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Monday, November 06, 2006

Groupies

I once met a Clay Aiken groupie. She was a middle aged women who was absolutely smitten with Clay Aiken. I was in line at a drugstore checkout right behind her. She was asking the checkout fellow how to take the subway to some place in the city and turned a simple question of "where are you from" into her life story. She was from some small prairie farming town in Saskatchewan. She and her group of friends had travelled around the continent, attending Clay Aiken concerts - and up to that point she had attended 6 concerts in the year. Now I'm sure you're asking "What would possess someone to travel around city to city following Clay Aiken?". Well I asked this lady - and she said it was "because Clay is so talented. His music is so great and he never curses". I read this weekend that Clay Aiken isn't the only musician that has an unexpected fan following. There are fans of Wagner's 14-17 hour "The Ring" opera known as Ringheads or, in Australia, Wagneroos. One lady from Winnipeg mortgaged her house to travel worldwide and see the performances. Probably because Wagner too is so talented and never curses. Maybe the obsessiveness over unusual musical talents is something about people from the prairie provinces?

4 Comments:

  • Actually, there is nothing unusual about Clay's musical talent unless you have never heard a beautiful voice before. Clay Aiken can sing. Now, given the quality of the voices on top 40 radio today, that is a distinct possibility for some of you.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:39 AM  

  • Nope...nothing to do with the prairie....but everything to do with talent. We know a great voice when we hear one...and we just want to hear more of it.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:06 AM  

  • There is nothing puzzling about Clay Aiken. He has talent to spare. He's a nice guy. And I would rather listen to him than just about anyone. He's the next Barry Manilow (sorry, Barry - I know you're not done yet). I love that fact that Clay won't respond to all the rumors being spread about him. Let the media and those "15 minutes of fame" idiots find someone else to gossip about.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:21 PM  

  • HOW REFRESHING!
    We now have a Superstar with the 'pipes of perfection' instead of all the garbage out there now!
    Clay Aiken is a phenominal talent who holds his audiance in the palm of his hand !

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:16 PM  

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