THE SHOT — For Your Entertainment? It certainly is! Because when we spotted Adam Lambert’s album cover, we burst out laughing. This is what he’s come up with? We love you Adam, but no. NO. NO! It’s Rainbow Bright mixed with one of these mistakes from the 80s. We’re struggling to think that, somehow, down the road, we’ll see this as an “iconic” cover. Check back with us. In a decade.
Nobodyatall
This may be the tackiest thing I’ve ever seen.
mmmexperimental
I love it. He is too too beautiful.
AlwaysGay
I love it. The 80s style is back. I just wonder what his heterosexual fans will think.
Republican
OMG. That is one of the worst covers I’ve ever seen.
jurlesia
now, i loves me some adam lambert but this cover is AWFUL. it looks like he was playing dress up in the bathroom with a cell phone cam.
Adam Bomb
Hate it!!! I do love his singing and have already pre-ordered two copies of his album, but this really is a Rainbow Brite album cover, and it also looks just like Rihanna’s new album cover.
lovethefurr
I love it. It’s Adam. It’s what ADAM wanted. That’s good enough for me. The rest will be proven with his amazing voice.
jason
He looks as if he’s trying to morph into a woman. Transgender issues, perhaps? Maybe he should start calling himself Amanda Lambert.
Mike L.
Very retro indeed, not liking the blue hair and yellow inner eyeshadow(?). And do his eyes look like one is violet and the other half purple and half blue?
Reminds me of that song that goes like this “(…)And now he’s back, from outerspace(…)” don’t know the title.
romeo
Surprisingly, I like it. Not nuts about the hair, but the glittery starlight think is what works best for Adam. At his best, he’s all about gay glamour with a techno-pop/Rock beat.
Decided I really hate the hair, though. Should have gone with that tornado look he wore on finale night. Love the make-up. Perfect.
For someone that recently ragged on his ass mercilessly for those ludicrous Details pictures, I seem to be showing an inordinate amount of glamgasm. Hmmmm.
Colin
He looks like Pink.
Jay
LOVE THE COVER. Beautiful.
adamazinf
I’m a straight (man) fan of Adam and I actually think that the cover is pretty good. It’s original, it’s bold, it’s glam, and it’s different, which is excellent. And if you’re reading this and you’re a straight fan as well then go buy the album ’cause at least I don’t give a crap what people think of me if I buy the album. Adam has talent and he deserves to be recognized for it, so stop posting conservative comments ’cause it’s the 21st century and GLAM IS BACK!!!
RayJ
I can’t express how much I hate this album cover. I mean I see what he was going for and it COULD have been done well. Instead, it looks as if it was shoddily produced by someone who just discovered Photoshop and wanted to do all the tricks.
Big Fail.
scott ny'er
I thought he looked like Pink as well.
Or… a Dead or Alive type, sorta kind of thing.
Not expected but kudos for him to go for it.
Ikah
LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT!
jason
Glam isn’t just a look, it’s also a sound. Adam is lacking in the glam sound. The British bands of the 70’s did it best.
Jersey
Wow, I’m very impressed. It’s about the boldest thing I’ve seen in a long long time. I love it.
Dana
I am a straight female fan, and this CD cover is just what Adam likes! It’s sooo him. He loves the androgynous look (he’s said it before), he loves the 70s, he loves space-age type stuff, glitter, makeup, etc.
It’s soo him. And if other people don’t like it, too bad. He’s being true to himself.
I think it’s great he’s challenging views of gender roles. Good for him. He looks beautiful here.
jason
The gloves-with-the-fingers-cut-off look is so lame. It’s been done a million times before. Does he offer anything new?
YellowRanger
Baaahahaa hahahahaaahahaha…
What the fuck is this?
Skip
It’s like a Patrick Nagel painting brought to life: http://www.whole-bean.com/weblog/uploaded_images/nagel02-654×550-705376.jpg
Bad Boy
While I don’t love this. I’m glad Adam is doing things his way and staying true to himself. We need more visible gay people in the music arena.
romeo
Uh, Dana, I think the people on this website know more about “challenging the views of gender roles” than a straight female. Do you know where you are here, sweetie? LMAO
(soto voce: don’t do it…don’t do it. Oh, f*ck, what the hell!)
And Dana, some of us here are Adam fans, but we’re still trying to get over the way he prostituted himself so ludicrously last week for his “straight female” fans. I for one did not like seeing him make such fool out of himself. The album cover’s kinda cool, kinda tacky, and really majorly ADAM! But why don’t you ladies stay out of here and let us heal. LMAO!!!!!!
Silk13
I just love the way Adam pushes peoples buttons. WOW……..Adam you Rock, you sure know how to stir thing up, I love it, love Adam and love the message!!! Keep the comments coming good or bad, its all good!!!! Way to go Adam, you are the master.
adamsluvjnes
Romeo – u need to quit LOL! That is so funny! We read all the news for Adam and comment where we like. Thanks so much for that, it made my day.
Dwight Supremacy
It’s showtime, Synergy!
wiccagirl2009
@Jason – we get it. You don’t like Adam. Now go buy the other guy’s album.
What i love about Adam is challenges and make people talk. Look at all of us now. All sites with Adam thread are all active, disagreeing and agreeing. Don’t we just like to yap yap and yap. What fun! Let’s be honest, we really haven’t seen a gay guy like him in the music business. Yeah, i don’t think so. Geez, you need steel nuts to get into the music business.
Now I know some hate it and some love his album cover. Personally, i love it. Glam is glam and i want me some Glam. For those who likes the cover, enjoy it. For those who doesn’t like it well wait for the music. Once it is out i am sure most of us will forget about the cover.I just hope he gets a lot of airplay. Most radio stations in america has an unspoken hetero policy on the music they air. Good music but not hetero equals minimal or less airplay. I wonder if we can change this by calling the stations and requesting for his music. Maybe the time for change has finally come.
chester
Well creative choices aside don’t forget the freshman Idol covers are ALWAYS this formula. A shot of the artist with some bare bones nothing background. If you go see previous ones they were awful. Kris’s is the first one with anything in the back and he has chairs LOL. But THIS ONE is a perfect photo and that makes it head and shoulders above most of the Idol freshman albums I can recall. Perhaps you are unfamiliar with the real Adam. Bold, true and unafraid. Good looking never hurts too.
morgan
@Romeo look at it this way. Yes Details addressed “why women love Adam”. Be proud. Don’t be “us v them”. Inclusion, baby. Now regarding the photos yes, it was perhaps a shock to you. But the message is she can’t have him. He’s fully clothed lol. She’s the one wanting and he’s the one “trying” to please imo. Didn’t you notice the eyebrows slightly tense? It was intentional. And as far as relationships go, I lived through “gay plague” as a straight female with a zillion gay friends. It was horrible. Nobody would use a glass in the bars only bottles. We didn’t know how it began or how it was transmitted. So lighten up. All my gay male friends have always loved boobs lol. I’ve shared beds and more than that back in the day with plenty of gay men. Like Adam said “Just because I don’t stick it in doesn’t mean it’s not beautiful” (paraphrasing). So how about you be proud of Adam’s accomplishment so far and try understanding his inclusive ways and the difficult position he’s in and support him. We all do and we have much less to lose than you all. Peace.
insufferable_know_it_all
@Adamsluvjnes,
This is like the BET channel for gay people. You know, where people want to be on every channel, but when it comes to their own channel, you’re uninvited unless you’re one of their own.
(Don’t bitch me out, people. I consider myself a friend of gay and lesbian people but I…”tells it like it is.” I’ve been politely and not so politely told to go away, more than once.)
@Romeo, you won’t heal by working yourself up into a frenzy. You can try it (again) but if it really worked, you’d be feeling all better by now. Right? If you must subject yourself to probiotic yogurt, then don’t get your pressure up sweating the pics. Sorry, I had 2 cents rolling around in my brain again.
