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Post by Avari on Jul 10, 2014 14:40:06 GMT -5
Stupid question, but if you are going to a particular show, how do you get your twitter added to the twitter list for that show?? |
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Post by murly on Jul 10, 2014 14:42:31 GMT -5
Don't hesitate to go to a concert if you don't have anyone to go with. I attended both concerts in Las Vegas by myself. The first night I sat next to an Adam fan from Idaho and the next night I was seated next to woman from Geprgia. I had a great time talking to them before and after the concert. Both nights we had to be shooed out by the cleanup crew. I love that you brought this up! So many people are fearful of going to an event like this alone. But when you're part of a fandom, you're never going to be alone in these situations! It's fun to be with friends, but it's also fun to meet new friends with whom you can share the experience. |
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Post by stardust on Jul 10, 2014 14:49:06 GMT -5
Very touching. It reminded me that I was going to tell about my older brother, a 60-year-old guitarist and lover of all things musical. While I was visiting him during the start of the QAL tour, he asked if I had any more Adam videos to show him. (He doesn't do computers, so I have made special DVDs for him over the last couple years.) He really enjoys Adam. So we watched the iHeart tour preview and the Chicago Killer Queen on my laptop in my mother's living room. As we finished, my mom sad that my brother looks like he really enjoyed it and might have been teary eyed. He confessed, he did get teary. Songs of his youth. I don't remember him being a Queen fan, but certainly he knew the music. For a couple years, my mother, who is in dementia but still living "alone" next door to my brother, has stated that she does not like to have the radio on or any music. She just prefers silence nowadays. However, she is now visiting my sister and hubby who have been playing a stack of CDs of music from Mom's youth. Sis and hubby put headphones on her because she has hearing loss, and apparently she is sitting still with complete focus listening to this music. She has the CD cases all lined up in front of her so she can look at the tracks and liner notes. Then she's ready to listen again. Also, she is a musician and quit playing the cello a few years ago (she's 87). (Yes, we are all musicians in my family.) However, my guitarist brother has somehow gotten her to take her cello to nursing homes where he enjoys playing for the old folks. She has been improvising along with him, even on songs she barely knows. She's never done improv before. What a great creative outlet and mental exercise for her--and an example of how to keep on truckin' in old age. While I was visiting one of these nursing home gigs, another lady got up front and did a soft-shoe dance routine. I love the arts! Holst, I love this post and it brought tears to my eyes. I worked in Hospice for many years and it is amazing the joy and comfort music can bring to the elderly and the sick. Thank you! |
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Post by Kamar on Jul 10, 2014 14:53:01 GMT -5
Adam is great and all but he is no Harry Potter .
*he does put a spell on me tho*
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Post by Q3 on Jul 10, 2014 14:58:21 GMT -5
Not really a review, but a little blurb in www.nytimes.comwww.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/arts/music/stepping-in-out-in-front.htmlIt used to be called the Sammy Hagar Conundrum and lately has been rebranded as the Arnel Pineda Provocation: What to do when your favorite band takes to the road, and the recording studio, with a new person out front singing? This is an especially perplexing circumstance for fans of Queen, whose frontman, Freddie Mercury, died in 1991, and left a long shadow — in voice and attitude — that few would even try to fill. But the rest of the band members are mindful of the group’s legacy, and are always on the lookout for opportunities, though they may not have expected to find one on the “American Idol” stage. It was there in 2009 that they collaborated with Adam Lambert, the most theatrical contestant in the show’s history, and one of its most gifted vocalists, too. (They also played with the eventual winner, Kris Allen, a mouse next to Lambert’s cheetah.) Five years later, Mr. Lambert is fronting Queen on tour — no Freddie Mercury, but an unexpected, worthy place holder. (Thursday, Madison Square Garden; thegarden.com.) Just a small note on this concert preview: this was written by Jon Caramanica, one of the NY Times music critics. He has not been a fan of Adam's in the past -- he was very critical of Adam during American Idol, and he panned FYE (the Times didn't review Trespassing). So, this is very high praise coming from Mr. Caramanica. It looks like he may be finally coming around -- he'll likely never be a Glambert, but acknowledging Adam as "one of Idol's most gifted vocalists" and "a worthy placeholder" for Freddie is nice to see. I don't think he has come around -- he has linked Adam to Freddie since 2009. But this is great because Jon is not "glambert" reviewer -- and really has been critical of Adam in the past. There are exception and he strikes me as a critic who wanted something more or different from Adam -- he wrote this right after the Idol Finale: In 2013 when writing about TV Reality singers, he wrote this: And Jon gave Adam a good review for Idols Live! in 2009. |
