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Adam Lambert..

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annoys me..he think she is so cool and controversial and I find him rather annoying. LIke I think if you have a like pop song written for you after winning American Idol about not being an angel and good but being bad then really you are not bad. If you're bad and so dangerous you don't need a pop song to tell the world about it. It is so contrived in my opinion. I know his performance on the AMA's last night was so controversial because of the sexiness of it but really I just watched it and it was like so like not really that bad at all. Oh the whole thing just annoys me. It was so I'm doing this to do this and be controverisal cuz this is actually waht i want to do or am about. bleh. bleh. bleh.
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  1. lauren ·

    I have to say first of all, that I am not an Adam Lambert fan and don't really know much about it him at all, so I am not defending him as an artist. However, I do think that it's really great that we have an openly gay performer who is willing to be explicit with his sexuality on stage. Madonna and Britney can kiss and they don't have to make sure everyone knows that they are straight and they probably (although I don't know for sure) didn't edit that performance. Women can kiss all the time and it's no big deal because it doesn't make people uncomfortable the way two men kissing does, so I appreciate that he is willing to do that. However, it is also an unfortunate probability that he will become a gay icon for the straight world and everyone will think the whole gay community likes to wear bad eye makeup and be dangerous, just like all lesbians play acoustic guitar like Melissa Ethridge. Ah well.

  2. jason ·

    I read about that. You know what's interesting to me about it? He said that MEN can't do what women do with these performances. Maybe he meant it in terms of the kiss, but I took it as something that is more than gay or straight. I don't watch a lot of pop music - but could a straight guy get away with having a chick fake blow him live on the AMAs? That is edgy no matter who you are.

    I also have a comment about the sexuality of it all. I had some down time yesterday and read a certain celebutard's web site where he said how great it was that Lambert was being so sexual. Obviously I don't give even a molecule of a shit about two guys getting freaky. But how is that a good image for the gay community? In my mind, I could be wrong, it reinforces the image too many people have that homosexuals are typified by the Folsom street festival. I won't say this about too many pop stars, but he has legit talent and IMO doesn't need to go for the cheap thrills. Pop stars today rely on that shit waaaay too much!

    Then again...he did say that he's not for everyone. He doesn't seem to be going for mass appeal. I respect that.

  3. metalpeter ·

    I didn't see it so I can't say to much. But what I read was about GMA canceling his performance. The writer brought up a point of if some of this is because he is gay, meaning that if he wasn't gay they think that the performance would still be happening. I think that is true.

    The thing with image though is you don't know what is really true. How much of what he does is him, how much is to get publicity, how much is the record company, how much is him trying to get away from American Idol, How much of it is to try and sell his brand of makeup or some ones, how much is it to sell leather goods? See all of those are factors. Sometimes (think Marylyn Manson) be hated is good for you and album sales. You get people are riled up and that drives your act and record sales. If I was an artist and people in cities and towns made circles and burned 10Million copies I would love it, guess why they just bought 10 Million copies, and that is just the people who hate me.

    For how he shows off the Gay Image, Not sure if it is good or bad really. Jason does make a good point about that. But in other countries where they aren't as sexually repressed or tight that could be completely different.

  4. jason ·

    Lauren has a point concerning the Britney issue. People treat man kissing much differently, which is something I just think America has to grow up about. That is "controversial" enough if he wanted to create a buzz. And I think it is good that people are exposed to reality.

    The simulated BJ to me crosses the line to vulgar. I don't think anyone doing that on live TV wouldn't catch shit for it. I could be wrong, I don't see too many live TV performances. I cringed, it was like, you know, some asshole is gonna see that and yell TOLD YOU.

  5. lauren ·

    for the record, I was unaware of the BJ thing connected to this performance that I was commenting on. I do think that no matter what gender or sexuality you are, that would have been edited and controversial.

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