12.13.12 Adam News and Info

IDK.. I didn't remember feeling that pain when he thank everybody but his fans on FYE Liner Notes. I think it's understandable to thank all the people that he knows for decades that have been with Adam, supporting him for years and to see that finally that dream would comes true. In 2009 after Idol, who exactly his fans were? A lot of them were fickle Idol fans and they left him because of a lot of things, because the AMA, because Trespassing's pop album not a rock album, and so on ... and so on.
His fans that stay with him now are the ones he thanks for and he did on the Trespassing Liner Notes and so many times in every interview.

I'm sorry counselor, I don't share these feelings at all. As a fan, I don't expect or want gratitude from Adam. He doesnt owe me a thing!

But I do respect that this is your opinion. I'm just sorry you feel this way.

It was in the Tacoma Dome. I was there too

@mys*&@^#r, thanks for bringing that chart over, that is interesting.
I think the reason Strut is relatively high in single d/l totals is because it was performed live early on, on Ellen (and a great performance it was!).

And as you can see, there is a big jump from the tracks with high exposure (WWFM, IIHY, FYE, TFM) down to the next group that is lead by Strut in 5th place since Ellen debut, but very closely followed by two others. I don't think that it was ever voted as favorite in any poll. I do believe though that it was one of Adam's favorites, hence his choice of direction in TSP.

My family and close friends do know about my interest or even obsession, but it does not interest them as a topic. It only interests them in the context of me putting time into something they could not care less about and they consider worthless. There is no attempt to even try to understand me. To them, being interested in pop music, or supporting an artist is completely off the wall. They don't have any questions for me, because they have not even the beginnings that would allow them to ask any. They would not have a clue about charts, current music trends, the music biz in general, etc. They don't actively listen to pop. It is just background noise in public places and not worthy of any attention or effort on their part.

Now the LGBT cause, that is for some more interesting, but the moment I take the discussion from the general to the specific example of Adam, their eyes glaze over. It is not personal or directed towards Adam, it just is not their world and they don't understand why it has become mine.

It is what it is. My brother at least knows a few Queen tracks, so I tried that angle. He has those records and plays them, there is no interest to explore, interpret, enjoy the track sung by somebody different, talk about it, whatever....its just a track on the playlist that gets consumed. He knows that Adam sang with Queen, but there is no concept of whether this is an achievement or not, what is important about that or what could be interesting about that.

I just live with the fact that this is my hobby that I enjoy with a new group of friends, but not with the folks closest to me. My husband is supportive of me, but not interested. He cares, because he knows that I do. He listed to the Sandy Relief concert yesterday (up to the Who). There is some overlap in music interests, but Adam is not part of his world. He enjoys more the bands and their instrumental contributions. Vocals were just never his focus. But he has absorbed a thing or two via me. We chat every once in a while about Adam related stuff, but I try not to start bugging him with it, so it does not nearly reflect the level of interest I actually have.

I have a nephew who will get the remix TSP for Xmas. We will see what happens there. So, I do try to integrate it, but it is a cold sell, if you know what I mean.