Tonight’s Access Hollywood featured a behind the scenes look at Adam Lambert’s “For Your Entertainment” music video.
Leather and fetish on parade peeps. Check it out after the jump.
Bonus: AMA Rehearsals! Also after the jump.
Video after the JUMP…
AH behind the scenes at FYE video shoot
Behind the scenes at AMA rehearsal
Thanks, jpfan. When FYE first came out and people were worrying about the potential content of the video, “Erotica” was one of the first ones that came to mind – and I stated as much here on the blog. One that seemed to push the limits further (at least to me as a teenager at the time) was Eurythmics “Missionary Man.” The imagery is certainly not new. And there will be people that are uncomfortable with it. And there will be many others that will find it titilating and exciting.
Adam can be all things to all people in terms of the interpretive styling of his vocals, BUT he can only physically be one thing at a time. At the AMAs he will be over-the-top, Zodiac Adam roaring out of the gate to show his stuff to those that haven’t experienced him before. On Wednesday at GMA (and thereafter), he will have more time to show other sides. But at the AMAs he’s out to brand himself, as I’ve speculated before. This is a big moment for him and he knows how he wants to play it. It will either work or not. But it will get everyone talking. That’s how Madonna started (and continued) her career.
has the performance via sales and airplay of ”tfm”, ”fye” and ”wwfm”, all releases attributed to adam post idol, really been enough to foist this moniker on him? i would assume one would also need to have built up, over time like the examples you cited, an auditable and verifiable body of work to substantiate and validate this designation… by that definition, adam still needs to put in the work and build up a body of some in the industry to give this credence, and a measure of credibility… jmo.
1) I don’t think Adam is performing anywhere close to second on the AMA show — he said in an interview that he has a really good seat and plans to watch as much of the show as possible until he has to go get ready — so I presume he is performing during the 2d half of the show, 2) I suspect that Adam will be doing tons and tons of press and radio interviews on Tuesday the 24th….he is in NYC and they likely have him booked all day long for interviews
“ya…yep…YEP…that’s hot…i love it.” lol
i hope he doesnt lip sync at all.
Via sales and airplay of ‘ tfm’ , ‘ fye’ and ‘ wwfm’ ?
Of course not.
But Youtube can easily provide you the “auditable and verifiable body of work” you require. I feel very secure in calling him fully seasoned, proven, and 100% dependable as a live performer.
using this same method of you tube verification as our model, taylor hicks also qualifies then, as pre and post idol he is given credit for being a seasoned, proven and dependable ”live” performer – but who with a straight face can honestly call him a ”rockstar”, lolol… as always, everyone’s mmv, but i’m old school when adding that label to any artist – the performance aspect, as well as the data generated via airplay, sales etc over a period of time has to be both factored into the equation… like the overused term ‘’superstar”, the term has begun to lose its cachet and power when the standards for rewarding it become so blurred and easy to attain… i’m not from missouri, but you have to show me you got the goods, over the long haul, before bestowing those terms….
“”"However, it turns a very very very large number of people on. I have a feeling you’d be quite surprised at the very mainstream people, including nice Christian housewives in small midwestern towns, who like this kind of thing as a form of sexual/romantic *play.* And with Adam, it’s pretty clearly play ‘†with “”"
I am not surprised that nice Christian housewives like this kind of thing, have you ever seen Christian Rock videos? Talk about out there and over the top!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml7O8Tfc_PA
ggdoorsfan
11/20/2009 at 11:07 am
So when has an Artist proven himself? When a single sells platinum, when an album sells gold, when they are asked to speak at a conference or have moderate financial success on a tour?
Everyone measures success differently…I look at success as the legacy you leave when the great one calls, other’s may look at success as even getting a recording contract and asking to perform in front of millions on a TV show.
your use of the word legacy is key for me – a body of work, over a period of time that helps lend credence to its designation upon an artist… ‘’success” is a highly relative/subjective term, and everyone’s standards for it will naturally vary… i may not have been around as long as some who have really followed pop and rock music, and studied its history, but i’ve studied it, and been around long enough to have seen my fair share of artists receive much the same ‘’superstar, rockstar” hype, and never live up to it – does terence trent d’arby ring any bells?
i’m just saying that to foist the designation of such lofty terms as ‘’superstar”, ”rockstar” etc. onto any new artist entering the music business, before there are quantifiable standards to help measure and back up the claim is premature, at best… and for many, the cachet and real meaning behind the terms gets rendered almost irrelevant from its perpetual overuse …
Well, he’s kind of a superstar to me, lol. … Love Terence Trent D’Arby. As Yet Unwritten just came up on my Ipod this morning, and, wow, I love Terence Trent D’Arby…
Otherwise, though, I think you make a good point!
i loved his album ”the hardline according to terence trent d’arby” so much… the media and he conspired to fashion himself into the ”next prince”, the next ‘’superstar of superstars” after michael jackson… massive press and hype… giving him his props – dude was ferociously talented – he was, but after a short while, it became evident the media hype and d’arby’s own hubris and unchecked ego soured him on the music buying public and the industry – and he has never quite recovered from a career that began as a roaring thunderclap, and ended with a whimper… i still like his music, but his is still a very relevant and cautionary tale for those inclined to ”believe the hype”…
I liked Terence Trent Darby but he never had the hype that Adam had, not even close and comparing him to Lambert is hilarious
This gives me a vibe of the Merovingian party that Morpheous, Trinity, and Serif crash in Matrix Revolutions.
Please don’t lipsync.
ymmv, but i remember that he did… remember this as well… those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. let’s meet back in a year, and compare