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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2012 17:17:35 GMT -5
wow. i have no problem with someone not loving the the album (well, not much). but that review is WEIRD. and i don't just mean because it's B-. no one needs to point out a thing, 'cuz it's all right there: "purple eyeliner," "big gay dance-club," "sharing safe words," "classic rock guitars" = straight, and "Cheer up, Glammy. It's nothing a little make-up remover can't fix." wow. Right!!! Could it be more demeaning without actually using curse words? I think not. |
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Post by haribert on May 9, 2012 17:17:46 GMT -5
Here is the EW article of Trespassing www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20594232,00.html MUSIC REVIEW Trespassing (2012) Adam Lambert B - Adam Lambert might be the only American Idol alum who considers purple eyeliner a daytime look. So it's hard to understand why it took him so long to make his big gay dance-club album. ( :  WTF? ) Even after he came out in 2009, the eighth-season runner-up didn't stop flirting with the straight crowd, indulging in classic-rock guitars and gender-neutral pronouns on his debut, For Your Entertainment. But on Trespassing, he's left the closet far behind — defending gay marriage (''Outlaws of Love'') and celebrating what happens when two consenting adults love each other enough to share their safe words (''Chokehold''). He's also officially coming out as a superfan of funk, '80s-night house, and Studio 54 grooves, tapping Chic's Nile Rodgers to produce, along with Pharrell Williams and Dr. Luke. Thanks to these pop vets, Trespassing's first half is a study in fabulosity: ''Kickin' In'' is stripper-heel disco at its finest, and the rousing ''Shady'' plants its freak flag in the uncharted territory between Nine Inch Nails and Michael Jackson. Too bad the ballad-heavy second half is so laughably over-the-top By the end, our hero is wailing about fallen Towers of Babel and ripping away his flesh and bone to a ''red river of screams.'' Cheer up, Glammy. It's nothing a little makeup remover can't fix. B- Best Tracks: Scissor Sisters-inspired Kickin' In : Industrial Pounder Shady : She is loving the dance part, she's mocking the dark part. WUT? OK then. ETA I brought it all over if you don't want to give them hits. I can't believe a so-called mainstream magazine would publish a review so blatantly hateful and gut-twistingly homophobic! It's not even remotely about the music! No, I don't want to give EW hits, but I hate not calling them out on how low this is. |
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Post by gelly14 on May 9, 2012 17:18:40 GMT -5
There is a EW attack on twitter going on right now and I'm lovin it.
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Post by koshka on May 9, 2012 17:19:27 GMT -5
Someone asked about the comment on the DDD forum that the songs on Trespassing were pretty tame. What does that mean? Well, consider the source. I don't mean this as a diss. The forum is called ""Rock Performers>Vocalists/Frontmen". That is their focus... rock, not pop, electronica and dance/club music. Their tastes lean strongly towards singers with that high rock wail. Steve Perry, Chris Cornell, Freddie Mercury, Robert Plant, Roger Daltry,etc. They like the "balls-to-the-wall" vocals. Adam's vocals on much of Trespassing, while impressive, are not hard rock. He does less wailing and stratospheric high notes. Therefore, "tame" by a rocker's perspective. Generally, these guys have great respect for what Adam can do, for his technical skills, but, when he veers from his "rock roots" they lose interest. Note, they said most of the TRACKS are tame. And that was a comment by just two people. I think many of the guys who used to post have been run off by what they see as the takeover of the thread by Adam's fangirls. Don't know that there is much analytical or critical content on the thread these days. That was me.. but I was also asking what these folks were looking for because I read something similar-ish in a from yesterday review. I don't recall the exact words. |
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Post by koshka on May 9, 2012 17:20:45 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2012 17:21:25 GMT -5
Homophobia at it's BEST , not to mention that she has NO CLUE about music. The way she describes Kickin in and Shady are to laugh for. And Chokehold? Implying that it's about BDSM sex, and celebrating it??? Morons! |
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Post by kryptoman68 on May 9, 2012 17:21:38 GMT -5
Here is the EW article of Trespassing Oh wow! Thanks for bringing it over. Not sure whether to laugh or cry. What I could read between (and within) the lines is: You are not a serious artist, you are a freak who should be doing nothing but gay music. Rock is for straight dudes (like Freddie Mercury and Rob Halford :  and any attempt to express deep feelings in a song sounds ridiculous because we all know queens cannot have feelings, they just pretend to be OTT to be interesting. I actually think B- isn't that bad. It is the rest of the drivel that makes me sad... But what do you expect from a magazine with a yucky name... Eeeew! |
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Post by nonchallance on May 9, 2012 17:21:58 GMT -5
Here is the EW article of Trespassing www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20594232,00.html MUSIC REVIEW Trespassing (2012) Adam Lambert B - And bla, bla bla, bla, bla I'm sorry gelly for changes in your post but I don't want to see that review again. Yup, subjectivity, I understand that but WTH is that crap? |
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Post by gelly14 on May 9, 2012 17:22:24 GMT -5
Z100 New York @z100newyork Win tix to our exclusive show w/ @adamlambert @ our @iheartradio Theater pres by @pcrichardandson on 5/15 @ z100.com/l/hu! #glamberts |
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Post by kryptoman68 on May 9, 2012 17:25:02 GMT -5
Doesn't Michael Slezak work for EW, and isn't he a gay man? I wonder how he feels about his own employer so blatantly showing signs of homophobia? :( Nope, he is on tvline.com now, witty as always. Not sure why he left EW, but I have an idea... |
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