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Post by luzrnaz on Jan 21, 2012 14:46:54 GMT -5
it's cute how we all get so excited to hear BTIKM on the Radio. I still have not heard it, but admit I have not listened much.
But have to relate it to the story I heard at a memorial service yesterday for my brother in law. One of the family friends shared the time they all drove around for hours (after cruising central avenue, a big thing to do back in the day in phoenix. They were waiting to hear the new song "Abraham, Martin and John". They drove for hours until it came on in the wee hours of the morning. Remember, for the young ones here, this was before internet. We all stayed glued to our car radios or am receivers to hear our favorite songs.
Maybe times have not changed that much.? lol
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Post by rad1109 on Jan 21, 2012 14:51:45 GMT -5
Yeah, I wonder why Adam keeps saying if it wasn't for his fans he may not have been making this 2nd album. That doesn't compute for me. He's said it at least 3 times now...
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Post by stardust on Jan 21, 2012 14:56:15 GMT -5
Welcome kamar and bertiebotts!! So glad you joined us. Don't worry too much about the spelling, because some of us with English as our first language don't spell perfectly either. Have fun with it!! If you have any questions, just ask.
Buder - loved your post the first time and it is clearly still relevant. I'm so glad you gave it to Adam.
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Post by luzrnaz on Jan 21, 2012 14:57:31 GMT -5
Yeah, I wonder why Adam keeps saying if it wasn't for his fans he may not have been making this 2nd album. That doesn't compute for me. He's said it at least 3 times now... but doesn't it make you Feel Good to hear him say that? I am going with that. gaga still makes a point to thank her fans and make them know it is all because of them. another reason i like her too! |
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Post by gelly14 on Jan 21, 2012 14:58:57 GMT -5
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ITA to your whole post! Makes perfect sense to me.!
And I love your new avi! His smile while talking is irresistible! :D
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Post by SusieFierce on Jan 21, 2012 15:00:40 GMT -5
SusieFierceITA to your whole post! Makes perfect sense to me.! And I love your new avi! His smile while talking is irresistible! :D TY, BB!!  Couldn't have found it without you. Seems kind of fitting to have another Ellen avi again after all this time. |
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Post by gelly14 on Jan 21, 2012 15:02:46 GMT -5
Yeah, I wonder why Adam keeps saying if it wasn't for his fans he may not have been making this 2nd album. That doesn't compute for me. He's said it at least 3 times now... Maybe not making a 2nd album the way he wanted it to be? With all the people he wanted, writers, producers, time in his hands, the right promo, knowing that we're so loyal and passionate, we're not going to go anywhere and always be here for him? Just a thought. |
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Post by pjd on Jan 21, 2012 15:03:15 GMT -5
I agree with Susie that Adam would have still had a second album, but the label might not have spent the kind of money on it that they have on Trespassing. So he would have had AN album, but not THIS album.  Another way of looking at it is that he wouldn't have had the sales of FYE if it wasn't for all of the fans buying it. (That includes pretty much anyone who bought it unless there were some impulse buyers who bought an album from someone they didn't know.) So all of the fans buying FYE (and tour tickets, and EP/remixes, and so on!) ensured he could make another album. Just wanted to agree with whoever said up-thread that they seem to use a lot of hyphens, ellipses, etc when writing on line. I also do this. I am perfectly capable of writing correct English (except for spelling - that is a lost cause) but when I am writing on line I am trying to be far more conversational than I am in formal writing and those dots and dashes seem to add the pauses or emphasis I am trying to express. I also use the tilde (~) WAY more - actually I can't remember EVER using a tilde in formal writing. Does it even have a purpose? I also use ALL CAPS to try and add the cadence of spoken words to writing on line. |
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Post by irish1139 on Jan 21, 2012 15:10:25 GMT -5
ljsmack&mys*&@^#r&SusieFierce&Blueberry&Wal&FanOfTheMan&kamar&Q3&bentley&aralid&4EverAdam&JazzRocks&katycake&gelly14&Others: THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Your kind words mean so much to me - aww I can't stop smiling now! I'm from Finland and I'm only 16 years old... so I'm one of those younger fans, yay!! Here's my Adam story: I probably saw Adam on American Idol a few times, but I wasn't really fan of the show so I didn't think much about it. Then when his first album was a huge hit in my country I listened to his songs and really liked them (back then my favorite was IIHY), but I didn't really know who Adam was (for a while I thought he was from Sweden actually, haha) BTW for a looooong time I also thougth ADAM won the American Idol, not Kris...  Okay so then some time went on and I just listened to him from my Ipod and pretty much knew all the lyrics from his biggest hits... but I only really started to pay attention to him (like most of the finns who weren't really fans but liked his music, I think) when he started dating our BB-winner, Sauli (whose fan I already was). It's a little embarrassing but I really became a fan back then even though I didn't even mean to. At first I just started to read all these fan-comments about them and their relationship (blushing) and somehow I just started to notice how beautiful he was - from inside out. I went trough all those old daily threads and stuff. I watched some videos, saw nice pictures, read his old tweets, watched interviews and kind of get to know him along the way, you know? He talked about important things and reminded me of myself a little bit actually (so I could easily understand where he was coming from). But what really maked me his fan was the Montreal Performance... I watched the videos (TALC) and cried!!! That Outlaws of Love performance... it just really touched my heart. There was no turning back then after that. I have his first album (the Tour Edition) and usually listen to it while going to sleep. I've grown to love all the songs of course but maybe my favorites are: Strut, Sleepwalker, Aftermath, Masterplan and WWFM. Adam brings so much light in my life; just today I was feeling really down and could only hum Sleepwalker to myself (I walk around and feel / so lost and lonely) when suddenly the sun came to view after so many weeks of dark clouds only (winter in Finland :()-- and Sleepwalkers lyrics turned into "everywhere we go we're looking for the sun"... He also maked me realaise that I shouldn't be so afraid of who I am - I have to love my self first in order to love the others. I've had some rough times in life and because of his gentle and wise spirit I'm finally starting to get back to my feet again. So thanks to all you amazing fans and sorry for my bad bad bad english (thanks for you kind words about that also - I try my best!)... Yay! I love berting. - Bertie |
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Post by aralid on Jan 21, 2012 15:10:26 GMT -5
I agree with Susie that Adam would have still had a second album, but the label might not have spent the kind of money on it that they have on Trespassing. So he would have had AN album, but not THIS album. Another way of looking at it is that he wouldn't have had the sales of FYE if it wasn't for all of the fans buying it. (That includes pretty much anyone who bought it unless there were some impulse buyers who bought an album from someone they didn't know.) So all of the fans buying FYE (and tour tickets, and EP/remixes, and so on!) ensured he could make another album. Just wanted to agree with whoever said up-thread that they seem to use a lot of hyphens, ellipses, etc when writing on line. I also do this. I am perfectly capable of writing correct English (except for spelling - that is a lost cause) but when I am writing on line I am trying to be far more conversational than I am in formal writing and those dots and dashes seem to add the pauses or emphasis I am trying to express. I also use the tilde (~) WAY more - actually I can't remember EVER using a tilde in formal writing. Does it even have a purpose? I also use ALL CAPS to try and add the cadence of spoken words to writing on line. I've have seen Tilde used many times here and on Twitter, but what does it mean, when do you use it? |
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