Adam Lambert discusses the GMA cancellation with Ryan Seacrest:
Adam says he respects their decision, he’s disappointed for the fans, but isn’t taking it personally. He also says, “Sorry, I’m not a babysitter, I’m a performer.” He namechecks a few other controversial acts from the show, and wonders why his one move with a male dancer is causing such a sting. “I think a mountain has been made of a mole hill,” he says.
Adam just finished his interview with Barbara Walters for her 10 Most Fascinating People show.
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Adam interview with Elvis Duran this morning before the GMA cancellation became public. Update: Full Interview:
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Maybe not but it would behoove him to stop whining because everyone didn’t love it. It’s a gamble to push the envelope. Remember Madonna and Like A Prayer? She gambled and lost a multi-million dollar sponsorship deal with Pepsi. Or Janet at the superbowl? Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Get over it.
First part of Jim’s interview is up.
http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/459358/who-adam-lambert-was-flipping-off-at-the-amas.jhtml#id=1627064
Lol. Yes, he is. Some people are fans of all, some of just one or two of these groups. And most fans of all of them seem to be digging his music and him. It’s all over the internet.
Yeah, I don’t remember Janet complaining about her boob slip. She pretty much just lay low until the whole fiasco faded away. Instead, Adam is in front of cameras mouthing off and telling people they can’t deal with all his rock n roll. I can’t believe he basically just dismissed some of his fans who were less than pleased with his AMAs performance. Way to win people over, Adam. He acknowledges that he went too far, and yet he refuses to apologize for it. And why should he? Apologies are so not rock n roll, right?
At this point, I feel like Adam is a walking cliche.
The official music video for FYE is up at AO here:
http://www.adamofficial.com/us/news/your-entertainment-official-music-video
It’s terrific!
What “art” is to you, could be a joke to others. It is ART! People will never agree on what is considered to be art.
Personally, I like most of what Lady Gaga does. But, many people think she is a joke. (including many on this board) I’ve seen her referred to as Lady gaGAG on this board and seen many negative opinions of her.
That doesn’t keep me from liking her. I am a fan. However, I understand that not everyone is going to enjoy her music or think she is artistic. Those people are no more right than I am.
Why is this so hard to understand? I am crazy about Adam and think he is extremely talented. I enjoyed his performance at the AMAs. Others aren’t fans. Some didn’t like his performance. Those people are no more right than I am.
How are the AMAs any different from DWTS?
Great piece on Adam on Access Hollywood…NBC..
O wow, this is the first snippet I’ve seen of an Adam interview/ or listened to since the AMAs and he seemed different to me.
IDK, we didn’t watch the AMAs. But I’m still curious about whether the over 1500 complaints includes one night of DWTS or an entire season.
ABC clearly overreacted and GMA blew a perfect opportunity to shine a greater light on this so-called controversy. Their hypocrisy and double standards offend me, and in fact the routine focus on crime, petty politics and violence in most evening news shows offends me far more than any type of sexually suggestive musical performance. But Adam? He inspires me with his beautiful voice and positive spirit. His new album is wonderful and his attitude is a breath of fresh air. Yes, it was a sexy song and dance and perhaps he did get carried away, but what did ABC expect? The song, its lyrics and the costumes planned were no surprise. I assumed maybe that’s why they planned to have him on last. ABC used Adam for hype then threw him under the bus. No one deserves that.
I agree that that was a *great* Gaga performance. But she’s had some dumb and silly ones, too. I think I’ll give Adam a chance to do performances over a couple of years, as we’ve seen with Gaga now, and if, after that time, he doesn’t have any subtle, or thoughtful, or funny, or well performed ones, then I’ll say — Yeah, he’s lousy at this. … But, seriously, Gaga hasn’t just gone from brilliant artsy success to brilliant artsy success either. She’s tanked, too. Everybody does. Not so easy to put these things together so that they’re always brilliant or come off like clockwork.
IMO….ABC is doing damage control. And possibly facing a fine of some sort so need to keep it clean for awhile. I am not feeling sorry for AL, as I do think he has done a huge disservice to the gay community. I admired him for coming out, but think he has taken two major steps back for acceptance of gays. Geez….the leather, bondage, S&M thing. What was he thinking. Or not.
For about the millionth time, no one cares about the kiss. It was the simulated oral sex and the finger bang, and the flipping the bird that has people face-palming this monstrosity.
Oh, I totally agree. The first time I saw her perform on TV was definitely in the “tanked” category. It took a while for me to come back around.
It’s crazy to think that girl is 23 years old. I had no idea she was so young! She has so many years ahead of her to really hone her vision, and I can’t wait to see where she goes.
