Adam Lambert on 2009 AMA Show

[Ehwmatt]

[Tracks of My Tears. Loved this performance! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9g-jDV5K3o

this is incredible!! adam at the top..... i have to say that i was nervous for that guitar player that entire 4 min.. an enormous amout of

pressure.. but both were great..

Smokey is so cool

[cyndy!]

the AMA performance was the first & only i've seen of adam lambert & it was not a good first impression. i didn't have a problem with the sexual nature of the performance, but i did with his lack of sincerity. he didn't own it. he didn't enjoy it. it seemed that he was distracted by all the choreography that someone else made him memorize & his singing suffered for it. think of some early prince performances. he owned his lewdness. you actually believed prince was that nasty & he made it fun. adam's performance was unbelievable - in a bad way.

whitney houston - awesome! i'm so happy she found the strength to get her life back together again.

[Jana]

[Tracks of My Tears. Loved this performance! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9g-jDV5K3o

this is incredible!! adam at the top..... i have to say that i was nervous for that guitar player that entire 4 min.. an enormous amout of

pressure.. but both were great..

Smokey is so cool

I didn't realize they had the perfomances on youtube. I thought they were off.

I loved Ring of Fire. Simon hated it. But I died laughing in this clip Randy Travis' wife wouldn't even clap afterwards, which I found rude. I love it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkcxaMN3NRk

[larryfromnextdoor]

[quote="

whitney houston - awesome! i'm so happy she found the strength to get her life back together again.[/quote]


this song??? ......................................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlRBhw6B ... re=related

..... that song .. aint that good......is it?

[squirt1]

Well ,I was disappointed with this appearance because it seemed that Adam stepped down to the level of the common sex singer/ dancer & TV promoters and networks. Anyone that ever checked out his AI performances, with good sound , would know his capabilities . He sings beautiful and difficult songs and has a vocal range I don't know if I've ever heard. I don't think the rest of the world cares about anything except the singing. Europe & Queen don't have the prospective of the U.S. Even if 1/2 of the viewers here in the U S don't buy, the others will here and in the world. I listened to the entire album on I LIKE.COM and will buy. Adam is a star, but young and maybe learned a lesson. I think he has already made it financially and he needs to reign himself in for awhile.

[Jana]

Well ,I was disappointed with this appearance because it seemed that Adam stepped down to the level of the common sex singer/ dancer & TV promoters and networks. Anyone that ever checked out his AI performances, with good sound , would know his capabilities . He sings beautiful and difficult songs and has a vocal range I don't know if I've ever heard. I don't think the rest of the world cares about anything except the singing. Europe & Queen don't have the prospective of the U.S. Even if 1/2 of the viewers here in the U S don't buy, the others will here and in the world. I listened to the entire album on I LIKE.COM and will buy. Adam is a star, but young and maybe learned a lesson. I think he has already made it financially and he needs to reign himself in for awhile.

No, he didn't learn a lesson. I saw him tonight on those Entertainment type shows and he said he doesn't apologize and he's not for everybody, and he was really playing up the performance in the interviews. And all those shows were talking about him and really no one else on the show except Jlo falling and Whitney. But he's the big topic.

[StoneCold]

Adam Lambert's sexually-charged act draws complaints
Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:54pm

By Jill Serjeant

LOS ANGELES, Nov 23 (Reuters) - ABC television said on Monday it had received about 1,500 complaints about the sexually-charged performance by "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert at the American Music Awards on Sunday.

Millions of viewers saw Lambert simulate oral sex with a back-up dancer, plant a passionate kiss on the mouth of a male keyboard player and gesture to the audience with his middle finger during the closing act of the live music awards show.

Lambert, 27, said his goal was "not to piss people off, it was to promote freedom of expression and artistic freedom".

ABC cut the most controversial part of his act -- Lambert rubbing the face of a male dancer in his crotch -- from the U.S. West Coast telecast that aired later on Sunday.

But by then, the singer's racy rendition of his debut single "For Your Entertainment" was already on its way to becoming one of the most provocative TV moments in the music industry since Madonna and Britney Spears kissed on the MTV Video Music Awards show in 2003.

Adam Lambert was among the top 10 most popular topics on Twitter on Monday.

