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Archive => Tried and True Tour 2011 => Topic started by: Marilyn on July 31, 2010, 12:25:00 PM
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February 11, 2011-- Orlando, FL - The Hard Rock Cafe
Time: 8:00 PM
Tickets will be on sale Aug. 27 Ticketmaster (http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/22004509D3773A4B?artistid=894037&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1)
Website for Venue: http://www.hardrock.com/live2/live.aspx
Capacity: 2500-3000
Address: 6050 Universal Boulevard Orlando, FL 32819
Phone: 407-351-5483
Seating Chart: Link (http://www.hardrock.com/live2/venue.aspx?Action=Seating)
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Orlando PBS comcert airs on Monday 2nd. They gave the Hard Rock date as 2/11/2011
and I got my three tickets. Bring em! on!!!
Betty
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I already got tickets too. :')
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Clays#1fan,
Do you live in Florid? It would be nice to see you at the concert.
Betty
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For now I live in Florida. lol. At the time of this show I won't be living in Florida but I am coming back for the Florida shows. :')
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The OFC had fan presale tickets on last week. The venue still does not have Clay listed on the website, but the OFC has confirmed.
Ostensibly the tickets go on sale through Ticketmaster on 8/27/10.
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Marilyn,
Hard Rock tickets are on sale and also advertised on the Hard Rock list in todays
Orlando Sentinel.
Betty
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Have fun tonight Betty. ;D This concert starts at 8.
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This is so cool outside the Hard Rock if you can see this facebook pic.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=190503967638166&set=a.151723251516238.28650.100000356922468&theater
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Here it is in the dark.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1789566226177&set=a.1695506314738.2095973.1450251619&theater
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Tiffany for some reason those pages are no longer available.
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Hey Marilyn, Hmm I can still see them. Maybe you have to be friends with them. Sorry bout that.
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Hope you all can get a better cellstream tonight.
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Ok I heard the cellstream- guess it is ok so far.
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Its coming and going.
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dang no sound on the cellstream It keep buffering
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That sucks. How frustrating. Hope it gets better when he starts to sing. Watched quite a bit of clack today. When he starts off with the Love Story theme it sounds so beautiful. Nice to hear a song he never sang before.
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Well its concert time and no sound. Lets see if I can find anything elsewhere
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Nothing yet at the OFC.
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He's probably talking by now. LOL
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Here we go- Where do I begin from Love Story
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Oh good. Yeah!!!
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Ok Now Kind of Hush- its a little garbled but he sounds GREAT
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Wonder if he's wearing differant clothes tonight with better hair. LOL I really didn't think it was that bad.
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He said " No echo tonight-he feels like he is right there with them." Not sure what he is saying but everyone is laughing. he said his nonononononono
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LOL
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HI MARILYN AND TIFFANY!! :)
Went out for supper and just got home. So . . . . Orlando, Florida!!
BTW - I love BOTH of your avies. My, oh, my - He really IS handsome! 8)
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This is interesting.
I just read this at CC and thought it was very interesting. Ben is such a techie
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The band had no sheet music--they had ipads set up on microphone stands, so when the lights were dimmed and Clay was in a spotlight, you could see this lovely blue-ish glow coming from each of the ipads.
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Hey Barb. Thanks! ;D Love the scruffy look. Yum! You going to a concert?
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Switching it up tonight MOON RIVER
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Moon River
Lots of Distortion- hard to hear him
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He did a guys with wives bit.
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Cant take my eyes off you- this is seriously hurting my ears!!
I think Quiana is singing- its so bad I cannot understand
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Hi Everybody, I'm late again but glad to be here.
Tiffany and Marilyn -- you two have very awesome avies
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Sorry Marilyn.
Hey Barbara. Thanks! ;D
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Really enthusiastic crowd tonight!
Sweet!
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Well- he is singing "Something About us"
VERY Bad reception
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Hi Everyone~ I'm just checking in.
