You Know I Have To Admit - Clay Aiken Ain't That Bad [View All]

So I went to the concert last night. Kelly Clarkson opened the show and she was relatively painless in the 50-minute set she did.

Then Clay Aiken came in through the crowd and the Nassau Coliseum went NUTS. You would have thought the Beatles had just walked in.

He came out singing an old 80's song - I forget the name of it or who orignially recorded it, but part of the refrain sounds something like this...

"Bedidity Elaine, something something, roads that we travel..."

Anyone know what song that is?

Anyway, he was damn good. For such a puny kid, he has a voice that's absolutely amazing. I actually wasn't bored at all watching him, which shocked me because I was fully expecting to be asleep by the end of the show.

Luckily, almost every song that both he and Clarkson sang was less than 3 minutes - so the songs came and went quickly and painlessly most of the night.

The only head-scratching part was when Clay covered James Taylor's "Going to Carolina." I actually groaned when he said he was doing that song next.

His version was horrible - but to be fair, James Taylor isn't the easiest person to cover, even for someone with a nice voice like Clay's.

Oh, and I also bought my g/f a Clay button and a autographed photo (cost = $15). She was very happy.

All in all, a good night was had by all. Now if I can just remember what song it was that Clay sang when he came out....