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Post by gelly14 on Aug 31, 2011 14:14:34 GMT -5
ronaldterblanch Ronald Terblanche
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Wooooot! #markhaze will be performing if I had you on @idolssa by @adamlambert ! Awesome song!
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Post by reihmer on Aug 31, 2011 14:41:30 GMT -5
I normally lurk. (Thanks, btw, for the birthday wishes 10 days ago!)  Glad you de-lurked. |
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Post by Coconutgrove0 on Aug 31, 2011 14:59:10 GMT -5
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Post by gelly14 on Aug 31, 2011 15:04:58 GMT -5
Yes bb reihmer posted all of citygirls pictures on yesterday's thread thank you!  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2011 15:12:49 GMT -5
rabbitrabbit, thanks for your post. I was going to pull quotes out of that interview, after I watched it, but knew someone like you would come along and do it better! Adam does a wonderful job, IMO, of explaining, "Why Pop and not theatre" in that interview!
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Post by tigerlily on Aug 31, 2011 15:32:28 GMT -5
As far as professional opera singers, they routinely demonstrate a 2 octave range, and sometimes 2.5. I don't doubt they can reach lower and higher than that, and Angelina says it is not uncommon to have a 3 octave range. Again, tho', that is not what they are normally using in their performances. For most of the population, tho, they are happy to have 2 octaves. Can Adam actually sing all the notes on a guitar? I have no idea. He has an incredible flexibility and range, to be sure, so Rob may have been speaking literally. But he may have been speaking more in terms of what he thought his audience could understand, metaphorically. In any case, the range that Adam routinely accesses and uses in recording and performance is extraordinary in the pop/rock field. And it all sounds very "cool." I feel like we are referring to octaves as different things. Almost like we are speaking two different languages. lol My daughter can comfortably sing every note in the Soprano I and II choral vocal parts. Those notes cover two octaves alone: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SopranoThat usable range doesn't even include the fact that she can sing the Alto I and Alto II parts, also. For instance, this past Christmas she was pulled from her Soprano section to sing the Alto II part in Biebl's "Ave Maria". (Evidently, it is a very important part to the overall structure of the song and the high school girls were having trouble with the low notes.) So, she definitely has a "usable" Alto range. Perhaps, octaves are measured differently in different classifications of music. The guitar has a four octave range. Kelly Clarkson has a 3 and 1/2 octave range. Christina A. has a four octave range and Mariah has a five octave range. Kris Allen barely reaches two octaves. Adam's range is closer to Christina's range, not closer to Kris Allen's. |
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Post by savvy92 on Aug 31, 2011 15:33:03 GMT -5
Every time I try to articulate answers to the "what is it about Adam?" question, I start getting all spiritual and new-agey and end up feeling pretty OTT and silly. But Michael Slezak wrote an article that even though it's about a specific performance, kind of sums up the Adam 'experience' for me. music-mix.ew.com/2010/02/13/kradison-concert-nyc-highline-idol/Adam part: The crowd seemed to suddenly double in size the moment Adam took the stage for a set that can only be described as insane on every level. There were moments when you'd have believed the season 8 runner-up was 11 feet tall, the way he stalked and preened through uptempo numbers like "Sure-Fire Winners," "Strut," and "If I Had You," and that's not even acknowledging the gyrations! Adam doles out the hip-thrusts, the neck-twists, and the open-palm-to-the-pelvis shenanigans with an almost Tantric quality: His raw sexuality is so much a part of his show, it should get billing as an additional member of his band. But the over-the-topness of Adam's act wouldn't work if he didn't have the vocals to match. On "Sleepwalker," "Soaked," and current single "Whataya Want From Me," it felt like the force of his instrument could've filled a football stadium (sans microphone). Part of the reason Adam inspires such rabid fandom, I think, is that he's so aggressively outre that he erases any feelings of ridiculousness his ordinary fans might feel when singing in the shower or dancing in front of the bedroom mirror or just generally dreaming of breaking out of the humdrum of everyday life. He's at once fantasy and wish fulfillment. Dis him, dismiss him, ban him from ABC -- the dude is having way too much fun to concern himself with such trivial slights. He's a modern-day Pan for our TMZ times. I only wish I had been there. I was at the Kradison concert and it was positively electric in that room when Adam was on stage. I've seen Adam perform live 8 times and this concert remains my all-time favorite. He was raw and loose and was having so much fun performing. GNT was great but the energy was completely different. My videos from that night (and some of the other concerts) are on my Youtube channel at: bit.ly/r6WT75I'm a little late responding about this but I can't wait for a revival of Jesus Christ Superstar on Broadway--I'll be the first in line to buy my ticket. I saw the original Broadway production and it blew me away. Adam would be perfect as Judas but I would give anything to hear him sing Gethsemane (I Only Want to Know). I wore out two vinyl copies of the soundtrack of this show. BTW, when Adam sings, especially live, the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. That's all it took for me to become totally hooked. My secret vice as a young wife and mother was total addiction to JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR and to a lesser degree A STAR IS BORN (always been big KKristofferson fan) I would have the albums blaring any time I was home alone, saw the movie too many times to mention, saw the stage show in different forms 11 times. To see Adam do it would be heavenly, but I think by the time he is ready to go back on stage he'll be a little "mature" to play Judas. |
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Post by hoopla1 on Aug 31, 2011 15:40:35 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing! Heh, it's kinda perfect because Adam himself is reiterating the points noangel and others made about why pop offers much more artistically to him than theatre (also applies to opera and light opera). 1:45 glamnation vs. theatre talks about being able to put an acoustic, stripped down section among more theatrical elements. "I'm calling the shots artistically which is really exciting, and those years of experience have really prepared me to call the shots artistically..."
