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Post by DancyGeorgia on Mar 4, 2019 23:59:05 GMT -5
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Post by seoulmate on Mar 5, 2019 0:41:48 GMT -5
GT Video was not my favorite of Adam's videos either, might be my least favorite - kind of hurt my eyes to watch it. Feel Something, on the other hand, is very easy on my eyes! lol Yeah, I think I watched the GT vid once, and that was it for me.
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Post by stampsgal on Mar 5, 2019 1:05:29 GMT -5
For Your Entertainment video was a favorite of mine. Not necessarily the song, but I admit the vid was well done. I was kinda "surprised" by the photos of the dancers and their attire but the final product of visuals within the video itself, I thought were pretty cool.
Just venting-- When that song plus video went nowhere (AMA result and the quick new single WWFM) I was shocked when the same director did a vid for Britney Spears that was a huge rip off of the theme etc of FYE. Her vid went huge. I think the director even won an award for it. And FYE WAS WAY BETTER. No justice! (Edit add...MTV best pop vid for Til The World Ends)
When the song does well...the vid does well too. Ie Ghost Town. Love it or not.
Many as a group here know we need a great song that grabs ...crossing fingers and toes for a killer new single. Then the vid will rise on the same level. I love FEEL SOMETHING...such an awesome intro to album 4--and I enjoy playing it! (Some Adam songs I put on Spotify...and walk away and let the playlists play while I shop or whatever!)
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Post by lurleene on Mar 5, 2019 2:30:02 GMT -5
OT: "Shallow" does nothing for me but congrats to GAGA. Her Oscar winning ballad has reached #1. Did not enjoy the performance at the Oscars but it did the job. Lady Gaga scores her first No. 1 song since 2011 with 'Shallow'
Thanks to an increase in single sales, streams, and video views, the A Star Is Born soundtrack hit “Shallow” (performed as a duet between Gaga and her costar-director Bradley Cooper in the Best Picture-nominated romantic drama) has dethroned Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 just over five months after its initial release. www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/lady-gaga-scores-her-first-no-1-song-since-2011-with-shallow/ar-BBUnjrL?li=BBnbfcL
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Post by SophieB on Mar 5, 2019 3:21:01 GMT -5
GT Video was not my favorite of Adam's videos either, might be my least favorite - kind of hurt my eyes to watch it. Feel Something, on the other hand, is very easy on my eyes! lol It was my second to least favorite. Can't believe that was done by someone who was supposed to be renowned. The least favorite was Another Lonely Night. I think I watched it less than 10 times. I think his music videos so far haven’t ‘cashed in’ on one of his greatest assets - his beauty. His looks are as unusually striking and as notable as his voice...he should be capitalising on both. I watched Ghost Town twice - once to make sure it really was that awful! Hurt my eyes and Adam was barely visible. I have no idea why anyone would take such a stunning man and try to hide him in his own promotional video. But Another Lonely Night was the worst for me. Again - watched it twice. I had no interest in the too-literal story line especially as it starred people I didn’t know. And for me, Adam looked at his least attractive and was badly lit, filmed and dressed. I watched Adele beautifully photographed on a hillside for her ‘Hello’ video at the time and wondered why we couldn’t just have a video of a clear and natural and beautiful Adam...much more like the one for Feel Something... which I have now watched far more than all his other videos put together.
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Post by sizzling63 on Mar 5, 2019 3:41:32 GMT -5
6 days after the release of the Ghost Town audio version, the YouTube Official Video had 858,311 views: adamtopia.com/thread/2962/ghost-town-racks-online-streamingThe Music Video premiered on April 29, 2015: adamtopia.com/thread/2966/29-premiere-great-radio-add6 days later, on May 4, 2015, it had 787,430 views: adamtopia.com/thread/2971/ghost-moves-radio-airplay-chartsFeel Something Live Video was published on Feb 27, 2019, almost 6 days ago. It has 2,074,971 right now. So it is advancing about 2.6x faster than Ghost Town the Music Video; 2.4x faster than the audio version. Ghost Town the Music Video hit 1 million views on May 6, 2015; 1.5 million on May 15, 2015; 2 million on May 21, 2015. In other words, it reached the same number of views as Feel Something the Live Video about 4x slower. I liked the GT video but it was never one of my favorites. There did not seem to be much of a concept. There was too little Adam and more of his friends dancing. There was dancing in the FYE video as well but there was a connection. And it showcased sexy Adam a lot and the dancers only helped advance his dominating presence. They were the props for whatever he had in store for some lucky person (s), lol. That is still one of my favorite videos. Also liked BTIKM and WWFM. I guess I just like to see more of Adam and less of others. The GT video made me dizzy and I could not connect, even though the few glimpses of Adam were really good. Not enough for me though. In contrast, the FS live video hits a very different chord for me and pulls me in, similar to WWFM, which was a pretty successful video, wasn't it? FYE was plain fun and sexy, but I don't need Adam to revisit that page again. He has evolved beautifully. I think my favorite music videos up until "Feel Something" were FYE and WWFM. ALN was the worst for me. I got nothing out of it and for me it was the least flattering for Adam visually. I kept thinking that it shouldn't be so hard to make this beautiful man shine in his own video. Thank goodness that the drought is over and that we got treated to "Feel Something". My prayers were heard. First time in a loooong time that his music video capitalized on both his good looks and his voice (as SophieB suggested).
