Reply #47: Adam got hosed, but it's not all bad . . .

[OneBlueSky]

when Arkansas can come up with 38 million votes (as is being reported), something is certainly rotten in LaLaLand . . . still and all, coming in second may be a real blessing for Adam for a number of reasons . . .

- he won't have to sing that atrocious Boundaries song ever again . . .

- he won't be a slave to Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment for the next three years, meaning he can make his own choices about what to record and where to perform (rather than having them dictated by someone else) . . .

- when Brian May (was he actually salivating when Adam was singing with the band?) calls and asks him to replace Paul Rodgers as the front man for Queen, he'll have the option of signing on . . . could bring a whole new energy to the group and help them thrive for another five or ten years . . .

- in a similar vein, seems that Gene Simmons was blown away by Adam's performance with Kiss and is eager to have him perform with the band . . . they certainly need some fresh blood (no pun intended) . . .

- finally, recall that the track record of many non-winners is far better than the that of AI winners, only three of whom have actually achieved any degree of "stardom" (Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and, to a somewhat lesser extent, Chris Daughtry) . . .

Adam's vocal range and style are perfectly suited to fronting a major rock band, and there are probably any number who will be calling . . . (hell, Led Zep has been threatening to tour without Robert Plant, and Adam could certainly hit the notes) . . . or he could form his own band and do his own thing . . . with the exposure he's received, and with no slavery contract to hold him back, the world is his oyster . . . all in all, I'd say it's the best thing that could have happened to him . . .

that having been said, it's still a travesty that he lost to Kris Allen, who's a nice enough kid with some talent who I have nothing against . . . but he simply is not in Adam's league . . . Lambert is one of the two or three best contestants (maybe THE best) to ever grace the AI stage, and that he didn't win is certainly the biggest upset in the history of the show . . . and it will no doubt be discussed as such ad nauseum in the coming days and weeks . . . and as a gay man, if an organized homophobic campaign contributed to Adam's loss, it's infuriating and sad at the same time, but probably a pretty accurate reflection of where "middle America" (the show's audience) is at . . .

but congrats to both of them . . . they seem like really nice, talented kids who will both do well as they embark on their careers . . . but when it comes to actually achieving success in the music biz, Adam is going to blow Kris right out of the water . . .

disclaimer: I'm not really an AI fan, but when I happened to see Adam interpret Smokey Robinson's Tracks Of My Tears, and when Smokey gave him a standing ovation, I was blown away and began watching each week just to see what Adam would come up with next . . . some of his performances were better than others, but I was never disappointed . . .