I can't keep from thinking about Betty. I am so glad she got to go(at least I haven't seen anything that said she didn't)
Looking forward to your red reports;so I'm just goin' sit back and enjoy...;D
Thanks Marilyn,& Tiffany
Marlene
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Hi Marlene and you are welcome. Excited for Betty too. Looking forward to hearing what she thinks.
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I sure hope Betty got to go tonight.
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Barb-Haven't heard from her today so I think she is there with her daughter.
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Love Story theme
Kind Of A Hush
Moon River
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Something About Us
Set list so far.
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Tweet from Quiana......
qparler
Well guys its night 2 of the Tried & True Tour. Hope you guys enjoy!
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I am seriously having a difficult time tonight. Just lost the cellstream, and its taking forever for these pages to load.
Thats because I am on my work computer and its slooooooooooooow
My good computer has a virus AGAIN.
Tiffany- do you want to take over for me?
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Before I lose everything- Hi, Barb, Barb, and Marlene
I hates this computer. No cell stream either.
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That's sucks Marilyn. Will do.
Here's a Twitter pic of Clay's name in lights.
http://plixi.com/p/76518451
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Clay is really cracking them up tonight.
Lots of screamers!
The "big band" medley
Invisible! The Way
VOGUE!
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he medley is the same
(medley)
The Way
Don’t Stop Believin’
Vogue (Quiana)
I Want It That Way (Clay and Quiana)
The Right Stuff
The Glory of Love
Love the Way You Lie (Quiana)
Baby One More Time (Clay and Quiana)
Footloose (Quiana)
Invisible
It's clever the way he changes it with songs with a big band style. Pretty cool. It's really good. Hope he does another shirt tug. ;)
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"Cry Me a River" (Quiana)
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WOW sounds like a lot of fun is going on there.
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BAD ROMANCE LADY GAGA
No way. LOL
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Suspicious Minds
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"Build Me Up Buttercup"
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Sorry about your computer, Marilyn.
I was just trying to figure out why I couldn't post and all of a sudden I realized I wasn't logged in any more. Computers are like all machines--great when they work right and a royal pain when they don't.
For Clay to say he would rather sing the songs on "T&T", he sure loves Buttercup. I'm not complaining because it sure adds some life to a show.
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Sorry bout that. Had to reboot.
Had to log in here a few times today Barb for some reason.
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Bad Romance......he didn't sing the whole song......
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Thanks for the info Tiffany. I thought I was doing something wrong
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"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"
A song he didn't sing last night.
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Guess there was a glitch if most of us had problems. I usually stay on forever.
So far Clay has moved Moon River and Buttercup up and skipped It's Impossible.
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"What Kind Of Fool Am I?"
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"MISTY"
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Bantering - People are sure laughing a lot!
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Sounds like the "Who's Sorry Now" bit in different genres.
This is funny to watch. He was good with the surfing style last night.
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Mack The Knife
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Bad romance was the auto tuned song.
Ok. LOL Hope we get clack of that and lot's tonight.
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Well, he's a man of his word. He said he was going to change the shows quite often
Love, love, love "Mack the Knife"
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Yep! Not surprising and ofcourse he always gets better in each show.
from CH:
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GBB texts that Clay sang "Who's Sorry Now" as rock and roll and it was sublime!!1 He scream sang it like a metal singer! "And the crowd went nuts. "
Rock on Clay. LOL
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A FOGGY DAY IN LONDON TOWN Q
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Just got caught up again. It is soooo cold here, that my neighbor's water pipes froze and she couldn't get any water. SO, she came over and she got some containers full of water to take home so she could brush her teeth and at least take a sponge bath. Baaaad winter. ::)
Glad Clay is switching things around a bit tonight. Glad it sounds like the crowd is having fun. Concerts are so much fun!
I haven't been able to make concrete plans for a concert yet . . . . . so I'll probably go in early March somewhere here in the midwest at the last minute. I have some cardiac tests that I have scheduled, starting next week. I feel great, but I had a cardiac screening test that showed plaque in my coronary arteries. I have no symptoms, but I must have this further diagnosed so that I'm no longer at risk. I wish I had a ticket in my hand and definite concert plans . . . . . but I am hopeful that I will see Clay on this tour!