BTW. I while I like the album cover, I’m not jumping over the moon about it. He’s beautiful. Thank God it’s not that Michelin man or Prince Toad pic. I wasn’t going to say he reminded me of Pink here, but now that other people have mentioned it…
SouLKid
I love me some Adam.like, totally. Unfortunately not being american i couldn’t vote for him. BUT, I don’t like this album cover. It looks like something Rihanna would do(and better). Whats with everyone and that glove anyway?
adolf
youre not bowie, never will be. the androgynous has been done sooooooo many times. beat a dead horse, it will prolly sound better then him when he sings also
insufferable_know_it_all
No, he isn’t Bowie. He’s Adam and better than Bowie.
terrwill
Ya know, he has taken a FU attitute towards almost every supposed milepost in his career, who knows this album may actually hit it big because he has that attitute……….the Straights seem to be accepting of him (sorry to all the red staters who are begining to feel chest pains……….)
Jim
In addition to being one of the greatest singers alive, the guy has got to be some kind of marketing genius. The cover comes out and it’s all over the fucking net, GLOBALLY. This is the first thing you see on the freaking Yahoo home page when you sign onto the internet, for Christ’s sake. We’ve only known who Adam is since March. What other artist does this currently? Do you hear us all arguing about Pink or Madonna or even Lady Gaga’s covers? I have mixed feelings about this particular picture – as a photographer I would have staged it a little differently – but I totally love the completely retro look and space oddity thing he’s going for. I will probably play the album until I’m sick of it. I FREAKING LOVE ADAM! ALL THE REST OF YOU NASTY QUEENS LEAVE MY BOY ALONE!!!!!!!
vernonvanderbilt
My glorious, mesmerizing Adam…
The closer we get to the release date for this album, the more excited I get. This cover does not change that. I don’t care much for his hairstyle here, but that would be my only real complaint about it. The glamdrogyny is in full effect, the use of colour is uber-retro (but hip and current, as well), even the fonts work for me. This cover is 100% pure Adam, and is as much a statement of intent as his music, his wardrobe, or any other artistic decision he makes.
On the one hand, I know that Idol contestants’ first albums are rarely as good as people want them to be, and there is no reason for Adam to be the exception to that rule. On the other hand…I do believe Adam will be the exception to that rule. He’s Adam Lambert. What can’t he do? This is the man who is going to reinvigorate pop music, bringing ferocity and fabulosity to the masses. He is this millennium’s Elvis, Bowie, Mercury, Plant…pardon the melodrama, but he’s the fucking saviour of pop.
And you know we’re gonna get a collab with Lady Gaga before long. It has to happen. That’s an exciting proposition in its own right.
He’s fucking awesome.
Catttt
Jim, I love you – and I’m pretty sure you are the same Jim I’ve quoted from here on other sites because of your style and what you say.
I freaking totally agree with you. I’m glad you said it – better than I would have.
adie
Adam is preternaturally beautiful on this cover; his eyes look amazing. As a straight female, I would have preferred a bit more of a masculine look, but this was the look Adam was going for so that’s fine by me. The music is going to be phenomenal; Adam hasn’t let me down yet. Love you forever, Adam!
Alexa
I like it. After the piece of crap movie song and the terrible Details shoot, I was beginning to wonder why I ever liked him.
vernonvanderbilt
@Alexa
“Time for Miracles” wasn’t that bad a song, for a cinematic power ballad. In the hands of a lesser singer, it may well have been crap. I think Adam pulled it off, though.
Bianca
G-E-N-I-O-U-S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
insufferable_know_it_all
Wrrrrooof!!! You get ’em Jim!!!
romeo
“Time For Miracles” — bottom line, guys, it tanked. He needed to make a splash his first time out, especially with all that money they threw at the vid. This makes the album crucial. Hope they did right by him. The guy has some unfortunate jerk genes that make him make some doofus decisions sometimes. But I hope he pulls it off. I once dated a queen just like him, cute, but uber-self destructive. Surprised it wasn’t Adam after reading his bio. I’m a Weho boy myself. LOL
Bianca
Nothing new in the world. Last week all of gayland was ragging on him playing hetero while sucking on a tit. This week, “he’s too gay”, “too effeminate”, “too drag”, “too embarrassing to the gay community” and so on and so forth.
I think he’s a fantastic talent. A fantastic mind. So beautiful to look at I’d do him in a millisecond while looking like he does on that cover!
I SO LOVE that he doesn’t give a shit what people will think and say.
And on a sidenote I have to say I’m very sad to see many gays (not necessarily here) that are on the same side with the worst of haters. THAT’s very sad….
romeo
@Morgan/30 Give it a rest, doll. That Details shoot was about selling records. That poor naked chick was catching cold for nothing. LMAO
@Insufferable – are you gonna start beatin’ up on me again. You know I love you. I just had some buffalo strips. Off my diet tonight.
insufferable_know_it_all
How did Time for Miracles tank? The unfortunate jerk genes is a gene that everyone born w/ a d**k has. Sorry guys. Sad but true.
Well, almost everyone. Now Kris’s song is the one tanking, right?
Adam’s REAL single comes out next week. Hope his video is abtract and otherworldly and a crazy concept w/ a storyline and surprise ending.
insufferable_know_it_all
I’m proud of you Romeo. You know I’m not going to be that brutal w/you. You’re my friend.
insufferable_know_it_all
I ate something healthy tonight, then screwed it up and ate some doritos w/melted cheese on them.
romeo
I don’t think Adam is too fem at all. I’m a top and I kind of like that mix. Did the smooth with more than one guy wearing a little eye make up. Course most of them thought it didn’t show. LMAO ! They were just “enhancing.” Kind of like the sound of a soft giggle. Understand that a lot of guys like their fellas very straight-acting. Certainly don’t mind it myself, except too many muscles gets to be a bit too much volume to deal with properly. Just me.
Hey, all you straight lady glamswarmers getting an education in here tonight? LMAO LMAO LMAO !!!
Bianca
Romeo, my dear I AM LOVING THIS COVER!!! I couldn’t breath when I first saw it (in a good way). I’m all for OTT. Suck tits, suck dicks, look butch, look femme and anything inbetween.
He’s the most spectacular human being I ever saw!EVAAAAH!
romeo
Whoa, Bianca LOL
Dana
Romeo, you are right. I didn’t mean to sound like I knew more about challenging gender roles than most people here on this site, and if that’s how it sounded, I am sorry. I couldn’t possibly put myself in your shoes.
About the Details shoot, I can see why you and others feel like he compromised himself for that, I agree. That’s all I wanted to write. I’ll stay away now and let you heal.
romeo
Thanks, Dana. You’re cool.
SoylentDiva
Yes, it is bad. Very, very bad. It will likely end up on “Worst Album Covers” before the ink is dry on his contract.
romeo
@Insufferable, gotta stay away from those nachos. LOL
Like the cover, except for the hair. Glad to see him doin’ his thang. One of these days he’s going to find a photographer who gets him and really captures him. It’s not androgyny really; it’s something else. Not quite sure. That’s the tricky thing about it. It came the closest in a split second shot on the finale night when he was singing with KISS. I’ve never seen any photos of it, but I never forgot seeing it on the screen. He looked out at the camera with that hair going every which way and those rhinestone on his eyelids. It was sex and defiance. Not butch but not effeminate, not in between, either. Something else. Wanted to f*ck him so bad. That’s what a photographer needs to catch. Fleeting stuff.
Jeez, I’m getting obsessed. See ya, guys.
Bianca
Romeo, do you mean when he’s singing “playing with the boys all nighg long” or something like that??? LOL. That was fantastic.
I’ll find the vid for you.
Well, I love this ability of his to look like whatever he wants. He can look completely butch. He can look femme and he can look like anything in between those two opposites. That’s so amazing I never saw anything like it.
It’s beautiful and it’s sexy.
insufferable_know_it_all
LOL,I was being good until they put those in the vending machine at work 🙁
I loved when Adam sang w/Kiss. That was bad ass. His brother described him correctly, “A glittery space alien from planet fierce.”
sam
Idol first albums are this same formula every year. the person, bad fonts, minimal background. Rushed during grueling tour and post tour schedules. He did his best to make his statement. Kris Allen got gym chairs as his background.
