1.31.16 TOH Tour Sydney #2

I was live on N-Joy Radio again this morning, lol!!! 

Every Sunday morning they have a quiz called "It's all about the honor!" where they play several little games and the listeners can call in but, as the name already says, can win nothing but defend their honor!

I randomly listened to their show and suddenly they played the game "Which celebrity talks here?" and they played a little snippet from an interview and of course I immediately recognized the voice ... ADAM!!!

I quickly took the phone and called them and they said that the moderator would maybe call me back in a few minutes to talk with him live on air! So I had enough time to record everything and they indeed called me back and of course my answer was right!   YAY!!! 

So, I think I defended the honor of the Glamberts!!!   LOL!!!

Here is the recorded part on my Soundcloud!

(How embarrassing, the moderator thought that Bill Gates was a former president of the US!  I think he was a little confused!  )



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I am not sure if this was intended to be taken literally or was a poetic way of saying he was perfect -- for example, dinners was perfect and hit every single note or StarWars hit every single note.

Taking it literally, I usually see these kind of comments from people and "reviewers" who do not attend a lot of popular music concerts -- often accompanied by a specific mention of how they don't go to many many concerts.

While Adam is a spectacular vocalist, and by far my favorite, other singers, even pop singers can "hit every single note."

I think that people hear music different and have/do not have emotional connections to vocalists in different ways. I am not an opera fan and rarely connect to an opera performance. Similarly, I do not "get" country music. But I love thrash metal -- where vocal imperfection is a core part of the genre,

There are other artists whose shows are not so vocally-centric, who don't hit every single note, but who are incredible live. Neil Young is awe inspiring live -- but not because of his vocals, because of his presence and his guitar and his band and his music and his lyrics and --- then he performs a ballad. Katy Perry's show is amazing live -- but she can't sing some of the songs they way they were modified in the studio -- no one seems to notice or care, I did notice but I did not care. Lady Gaga can sing but uses backing tapes to amplify and sometimes to replace her voice when she is doing complex dance routines. (She proved it with her performances with Tony Bennett.)

And there are a number of artists who are vocally close to perfect (I don't believe perfection is possible) in live performances -- Pink, Kelly Clarkson,  Bruno Mars, JT, Bono/U2, Elvis Costello (even at 61), Cyndi Lauper. Florence + the Machine -- impressive.
 
Many, many singers can sing live and "hit every note" -- across a lot of genres. Only a small fraction of these singers are successful because "perfect" is really not as important as emotionally connected, and stylistically relevant.

A final note, I was a massive Queen fan in the 1970's. I know and still know many fans from those early years. People loved Freddie and loved Queen but I never recall anyone talking about the "vocals" -- they talked about the music and experience.

PS This is the first time I've seen Adam giving the devil's horn sign rather than the peace sign. Has he done it before or is this a new development? I hope he's just playing at rock and roll fierceness rather than Satanism.