And I might comment more than once, because my brain is still tangled up with my sort-of-JB-weekend (and JB, for the record, would go APESHIT over Adam) and I must sort out my squees.
First of all, THANK YOU for tracking down all those pictures. I was looking for stuff to make magnets and I was a little dissatisfied with most of the still shots I found on google.
And this comment has turned into not commenting much about, you know, Adam, but summer school starts in fifteen minutes and I have to get down to the cafeteria for our first faculty meeting.
(Seriously, I'm just warning you, I might comment on this post five or six times.)
Aw, look. His hair is just dark brown and he has no makeup on. Just a t-shirt and a hoodie. He sings Rock With You. Which, huh? He does a really nice job, but Simon smells the fabulous and asks him to sing another one. Bohemian Rhapsody. Hee. You can have your Rolling Stone cover stories, is what I’m saying; he’s already two for two with the pop idols.
He really was toning his persona down in the audition, you could tell. He was still himself, don't get me wrong, but he went easy on the makeup and the fabulous. Still funky, but not enough to scare off the producers. Lure them in with the talent, then let them unwrap the whole package. Attaboy.
I have never had any use for Rock With Me. But that soft take on Bohemian Rhapsody just killed me. The little upward climb he did with "pulled my trigger now he's dead" was beautiful. That's what sold Simon. You could see it in his face.
Yeah, it just ran into the very end of the school year and then shopping and then being all upset about John Barrowman not being at the thing, and then going to the thing, and then posting about the thing.
But seriously, how crazy would John be for this boy? In every way possible, of course. If John had been there and I'd gotten to meet him, I would totally have asked him if he were aware of Adam. And if not, I would have grabbed him and shoved my iPod into his hands.
I think he did have a little bit of a homophobic freak-out, seeing this tall, masculine young man in nail polish and eyeliner come before him. But more than that I think he was just a little freaked out by what Adam was doing with the song. He just plain didn't get it. He had that really puzzled frown as Adam finished singing and said, "...okay..." He just didn't know what to say.I agree that he was taken aback by the arrangement and you're probably right that this was most of it. But the reason I'm so hard on RT here is that...ok, if you've watched eight seasons of Idol, you've seen a lot of mentor clips. The most disparaging the mentors ever get is stuff like "Well, I think if he's careful to take his time and hit all those lower notes, he'll do fine." It never really gets much worse than that
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Tracks of My Tears Those who know me know how much I love a guy with a great falsetto, so YEAH this season is pretty orgasmic for me. He does one of my favorite things, which is he goes up there, sets out a picnic blanket, then goes HIGHER and you’re like omg. Beautiful.
This is the first time I remember finding Adam mesmerizing. As you call it, the "stop chewing" moment. That falsetto is pure, delicate perfection. It kills me that they didn't make a studio version of this. However, I do love the version with the Motown backing, too. But I would love a full-length version of his live performance.
And Smokey Fucking Robinson started the standing ovation, thank you very much!
This is the first time I remember finding Adam mesmerizing. As you call it, the "stop chewing" moment.
For me, that was Ring of Fire. Both vocally and that shit right there. *points*
But you're right...I think it was the simplicity of his version of Tracks of My Tears that (IMO) drew people in and made them hang on every note like that.
Ok, ok, made it...I feel like I am all out of breath...just to explain, the day this came up I was at work and couldn't see it. Then, on the day I was finally going to read this bad boy (heee) I fell down the stairs
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Fuck Randy Travis, not for his homophobia (which he should be ashamed of) but for misrepresenting one of the greatest artists of all time to a nation of morons who probably don't know any better.
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He's terribly cute, though.
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I feel like I haven't talked to you in forever! (You've had stuff, I've had stuff, email to follow.) So thanks for coming in, it's nice to see ya!
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And I might comment more than once, because my brain is still tangled up with my sort-of-JB-weekend (and JB, for the record, would go APESHIT over Adam) and I must sort out my squees.
First of all, THANK YOU for tracking down all those pictures. I was looking for stuff to make magnets and I was a little dissatisfied with most of the still shots I found on google.
And this comment has turned into not commenting much about, you know, Adam, but summer school starts in fifteen minutes and I have to get down to the cafeteria for our first faculty meeting.
Back later.
ADAM!!!!! <3 <3 <3
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(Seriously, I'm just warning you, I might comment on this post five or six times.)
Aw, look. His hair is just dark brown and he has no makeup on. Just a t-shirt and a hoodie. He sings Rock With You. Which, huh? He does a really nice job, but Simon smells the fabulous and asks him to sing another one. Bohemian Rhapsody. Hee. You can have your Rolling Stone cover stories, is what I’m saying; he’s already two for two with the pop idols.
He really was toning his persona down in the audition, you could tell. He was still himself, don't get me wrong, but he went easy on the makeup and the fabulous. Still funky, but not enough to scare off the producers. Lure them in with the talent, then let them unwrap the whole package. Attaboy.
I have never had any use for Rock With Me. But that soft take on Bohemian Rhapsody just killed me. The little upward climb he did with "pulled my trigger now he's dead" was beautiful. That's what sold Simon. You could see it in his face.
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Please do! This took me a long time to make and I posted last week sometime. I feel like I threw a party and nobody showed up.
except aka *pets her*
No, it's cool, I get where you've been, but I'm happy to talk as long as you want.
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But seriously, how crazy would John be for this boy? In every way possible, of course. If John had been there and I'd gotten to meet him, I would totally have asked him if he were aware of Adam. And if not, I would have grabbed him and shoved my iPod into his hands.
So we could squee together.
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Those who know me know how much I love a guy with a great falsetto, so YEAH this season is pretty orgasmic for me. He does one of my favorite things, which is he goes up there, sets out a picnic blanket, then goes HIGHER and you’re like omg. Beautiful.
This is the first time I remember finding Adam mesmerizing. As you call it, the "stop chewing" moment. That falsetto is pure, delicate perfection. It kills me that they didn't make a studio version of this. However, I do love the version with the Motown backing, too. But I would love a full-length version of his live performance.
And Smokey Fucking Robinson started the standing ovation, thank you very much!
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For me, that was Ring of Fire. Both vocally and that shit right there. *points*
But you're right...I think it was the simplicity of his version of Tracks of My Tears that (IMO) drew people in and made them hang on every note like that.
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Like Kara, it left me "confused and sort of happy."
Now I just love it to pieces.
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Absolutely right.
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