Morgan
Mario, watch this “Planet Fierce” video a fan made and feed your obsession : http://bit.ly/3cLNko
sam
the skin colour of his arm meshes with the skin of his shoulder too much, and it makes his arm look beau coup d’chunky
alex
Look see if validity to the straight fans’ theory:
Feminine http://www.twitpic.com/n8grx
Masculine http://www.twitpic.com/n8gt8
virg
Fell short of my expectation. Lacks creativity but will still buy the CD. Big fan of Adam.
Bianca
Romeo
http://www.sendspace.com/file/1ox0q9
osocubano
Just another frustrated drag queen.
Law
Did someone really post “He’s better than Bowie” …?
I don’t follow Adam that closely, but from the interviews I’ve seen I think he would even be upset by one of his fans making such a claim. Adam’s ‘thing’ wouldn’t exist if not for Bowie.
insufferable_know_it_all
@Law
Yeah, I said it, and I’m sticking by my opinion. He’s also better than Robert Plant. Adam is 2nd best technical rock singer of ALL time by DDD, an established panel of experts who rate singers/music/musicians.
#2. You can listen for yourself. One of my favorite songs by Bowie is called Let’s Dance. Adam does a great job of singing it. Actually, he does a great job of singing Life on Mars and Fame as well.
What can you expect from the reincarnate of Elvis?
REBEL Comx
OMG, it’s like Cher and Billy Idol’s bastard love child.
Lance Rockland
I love it.
george
I LOVE IT!! It’s perfect. Anyone who doesn’t get it…just doesn’t get it.
AnnieWT
Petty little boys and their jealousies – tsk tsk! Adam is fucking gorgeous and those of us who truly love him get it!!!
Cindy
>He’s Adam and better than Bowie.
No one is better than Bowie.
emb
Meh. Looks unfortunately like they went to the same lame design firm Blake Lewis did (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61h8S11Ic6L._SS500_.jpg)
emb
Oops. Try http://thepopfix.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/blake-lewis-visual-nightmare/. Same stars, too…
hephaestion
He looks like the newest addition to the Real Housewives of Atlanta.
Andrew W
Oh, Queerty. Where’s your sense of humour?
alex
@emb all Idoltard know they use the same formula for the first release. It’s been stated not some revelation.
Republican
This is all like a bad movie… Attack of the Straight Female Adam Fans
chuck
Saying “nobody is better than Bowie” is just as fanboying. I assume you’ve actually listened to Bowie’s voice? Nobody in the universe has ever claimed Bowie to be a great “singer”. There is no comparison and YES even David Freaking Bowie would agree that Lambert is far more skilled and talented a singer than he was, not to mention the boy was working on his craft for 17 years versus Dave who was not a “serious aspiring singer”. Ever. If you lived Bowie you’d already know this. Same with Freddie. The comment was made about his skills not his creativity or performance skills. Lambert still has to prove if he has the ground breaking creativity of Bowie, if he can actually “write” a few songs (which is all Bowie ever did was a “few”) or the raw heartbreaking crowd loyalty shattering genius of Freddie but in terms of voice? No contest. You may prefer Freddie’s timbre and tone (I personally feel Adam’s is too thin at times) but technically Adam is more accomplished. I’m waiting to see if he can connect with the audience like Freddie. Versus gaining their excitement from merely performing for them. Haven’t seen it exactly yet, that’s a new challenge for him and I wish him well.
I also hope his gay brethern lay off the typical snarky crap but that’s not likely to happen in our lifetimes, since it’s a badge of honor.
romeo
@ Republican — It’s the “glamswarm” LOL
Queerty really knows how to get a hit count with the titles they use on these stories. LMAO
Attmay
What, no unicorn?
romeo
@ Chuck — Agree with you. Some very astute points. And you’re right about the mindless snarkiness of a lot of gay guys. But, to be fair, bitterness is understandable considering what a lot of guys face in this society. Too bad some of the guys have to direct it at their own instead of out where it should be directed. Adam’s style and persona are very representative of the gay world, and he’s a more than legitimate presence that should be respected. But a lot of gay guys can’t see beyond their own noses. They think their own preferences should be the standard. But a lot of that comes from being isolated in society. What they’re doing is exactly what straight people do to us, that’s the irony. And, of course, a lot of gay guys think with their dicks, just like straight guys. Guys are guys. LOL
I’ve always felt that Adam’s talent and bravery would wear people’s resistance down, and I think it is. Now if he’d just think twice before he gets one of his brainstorms, like what got pissed all over magazine stands last week. LMAO
morgan
Adam twitter:
adamlambert Thank you to those who appreciate and understand that the album cover is deliberately campy. It’s an omage to the past. It IS ridiculous.
adamlambert For those that don’t get it: oh well… Glad to have gotten your attention.
quote Romeo now: “Give it a rest, girls”
jo williams
Velvet Elvis meets Liberace.
hardmannyc
I hate soft pink lipstick on anyone.
zxc
Holly Glitter and saint Mariah Carey!
Republican
Morgan,
We get that it’s supposed to be campy. But there is good camp and there is shitty camp. This is the latter.
kelli
Love it- Adam can do no wrong!
Cinci Chris
Pop album covers are almost always devastatingly tacky. Look at pretty much every one of Britney Spears’ album covers. Who are these schmucks that get these design jobs? I could find you a hundred students, easy, who could come up with something better than this– or most pop album covers for that matter.
Cinci Chris
“Campy”? I don’t think Adam really knows how to use campy strategically or effectively. He may be great when it comes to singing, but he surely is no art director. Campy is only good when people get that it’s campy. This just looks like a combination of 80’s cliches. Done, done and done.
josh
I swear there must be a gay right winger behind this site. Is that guy from gay-patriot affiliated with this site in any way???
The self hate is staggering. A lot of people don’t like this cover because Adam looks effeminate. Well, imho, the gay community of all people should embrace effeminate men.
Anyways, Adam responded about this controversy via twitter. He says it was suppose to be campy and ridiculous.
http://twitter.com/ADAMLAMBERT
# androgyny. Rock n Roll.about 2 hours ago from Echofon
# For those that don’t get it: oh well… Glad to have gotten your attention.about 2 hours ago from Echofon
# Thank you to those who appreciate and understand that the album cover is deliberately campy. It’s an homage to the past. It IS ridiculous.
Republican
Josh,
Adam’s tweets were already posted.
lou
He’s a 27 year old kid who was worked and exhausted for 50 shows straight, and long press, albums and appearances throughout. His error was accepting the typical Idol album cover WITH an attempt to be creative. Idol uses people on their payroll, some FUKO girl who is no famous anybody she works for Sony corporate. He woulda been much better off with the James Dean shot and all B/W of course.
I don’t blame him for one decision that he could have made better. Just removing the background, graphics and out of proportioned forearm/hand would be a big improvement. But I do blame you guys for feeding the longstanding traditon of eating your young. Always trying to out-wit each other at someone else’s expense. Your anthem.
Hilarious how you seem to think getting some laws changed will make you mainstream or accepeted? Not in your lifetime. And that’s exactly why you get this backlash from people. Act right. Be kind. Support the brave. Stop thriving on sarcasm and yes, CAMP. Yeah it’s fun and amusing. And it’s self imposed slavery.
romeo
Lots of hate out there for the album cover. LOTS of disullusioned female fans, too. LOL
BUT —
Just saw a post that Time For Miracles is creeping back up on the iTunes chart, and the album pre-order at Amazon is back up to 8 after slipping to 14 before the cover reveal!
LMAO !
Jessica
I love it, so there!
Jeff L
I think it is brilliant. Why does every gay man feel the need to criticize first without understanding the motivation behind the decision. It’s shameful when we as a community don’t want to be judged so quickly that we certainly do it in return.
From a marketing perspective, Adam has everyone talking about this already in less than 24 hours. He even took to twitter stating that he was doing a camp shot on purpose. All the blogs picked it up yesterday and many TV news stations. So what has he done? He got people talking about him and his new CD. Marketing genius, I think.
By the way Kris who? Anyone talking about his album cover art?
Andy
“we burst out laughing” Of course you did even Adam said on Twitter (paraphrasing) “it’s an homage…campy…rediculous”. “If you don;t get it, too bad”
Come one people you’re talking about it – aren’t you? Nuff said
insufferable_know_it_all
Red lipstick like what Robert Smith of the Cure is what is aweful. At least pink looks natural.
