Dan’s San Jose American Idol Tour Re-Cap
Read Dan’s impressions of the San Jose Idol concert…
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This is the second Idol concert for me. Last year I loved the experience and went to this year’s concert with high expectations. Last year I was a big Archie fan. I am quite surprised at who I enjoyed this year.
Mike: Good singer. I don’t know what else to say. I hope he had more stage presence to open the concert. I can’t see him doing music for a career. Hope he enjoy the tour experience.
Megan: Her style of music can be very intriguing and popular. But the same problem with Mike’â€she herself is not appealing enough to make a career out of it. I wonder why we heard that she got buzz in the industry during the competition.
Scott: wow! I enjoyed Scott very much, and it surprised me! He picked great concert songs, Bend and Break and 1000 Miles are both my favorites. Obviously amazing piano skills. If he puts out an album or a show like what he sung in the concert, I can actually consider buying it or going to see him.
Lil: Great singer, doesn’t have her own style yet. I don’t know why, Lil gives me a sense of back-up singer even when she’s trying really hard to work the stage. I never get her, on the show or on the concert.
Noop: Noop needs to lose the glasses! And lose the outfit! Noop is young and have great potentials in him. I like him interacting with the audience. Great recording and live voices and very versatile style.
Matt: I wonder why Matt never moved me much during the show. Maybe it’s because of the mole or the hat. But watching his live performances I got to say he can make a good album. His voice and piano skills completely won me over. I hope someone signs Matt. He looks like a really nice person, too.
Allison: It’s not that I don’t get Allison’s appeal. I can totally see that: rock chick, popular style, great stage presence’â€a formula for success for young female artist. Maybe it’s her age, she just doesn’t seem convincing to me. Maybe it’s the age inappropriate lyrics. It’s like a kid playing rocker dressing up. But I recognize she has great potentials and hopefully Jive nurture her as much as they does Jordin.
Danny: I can’t believe I am saying this, but Danny has one of the best sets of songs on the whole concert to showcase his voice, which is very beautiful. Very energetic performances. I am impressed that he just came out and gave his all for the show. What Hurts the Most is one of the most moving performances of the night. I could cry. I hope he gets a record deal.
Adam: Adam’s set of song choices are not good. I’d lose Starlight and Bowe Medley and replace them with something like Poker Face. They felt too boring and long, like some numbers strictly out of a musical. By the end of both songs he kind of lost me. The best song is Slow Ride where he’s the most natural and just being himself when he was interacting with Allison. I like Mad World’â€great voice. Whole Lotta Love is the worst–oh man, I went to Thailand several years ago and saw a Cabaret show. Adam fits that show perfectly, but it’s not a performance style I can love and respect.
Kris: Together with Danny, one of the best set of songs in the concert. I love that he rocked out on the Killers song, and the guitar solo on Bright Lights is epic. It’s so nice to see him grinning and kicking around during the more rock songs. Good audience interactions during Killers song and Hey Jude. Piano songs are also good–great musician with a great voice. Performances have a very current style to them even though the songs includes both recent or old hits.
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i love Adam, he is gorgeous (minus the make up….grrrr i hate his eye glitter cos it takes the beauty away from his gorgeous eyes) and his voice is totally out of the world…but i have to agree with Dan that i hated hated absolutely hated WLL cos it was soooooo showy and all the gyrating just made me squirm…in a bad way..his singing is brilliant in WLL but i cant stand to look at his squiggly moves :grrr_ee:
so i’ve decided not to watch videos of WLL anymore and instead see Mad World and Slow Ride. he’s amazing in these videos
as to Kris’s wardrode and sexiness. i loovveee kris from Day 1 but funnily enough i never found him sexy, cute and adorable but not sexy…untill the night of the finale during ANS and Heartless. i loved the white tshirt with a waistcoat he wore for ANS..made him look super groovy and heartless…swoon…..his black tshirt, slightly unbuttoned and the supercool necklace or chain thing he wears… :wub_tb:
First of all, I LOVE ANOOP’s glasses! Yall, he’s just tryin to be trendy..its just a look he’s going for u know? 2nd of all…these glasses are kinda coming back. If you recall back in late 80’s a lot of R&B/hip-hop artists wore glasses like that. ALSO, if you notice…Ne-Yo has been sportin glasses like these
SO cut the guy some slack…they’re not FUGLY…its just…DIFFERENT. it goes with his personality. the sexy R&B dorkilicious look 
Wow the first negative comment about Adam. Wow were u really at the concert?. Cause i was and Adam can sing. It mind boggles me that anyone could say he can’t. Even if u don’t like his type of music he can sing anything. NOONE has that control over there voice as him. Throw anything at him, opera ect. He could do it. And do it well. And the way he expresses himself when he sings. FABULOUS. I loved Starlight. In fact i hope he does not change anything on his sets. Well maybe if he could sing more….. And u noticed the vest and u watched him and knew he had makeup on. that is exactly what he wanted. He gotcha!!!
