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Post by 4EverAdam on Jan 25, 2015 18:13:27 GMT -5
My $5 to the guessing game is for single title is "Sublime Vision". What if in the middle of the night you have an "ah ha" moment and have another title? Can we put another fiver in the pot?  |
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Post by rihannsu on Jan 25, 2015 18:14:57 GMT -5
Yes, Adam has grown more into the Queen catalog over the years, but the two SSR examples from above (2012 vs 2015) imo actually prove the opposite. Adam was already there in 2012, and he even then had the Hammersmith audience in the palm of his hand (there were tons of tweets from major Queen fans confirming this at the time). But he and Queen did not have the media approval yet. Money talks loudly, and Queen sells out arenas across the globe now and every promoter in the world knows that. Promoters want nothing more than a surefire sell-out arena tour. Those are far and few between. Then, once the BBC endorsed the venture with their NYE gig, every reporter who previously side-eyed them, in the interest of self-preservation as a credible journalist, now could safely flip in his/her opinion, and sing QAL's praises. It has everything to do with the soil being ready this time, and the smallest difference imo is Adam himself. Yes, some songs have gotten tighter, he owns DSMN now, can take selfies while singing along. But he was brilliant in 2012 too, the media just did not want to believe it yet, and in the US, especially the most established newspaper reporters, the ones with the most personal risk of looking like fools, did not want to believe it in 2014 either. They wrote those very few most critical reports. But given that the majority of the US did not know that yet or did not care, they got away with it. Adam has stayed his course, but the world he is walking in is changing for him, and NYE UK was a landslide of a change. I think it will make a huge difference going forward, especially if BBC now supports his single, which we will have to see. I am hopeful, this will happen. Love the new soft promotion and how WB is proud to have him on board. Yes, they get it, hope they are successful with everything they have planned for him. ===== Btw, does anyone know, why it is the South African WB twitter handle that happens to be so actively promoting Adam at this point? Are they having a bigger role than just representing SA? I doubt it, may just be that the person running that particular account happens to be excited about it. They tweeted the announcement after the main WBR twitter did and got response so they continued to engage with fans. |
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Post by Craazyforadam on Jan 25, 2015 18:15:51 GMT -5
I love all your brilliant ideas for single! What a cute chart. Somehow, I don't have any ideas for that one today. My brain is just in love with this picture and I want to stare into his eyes and not think about a title. Somehow these eyes just make me feel dreamy.
And as far as certain not to be named fan-boards are concerned:
Wisdom is not what they are full of.
And that is all I am going to say about somebody playing instead of Brian or certain vibrato discussions.
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Post by Avari on Jan 25, 2015 18:31:26 GMT -5
Ok my turn. $5 on "Divided" being the name if the first single. Lol, or "Surprise!!!" Because he looks so much like a kid hiding behind something about to spring out at you. No, really I have no clue. I don't think the picture has any meaning other than he's trying NOT to give us any clues. |
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Post by LindaG23 on Jan 25, 2015 18:33:35 GMT -5
My $5 to the guessing game is for single title is "Sublime Vision". What if in the middle of the night you have an "ah ha" moment and have another title? Can we put another fiver in the pot? I have added it to the chart. I don't think there are any rules, I have just been adding titles as I see them. Heck, I don't even know why some people have doubled down or raised the ante. Hoppers started all this, so she gets first say if any rules are required. ETA: Avari, you are added too. |
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Post by thelambertluvva on Jan 25, 2015 18:37:11 GMT -5
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Post by nica575 on Jan 25, 2015 18:40:30 GMT -5
I've also been trying to figure out what is different this time around. On QOL, many posters said that Adam has toned down, and thought that was a good thing. I read comments that his vibrato was more controlled, and he did less "warbling", which someone corrected as melisma, because he "can". As I mentioned in the past, I hardly detect vibrato now, although I've read comments on YouTube to the effect that every note he sings is "bad" vibrato. Just don't get it. Of course, these people did not go to a show. Pleasantly, I have not read any super negative comments from any attendee this time around. It's pretty amazing actually. Even the Ticketmaster reviews are up to 276, still only 2 3-star, less than 20 4 star and the rest 5 star. Those complaining about Adam's vibrato are totally and utterly ignorant of singing technique and consequently they should be totally and utterly ignored. He is ALWAYS IN CONTROL of his instrument. (Unlike their own idol - sorry, I couldn't resist). Controlled and appropriate vibrato is a tool in the vast arsenal of proper singing tools. I've not detected any unnecessary vibrato in Adam's singing. (Even the infamous Burning Man one had perfect vibrato for that particular "goat" thingy...)
In general the "complainers" are now so desperate to find something "negative" that in the absence of such they are starting to come up with some truly idiotic stuff...(like complaining about the humorous interpretation of STL instead of the suffering one) but as always, it is quite entraining... the amazing thing though is that there are fewer and fewer naysayers left...every concert .... it is beautiful to watch! |
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Post by HoppersSkippersMiners on Jan 25, 2015 18:42:21 GMT -5
My $5 to the guessing game is for single title is "Sublime Vision". What if in the middle of the night you have an "ah ha" moment and have another title? Can we put another fiver in the pot? I have added it to the chart. I don't think there are any rules, I have just been adding titles as I see them. Heck, I don't even know why some people have doubled down or raised the ante. Hoppers started all this, so she gets first say if any rules are required. ETA: Avari, you are added too. <laughs> There ain't no rules! Enter as many times as ya like with as much Monopoly money as you wanna toss down. Tis all in fun. Unless (holy cow) one of us actually gets it right in which case we might have to come up with a kick-ass prize !!  |
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Post by nica575 on Jan 25, 2015 18:46:12 GMT -5
Yes, Adam has grown more into the Queen catalog over the years, but the two SSR examples from above (2012 vs 2015) imo actually prove the opposite. Adam was already there in 2012, and he even then had the Hammersmith audience in the palm of his hand (there were tons of tweets from major Queen fans confirming this at the time). But he and Queen did not have the media approval yet. Money talks loudly, and Queen sells out arenas across the globe now and every promoter in the world knows that. Promoters want nothing more than a surefire sell-out arena tour. Those are far and few between. Then, once the BBC endorsed the venture with their NYE gig, every reporter who previously side-eyed them, in the interest of self-preservation as a credible journalist, now could safely flip in his/her opinion, and sing QAL's praises. It has everything to do with the soil being ready this time, and the smallest difference imo is Adam himself. Yes, some songs have gotten tighter, he owns DSMN now, can take selfies while singing along. But he was brilliant in 2012 too, the media just did not want to believe it yet, and in the US, especially the most established newspaper reporters, the ones with the most personal risk of looking like fools, did not want to believe it in 2014 either. They wrote those very few most critical reports. But given that the majority of the US did not know that yet or did not care, they got away with it. Adam has stayed his course, but the world he is walking in is changing for him, and NYE UK was a landslide of a change. I think it will make a huge difference going forward, especially if BBC now supports his single, which we will have to see. I am hopeful, this will happen. Love the new soft promotion and how WB is proud to have him on board. Yes, they get it, hope they are successful with everything they have planned for him.  |
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