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Post by skaschep on Apr 6, 2017 17:24:14 GMT -5
Ok.....since it is a tiny bit quiet...a question that occurs to me from time to time..... When Adam and Leona did Girl Crush (one of my favourite things), was there any feedback via twitter or anywhere else, from the members of the group whose song it was? (Little Big Town?). It was only some time later that I realised I hadn't seen any communication between them. Part of the group was there live watching the performance. Their reaction was saying it all. They liked it very much. At 0:50 you see the female and 1:14 the male. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmdmhHQkiK0
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Post by geezlouise on Apr 6, 2017 17:36:07 GMT -5
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Post by enchanted on Apr 6, 2017 17:45:34 GMT -5
Ok.....since it is a tiny bit quiet...a question that occurs to me from time to time..... When Adam and Leona did Girl Crush (one of my favourite things), was there any feedback via twitter or anywhere else, from the members of the group whose song it was? (Little Big Town?). It was only some time later that I realised I hadn't seen any communication between them. Part of the group was there live watching the performance. Their reaction was saying it all. They liked it very much. At 0:50 you see the female and 1:14 the male. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmdmhHQkiK0That has to be one of my favorites performances from Adam, it was so perfect and clasic!! Is so ironic for someone like me who dislike country music period!
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Post by SophieB on Apr 6, 2017 17:45:47 GMT -5
Thanks geezlouise......I never saw that. Good. Thought it strange that there appeared to be no acknowledgement..... Love that performance. And thanks Skaschep - yes, I knew they were group members and I've enjoyed their reactions at least 50 times I think! Edit: and 'perfect, classic, irony' - exactly Enchanted!
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Post by skaschep on Apr 6, 2017 18:36:07 GMT -5
Ghost Town Music video just made it to 84 million views!
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Post by katycake on Apr 6, 2017 18:42:35 GMT -5
PopCrush @popcrush Mariah, The Weeknd, Adam Lambert, Cyndi Lauper and more: the must-see tours of spring-summer 2017. trib.al/AyXQPrY The concert scene in 2017 is full of new and old groups and solo acts, with Ed Sheeran and The Weeknd arguably setting the pace for modern music. Those two gentlemen know how to attract a crowd, but with the likes of U2 and Queen (with Adam Lambert) holding court, it’ll be interesting to see whether or not old school or new school packs the stadiums more than the other. QAL is picture 15 out of 16. They used a good picture. Queen and Adam Lambert Queen teaming with Adam Lambert was such a success in the past, it's no wonder the remaining members of rock's legendary band are partnering up with the former American Idol once again. Of course it's not Freddie, but Lambert gives Queen exactly the star presence the band needs to make shows special. See where this supergroup is playing on Queen's site. I had a very hard time getting to picture 15 in that site, but when I finally got there, it was so worth it. I'm embedding for those who couldn't get there:
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Post by satisfied on Apr 6, 2017 18:51:03 GMT -5
Ghost Town Music video just made it to 84 million views!
Love those numbers! Thanks for the update, skaschep!
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Post by bamafan on Apr 6, 2017 18:51:12 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Apr 6, 2017 19:00:00 GMT -5
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Post by phronni7 on Apr 6, 2017 19:21:32 GMT -5
Obviously a long post--just skip if you want,
I know I am preaching to the choir here, and, like the rest of us, pretty much let the "but he's not Freddie" roll off our backs, but a few posts back, there was a very congratulatory short article in which the familiar refrain, "of course, he's not Freddie" (or some paraphrase of) came up. I began to think that inadvertently, and due to his humbleness and gratitude, Adam might be contributing to this type of phrasing. Don't get me wrong: I love Adam, I love Adam, I love Adam. Just a thought that if you say something in a certain way often enough, people will believe it. In another life, I was a college professor. An absolutely brilliant and well-loved colleague of mine developed a new class which was wildly popular. The person who took over the class stated many times, "I'm not Professor x." I know this because my TA was in this class. Little by little, my TA said that students (some of them subconsciously) began to take on the attitude that they were getting second best. Nothing could have been further from the truth, but the new professor inadvertently created this environment. Finally, this professor gave thIs class over to another professor, and we didn't hear another thing about it, we were told that she said the college owed a great debt of gratitude to Professor X for founding and developing this class, and then, she carried on in her own way--as has Adam--and the classroom enrollment figures grew, and the new professor's reputation as an interesting, informed, and caring person grew. I know the analogy above is not exact, but I believe there are some similarities with what I said about the continuation of the "But he's not Freddie statements" that is still too prevalent IMHO. I do like when someone responds to such comments, "Of course he's not Freddie, he's Adam" and goes on to extol the strengths of each. Of course, Freddie Mercury more than deserves in an essential way the accolades as a co-founder, song-writer, supremely talented pianist, singer, and one of the most charismatic frontman in rock history. I'll say that Adam matches, if not surpasses, the last two in the list, and I believe that Adam might have faced the most daunting task of being the frontman of someone larger than life such as Freddie ever IMO.
However, after quite a number of years as a wildly popular frontman who has an undeniably great chemistry and who is considered family by all concerned, surely just a slight change of wording might be helpful. While I don't pretend to know what that would would consist of, there has to be some way to acknowledge Freddie, while not stating any statement that might accidentally create a comparison in which Adam comes out as second best. After all, there are people who will just simply repeat what they hear. Luckily, we are seeing more people recognizing both, but there are still many individuals, media members, critics,mercy...etc..., who still repeat the old refrain. Of course, any person is entitled to their opinion: these are just thoughts. Let me repeat: this is no criticism of Adam, this is no criticism if Queen. I think they are a magical combination, and I cannot wait to see them twice this summer"😀😍🤓 Please forgive any errors. I am having some pretty bad eye problems.
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