9.11.11 Adam News & info
Sept 10, 2011 22:43:17 GMT -5
Post by Q3 on Sept 10, 2011 22:43:17 GMT -5
Hey universe! Can you fix the water distribution at bit?
While the universe is getting it's act together, if you have too much rain and water may the sun shine brightly today. If you needs some rain, you can have mine!!
Small question – why isn’t there a LBG T-party?
In our post-911 world ---
We really need more artists like Adam
9.11.11 by Q3
Today is the 10 year anniversary of 911. The events are being remembered in large celebrations involving the President, VP, 3 former presidents and almost every other American politician, choirs, military honor guards, and more to some memorials like a remembrance banner hanging in an airport. There are countless articles and TV programs about how the events of that tragic day affected our lives in so many ways.
I have read quite a lot of those articles. But none of the articles I read even hinted at the effect 911 had on our culture and entertainment.
But it is clear that 911 seems to coincide with a artistic shift. Artists were changed by the events and so were entertainment consumers – the audience – they needed to escape from reality at bit.
There is shockingly little visual or performance art about 911. The story has been left in the hands of newspeople.
Look at the rise of feel-good music in the last ten year, the resurgence of nonsense party pop songs, and the sift in music from taking on large, social and political topics to a focus on personal stories, seems to be a response to 911 and the “war on terror”. And the Great Recession of 2008 to the mix and you have a perfect environment for an entertainer who can transport his audience from the stress of daily live to another planet.
So love him or not – Adam is the 21st Century Boy. And love these times or not – the 21st Century was made for Adam and artist like him.
As always -- JMHO!!
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Brotherly Love and the Art of Communication
9/11/2011 by NoAngel
Since I am a person who enjoys banging my head against hard objects, I've engaged with Neil Lambert in Twitter conversation recently. For those who don't have the pleasure of following him, over the last few days he's been outspoken about health policy issues and he hammers his points home using insults, expletives, and vehement argument. He is 100% right and everyone else is an idiot. I'm sure he convinces quite a few… :
. During the infamous driving-to-Thanksgiving argument*, according to Neil, Adam asked his younger brother if he "could ever manage to interact with human beings on a base level that doesn't make you look like a fucking shitheel?" Neil's uncle Dave later weighed in about "having to listen to you (Neil) repeatedly stating in the most sarcastic fucking way fucking uttered by any fucking human fucking being on the fucking planet, what a fucking wonderful fucking time you were fucking having as you fucking sneered with fucking vapid vapids… when you were not fucking fighting with Adam." Ouch.
It would be easy to dismiss Neil as a rude blowhard, but the thing is, just like anyone else, he only wants to be heard. Trouble is, he can't quite seem to figure it out. His brother, on the other hand…
Adam somehow manages to make his points without looking like a fucking shitheel. How does he do it? It isn't that Neil has stronger opinions or that Adam concedes on what he wants. Adam is a control freak, yet even on his first real attempt at being the boss, he led a diverse group of musicians and dancers around the world at a breakneck speed and never did we hear a word of discord. In a Stockholm interview, his drummer Isaac Carpenter said Adam "kinda leads … just by being confident, but he definitely doesn’t micromanage … things slowly take on a life of their own without anybody telling anybody what to do… ."
All the evidence points to Adam as a master of communication and connection. We see it in interviews—at the way he pays full attention to whoever is speaking, even if it's in a foreign language. We've seen it after performances where he thanks the people behind the scenes and those who share his stage. Acknowledging the contributions of others comes to Adam like breathing; he has a shocking lack of ego for someone who craves the spotlight so hard.
It isn't that Adam doesn't push the envelope or that he isn't making strong demands. So how does one challenge societal norms without alienating fellow members of society? For Adam it's all about connection; making love, not war. He embraces the values of peace, love, and community that have been the common thread from his Hair days to his latest trek to Burning Man. For Adam, the shared tribe is one that he seeks to always expand; his life is an exercise in inclusion rather than exclusion. He looks at people with different opinions and seeks to find common ground.
Adam frequently speaks about the energy he finds in connecting with others. I might eyeroll at his affinity for astrology, but I realize that for Adam it is another way to understand and to connect. Genuinely interested in others, he is that rare person who lives to share. Adam understands that when it comes to love, "the more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite." ** And the better he can connect, the better he can communicate.