American Music Awards producers, Dick Clark Productions, said they were unaware from rehearsals what Lambert had planned. "We did not expect the impromptu moments," a spokeswoman told Reuters.

An estimated 14.2 million viewers watched the "American Music Awards" telecast, the largest audience since 2002, ABC said, based on preliminary viewing figures.

Lambert, 27, who publicly declared he was gay after "American Idol" ended in May, said his act with dancers in bondage costumes, was no different from the erotic performances of some female pop singers. He added that much of the sexual energy he brought to Sunday's show was "in the moment."

"Adrenaline is a crazy, crazy, crazy feeling. Some of the things I love most about performing is when you're up there and all of the sudden you just have these feelings, this rush that comes over you," Lambert told CNN afterward.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which has strict rules on the broadcast of indecent or profane material, said it could not confirm or deny receiving complaints.

The FCC fined CBS $550,000 for broadcasting a fleeting glimpse of Janet Jackson's breast to roughly 90 million TV viewers of the 2004 Super Bowl half-time show, which Jackson famously blamed on a wardrobe malfunction.

It was unclear whether ABC could be at risk of an FCC fine because Lambert's performance was broadcast around 11 pm in most of the nation, outside the FCC's 6am-10pm time frame prohibiting the broadcast of indecent material.

Entertainment Weekly music reporter Michael Slezak wrote that Lambert's first major TV outing since the "American Idol" show "felt less like a genuine expression of his high-octane sexuality...and more like a carefully planned stab at dominating the post-AMA blogosphere/water-cooler discussion."

Lambert released his debut album, also titled For Your Entertainment", on Monday and by midday it was No. 11 on the iTunes albums charts.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/ ... 0420091124

[KenTheDude]

Adam Lambert's sexually-charged act draws complaints
Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:54pm

By Jill Serjeant

LOS ANGELES, Nov 23 (Reuters) - ABC television said on Monday it had received about 1,500 complaints about the sexually-charged performance by "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert at the American Music Awards on Sunday.

Millions of viewers saw Lambert simulate oral sex with a back-up dancer, plant a passionate kiss on the mouth of a male keyboard player and gesture to the audience with his middle finger during the closing act of the live music awards show.

Lambert, 27, said his goal was "not to piss people off, it was to promote freedom of expression and artistic freedom".

ABC cut the most controversial part of his act -- Lambert rubbing the face of a male dancer in his crotch -- from the U.S. West Coast telecast that aired later on Sunday.

But by then, the singer's racy rendition of his debut single "For Your Entertainment" was already on its way to becoming one of the most provocative TV moments in the music industry since Madonna and Britney Spears kissed on the MTV Video Music Awards show in 2003.

Adam Lambert was among the top 10 most popular topics on Twitter on Monday.

American Music Awards producers, Dick Clark Productions, said they were unaware from rehearsals what Lambert had planned. "We did not expect the impromptu moments," a spokeswoman told Reuters.

An estimated 14.2 million viewers watched the "American Music Awards" telecast, the largest audience since 2002, ABC said, based on preliminary viewing figures.

Lambert, 27, who publicly declared he was gay after "American Idol" ended in May, said his act with dancers in bondage costumes, was no different from the erotic performances of some female pop singers. He added that much of the sexual energy he brought to Sunday's show was "in the moment."

"Adrenaline is a crazy, crazy, crazy feeling. Some of the things I love most about performing is when you're up there and all of the sudden you just have these feelings, this rush that comes over you," Lambert told CNN afterward.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which has strict rules on the broadcast of indecent or profane material, said it could not confirm or deny receiving complaints.

The FCC fined CBS $550,000 for broadcasting a fleeting glimpse of Janet Jackson's breast to roughly 90 million TV viewers of the 2004 Super Bowl half-time show, which Jackson famously blamed on a wardrobe malfunction.

It was unclear whether ABC could be at risk of an FCC fine because Lambert's performance was broadcast around 11 pm in most of the nation, outside the FCC's 6am-10pm time frame prohibiting the broadcast of indecent material.

Entertainment Weekly music reporter Michael Slezak wrote that Lambert's first major TV outing since the "American Idol" show "felt less like a genuine expression of his high-octane sexuality...and more like a carefully planned stab at dominating the post-AMA blogosphere/water-cooler discussion."