Now . . . . I'm waiting for clack and looking forward to seeing Clay (fingers crossed)!
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Crying
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Good luck with your test Barb. Hope you are will ok and will be able to see him.
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QUOTE (artquest @ Feb 11 2011, 08:32 PM)
Clay said no one better throw out the filmers. Love him!
Awww Thinking of Scarlett from last year.
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UM Intro He was talking about Ben's arrangement of UM.
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from CH ...
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GBB says he stared with so much love at Quiana when they sang Crying. Awwww. Then added after, "I don't know what I'd do without you."
Aww That's so sweet.
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Good luck with your test Barb. Hope you are will ok and will be able to see him.
Thanks, TIFFANY! 8)
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Welcome Barb. {{{ Hugs }}}
Unchained Melody
In My Life
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Barb - take care of yourself. Hope all of those tests show no serious problem.
We'll talk this weekend.
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Today the show seems like its longer than yesterday.
It started at least 10 minutes late so just at an hour forty right now.
No complants. He could go on all night. 8)
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GBB says he's asking for Rita, whoever she is. He had a M&G today with her granddaughter. Much screaming from the audience.
Granddaughter said that Rita replaced all family photos with pictures of Clay. Had to get her picture taken with him to get back up on the wall!!!!
Pretends that he's singing Solitaire for Rita.
Solitaire
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Does Quianna do one solo and then the duet with Clay on "Crying"??
Can't wait for clack. Any "hair" descriptions tonight??
BARB - Thanks. I am so excited that you'll have a M & G!! WOW!
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Thanks, Barb. It still feels like a dream and I'll wake up.
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Barb-Nothing yet. Think he's wearing the same clothes as last night and I think Quiana sings 2 songs.
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Think that's it. I'll contunie if I see any other tidbits. Sounds like a wonderful and fun concert tonight. Can't wait for the clack and Betty's recap.
Thanks Marilyn for helping with what you could.
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TIFFANY - How many days before YOUR concert?? :) I appreciate all of the Clay info you bring to us!!!
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Barb-A week from Tuesday on the 22nd. So ready!!! ;D Think it's his 10th show. And you are very welcome.
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Tiffany - thanks for all your hard work tonight.
I second what Barb said -- we really do appreciate all the Clay news and tidbits. I don't know how you find them all, but I'm certainly glad you do. You're the best
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[From CH
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He asked the filmer what her name name was. She refused. He said, "We don't want to get wacky over this!"/quote]
Welcome Barbara and thanks. Just copy and pasting what I see written at the OFC and they get it from others who are listening at CV. Glad to help.
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Thanks Tiffany~ Another great job.
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MARILYN - Where are you??? Did you ever get good reception tonight??
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You are welcome Marlene. Thanks for joining me gals. One more concert in FL tomorrow.
Guess Marilyn couldn't get back on the computer.
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Marilyn was at work earlier when she started having trouble -- and I think I work long hours.
Gotta go fix something to eat and get ready to go to GDs soccer game early tomorrow morning.
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Night Barb.
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Well guess that's all for now. Thanks again everyone for coming. Sounds like we are in for quite a treat on this tour. See you tomorrow night.
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From the CH
When Clay was sitting down on the edge of the stage and noticed the woman in the front row with her camera about 3 feet away from him, he said, "You're going to be really popular on the boards tomorrow." (or words to that effect)
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From Corabeth's post at CC:
OMGOMGOMG
Recap later tonight but one correction from what Artquest posted. He said he wished he had kept the style of "Something About Us" for TnT. Could someone please post that on CH too.
More later, I have a pretty good memory for details.
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GBB texts that Clay sang "Who's Sorry Now" as rock and roll and it was sublime!!1 He scream sang it like a metal singer! "And the crowd went nuts.
and there is Clack.