Adam's gift is communicating as much as it is singing. We love to hear him talk as much as we adore his music. And through his words, spoken and sung, he's created a community. His fanbase reflects his vision—all ages, races, nationalities—we bond around shared love of Adam. And importantly, we look for ways in which we are the same, no matter what flag waves over our country or what labels we've attached to ourselves.
Neil once wrote, "I always find myself content to observe, analyze, comment. It’s… hollow. What’s the point of living if you don’t create anything."*
His brother asks a different question—what is the point of creating if you don't connect? Somehow I think Adam has the right idea.
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*Thanksgiving rant and Neil's blogs (compiled by 4Msrmyn): atop.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=preidolperformances&thread=21&page=15#19155
**Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Act 2 Scene 2
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“The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time”
Part 2 available for voting!!!
9.7.11 by Q3
There were 360 nominations! And the ballots are prepared. Since there were some many nominations, I have broken it up into two ballots.
The first ballot is here: qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1G04JqlxQxOdEd6
The second ballot is here: qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_agbiKnbBKYXj696
Here are the rules for “The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time”:
1. A Member can nominate up to 5 songs in any order, by posting them in the 9.3.11 News Thread before 11:59PM Pacific Time on 9.3.11.
2. Songs nominated must be composed since 1900.
3. Nominate only songs with English language lyrics.
4. Great songs are defined by their quality, not by sales and chart rankings, but a “Greatest Song” cannot be totally obscure.
5. Songs can be from almost any genre but the following are excluded: Classical Music, Religious (Sacred) Songs, Christmas Songs or Children’s Songs
The GREATEST SONG Nominees
| (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay, Ottis Redding | Epitaph, King Crimson | Lather, Jefferson Airplane | Song to the Siren, Tim Buckley |
| 100 Ways, James Ingram | Every Breath You Take, The Police | Lay Lady Lay, Bob Dylan | Space Oddity, David Bowie's |
| 5 Steps, Dru Hill | Every Time We Say Goodbye, Annie Lennox | Let It Be, Beatles | Spanish Caravan, The Doors |
| 59th Street Bridge Song, Simon and Garfunkel | Everybody Hurts, R.E.M. | Let the River Run, Carly Simon (theme from Working Girl) | Speechless, Lady Gaga |
| A change is Gonna Come, Sam Cooke | Evolve, Ani DiFranco | Lets Get It On, Marvin Gaye | Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin |
| A Day in the Life, The Beatles | Faith, George Micheal | Life Without You, Stevie Ray Vaughan | Stand By Me, written by Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller, sung by Ben E. King |
| A House is Not a Home, Luther Vandross | Falling Slowly, Glen Hansard | Light My Fire, The Doors | Stargazer, Rainbow |
| Across the Universe, The Beatles | Father Figure, George Michael | Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan | Strange Way, Firefall |
| Ain't too Proud to Beg, Temptations | Feeling Good, "The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd" | Little Red Corvette, Prince | Sultans Of Swing, Dire Straits |
| All Cried Out, Alison Moyet | Fever, Peggy Lee | Locomotive Breath Jethro Tull | Summertime, Ella Fitzgerald |
| All I want to do is make love to you, Heart | Fight the Power, Public Enemy | Long, Long Time, written by Gary B. White, sung by Linda Ronstadt | Sunshine of Your Love, Cream |
| Always on My Mind, Willie Nelson | Fire and Water, Free | Lose Yourself, Eminem | Suspicious Minds, Elvis Presley |
| Am I Losing My Mind, Stephen Sondheim | First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Roberta Flack | Losing My Religion, R.E.M. | Sweet Child O' Mine, Guns N' Roses |
| American Pie, Don McLean | Fly Me to the Moon, Frank Sinatra | Love is a Losing Game, Amy Winehouse | Sweet Dreams (are made of this), Eurythmics |