Lambert released his debut album, also titled For Your Entertainment", on Monday and by midday it was No. 11 on the iTunes albums charts.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/ ... 0420091124

Flipping off an audience of 14 million viewers in not a very good example of "promoting freedom of expression and artistic freedom". The "dude" is pretty ignorant.

[SteveForever]

1500 complaints is not very many, guess most people don't know who to contact for such things....or simply don't care...
typical Americans for the most part these days....

[bluejeangirl76]

Lambert, 27, said his goal was "not to piss people off, it was to promote freedom of expression and artistic freedom".

ABC cut the most controversial part of his act -- Lambert rubbing the face of a male dancer in his crotch -- from the U.S. West Coast telecast that aired later on Sunday.

Artistic freedom, my ass. He's doing the shock value thing. Shocking behavior = attention = $$.

Can we say "Janet Jackson's titty"? Same thing.

Artistic expression would have been going up there and doing a good job singing.

Shoving some guy's face against your dick on TV is only artistic expression if porn is your chosen "art". What exactly does that have to do with being a singer? Because he, like all those other useless Idol morons, doesn't want to be a singer. He wants to be famous. Big difference.

[Ehwmatt]

Lambert, 27, said his goal was "not to piss people off, it was to promote freedom of expression and artistic freedom".

ABC cut the most controversial part of his act -- Lambert rubbing the face of a male dancer in his crotch -- from the U.S. West Coast telecast that aired later on Sunday.

Artistic freedom, my ass. He's doing the shock value thing. Shocking behavior = attention = $$.

Can we say "Janet Jackson's titty"? Same thing.

Artistic expression would have been going up there and doing a good job singing.

Shoving some guy's face against your dick on TV is only artistic expression if porn is your chosen "art". What exactly does that have to do with being a singer? Because he, like all those other useless Idol morons, doesn't want to be a singer. He wants to be famous. Big difference.

Spot on. If he wants to be an artist in that obtuse kind of manner, tell him to go draw a line on a paper and call it the most profound thing in the universe. Or just go film himself barebacking some hairy-assed dude.

Who was that comedian that asked who was the first gay? Skit was something along the lines of "How did you take a look at a hairy ass man with hair running down his back and out his ass and go "MMM... I gotta get me some of that!"

LOL

[bluejeangirl76]

Lambert, 27, said his goal was "not to piss people off, it was to promote freedom of expression and artistic freedom".

ABC cut the most controversial part of his act -- Lambert rubbing the face of a male dancer in his crotch -- from the U.S. West Coast telecast that aired later on Sunday.

Artistic freedom, my ass. He's doing the shock value thing. Shocking behavior = attention = $$.

Can we say "Janet Jackson's titty"? Same thing.

Artistic expression would have been going up there and doing a good job singing.

Shoving some guy's face against your dick on TV is only artistic expression if porn is your chosen "art". What exactly does that have to do with being a singer? Because he, like all those other useless Idol morons, doesn't want to be a singer. He wants to be famous. Big difference.

Spot on. If he wants to be an artist in that obtuse kind of manner, tell him to go draw a line on a paper and call it the most profound thing in the universe. Or just go film himself barebacking some hairy-assed dude.

I have no respect for anyone that calls themself an artist and behaves that way for attention.
There was nothing about that "performance" that was about the singing or the music or the art.
It was about wild hair and a silly outfit and stupid behavior just to get people talking.
Clearly it worked. He's no better than people like Paris Hilton at this point.
Fame for fame's sake, not because it was earned or deserved.

[AlteredDNA]

Good Morning America Cancels Adam Lambert Concert

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/abc ... 144103.asp

American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert won't be appearing on "Good Morning America" tomorrow.

TVNewser has learned ABC News canceled the concert after Lambert's sexually charged performance at the American Music Awards Sunday night. Lambert led men on leashes, dragged a woman by her foot, and smashed a man's head into his crotch, all while singing his new single "For Your Entertainment."

ABC, which aired the awards show, received about 1,500 phone calls from people complaining about the performance, a number ABC calls "moderate."

An ABC News spokesperson tells TVNewser, "given his controversial live performance on the AMAs we were concerned about airing a similar concert so early in the morning."

