay, 4% Ruben. Anyone have any idea when they'll send our Clay CDs we got at Amazon.com?

Nanarobin

Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 03:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I did not receive my Tower on-line ordered cd on Monday as expected...BUT I did hit my local Wal-Mart at midnight to get a cd single of Clay...put it in the car player and was SOOOOOO DISAPPOINTED in the arrangement they recorded....even more of that ridculous choir sound on this rendition. The music/choir is so loud during BOTW that our Clay's lovely voice is only heard in occasionaly spurts!! I am so ticked off that Clive Davis did this to him. I had read a radio interview Clay did about a week ago saying the he had recorded an adult contemporary version and that Clive Davis insisted that it be redone to this over-mixed recording to sound more like the finale show version that people would identify with...

WELL, MR. CLIVE....you missed it...the mp3 I have of the finale night and the video tape I have are much superiour to the cd single!!!! Clay's voice can be heard on both versions!! AND...they even changed the ending slightly to what Clay has been performing...I did not get one single chill when he hit those last notes--it was not evident of his obvious talented vocal style that rocked us (AND SIMON!!) on finale night!!

I guess we can only hope that the recording Clay did in the adult contemporary style--much closer to his finale song and his subsequent appearance performances--will be included in his cd when it comes out in the fall!!! PLEASE PLEASE. I am going to write him a letter telling TPTB just this...they ruined the song for me...

Again...just my humble opinion...I will be interested to see what others think when they get the cd single.

[[ NanaRobin goes to sulk in her nest ]] thud

Nanarobin

Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 03:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
sorry...missed including my animations:

pissed

hit head

Hermione69

Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 07:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Wcv, my comment about flooding the Oprah board was not directed at you at all. I read about 200 of the posts and I heard that the Claynation and other site members were encouraging their members to post. I was pretty much quoting what I had read. And actually, I don't see anything wrong with fan sites encouraging their members to post. That's what being a fan is all about-- sharing things like this. I think that Clay fans would still be posting and gushing and adoring regardless (even if he had won) because that is just the way we seem to be. Sorry if my comment was misinterpreted. :) I was simply trying to say that while I was surprised (and thrilled) at the number of pro-Clay messages on the board, I didn't know that it really meant all that much as far as who has the bigger fan bases.

Okay, little bit of a rant here, half laughingly, and half in real frustration, in reaction to some things I have read... Skip it if you don't want to hear it...

I have been listening to Clay's songs for 7 or 8 days now and continue to be amazed at how lovely his voice is. Every time I think, "Okay, I really should put another CD in, I find myself saying, oh just one more song, just one more song" and before I know it I will have listened to the whole CD again. And I will gush about that all I want!!! Swoooooon!! It has nothing to do with the fact he lost and everything to do with the fact that he still gives me tingles!! Why some people have to belittle our shared enjoyment of his voice and his music by saying we have something to prove, I don't understand. Yes, there are some rabid Clay fans out there who have been way "over-the-top" and nasty, but most of us are embarrassed by those and I really resent how people are taking those few and painting all the Claymates with the same brush. Most of the posts I read on the Oprah board and most of the Claymates here truly wish nothing but good things for Ruben (and Kim Locke) as well.

Clay fans are organized and just a little bit obsessed. I see nothing wrong with that, either. Isn't the competition supposed to be about finding a performer that generates that kind of reaction??

Rant over.

Nanorobin, I have heard others say the same thing about the CD single and I was afraid of that as soon as I heard he had gospel backup singers. I don't want to hear backup singers. I want to hear CLAY. Mr. Davis, I LOVE his voice, we all love his voice, don't overshadow it with unnecessary frills!!!!

Hermione69

Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 07:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
BTW, for those of you who have been emailing me in the last few months, my computer crashed yesterday and will have to be wiped out and rebuilt. (I am on a school computer right now.) So if you emailed me, I no longer have your email address and would appreciate you sending it again. You know who you are! :)

Hermione69

Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 07:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
BTW, If people want to put down Clay fans, I am going to feel compelled to defend them. Whether or not the comments are specifically directed at me, and I don't really think they are, it feels like they are because I AM A CLAY FAN. And I want to point out that while I have read some Clay fans questioning the vote results and who really won or whether Ruben really deserved it or that it wasn't fair or Ruben got more media attention, I can't think of one specific incidence where someone belittled a Ruben FAN. I'm sure there have been occasions, but it seems like every time I turn around Clay FANS are being dimissed or dissed and it is just getting a little old. Yes, some Clay fans have been nasty, but so have some Ruben fans. IT GOES BOTH WAYS!! We should all just stop!

Okay, I am done. I promise. Boy, I didn't realize a nerve of mine had really been touched until I started typing and it all poured out. I think I am feeling especially sensitive today.

All the usual disclaimers go with my posts, MHO, FWIW, etc. etc. etc.

Hermione69

Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 07:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm embarrassed now. Open mouth. Remove foot.

<skulks off>

Emeraldfire

Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 08:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I got my Clay CD yesterday, listened to it and loved it. I was not disappointed at all.

Hermione69

Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 08:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you Emerald for coming in and getting this thread back on track! ROFL! And I am glad to hear that you are enjoying his CD. Mine is on the way. I received the shipping notice this morning for it. Whoo hoo!