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Chiparock

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 04:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm finally calm enough to be able to come here and put down a few words. Two top-notch talents, only one title, but both Ruben and Clay have won. Just saw Clive Davis on Extra tonight and he announced that BOTH CD's will come out on the same day.

Clay did a couple of co-announcing spots in addition to mini-interview clips and mentioned that he'd be going to NY to make an album.

I would like to BEG him to sing Solitaire, Unchained Melody, and Bridge Over Troubled Water on that album!

We are fortunate that Clay will still be in the spotlight. I look forward to further discussions with you great TVCHers as his star continues to rise. 'Til we meet again, Claymates!

Twiggyish

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 05:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I love his voice!! I could listen all day. He's a good sport and a genuinely nice person, too!

Seamonkey

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 05:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have a question: would you want his first cd to be mostly "classic oldies"?? Willie Nelson has recorded Unchained Melody, Bridge and many other songs that others made famous but not before he had established himself as a songwriter and a singer. I hope he'd get some fabulous songs written FOR him to showcase his own talents.

Walker

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 05:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i do too seamonkey but i also want him to do most of the songs he did on the show and put them on his cd.

Meme9

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 05:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
New songs, old songs, it doesn't matter. Just get his cd's on the market. His voice is what the record biz has been out of touch with for so long. His voice makes listening to music...so easy! After Clay makes it big, there will be more on the market. But until then, we have Clay!

Walker

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 06:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
"his voice is what the record biz has been out of touch with for so long"

meme9..i could'nt have said it better myself.

Meme9

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 06:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you!

Seamonkey

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 06:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
:)

Tabbyking

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 06:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
daisymae, do you have realplayer? you can go to www.claytonaiken.com and listen to all his songs and the judges' comments going back to his first try-out! over and over and over. you will love this site, so i hope it works for you. i am going through withdrawal, too.

Daisymae

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 07:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tabby, I'm not very puter literate & if you would of seen how I struggled on another site to unzip a file & dominated the postings, you wouldn't say realplayer to me. I'm very ashamed of myself & everyone just quit posting. I've already tried, I have real player but don't know how to use it. Maybe I can get my son to help me. I appreciate the info & that's what I'll have to do. I want to watch him sing also. That's my biggest problem I think. I want tapes. You'd think they would be selling them, they want to make money so bad (AI)

Tabbyking

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 07:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
daisy, if you have real player, just go to the clay site and find where it says 'listen to samples' or however it's worded. it should bring your real player up if you have real player; as long as you have your speakers on, it should 'load' each clip and you can hear them. i do hope you can get it to work.

Chiparock

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 08:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Daisymae, I just want to mention that you can save both audio AND video of Clay's performances. The website http://clay.neurox.net/content/media.asp has all of them, I believe, plus the medleys and judges' comments. I'm no computer expert, but I was able to click and save. You might already have the correct player. Give it a shot. You don't have to deal with zipping or unzipping. The only problem might be with the time it takes to download videos. If you have dial-up, as opposed to DSL or Cable, it will take a LONG time.

Just click on Clay's Performances

Good luck.

Twinkie

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 08:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you, Mods.

Daisymae

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 08:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I just deleted my real player. On AI it said I didn't have the right one, I had 8 I think & they want me to have 9, then I don't know if I have the right 56K etc. I can't get a hold of my son either.It takes an hour to download. I have Windows Media Player & Quick Time Player but don't know what that's all about, probably old stuff too. I clicked on Video on AI for Clay & just keeps saying need plug-in.

Daisymae

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 08:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
If Clay only knew what some of us women go through. This is reall quite funny. I also jammed my darn printer & pulled the paper out backwards so now that's not working. That's not a problem tho don't need to use it anytime soon.

Daisymae

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 08:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I went to Clay's Performances might be accomplishing something, we'll see. Bridge over troubled waters. Pray.

Tabbyking

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 09:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
praying!

Nanarobin

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 09:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Daisy....if you have window media...you can play it with short video as well...when you got the websites, as noted above....right click on the link for the song...then a box comes up...click on 'save target as' and it will download the clip or the whole song to your computer... my 2000Me brings up a save as box...I rename the file (i.e. ClayAiken-ON WINGS LOVE) and put it in MY MUSIC file (which you already have in windows)...then any time you want to listen, go to that file and click on the file to play it on your computer, at your leisure. Most of the files (even on my slow dial up) don't take long to download...early this morning, I did download a 23 minute compilation from one site while I was doing some other work and reading..now that did take a while..but well worth the effort (really should have waited to have a dsl pal download for me!!)

Hope this helps...

give it a try...
windows media player gives you the addition of a chopy video on most of Clay's clips...see that wiggle butt!!

Hermione69

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 09:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi guys! If you see my post in the Final Count thread you will know why I am awake on a worknight at almost 1 a.m. my time.

Chiparock, I am so glad to see you. I realized earlier today that I hadn't since last night and I was thinking about you.

