4.28.14 Stormy weather, Adam Lambert Playlist tracklis

Also, I need to believe him. I don't want to be standing there, watching him promoting a song, and wondering if he is faking it or not. I believe him, is the thing.

Yes he did play Huck Finn in "Big River". 

ETA: The Adam with piglet photo was from when he was in Huck Finn.

Adam was in Secret Garden 2 times!!

From 4M's timeline -- an amazing treasure trove!!


1999: Adam played the role of Uncle Archibald in Mt. Carmel High School spring musical "The Secret Garden". He sang "Lily's Eyes" and stopped the show with a standing ovation every night.

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I am not sure which time this is -- but think you are right that it is High School.


I wanted to comment on the three bold sections -- I added to blue numbers.

1. I do not believe anyone (including Adam or us) knows what Adam's potential is. A3 might give an idea or not. RCA knew who they signed. I think the RCA gap was figuring out who Adam's market was/is. And that is not an easy one to figure out. American Idol buyers (and RCA knows them better than anyone) are very conservative and tend to like Adult Pop, Soft Rock and Country music.  Adam does not fit that well and had to transition away from that audience. That is way I believe that the AMAs were a good thing -- it helped him escape the Idol world a bit.

2. I think fans (including me) may be being a bit unfair to RCA. A label looks at music as product -- commercial product -- that they have to sell. Trespassing was not an easy album to market because it does not align well with an audience. I think the Trespassing lead singles were poor choices but we will never know what would have happened if "Cuckoo" of "Naked Love" was the lead single. Artistically, I think Trespassing was pretty successful as was FYE, but commercially Trespassing was not what RCA, Adam or fans hoped for. Some of that has to do with the album and with Adam lack of focus on a unification principle -- theme, music, etc. It was a bit of a mix of genres and ideas -- although less so than FYE. 

Frankly, I think RCA's biggest failure with Adam was that they did not provide him with a creative environment that would allow him to achieve his potential. They allowed Adam to be Exec Producer and appear to have left him pretty much on his own until Fall 2011 when he showed up with his demos -- except for BTIKM the labels "son of WWFM" track they had him record.

3. What is happening at IDJMG is not just a split but it is nothing like what happened at Sony Music Entertainment (SEM). Within IDJMG, Island is staying pretty much intact but other business units are being reorganized.

SEM was downsized significantly to bring costs in line with revenues. As part of this they put out some spin for the investor and So if you think Adam was not well served in the post Doug Morris RCA (after July 2011), then you do not want him in a UMG label.

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We have at least one major producer working with Adam, that the writing process involved an organized writing camp and not a disconnected set of producer/writer sessions like FYE and Trespassing, and that Adam seems to be more focused than ever. I am very optimistic that Adam has found a good working relationship with whoever is bankrolling this and that we will get an excellent album.

Very happy to see the playlist for The Very Best of Adam Lambert soon to be released by RCA...LOL bought 2 sight unseen just because I have to have any hard disc recording by Adam (even Take One and the one released by the bad boy guitarist...sh-h-h-h).

OH MY...the BD Chokehold is  .

Look at my avi...Adam looks perfectly gorgeous...I really don't see much of a change, except for the hair...and when did he get the little diamond earring on his left ear?