5.22.12 THE DARK SIDE - Post here if.....

Thanks Bullsfan,
You made me feel better. I need to take the advise Lynne wrote on the news thread about not being so invested in the life paths that our grown children take, but rather step back in a zen manner and just enjoy watching their lives unfold as they live it. I have done this over the past few years with my young adult children and it has been ever so good for me and I think for them too. I need to be more emotionally detached from Adam's career, let it unfold as it will and enjoy what part of his talent he is able to share with the public.

I can't post this in the news thread because mods have said no discussion about Chris Brown. But since someone brought up how come Chris Brown keeps getting good reviews (this after Q Magazine gave Adam a score of 40) ... this made me happy.

Rolling Stone only gave Brown's current album 2 stars in their latest issue, with the comment: "... but deep listening means getting cozy with a guy so reviled mosquitoes won't bite him. On it he brags about his extra large condoms, and, on 'Don't Judge Me' he turns a tender love song into a twitter rant against haters. It will have a broad audience"

However, it was #1 on their Top 40. Go figure.

And here is my scream for the day;

That Q review that made his MC score plummet really made me angst. The first critiques coming from the UK were great - remember? We were so optimistic that Trsp was going to do well there. Having that hope possibly shattered is not something I can easily brush off. Many fans ARE brushing off this "bad" review with comments about "one person's opinion" and "doesn't really matter". Truth is - if the review were stellar we'd think it would matter a LOT. We'd be celebrating & high-five-ing. Sometimes I think we sound like Cook fans rationalizing all news that's less than wonderful.

Maybe that's the best way to cope. I don't know. I just hate to go down that making excuses road. Everything that happens affects his career and his future. The good stuff AND the bad stuff.

Is this too dark for the Dark side? LOL

And now that I've screamed I feel better. And YES I'm still very optimistic about his future. His talent is astounding and can't be forever ignored. Maybe not for Pop though? Don't know. High hopes for Cuckoo!!!

JazzRocks, I am with you on that Q review. I, like many of us, had very high hopes that the UK was going to love Trespassing and make it a hit. Now that hope seems to be gone. This has been a time full of dashed hopes without a doubt. I had high hopes that radio would jump on BTIKM. Then I was very bullish about NCOE being a smash hit because of things like "the PDs liked it best" that we heard. When Trespassing dropped at #1 and the first reviews were positive, my hopes soared again. Now with Trespassing about to fall off BB200 and a MC score much lower than earlier, hopes for this era are again dashed.
I think the Idol rumors are the hardest to take. I feel like I am watching someone I love drowning when someone throws him a lifesaver. My heart breathed a sigh of relief, "Yay he's going to be alright". Then I realized he missed the lifesaver and is going under again.
I can't get too excited about the new single, though I will do my fan duties of requesting, voting, gifting etc. because I think it will be the samething as before. I too am questioning if pop is the right place for him. One thing I do not doubt is that he is an amazing talent and fantastic person.
Sorry this is so dark and sad, but it is how I feel. The emotional swings are hard to take.

I am sure that his management is working very hard to find him exposure, but as far as I can tell massive exposure comes from radio or TV and he needs to be on those a lot to make a dent. With both there are few opportunities and lots of competition. I am happy about PLL but we need a lot more TV than this. One thing that is huge in Adam's favor is that he is an endlessly fascinating person, and the press seems to find him as irresistible as we do. I am always so happy to see him included with the big names on lists like possible Idol judges, Do Something Awards, Sexiest Man in Music etc. The problem is that really there are not many great things available for any artist. The Queen gig should have been pretty big promo IMO, and it basically got no coverage here.

I agree with some of you that maybe pop doesn’t suit him. I even think that he’s too good for pop music these days. People always say that Rock music has died but I believe that it will come back one day. It’s just waited for a savior to bring it back to life. I always have a feeling that Adam is the one.

Just an opinion from someone who is so sick of things like radio ignorance and idol rumors. It’s so sad that such a talent singer, who is also very gorgeous and charismatic, still needs to depend on djs and a show like American Idol to make him a successful artist.