American Idol 2010

[journey361]

I told my wife this when we first heard Adam's CD and i still stick by it. This is coming from me not her but i would have loved to see Adam Lambert kick off his career with his first CD being rock and it could have even had some soft edges or Journey-type crooner vocals on it, but rock and roll in a nutshell.
I understand management and forces to be know how to live long in this business and endure a sustained career with pop/dance/rock as he did but while he has this unbelievable 80's vocal thing going on, he could have sold more CD's i believe. I may be wrong but oh well, water under the bridge anyway.

[Michigan Girl]

Michigan Girl- Listen to Can't let you go. It is even better than Time for Miracles, if that is possible. I am going to buy his UK release on Amazon because of Can't let you go.

I like it, alot ...still prefer Time For Miracles, though!!
I feel the passion and desperation ... love it when a singer can take me with them!! Will listen to this more!!
THANKS!!!

[Michigan Girl]

Journey 361- His ending on- Don.t stop believin on the AI tour ,I think shows, he knew exactly what he had to do to finish out that song & he was the only one that could do it. If I find the article/ interview I'll let you know. It was months back/ after AI.

Any recordings of his cover?

This is the Idols rehearsing the song for the tour. If you can get through the first 3 boring minutes, Adam kicks into his parts at around the 2:50 mark, and at around 3:30 shows more stuff. They shoulda just let him sing the whole song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnbgukzb ... re=related

Fabulous job, Adam!!! I think the guy has an incredible voice, but the only thing
he has done, thus far, that has captured my heart is "Time For Miracles" ...this
smidge, he's amazing!! I'm sure I'll be loving him soon!!

You not diggin' the soul, sistah?! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XpISZJsRBU

Deb ...you know what I like, this is incredible. He's so emotional ... I went with him!!!
Not sure if I'm liking the Wayne Newton/Elvis Presley Doo (because it looks more Wayne Newtony), but he pulls it off ...very versatile!!
My fav look is the Nikki Sixx in the Time For Miracles vid, without all the glam!!

[Triple S]

Slightly OT - but I know way back when in an Adam thread, we (well, me and Bobby TN I think it was ) made mention of Sam Harris and some similarity to Adam.

Just ran across this from Sam. I Can't Make You Love Me - absolutely heartwrenchingly (is that a word?) simple & beautiful:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBm3E55L ... re=related

. . . and Adam's take on the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a3qrRsA ... re=related

[Deb]

I told my wife this when we first heard Adam's CD and i still stick by it. This is coming from me not her but i would have loved to see Adam Lambert kick off his career with his first CD being rock and it could have even had some soft edges or Journey-type crooner vocals on it, but rock and roll in a nutshell. I understand management and forces to be know how to live long in this business and endure a sustained career with pop/dance/rock as he did but while he has this unbelievable 80's vocal thing going on, he could have sold more CD's i believe. I may be wrong but oh well, water under the bridge anyway.

Fully agree, hope his next cd is ROCK. He can throw a duet with Alison on there too. They both have great rock voices together and great chemistry, loved their duet on AI....... Slow Ride http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3P7rqMeMVI

[squirt1]

Deb- Adam's concert from Sayerville. N J last night is on You Tube & so is the night before from Wilkes-Barre Pa.

[DrFU]

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler will join Randy Jackson as "American Idol" judges next season, after months of turnover and speculation about the future of TV's top-rated show.

With pomp rivaling that of a U.S. Supreme Court appointment, Fox finally assembled the new pieces of the "Idol" panel that will be returned to its original three-member format for season 10.

Actress-singer-dancer Lopez and Aerosmith frontman Tyler will have the job of trying to match the offbeat chemistry of former judges Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul.

"This is 'American Idol,'" host Ryan Seacrest said after the new trio took the stage with him.

Tyler said he wanted to join the show because "it's being a part of something much bigger than yourself. ... I want to bring some rock to this rollercoaster and show if you've got the heart, the talent, the feeling to do this you could be the next American Idol."

"I'm so excited," Lopez said. "I'm looking for the next Michael Jackson."

The likely Lopez-Tyler pairing had been reported so frequently that Fox would have had to produce Betty White and 50 Cent instead to generate any surprise.

Cowell announced last January that he planned to leave to launch a new talent show for Fox in 2011, with newcomers Ellen DeGeneres and Kara DioGuardi exiting this summer. Abdul left in 2009 over a contract dispute.

Jackson will be the only original judge when "American Idol" returns in January.

Lopez and Tyler could help "American Idol" reinvent itself for the new season, when it will try to stem a ratings slide and bring in younger viewers. The show's audience has been gradually aging, and advertisers prefer to pitch to young adults.

But Fox and the show's producers didn't match the new judges to the target audience when it comes to age: Lopez is 41 and Tyler is 62. Jackson is in the middle at age 54.

Lopez's films include "Selena," ''The Wedding Planner" and most recently "The Back-Up Plan." She has appeared as a mentor on "American Idol."

She was part of the "Fly Girl" house dancers on the comedy show "In Living Color," in 1990, before becoming a backup dancer for Janet Jackson.

"On the 6," Lopez's first album, came out in 1999 and launched a career in pop, Latin, hip-hop and R&B. "Love?" is the latest CD from the Grammy winner, who has twins with husband Marc Anthony.

Tyler brings a colorful and tempestuous history with him. He's fought with his band mates, been in rehab for prescription drug abuse and took a fall off a stage in 2009 that forced cancellation of Aerosmith's summer tour.

"American Idol" was the nation's favorite program last season, the seventh time it's held that position. But it showed rare vulnerability, beaten in the weekly ratings several times by ABC's "Dancing With the Stars."

A total of 24.2 million viewers watched the ninth season's final duel between Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox, compared to the nearly 29 million viewers who saw Kris Allen claim victory over Adam Lambert last year.

[brandonx76]

"I'm so excited," Lopez said. "I'm looking for the next Michael Jackson."

That sentence is cringe worthy...I do not have high hopes for this season, but will watch. Now that Ricky Minor is on the Tonight Show, I'm really starting to feel it has become a shell of itself