2.22.11 Adam Gets Fired Up

LOL, you are one of the first people who I've added to the list that I'm convinced will be thoroughly entertained by Adam-adjacent academic drivel!

Yay! Adam and Queen got a nice article in my free local daily newspaper, including a good, current photo of Adam. Interesting that the article beside it is of a London band who worried about selling out because one of their songs was on the Twilight soundtrack and then found the song was background music and not very high profile. Whenever I start to angst a little about Adam's career, I just think of all the great bands and musicians out there who are trying to get to where he is now. It's tough to break through, as Adam well knows.

Here is the article from the Tampa Times must be in most of the city papers.

www.tampabay.com/blogs/80s/content/adam-lambert-join-queen-one-concert

BECAUSE we don't really know what effect these tedious challenges, etc. have on Adam's music and his career trajectory, is exactly the reason I personally choose to continue voting like a fiend and supporting him in any way possible. There may be advantages that aren't quite so obvious.

Think about this....how did we, as fans, get a reputation as such an asset to Adam. How many times have we heard "Adam, your fans are so incredible!!" How many times recently have we heard Adam say that if not for his fans, he may not have been making a second album.

I see this "reputation" coming from acknowledgement of an accumulation of so-called "fan activities". We rarely let Adam loose a voting challenge, we break websites in our fervor to support him, we can raise a million dollars for his charities, we sell out magazines when he's on the cover, we buy multiples copies of his albums, attend multiple concerts, etc. etc.

These isolated activities all add up to Adams fans being recognized as a somewhat powerful force, IMHO. So while not everything we do may result in increased radio play, I believe, in the long run, that these activities really matter a lot to Adam's success. While radio success is important, I think we are helping to show that Adam is an extremely valuable commodity, in a variety of different areas.

So I would encourage us all NOT to get discouraged, but to look at the bigger picture. IMO, all these seemingly small and insignificant victories for Adam add up over time to something more significant even if the "something" is often intangible.

Did that make ANY sense to anyone but me?????