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diamondjake
artquest wrote:
GBB liked the concert! Solitaire just killed her! Corabeth says the theme to Love Story was worth every penny she spent getting there. Plus Rock and Roll Clay was great.
He asked the filmer what her name name was. She refused. He said, "We don't want to get wacky over this!"
He did not say anything about wacky. He asked them their screen names and they wouldn't say. He asked if that wasn't allowed. Did we not tell each other our screennames. I (without thinking- blame it on the 2 amarettos while waiting for the show to start) said just not to you directly to Clay. He was sitting on the stage directly in front of me. That brought a reaction from Clay and Quiana which we'll have to see on the clack. I almost said 'shit' as soon as It came out of my mouth.
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CORABETH
Hard Rock in a Tight Place (ahem)
Invisible and I had pulled fourth row in the fanclub presale but she also ended up getting a single in the first row. Dc4clay offered me a second row next to her so at the start of the show, I went to the last row and spotted a couple who just looked like NJU and/or PBS newbies. I asked if anyone had never seen Clay before and they raised their hand. I said “fourth row tickets for free, we upgraded and don’t need them”. The woman next to them asked if I had two more but sadly I only had one row fifth row right behind them. Her husband encouraged her to go but she chose to stay with him. I love doing that. I only wish I could have found them at the end to ask what they thought.
The Hard Rock is not raked and they jammed those seats so close together, I felt like a model on ANTM where they bend their shoulders forward in that weird pose . It was tight but oh so close to the stage, which was very high and did not afford a good look at his shoes until he sat on the stage.
The music began with the curtain down and he started to sing softly “Where do I begin”. He sang a few lines like that and then the curtain opened. It sounded like he stumbled just a bit, maybe he was mouthing “why is the curtain still down!”
I can’t describe that song. The original Andy Williams version is kind of overly lush. He started this one out softly, the way he did Home the other night. But it built up into a vocal tour de force that seemed to lift me out of my seat like I was weightless. It was an amazing way to open the show. It was almost as if he threw down the gauntlet to all the rest of the pop crap out there. If Ben did that arrangement, I salute him and take back anything I ever said about the way he plays solo accompanist to Clay at GFI. It blew me away. I almost grabbed my phone to simply type Holy.Shit. to Nanjeanne. I just tweeted that it was Steve Perry-esque.
We went through training at work about how to hold a great meeting. One thing is “hook them from the start.” Well, damn you Clay, you hooked me from the start. I was so hooked I would have even welcomed It’s Impossible without complaint. (With that said, I was thrilled he tossed it and substituted some great stuff.)
The stage set up was kind of odd. The band was really over to the sides (Ben and his mini Radio Shack with Adam on one side and Felix and Dell on bass on the other. There was a giant white screen as a backdrop, presumably used for videos and other special effects. It made the lack of any production really stand out, I wish it had been another velvet curtain. That would have been perfect.
He did Hush and CTMEOOY with a little groove to his body. I don’t think he realizes that his body moves naturally like that, the man has dance in his limbs if he just lets go.
He talked to the audience quite a bit, talked to a woman who had her share of bloody Marys, they kept count as the concert went on. He talked about Aguilera and how “sometimes it just happens”. He mentioned that he had a really hard time last night with the echo and that tonight’s sound was good so he already felt like we were really together in this.
He was wearing a lighter gray sweater with white shirt and what looked like a white/gray tie. Jeans and shoes that sometimes looked gray to me and sometimes more of a mixture of tan/gray. Very stylish. The hair looked just fine in profile but had a ton of gel in the front and was straight up, almost at perfect attention. It’s really atrocious straight on but I think he’s doing it to toy with us. Just comb it over to the side Clay. It will look better and will be less work.
He left off It’s Impossible, I can’t remember if he did Moon River or Breaking Up is Hard to do then or later but he really does an exquisite job on Breaking Up. I loved it in Chicago and I loved it tonight.
You know how Clay often sings to a camera when someone is taking a picture. Well the people on either side of me were taking still pictures so it felt like he sang the entire first verse of Moon River to me.
