Topic: HOUSTON, TX-JONES HALL 2/14/2011 (Read 40638 times)

Tiffany · « **Reply #105 on:** February 14, 2011, 10:45:02 PM »

Grunge music::

•Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound) is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. ...

Nirvana was grunge. Looking forward to the clack. Hope we gets lot's tonight.

Marilyn · « **Reply #106 on:** February 14, 2011, 10:47:57 PM »

Hair looked fabulous - soft, not spikey

Charcol grey sweater, grey shirt, grey & white striped tie

Tiffany · « **Reply #107 on:** February 14, 2011, 10:49:54 PM »

Sounds gorgeous.

Gotta pack. Thanks again Marilyn and everyone for coming. Clay just gets better and better each night. Looking forward to hearing what Prissy, JoAnn and Frankie thought and hear about their Meet and Greets.

Marilyn · « **Reply #108 on:** February 14, 2011, 10:53:53 PM »

Summary of Merrieee's cellcert recap

His hair was fabulous, spikey but looked soft.

Charcoal gray sweater (similar to Broadway Backwards)

When they did the genre, it was hysterical when he did grunge. Quiana was rocking it out with air guitar

The girl with the phone..it was obvious she wanted attention

Solitaire--she noticed what his hands were doing to the mic.. Should be illegal in 50 states.

Ernie Manouse wants us to call the local PBS to request a series of interviews (Clay is in the series. Don't ask for Clay, ask for the series).) She will email Ernie with her information, he will email her back and he'll tell us what to say. It does not cost the PBS stations to run it.

Clay was one of his favorite interviews. They sold 131 of his inner-view with Clay. No other interview has ever come close to that number. He said you guys are unbelievable. He asked what about Clay attracted us still. He really liked Clay and enjoyed talking to him. She will ask him what he thought of the concert when she emailed him.

If someone can find the ordering site for that, please post.

Tiffany · « **Reply #109 on:** February 14, 2011, 10:55:09 PM »

From Twitter from Quiana.

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I get to the venue & the fans have sent me Scherrie's Berries, bath & bodyworks, hershey kiss, & chocolate covered strawberries my oh my Clay Aiken has the best fans ever. Now I'm crossing my fingers that I get that Tacori Diamond Ring next (lol). No seriously!

Marilyn · « **Reply #110 on:** February 15, 2011, 12:45:13 AM »

txblonde:

Back from the concert. Just a few comments. The stage was way too big for the show! The show was stripped down and the big stage just emphasized that.

But more than anything, UM killed me. OMG. That is all...

Marilyn · « **Reply #111 on:** February 15, 2011, 01:01:52 AM »

Clay's hair looked great tonight, shorter and spiky but good lookin'.

Marilyn · « **Reply #112 on:** February 15, 2011, 01:17:25 AM »

CAMERA PHONE PICTURE: NICE JEANS!!

Marilyn · « **Reply #113 on:** February 15, 2011, 07:43:14 AM »

QUOTE (dancermom2 @ Feb 14 2011, 11:02 PM)
Did you and EE survive???

Barely Clay Aiken threw me up against the wall and had his way with me for two hours. It was sublime.

OMG We had best seats ever. Second row dead center. First row seats sucked because they were smushed up against the stage, and some of the first row seats were obstructed by the speakers. Poor Scarlett had to act the part of a contortionist to get video. As for the concert, since you had a good cellcert you know you vocally awesome Clay was. The one thing you won't get is the magnificence of the Theme of Love Story--it was fascinating watching him press out those notes that bounced off the walls of Jones Hall with such force that I thought we would be flattened like pancakes. Where that sound comes from in that slim body, I'll never know. I'm surprised he didn't spit up a lung after that tour de force. No "Misty" for me, but I didn't even care--everything was so beautiful. Even if he wasn't singing a particular favorite, I just loved watching him sing--his face and body are so expressive. I didn't recognize Quiana's songs, and I didn't care for second one at all, and not crazy about the first either.

Some observations:
~as soon as we caught our breath from the sight of the man, jclay and I turned to each other and said "the hair! it looks good" and it did. It looked shorter and the spikes were just right.
~I couldn't stop looking at his shoes (when I wasn't looking at his face). They were a light gray oxford that had mock eyelets so they looked like laceless.
~Broadway Backwards gray sweater--divine.
~Adam is young much to Clay's chagrin, but he didn't crack a smile all night that I saw.
~his lead-in chat to ""In My Life"" was very poignant
~Quina is a beautiful woman,. She and Clay really do have a special relationship that shows on stage.
~ The balcony was closed off, and the back of the theater was empty. The rest of the seats were fairly full (but not totally). It was a better turn-out than I was expecting with those ticket prices. Clay joked several times at the spareness of the audience. "tried to get the Astrodome" and we could "all fit up on stage" after which he shook his head. He was prob. afraid some fans would take him up on that
~beautiful mic action on UM--at the end his hands caressed that mic so tenderly as they slid down the length of her body.

Marilyn · « **Reply #114 on:** February 15, 2011, 07:48:09 AM »

jclay

EE summed up the experience perfectly.
His intro to Solitaire - that since this was Valentine's Day this song is very inappropriate - was really cute.
And he nailed every note.
That last high note was divine.

He looked marvelous!

They were all staying in our hotel - are we lucky?
After the concert we chatted for a few minutes with Jerome.
He was glad to be going "home" to Atlanta although he was not going to be able to actually go home.
He did say his family would come see him.

Since our room wasn't ready when we got here, EE and I decided that Clay hadn't checked out of our room yet.
It's our fantasy. We own it.

The cellcerts are wonderful.
The clack is fabulous.
But seeing it is a whole 'nother experience