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Post by stardust on Oct 17, 2011 22:33:45 GMT -5
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OMFG he's in da studio with the dude who cowrote Gaga's Highway Unicorn... I LOVE THAT SONG
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Post by kapsiz on Oct 17, 2011 22:37:16 GMT -5
kapsiz! another alison moyet song!! Thanks Yeah! amw - Alf & Yaz are still a favs of mine & love the Vince Clark/Depeche Mode/Erasure connect! Saw Erasure at Cyndi Lauper's True Colors tour in Berkeley CA with Margaret Cho & Rosie O'Donnell  ;D  |
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Post by wal on Oct 17, 2011 22:37:55 GMT -5
mindchnger mindchnger OMFG he's in da studio with the dude who cowrote Gaga's Highway Unicorn... I LOVE THAT SONG Brian Lee Represented Songwriters: "Contributing to a best-selling album before the age of 30 is no easy feat. For 29 year-old producer Brian Lee, working on Lady Gaga's Born This Way was just a step in the progression. A classically-trained violin player, Lee got his start in the music industry when his band The White Tie Affair got signed to Epic Records after only posting one song on their MySpace. Moving into production seemed like the logical next step, and, before he knew it, Lee found himself working with Lady Gaga. With songwriting credit on "Americano" and "Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)" and vocal credit on "Government Hooker," Lee is proving himself to be a force to reckon with in the industry" |
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Post by 4Ms on Oct 17, 2011 22:38:43 GMT -5
My take on Adam's comment about the facade he has created: I believe, based on some statements he has made in interviews, that Adam is consciously and intentionally positive. It may be his nature, but, he maximizes it, and we almost never read or hear him saying anything negative, or even framing an experience in a negative way. Even when he talks about how hard it was to break into the music business, or how stymied he was trying to make it in musical theater, he puts a positive spin on it. He touches on it with a light tone, and moves on. He says it was tough, but he doesn't go on and talk about his feelings about it being tough. He doesn't expound about the cockroaches in his apartment, or the times he didn't have money for food, or the number of auditions he went to, only to be turned down, the number of doors he had slammed in his face. He says, "I was kinda bored" but doesn't say "pissed, frustrated, depressed, fed up." What happens behind the scenes as far as difficulties or conflicts remains behind the scenes. He doesn't air it in public. I think, perhaps, that is the facade that he is alluding to. He has perfected it well thru a life of practice, and it serves him very well. Think how many people meet him and comment on how nice he is, and what a joy he is. He may view it as a facade, knowing what he is feeling and not expressing at times. But, after a lifetime of living that positive philosophy, it has probably become instinctive. I don't think we are going to see a 180 shift in his basic personality. People are who they consciously choose to be over time. But, they may feel that, since they feel negative emotions they don't express, they are creating a facade, rather than choosing to approach the world a certain way. When he talks about being more "real" in this next album, I think he is talking about letting the dark side, the negative side, the negative emotions show thru. As to Steven Gray's lamentation that Adam is selling out by taking the crowd pleasing route of looking "normal", I don't think he has anything to worry about. Adam has always loved "edgy" and hippie and counter-culture. He surrounds himself with like-minded, artistic people. He is too committed to being his true self to erase all that to appear like the nice guy next door. But, the flip side to that is Adam is ALSO the nice guy next door. The guy in shorts and flip-flops with the 100 watt smile who will do anything for a friend, or even a stranger. the guy who grew up saying, Yes, ma'am, No, sir, please, and thank you. The guy who expresses appreciation for what he has and for the work and actions of others around him. It is one of the reasons we all find him so compelling. He is both the light and the dark, the normal and the avant garde, the deeply sexy yet silly dork. Steve, if you don't get that, you don't get the essence of Adam. Great comments as always. I think part of Adam always presenting things positively has to do with his caretaker nature. He doesn't have problems. He solves problems for other people. He'll only discuss his own problems in the past tense, once they've been dealt with (i.e. he didn't talk publicly about those dark days following the AMA until he had dealt with the aftermath). |
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Post by stardust on Oct 17, 2011 22:44:36 GMT -5
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Post by Q3 on Oct 17, 2011 22:45:42 GMT -5
Brian Lee --- this album just keeps getting better and better sounding. I hope Adam releases 37 songs!!
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Post by momtomany on Oct 17, 2011 22:50:16 GMT -5
Thank you, Cassie, for your post.