Sydney
Oh Jesus fucking Christ. What’s more sad than that hideous album cover is the thousands of comments on this. And most of them are 8 pages long.
DJ Fruit Loops
if he had butched it up for the cover how many of you would have said he sold out for the breeders
please kids is it any worse then any of Chers covers ever were
Aaron
Tacky, tacky, tacky, tacky. Oh, did I mention tacky?
christopher di spirito
Androgyny is so 1983. Dreadful.
rf
Its Kirstie Alley and Beth Ditto’s thin love child.
@fattlip
Adam’s cover is PERFECT! I think it BRILLIANTLY represents who he is. Now if only he had decided to title his debut album: “The Glittery Alien From Planet Fierce!”
christopher di spirito
It’s Adam’s “vision” of what gays look like on Alpha Centauri.
insufferable_know_it_all
What’s up, Romeo,
This female fan had braced herself for crazier than this. I earlier stated I wasn’t jumping over the moon about his album cover. I think we female fans thought Adam’s cover was going to be the pic where there’s 5 different Adam poses in the same frame. At least, that’s what I’d hoped for.
I think I know why Adam’s album sales on Amazon dropped the previous weeks. A deluxe album was announced and plus, people were becoming frustrated over the lack of information about it–no album title, art, list of songs, snippets of song leaks, etc.
Now that we know a whole lot more, people are beginning to buy again.
insufferable_know_it_all
@89–I seriously doubt Adam had an actual hand in designing the cover.
James Alexander
GENERATION Y !!!
GENERATION Y !!!
GENERATION Y !!!
Away with the baby boomandbusters
john
Time for Miracles isn’t tanking. It’s only at 8 spins. When word gets out and the movie hits it will go back up. the #9 chart position was mostly pent up Glambert demand.
alan brickman
Rolling Stones have shitty album covers …gonna boycott them too?…
Merv
People are talking about it, so it’s already a success. He made the right decision, whether you think it’s a good cover or not.
glamswarm
romeo are you keeping up with the news? leaked Muse demo of a song on Adam’s album http://gossipcandy.com/2009/10/soaked-demo-by-muse/
hit the mp3 player on candy’s site if you wanna feed yr angst 🙂
turkey quota
You can’t beat Bjork when it comes to album covers with just the artist on it, I’m convinved. It may be cool but it isn’t creative. Big diff.
romeo
Thanks Glamswarm (LOL) Hadn’t heard it. Like Muse. Right arrangement Adam could kill with it. He needs killer hooks, though.
Angst? LOL Hey, I get laid regularly. LOL
romeo
@ Jeff L. #96: Chillax — a lot of the guys here aren’t criticizing the cover. We don’t all automatically go for the throat. LOL
@ James #108: LMAO !
Sean
Just because he meant it to be campy doesn’t mean it is. When camp is that planned it’s just tacky. There needs to be a certain amount of naiveté to camp… Sontag famously wrote “You can’t do camp on purpose” and “Pure Camp is always naïve. Camp which knows itself to be Camp (“camping”) is usually less satisfying.”
This definitely isn’t satisfying.
mac mcneill
Any bets on whether it will out sell any album that Kris puts out? Adam is the American Idol, Kris is the right wing republicans religion American Idol. I love the album and I’m not some young kid. Adam is making a point and he is getting attention and people will buy the album to see what he is all about. If you have any doubts watch his 2012 track. Adam is good. Better than Kris will ever be.
romeo
@ Juoking #116 : Ewwwwwww, did you ever get the wrong website. LOL
@ Sean #117 : Are you really quoting that depressing, hypocritical bitch? She’s so yesterday. They’re not still anthologizing her in undergrad textbooks are they? Camp was just for laughs, just to chase the gay blues away and make fun of the world that rejected us. Doesn’t stand up to much analyzing. The album cover is partly camp (maybe), but it’s a lot “look at me, aren’t I sensational?” Works fine for me.
@ Mac #118 : Kris who ????
Andrew
Even the fonts are bad!
glamswarm
@Romeo ‘morning, sunshine – swarm leaving you with a little local Weho color reporting -before wearing out my welcome (loosely stated as it is lol) Adam Lambert & Ferras http://bit.ly/2TThh6
insufferable_know_it_all
How old is that video? Does this mean Adam’s dating a classy guy now? I hope so. There’s only so much of “wifebeater shirt” wearing Drake I can take.
romeo
Yeah, Swarm, what’s up with that? Hope Adam’s not cheatin’ on a cajun. They’ll cut your ass! LOL
insufferable_know_it_all
@Romeo
LOL. That’s what I’m talking about. I don’t live to far from Louisana. Cajuns are no joke and they are unclassy as hell. I don’t see any good coming from that relationship at all. Geez, Adam had the buy the boy a jacket just so he could get into a nightclub.
insufferable_know_it_all
By the way, everyone, Adam’s Time for Miracles has debuted on the top 100 billboard at #50, which is the highest any season 8 post contestant has debuted so far. Go Adam!!!!!
romeo
@ Insufferable — I like Drake. Cute as hell. Maybe a little wardrobe challenged, but hey, who wears clothes in the sack, and that’s what counts. LOL
Yeah, I saw that Billboard chart. Good for him!
insufferable_know_it_all
Will you do me a favor and steal him from Adam then? Not to wish that on you, but you want him. Just don’t take him out in public.
insufferable_know_it_all
What I can’t believe is that an interior designer would let himself get photographed that way. But then again, I’m creative too, but I’m jeans and tee-shirt everyday. (no tank tops though)
Hannah
I personally love the cover but it doesn’t matter at all what it looks like because adam is a great singer and the songs on it will be great. People are calling the cover “out there” and “daring” but it isnt like adam is anything like kris allen–adam IS out there and daring he has been ever since he started american idol so everyone needs to shut up about it and love adam for who he is–not for what he looks like on the cover of his album!!!
Glamswarm
@Romeo NO NO…that’s Ferras, a close friend and in the biz. He and Adam’s friend Allisan Porter cowrote Aftermath and got their song on Adam’s album and are over the moon about it.
I gave you that so you could see the location since you’re Weho. Not that your a fantard or anything….not inferring that, no… lol. Muuah – peaceout
insufferable_know_it_all
Noooooooooo!
Glamswarm
@ Insufferable #115 – point of clarification TFM wasn’t actually comparable to Idol debut singles since it’s not really his debut single but a side job and also unadvertised in advance.
“Nooooooooo” what? @131 lol
Glamswarm
OH NVM, I get the noooooooo now roflmao
dontblamemeivotedforhillary
He should release it in Vinyl, too!
romeo
@Dontblameme #134: Good idea. I wouldn’t be surprised if they do.
@Swarm: I’d heard the name Ferras, but was not sure who it was. Glad you cleared that up. I don’t want Adam to get cut. LOL ! But seriously, totally agree with Adam about keeping his squeeze out of sight for the present. Media and fantard stuff can get way ugly around release dates. Have you lurked over at Adam Official? I think there’s maybe a couple of guys there, but it’s mainly a women’s mental institution, and the meds aren’t working. LMAO !
insufferable_know_it_all
LOL! Romeo, you never run out of the jokes. I’m guilty. I have Adam Lambert Disorder at its worse. But, yeah, that’s what I’ve been telling you. Adam is “picking up” lots of straight male fans and their even defending him when on the other boards when someone says something bad about him.
A few of my straight women friends say that their husbands have a crush on Adam too.
insufferable_know_it_all
Oh, God. I meant “they’re” not “their.”
insufferable_know_it_all
Look at the bottom of this page. You guys don’t actually have AT&T as a sponsor do you? You need to take that down. AT&T blocked our votes and enabled Kris to win, just because Adam is gay. I know many people don’t believe in this conspiracy theory because they’ve made themselves smell like roses after lawyering up.
GeoVaughn.com
FUCK ALL OF YOU …. A GAY American is FINALLY making it in American Pop Culture, and all you can do is criticize him!
You had your say, well THIS is mine.
