7.22.15 Adam News and Info

This is great! Apparently, Fallon got flooded with Adam-related tweets about There I Said It. The phrase trended on twitter. Hope Fallon mentions it on his show.

Quite frankly, I was surprised yesterday that he named exactly where he was! 

Bouncing Head comes in late to chime in -

There are so many - so many - great songs I would love to hear Adam sing.
"Music of the Night' From Phantom of the Opera
"Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from Phantom
Ferra's 'Rush'
'Nature Boy'
'Come to My Garden' from Secret Garden
'A Bit of Earth' from Secret Garden
'Lily's Eyes' from Secret Garden ***

. . . I would dearly dream of hearing 'Lily's Eyes', which Adam sang as a teenager . . . it brought the house down at every performance. I asked Adam's Uncle Dave if he had a recording of it. Sadly, no. But he did tell me that when Adam held his newborn cousin in his arms, years ago, and sang to her, he listened to "the most beautiful voice I've ever known".

I saw Megan Hilty perform just a week or two ago. She sang a version of 'Almost Like Being In Love' that was the exact arrangement done by Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall. Adam would slay it - he would redefine the stars if he could sing the songs, the epic Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, Jule Styne classics. There is one song - called "You're Nearer" - penned by Rodgers & Hart - that sits in the background of these legendary composers - for which I would literally sell my soul.

To hear Adam sing 'You're Nearer' would complete a chapter in my life. Judy only sang the chorus; the beginning is heartbreaking.

'Time is a healer but it cannot heal my heart.
My mind says I've forgotten you, but then I feel my heart.
Though miles lie between us, still your fingers touch my own.
You're never far away from me, for you're too much my own.'

'You're nearer than my head is to my pillow.
Nearer than the wind is to the willow.
Dearer, than the rain is to the earth, below.
Precious as the sun to the things that grow.

You're nearer than the ivy to the wall is.
Nearer than the winter to the fall is.
Leave me! But, when you're away, you'll know.
You're nearer.
And I love you so.'

For Red Panda - and those of Adamtopia who didn't know about 'Live in the Vineyard' in 2012 . . . yes, that was me 'bouncing' in the front row. The tickets couldn't be bought. An angel made that evening happen for me - and before it was over Adam gave me his 'wipe my brow' towel, and talked to me (!) just before he launched into the last song of the evening. The memory - and the towel - are encased in a shadowbox in what used to be a boy's bedroom; now an Adam new-age museum!

A shout-out to Mayumi and JustKaren and LindaG23 . . . Morongo was only a taste of what's to come, what's in store for all of us! Hope to see you on an 'After Hours' ride, late at night. Oh yeah. Power!