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Post by happy on Jul 10, 2020 23:45:30 GMT -5
Hard to believe that it was just a year ago this evening that I was in the Rogers Arena standing with about 18,000 people enraptured by the Rhapsody Tour!!
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Post by deb5anne on Jul 11, 2020 0:19:37 GMT -5
Tbh maybe a different viewpoint. But I think we should be generally content with Adam's level of success. It's not megastardom like some might of predicted. But he is an international star. He has had steady success for so many years. He well outlast most of the popstars you see today. He well have longevity. His work with Queen is legendary. He's a legend. He may never reach any real level of commercial acclaim. But I've been following Adam since 2009. I'm quite satisfied with his level of success. This is just my point of view. I don't mean to belittle anyone else's opinions I'm right with you on this. He's unique- he's got 2 parts to his career that not many could pull off. He's still young and there's more to come. He's evolved in the past 11 years so much and he seems to be getting new fans now. I'm in for the long haul for sure. But I do hope Velvet gets a nomination it deserves it.
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Post by lurleene on Jul 11, 2020 1:27:49 GMT -5
Tbh maybe a different viewpoint. But I think we should be generally content with Adam's level of success. It's not megastardom like some might of predicted. But he is an international star. He has had steady success for so many years. He well outlast most of the popstars you see today. He well have longevity. His work with Queen is legendary. He's a legend. He may never reach any real level of commercial acclaim. But I've been following Adam since 2009. I'm quite satisfied with his level of success. This is just my point of view. I don't mean to belittle anyone else's opinions I'm right with you on this. He's unique- he's got 2 parts to his career that not many could pull off. He's still young and there's more to come. He's evolved in the past 11 years so much and he seems to be getting new fans now. I'm in for the long haul for sure. But I do hope Velvet gets a nomination it deserves it.Agree. Wanting Adam to have more achievements or recognition does not translate to thinking he does not have great success. The fans here express it all the time of how proud we are of all he has accomplished with QAL and his solo work. He is proud of his success as well but I'm sure he would not mind having even more. And how could anyone miss our gushing over his achievements between the gushing over his looks, lol? But even Beyonce and Gaga and SS and Carrie fans want more for their favorites. They have a meltdown if they win only two Grammy's instead of five. Or if they don't get nominated every single year. I had to laugh at Carrie's fans who are pis*ed that she had only one song from her last album go to #1 and 2 had the nerve to stop at top 10. Geez. I wish. It seems pretty normal for us to pull for Adam the same way others pull for their favorites. We just like talking about him. Still not interested in any of his ex-boyfriends or many of his friends tho. HAHA. So I scroll.
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Post by girldrummer on Jul 11, 2020 8:41:23 GMT -5
Well, I consider myself a devoted, active fan who does have a real life above and beyond Adam. Lots of family, different things I do in my life that are not Adam-related. It's a good thing. Like I said earlier, I just want him to win some awards now and then. He shouldn't have to wait till he gets a "Lifetime Achievement Award" thirty years from now in order to win something. An occasional bit of official, tangible recognition would feel really good for him and his fans. He is earning it every single day. Speaking of every single day, I wonder what Adam has been doing these past few days? Been pretty quiet out there. I get where you are coming from and I agree. Loving Adam does not mean there is nothing else going on in anyone's life. And I want him to get more recognition too. But sometimes I just try to back away, lol. I just read an article about Frank Ocean and they were basically giving him ALL the credit for putting out gay artists in the mainstream. Frank set the stage for others to follow. They even talked about his #2 album on the Billboard 200. No mention of the guy who was actually the 1st out gay artist to have a #1 on Billboard 200, lol. They mentioned his impact on artists like Halsey and Billie and some others, who were able to embrace the "weird" because of Frank. But I guess they could not bring up Adam or even SS cause that would defeat the narrative. And they brought up all of Frank's Grammy's but it was SS who actually got so many of them in a more competitive genre (I doubt he could do that now tho). I understood the article was about Frank and he has achieved a lot but it did sting a bit. Tho they talked of his impact in the AA community, and that was accurate, but they still gave him all the credit overall. Adam was putting up with all the crap from the time he stepped foot on the Idol stage and then some. All the publicity about him was widespread and international so it is not as if no one knows. And it was before any of these others had an audience. The media did the same thing when they thought Troye was going to blow up. They always want Adam to talk about being gay, well let him talk about being the trailblazer that he s too. It would be nice if Adam's impact was also recognized a little more often. Ditto to everything you said. Your last sentence is pretty much what I am getting at. He was, and still is, pivotal in the progress of gay artists. His name should always be in the conversation. Always.
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