-Geo
insufferable_know_it_all
Here’s what AT&T did to me. First they blocked my 1000 plus votes on finale night. The very next day I get a very unoffical looking confirmation saying, “Thanks for voting for Adam,” and not “Thanks for voting for Adam Lambert.” When every other night I voted, I received my confirmation right away.
After I confronted them about it, AT&T began cutting my phone off before it ran out of minutes when I’d previously never, ever had that problem.
Get rid of AT&T.
insufferable_know_it_all
Don’t fuck me, Geo. I heart Adam just as much as you do.
GeoVaughn.com
@ insufferable_know_it_all lol kk not you, … just the “critics” 😉
-Geo
dontblamemeivotedforhillary
I reported the AT&T/AI/Fox fraud to FCC, filing a report only to have my home phone number given to AT&T who left a few nasty messages for me. The fact that Kris Allen’s career may mirror that of previous Idol Winner Taylor Hicks (Who, you ask?) is the only Karma of this rigged poll-driven myopic show. Despite Ellen taking over as Ms Nice from Paula Abdul in the New Season, an Out Gay will not win when the organized Christian-Right have phone banks at every activist church. The best way to punish their homophobia (and racism, too!) is to denigrate the show, ask people not to blog about it on Facebook or other Social Networking sites and always Twitter words like “Lame” and “Boring” with American Idol, suggesting more fun shows. If the advertisers realize that the target audience is leaving in droves unless they covet overweight mid-western teenagers living at home and going to Community College, American Idol will get transferred to the CW to be buried on Friday and lost forever.
romeo
Re: Adam Official and all the other females for Adam sites, kudos to the few guys that venture into them, but there’s no way in hell I’d put my sanity and my nuts at risk like that.
Sorry, Swarm, just have to get this off my chest. They have a thread over at Adam Official dedicated to the guy’s crotch. Seriously! It’s called the “glambulge” or something. They’ve got another one for the mic stand that Adam rubbed between his legs on tour. WTF ! These are straight women mooning over a gay guy. Do they know what gay means? If I were Lambert I’d be so SCARED ! Fortunately, Adam is going to sell most of his tunes overseas, and I suspect he’ll be concentrating his touring over there as well. Lived in Europe for a while, way different than here. Asia will work well for him, too. That’s the real thing, I think, that’s going on with that album cover. It isn’t intended for an American audience.
Sorry to vent. LOL
insufferable_know_it_all
LOL, Romeo. You’re free to look too. That glambulge thing came from a youtube video recorded by a fan at one of the Idol concerts. Trust me, that caused a lot of controversy between the conservative glamberts and the pervert glamberts. Even though I watched it, I did comment, “What do you think his mother would think?”
insufferable_know_it_all
Also Romeo, at this point I’m not sure if any of the Chippendales are straight, however, assuming that some are, don’t you like to look at them? I think visual entertainment should be for whoever wants to look. Trying to touch is entirely different.
romeo
@George #139 — Jesus, fella, relax. Most of us on this thread like Adam.
dontblamemeivotedforhillary
Oh Romeo, romeo wtf are you gabbing about like some Church lady? Pre-order sales on Amazon for Adam’s First album has surpassed anyone who was ever a Gay Icon (without being Gay) It’s fine that women croon over him (we need allies) but it will be apparent when the concerts are filled with scary queers. The album cover is the retro eighties trend which mostly those who went through it the first time gag at. It looks fierce on Kylie’s X album and Adam has no problems with the fact that many of the internalized homophobes here will be hailing the New King (or Queen if you prefer) of Pop!
romeo
C’mon Insufferable, if you’ve been over there, you know they want to TOUCH, not to mention grab, and fondle, and rip, and tear. LMAO!
But you’re right. It’s their right to dream. Whatever gets’em through the night. It just amazes me, that’s all.
I don’t think the Chippendales are all that straight. LOL
romeo
@ Dontblameme #148: LMAO I have NO IDEA what you just said. ?
But you watch. Adam will make his big money overseas. But I hope he does have a big “scary queer” (?) audience. I’ll be there.
insufferable_know_it_all
Oh, Romeo, don’t make me admit that. My mother might be reading.
insufferable_know_it_all
@Don’tblamemeIvotedforHillary,
That’s why I’ve decided NOT going to buy Kris Allen’s CD. I know he’s a nice dude who’s shown the world that straight guys can actually be friends w/ a gay guy without turning to a pillar of salt, however, it’s the principle of the matter. I feel sorry for the poor kid. He’s the victim in this war which Gokey started, but you have to do what you have to do.
Even if Adam’s album sounds like bluegrass music with cows mooing in the background (which I know it won’t) I will still purchase Adam’s CD to support him. I know it puts a lot of gay guys off that we women are fanatical over Adam, however, you must understand how many of us became this way in the first place.
I’m usually not a fanatic. I was all set to do this year like I do every year. Pick my favorite, watch the auditions, hollywood week, the homecoming week and the finale and not get actively involved in the voting. However, I learned that the Christian Coalition was planning an all out war with Adam. There was a community Christian hate committee set up right here in my own neighborhood. I was so furious, it was all I could do to keep from storming over there. So I, along many of Adam’s other fans did, became extremely protective of him battling as many bigots as we can online. I would do almost anything to protect Adam from this mindless bigotry.
Other than Adam’s hotness, astronomical talent, this is the other reason Adam has “rabid” fanatical fans. We’re like dobermans and pitbulls and damn proud of it. No one should have to suffer that kind of treatment.
Here’s my motto: Remember the Alamo!!!!
http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/36343258.html
dontblamemeivotedforhillary
Me too! Not sure why U.S queers (are in chains and aren’t allowed to buy tix at Ticketmaster, Romeo) as Kylie was massive without the American Music Mafia (Promoting Hip Hop and the same Craptacular Payola!) WHY IS THERE NO COMMERCIAL DANCE RADIO AM/FM STATIONS? It would give gays economic power and apparently, we don’t know what to do with self-empowerment. Go to Canada to see Adam? HELL, NO! I will support my Queers and Allies in the USA!
insufferable_know_it_all
@Romeo. “Whatever gets them through the night.”
Have you seen some of the straight guys. They have so much hair on them, they look like the missing link. Couple that with them being overweight. Yeeee-uck! When is Queer eye for the Straight Guy coming back?
romeo
Also Dontblameme: I personally like the album cover. Don’t know about the “retro” or “camp” or whatever. Judging from his pre-idol pictures (volumes of them) it’s the way he wants to present himself, and that makes it perfect, and great by me.
dontblamemeivotedforhillary
@insufferable_takes_it_all_up_my_a@@
But, it was about talent and a rigged vote! I get on very well with straight guys who get on with me! I was making a comment on the obvious disparity between who really won and who was named American Idol.
romeo
@ Insufferable: Holy crap! I hope you’re mother isn’t in here reading over your shoulder! LMAO
romeo
Yeah, I know a lot of straight guys who are fine with me. But in L.A. that’s not so unusual.
insufferable_know_it_all
@Don’t blame me… LOL. I’m sorry, most of that comment was not meant for you. The rest of the comment was supposed to be for Romeo.
dontblamemeivotedforhillary
Who’s Bad?
insufferable_know_it_all
@ Romeo. I have nosey people in my family who know how to find my comments. They’re 1 step away from committing me over my “Adam obsession.”