Regarding Adam, you said "What happens behind the scenes as far as difficulties or conflicts remains behind the scenes. He doesn't air it in public." The anguish we now know he felt after the AMAs was hidden. His accepting, positive nature, which we have experienced so often, and admire as being 'above the fray', may well be the 'facade' he refers to in 'The Advocate' article.
Oh, I do believe, sincerely, that Adam is by nature a cheerful, loving, forgiving human being. But art, innovation, invention and creation demand texture, emotion, sometimes fury, and sore temptation to scatter boundaries. Adam smoulders like a bonfire of emotion, waiting to ignite.
On July 29, Adam cheerfully 'dusted' his stool. Then, out of the blue, he shattered the facade. I was stunned. Breathless, as if I had been punched unaware, on the grass at Ste. Agathe. "Outlaws of Love". Melted by the revelation. By the searing, stark knowledge that hearts and homes are broken; that character is built on scars; that Adam is told he will rot in hell - - because of who he was born to be, and how his exquisite DNA was born to love.
In spite of many years with gay friends and family, frankly, I never heard such words of pain. A conversation about 'lack of acceptance' was far different from 'they say we'll rot in hell'. That night, Adam revealed the seed, crushed and open; heartbroken and bitter and true, for us to taste.
We're getting Adam, oh yes. "Outlaws of Love" is the first bleeding glimpse.
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Post by reihmer on Oct 17, 2011 22:50:23 GMT -5
Brian Lee --- this album just keeps getting better and better sounding. I hope Adam releases 37 songs!! That'd be two albums though right? |
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Post by irish1139 on Oct 17, 2011 22:51:11 GMT -5
My take on Adam's comment about the facade he has created: I believe, based on some statements he has made in interviews, that Adam is consciously and intentionally positive. It may be his nature, but, he maximizes it, and we almost never read or hear him saying anything negative, or even framing an experience in a negative way. Even when he talks about how hard it was to break into the music business, or how stymied he was trying to make it in musical theater, he puts a positive spin on it. He touches on it with a light tone, and moves on. He says it was tough, but he doesn't go on and talk about his feelings about it being tough. He doesn't expound about the cockroaches in his apartment, or the times he didn't have money for food, or the number of auditions he went to, only to be turned down, the number of doors he had slammed in his face. He says, "I was kinda bored" but doesn't say "pissed, frustrated, depressed, fed up." What happens behind the scenes as far as difficulties or conflicts remains behind the scenes. He doesn't air it in public. I think, perhaps, that is the facade that he is alluding to. He has perfected it well thru a life of practice, and it serves him very well. Think how many people meet him and comment on how nice he is, and what a joy he is. He may view it as a facade, knowing what he is feeling and not expressing at times. But, after a lifetime of living that positive philosophy, it has probably become instinctive. I don't think we are going to see a 180 shift in his basic personality. People are who they consciously choose to be over time. But, they may feel that, since they feel negative emotions they don't express, they are creating a facade, rather than choosing to approach the world a certain way. When he talks about being more "real" in this next album, I think he is talking about letting the dark side, the negative side, the negative emotions show thru. As to Steven Gray's lamentation that Adam is selling out by taking the crowd pleasing route of looking "normal", I don't think he has anything to worry about. Adam has always loved "edgy" and hippie and counter-culture. He surrounds himself with like-minded, artistic people. He is too committed to being his true self to erase all that to appear like the nice guy next door. But, the flip side to that is Adam is ALSO the nice guy next door. The guy in shorts and flip-flops with the 100 watt smile who will do anything for a friend, or even a stranger. the guy who grew up saying, Yes, ma'am, No, sir, please, and thank you. The guy who expresses appreciation for what he has and for the work and actions of others around him. It is one of the reasons we all find him so compelling. He is both the light and the dark, the normal and the avant garde, the deeply sexy yet silly dork. Steve, if you don't get that, you don't get the essence of Adam. Cassie, as usual, you are brilliant and right on the money. |
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Post by Q3 on Oct 17, 2011 22:53:58 GMT -5
Brian Lee --- this album just keeps getting better and better sounding. I hope Adam releases 37 songs!! That'd be two albums though right? Or perhaps a 3 CD set. I am expecting 18 tracks on the deluxe disc but there do seem to be a lot of songs. |
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