Comments on: Portland, OR - July 28 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm WE CHOOSE BLAKE NOISE. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:07:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Laura http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5171 Laura Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:27:10 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5171 Ok, I'm currently trying to upload my vids to YouTube. They definitely aren't great, but they are better than nothing! I cannot believe I was in the same room as Bshorty tonight...*thud* Ok, I’m currently trying to upload my vids to YouTube. They definitely aren’t great, but they are better than nothing! I cannot believe I was in the same room as Bshorty tonight…*thud*

]]> By: Laura http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5173 Laura Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:45:05 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5173 Ok, so the pics are up on my <a href="http://www.myspace.com/rzonmrcury" rel="nofollow">MySpace page</a> under my Pics section. I'm hoping to move them later. I'm also having trouble uploading the vids cause of the size. Any pointers? I'm not on my normal pc, so I don't really have any video editing programs or anything. I'm still annoyed that I missed the beginning of the show. :-( But I'll have a recap for you guys, asap. Ok, so the pics are up on my MySpace page under my Pics section. I’m hoping to move them later. I’m also having trouble uploading the vids cause of the size. Any pointers? I’m not on my normal pc, so I don’t really have any video editing programs or anything.

I’m still annoyed that I missed the beginning of the show. :-( But I’ll have a recap for you guys, asap.

]]> By: Tasha http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5175 Tasha Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:57:23 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5175 Thanks, Laura! Thanks, Laura!

]]> By: maracaibo http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5177 maracaibo Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:10:21 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5177 Laura, can't wait for your recap! How was Blake last night! Please come back and tell us. Thanks for the pics and I hope you can upload the vids! Laura, can’t wait for your recap!
How was Blake last night! Please come back and tell us.
Thanks for the pics and I hope you can upload the vids!

]]> By: maracaibo http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5178 maracaibo Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:02:56 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5178 Hey just wanted to post a quote from rickey's blog. He went to the Portland concert last night. Look what he had to say about Blake's performance: It was great to see the concert, and as I said Blake had the most screams followed by Sanjaya, Melinda and Jordin. LaKisha also got good applause. <strong>I have to say that Blake’s solo in the first half is worth the price of the ticket. It felt like when I was watching Chris Daughtry last season.</strong> How cool is that? I have a feeling Blake will be the Daughtry of this season career wise. Hey just wanted to post a quote from rickey’s blog. He went to the Portland concert last night. Look what he had to say about Blake’s performance:

It was great to see the concert, and as I said Blake had the most screams followed by Sanjaya, Melinda and Jordin. LaKisha also got good applause. I have to say that Blake’s solo in the first half is worth the price of the ticket. It felt like when I was watching Chris Daughtry last season.

How cool is that? I have a feeling Blake will be the Daughtry of this season career wise.

]]> By: Pam http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5179 Pam Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:16:00 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5179 <blockquote>. I have to say that Blake’s solo in the first half is worth the price of the ticket. It felt like when I was watching Chris Daughtry last season.</blockquote> I just went over there and actually read that in Rickey's blog and if that's not enough to give you goosebumps, I don't know what will! :wink_wp:

. I have to say that Blake’s solo in the first half is worth the price of the ticket. It felt like when I was watching Chris Daughtry last season.

I just went over there and actually read that in Rickey’s blog and if that’s not enough to give you goosebumps, I don’t know what will! :wink_wp:

]]> By: Julie http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5185 Julie Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:19:58 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5185 Can't wait for your recap, Laura. I can't see your pics bc your profile is set to private. Only 9 more days for me.. Can’t wait for your recap, Laura. I can’t see your pics bc your profile is set to private.

Only 9 more days for me..

]]> By: Anne http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5186 Anne Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:32:41 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5186 I read the blog also, didn't like the comment about hating Blake's attitude during the M&G. He seems to get that a lot. He just really doesn't come across that way to me. I read the blog also, didn’t like the comment about hating Blake’s attitude during the M&G. He seems to get that a lot. He just really doesn’t come across that way to me.