Christine
Somebody PLEASE stop this train before it goes off the tracks! I’m a 45-year-old, So Cal lesbian (for demographics) and a huge Lambert fan. When Adam’s album cover art first popped up on my screen I thought it was a joke . . . no f-ing kidding. I was like, “OK, where’s the real cover.” This thing looks like an airbrushed cartoon of a girl trying to look like Adam, or simply a 1980’s drag queen. It’s so disappointing. Adam is a handsome, beautifully made-up, classy, gay MAN, and his voice is unparalleled. That’s why he’s sexy. His cover art should honor him. There are thousands of beautiful photos upon which to base a cover. Adam should re-think this. The way I’ve been talking him up, I’m actually embarrassed by the selected art. Adam, darling, you don’t want your DEBUT album cover to be “ridiculous.” You want it to knock people on their asses. You’re a class act. Represent yourself as such.
insufferable_know_it_all
@Don’tblamemeIvotedforHillary,
You can put your money together w/ a partner(s) and start your own radio station. If you’re not sure how, go to the library and check out how-to books.
romeo
@Christine: It was his call. Surely you know by now that Adam is strictly “take me or leave me.” That’s one of the things I’ve kinda liked about him. BTW: Everybody raves about the cover shot for Details. Frankly, Adam looks kind of bored and uncomfortable being the totally stereotyped “cover boy.” That’s my take. Like I said, look at some of the sh*tload of pictures he loved to pose for in his pre-idol days. That’s Adam.
dontblamemeivotedforhillary
@Insufferable-comments-that-we-are-forced-to-read
Did Mommy tell you that joke? You seem the self-righteous kind of person who uses sarcasm to deflect your internalized homophobia. Maybe it’s because you live with your family and don’t have a job as you seem up with library procedures (It’s free, too!) I just have Gay Rage as a Second-Class Citizen (but very productive with it!) and not the lightweight when it comes to asserting myself.
@Christine. Remember, even though it’s a lgbt movement, we (Gay) men move to the beat of our own drum and in Adam’s case, he is cleverly marketing himself as androgynous and gender-bending. As a child of the 80s that you obviously were, (we) sometimes are aghast at watching history repeat so quickly. I found myself thinking a few of those thoughts but checked myself at the boring Door (maybe you should move to NoCal – it’s much more hip!) We never told Melissa that she had an alien-head because that would be just tacky!
It seems here that 1/ People are desperately lonely and bitterness is revealed 2/ Quicker to judge our own should we be judged and 3/ Just might be more outwardly conservative than our sexuality.
Adam will ship platinum sales!
romeo
@ Dontblameme: good for you, dude. Rage on !!!
dontblamemeivotedforhillary
“Contained” Rage (not sure of the use of “dude” – are you in the cast of “Hair”?)
“Even smiling makes my face ache!” FnF
insufferable_know_it_all
@Dontblameme…What are you turning on me for? I have a job. I once had my own apartment. I only live w/family because hurricane Katrina indirectly ruined my partime business and caused me to have to drop out from getting my Master’s degree.
I don’t believe I directed any jokes towards you. I can be self-righteous at ignorant and bigoted people. You’re bouncing on my nerve and I’m a scorpio w/ a rising sun in taurus trying not to go off on you.)
I only said that you can start your own thing. You don’t have to wait for someone else to start it. If you want to got to Barnes and Nobles to buy your own copy, fine then. No, wait a minute. You already have the know-how to start your own radio station.
I’m not homophobic, you Danny Gokey wanna be.
insufferable_know_it_all
@Don’tblame….
Or you can start a radio station on your own, big daddy warbucks.
If you would stop with your so called gay rage, you might actually see that MOST PEOPLE GO INTO BUSINESS AS A PARTNERSHIP, NOT SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP.
He was friendly to me until I started ragging on Gokey’s ass. For real yall.
Swarm
WTF at the size of this thread I need two windows ok..first
@Romeo – Adam tomorrow with the Single debut For Your Entertainment on Seacreast which I havent found yet 6:55 a.m. PST
@ 134 + 143 VENT? Join the club. You know there are over 600,000 posts there since June? omfg. I cannot properly describe the level of cray cray on Adam Official. The only thing I’ll say is they are very kind and protective about Adam in a good way but it’s so buried deep in the crazy you cannot stand wading thru it. The fantarding melodrama, oversharing, hyperbole, mania, paranoia, flailing, sobbing and shaking is a weekly routine that lasts a full week) regardless of the event in Adam’s life. Happily, they are not that way on the gay forums there, the folks are normal.
Tonight Adam is losing in a fashion poll on the net and it’s is unacceptable and there’s a thread bumping to remind you to go vote. [swarm = speechless]
I will say several are teenagers who’ve posed as adults until, bless his heart, Adam said a bunch of words they didn’t understand like androgynous and camp. roflmao.(and I replied to you on another one of these threads that the Gay forums are not in jeopardy there there was a big software problem and your friend was mistaken. You don’t know the half of it. Yes the Glambulge wtf and this is pervasive on the net HA! You gotta laugh though. Even FUNNIER THAN HELL (and so mortifying) there is a Kradam forum for the psychos who believe that Adam and Kris are having an affair AND in love. Fine, BUT they write porn fiction about it. AND THE SITE LEAVES IT UP. I could write a book. I only go to quick read, and yell at them. Poor Adam it’s his official damn site and the label makes him use it (publicity). I use a diff name which shall remain anonymous for now lol.
sick of this long block, brb
Swarm
@insufferable #135 how’s your boy gaydar with these husbands? 🙂 (don’t bash me queerty if this is contraband comment)
@Christine #161 breathe, hon, that boat has left the dock. Leave the boy do his thing and trust him. He’s been pretty strategic so far, (with apologies to Romeo for “the” photoshoot font = whisper) If your friends won’t buy the album because of the cover tell them to find another singer like Adam said.
Swarm
@Romeo #163 I’m tellin you what you see is the point of the shoot. Now I’m sure you cannot stomach a close look,lol, but he’s doing the furrowed eyebrow thing in that shoot…it’s like a conflict look. He said he wasn’t the best actor (although in the cable tv thing on that best week ever or worst week or whatever its called he was hilarious). I know it’s offensive to you and = FAIL but for me, props to the kid for trying. Adam won’t sing a song he doesn’t love, he certainly isn’t going to intentionally insult, hurt, dismiss and sell out his own. And you said it was for the sales of the magazine. Think. He’s going to alienate most gay men and prolly women too so they wont buy his music and also hate him? come on now…. /deranting 🙂
Swarm
@ DBMIVFHillary # 164 < this ………minus the "we" for me lol
insufferable_know_it_all
@Swarm, I’m sure they’re straight. However, if they aren’t straight, it’ll only prove another point I once made.
Adam is making alot of straight men unneccessarily question their sexuality. That’s whay a few of them, like Delaolsen who is also americanidoljoke who is also mrmonsterkaraoke on youtube is whigging out and leaving derogatory messages on Adam’s offical youtube site almost every hour. He’s in stalker mode acually and we’re a heartbeat away from calling the FBI on him for 1 of the comments he made.
insufferable_know_it_all
Let me clarify before someone jumps my case. I mean straight guys are worrying unneccessarily. It’s Religion’s fault that no one understands sexuality.
Swarm
OK sorry @ 168 Insufferable but WTF? You’re a guest here, AND don’t start fanwaring SRSLY (and I didn’t even read what the drama was about).
CAPS LOCK off please, especially because “most” businesses are *NOT* partnerships. Perhaps yr thinking of LLC.
Swarm
Insufferable @173 I’m not going there much. I never heard the term “unnecesarily question their sexuality” huh? (dont explain that was rhetorical).
I’m referring to the shitload of married men who have a man/men on the side. You’re probably too young to have much knowledge of that lol.
insufferable_know_it_all
Yeah, but many people begin businesses with another person whether or not they decide to incorporate. A good number of sole proprietors also eventually, form LLC’s as well. Shoot, people advise me to LLC myself before I sign a contract for any of the songs I’ve written or the unpublished novel I’ve written.
Attention Don’t blame me…that’s why I’ve chosen not to work my own field and keep a low paying job where I can even play my guitar at work and do final edits on my manuscript, because I believe in myself enough to take a chance like that.
Swarm
Muuuah! Romeo, east coast here…peace out enjoy Seacrest
insufferable_know_it_all
I typoed unnecessarily. However, I do think straight guys stress over that kind of stuff too much. I harp on straight men alot. I have my issues with them.
Swarm
The silence is deafening here. Romeo, I hope you enjoy the bedtime reading over at AO. The terminology is “fan fic” as in fan fiction. I can barely stop laughing now hahahahahah
insufferable_know_it_all
@Swarm, I don’t write fan fic. I write young adult fiction.
romeo
Left to eat and watch a really sh*teous horror movie. Interesting posts, Swarm. Thanks for the Seacrest tip. As for checking in at Adam Official, no thank you. Did you see my post about not being so cavalier with my sanity and my nuts? SKERD !