Adam…I see no artistic vision in what he’s doing. It’s all derivative and meaningless. That’s fine for an Idol contestant, but not fine if you claim it’s something more than that.
I think that one of the reasons there is such a backlash is because it was Adams first public performance outside of AI. He really is unknown to many people and this was his introduction. I think there are parallels to what Madonna did with Like a Virgin at the VMAs but she was already at least a year into her career when this happened. And with the Madonna Britney and Christina kiss they were all well into their careers. Also it was on MTV and not network. I do get what he’s saying about the other performances on the show but that’s why I think that at least part of the problem is that it was his first performance. I think he needed to be a bit more established and have more experience to really pull this off. There may have still been a controversary, but it wouldn’t hurt his career, which this might.
Kind of don’t think it was totally spur of the moment since he has so much stage experience I would think this would be less likely. I too, think that this is one of the reasons GMA cancelled, because they don’t know what he’s going to do. I’m also pretty sure his management is behind him on this also.
I do think he doesn’t understand some of his fans, I saw in an interview that he was surprised that some of his fans don’t like Lady Gaga, or are more conservative and don’t like that type of performance. He did say that if you didn’t like it then you’re not for me, but I think being that he just came off of IDOL he shouldn’t be so dismissive. I too wish he would have said sorry if I offended anyone or something like that. He’s coming across as a bit arrogant to some people. People I talk to that had never heard him just know about what he did at the AMAS, and not that he has an amazing voice.
Now I like Adam, just thought the performance went a bit too far for my taste, and I don’t like that song, but I like other songs on the CD. I must be a conservative fan. I can’t wait to see his performances tomorrow. Funny that the song hes doing is What do you want from me.
I didn’t watch the show but I have watched Adam’s video clip and read lots of comments. My take: I don’t care that Adam is gay, or that he kissed a guy, etc. My issue with Adam’s performance (along with many other performers today) is that they are sensationalizing aggression and violence and putting an erotic spin on it so it seems okay. There are so many victims of abuse in our society that I cringe when I see women (although I know men are abused too) being portrayed in this manner. You can be sexy and erotic without physical aggression. If someone wants to play these games in the privacy of their own homes with a willing partner, fine – but I don’t see the need for it on tv in an “entertainment” mode. Maybe I have overreacted but I guess we all interpret things differently.
Jennifer Vanasco
Editor in chief, 365gay.com
Posted: November 24, 2009 01:38 PM
How Adam Lambert Is Hurting Gay Marriage
Yes, Adam Lambert. You’re right.
Hiphop artists and women get away with salacious performances all the time without an uproar. Of course, there was that famous Madonna-and-Britney kiss that caused a stir, but that was likely because the artists were ‘“ well, Madonna and Britney.
And yes, Adam Lambert, your performance on ABC’s American Music Awards this week was not really all that raunchy. A kiss is a kiss, and there’s nothing wrong with that. I could have done without you sticking a guy’s head in your crotch spontaneously, but it happened so quickly, and in the midst of so many other things, that if the dancer didn’t mind, I’m not sure ‘offensive’ is what I’d call it.
What I’d call it, instead, is misguided’ ¦.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-vanasco/why-adam-lambert-is-right_b_369274.html
ITA Instead he seemed to insult people that didn’t “get” his performance or were offended. Instead of whining that women aren’t censored like he was, why not just say that he’s sorry that it offended some and it wasn’t his intention….. That might have gone a long way and certainly better than what he did say. I’m not a fan of his singing style however always thought he came across as a nice guy on the show so his statements disappointed me.
For me it doesn’t really matter because I wasn’t a fan or going to buy his album but I do think it could hurt him.
It’s the chip on his shoulder.
I don’t agree. ABC was the one that Adam went too far with. He even said himself that he was caught up in the moment. They very easily could have been in hot water with the FCC. As a business person I understand that they couldn’t take the chance that he would do it again. Once scorned. As to CBS, they saw a chance for ratings nothing more. They did not do Adam a favor. They wanted the ratings. It was as simple as that.
ok, my LATE observations from witnessing the AMA show live:
So excited to see Adam – had to wait in various confusing lines over an hour to get in – decent seats center but in the loge (2nd tier) – sat next to 2 (presumably) young gay men who were the most excited about Janet, Whitney & GaGa – I did hear one say something about Adam early on like “I hear he performs well live” or something like that.
The best sounding performers were the ones that just stood there – Kelly sounded great. All of them who moved around didn’t sound that great. Lady GaGa was entertaining, Rihanna and JLo were weird, I thought Janet and Whitney were a little boring but it was fun to see them live.
I got nervous and anxious – every single commercial break, they would talk about Adam’s upcoming debut – more than any other upcoming singer – I was thinking how in the world could he live up to this, especially after all the stress from the Out controversy recently – I was feeling a little worried.