]]> By: Erinn http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5187 Erinn Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:09:46 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5187 I didn't make the Portland show, but I do happen to be posting from Oregon right now. How's that? I hope everyone had safe travels last night and today. I'm glad Rickey liked the show. Blake is definitely the highlight of the show. He definitely gets the most cheers everywhere he goes. He, Lakisha and Melinda are worth the price of admission. I still can't get concerned about record sales and record deals. He will get a deal with a label that will promote him. I don't think the size of the label matters. Even if the album ends up not being everything I want it to be, I hope it's what he wants it to be. I might also add that Taylor got a heck of a lot of cheers on the tour last year and that didn't translate to album sales. People have to connect with the album too. Taylor was happy with his album, and that's all you can ask for. I can also see Blake rubbing some people the wrong way. I could see in the m&g in Tampa that he definitely has a business-side to him. He clearly loves his fans, but he keeps a safe distance. I think it's healthy. Some people really do feel possessive towards him. I think it's the way the Idol show works. This impression that voting for him makes him <em>your</em> contestant. His way of dealing with that is probably the best. He won't get run over or hurt in the end. I didn’t make the Portland show, but I do happen to be posting from Oregon right now. How’s that?

I hope everyone had safe travels last night and today.

I’m glad Rickey liked the show. Blake is definitely the highlight of the show. He definitely gets the most cheers everywhere he goes. He, Lakisha and Melinda are worth the price of admission.

I still can’t get concerned about record sales and record deals. He will get a deal with a label that will promote him. I don’t think the size of the label matters. Even if the album ends up not being everything I want it to be, I hope it’s what he wants it to be. I might also add that Taylor got a heck of a lot of cheers on the tour last year and that didn’t translate to album sales. People have to connect with the album too. Taylor was happy with his album, and that’s all you can ask for.

I can also see Blake rubbing some people the wrong way. I could see in the m&g in Tampa that he definitely has a business-side to him. He clearly loves his fans, but he keeps a safe distance. I think it’s healthy. Some people really do feel possessive towards him. I think it’s the way the Idol show works. This impression that voting for him makes him your contestant. His way of dealing with that is probably the best. He won’t get run over or hurt in the end.

]]> By: Pam http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5188 Pam Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:40:13 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5188 <blockquote>Some people really do feel possessive towards him. I think it’s the way the Idol show works. This impression that voting for him makes him your contestant. His way of dealing with that is probably the best. He won’t get run over or hurt in the end.</blockquote> Erinn, I agree 100% with your entire statement but this one in particular, I have to say a big BRAVO to! A lot of Taylor's fans also feel a possessiveness towards him as well and yes a lot of cheers don't always equal a lot of album sales, that is very true. I remember the radio interview that Nigel Lythgoe did the day after the finale. He always did these interviews on elimination days. His statement about Taylor was basically and I hope I get the wording correctly, was "I don't know what we are going to do with him." I remember those words just like it was yesterday. Taylor has tons of fans, including myself, but you are right, the type of music that Taylor was making did not broadly appeal to AI's target audience. He made the type of CD he wanted to make, but the sales just didn't translate. I agree that there is a possesiveness side with the Blakers as well as it has been with Taylor. I think Blake wants to make his fans happy but he needs to be happy too and I guess sometimes people forget that.

Some people really do feel possessive towards him. I think it’s the way the Idol show works. This impression that voting for him makes him your contestant. His way of dealing with that is probably the best. He won’t get run over or hurt in the end.

Erinn,

I agree 100% with your entire statement but this one in particular, I have to say a big BRAVO to! A lot of Taylor’s fans also feel a possessiveness towards him as well and yes a lot of cheers don’t always equal a lot of album sales, that is very true. I remember the radio interview that Nigel Lythgoe did the day after the finale. He always did these interviews on elimination days. His statement about Taylor was basically and I hope I get the wording correctly, was “I don’t know what we are going to do with him.” I remember those words just like it was yesterday. Taylor has tons of fans, including myself, but you are right, the type of music that Taylor was making did not broadly appeal to AI’s target audience. He made the type of CD he wanted to make, but the sales just didn’t translate.

