I watched the 2nd season of Rockstar, the one with Supernova.

Dilana totally owned that show IMO. Her interpretation of Ring of FIre by Johnny Cash was re-interpreted yet again by Lambert in week 3 of AI.

Here's that performance. The acid-rock Led Zeppelin influence punches you right in the senses. :)

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This one got him a standing ovation from Smokey Robinson, whose song it was he was singing. The last note is a masterpiece:

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This is his brilliant interpretation of Black and White by Michael Jackson:

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Here is his week 4 performance of Play that funky music:
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Here's the encoded version of last night's performance...the only Simon Cowell standing O in 8 seasons of AI:
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Dude, what's up with your Adam Lambert lovefest? He's got talent but I think he's too fruity for primetime.

Like Freddie Mercury was too fruity for prime time?

Too fruity for prime time? What's up with me? Hmmm....i guess the same thing that's up with everyone... :)

http://www.dialidol.com/asp/predictions/predictions.asp

You might want to check last night's voting in the above link to test the validity of your statement. He is totally dominating the voting thus far this season. He is obviously far more mainstream than you thought. :)

PS: That site has been 97% accurate to date.

My wife has always watched American Karaoke, but not me, until this season. I wanted to see what all the hype was about. The gap in talent between Lambert & everyone else is huge. Allison has a great voice, but is too damn annoying. Scott MacIntrye probable wouldn't have made it to the final 12 if he wasn't blind, & everyone else in utterly forgettable IMHO.

Lambert has the best falsetto I've heard since Maxwell. I'll be curious to see what direction he will go musically after he wins. I hope it's something unique & not the generic top 40 crap everyone else puts out. I wonder how someone with a distinct voice, like Micheal McDonald, would fare on the show.

Can you name someone equally fruity right now selling mega records? I'm thinking most of the voters are kids, teeny bopper girls who probably have no idea of his sexual orientation.

Don't get me wrong, I think he'll win.

Lady Ga Ga is a total fruit.

What's the name of that heroine addict everyone loves? Amy Winehouse. She's completely off the deep end IMO.

And really Elton John has been so fruity for so long everyone just looks at him as normal now. LOL. ;)

I always found Madonna to be a blatant whore and nut job too. And very, very racy in her day.

Prince was just plain wierd from day 1.

I honestly don't see anything fruity about Lambert, he's just flaming gay. Not a lifestyle i would ever choose, but that's irrelevant to me when judging him as an entertainer/performer. All i know is when he sings, i get chills. And that is exactly what i'm looking for in my music. :)

That much seems obvious. :)

Speaking of great enigmatic singers.

This is off this guys newest album, and IMO is one of the greatest works he has ever done. Haunting and beautiful.

I thought the guy was washed up like everyone else did. Then i heard this: Axl at his absolute best:

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Adam Lambert is hands down the most talented person they have ever had on that show.

Have to admit I look forward to hearing what he will do each week.

And Scott goes home

Dammit!

We TIVO!

JUST turned it on and my wife was saying it would be him and BAM there's your post.

He's right there with Kelly Clarkson. I actually rewatched all her old performances this week on You tube after i proclaimed Adam as the best ever in the thread last week.

After watching her performances from AI1 again i gotta say- she was really good.

That would be one hell of a competition between those two.

I am semi hooked on this show thanks to my wife. Without a doubt his last performance was the best of all AI seasons and he is in a league of his own IMO.

Gay or not I would definitely buy his album which I cannot say for any of the other AI performers(past or present).

No crap, HTH is he still in it... damn I just admitted to watching this show.

I think if Scott isn't voted off this week Im boycotting.

Snipes is right Adam is a huge talent and cant believe he hasn't been scooped up before this show. His voice is unreal. I would like to here him do some Zep (Babe I'm gonna Leave you).

I agree Adam is definitly one of the top 2 contestants ever, but Kelly was also really good. She is really the reason the show became so huge.

Here are her flagship AI performances. It's a really tough call, but i agree that no one else in the same league as either one of them (i say this as AI3 winner Kerry Underwood just won country entertainer of the year- again. Not really my kind of music though).

This first one is often hailed as the best performance in AI history, but i actually think some of her other performances were better:
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These next 2 are usually mentioned as among the top 10 AI performances:
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While not my favorite song, this one i think was her best performance. She hits a Mariah Carey whistle note then immediately follows it up with a gruf low register growl that shows full 4 octave range in a 2 second span, and had the judges stuttering and repeating themselves like O without a teleprompter:

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Of course Adam still has half a season left to go...

Adam Lambert is an incredible talent. Don't care if he's gay, straight or has three heads. He rocks the house.

angela

he's no Freddy Mercury though, not even close
neither in the fruit department nor in the voice department

I think Freddie had a little more range than Adam, but not a whole lot. Probably the same is true for Plant. I think he could probably sing anything either one of them sang and still make it sound good though. Perhaps not as good, but he is unquestionably a superstar talent. You may like freddie's tone/style a lot better, but range wise Adam is almost on par with the legendary Mr.Mercury.

I think the most direct and relevant comparison would be to Steven Tyler. Which is of course really saying something.

I don't watch, but the local morning news shows always have a recap, and though I couldn't tell what he was singing, I did see Cowell stand and applaud, so went to YouTube...

The slow cover of Mad World was exceptionally well done. Not entirely original, since Gary Jules and his partner's version was used in Donnie Darko, but this guy added to it.

From what I got in the news clips, other performers didn't seem to feel the lyrics in the songs they chose, and this guy seemed to. Impressed.

As far as "Natural Woman" goes, Aretha is still tops.

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...and its songwriter isn't too shabby either:
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... and this lady Morgan sounds pretty damn good. Watch for her somewhere:
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Adam Lambert? To each his own. I realize music tastes are subjective.

Sherwood