5.28.11 Moscow MAXIDROM FESTIVAL Concert Watch

rahdger

@justcallmehorse if you play for them, I am sure they will lend you Tommy to cage dance for the Korn show.

Hi justright. I think many are sleeping getting ready for the concert so you'll have to be satisfied with me again. I'll give you my perspective.

Adam is a collaborator. Yes, he's a solo artist but his basic nature is to bounce things off of other people. When asked about the IA tour in 09 his first response was.. "I can't wait to do the duets and group numbers." When asked about writing songs on FYE he said he really enjoyed the give and take with other writers and on the upcoming one he said in the MTV interview that he was "learning so much".

He is not a Lady Gaga or a Michael Jackson. They became "unreal" people. They have nobody else that is an equal and that's an unnatural state that leads to what some of might call "being certifiable crazy".

Since Adam's other dream job if he couldn't sing, was to be a psychologist then it's something he's aware of. The people he surrounds himself are family and yes there are financial risks and emotional risks but a lot less risk of going kookuu crazy.

Our celebrity culture is so much more intense than it used to be and without loyal friends and many who were there and are still there long before he became a celebrity then he can remain the calm, cool, mature, nice guy next door that he is today.

I can't wish your idea of him to wall himself off from other people on his band. The smiling Adam who cracks jokes when he dances with Brook or licks the back of Cam's neck or drapes his arm or more around Tommy would disappear and we would be left with a lifeless robot.

Yes, he tatooed himself with an infinity sign to symbolize the feedback to and from the audience but 5 hours a week of that fuels energy during that time but provides nothing for the other 150 odd hours. He needs those people to be around him the rest of the time so that he can safely give himself to us during a concert.

He pours himself out to us and they recharge him so he can do it again.

I have to smile. Everyone here at Adamtopia is here because they LOVE Adam Lambert like crazy. That is the commonality that brings us all together. And no matter what else we like about Adam, I think almost all of us first were by the voice, and just had to hear more.

But, once you get past that, we are a very diverse group of folks. Some like to listen to hard rock -- and their favorite performances are when Adam blows the roof off a classic rock song. Others like current pop and dance music, and love it when Adam gets them dancing their fannies off. A few have their iPods filled with jazz and/or classical (me among them) and the only pop/rock on the iPod is ADAM. I love his voice so much I will listen to just about any genre, just to hear it.

As for performance styles, some like it when Adam fronts for a wicked rock band. Some enjoy the precise and sensual choreography. Some are partial to the ballads with minimal accompaniment. Some enjoy the provocative moves, the kisses, the writhing on the stairs, the licking of the microphone. Some think it would be heaven on earth to have just Adam with a piano and maybe an upright bass and drums, doing jazz, R&B, and songs from musical theater (yup, that would be me, too. What I wouldn't give to have been in that Upright Cafe audience.) And there are one or two of us who would be thrilled beyond all reason if he sang opera just once for us.

The power and allure of Adam is that he is soooo talented, so expert, and so uniquely able to cross genres, he brings together fans from many musical backgrounds. We may not agree on a lot of things, but we are united in our appreciation of Adam.