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Post by nica575 on Feb 9, 2015 23:08:52 GMT -5
Should we take this as a good sign?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2015 23:10:37 GMT -5
Are Sam Smith and Adam the only two gay artists in the business right now? Adam has fought so hard to be known first as an artist. He is also a gay man and has varied colored hairstyles and likes to buy clothes. And here we are comparing 'gay' to 'gay'. I don't get it. Adam and Sam are polar opposites. Adam's career will take its course based on timing and the right singles IMO. We know Adam has the talent. Many mainstream listeners do not. The biz is a crap shoot. I think Adam is positioned very strongly through his tireless work ethic and some grand opportunities. May TOH be the music to catapult Adam to a wider audience. Adam wants this and I sure as hell want it for him too. Adam is the alpha and the omega of his own equation and creation. What SS has to do with Adam's career, I have no clue. Talk about degrees of separation. Man, I ate some mean chiles for lunch. Good chilis there
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2015 23:10:50 GMT -5
Adam never changed the pronoun in Fever to "she". He has always sung it as "he". In interviews around the time of the launch of FYE he said that he and Lady Gaga (who wrote the song and was in the studio when he recorded it) discussed whether he should change the pronoun and they both agreed that he should leave it as "he". Adam has never compromised on this song. He even kissed TommyJoe every performance during the GNT to reinforce its meaning. No he didn't kiss Tommy at the 2 GNT concerts that I attended (Denver and Houston), I know because I so so so wanted to see that live LOL!!! Oops! Sorry ... Should have said almost every performance.
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Post by tinafea on Feb 9, 2015 23:12:40 GMT -5
ITA --- the discussion started when Q3 stated that SS's success is "good for Adam" exactly because SS is also gay. Some of us disagreed and explained the reasons, with several posting pretty much along the same lines (Sam=safe & asexual = the opposite of Adam ---> how can it be good for Adam?) . This discussion has nothing to do with anyone's appreciation of SS. I am not going to argue, I never specifically said Sam Smith. I just read the thread start to finish before posting. There are comments about how bland he is and not really worthy of his recognition. YMMV but I have seen more than once comments made regarding other performers not being very good. Just do not think that maligning other performers talents is especially necessary when we do not like reading about others maligning Adam. Thats it I'm done
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2015 23:13:00 GMT -5
I'm breaking the rules and Cassie can delete me with no hard feelings on my part. Ever since Adam joined up with Queen we have bemoaned the "he is no Freddie" and the negativity from some quarters. I would just like to point out that we seem to be equally guilty of often speaking negatively about other performers and I don't really understand why we do that since we dislike it when it's directed at Adam. I don't think that I need to like Adam's music exclusively in order to be a good fan. I guess it's a karma thing with me. I don't like to talk smack about others because it might come back to bite the one that's my fav I own Sam's album and quite enjoy it. I think he's immensely talented but I don't think his success will have any impact on Adam's future success. They are entirely different types of artists.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2015 23:16:49 GMT -5
the discussion started when Q3 stated that SS's success is "good for Adam" exactly because SS is also gay. Some of us disagreed and explained the reasons, with several posting pretty much along the same lines (Sam=safe & asexual = the opposite of Adam ---> how can it be good for Adam?) . This discussion has nothing to do with anyone's appreciation of SS. I am not going to argue, I never specifically said Sam Smith. I just read the thread start to finish before posting. There are comments about how bland he is and not really worthy of his recognition. YMMV but I have seen more than once comments made regarding other performers not being very good. Just do not think that maligning other performers talents is especially necessary when we do not like reading about others maligning Adam. Thats it I'm done I agree, Tinafea..that infinity loop goes both ways. Positive and negative. It'll bite.
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Post by Jablea on Feb 9, 2015 23:22:52 GMT -5
what barriers do you think Adam has experienced? I'm genuinely curious because he got pretty good radio play in era 1 but hardly any in era 2. Was the lack of radio play in era 2 because of PDs not wanting to play him because he's gay or because RCA picked crap singles? Did radio regress from 2009 to 2012? I honestly don't think Adam has had much resistance from the industry due to his sexuality. Radio will play his music if he releases songs they want to play. Sam Smith didn't create that attitude nor did he break down some imaginary barrier that Adam didn't have with his first album. Sam fits the safer more acceptable image of a gay man. He's not overtly sexual, heck he's not sexual at all, so it's easier to "accept" him because he's non-threatening. Adam on the other hand is aggressively sexual. You watch him perform and you know he likes to f&ck. Sam performs and you wonder if he even knows what that means LOL. I think what will help Adam in April is his label supporting him. Sam's success won't make a bit of difference is his label jacks up the roll out for his next album and that includes picking the right singles for radio. JMO YMMV To put just the Grammy barriers up let's look at three news media reports on Sam Smith's win. Look through all of them and see if you would know from what they printed that Sam was gay. www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-sam-smith-mary-j-blige-perform-emphatic-stay-with-me-at-grammys-20150208www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2015/02/08/2015-grammy-awards-complete-coverage/www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/08/us-awards-grammys-idUSKBN0LC0TH20150208Now sure you can find articles that include gay Sam Smith but when Adam was nominated he was still fighting the "gay" headlines in almost everything he did. He'd have an interview about his music and then when the article was printed the headline would throw gay out there even though they hadn't touched on the subject matter. Maybe 4Ms or our other long memoried folks can find Grammy nomination examples. If articles didn't say "gay" outright then they'd refer to his "heavy eye makeup" even if it was just modest eye liner.
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Post by bridgeymah on Feb 9, 2015 23:35:46 GMT -5
I am not going to argue, I never specifically said Sam Smith. I just read the thread start to finish before posting. There are comments about how bland he is and not really worthy of his recognition. YMMV but I have seen more than once comments made regarding other performers not being very good. Just do not think that maligning other performers talents is especially necessary when we do not like reading about others maligning Adam. Thats it I'm done I agree, Tinafea..that infinity loop goes both ways. Positive and negative. It'll bite. LOL vivlite I think I need some of your chilis :-)
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Post by adamrocks on Feb 9, 2015 23:40:07 GMT -5
Where's Mys*&@^#r? She disappeared yesterday evening and I haven't seen her today.
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Post by adamrocks on Feb 9, 2015 23:48:17 GMT -5
I know this pic was posted earlier today but can I just say it is really adorable! You just have to go 'Awwww!' when you look at it!
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