| Anarchy in the UK, Sex Pistols | Folson Prision, Johnny Cash | Love Me Tender, Elvis Presley | Sweet Home Alabama, Lynard Skynard |
| And So It Goes, Billy Joel | For No One, The Beatles | Love of My Life, Queen | Sweet Sir Galahad, Joan Baez |
| And When I Die, Blood, Sweat and Tears | For What it's Worth, Buffalo Springfield | Love Song to a Stranger, Joan Baez | Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver |
| Angel, Sarah McLachlan | Freedom 90, George Michael | Low, Flo Rida featuring T-Pain | The Boxer, written by Paul Simon, sung by Simon and Garfunkel |
| Another Brick in the Wall, Pink Floyd | From Her To Eternity, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Lucky Man, Emerson Lake and Palmer | The Court of the Crimson King, King Crimson |
| Another One Bites The Dust, Queen - | Gangsta's Paradise, Coolio Featuring L.V. | Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, The Beatles | The Door Into Summer, The Door |
| Aqualung, Jethro Tull | Get off of My Cloud, The Rolling Stones | Mad World, Tears for Fears | The Joker, Steve Miller Band |
| At This Moment, Billy Vera & the Beaters | Gethsemane from Jesus Christ Superstar | Maggie May, Rod Stewart | The Logical Song, Supertramp |
| Baba O'Riley, The Who | Gin and Juice, Snoop Dogg | Mamma Mia, Abba | The Music of the Night, The Phantom of the Opera |
| Baby Got Back, Sir Mix-a-Lot | Girl in the War, Josh Ritter | Man I feel like a Woman, Shania Twain | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The Band |
| Baby I Want You, Bread | Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon, Urge Overkill | Many Rivers to Cross, Jimmy Cliff | The Riddle, Five for Fighting |
| Back in Black, AC/DC | Give Me Love, George Harrison | Me and Bobby McGee, Kris Kristofferson | The Rose, Bette Midler |
| Back to Black, Amy Winehouse | God Only Knows, The Beach Boys | Memory, from the musical Cats | The Sound of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel |
| Bad Moon Rising, CCR | Goodbye to Romance, Ozzy Osborne | Missing You, John Waite | The Twelve of Never, Johnny Mathis |
| Bad Romance, Lady Gaga | Graceland, Paul Simon | Money, Pink Floyd | The Unforgiven, Metallica |
| Barbie Girl, Aqua | Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen | My Girl, Temptations | The Walk, Imogen Heap |
| Bat Out of Hell, Meat Loaf | Harvest Moon, Neil Young | My Sweet Prince, Placebo | The Way I Feel, Gordon Lightfoot |
| Beat It, Michael Jackson | Have you ever really loved a woman, Bryan Adams | My Way, Frank Sinatra/Sex Pistols' bassist Sid Vicious | The Weight, The Band |
| Beautiful Day, U2 | Heard It Through The Grapevine, Marvin Gaye | Need You Now, Lady Antebellum | Thick as a Brick, Jethro Tull |
| Because of You, Kelly Clarkson | Heart of Gold, Neil Young | Never Gonna Give You Up, Rick Astley | This Is How We Do It, Montell Jordan |
| Because The Night, Patti Smith | Heartless, Kanye West | New York, New York, Frank Sinatra | Three Times a Lady, The Commodores with Lionel Ritchie |
| Beth, Kiss | Heart-Shaped Box, Nirvana | Night and Day, Cole Porter | Time After Time, Cyndi Lauper |
| Billy Jean, Michael Jackson | Heaven on their Minds from Jesus Christ Superstar | Nights in White Satin, Moody Blues | Time Is On My Side, The Rolling Stones |
| Birdland, The Manhattan Transfer | Here, There & Everywhere, The Beatles | No Woman No Cry, Bob Marley | Time to Say Goodbye, Chris Botti |
| Black Dog, Led Zeppelin | Hey Ya, Outcast | Not A Day Goes By, Bernadette Peters | Time, Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon) |
| Black or White, Michael Jackson | Hey You, Pink Floyd | Not Afraid, Eminem | Times They are a Changin', Bob Dylan |
| Black, Pearl Jam | High and Dry by Radiohead | Not Fade Away, Buddy Holly and the Crickets | Tiny Dancer, Elton John |
| Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain, Willie Nelson | Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Pat Benatar | Not While I'm Around, Stephen Sondheim | Tiptoe Through The Tulips, Tiny Tim |
