Adam Lambert chats with fab magazine
Adam Lambert discusses the AMA/GMA controversy at length in a 25 minute interview with Canadian GLBT magazine, Fab.
Adam hears, for the first time, the CBS official statement explaining why the network blurred out the photo of Adam kissing his keyboard player, while not blurring a photo of the Madonna/Britney kiss.
Adam’s reaction? That’s weak,” he says, “Someone didn’t give it some real thought when they did it.”
“Rock and roll is a prostitute and it has to be tarted up,” says Lambert, quoting Todd Haynes’s Velvet Goldmine, a film he says heavily influenced his persona. “I just wanted to do something unexpected and different and break out from the expectation a little. You come off Idol and there’s this expectation that you’re going to be this mass appeal, mass marketed, family friendly, granola, easy listening, easily digestible thing, and that’s definitely not me as an artist.”
via xtra.com
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It was interesting going to the Early Show a few days ago, and seeing the fans there. There were quite a few who didn’t like the AMA performance, but were still adament supporters of his. And then there were those, like me, who weren’t at all bothered by the AMAs. I really think the emotion of the first day or so took hold, but once that subsided, I see very few hardcore Adam fans up in arms over the incident.
ITA – that cancellation may have been one of the best things to happen to Adam. It actually got people really talking about the double standard, and other related issues, and made Adam much more sympathetic in the whole scheme of things. He never played victim – as others said, he took complete responsibility for what he did, but that actually made it all the better. He owned up to it, didn’t shy away, and in the end ABC came off the worst for making a decision that many, even those who didn’t like the AMA performance, viewed as foolish, and made for foolish reasons.
revcat, pleased and surprised to hear that GMA is not having Chris Brown on the morning show. I wish they wouldn’t air him at all, but happy that the world of scandal reporting is moving forward. I hope that Adam benefits from the media moving on to other targets.
I believe that Adam is correct when he stated in the FAB interview that the focus on his performance is a generational issue, which can only mean good things for him in the future.
LMAO!!! I am a fan but i am not angry fan. So i disagree with you sweeping statement. IMHO, some fans might be disappointed (i think angry is a strong word) because of ignorant statements are being posted by ignorant people. And for trolling hate. Hate is not good. LMAO! Personally, i am not angry. Why should i be angry if people are buying Adam’s CDs. LMAO!!!
Yup!!