"But also, It's really nice to be onstage as MYSELF and not as another character. I mean I definitely have moments onstage where I'm exaggerated version of myself, where I become a caricature of part of myself, but it's all me, so I think that that's really exciting.
It's just, being me and being free to kind of you know impulsively do whatever I want on stage as it's coming as opposed to something being scripted and staged and choreographed."
----------------------------------------- and he really underlines gelly's point about the importance of a wild and crazy (GA helps) audience to feed off of energetically. 3:15 talking about what the crowd will be like as the number one thing that he wonders about at the beginning every show. "and they really do dictate the intensity of the show in many ways, I feel like (it does affect you? - interviewer) oh yeah, I mean I watch, I'm looking out there. I can't just stare up at a light and sing, I want to play off of the people in front of me and so I'll look at people out in the crowd and it will make a difference.
If they're losing it I go crazy, if they're not losing it, I'm like, alright, we're cool, we're cool, I'm still gonna give you your show, it's all good. But like if they pour a bunch of energy up onto you then you give it right back, like a mirror. "
I just find it very telling that at the beginning of a show he's not necessarily thinking about "how will it sound, how will the acoustics be" but rather, "will the crowd be into it, will they be filming or dancing and singing along?" - he wants primarily to entertain, and no one has as much power, scope, flexibility, and funding as a pop star to put on a show. Hey, thanks, Rabbitrabbit--I peeked in Atop his morning, saw that discussion, and knew this interview applied somewhat--so Yeah, what she said ^^^, lol! Can't wait to come back and compare versions of Gethsemane later! If I have time, I'd like to look up different versions of Heaven on Their Minds, since that's the role A has expressed interest in playing! |
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Post by pjd on Aug 31, 2011 15:46:21 GMT -5
I was at the Kradison concert and it was positively electric in that room when Adam was on stage. I've seen Adam perform live 8 times and this concert remains my all-time favorite. He was raw and loose and was having so much fun performing. GNT was great but the energy was completely different. My videos from that night (and some of the other concerts) are on my Youtube channel at: bit.ly/r6WT75I'm a little late responding about this but I can't wait for a revival of Jesus Christ Superstar on Broadway--I'll be the first in line to buy my ticket. I saw the original Broadway production and it blew me away. Adam would be perfect as Judas but I would give anything to hear him sing Gethsemane (I Only Want to Know). I wore out two vinyl copies of the soundtrack of this show. BTW, when Adam sings, especially live, the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. That's all it took for me to become totally hooked. My secret vice as a young wife and mother was total addiction to JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR and to a lesser degree A STAR IS BORN (always been big KKristofferson fan) I would have the albums blaring any time I was home alone, saw the movie too many times to mention, saw the stage show in different forms 11 times. To see Adam do it would be heavenly, but I think by the time he is ready to go back on stage he'll be a little "mature" to play Judas. If Ted Neely can still play Jesus in his 60's, I'm pretty sure Adam could play Judas in his 40's if he wanted to  The real ages of stage characters are often wildly distant from the age they are "supposed" to be. This applies to both Opera & Broadway. |
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The real ages of stage characters are often wildly distant from the age they are "supposed" to be. This applies to both Opera & Broadway.