BTW: that gay thread looked pretty dead to me. I checked it out. They had some kind of fight or something. Only looked like a couple of them were actually gay. Rest of them “straight female.” LOL Thought about checking out some of the other threads, but I chickened out. Oh, and my post about Details was that it was about selling tunes, not magazines. I’m pretty much over it. I’ll give him a pass this time. LMAO !
@ Dontblameme: Don’t let “dude” throw you dude. LOL
romeo
FYI: Adam’s album shot up to number one !!! on Amazon’s sales, ahead of even This Is It. A gain of 700 % before the album cover. Guess we know now which Adam they prefer. Laugh My F*cking Ass Off !!!
Swarm
@Romeo So happy for that. here’s the single’s cover I actually didn’t know there was such a thing, and my kid owns a record label LOL http://img.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/fye.jpg
re: the gay thread. No really, they are gay women on there and late teens. I don’t go “in” there much frankly because it’s poignant and sad for me and nothing I can contribute. And just like here it’s not my place. Yes they celebrate Adam and in the most sweet and quiet way. But you sort of feel like you are imposing on their most private moments because the young girls are sharing coming out stories of rejection and hurt.
I think that’s what you saw, they were consoling a kid who’s father disowned her and mother ignores her since she came out to them. You can tell it’s not hyperbole it took her a long time to actually go into it and she was not the least bit dramatic, she was quiet, scared and alone. SRSLY.
Adam introduced Cassidy Haley and he’s a comfort to teens. Nice guy. He tries to help them deal. She came out after being inspired by him and the SHTF.
Sterotyping us girls as generally “different” in style than you guys so there alot of “talking” “sharing” “helping” lol
But in there there’s whispering. I don’t know how to describe it. For me (yeah I sound dramatic) it feels like being in an intimate dark room and hearing/seeing quiet hurt with the young girls. The kids haven’t found their voice and face such a tough path and the adults are trying to be gentle.
The contrast to the “other” Adam threads which are rambunctious, raucous, in your face, manic, and funny sorta.
f*ck, I really didn’t need to get into that on such an epic day but I think the least I can do is bridge some divide here…Yes Adam is helping people.
I wish there were a gay site that would follow him professionally and personally as in printing his epic four part interview from the summer done by L.A. Times. Instead of all places that just make jokes or whatever. Isn’t it the most ironic thing ,yes. As has been said.
EXHALING! Enjoy yr day bb!
Swarm
@Romeo effing lyrics are out of this world… bravo boy
romeo
Thanks, Swarm, for posting that cover picture. F*cking love it ! Sort of like that Persian king in “300.” Greatest heavy leather movie ever made. LOL
Yeah, I would love a GAY site just for Adam, like his official site, problem is it would be full of straight women sporting names like Larry and Chuck. LMAO I don’t know how many women posters I’ve seen in stories about Adam saying “I wish I was a gay man.” Now there’s something new and freaky. LMAO
Still haven’t heard the single. Gonna go look for it.
Byeeee!
insufferable_know_it_all
@Romeo. Go to KIIS FM. You can find it there.
Swarm
@Romeo IK, right? I’ma use “Walter”. One funny tweet a girl sent to him was “damn female parts” rofl
here’s the approximate lyrics a fan put up. Take a breath now, he’s gonna hur ‘cha real good bb lol
apologies to qweerty for the fantarding
“so hot, out the box
can we pick up the pace?
turn it up, heat it up
i need to be entertained
push the limit, i’ll get with it
baby don’t be afraid
i’ma hurt ‘cha real good baby
lets go, its my show,
baby do what i say
don’t trip, off the bits
that I’m gonna display
i told ya, ima hold ya down
until your amazed
give it to ya, ’til your screaming my name
no escaping, when we start
once i’m in i hold your heart
there’s no way to ring the alarm
so hold on until its over!
oh! do you know what you got into?
can you handle what i’m bout to do?
cause its about to get rough for you
cause i’m here for your entertainment
bet you thought i was soft and sweet,
thought an angel swept you off your feet,
but i’m about to turn up the heat.
i’m here for your entertainment.”
it’s alright you’ll be fine
baby, I’m in control
take the pain,take the pleasure
i’m the master of both
close your eyes, not your mind
let me into your soul
ima work it ’til you’re totally blown
no escaping when we start
once I’m in I hold your heart
there’s no way I’ll ring the alarm
so hold on ’til it’s over
oh! do you know what you got into?
can you handle what I’m ’bout to do?
because it’s about to get rough for you
i’m here for you entertainment
oh, I bet you thought that I was soft and sweet
you thought angel swept you off your feet
but I’m about to turn up the heat
i’m here for your entertainment
oh oh…
Entertainment…
I’m here for your entertainment…
oh oh…
do you like what you see?
let me entertain me you until you scream
oh! do you know what you got into?
can you handle what I’m ’bout to do?
because it’s about to get rough for you
i’m here for you entertainment
oh, I bet you thought that I was soft and sweet
you thought angel swept you off your feet
but I’m about to turn up the heat
i’m here for your entertainment
Swarm
someone tweeted he needs to include Durex with the Deluxe CD version. LMAO
social issues aside, ya gotta love his fans – endearing at times and we want that for him. It’s a bridge.
Swarm
Streaming on Adam Official now. JFC this is gonna make a great remix
romeo
@ Swarm and all: Just heard it. Loved it!!! sick beat, sick lyrics (geez, swarm, you really are a fantard. LOL). Total butt twitcher. Can’t wait to get on the dance floor with it. Still needs something with a killer hook, but this is definitely HOT!!! kinda dangerous, sounds like he might actually do something to ya! LMAO !
Amazing how many commenters were still expecting a boy scout ! But lots of love out there for this. Too cool. Can’t wait to see him snarlin’ on a stage with this and whatever else is in the album. Can’t make up my mine whether to pre-order from Amazon or wait to buy off the shelf — so I can do it PUBLICLY ! LOL
Swarm
@Romeo 191 YAY lmao, I just love those lyrics so much and yeah dance worthy now then imagine the remix if they get it right with the “danger” parts haha the track listing is out and Gaga’s is “Fever” – it’s Lenny Kravitzy (there’s a Gaga demo on utube). It’s to a boy and in part says “there he goes my baby walks so slow….lets get inside your car”…totally took me back to the day smacking my older brother upside the head for crusin. who me? fantarding oversharer? HA SRSLY I gotta stop here….muahhh!
Wicked glitter
Some people make me want to puke. Adam’s cover is another role, just like the Details shoot. The Details pictures were beautiful, and so is this cover. I like the pictures of Adam in Details more than this. That’s my preference. If Adam had a sex change tonight I would still support him and his music. Yes I might cry for a couple of days, but I would except it.
romeo
Dry your tears, Wicked. Adam enjoys being a boy. He just doesn’t want to do all the things that boys are expected to do. Heard he made a comment about those Details pictures. He was worried about whether he was doing a good enough acting job. LMAO !
BTW, Wicked, you’d “accept” it.
Wicked glitter
BTW, Romeo, I’m not “disillusoned” by Adam’s cover. I just think he is more gorgeous when he looks like himself. Adam is a hot, sexy man, and I like that look better. If Adam chooses a role, or cover shoot that requires him to create a different image then it’s all good. I want the man to be able to work, and choose the roles that he wants. I quess some people are just pretentious assholes who can’t help but criticize others.
trish
Totally like the cover for the single and I like the song. But, good grief that album cover is just wrong, wrong and wrong. Who in the world does Adam have advising him or is he just so head strong that he doesn’t listen to anyone. That album is so over the top fem/drag queen. I accept Adam and his lifestyle with no problems. I mean I was a little uncomfortable with him being on cocaine in 2006 because he was depressed he said and the acid in 2008 bothered me-sorry.
I find it strange that on all those tour stops he could see the type of people that were fans (even the smelly ones) and yet that cover looks like he is not going after the gays or straights-just the drag queens.