The medley was clever, although some of it started to all sound the same to me. Invisible is really quite fun in that style, especially with our “secret handshake” aka the tug. Quiana was in great voice as usual and I’m so glad she went back to the shorter hair that she has now versus that long weave she had over the summer. This haircut frames her beautiful face. I also have always wondered if she has perfect pitch. They remind me of a doubles tennis team, always knowing where and what the other one is doing or going to do.
I think the can’t remember the name of "On My Way Here" is part of the schtick. Tonight he called it ATDW. (Come to think of it, I think that’s when he talked about Aguilera) GBB and I were debating after the show if he meant he wished he’d done the "Something About Us" type of songs on this album or if he wished he had saved "Something About Us" for this album.
SM was good and Make Believe is kind of different without horns but I still find I sing along to it. I want to say he did Buttercup right after that instead of later in the program.
I think the auto tune came next but can’t be sure. He said that every night, Ben will not tell him which lyrics they will give him. They did Bad Romance and it was very funny to hear Clay say Rah Rah, etc. Before they did that, he asked who people listen to and someone said Bieber. He said Quiana listens to him in her dressing room which is rather sad. Another person said Kei$ha and he made her stand up. He said something about having a dollar sign in her name (I was impressed he knew) and semi mocked her singing.
He talked to the audience a bit more and then came over by us and sat down on the stage. He sang WKOFAI and Misty right there. An older couple in the second row about 6 seats down from me were filming and he asked the man about it. The man said Misty was their song. It was so nice that it worked out that way. A woman in the front row was filming him and he commented about it and assured her that she wouldn’t get thrown out. He then started talking again and said “I feel like I should talk to the camera” and proceeded to do it like a TV interview for a few seconds. He asked her what her screen name was and she wouldn’t tell him. He said “you guys don’t tell your screen names?” and GBB said “not to you”. He turned to say something to Quiana and said that would be wacky or something to that effect but definitely with wacky in it. But I’m not sure how many heard it because he was sort of off mic and the crowd was already laughing.
He got up and said something about his brittle bones. He said that they were going to put in Who's Sorry Now but realized that it was a lot of slow songs in a row and that was the slowest. He asked for song genres and the first one was Disco. Quiana sang most of it while Clay did the Travolta move. Someone said country but he said it was a country song already. When someone said rock and roll, he thought for a minute and whispered an idea to Quiana. They were both talking and nodding and then he grabbed that mic and did a Quiet Riot version of WSN. He rocked that mic back and forth, he was freaking awesome. The crowd went mental. He said later that it was tough on his voice.
He sang MTK and mentioned that he sang the same verse four times last night. He did pretty good tonight, only messing up one small place. It’s a hard song to sing because the words aren’t really “normal” in some cases. The end was great.
Quiana did her second solo and then he came out to do Crying. He looked at her with such tenderness and at the end, he said how great she was and he didn’t know what he would do without her. She had left the stage by then and came back carrying her (kick ass)shoes. He mentioned that she’d done 8 tours with him because she didn’t do one Christmas. Then he introduced the band again and he and Felix discussed how many tours they were together and Clay said he hoped that Felix would be back with them again. (Dell, the bass player is a friend of Felix.) Each time he talked about one he mentioned that he hoped they would be back with them again. Couple that with mentioning that he had toured with Ruben about four times and it is things that make you go hmmmm.
When he was talking about Ben, he said that he met Ben through another drummer, Jesse. And the crowd laughed and he said Sean!
He talked about UM and he mentioned Dave Novik three times, twice just as Dave as if the audience was supposed to know who that was. He said when Ben sent the new arrangement of UM, he didn’t know what it would sound like since he can’t read music. So the first time he heard it was when he went to London to have the symphony record it. He said he called Ben from London because he almost cried at how good it was.
When he started UM, that first verse where he sings “are you, still mine? And he usually just sings it as a pretty ordinary semi long note. Well tonight, he started it soft and then got louder and louder with it. Not changing the note itself like in the airplane note, but in a way that showed just absolute amazing control.
