Amy Lee: Clay Has Left the Building....Clayton Has Arrived!

[4EverClayton]

Amy -
Thank you for a beautiful, eloquent and ever so true review.
You said everything I thought and felt.

Leslie

[ClayBuf]

Wow, Amy - I just love it when someone can put into exact words what it is I am feeling. You nailed it!! :)

I've been away for almost a month :( - and your Leno review was the first thing I read after I logged in - no greater way to begin jumping back into Clay Land than to get those feelings up and gushing. (of course seeing him on TV twice in two days has helped, too.....)

Thanks for sharing with all of us!
~Buffi

[Jan]

WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY, AMY????

SOMEONE SAID YOU 'NAILED IT". AND YOU CERTAINLY DID!!! :)

LUV YA
JAN
KEEPER OF CLAY'S LIPBITE :)

[claynut]

I too watched Clay on Jay Leno and thought he was witty, funny, and very at ease on TV.  The only thing I didn't care for was that jacket, a solid black would have looked so much nicer and his hairdo.  For some reason it just wasn't as becoming as it usually is.  But I just found out he's coming to Milw. in Aug. and I'll be able to see for myself!!!

[liney23]

One thing you have to have figured out about Clay by now, is that he is never the same two times running.  This last week he combined having to wear his glasses with a hair style that let his ears show more than most of the time.  This gave him a heavy lilt to the geek side of him.  

My own personal opinion is that the concert tour showed Clay how much he is loved, even with a Dr. Suess jacket and hat hair, and he is figuring that it's ok for him to look however he wants to look.  He loves variety, obviously.  He is as never still in his styles as he is in his movements.  He goes from relaxed, to funky, to Cary Grant (I refuse to ever use the term GQ again) and you never know who's going to come out.  That's part of the fun of him and, I think, part of what makes it fun for him.

We all have our preference, but love him even when he goes outside those preferences.  The way he changes constantly fascinates me and, I think, endears him to teenages, who totally understand the need to change your appearance every other day or hour.  Love that man, no matter who he decides to be next.  I love the funky style, I love the Cary Grant style, I just plain love him!

He and Leno really play well off each other and I think Leno has as much fun as we do and, besides the ratings spike when he is on, that's why he has had Clay on 3 times in the last few months.  

Another thing I think Clay learned on the concert tour is to put more emotion into his songs.  The escalation of emotion in I Survived You as the tour progressed is so differnt from how he sang it for the CD.  He brought that learning to bear on his performance of Solitaire on Leno.  He was IN that song all the way and it showed.  It connected with the audience because he was connected to it.  WOW!

I got a kick out of the ending, when that magician briefly shook Jay's hand and then very quickly moved over and said something to Clay.  It was like, "ya, ya, Leno, get out of my way, I want to get to Clay."  Pamela looked like she thought the standing O was for her.  Guess again gal.  This is another favorite clip.

[lovinclay]

OK....I'M A LATE BLOOMER.  I JUST READ YOU LENO REVIEW.  MY GOD, AMY, YOU MUST DO SOMETHING PROFESSIONALLY WITH YOUR WRITING!  YOU CAPTURED IN WORDS WHAT WE ALL FELT.  THE WAY CLAY CONSTANTLY CHANGES AMAZES ME.  I'VE SAID IT BEFORE AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, CLAY LIKES TO KEEP US GUESSING.  AND I LOVE IT!  NEVER KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT FROM HIM MAKES EACH PERFORMANCE FRESH.....BORING IS NOT A WORD THAT WILL EVER DESCRIBE CLAY.  I CONSTANTLY SAY TO MYSELF "WHAT WILL CLAY GIVE US THIS TIME"?  AND I AM NEVER DISAPPOINTED!