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Post by katycake on May 19, 2012 13:27:29 GMT -5
Are there ever numbers for 1st week global sales?
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Post by schufly on May 19, 2012 13:27:38 GMT -5
I just came from Target. I think there was 3 albums left on the shelf, (or was it 5?) anyway, 1-2 Deluxe, and 2-3 Standard I think. I picked up 1 of each. On the Deluxe label, there were rain check tickets, or whatever you call those. I wonder if it was just oddly placed for whatever music that needed a raincheck, or if the deluxe keeps selling out, so that they're on backorder or something. At the Target near me they were sold out of the Deluxe version and had about 5 regular. They had the raincheck slips so I asked the clerk when they would get the Deluxe restocked. "Not until Monday", he said. I asked if it had been selling well this week and he said, yes, they could not keep up with the re-stocking. YAY!!!! (but, Boo that people couldn't get a copy) If you have a raincheck slip you can still get the sale price once they have more CDs to sell, even if the sale is over. There were plenty of both regular and deluxe at the Best Buy next door. But their prices were higher than Target, so I can see why people would not want to buy there.
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Post by pi on May 19, 2012 13:30:38 GMT -5
Adam Lambert þ@adamlambert Keep Pushin Glamily!! Let's get it back to #1 on iTunes! #Trespassing I am surprised Adam is tweeting these #1 messages. The American Idol album is only available on iTunes so it will be hard to knock it off. But he really is not pushing NCOE. In any case, he is inches away from having this week's #1 album. And I still think that the number could be higher than 80K top end of the Billboard and HDD ranges. (I think this knowing that it is unlikely that Billboard is off.) I'm really surprised too. He really wants this bad. Wish we could do that for him. :-/
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Post by mahailia on May 19, 2012 13:32:22 GMT -5
Think we need descriptors for FYE and HMV.
Are these music stores? Retail like Target?
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Post by gelly14 on May 19, 2012 13:35:17 GMT -5
Keisha Renee' @keisharenee Just finishes my hair! Room service is on the way... Shower then a nap before the show See ya there Glamberts!!!!
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2012 13:37:28 GMT -5
OUTLAWS OF LOVE by Adam LambertOutlaws of Love: the soundMany critics, reviewers and fans have rightfully predicted that this haunting ballad will become an anthem for the LGBT community. Hopefully, other communities/ people will realize its broad message and find comfort or inspiration in it as well. There hasn't been a single review which didn't praise Outlaws of Love; even the ones who sneered at the 'dark' side of Trespassing and generally disliked its confessional ballads were very positive towards it. Please, those of you who still haven't found a place in your heart for this song, take a look at this beautiful vocal analysis of OOL, written by Angelina Kalahari, a lyric soprano opera singer. It will take your breath away. Here is a piece of it. I find these words very true and close to my heart: I feel this song will change the way non-fans perceive Adam Lambert – not only the over-the-top, make-up wearing, campy, sexy singer with the great voice, they must now learn to appreciate, too, the serious artist, as his fans has known him to be, from the beginning.
And thirdly, this song is a departure from anything Adam has sung before, and shows how far he has come in his artistic development and song-writing skills. This song is truly a piece of art.Here is the link: soundbath.wordpress.com/2011/09/1....-love%E2%80%9D/Outlaws of Love: the wordsThe lyrics of the song are simple, clear in their message and universal in their meaning. Adam himself has referenced Romeo and Juliet, Thelma and Louise, Johnny and June... as outlaws of love and he was right: take any real or fictional couple who met obstacles on their love's journey and OOL could be their song. But, there are a few lyrics which particularly strike me as the most powerful and pregnant with meaning: Hey, tears all fall the same we all feel the rain we can’t changeAlthough the song can be universal from the viewpoint of love and emotions, this outcry for equality makes it even more timeless: the division of mankind is as present today as it has always been. Jew/ Christian, black/ white, gay/ straight, Northern/ Southern, poor/ rich... you name it... these divisions have started wars and taken lives. Some battles have been fought and won, but some have not... the one for which Adam is such a strong spokesman is still ongoing. The social relevance and importance of this battle is enormous and Adam fights it in the best way he can: with his music and lyrics and voice. Back to the lyrics: this is not the first time Adam has drawn from literature for inspiration and reference. The outlined lyrics are just his way to portray this idea of equality, the fact that we're all the same. This is how Shakespeare did it in 'The Merchant of Venice', where he conveyed the same idea through the mouth of Shylock, the Jew: I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? The same idea. The same concept. The strong urge that Adam feels as a gay man to say that he is no different from the straight people just because he loves another human being who happens to be a man. His sexuality is not the reason which should set him apart from other people: his intelligence, talent and kind heart are and do. It is very disturbing to know that this wonderful person feels like he is being discriminated against. ( Which he is). The similarity to 'The Merchant of Venice' does not end there. There are not such references in OOL, but, as it is a song about LGBT community, I have to point out that the play also alludes to the corporeal conundrum that weaves through Shakespeare's 'transvestite' comedies where boy actors playing women cross-dress as men in dazzling doubles acts that offer up a spectrum of flexible sex-gender identities, confounding the body's 'truth'. Also, 'The Merchant of Venice' is a homoerotic play, but the homoerotic implications are conveyed rather indirectly, with special attention placed on Antonio's character and his loving friendship with Bassanio. I don't know if Adam had this famous Shylock's speech in mind when he wrote the lyrics of OOL, but I want to believe he did. And I want to tell him that he fights his battles elegantly, smartly and intelligently. There is no doubt in my heart or mind that Adam is playing a major role in this ongoing struggle for equality and that he will end up being a winner in the end.
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Post by gelly14 on May 19, 2012 13:38:27 GMT -5
Chi Catasrophe @chibvb @adamlambert what is the name of the song that you sang on Idol Thursday?
32s Adam Lambert @adamlambert @chibvb Never Close Our Eyes
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Post by Coconutgrove0 on May 19, 2012 13:38:46 GMT -5
Yep! Congratulations! :-/ we got beaten pretty badly 6-2 :-[
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Post by valilac on May 19, 2012 13:42:38 GMT -5
Meredith @merrycello DJ just called Adam Lambert his homeboy. It was cute 38s LAMBERTLUST @lambertlust Adam Lambert tweet reply screen cap twitpic.com/9mwgk3
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Post by pi on May 19, 2012 13:42:40 GMT -5
iTunes push: 1) Largest retailer of music, with 38% share of sales 2) Visibility of being #1 3) Clout of being #1 4) Speaks to popularity and quality of the music 5) Adam at #1, on top!!!!!! Yep! Don't want Adam to be #2 to some kids singing covers.. oh the irony. :
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