7.12.13 Adam leaves RCA

shimoli710, thanks for the translation. Looks well done to me (as if I would know). Too bad about their miss on the QAL concerts. Maybe they used Rolling Stone as their source.

On these anniversaries of the legendary QAL shows, I am pausing to think how I would have felt yesterday and today if the celebration of that magnificent run of concerts did not coincide with the Glee announcement - an incredibly major step forward in Adam's career.  

I find myself so unbelievably grateful that the timing was what it was.  Although we all totally believe in Adam and his destiny as a titanic  force in the industry and also in a generational sense, I think my inner child would be saying but........what's next?  Where did this all lead?  I see an empty stretch of time not filled on a calendar that should be jammed full.  I feel unease about the direction, timing and acceptance of A3.  I hear voices like my friends in San Diego saying, what ever happened with Adam?  I never hear him on the radio?  I think about people like the virgins I danced with in SD that didn't even know he had a second album or anything about Queen or ANYTHING!  

So as I watch that almost mythical interaction of Adam, the audience and especially Brian over these few days , my mind might have gone to the place of, "here is the top of this mountain - you weren't there to share it.  Where and when is the next mountain peak?"  I have already learned my lesson about regret - and I am definitely not one to dwell on regrets. I now know to trust the voice that tells me - go for this, it is history. I didn't listen. I found reasons not to go. I won't do that again.

But instead, with the backdrop of this unbelievable opening on an iconic made to order primetime TV show and even more unbelievable response from the whole world press and music community, I watch the Queen shows again with happy tears pouring down my cheeks rather than bittersweet ones. I rejoice in what will be the inevitable outcome of this endeavor.  I squee at the thought of seeing him weave his magic for this country and the world with the enormous exposure.  And, I ask again for the millionth time, "what is this relationship with this boy?  What is this relationship with all of you?  It is utterly unexplainable and utterly precious.