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Post by midwifespal on Feb 3, 2012 11:18:14 GMT -5
Dark Adam is like a crazy-mother-effing-monkey there! I'm surprised he didn't just fling poo at Light Adam and his "twee" (thank you, Mika, for THE perfect word-choice) watering can!
This is my by-far favorite part of the mv. (Somehow, I think a certain gossip-columnist-whose-name-I-won't-say might have gotten a little glimpse of that side one night . . . )
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Post by wal on Feb 3, 2012 11:18:46 GMT -5
sonymusicmexico Sony Music México VIDEO ESTRENO: ¡Mira ahora "Better Than I Know Myself" de @adamlambert bit.ly/y4zlmw ! 10 minutes ago (Links to youtube BTIKM video)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2012 11:18:48 GMT -5
Yay! Medges helping to break through the duality to a unified whole! peace&love Your posts are hilarious, truly!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2012 11:19:17 GMT -5
RCAPromo RCA Records Promo on.mtv.com/AlfnVj @adamlambert to tour with Queen! 6 minutes ago I guess that confirms it!! Wow!!! What a great money making gig for Adam! Guys, his own tour is going to be AMAZING! He will be able to use a much bigger budget now!!!!!! So excited for him and for us! Damn! We stan the most amazing man!!!!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2012 11:19:23 GMT -5
As regards the air canisters- I think they were looking for some way to show the connection between the two rooms/Adams. Could have been something umbilical or something like this shared air supply. Not that we wouldn't know anyway but maybe it was a clear effort to make even the most dense person see- maybe they thought folks wouldn't get why light Adam is passing out because of a fire next door, LOL. I agree, Buders. Bridget and some other fans didn't need it, because they can see beyond literal to implied. But even for Bridget - type fans ( and I am one ), the umbilical air supply adds yet another more obvious visual layer to the vid/story. There is so much between the dark and light--Adam looking out the window and we see the duality provided by the blinds. Dark Adam looks into his mirror and the chandelier light appears behind his hair. Light and dark chessboard pieces. The dark side cinematography appears to have the changing light of flames on it's edges. The soft makeup on light Adam and the more dramatic harsher cheekbones on Dark Adam. When I saw the final scene with the fence and tape, I thought, I wonder, besides the black and white clothes, how they are going to finish it. The dual eyes were perfect--and I was looking for the final reveal and was not disappointed. Like Ray Kay said, substance and no easy answers. A big theme captured beautifully in three minutes. Good for Adam that he pulled this off--it could have been cliche without the song and Ray Kay capturing the nuances as well as the dichotomous choices. Many reviewers will only comment on the obvious Dr Jekyll mr Hyde, but that is illuminated by the nuanced soft/hard shades of gray that humanity lives with. I think the video is masterful; can't believe the thought that came before, within, and after a 20-hr shoot. More layers than most movies. Oh, by the way, I liked it, a lot. ;D And just so no one gets me wrong, I think Adam is BRILLIANT in this mv, beautiful and brilliant, over-the-top AND, exactly, "nuanced." Amazing. I'm gonna go watch again.
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Post by chapf on Feb 3, 2012 11:20:21 GMT -5
I watch dark Adam. Then I watch light Adam. Then I do it all again. The interaction between the two Adams makes me feel strangely weepy. I mean, seriously weepy. Wow seoulmate, I feel exactly the same. I loved both performances on Leno and Ellen, then the acoustic version knocked down all of them. I enjoyed the music and felt happy. Now, watch this music video, my tears come down. I feel so sad, WHY? Only thing I can think of is he is a darn good actor, the song touches my heart deeply not by lyric but his acting! (back to page 10)
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Post by wal on Feb 3, 2012 11:20:30 GMT -5
SonyMusique Sony Musique #BetterThanIKnowMyself de @adamlambert --> bit.ly/wyha3T14 minutes ago
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2012 11:21:42 GMT -5
(He did this AFTER Finland visit, yes? no?)
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Post by NoAngel on Feb 3, 2012 11:21:52 GMT -5
As regards the air canisters- I think they were looking for some way to show the connection between the two rooms/Adams. Could have been something umbilical or something like this shared air supply. Not that we wouldn't know anyway but maybe it was a clear effort to make even the most dense person see- maybe they thought folks wouldn't get why light Adam is passing out because of a fire next door, LOL. I agree, Buders. I think the whole scenario is going on inside Adam's brain, or psyche, and of course both sides are present and share the same air. I was thinking some more about the vid, and it occurred to me that both Adams are kind of impotent. Light Adam is all goody-goody and doing all these "good for you" things, but he's still trapped. He looks outside but he can't leave. Dark Adam is violent and destructive, but he can't really destroy himself-- not even with fire. He messes up his makeup but in the next moment it's perfect again. All the passion and power is in Dark Adam, but without a purpose, it's just flailing. Light Adam tries all these different ways to "tame" Dark Adam. He tries to sweetly coax him, he tries to ignore him, he tries to sweep (Dark Adam's messiness?) away. He meditates and loses himself in music. He even tries to win him over with logic (chess). But nothing works, I think because Light Adam was not accepting Dark Adam-- shaking his head, judging him. It was Dark Adam who had the power to bring them together, and that power was compassion. Compassion towards Light Adam, and on another level, the compassion that a person should have for themselves. There was a moment near the end when Dark Adam draws back and I was scared that he was going to leave Light Adam to die. But instead he was just gathering his strength to break down the wall and reach out gently to his other side. Have I said how much I love this video????!!!!!
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Post by mszue on Feb 3, 2012 11:22:09 GMT -5
There could be added nuances of meaning in the notion that DARK Adam is the performer [and wearing his latest greatest performance w/Queen...as far as flamboyance goes] and the LIGHT is his very normal upbringing and non-performing self. Shows how the performer and the person are one albeit showing different sides of them self.....note the DARK Adam is showing all the stuff we KNOW of him..the make-up, the clothes, the skull, etc...just a thought...added layering of meaning...polysemic...
ETA...not all we know of him but all the average non-stan fan knows of him....we, on the other hand, know him better than he knows himself! hahaha
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