Why I hate Adam Lambert (a lot)

Cry me a river, build a bridge and get over it!

who wants to admit to being on the same team as is-he-or-isn’t-he-Aiken?

I don’t know what your problem is but I’m out and proud in my Aiken love.

Well I don’t have a prob with gays, but I honestly feel like 99.9% are voting for him for anything but his singing. I just don’t see how he is going to be as good as the previous winners and even the ones that didn’t win. I know Hicks and Ruben haven’t done as well as Carrie and Kelly, but I just don’t get it. It’s not Teeny Bopper Idol. I was surprised Allison went home because I figured of the normal good singers was going to go home. If Adam didn’t bring his Cabaret style and his weird wailing then I possibly might like him. He didn’t do too bad on the Zeppelin song, but he sure wasn’t perfect.

Your article shows how little you know about singing and music. Professionals have said Adam’s voice is spot on key, his soprano notes pitch perfect. He sticks his tongue out and flattens it because it’s a vocal technique for getting the most power behind those high notes.

He hasn’t worn guyliner in a few weeks…of course he’d wear it for Rock week. That’s the type of singer Adam wants to be. I admire him for being true to himself, when AI isn’t cramping his style.

I adore Kris and his musicality. But if the only way you can build up your favorite is by cutting down the most talented contestant in this contest, your words and “reasoning” are hollow, and obviously have no credibility.

i agree with you 100 %

I am a lesbian and can not stand this kid . he ruined one of my favorite U2 songs and Aerosmith songs. i flip the tv off every time he is on ,thats how frustrated it makes me. and what are those judges smoking to say he is the favorite to win , they need to re check that hearing aid. you could not pay me to buy his CD or go to his show. this is one lesbian that does not vote for screaming off key singers full of themselves.even if this dummy wins i bet he is gone in no time people who actually know what good music sounds like will not buy anything of his. and those in the gay community that like him so much now in a couples of months they won’t give a shit.
THANKS FOR POSTING

You, Julia Hass, should take note of this more informed opinion than yours: From April 27, Los Angeles Times:

“Many responses have hit my e-mail inbox about my recent musings on Adam Lambert. Some readers appreciate my explorations of the musical scenes that inform his approach; others find them irrelevant, even disgusting. A few e-mail writers seem to think my mentioning Lambert’s ties to gay culture is an attempt to discredit or demean him — as if being gay equals being corrupt or “less than.” I find this disturbing. More justified, I think, is the question some others ask: Ann, what about his singing? Isn’ t that what makes Lambert so special, after all?

Yes, of course! Lambert’s voice is a rare instrument. Without it, his performances would merely be glitzy entertainment. To put it another way, he’d be Normund Gentle. Confrontational style attracts controversy, but it can’t raise deeper emotions. For that you need real talent, the kind that can move even those who never meant to pay attention.

Lambert sings in a certain way partly because he learned that method doing musicals and cabaret as well as glammy rock; he’s been working onstage since childhood and is well-trained. But a very particular gift allows him to go beyond the average show tune belter — or the average heavy-metal squawker. I think this gift puts him in a league with some of the best singers of the rock era. It has to do with the passaggio — his ability to transition from the lower register to that killer falsetto.

A friend who is a singer pointed this out to me (thank you, Erika Gunn!). She noted that many of the vocalists we find most unearthly and stirring can go from their earthy chest voice to the more piercing head voice without stumbling into the weak, constricted zone that often plagues singers as they make the leap. One blogger described it this way: The voice is like a stick-shift car, and the passaggio is the area of shifting, that risky spot where you’d better be both flexible and totally in command.

There’s a lot of interesting technical stuff written about the passaggio. I’m no expert on vocal technique, so let me leave my thoughts within the territory I know: the effect of a certain voice on listeners. Lambert’s natural range is fairly high — he’s a tenor emerging at a time when most rock-oriented singers are baritones, like those kings of the “Idol” jungle, Chris Daughtry and David Cook. (R&B singers are a different matter altogether; the lingering influence of Michael Jackson means that soft, high voices still do well in the field.)

What’s most striking about Lambert, though, is way he can linger in between registers without cracking, wavering or producing a “tight” sound. That’s why his rendition of “Mad World” struck many as his best performance of the season. It lived in that space. The way Lambert’s voice moves gives definition to grace, the way an Olympic skater does when executing a triple toe loop.

I was first convinced that Lambert’s talent goes beyond that of the average “Idol” striver when I saw the Youtube clip of him singing “Dust in the Wind” at the Upright Cabaret in Hollywood. Oh, my God, I thought. Idol is going to have its own Antony! Except he’s younger, more conventionally handsome and not wearing a dress.

Lambert had put me in mind of Antony Hegarty, the hugely gifted art star who uses his near-castrato vocal tone to convey his thoughts on the androgynous nature of love and life’s transitory flow. I wondered how such a delicate creature could survive the harsh grooming that “Idol” demands. (And I’m not the only “Idol” watcher to note the Antony connection.)

Since then, though, Lambert has shown more than that one side. He’s put his scariest Axl face forward for a metal-hard version of “Born to Be Wild” and regularly reached for notes that Janis Joplin might have dared. He’s earned comparison to Freddie Mercury and a standing ovation from Smokey Robinson. Lambert shares two things with all of those great singers: an urge to scale the wall of any melody and the knack for unsettling expectations that come with such a talent.

All of the greats I’ve mentioned pushed through the personae that might have otherwise held them in check. W. Axl Rose, in his prime, was not just the premier heavy-metal singer but the man who took metal into totally new territory. Joplin remains one of the only women to have fully commanded the male-run clubhouse of hard rock. As Queen’s frontman, Mercury made glam rock at once more androgynous and, paradoxically, more manly. And Robinson: His moonglow voice defied racial and gender stereotypes.

Lambert is hardly as formed as these greats. He has a long way to go and much to prove before he stands at the door of the pantheon. But his singing ability, at least, gives him the right to try. And that’s why we just can’t stop talking about him.

— Ann Powers (Los Angeles Times)

Finally, I had to google , “I hate Adam lambert” to find someone who feels the same way..I also, hate the way AI is soo fixed..

ok look i am 21 and i just want to sat that u guys need to stop bitchen’ about Adam i bet u cant sing better than him and i just want to say that u people suck cuz Adam puts on a show well thats all i want to say

Wow I am so impressed by the rudeness of so many people. The best, most just comment by far was the one that started with:

“Adam ’s look when Kris won: pure happiness. Genuine good feelings for his good friend to have won the title.”

I feel like a teenager (which I am not) when I watch Adam Lambert, thinking that if he does release an album and goes on tour, I will be first in line! Oh, I should also say I am a woman, not a gay person. So I like Adam not because I’m gay, not because he might be gay, but because he reminds me–as one person said– of good singers back in the day, like Freddie Mercury, who knew not only how to sing but how to give a great performance. I don’t give an F how much nail polish or eyeliner Adam wears; he looks amazing no matter what ;), and hotter than Kris too! All you losers that say he screams a lot try screaming like he does and all you will accomplish is a dying-cat sound. Adam can sing, and can scream with style…evenly, perfectly. It’s a steady scream and I enjoy hearing it! I am going to smile so much after seeing how much more popularity Adam achieves than Kris. Kris is not a bad singer, but as many have said it… he is average like so many out there. I am not mad that Adam did not win because that way he will have more freedom to make an album that a lot of us Rock fans have been waiting for. So long losers, especially to you the author!