I just heard it!!! OMG!!!

They just played "Free" as this evening's Olympics coverage was signing off. I'm so excited I can hardly type!

OMG!! I heard it too! I came over to the board to post also. YAY!!!!

Me too Klo, I just posted it. :hooray: :cheerleaders:

I know, I just heard it and couldn't believe it!! HOW AWESOME IS THAT!!

My heart is racing!! I'm going to try to tape it, if I can.

When the piano started, I said "No, it can't be!" My neighbors must be wondering why I let out a whoop (belated cheer for Evan Lysacek?!?).

Oh, I know...my heart is racing as well. I was shaking so much that I could hardly type. I was wondering if anyone taped it.

:rocker: how exciting- everyone watching the Olympics got to hear Elliott!!!! :rocker: :rocker: My daughter and I just stopped and stared at one another- then the screaming began!!!

I'm working on it now, I got it! Thank Goodness for DVR and rewind!!! I could watch this a million times :).

^Thanks, Carole. Can't wait to see it!

:hooray:

I missed it... That is awesome!! can't wait to see the clip

Quality isn't terrific, but here's my first attempt. oops

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Thank you so very much, itslate!

Wow, that's really great! :rocker:

^Thanks, Carole. Hope you don't mind if I repost it on FB.

You're welcome all. Post it anywhere, everywhere!!! Fine with me. I'm so proud of Elliott right now :). It would have really been nice if they mentioned his name though.

WOOOOOHOOOOO AWESOME!!!!!
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

thanks so much itslate,you rock!!! :rocker:

I'd like to post it over at MJs.

Is there a you tube link because I don't know how to link an embedded video.
I'm glad I watched the end of the Olympics.

So cool.

here's the link Jaime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ82K8hhDCo

fyi, You can usually go right to youtube, by simply clicking on the embeded video.

Awesome! :hooray: Perfect use of the song too.

Just saw this myself and came here to post! Was so glad Evan beat the douche-y Russian, and then to hear Elliott end out that broadcast tonight?!? That was superb! Hope Elliott knows!

OMG! ITSLATE, Thank you sooo much for recording it. When I heard the piano at the beginning, I thought "it can't be, can it?" Then when I heard that beautiful sweet voice, I ran around the house screaming, and missed the second part of it! Hee Hee.........

The Universe gave me my wish. When I first heard "Free" back when the CD came out, I said that song was perfect for the Olympics. The Gods did indeed hear me. GOOOOO ELLIOTT!!!

wow. great news! way to go.

:yamini: :rocker: Watched it again on the rebroadcast!!!!!

So Awesome! So appropriate!

As Elliott would say: "Whoa - That's AMAZING!! :groupwave: :groupwave:

:hooray: Totally Awsome but I fell asleep and missed it

OMG! Amanda, sweetie, did you hear it? Free was her favorite song. This is so awesome, I'm sitting at my desk with tears running down my cheeks. I didn't see it and haven't been on the computer yet this morning. Islate, thanks for capturing it, I'll be posting it on Facebook later.

ETA! THIS IS HUGE!

I just watched the video from my phone. I got chills, can't image how those that actually saw must have felt.

can't wait to see Elliott's reaction.. dude has to be beaming with joy over that one, finally got some love like Daughtry does with the way his music is put to sports

Incredible. I think I've lost count of how many times I watched. Free is one of my all time favorite inspirtional songs and how perfect for the Olympics! I'm sure he'll tweet about it... can't wait to hear what he says! He'll be on top of the world! Maybe this is a sign of things to come with his new management?

OMG!OMG!OMG! I went to bed before the ice skating was over.and now I can't hear it at work
I'll have to wait till SUNDAY now to watch the dvr since I'm going to the mountains for the weekend. DAYUM!!!!
AWSE!!!DOUBLE AWSE!!!!!!!!

Thanks itslate. I would have totally missed this one. "Free" could definitely be a anthem of inspiration :hooray: :thumbsup: :awe:

What awesome news to wake up to!!!! Wonder if Elliott knew it was going to happen or if he's as surprised and thrilled as the rest of us. Yay Elliott :cheerleaders:!!!!!!

(Thanks so much itslate for capturing it)

I remember during the Summer Olympics when they used Cook's "Time of My Life", he didn't know anything and was so excited when he found out. His family told him about it I believe.

Oh, come on.I love Evan, and I'm glad he did so extremely well, but Plushy isn't douche-y.

There was no call for NBC to portray him as some kind of rotten gangster-boy. ... He came out of retirement partly because the Russian skating federation wanted him to. It is extremely sad for all of them, including Evgeny, to remember what they were in sports in the old days and to feel how they've fallen and not know, with their many economic and governmental troubles, how they'll ever reclaim anything of their great tradition, now that they've spent so long with their infrastructure in utter disrepair, among other things. And that's especially true in figure skating, where Russia has produced so many many world treasures over the years. Plushenko was carrying the burden of a struggling nation on his shoulders, and that's not an easy thing to deal with. Like EL, he's a great athlete and, to my mind, deserves to be treated that way instead of as some kind of low-class James-Bond-movie villain.

But on to the real topic at hand -- *So* fantastic to hear Elliott! Best news I've heard in a long long time! (and I've always liked "Free," too!)

:cheerleaders: :cheerleaders:

OMG! What a perfect song for the Olympics! I wonder when he'll find out!!

Thank you, itslate!

It's about time Elliott gets the attention he deserves!

"Free"
ACOUSTIC: http://music.aol.com/video/free-in-studio/...t-yamin/2042528
AMERICAN IDOL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIdzsT4cAXk&feature=related
OLYMPICS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ82K8hhDCo...player_embedded

Thanks Momster. Anyway you hear "Free" from Elliott it's pure PERFECTION. I'm so happy for him.