Just disappointed in him. In the Details article he said he was a business person, hum, not so much Adam.
romeo
@ Ahem, who’s the one doing the criticizing on a site where she hasn’t a clue what’s going on? At least you spelled asshole right, you deluded bitch. Give it a rest, Missy, we don’t have to like you here just cause you stamp your little foot. LMAO !
And Trish: Trying to absorb “I accept Adam and his lifestyle with no problems,” and “That album is so over the top fem/drag queen.” You’re not one of those “fans” that held up a sign for Adam to go straight for you on the tour, are you? Shit like that really pissed a lot of us gay boys off when we heard about it. LMAO !
Trisha
To Romeo: I think I am deluded, I admit, because I kind of thought maybe Adam would be like one of his idols (Bowie), who was gay for decades and then became bi, married Iman (a famous model) and had a child. Don’t know all the ins and outs of being gay-but just maybe Adam could do that. He said he found womem to be beautiful. Am I that far off track that the above is really a total impossibility? Adam really seemed to enjoy the ladies screeming for him. I saw him live on the tour and he was not faking that enjoyment.
insufferable_know_it_all
Um, I thought his cover was something Bowie would do. At least it doesn’t look hideous like MTV’s Jim Cantello’s version. (I know I’m spelling his name wrong, but oh well)
insufferable_know_it_all
Don’t even try it, Trisha, do you think these guys are going to let their Adam go over to the other side without a fierce fight? LOL. Except for Romeo. He’s gonna date Drake and hopefully move him to Japan–somewhere far from Adam.
Trisha
Well I would like to see Drake out of the picture and a man of quality in looks and personality as a replacement.
Swarm
Oh my what’s going on here?
Anyway, Romeo here….Adam improved his cover for the boys who just couldn’t take it. 🙂
http://twitpic.com/nqgfz
Swarm
the f*ck?
@Wicked Glitter #193 #195 The fact that you typed what you did tells me you don’t get it. Stop now. Coming on gay message boards isn’t the appropriate place to learn about the life, ok? Did you even read the thread or try and understand any of it? sigh
Ditto Trisha @ 196 # 198 classic Glamberts screaming (about something goofy) then playing hurt go, now and ask someone who INVITED you to rant.
IS THIS IN THE FEMALE GENE?
You guys – stop already it’s an embarrassment. And really, to insult and fuel fire saying stupid comments about “the other side”? I can’t wait till you all bail to another fantasy. Adam doesn’t need your selfish drama he has enough coming at him.
Swarm
Romeo, goin out shakin it tonight bb? Have fun and take a cd with you for them to play, k? byyyeeeeeeeeee!
Swarm
(the cover is Dave Navarro for Halloween)
Swarm
and Trisha
@196 That’s “mighty white” of you to ACCEPT Adam on your terms. Just like everyone else. But you already know this, your family and friends have told you yr a control freak right? It’s never a secret.
@198? YES it is that far from reality. Statistically it is more probable that your husband will leave your for a man, than Adam decide to be with a woman. So stop. And stop chasing these guys off their own sites. Call Dr.Drew if you need education. 🙂
Wicked Glitter
Yeah Romeo I spelled asshole right, too bad you didn’t spell disillusoned right. Too bad you went on and on about Adam “killing his career”, and that the model he posed with was”fugly”. Too bad that you said Adam wasn’t “a major intellect”, because he posed with that model. I never would have said that about anyone, no matter who they posed with.
STATISTICALLY RIGHT
“Statistically it is more probale that your husband will leave you for a man, than Adam decide to be with a woman.”
Well read ’em and weep. Adam broke up with his boyfriend and went out with Katy Perry tonight. That’s 2 dates now.
Wicked Glittwe
Romeo I hope your cat is ok. I just can’t stay mad at you because you seem to take good care of your pets. I spent the day working at Last Chance Rescue, and I’m so upset. I think I’m gonna start to cry, so I have to go. Give your cat a big kiss for me.
Wicked Glitter
OMG, I spelled Wicked Glitter wrong! There will be no living with Romeo now!( Romeo, don’t worry I know you don’t want to live with me).
romeo
Glitter: got pissed when I saw those pictures just a little gay rage, but I’m over it now. Adam understood; you don’t. BTW: it’s “disillusioned.” LMAO !!! Glitter, you’re like one of those poor babes that gets drunk at gay bars and starts coming on to the guys until security finally throws them out. Sad.
As for you, Trish, I think you have your Bowie chronology wrong. And guys don’t really change. They CONFORM, usually for social and financial reasons. And frequently under pressure from clueless women. If you really love Adam, let him be free. Don’t try to chain him to a life he’ll hate. Sorry, Trish, if you don’t want to read stuff like this then you shouldn’t be here. You’re dealing with guys here with direct experience.
Hey, Swarm, how’s it hangin’ ! LOL Love ya, babe. Went to a private party nearby. Parking is way too nuts on Halloween night. Didn’t get laid, but got it good last night. LMAO. Gonna watch a horror movie, but thought I’d check in with you. LOL
romeo
@Statistically: Hold your water, sweetie. Just checked into it. Their break-up is still in the rumor stage. Katy Perry is a pal. She’s with someone else who’s in a two person camel costume. Katy’s the rear end. LOL. Lot’s of hot MEN in Hollywood for Adam. Hey, I’m one of them. LMAO !!!
Wicked: Sorry I bitched at you so hard. Didn’t see your other post because I was posting at the same time. Yes, I’m an asshole. LMAO
Julius
Tranny-hooker. Next!
STATISTICALLY RIGHT
Who’s a tranny hooker?
Wicked glitter
Oh Romeo, God it kills me to admit this, but you’re right. I did spell disillusioned wrong. I quess the next time I go on a bitchy rant I better use a dictionary. Change that, maybe next time I shouldn’t be a bitch, or rant. Have a reat weekend ,love ya!
Wicked glitter
OMG I meant”rant”!
Wicked glitter
WTF, no I meant “great”! I have to go. My sisters and I want to go see This Is It! Adam’s new video is playing before the movie. I hope I can get tickets.
STATISTICALLY RIGHT
You’re right, the breakup’s still in rumor mode, one of which I only half-heartedly believe. After reading every post here, I wouldn’t be surprised that one of you posters started the rumor to get a rise out of Adam’s fan girls. Thanks for the info, I’m familiar with Katy Perry and Adam’s fanboy worship/friendship with her.
dontblamemeivotedforhillary
I’ve never seen this many comments since Hillary Versus Barack and Roe V Wade. Obviously, Adam is going to be a lightning rod of a Gay Mega-Star! It takes a long time to process internalized homophobia when someone doesn’t conform to your gender norms and your own fears of acceptance. Often picked-on Gays who identify as masculine can turn into the bullies they were the victims of. It’s just a psychological profile of some on this site. Queerty actually beats out Perez Hilton for Gay-baiting Hate! That’s not a feather in my cap that I would be proud of….
annie
well its quite easy judge what we see at first sight. THE ONLY THING I KNOW IS everything is Adams album its inside a context include the cover MAYBE if all of you who are judging so hard stop for a minute anD SEE THIS http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/49749624/800.JPG.jpg
MAYBE U CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS THE REAL TRICK IN THAT COVER 😉
Swarm
@Romeo #211 – Hey bb, breezing thru to say hello! Had to breathe for a minute with all the estrogen flyin. (not mine lol)
Ditto about the bars in 211 ^^ I had a hunk of my hair pulled out from behind on the Fire Island ferry during a fight between two straight drunk women over MY [gay] BROTHER. Bitches lol. It got stuck in a punch and twisted around yeowwwwww! ROFLMAO now. And they were RG too, for a moment I thought not. ha.
SRSLY I cannot help you with the women here ^^ LOL they’re sublimating. Hey girls, give me a call and I’ll direct you to a couple or 5 of my friends who’s husbands left for men after a decade of fake marriage with no sex LMAO. They wouldn’t listen to us either.
Muahhhh! Romeo, have a good week! Get yr beauty sleep for the weekend, now.
And...
…You know who Adam Lambert is, correct? Of course he wanted a controversy over it!
And though it may be tacky, if you cut the cover in half, you’ll see that it’s androgyny in it’s purest form. He did this on purpose.