I don’t doubt that Dan was at the concert — at least I HOPE he was! — but it would have been nice if he shared just a bit about his overall impressions of the experience of being in the venue, rather than just a rundown of each performer’s set. I could write a similar review just from watching YouTube videos, as someone else pointed out.
Y’all are using the word “cabaret” as if it’s a bad thing. IMO, it’s not at all. According to the internet (and we all know that everything you read there is the truth! lol), the definition of ‘cabaret’ is “a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre”. The Moulin Rouge and the Folies-Bergà ¨re were cabarets. Basically it’s all-encompassing entertainment. MasterclassLady said, on Feb. 4/09:
JMO. YMMV, as it obviously does. That’s what makes the world interesting; to each their own. I personally think it’s about bloody time someone came along who (a) doesn’t sound like anyone else out there, (b) doesn’t make every song sound exactly like the one that came before it, and (c) delivers a visual performance that’s just as eclectic and unusual as their voice. I’ve been pretty nearly bored to death with music/singers/bands in the past several years, so at this point I’m saying “Cabaret? Sure, sounds great. Bring it on!”
Hi Dan, Loved your review. Thanks so much for taking the time to give your impressions. So happy to hear about the audience reaction for Kris. I just love this kid and really am praying (do I dare say that without sounding like a fanatic) that he is respected and appreciated at every stop on the concert because in my opinion it is so deserved for all that he brings to his performances in terms of musicianship, style, voice, interpretation. I love that you enjoyed Kris’s whole set. I also have to say that from watching the videos of the concert, so maybe it will be different in person, I agree with you completely about Adam’s Bowie Medley. Way, way too cabaret for me. And I also agree about his voice on Mad World. Just watching the videos his voice is gorgeous, but even this one feels less genuine to me and more theatrical than anything Kris sings. I am sorry Adam isn’t singing Tracks of My Tears on tour because to me that was his single best more restrained performance. But that isn’t who he is, I don’t think, and his fans and apparently much of the media love his over the top style. I can’t critize the energy and passion he puts into his performances even if I prefer a softer sound. Everyone to their own, I guess. Thanks for a great review.
That isn’t the first negative Adam comment and I doubt it will be the last. Believe it or not, Adam just does not appeal to everyone. I don’t think Dan ever said that Adam could not sing either. Just that the style was not appealing.
Good question, was Dan “there” or was this a utube review? LOL as if people need some guy telling us all about a show when we can see for ourselves (or in person) 50 videos of each performance of Adam Lambert from every conceivable angle and quality on utube and other places?
Or was this for the narcissistic purpose of self gratification; OH lemme drone on and on about my personal likes and dislikes blah blah blah.
What’s the point of posting this? Just to detract from him? Obviously this guy has different tastes than the thousands of people screaming their lungs out at the show. I can’t remember EVER hearing an acoustic guitar (by a novice at that) being described as “EPIC” ROFL, but ok. To each his own.
See? That’s how it works, to each his own.
How rude to say that ANYIDOLS’ performance is not “one I can respect”.
They are all doing their best to represent their individual talents and perform to the best of their abilities. How mean to say outright you can’t “RESPECT” someone. Especially the Gifted Adam Lambert, who’s been working with discipline and devotion to his craft for 17 years.
Hey Dan, might wanna take a read of the three opera experts who love Adam and raved about his vocal prowess and said that very few have that skill and it comes from HARD WORK. NOT from showing up for an AI tryout with your bro for a joke. Google opera experts Adam Lambert for a “REAL” review of performance. Jeeze………
Wow, to the people ragging on Dan for writing an honest review that does not sing Adam’s praises — are you guys new here? lol It happens every year. If someone doesn’t agree with their assessment of their Idol as the best evah, then that person must not have been at the concert, is lying, is deaf and stupid, and proof the reviewers’ epic wrongness can found in the fact that the Idols’ fans were screaming their heads off for their Idol.
Hmm . . . has the applause-o-meter comments started yet?
Great post. I think you are right. Adam is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dan…. I really don’t believe you were there. I think you are an imposter.
San Jose CA, what is your problem! I am absolutely astounded at this ridiculous piece of garbage that is being called an article. Dan, you need to use spell check and check your grammer.
You obviously do not like Adam. Were you one of the protesters outside the venue perhaps? You obviously do not know talent when it is right in front of you.
You like mainstream and piano. This was definitely a biased view of the concert. You actually haven’t even talked about the concert. Only each idol’s performance.
You must be a Jesus Freak also. You gave yourself away buddy. I grew up in CA and you people are unbelievable.
Adam has a voice that is flawless, conrolled and reaches such a high register it is absolutely beautiful! The man is talented beyond words. Don’t be so damn prejudiced!
You people need to look past the tip of your nose and see the world as it is, not as you want it to be.
ADAM ROCKS MY WORLD (ROCK GOD & SEX GOD)!!! HEAVY ON BOTH
ADAM IS PURE PERFECTION!!!