| Blue, Joni Mitchell | Honesty, Billy Joel | Nothing Compares 2 U, Sinead O'Connor | Too Much Love Will Kill You, Queen |
| Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen | Honky Tonk Woman, Rolling Stones | Old Time Rock 'n Roll, Bob Seeger | Tower of Song, Leonard Cohen |
| Boom Boom Pow, The Black Eyed Peas | Horse With No Name, America | Oldest Living Son, written and sung by John Stewart | Tracks Of My Tears, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles |
| Boom! Boom!, John Lee Hooker | Hotel California, Eagles | Ol' Man River, Paul Robeson | Travelin Soldier, Dixie Chicks |
| Boy in the Bubble, Paul Simon | House of the Rising Sun, The Animals | Once in a Lifetime, Talking Heads | True Colors, Cyndi Lauper |
| Boys of Summer, Don Henley | I Am Woman, Helen Reddy | One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, George Thorogood | Try a Little Tenderness, Otis Redding |
| Break on Through (to the other side), The Doors | I Apologize, Anita Baker | Ordinary Day, Duran Duran | Tweeter And The Monkey Man, Traveling Wilburys |
| Break Up to Make Up, Stylistics | I Can't Make You Love Me, Bonnie Raitt | Otherside, Red Hot Chili Peppers | U and Ur Hand, Pink |
| Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon & Garfunkle | I Concentrate on You, Cole Porter | Outlaws of Love, Adam Lambert | Unchained Melody, The Righteous Brothers |
| Bring Him Home, Les Miserables | I Feel Good, James Brown | P.Y.T., Michael Jackson | Under Pressure, Queen & David Bowie |
| Broken Open, Adam Lambert | I Feel Love, Donna Summer | Papa Don't Preach, Madonna | Viva La Vida, Coldplay |
| Business As Usual, Little Feat | I Fooled Around and Fell in Love, Elvin Bishop | Paradise By The Dashboard Light, Meat Loaf | Voodoo Child, Jimi Hendrix |
| But Not For Me, George and Ira Gershwin | I Gotta Feeling, The Black Eyed Peas | Peaches and Cream, 112 | Waiting for a Superman, Five for Fighting |
| Can I have this Dance?, Anne Murray | I Hope I Don't Fall in Love with You, Tom Waits | People Are Strange, The Doors | Wanted Dead or Alive, Bon Jovi |
| Candyman (Lollipop), Aqua | I Kissed a Girl, Katy Perry | Perfect Journey, Lou Reed | Water Runs Dry, Boyz to Men |
| Can't Help Falling In Love, Elvis Presley | I Put A Spell On You, Screamin' Jay Hawkins | Photograph's and Memories, Jim Croce | We Are The World, multiple artists |
| Cat's in the Cradle, Harry Chapin | I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, U2 | Piece of My Heart, Janis Joplin | We Will Rock You, Queen |
| Chances Are, Johnny Mathis | I Want to Break Free, Queen | Positively 4th Street, Bob Dylan | Welcome to the Jungle, Guns 'n Roses |
| Child in Time, Deep Purple | I Will Always Love You, Dolly Parton/Whitney Houston | Proud Mary, Ike and Tina Turner | We're in This Love Together, Al Jarreau |
| Chimes of Freedom, Bob Dylan | I'd Die Without You, PM Dawn | Psycho Killer, Talking Heads | What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong |
| Christina Aguilera, Beautiful | I'd Do Anything for Love, Meat Loaf | Radio Ga Ga, Queen | Whataya Want From Me, Adam Lambert |
| Circle Game, Joni Mitchell | If I Can Dream, Elvis | Raiders on the Storm, The Doors | Whatcha Say, Jason Derulo |
| City of New Orleans, Arlo Guthrie | If, Bread | Rainbow Connection, Muppets | What's Goin' On, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson and Al Cleveland |
| Cold, Annie Lennox | I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song, Jim Croce | Rainy Night in Georgia, Ray Charles/Brook Benton | When a man loves a woman, Percy Sledge |
| Come Here Boy, Imogen Heap | I'm So Excited, The Pointer Sisters | Raise Me Up, Josh Groban | When Doves Cry, Prince |
| Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd | I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Hank Williams | Rebel Yell, Billy Idol | When I Get Where I'm Going, Brad Paisley |
| Crazy, Gnarls Barkley | Imagine, John Lennon | Rehab, Amy Winehouse | When You Wish upon a Star, written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for Walt Disney's Pinocchio |
| Crazy, Patsy Cline | In My Life, The Beatles/John Lennon | RESPECT, Aretha Franklin | Where the Streets Have No Name, U2 |
