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[TWoP Tennison]

Welcome to the Adam Lambert thread.

Edited by TWoP Tennison, May 18, 2009 @ 3:08 PM.

[yogimax]

Adam Lambert is the contestant that is going to make this show exciting.

Looking forward to watching his preformance next week.

Edited by yogimax, Mar 5, 2009 @ 10:12 PM.

[Shiny Objects]

I really like him so far, despite his occasional screeching/oversinging tendencies. I feel like he'll be the one to bring something new to the show every week and not be boring or predictable.

[FlorenceHarding]

I hope he gets the chance to do something interesting next week. Hopefully the theme won't be "Neil Sedaka night" or something equally vanilla.

[ibkc]

I would totally love to see Adam make a Neil Sedaka song into something really dirty.

[BryrRoseA]

Reposting this from the Idol Media thread:

Adam Lambert gets the hometown hero treatment on the San Diego local news: http://www.fox5sandi...amp;feedID=2142

I went to high school with him, so this is a little eerie, but it shows his high school, interviews his choir teacher, and a friend from high school (who also has a FABULOUS voice). There are pictures of him with his natural strawberry-blonde hair, FWIW.

Adam is a wierd contestant to me, because I don't exactly like his voice, but I am mesmerized by him and his performance. It's almost like watching a car crash, but in a good way.

[listen]

Adam's the one to watch.
Love, love, love, the edgy stuff he has done on YouTube (see: "I Make You Crazy")
I really hope he goes a long way.
Also, he attended school in San Diego, how can I not root for him?!

(Doubt I will vote though )

[breakingtherulz]

Adam is far and away my favorite contestant this season.

I hope he keeps being his fierce, campy self on the show and doesn't let TPTB break his spirit.

[bneeweenee]

Adam is the only contestant who I really curious about. I don't care what kind of album Megan would make, or Scott. But I would really be interested in where Adam wants to go, because I think he has a good head on his shoulders, a good sense of who he is, and a good sense of what he does well. I hope he goes far.

[iamme2]

I'm really curious how middle America will view his out and proudness replete with boy on boy make-out pics on the 'net. If this were Europe there would be NO problem, but puritanical America? maybe not so much. I am really interested to see what he does on the show myself.

[Eskio]

It's almost like Von never left.

[kathyjo27]

I'm really curious how middle America will view his out and proudness replete with boy on boy make-out pics on the 'net. If this were Europe there would be NO problem, but puritanical America? maybe not so much. I am really interested to see what he does on the show myself.

I think America will be just fine with it. American Idol isn't THAT important where folks will care if the potential winner is gay. This show has had ALOT of gay contestants on it so if middle America is still watching the show I doubt they would care if a gay man won.

If Adam loses, it won't be because he's gay. It'll be because not everybody thinks he's the Greatest. I personally don't think he's all that great. Yet. And it's not because he's gay. It's because the show only just started and I have not seen enough of him yet to jump on the bandwagon. But maybe soon I'll be the America's biggest Adam Lambert fan. I don't know.

And I have a feeling Adam is going to have a tough time the closer we get to the finals. Not just him but most of the male contestants. We had two males in the final last year. So this year I think they are really going to be pushing the females.

[thursdaynext]

I can't wait to see Adam perform next week! Love him!

VFTW gave possible spoilers for some of the upcoming theme weeks that are being discussed in the Speculation thread. I forget whether or not we can bring that info here and discuss possible song choices without spoiler bars.

[Nocturnal Blond]

I fucking love this guy, and haven't been this excited about a contestant since the immortal Jacob Hoggard (CI2) - I totally look forward to seeing what he will do/sing/wear next.

[playingpossum]

At this stage, he's the only contestant that I'm planning to root for. I am amazed by his talent and I hope that I can relax every week knowing that he will almost always be predictably good. Even if he doesn't win, I am not going to worry about him getting eliminated until at least top 5. I also think that he's one of the most exciting contestants this show has ever had.

Edited by playingpossum, Mar 6, 2009 @ 9:21 PM.

[recurring_dream]

Adam is a weird contestant to me, because I don't exactly like his voice, but I am mesmerized by him and his performance. It's almost like watching a car crash, but in a good way.