Lambert performed as part of GMA's summer concert series in August, and it was in a "20/20" interview that Lambert came out, telling Chris Connelly, "I am gay, and I'm very comfortable with it."

[bluejeangirl76]

Good Morning America Cancels Adam Lambert Concert

Good. He's been given too much attention over this already.
Hopefully once this story dies, so will his "career".

[Carla777]

what do you guys expect from an american idol singer?
I've seen only few cases where the singer in this show is actually good, the rest

[brywool]

what do you guys expect from an american idol singer?
I've seen only few cases where the singer in this show is actually good, the rest

I think Clarkson's good, though all her songs seem to be about "The man that hurt me" which get's old.
Lambert's go possibilities, but he's letting his orientation get in the way of his voice.
Actually, I liked Vin Deasel or whatever his name was... Daughtry. Good stuff there.

Yeah Carla- this is the show that voted Taylor Hicks as Your Next American Idol! You're right!

[Ehwmatt]

Good Morning America cancels Lambert performance... good for them.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/abc ... 144103.asp

[Voyager]

Good Morning America cancels Lambert performance... good for them.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/abc ... 144103.asp

Yeah, I heard they bumped him and called in Judas Priest as a replacement... but only if Rob Halford promised not to french-kiss K.K. Downing or Glen Tipton during the performance.

[Carla777]

what do you guys expect from an american idol singer?
I've seen only few cases where the singer in this show is actually good, the rest

I think Clarkson's good, though all her songs seem to be about "The man that hurt me" which get's old.
Lambert's go possibilities, but he's letting his orientation get in the way of his voice.
Actually, I liked Vin Deasel or whatever his name was... Daughtry. Good stuff there.

Yeah Carla- this is the show that voted Taylor Hicks as Your Next American Idol! You're right!

mine?, i haven't hear him yet...mmm you know now that i think it again, i don't think there is any case of a real singer in american idol, maybe some good voices around but real artist i haven't see so far..i'm negative today

[bluejeangirl76]

what do you guys expect from an american idol singer?
I've seen only few cases where the singer in this show is actually good, the rest

Exactly. American Idol isn't about finding true talent, it's about finding marketability - the newest flavor in "teen idol" - it's right there in the title. This is guy - blech. He wants fame and shock value. He thinks he's showing "artistic expression"? Pffft!! He's making a huge ass out of himself is what he's doing.

[Don]

Lambert seems to have forgotten that George Michael did the whole gay thing already, the novelty has worn off. Another difference being Michael had a shitload of talent to balance out his antics.

People tend to forget that George actually wrote most of his hits and had a big hand in the instrumental part of the songs also. He wasn't just some sort of media creation working with a lot of smoke and mirrors.

[Triple S]

Well ,I was disappointed with this appearance because it seemed that Adam stepped down to the level of the common sex singer/ dancer & TV promoters and networks. Anyone that ever checked out his AI performances, with good sound , would know his capabilities . He sings beautiful and difficult songs and has a vocal range I don't know if I've ever heard. I don't think the rest of the world cares about anything except the singing. Europe & Queen don't have the prospective of the U.S. Even if 1/2 of the viewers here in the U S don't buy, the others will here and in the world. I listened to the entire album on I LIKE.COM and will buy. Adam is a star, but young and maybe learned a lesson. I think he has already made it financially and he needs to reign himself in for awhile.

Agreed. He'll be fine - unless of course people continue to think of him as the anti-Christ because of one incredibly stupid decision (which I'm sure wasn't all his idea). Jeezus - it's not like no other artist has ever pulled crap like that in the history of live entertainment - I find it quite amusing that he's getting everyone's panties so bunched up. And no, I didn't like the performance, but I can't be bothered to be so outraged over it - it's the entertainment biz. And yes, I do think he has talent.

[Don]

Well ,I was disappointed with this appearance because it seemed that Adam stepped down to the level of the common sex singer/ dancer & TV promoters and networks. Anyone that ever checked out his AI performances, with good sound , would know his capabilities . He sings beautiful and difficult songs and has a vocal range I don't know if I've ever heard. I don't think the rest of the world cares about anything except the singing. Europe & Queen don't have the prospective of the U.S. Even if 1/2 of the viewers here in the U S don't buy, the others will here and in the world. I listened to the entire album on I LIKE.COM and will buy. Adam is a star, but young and maybe learned a lesson. I think he has already made it financially and he needs to reign himself in for awhile.

