Is Cuckoo cuckoo or Adam's 2 cents on it
-on partying and straightening
Adam Lambertþ@adamlambert
Cuckoo: yeah that's right. I'm nuts. But damn it's fun, you coming along for the ride? 
Cuckoo is about partying. It's a really fun pop song. It looks like it, sounds like it, but there's a BUT to it. Before I, or more correctly, before Adam goes into all that, here are some excerpts about him as a party boy, for the sake of precision and respect towards an important part of Adam's life and character:
PARTY BOY
Indeed, though he's from San Diego by way of Indianapolis, Lambert is very much an L.A. success story. Much of his beguiling flamboyance reflects his time as a club kid, frequenting the city's liveliest dance spots: Mustache Mondays, Miss Kitty's Parlour, Dragstrip 66.
( LA Weekly,
blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/05/adam_lambert_people_2012.php?page=2 )
Adam: That’s the thing about me…I was a chorusboy for work and by late night, I was a club kid. So I was like going out after the show and getting dressed up a lot. I was really into Miss Kitty’s [Parlour] too because that’s where I lived, right around the corner [near the Dragonfly].
LL: Do the Boulet Brothers know that?
Adam: I think so, I’ve seen them at one point since then. I used to get so dressed up, too, because that was the only outlet I had for that and I love dressing up.
LL: I think people in LA would love to know that you’re very much a product of our nightlife.
Adam: I went out in West Hollywood plenty, but I also loved Dragstrip [66]. I performed there once, with Mz A and my friend Scarlett.
( LA Slush :
laslush.com/2012/07/11/adam-lambert-la-weekly-interview/ )
Adam: I have a very gluttonous, hedonist personality. I love the idea of a wild night out, and if there could be an orgy in the corner and a hookah over there - I love the idea of that. But I’m moving out of that phase of my life.
( Rolling Stone- May 24th issue:
kathryn17.tumblr.com/post/22677094036/no-copyright-infringement-intended-article )
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How does Adam party nowadays, or what kind of partying has he moved on to? House parties, for one:
Adam: I’ve been to a loooot of parties, [laughs]. Best house party I've ever been to? I don’t know. I throw really good ones. I have parties all the time.
Q: What are your house parties like?
Adam: Fun. I have great friends and we put on music and we act stupid…it’s just good time.
Q: So the only real way you know you’re at Adam Lambert party is if you feel real shady the next morning.
Adam: Probably. They do go hard, we go really hard.
(
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG427IHggj4&feature=relmfu )
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ADAM'S "BUT"
If you thought Cuckoo is just about partying, you better
think again! Here are Adam's thoughts about Cuckoo, from general info, to Adam's input on the meaning of the lyrics:
Adam: I wrote the song with Bonnie McKee, who’s a great writer. We wrote it about just wanting to lose your damn mind, you know, that feeling like partying to the point of insanity. I wanted to write a jam about just being nuts. It’s pretty light hearted, it’s pretty silly . There’s one line in the bridge that has a little weight to it, it says: “ I got to get out of this strait jacket” I think that line, if you can dissect it by itself, there’s a lot of weight to it. So, hopefully when I get to the point of making a music video, maybe I’ll give it a little social commentary at that point.
(
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UWfAAQccrE)
Adam: I’m cuckoo, we’re all cuckoo, we’re nuts, right? There’s something kind of liberating about feeling completely crazy, it’s like: “I don’t care what you think, I’m just going to do what I want to do”. Even though it’s a fun pop song, there’s a darker undercurrent: it compares wanting to party and be free to people looking at it and saying; "Oh, you’re crazy.” As if you should be institutionalized, or put in a straitjacket, or in a nuthouse. One of the things I find really interesting is back in the day, they took gay people and gave them electro shock therapy so they would not be gay anymore. That’s why I called it a “straight jacket”.
(
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCUxoV36_lw&feature=player_embedded )
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That was back in the day. But
the straightening still happens, in one form or another. If you are unfamiliar with the term, this video explains it perfectly: HUSBANDS Episode 2: The Straightening (Season 2),
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRnL6GkbTNw&feature=player_detailpage .
Adam fights his fights. And he writes and he sings:
walk that walk like you don’t give a fuck...
I have absolutely nothing to add to his words or his music; just savour them. Can't wait for that social commentary.
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