| Cream, Prince | In the Ghetto, written by Mac Davis, sung by Elvis Presley | Ring of Fire, Johnny Cash | While My Guitar Gently Weeps, George Harrison |
| Cry My a River, Ella Fitzgerald | In The Name Of The Father, U2 | Rollin' In The Deep, Adele | White Rabbit, Jefferson Airplane3 |
| Crying, Roy Orbison | In the Still of the Night, Five Satins | Sacrifice, Elton John | White Wedding, Billy Idol |
| Dancing in the Dark, Bruce Springsteen | Irreplaceable, Beyoncé | Save A Horse Ride A Cowboy, Big and Rich | Whole Lotta Love, Led Zeppelin |
| Darkness, Darkness, The Youngbloods | Is that all there is, Peggy Lee | Send In The Clowns, Judy Collins | Why, Annie Lennox |
| Dear Mama, Tupac | It's A Beautiful Day, White Bird | Sexual Healing, Marvin Gaye | Wild Horses, The Rolling Stones |
| Desperado, Eagles | It's My Life, Bon Jovi | SexyBack, Justin Timberlake | With Or Without You, U2 |
| Diamond Girl, Seals and Croft | It's Still Rock & Roll to Me, Billy Joel | Shine a Light, Rolling Stone | Won't Get Fooled Again, The Who |
| Different Drum, Linda Ronstadt | It's Too Late, Carole King | Should I Stay or Should I Go, Clash | Working My Way Back To You (Babe), Jerry Valle and the 4 Seasons |
| Doctor Jones, Aqua | Janie's Got a Gun, Aerosmith | Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), Beyoncé | Yesterday, The Beatles |
| Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me, Elton John | Jesus Christ Superstar, from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar | Sinnerman, Nina Simone | You Are Everything, Stylistics |
| Don't Stop Believing, Journey | Johnny Be Good, Chuck Berry | Skyline Pidgeon, Elton John | You Look Wonderful Tonight, Eric Clapton |
| Dreams, Fleetwood Mac | Just in Case, Jaheim | Sledgehammer, Peter Gabriel | You Lost Me, Christina Aguilera |
| Dynamite, Taio Cruz | Just Like a Pill, Pink | Smells like Teen Spirit, Nirvana | You Make Me Feel Brank New, Stylistics |
| Echoes, Pink Floyd | Just Remember I Love You, Firefall | Smooth, Santana featuring Rob Thomas | You Really Got Me, Kinks |
| Eleanor Rigby, Beatles | Killing in the Name of, Rage against the Machine | So What, Pink | You shook me all night long, AC/DC |
| Emmie, Laura Nero | Knocking On Heaven's Door, Bob Dylan | Sober, Pink | You Spin Me Round (Like a Record), Dead or Alive |
| Empire State of Mind, Alicia Keys & Jay-Z | Lacrymosa, Evanescence | Somebody to Love, Queen | Your Song, Elton John |
| Empty Pages, Traffic | Ladies First, Queen Latifah | Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Judy Garland/Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole | You're No Good, Linda Ronstadt |
| Enter Sandman, Metallica | Land of Confusion, Genesis | Somewhere, West Side Story | You've lost that loving feeling, The Righteous Brothers |
I think we put together a damn fine list. So what did we miss?
Next Thursday (9.16.11), watch for the new poll GREATEST SONG IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!
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??: Behind the scenes video of Adam #2 recording sessions to be released.
September 2011 Date TBD, unconfirmed Adam will be a guest judge on Project Runway. His episode was taped on 7.14.11.
Probable per Adam mid-October: New single released
9.16.11 Last day to order PEACE Penny Royal Adam Lambert Signature Design to benefit Trevor Project.
9.23.2011 Premiere of Majors & Minors on the Hub Network.
Adam Lambert, Avril Lavigne, Colbie Caillat and Claude Kelly are joining The Hub's latest reality series Majors & Minors. They will serve as mentors (the "majors") to young talent on the upcoming fall series, premiering Friday, Sept. 23.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/adam-lambert-avril-lavigne-colbie-217026
October or November 2011 (Date and Time TBA) MTV Talk@Playground with Adam and SKINGRAFT'S Johnny Cota. Will be broadcast internationally.
November 2011 Adam's second album released NOT CONFIRMED, may be early December.
8.26.11 per Adam Lambert Twitter - no release date set.
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