I agree that there is a possesiveness side with the Blakers as well as it has been with Taylor. I think Blake wants to make his fans happy but he needs to be happy too and I guess sometimes people forget that.

]]> By: Laura http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5189 Laura Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:40:48 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5189 Ok, recap has been sent in to Team Plaid! It's long, but I hope you guys like it. If you have a myspace page, and want to see the pics send me an add request. I will have to scale them down one by one so I can put them on Flickr. Ok, recap has been sent in to Team Plaid! It’s long, but I hope you guys like it. If you have a myspace page, and want to see the pics send me an add request. I will have to scale them down one by one so I can put them on Flickr.

]]> By: Pam http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5190 Pam Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:58:56 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5190 Laura, Those pics are awesome! Laura,

Those pics are awesome!

]]> By: Laura http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5191 Laura Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:14:43 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5191 Oh, I completely forgot to explain the small number of pics that I have. Although I had thought about having two cameras, in case one putzed out or whatever, I didn't realize that my parents and Sister Metalhead only had one memory card a piece. So the cameras stopped recording when the cards were full, and I'd have to go back and delete some of the less Blakelicious pics so that I could get more pics or more vid on the stick. Unfortunate, I know...especially since I had 4 memory sticks at my apartment that I had left the night before I flew into Portland. I was annoyed muchly. ETA: Thanks Pam! Oh, I completely forgot to explain the small number of pics that I have.

Although I had thought about having two cameras, in case one putzed out or whatever, I didn’t realize that my parents and Sister Metalhead only had one memory card a piece. So the cameras stopped recording when the cards were full, and I’d have to go back and delete some of the less Blakelicious pics so that I could get more pics or more vid on the stick. Unfortunate, I know…especially since I had 4 memory sticks at my apartment that I had left the night before I flew into Portland. I was annoyed muchly.

ETA: Thanks Pam!

]]> By: Pam http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5192 Pam Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:18:35 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5192 Your welcome! Those closeup pics were out of this world and thanks for the add by the way! Your welcome! Those closeup pics were out of this world and thanks for the add by the way!

]]> By: Melissa http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5212 Melissa Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:44:38 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5212 That was an awesome concert, I never screamed so much in my life. I was close enough to the catwalk that durning the last bit, I snuck by and got my hand touched by Blake,(although it took a couple of moments to get to me, but he was with other fans too, so its okay.) That was an awesome concert, I never screamed so much in my life.
I was close enough to the catwalk that durning the last bit, I snuck by and got my hand touched by Blake,(although it took a couple of moments to get to me, but he was with other fans too, so its okay.)

]]> By: Michelle http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5222 Michelle Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:59:57 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5222 Blah, I'm tired of these diva!Blake stories. I went to an aftershow and it's basically a horde of screaming fans in bad parking lot lighting. EVERYONE wants a piece of him and there just isn't time. ALL the Idols are just zipping down the line signing things like crazy; if B stopped to take pics with everyone he would be there all night. OTOH, I've heard nothing but good things from people who meet him before the show, when it's much more laid back and not so much with the screaming chaos. Love the comment by Rickey about B's set being worth the price of admission. Really, that's all I paid to see :) Blah, I’m tired of these diva!Blake stories. I went to an aftershow and it’s basically a horde of screaming fans in bad parking lot lighting. EVERYONE wants a piece of him and there just isn’t time. ALL the Idols are just zipping down the line signing things like crazy; if B stopped to take pics with everyone he would be there all night.

OTOH, I’ve heard nothing but good things from people who meet him before the show, when it’s much more laid back and not so much with the screaming chaos.