This is me. I know for the semifinals, it was the swagger that he brought to "Satisfaction" that appealed to me. I'm kinda excited to see what he's going to do next.

Edited by recurring_dream, Mar 6, 2009 @ 11:42 AM.

[Echolalia]

I adore this guy. ADORE him. I haven't posted in the AI forums for quite some time, if I recall correctly, and Adam is only the third contestant I've ever voted for (Trenyce and George being the others), which means I'm all in this year.

I've seen the "Constantine and Clay had a baby" comments around here, and it's funny to me because I strongly disliked Clay and may actually be allergic to Constantine; I mean, I see the musical theater/rocker similarity, but the gross things done by Constantine weren't inherently gross things, they were gross because they were being done by him. I.M.H.O.

I have so much more to say that I think I should stop right here and let someone else talk. Nice to see y'all again!

[birdisland]

His profile at Ai.com with Q & A, etc:

http://www.americani...8/adam_lambert/

Adam addresses the recent "drama":

http://ca.eonline.co...ng_up_with.html

Adam Lambert, 26, Los Angeles, on not giving a crap: "I didn't take that advice to not Google yourself. I did. I saw it all [referring to some photos of him kissing another guy]. My thought? Oh well! It is what it is. It doesn't matter to me." Adam also told us that he hopes to sing Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" on the show. "The way I do it, it doesn't sound karaoke."

[anamazonruns]

Bless him for not giving a crap. That's the only response he could give. If he likes purple hair, rhinestone makeup, and lots of visible tongue, he better not try to hide it! That way lies ruin. RUIN!

I am in love with every performance I've seen him do, and I've seen everything YouTube has to offer, so actually...I was all nervous he was going to ruin it by doing something crummy on the show to "fit in."

Now I'm not worried. I expect to get middle-aged-lady-with-gay-TV-boyfriend palpitations every week.

Go Adam!

[JJforLife47]

I fucking love this guy, and haven't been this excited about a contestant since the immortal Jacob Hoggard

Ditto, Nocturnal Blond

JACOB!


I want an Adam + Anoop duet! I would die from the awkwardness.

[trojanchick99]

I am firmly in the love camp here. I've always like contestants who change up the songs. If I wanted to watch Karaoke I'd go to Brass Monkey. Heck, even my Mom likes him. Although, I did have to break the news to her that he was gay. She was actually quite shocked.

I think he will be the only thing keeping me watching Idol this year. None of the other contestants really intrigue me.

[Rattle and Hum]

Somebody in the Spec thread suggested that Adam sing "Give In to Me" for MJ week, and I wholeheartedly agree. Either that or "Dirty Diana."

[PorkFat]

I am amazed by his talent and I hope that I can relax every week knowing that he will almosy always be predictably good.

I like this about him, too. The only contestants I ever felt sure would give me something decent every week were Fantasia and David Cook. Even with their missteps they seemed confident and sure of themselves. I look forward to seeing what Adam will do. Plus he's so hot! Not the best-looking guy, but he is really attractive. I agree with the previous poster, I think it's his swagger.

[Pinot]

Can't remember the last time I posted in an AI thread (Amanda Overmyer, maybe?). Anyway, just had to chime in that Adam is my absolute favorite this season. Can't wait to see what he'll do next (and yes, what he'll wear next too, have to admit). Every one else pales in comparison to him. Well, speaking of pale, I do have an eye on Alexis too now that I think about it.

Looking forward to a great season!

[ebird]

Great response, Adam, and way to make it a non-issue!

I don't get the "love child of Clay and Constantine" thing either. I am admittedly a fan of Clay, but my reaction to Constantine was as close to hate during his season that I could ever feel for a reality tv show contestant. Constantine is too heteroskeevy to resemble Adam, and Clay does not have the proud peacock strutting outrageousness about him that Adam does. I think that there is a tendency, maybe, to lump the theatrical male singers together. Adam reminds me so much more of a cross between a hair band singer, David Bowie and a drag queen.

Though I'm a Tarheel and must, thus, root for Anoop, half my heart lives with Adam this season, and I plan to root for the both of them. I haven't been this excited about a contestant in several years. I can't wait to see what he brings to the competition.