There were 2 stages – they would alternate between the 2 stages for each performer. Janet got the entire 2 stage set-up and 1 or 2 others I can’t remember. Even Lady GaGa only used a 1/2. But for Adam the whole HUGE 2 stage set-up.
Adam opened to great fanfare – flashing lights etc. – the stage was a little dark but I liked the staging – very interesting with like a picture frame or something. He started the opening and I thought, hmmm he sounds really good but will people be thinking “Broadway” with this?
Ha, that was short lived as he started spinning and dragging the girl, and the leash bit – I thought it was entertaining. I thought it was hard to hear him, and he seemed a little nervous – again the sound wasn’t great either. But I was very impressed by all that he was doing up there and still singing live.
I had no problem with the sexuality and it fit the song lyrics. I had out my binoculars and when I saw him stumble, my heart just sank. He recovered from that remarkably well (still holding his mic even) and many people didn’t know if that was choreographed. But I was pretty sure it was a stumble and I was very disappointed for Adam – I knew there was so much pressure and expectation on him and I felt really bad for him – nobody would like to stumble like that.
After that, he had a harder time with the vocals (at one point a back-up singer sang louder and not good) but he still managed to do his moves and even the rif at the end. He may have thrown in the kiss to take the focus off his stumble and if so, seems it was brilliant. People are talking about the kiss and “fellatio move”, not the trip (unlike JLo).
The crowd seemed stunned at the end – just “polite” clapping up in my section. I felt really sad, because I wanted so much for the audience and TV viewers to see all that is fabulous about Adam and what I loved in the AI concert. They didn’t get that Adam.
I expected the performance to be edgy and sexy (I had seen the preview of the leashes) – and I think the producers expected it too.
In a way, he was set-up for going overboard: the producers kept going on and on about how this was going to be the most talked about performance the next day, and Adam had to make sure it was. At least he did accomplish that to his credit.
I do think he went too far, and I feel bad that he lost some fans. Some of them he was going to lose sooner or later anyway, just by being true to himself and his vision. But I would rather have had it been later, after he had more success behind him.
Too much choreography, especially for Adam to do while singing in a debut performance. He wanted to come in with a bang and overshot a little. He didn’t seem happy and playful – not sure if he was trying to conform to the tone of the song, or was perhaps releasing pent up anxiety over all of the expectations and the OUT editor slam – the finger move seems to suggest the latter.
Also, fans have some culpability in this too. Fans started throwing bras and underwear, then graduated to whips, handcuffs and dildos. I didn’t mind this and thought it was fun, and so did Adam (so long as they weren’t thrown AT him). Yes, he gained a lot of fans due to his amazing and soaring vocals, but there are many fans of all ages who find him very HOT and enjoyed his more sexual AI tour performances (hence, the throwing of sexual things). So now he tries to give them more of what he thinks they want, and gets slammed. He will never please everyone, not even his own fans. But I think he is a sexual person, and will express that side of himself (along with other sides) in future. Personally, I look forward to it. And I thought the kiss was kind of hot. But most everyone I know was not impressed with some or other part of his performance.
After the show, I went to meet the other fans (40-50) who had planned a private party at a close by restaurant. 5 people were no shows, and the rest were rather quiet and subdued discussing the performance. I was gratified to hear the younger fans were not too concerned about the fallout – made me feel better.
Actually we then watched it on the big screen TV they had for us, and it seemed better to me the second time. Funny how they cut out the “fellatio” bit – after the East Coast had already seen it anyway.
I made the mistake of coming to MJ’s when I got home Monday, and I just felt incredibly sad for Adam and in mourning all day.
I feel much better today – well enough to write this. And now I feel he’ll be ok. But I really don’t like all the jokes about him and negative press.
ABC canceling his GMA performance really pisses me off – I know a LOT of people that flew great distances for that concert. I hope they will get to see or hear him somehow.
didilynn thanks so much for that. Really good to hear the scoop from the perspective of someone who saw it live.
Has anyone made the comparison of his performance on the AMA’s to Paula Abdul’s Cold Hearted Snake video/live performance? I’ve just watched both the music video and the live performance from her concert on youtube and the only true difference between that and Adam’s AMA performance is the kiss….This was in the mid/early 90’s and nobody batted an eye…but seriously search it on you tube and then re-watch Adam’s FYE AMA performance….it should make his performance a lot less controversial, at least it did for me…I apologize if this is off topic in any way, i just thought this illustrates how a mountain has been made of a molehill
Seriously? I thought he made a giant step forward for the gay community. He showed gay men can be sexual and provocative. I loved the symoblism of his coming through the door (hmm like coming out of a closet anyone???) was really a brilliant idea.