Daisy, still haven't looked around yet for an official fan club, but I'll give it a whirl tomorrow. I am going to head on back to bed soon. I have a feeling my body just needs a whole lotta sleep tonight.

Seamonkey, I have been listening to the O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack in my car on my daily commute and I keep thinking how great Clay's voice would sound on some of these songs. I would love to hear him sing something like Big Rock Candy Mountain or I am a Man of Constant Sorrow or Angel Band. Or even You are My Sunshine. I love his voice. He doesn't have to do songs with all those high notes for me to get goosebumps listening to him!

Here's another pat on the head for Nanorobin! <Pat, pat> :)

Realfan

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 10:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK, I officially detest Simon. Really, really hate him. I used to love him. Now I don't know if I can force myself to watch a new season of AI next year.

I watched Extra, and he was co-hosting. Not only did he go on about how America "Got it right" over and over, he was a total snot in his attitude when the regular host asked him to introduce the next feature, all about Clay. He said in a very bored tone, "Oh, yes, the runner up." And the gloating, about how he's "always right" and called it months ago!! I truly, truly hate him. To think Clay is tied in any way to this horrid person, who has no respect for him! No wonder the Claymates want to buy out his contract and free him!

Clay, though, was AWESOME, and the regular host said he was a great guy when the item ended. Clay has so much stage presence and interview ability, and Ruben just looks caught in the headlights when asked questions. He has nothing to say! Funny that they didn't have a sit-down interview with Ruben, but with Clay, they did. Major face time. Maybe they couldn't get Ruben, him being the all-so-important Idol and all, but even if they had, he wouldn't have done nearly as well.

Simon, get out of my face. Forever. I have no more respect for you and your manipulative opinions!

Daisymae

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 10:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I can't print out your instructions I broke my printer. SO, also I did download a song but didn't know what to do with it, so I'm starting over & it's taking a long time Bridge song. I'm getting pretty tired too.

Ruben is going to be on Jay Leno tonight, I want to see that.

Nany that sounds awfully complicated to me. I have Windows 98 & don't think it is 2nd edition, not sure. My puter is 3 years old now. I also have a dial-up.

Fabnsab

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 10:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Once again not sleeping, I just listened to Clays original song again and cried at it. That is a beautiful song and can't believe the judges dogged it and even said they hope it's not his first single(knowing darn well it was)!

I'm with Realfan- Simon is being downright rude about Clay for some reason and his and Randy's comments about that song were so off base. We'll get the last laugh when Clay's single outsells Ruben's and Kelly's combined. Although I am sure he would love the money in his pocket(still don't know his affiliation with RCA). I also hate that he turns this into a Ruben vs Clay thing. We fans are left to defend our guy at the expense of Ruben who is great, I'm sure. Of course I want Clay to sell circles around Ruben's cd just so Simon sees he didn't need to worry about how to market that talent- it markets itself.

Hermione69

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 10:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ew. Simon can be very yucky, Realfan. I think he just loves to give himself airs. I wonder how he would be behaving if Clay had won? Probably the same way. "I knew it all along, I was rooting for Ruben as an act." Can't you see that? ROFL! I can see how much his attitude would get under your skin! It would have made me want to slap him through the screen! I'm glad I didn't see that, although I would have enjoyed watching Clay.

Hermione69

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 10:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I know exactly what you mean, Fabnsab. (Okay, yeah, I don't know why I am on this kick of putting people's names in bold right now. It will pass by morning!) I love Ruben and I am suddenly finding myself not wanting to buy anything he puts out because Simon (and some others) have been so snarky about Clay. I wish people would just celebrate two amazing talents who have come to the forefront rather continuing to make this into and either/or situation. Surely even Simon could be a little more gracious now. Clay is a lovely young man and does not deserve that.

Daisymae

Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 10:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
REal, wish I would have saw Extra, never watch it, I watch Inside Edition & Entertainment tonight. I think Rueben has more influence than Simon if you look at their profiles. This whole thing is a real mess but from what I can tell about Clay as a person, he's too above (meaning a better person) than to want to take part in all this crookedness, if that's what's going on. Fron what I've read I really wonder. I also couldn't vote until 2 1/2 hrs. of trying. Also I read on AI website,how the producers would check if people were using special equipment to vote. On the news in Phoenix tonight, they mentioned that people somewhere at AI are wanting to do an audit ov the votes. Just passing on what I've heard. I think Clay tho would rather just leave things alone. He's going to do well somewhere somehow. Maybe the Ruben crowd didn't like it when Sedaka said he would die to write a song & record for Clay. Then Oprah came in & rooted for Ruben. I love Oprah but who knows what the heck is going on. Think about it all. WHAT A MESS. I'm not saying Oprah is in on all this, just that they may have asked her to promote Ruben & she did cause Sedaka promoted Clay. Just speculating & I haven't had any sleep since yesterday am.I guess I'll go watch Ruben, I like Ruben, just think he doesn't always sing on key. I can't sing at all, so I think anyone that has a pretty good voice is great, I liked a lot of the contestants, just Clay is my Idol.