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Nine Songs: Adam Lambert
The Queen frontman and solo star talks Jess Goodman through the songs that made him.
The Queen frontman and solo star talks Jess Goodman through the songs that made him.
He's been a star of the stage in theatre productions. He's competed to be the voice of a nation on American Idol. He performs as the frontman of one of the world's most esteemed and successful rock groups in Queen. He's a chart-topping artist with a Grammy nomination under his metaphorical belt and a brand-new album waiting in the wings. To put it simply: Adam Lambert has had quite the career.
When Lambert landed his first professional job performing on a cruise ship at 19 years old, he couldn’t have foreseen all the weird and wonderful places his passion for music would take him. On a cold and overcast day in London, the now 37-year-old singer invites us on "A little memory lane trip," a journey through the songs that have changed his life.
Lambert’s enthusiasm for the topic of conversation is evident even before we meet - selecting a list of ten songs that he hadn't had the heart to cut down to nine quite yet. As someone who's been drawn to music for all of his life this enthusiasm is both of little surprise and refreshingly infectious.
"I have a special scarf on," he flaunts, "just for you, actually," he beams as he gets himself comfortable. Smiling and laughing as he talks ever more emphatically, Lambert's passion for his craft and the music that inspires him through it is one that's hard not to get caught up in.
"I definitely dug way back," he says of his choices. "A lot of these songs are much older. I was trying to find songs that were a part of my formative years." From all-out pop to civil rights anthems, from musical theatre to grunge and all the way back again, it's an eclectic set of favourites that Lambert offers.
His fondness for this music and the moments it soundtracked in his life practically radiate from the singer throughout our conversation, as each song sparks a remembrance of its own story. "All the songs here have a personal connection to me," Lambert explains. "They're songs that I've either sung, or I’ve wanted to sing."
Through self-discovery and heartache, darkness and success, the theme that connects these songs is simple: “These are the songs that made me who I am.”
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“Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen
"The connection is kind of obvious! Obviously, I sing for the band and ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was the reason why I got asked to sing for the band. I sang this song for my American Idol audition about nine years ago and it has a personal significance in that way.
“I remember hearing it for the first time. I grew up doing musicals and the theatricality of it resonated with me at a young age, hearing a song that was considered a rock classic but that was theatrical and so vocal, it just really appealed to me. It felt like something and I connected with it.
"I love the different sections of it. Just when you think you've got the song figured out, it switches gears and goes in a totally different direction, or it goes to the opera section - which is totally insane and out there. Then they finish it off with the searing rock section of the song and then it finishes up again, back into the piano-driven, melodic, quiet place.
“Much like a play or an opera, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ has acts, it has different sections and being a performer, I think that just really appealed to me."
More.. www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/listomania/adam-lambert-queen-nine-favourite-songs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ
“Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen
"The connection is kind of obvious! Obviously, I sing for the band and ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was the reason why I got asked to sing for the band. I sang this song for my American Idol audition about nine years ago and it has a personal significance in that way.
“I remember hearing it for the first time. I grew up doing musicals and the theatricality of it resonated with me at a young age, hearing a song that was considered a rock classic but that was theatrical and so vocal, it just really appealed to me. It felt like something and I connected with it.
"I love the different sections of it. Just when you think you've got the song figured out, it switches gears and goes in a totally different direction, or it goes to the opera section - which is totally insane and out there. Then they finish it off with the searing rock section of the song and then it finishes up again, back into the piano-driven, melodic, quiet place.
“Much like a play or an opera, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ has acts, it has different sections and being a performer, I think that just really appealed to me."
More.. www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/listomania/adam-lambert-queen-nine-favourite-songs