Letterman’s gonna have a field day with him for sure. haha. Wonder what he’ll be singing then.

He’s singing Whataya Want From Me on Letterman and I don’t believe there is an interview. Letterman doesn’t usually interview the guest performers.

FolkFan
11/24/2009 at 12:32 am
Set aside the performance issues here, I have serious problems with AL claiming discrimination based on the editing here. Maybe if the kiss had been edited out, but I don’t know of any other situation where a simulated bj by any artist (or anyone else, for that matter) was permitted on network television during prime time. Period. Regardless of gender of sexual orientation. Discrimination is a serious matter. And it didn’t happen here

Adam’s comments about censorship came immediately after the performance and before the west coast feed had been broadcasted. At that time he did not know what might or might not be censored or if it would be edited at all. He simply stated that if his performance were subjected to censorship, it could constitute discrimination.

Deleting and editing angry, defensive posts. Also, the lecturing–please keep your screeds on your fansites. We DON’T keep fans in line here.

I miss the smile he normally did at the end of a performance.

Expectations were high…for me it was a good performance, and I’m still a fan. Being an Adam fan is exciting. So happy that I could get his cd here in HK.

ugh,people are freaking out about this.I mean it’s expected.for me,the only thing it did was get my dad pissed at Adam.big friggin deal.I liked it(I actually thought the fall was part of the choreography-maybe Im just stupid). I liked the performance last night although I thought the vocals weren’t as good as usual.they were still gr8 though

You’re not stupid, luv. I was convinced it was part of the choreography too until I saw the slow motion version. Actually, it makes me giggle now becasue how he came up from that trip and roll without losing the mic and his train of thought is beyond me. He deserves an award!
I don’t think it’s a bad career move. Do you know how many people are going to watch Letterman and GMA now?! And he will give a completely different performance. Plus, he is getting good reviews from press that isn’t your traditional AI fan. That’s exactly what he needs to do.
Keep the faith. You are the fan of someone who is worthy. He will not disappoint you!

Finland: #2 pop chart, #2 general chart (briefly at #1)
Denmark: #10 pop chart, #17 general chart
Sweden: #8 pop chart, #13 general chart
Norway: # 24 pop chart, #50 general chart

Other European countries:

UK: #20 pop chart, #40 general chart
France: #35 pop chart, #93 general chart
Portugal: #4 pop chart, #10 general chart

Rest of world:

New Zealand: #2 pop chart, #3 general chart
Canada:#5 pop chart, #10 general chart

In Canada, these are the # for the deluxe album. The regular album is right behind at #6 pop and #11 in general chart
d)

Good news. Go Adam!

But, wow he is getting a lot of attention now! I guess that is what he wanted.

Sorry, Adam. No double standard. Why did you flip off the audience at the end?

I hope at the end of the day, the music is the only thing that matters.

I have no problem with last night performance. Was it his best? No. He was trying to accomplish to much in one performance. The hype on his shoulder also cracked his nerve a bit. But I think it was good for him in a long run because now the hype will scale back and let Adam focus on the music and on promoting it.

As for public reaction and purchase decision on his album, I think it will be those people’s loss to judge an album or an artist basing on one performance. I didn’t like Gaga’s AI performance, love her bleeding dress one, meh on her last night performance. But all these performances, like it or not, bring her to my awareness, I find her music and MV present different facets of her musicianship and start checking out her songs. I like Adam’s talent and his type of music approach, and I hope as long as he has other performance opportunities, he will win over people who like his music.

As for the attitude toward his fans, I don’t really care what he thinks of his fans. As long as he can produce good music, I’m a fan of his music. I like his philosophy of staying true to ourselves and living the moment. That’s what I get from him and that’s enough for me to stay as a fan of his personality. I don’t need to agree everything he says to be a fan of his.

As for sales, the more I listen to FYE the album, the less I care about sales. This is a solid and damn good album that I’ve ever heard. If the number is good, then I’m lucky because that means I’ll have another album from Adam in one or two years, in the same or better quality I hope. I can’t wait for that even now. If the number is bad and RCA drops him, then I probably need to wait longer.

If Adam has to go indie, so be it. I watch the behind scene video and find out Adam had a lots of input in this album although he just wrote 4 of them. He hand picked all the songs and judged from the final product, his music taste appeals to me.

I hope this hoopla fades away soon and we can go back to discussing the music.

beehiway
11/23/2009 at 4:15 pm
Sorry Luv, wasn’t picking on you.

huh? I didn’t think you were…:).it’s all good.except for this shit.

From http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/11/ladies-night-at-the-amas.html:

‘Lambert’s vocals were sometimes off, but his all-out plunge into erotic exhibitionism was very entertaining and pretty freaking rock ‘n’ roll. Eminem and 50 Cent uttered obscenities that were bleeped out on the telecast; it wasn’t possible to hide Lambert’s in-your-face routine.’ 

So Adam’s gesture was aimed at these two loosers, IMO.

AND WHAT WAS UP WITH GIVING THE AUDIENCE THE FINGER? SORRY, DUDE, BUT WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? I DON’T CARE HOW MANY PUBLICATIONS KISS YOUR @$$ YOU’RE STILL A NOBODY AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO PUT YOU IN YOUR PLACE IMMEDIATELY.

It’s a performance. Not meant to be taken seriously. I’ve seen a bunch of promotional pics of other artists with them giving the finger. They are not giving the finger to you. I take it to be a symbol of independence, like I’m not taking shit from anyone. At the end of the song, he sings about not being soft and sweet. It’s a performance.

Is that why RCA is allowing Amazon to sell your entire album for $3.99 (with a $3 amazon mp3 credit) so that people who wouldn’t have otherwise bought your album

Um,, Amazon is just trying to steal market share from itunes. and lots of stuff is on sale this week. some of the other top selling mp3s are also 4 and 5 bucks.