8.27.13 Adam at the VMAs, more news

Honestly?  Hated, hated, hated it.

Strangely enough, I didn't even NOTICE the crotch grabs or many of the other tidbits in the performance that others took offence to.  But (to be cliched), it was pitchy dawg.  And I had rarely heard Adam pitchy.  (Which then puts a crimper on all the previous performances that night where those of us participating in the live blogs were going "Pshaw, Adam will do WAY better than that!" during multiple earlier sub-par sound issues).

But the weirdest, most cringing thing, was that Adam didn't seem to be having any fun.  Or caring if the audience had fun.  Which came off...badly for those of us who were used to how he handled performances on Idol.  Because even after an Idol set where he was serious, or sad, or whatnot - after the music ended - Adam always grinned to show he was in on the act.  He was happy and we were happy right along with him.  Conversely, Adam was ANGRY at the AMAs.  Both during and after he sang.  And then he jutted out his jaw and pretty much stated that he didn't care if people liked him or not.  Which was 180 degrees off from everything we'd ever experienced.

Seeing Adam mad made me mad.  But because the performance was (for him) meh, and he didn't seem to care, I found myself getting mad at him, not with him.  I had to physically walk away for a while to straighten my head out and figure out if I wanted to figure out what the hell happened.

Well, I'm still here and stanning.  So I obviously decided to stick around long enough to observe the aftermath.     

 

have to wonder how she really meant that word! I suppose she had to stand up for her son but he certainly was complicit.

Adam put the "double standard" in all our faces during his AMA performance. I think we needed that. I was just sick that he may have dumped his career. Frankly, I lost sleep over it. I was flabbergasted and then sooooo proud that he didn't apologize. He has made me see so many things from a different angle. If people would just watch and listen, they could learn a lot from him. I don't know where he gets his wisdom, maybe he is an old soul, but he has taken me down paths that I have never ventured.

Also, I couldn't believe that he fell and I couldn't believe that he didn't sound like himself. He seemed so wired that night - even whizzing down the red carpet; running late.

I'm getting anxious about it all over again just reading these posts!!


eta: and, I was pissed that the performance pretty much killed FYE as a single. I love that song. 

I was very proud of Adam with the way he handled the fall-out from the AMAs. He explained but did not apologize, and he was utterly charming in every interview. Remember his appearance on The View? Even Elisabeth Hasselbeck was enamored of him and defending him. That was the appearance when Joy said he wasn't a typical Jewish boy and he smiled and acknowledged, "My dreidel spins the other way." I think thousands of viewers fell in love with him at that moment. Adam is a master at making lemonade out of lemons.