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Post by happycat14 on Jul 10, 2014 15:01:41 GMT -5
Not really a review, but a little blurb in www.nytimes.comwww.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/arts/music/stepping-in-out-in-front.htmlIt used to be called the Sammy Hagar Conundrum and lately has been rebranded as the Arnel Pineda Provocation: What to do when your favorite band takes to the road, and the recording studio, with a new person out front singing? This is an especially perplexing circumstance for fans of Queen, whose frontman, Freddie Mercury, died in 1991, and left a long shadow — in voice and attitude — that few would even try to fill. But the rest of the band members are mindful of the group’s legacy, and are always on the lookout for opportunities, though they may not have expected to find one on the “American Idol” stage. It was there in 2009 that they collaborated with Adam Lambert, the most theatrical contestant in the show’s history, and one of its most gifted vocalists, too. (They also played with the eventual winner, Kris Allen, a mouse next to Lambert’s cheetah.) Five years later, Mr. Lambert is fronting Queen on tour — no Freddie Mercury, but an unexpected, worthy place holder. (Thursday, Madison Square Garden; thegarden.com.) Just a small note on this concert preview: this was written by Jon Caramanica, one of the NY Times music critics. He has not been a fan of Adam's in the past -- he was very critical of Adam during American Idol, and he panned FYE (the Times didn't review Trespassing). So, this is very high praise coming from Mr. Caramanica. It looks like he may be finally coming around -- he'll likely never be a Glambert, but acknowledging Adam as "one of Idol's most gifted vocalists" and "a worthy placeholder" for Freddie is nice to see. He came around. He didn't like Adam on the show but called the American Idol Live show the Adam lambert concert with 9 supporting acts: www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/arts/music/11idols.html?_r=0Eta: what Q3 said! |
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Post by Q3 on Jul 10, 2014 15:06:22 GMT -5
Of course, all I need is Adam on a purple velvet, gold guilded chaise!  Oh I love it! I have a small request -- and I am not sure it can be done -- but can you do a "Love Kills" Adam and Brian smiley and a UP Adam and Roger Smiley? |
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Post by Q3 on Jul 10, 2014 15:08:16 GMT -5
Avicii's Lay Me Down (feat. Adam Lambert) has move up to No. 30 on the US Dance Radio Airplay chart.
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Post by Q3 on Jul 10, 2014 15:39:27 GMT -5
Stupid question, but if you are going to a particular show, how do you get your twitter added to the twitter list for that show?? Tweet to @adam_Events with a show and a request to be added. Here is an example: ♡ elysenzglambert ♡ elyse Jul 8 @adam_events can you add @xiihy4lyfx and myself to the list for the August 26th show in Sydney? Thanks  She is really fast with additions. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 15:56:55 GMT -5
Just a small note on this concert preview: this was written by Jon Caramanica, one of the NY Times music critics. He has not been a fan of Adam's in the past -- he was very critical of Adam during American Idol, and he panned FYE (the Times didn't review Trespassing). So, this is very high praise coming from Mr. Caramanica. It looks like he may be finally coming around -- he'll likely never be a Glambert, but acknowledging Adam as "one of Idol's most gifted vocalists" and "a worthy placeholder" for Freddie is nice to see. He came around. He didn't like Adam on the show but called the American Idol Live show the Adam lambert concert with 9 supporting acts: www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/arts/music/11idols.html?_r=0Eta: what Q3 said! Yes, he praised Adam during the Idol tour, but subsequent to that he panned FYE and in this interview in 2011 with Jim Cantiello, he was still calling Adam "an overfed theater kid" (click on Part 1 below). So this most recent article is pretty positive for him, and is nice to see since he has for the most part not been a fan. ETA: For some reason, I can see the video when I click on "edit post", but not in the thread. Oh well, here is the link: www.mtv.com/videos/news/652049/welcome-to-idol-party-live-with-jim-cantiello.jhtml#id=1663736www.mtv.com/videos/news/652067/jacob-lusk-chit-chats-with-jim.jhtml#id=1663736 |
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