Agreed. He'll be fine - unless of course people continue to think of him as the anti-Christ because of one incredibly stupid decision (which I'm sure wasn't all his idea). Jeezus - it's not like no other artist has ever pulled crap like that in the history of live entertainment - I find it quite amusing that he's getting everyone's panties so bunched up. And no, I didn't like the performance, but I can't be bothered to be so outraged over it - it's the entertainment biz. And yes, I do think he has talent.

I think if the performance had been spectacular, then it wouldn't be a big deal but when you give a subpar performance, attention is obviously going to deviate elsewhere at what appears to be cheap theatrics to make up for the other shortcomings that happened during the act.

For him to now come out and say that people who didn't care for his routine are showing discrimination just takes him down a couple of notches further.

[Triple S]

Well ,I was disappointed with this appearance because it seemed that Adam stepped down to the level of the common sex singer/ dancer & TV promoters and networks. Anyone that ever checked out his AI performances, with good sound , would know his capabilities . He sings beautiful and difficult songs and has a vocal range I don't know if I've ever heard. I don't think the rest of the world cares about anything except the singing. Europe & Queen don't have the prospective of the U.S. Even if 1/2 of the viewers here in the U S don't buy, the others will here and in the world. I listened to the entire album on I LIKE.COM and will buy. Adam is a star, but young and maybe learned a lesson. I think he has already made it financially and he needs to reign himself in for awhile.

Agreed. He'll be fine - unless of course people continue to think of him as the anti-Christ because of one incredibly stupid decision (which I'm sure wasn't all his idea). Jeezus - it's not like no other artist has ever pulled crap like that in the history of live entertainment - I find it quite amusing that he's getting everyone's panties so bunched up. And no, I didn't like the performance, but I can't be bothered to be so outraged over it - it's the entertainment biz. And yes, I do think he has talent.

I think if the performance had been spectacular, then it wouldn't be a big deal but when you give a subpar performance, attention is obviously going to deviate elsewhere at what appears to be cheap theatrics to make up for the other shortcomings that happened during the act.

Yeah - I wonder how some of the others pulled it off - oh wait - they weren't singing live.

[Michigan Girl]

. And yes, I do think he has talent.

I agree!!! AND furthermore, Chris Daughtry...although, not a winner (right?!, because I don't watch AI often)
is an amazing singer, songwriter, musician!!

[Triple S]

. And yes, I do think he has talent.

I agree!!! AND furthermore, Chris Daughtry...although, not a winner (right?!, because I don't watch AI often)
is an amazing singer, songwriter, musician!!

Agree 100% on that one.

[bluejeangirl76]

People tend to forget that George actually wrote most of his hits and had a big hand in the instrumental part of the songs also. He wasn't just some sort of media creation working with a lot of smoke and mirrors.

Right. George Michael is one seriously talented Mf'r. The gay thing had nothing whatever to do with anything he accomplished musically and most people didn't even know about it for a long time. Or at least didn't care because he was never the "in your face" type about it.

No one even gave that much attention until he got caught engaging in activity in public. Michael never made a character out of it or really ever even talked much about it, or had it define who and what he was, artistically. This Lambert guy is the opposite. He reminds me of Perez Hilton, in that he seems to be letting "gay" define him, instead of putting forth a solid creative effort based on the music and singing, and letting him define himself musically in that way.

[Don]

I think he has talent but to go on a crusade to represent the Gay nation before he even accomplishes anything of significance seems to be a tad premature.
To already talk of discrimination seems like he wants to go down that path where if you don't like his music, you must be homophobic.

[Ehwmatt]

I think he has talent but to go on a crusade to represent the Gay nation before he even accomplishes anything of significance seems to be a tad premature.
To already talk of discrimination seems like he wants to go down that path where if you don't like his music, you must be homophobic.

It's no different than playin the fuckin race card. Fuck this shit, fuck this fag, and he'll probably get AIDs just so he can get some attention.

[bluejeangirl76]

I think he has talent but to go on a crusade to represent the Gay nation before he even accomplishes anything of significance seems to be a tad premature.

Can we say "Perez Hilton"? That's what Lambert is reminding me of right now.