Love the comment by Rickey about B’s set being worth the price of admission. Really, that’s all I paid to see :)

]]> By: ld http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5230 ld Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:17:20 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5230 I met Blake at the afer show party in Az. and he was very gracious. I think by the time they're headed for the buses they are totally exhausted and being rushed by the tour managers to get on the road. So, even though I understand it's disappointing for some fans that they don't get their "pic" or whatever, they need to remember their idol is only human. I met Blake at the afer show party in Az. and he was very gracious. I think by the time they’re headed for the buses they are totally exhausted and being rushed by the tour managers to get on the road. So, even though I understand it’s disappointing for some fans that they don’t get their “pic” or whatever, they need to remember their idol is only human.

]]> By: Bully http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5246 Bully Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:54:01 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5246 Id, I LOVE what you said about Blake being "gracious". That is a really good term for it... and when peeps like you and Michelle stick up for him(having actually met him...sniffle) it makes me feel vindicated. The Idol comparison about Taylor Hicks, and how some contestants feel "owned" by the public, I guess I didn;t realize that was such a problem for them as it is. Sad, the public can be so ruthless even in dealing with someone they supposedly "love". Sure I voted for Blake, but I don't own a hair on his head... he is his own person. I think if we say we love someone, we need to support them, that's all. Id, I LOVE what you said about Blake being “gracious”. That is a really good term for it… and when peeps like you and Michelle stick up for him(having actually met him…sniffle) it makes me feel vindicated.

The Idol comparison about Taylor Hicks, and how some contestants feel “owned” by the public, I guess I didn;t realize that was such a problem for them as it is. Sad, the public can be so ruthless even in dealing with someone they supposedly “love”. Sure I voted for Blake, but I don’t own a hair on his head… he is his own person.

I think if we say we love someone, we need to support them, that’s all.

]]> By: Melissa http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5252 Melissa Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:19:12 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5252 Exactly, but I can understand people being disapointed though. Exactly, but I can understand people being disapointed though.

]]> By: Sarah http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5254 Sarah Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:59:23 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5254 Yes, Blake is gracious... at least he was with PJ, MJ, Erinn, Spense, and I. But I think he's also very cautious and a bit guarded. I can see how, to some, that might come off as 'snobby' and 'rude'. Even though it's totally not. Yes, Blake is gracious… at least he was with PJ, MJ, Erinn, Spense, and I. But I think he’s also very cautious and a bit guarded. I can see how, to some, that might come off as ’snobby’ and ‘rude’. Even though it’s totally not.

]]> By: Melissa http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5260 Melissa Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:02:24 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5260 You also have to remember that he has been doing this for years and even toured the NW, so maybe part of the reason he acts the way he does is because the "navalty" of being on tour is wearing off a bit. Besides, as my mom once metioned, he is probably just wanting to distance himself from idol(not that he isn't greatful for the experence.)and be able to do his own thing. He strikes me more as someone who wants to be known as a musician then just a "pop star" that he is on Idol, and one that would rather do his own thing. Hope I am making sense. You also have to remember that he has been doing this for years and even toured the NW, so maybe part of the reason he acts the way he does is because the “navalty” of being on tour is wearing off a bit. Besides, as my mom once metioned, he is probably just wanting to distance himself from idol(not that he isn’t greatful for the experence.)and be able to do his own thing. He strikes me more as someone who wants to be known as a musician then just a “pop star” that he is on Idol, and one that would rather do his own thing. Hope I am making sense.

]]> By: Melissa http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5288 Melissa Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:15:43 +0000 http://teamplaid.com/portland-or-july-28.htm#comment-5288 so maybe part of the reason he acts the way he does is because the “navalty” of being on tour is wearing off a bit <blockquote> I can't figure out how to edit my post so I'll elebrate on it saying that he probably thinks of it more as a job, then some of the others do, and I know that sometimes at my work.(which I really enjoy) I just sometimes go through the motions. Hope this makes a bit more sense. so maybe part of the reason he acts the way he does is because the “navalty” of being on tour is wearing off a bit

I can’t figure out how to edit my post so I’ll elebrate on it saying that he probably thinks of it more as a job, then some of the others do, and I know that sometimes at my work.(which I really enjoy) I just sometimes go through the motions.
Hope this makes a bit more sense.

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