[Bungalow Joy]

I love that he's matter of fact about the boy-kiss issue. It's about time! A viable contestant (read: not Danny Noriega) who doesn't care. In any case, if he loses America I don't think that'll be the issue, but rather the fact that he oversings and does that Japanese kabuki frightmask thing with the tongue and everything. I like the guy a lot and it's tiresome for me too. But if he were to break out "Immigrant Song" I'm taking front seat on the train.

[Konfusion]

Hooray! The Adam Thread!

I knew I was in love the second he walked into that audition room (Me: "My new boyfriend.", Friend: "I don't think you have the parts he likes."). I was smitten when I heard he was in the touring cast of Wicked. And what an awesome surprise to see what an incredible and unique performer he is. Boy can saaaang like nobody's biz, and, I think this is important, he seems like an all-around good fun guy. That's something that I loved about Cook. I wanted to do high school musical theatre with David Cook. We'd have been total BFFs if we'd ever met. That's how I feel about Adam, to an extent. He's not only talented, but I want to hang out with him because he seems awesome and humble. A lot of people have talent, and that's well and good but I don't think it's as nice if you're a dick about it.

He's got the total package to me. Incredible talent, amazing performer (someone said shades of Freddie Mercury with that swagger of his, and they're right)...also, he's smokin'.

I'm done now. I just needed to clear my brain of that before I can start saying intelligent and insightful things about him.

[thursdaynext]

I like that suggestion of "Give in to Me" for Adam next week. I think "Dirty Diana" would be good, but maybe too similar performance-wise to "Satisfaction." I think he needs to focus on a more reigned-in vocal this week. I seem to remember that he listed MJ as a musical influence on his myspace page (I remember it because it struck me as being pretty different from all the other influences there), so he's probably pretty familiar with his music and has one he'd be comfortable with. I think he'll fare better with the theme than most of the others.


ETA: Found it. Here's his cached myspace. And here's his list of musical influences:

Music:
Led Zeppelin, Freddie Mercury, Goldfrapp, Muse, Wolfmother, Chic.E, Queens of the Stone Age, David Bowie, Beck, I Am X, The Colour, Dirty Mercy, Marilyn Mason, Bob Marley, Madonna, Kings of Leon, Junior Boys, Ratatat, Gnarls Barkley, Drugs, T.Rex, Jaimie Lidell, Dag, The Ark, The Scissor Sisters, Elton John, The Who, Christina Aguilera, The White Stripes, Eagles of Death Metal, Keane, Janis Joplin, Radiohead, Automatica, Angie Stone, India.Arie, Hendrix, Bonnie Raitt, Beyonce, Kasabian, Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Donny Hathaway, Micheal Jackson, Peaches, LaBelle, Thievery Corporation, Jeff Buckley, Chris Cornell, Ivy, Scarlett, Mz A Superstar, Alisan Porter, Mother's Finest, Sly Stone, Nikka Costa, Aerosmith, Chili Peppers, Chic, Funkadelic, The Raconteurs, Dave Navarro, The Wiz, Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, VELVET GOLDMINEThis JUSTICE video is SICK!!! JUSTICE : D.A.N.C.E.

Edited by thursdaynext, Mar 6, 2009 @ 4:08 PM.

[Echolalia]

Mother's Finest

I was pretty sold on Adam before I came across this page a few weeks ago, but when I saw Mother's Finest in his list of influences, well, he could do no wrong from there on in. There is no way a 27-year-old white kid from Southern CA should know about the awesomeness that is MF - and yet, proof! I'm thinking Adam is a bona fide record geek. I like that in a person (and it certainly makes for more interesting musicians).

[smart rabbit]

I Am X

I knew it! After hearing Pop Goes The Camera I can absolutely hear Adam putting out an IAMX meets The Presets (maybe some Muse thrown in there?) album, and I'd love for him to bring his quasi dark synthpop to the stage at some point.

Granted the odds of getting the rights for AI are close to nothing, but I'll keep hoping.

Edited by smart rabbit, Mar 6, 2009 @ 4:20 PM.