He left the stage and we all stood and clapped until they raised the curtain again. He was sitting in an office type chair and sang IML without any mentions of teachers. Then he told a story about Rita in the M&G who had won last summer but couldn’t make it so they got her in today. She was with her granddaughter who wanted a picture of herself with Clay since Rita had replaced all the family pictures in the house. She asked him for Solitaire and he said he didn’t tell her that it was already planned anyway. He sang it and he played with the melody a little, singing lower in some cases, minor key all in all making it even more interesting.
The crowd jumped to its feet again and the lights came up. And I exhaled for the first time in almost two hours.
The venue was perfect for this type of show. The set list was great between the songs and the banter and I liked this set list 1000X more than last night's. I really wonder what kind of album he could have had if he took away some of the older boring songs (to me) and replaced them with Where Do I Begin, Both Sides Now, In My Life, Breaking Up and added some up tempo. It would have been a far superior album, IMO.
Vocally, he surpassed himself. It’s funny, but no matter how much clack you watch in between tours, it simply doesn’t compare to seeing him perform live and even then, it’s still almost shocking at how well he can sing. He hit some low notes tonight that vibrated within me.
I’m a big baseball fan. Robert Redford made a baseball movie years ago called The Natural in which his character, Roy Hobbs is asked how he wants to be remembered. He said he would like to be walking by someone on the street years from now and hear “there goes Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was.”
Tonight, I saw Clay Aiken…The Best That Ever Was
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caperkeeper:
I loved the first show in Miami - because it was Clay singing to me and because I'd never seen a first show of a tour before. I enjoyed experiencing how Clay put it together - how it flowed - if this or that worked. More importantly his voice was in great shape - he sounded wonderful. He still takes my breath away.
In Orlando if you had been to the Miami show you could tell the difference. It was tighter and flowed better. He tweaked the auto-tune business by using a real song to talk and with the added kick of Clay not knowing what song from show to show, it will be fun. Better than reading from the newspaper.
Loved Clay doing The Way and Invisible as big band - so funny and entertaining and Clay performed them beautifully. Changing up the set list is fun as well. When he started Breaking Up Is Hard To Do I visibly (if anyone had been looking) sucked in a gulp of air and I am not sure when I released it! And when he came to my side of the stage and sat down right in front of me (I was second row right behind the two women who were videoing) there was an even deeper intake of breath! Talk about up close and personal. Clay has grown into such a fine song stylist (and man!) - gosh he is magnificent.
As an aside I love those shoes he is wearing! They look sort of like he is probably walking on something spongy and soft and light - must be very comfy.
I am terrible at sequence of events - I am a person who experiences the sound and the visual rather than one who can remember all the details. Some things will permeate my consciousness and I'll think he did something wonderful with that note or that phrase but right now I'm having difficulty coming up with specifics - only that he did it over and over - caressing me with that special voice, talking and laughing and letting us know he really does know what we love and that he will give it to us if he can. He hit some beautiful low notes. His slide up to that note in UM was perfect last night. It is hard to do because he is condescending at the same time. And I adore the way he sings the end of UM now.
He is so good at finding someone or something happening in the audience that he can play off for comedy. Someone was enjoying her second or third bloody Mary. Je quipped that it might be necessary for this show especially for the men! (Not so Clay!) A little later he was about to start some bit and he found the Lady and said that now might be a good time to go for another because what was coming up was going to be 'boring' (not sure that was the word he used) - he was joking of course but apparently the woman took him at his word and got up right then to apparently go for another bloody Mary! Very funny.
Of course rocker Clay brought down the house just as the softness and nuance of In My Life and the power and emotion of Solitaire did as well. This is part of what makes a Clay show so entertaining and bringing me back for more - he can do it all and do it well and in a way that gets inside me. I guess that's why I'm still here after eight years. Gosh I love him.
note: My PBS M&G was lovely. I didn't expect more because I figured these would be different than the auction or fan club ones. They were to raise money for PBS and still he was charming, inviting and warm as he shook my hand and asked my name. He is such a presence, I know he is tall but when you get close to him he's even taller and bigger! He put his arm around me and I put my arm around him and felt just wonderful for the chance to touch him! After the picture he turned to me and said thank you and shook my hand and all I could manage was 'thank YOU'. He makes my insides go mushy. A good mush.