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Post by sizzling63 on Mar 5, 2019 3:49:33 GMT -5
I agree this song is connecting and connecting in a very deep and heartfelt way. I think FS will continue to be very meaningful to fans and non fans alike.. It has that universal appeal,,feelings people can identify with.Adam's honesty has struck an emotional chord with Feel Something..Isn't that what very loved songs do I think I've been pretty vocal that I didn't like Two Fux and Welcome to the Show. I really didn't have any desire to listen to those songs after the first few listens. I've been playing the live version of Feel Something over and over and I am not sick of it yet. I saw 6 reaction videos from people who were already fans, all very positive. There was a negative one from a non-fan but I didn't watch it. Someone who said Adam wasn't authentic. What???? It's about Adam, how can you get more authentic than that? I agree with someone here who said this is like Adam's Believe. It has that vibe.Yup. I said it a few days ago actually, but I can't be the only one. Both songs connect emotionally and the message is universal. Additionally, Adam's soft and carefully nuanced vocals aren't even trying hard, they simply convey a message.
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Post by lurleene on Mar 5, 2019 3:52:53 GMT -5
It was my second to least favorite. Can't believe that was done by someone who was supposed to be renowned. The least favorite was Another Lonely Night. I think I watched it less than 10 times. I think his music videos so far haven’t ‘cashed in’ on one of his greatest assets - his beauty. His looks are as unusually striking and as notable as his voice...he should be capitalising on both. I watched Ghost Town twice - once to make sure it really was that awful! Hurt my eyes and Adam was barely visible. I have no idea why anyone would take such a stunning man and try to hide him in his own promotional video.But Another Lonely Night was the worst for me. Again - watched it twice. I had no interest in the too-literal story line especially as it starred people I didn’t know. And for me, Adam looked at his least attractive and was badly lit, filmed and dressed. I watched Adele beautifully photographed on a hillside for her ‘Hello’ video at the time and wondered why we couldn’t just have a video of a clear and natural and beautiful Adam...much more like the one for Feel Something... which I have now watched far more than all his other videos put together. I think that is the part that annoyed me the most. My heart is a Ghost Town so why in the heck would anyone want to see a bunch of dancers strutting and doing their thing and having a grand old time? It seemed more of a showcase for friends dancing instead of showcasing Adam. I guess that is why I have never enjoyed most of Gaga's videos. Most of them (and her award show performances) looked the same with a bunch of dancers doing what looks like the same old thing. And I suppose that is why I love Adam performing with Queen so much. He is front and center and performing and rocking with the band. Nothing is needed to hold your attention but his voice and his smooth organic and sexy moves with a band rocking out. And "Believe" and "Feel Something" force you feel his emotion and make a powerful statement with beauty and maturity. I sure hope we get more of his music with substance released as he has had many on his albums but only fans got a taste.
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Post by nic42 on Mar 5, 2019 4:56:58 GMT -5
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Post by skaschep on Mar 5, 2019 9:34:11 GMT -5
I also loved the Ghost Town video although I must agree that because of the way it is edited it flashes a lot and not everybody will find that comfortable. The editing is brilliant though. As nic42 says there are so much frames put together that I watched it several times and every time you would see other frames. A lot of frames with Adam are hidden in those flashes.
The only thing that bothers me about the video is that they cleaned up his cheeks too obvious in one of the first shots. It just looks so unnatural to me. I noticed they cleaned up his cheeks in the Feel Something Live video as well, but this is less obvious as it's more a smooth filter to even things out. In both his scars are not visible while you normally should see them.
The Ghost Town video is his most viewed video and it's still doing about 20-25k views per day so I guess it still connects with people. The video for Whataya Want From Me is viewed more for quite a while already (it did 275k views last week), but I think this has to do with how YouTube suggests videos and filters. When they introduced the family filter I can remember the GT video was nowhere to be seen. As were a lot of other of Adam's videos. This impacted his views a lot.
After GT and WWFM it's If I Had You which is viewed the most with about 16k / day. The others are doing way less. NCOE and FYE about 9k / day.
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