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Hello everyone,
This is the first time that I went to the first set of concerts of a tour. And to get 1st row seats in both Miami and Orlando from the OFC presale, it was just too good to be true.
So, yesterday evening I was sitting at almost the same spot as in Miami. He had sit down on the right-hand side of the stage (from our view) then and I expected him to sit there again or in the centre since the Miami venue had the stage coming out in a crescent form in front and the people seated there were too close to the stage for him to sit there or he would be kicking them in thface. haha. Anyway, time for What kind of fool I am came and instead of going right, he came and sat right in front of me. I was shocked and so was the person who was sitting next to me. She had her photo camera on her lap (hence the long exposure comment) and I heard her mother encouraging her to video tape Clay, so she did it right from the beginning of the song. I was still in shock and was debating with myself as to whether I should take out my camcorder or not. By the time the music interlude came, I took out my camcorder and recorded him too. I could not bring myself to tell him my screen name when he asked, so just shook my head at him. He was looking into my camera and the other lady tried to get him to look into hers. He wasn't, so she moved hers closer to mine and that's when he jokingly said "Aren't you being greedy?" to her.
I only taped until just before he did the disco "who's sorry now". By that time my arm was hurting. I cannot tell the clack gathering too much how much I appreciate their dedication to gathering clack. I took my first ever clack and I don't think I'll be doing it any time soon again. Unless I get another front row seat and he comes and sits next to me again.
I'm staying at my friend's place and we'll be going to Sarasota soon. I won't be able to do anything with my clack until I get back home to Toronto on Monday evening. So be patient with me. As for the other person taping from the beginning, I talked to her and she is not on the boards. She is "new to all this", that's what she told me. I got her email address and will contact her soon.
My post can travel.
Mee4Clay
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Merieeee meet and greet;
I was in such an Aiken fog I don't remember a lot but he was gorgeous and in a great mood. He shook everyones hand and when he came to me he said "I know you don't I?". At that point I was gone! He talked about not liking the recording process at all which we have heard before. He said that for him the acoustics in Miami were really bad. He kept hearing his own voice in the earpiece. He asked us where we were from and the minute he heard Houston he launched into his English accent! I told him if he needed pointers I'd be willing to help.
I asked him about merchandise and he said it was too costly and difficult to have on the tour but there will be some stuff that will be put up on the OFC later.
He talked to the others but i dont remember too much about that. It was funny when Rita wanted him to sing Solitaie and he said it was not on the current album and was not part of this tour...he looked over at us an sort of winked and yes we were good at not spilling the beans! He told her that the band could only play things they had rehearsed.
We had pics taken.......yeah I got up real close! The mans skin is flawless.
Hee I just remembered something else in the m & g..............the lights were low and we were complaining that we couldn't see too well. He said they were fine it was more romantic that way!!!
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Glad you could get back on Marilyn. Great recaps. Thanks! The show sounded so great last night. No clack up yet darn it. I'll post the link up later when I see anything. Love IrishBookgal's pics. *thud* The 1st ones are from Kimmy who used to post here.
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I see you posted a YouTube in the ANN. I'll post it here too. This is so funny. Heavy Metal Clay. LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGvj5fp2Ic
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This is awesome but weard at the same time. LOL Clay autotuning Gaga. Did a good job with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgc05uvO_Ds
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Well CU has only audio up so far but kept on refreshing I'm sure they would be downloads later.
http://www.clackunlimited.com/clack/Concert_Clack/2011_Tried_And_True/Orlando/
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Here's Solitaire and Invisible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar1wrhjRvXY&feature=feedu
http://www.youtube.com/user/gingerscarlett#p/a/u/0/nnXOkWLprho