"For Your Entertainment" by Adam Lambert
 

This song just came out today, and I predict that it's gonna start blazing up the charts!

SO CATCHY!

YES! I love this song! :D

Everyone is making a big deal about him kissing that fellow on stage. I think there is nothing wrong with that at all. Anyone who is against ***s is ignorant if you ask me.
Love is love.

Oh yes, I am going to change this topic into a flame war.
Alright..
Ready Go.

It wasn't censored merely because of the kiss. *** and Lesbian stuff is on television all the time.

It was the oral sex simulation as well as what he did with men and woman. If it was a girl he held up to his crotch they'd censor that too... it's prime time ABC for goodness sake.

Controversy sells records. Get over it.

And with his bloated, over-the-top, bad Queen cover band meets American Idol cheese - record sales are all you've got. You can't expect the critics to eat that garbage up.

Exactly.

I dug Lambert in American Idol, thought he had much more vocal talent than the runner up, maybe not more skill, but talent without a doubt. I however could not sit through half of that crappy song before I closed the window and decided never again, will I voluntarily listen to that song again. To me it sounds like the rest of the second rate mainstream pop trash.

you expected differently anywhere along these lines?

does anyone here (not including the obvious spammers) honestly believe that any 'winner' from an Idol show will go down in music history as anything besides a footnote?

will anyone remember their name in 5 years? can anyone who doesn't follow the show religiously name another past winner besides Kelly Clarkson and that horrible chinese singer guy?

He was not a winner, came in second(Neither was "the horrible Chinese singer guy"), and I had high hopes for him. He has a beautiful voice, and there is a possibility that he might become the new lead singer of queen. Just because someone is on American Idol, does not mean that they are automatically crap.
As for past Idol members that are popular currently

Kelly Clarkson, Clay Aiken, Chris Daughtry, and as of now, Adam Lamburt. Not saying any of these guys are musically talented, but they are pretty damn popular and will probably remain so for some time.

right, but the only reason they're popular in the first place is because the show is basically a giant field test to gauge the popularity of new 'talent' on a mainstream scale without actually having to take on a risk of investing in unproven talent.

you are able to see how these shows are just a way of leading the public by the nose right? who gets the votes is completely irrelevant, the fact that people vote is all that matters.

I agree that was a little much. But did you see the other performances of the night? Not entirely appropriate either. The performance did have a very disturbing S&M vibe. But a lot of people were not complaining about that. A lot of people were complaining about him kissing a guy. 'Lesbian stuff' has become accepted, yet for some reason man-on-man stuff just isn't okay. Had the performance not had all the chains and bondage stuff, and had he still kissed that guy. You know damn well people still would have thrown hissy fits.

Kurt Cobain kissed Krist on (I think) SNL and nobody seemed to make a big deal about that. Go figure.

I totally agree with you 100% American Idol is as bad as it gets, a perfect representation of mainstream media bull****. I might have insinuated that I like American idol, but I have only watched bits of the most recent season, and all the clips were pertaining to Lamburt, because I really think he has a beautiful voice.

Lol he recorded something for Ellen's 12 days of giveaways thing. He actually sounds really good. :]

That single is pretty bad. He needs to hire better songwriters. However, I wish him the best of luck, we need more mainstream (openly) gay artists.

i agree with you here. even the australian idol winners aren't too sassy

for a change, check out "lisa mitchell" and her album "wonder", i will upload it to mediafire once i get the chance, but she came SIXTH in the 2006 australian idol season, signed on a london indie label and has made some pretty decent music... which is more than what any other contestant over here has done, really.

He could have done better than that, he actually has a decent voice. No need to ruin in with this rubbishy song.

Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment (MUSIC VIDEO)
 

For Your Entertainment music video

I'm pretty sure this guy made out with his keyboard player during a performance of this song at the AMA's...

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Yeah he did. :p:

thank god for that. who needs legitimate social advances when you can rely on cheap shocks for attention. :rolleyes:

God damnit. I hate seeing a voice like that go to waste by singing generic pop songs and supporting *** stereotypes.

It was said that he would be "the next Freddie Mercury" but he doesn't even write his own songs!

this is probably what bothers me the most about Lambert. the media is pushing for a big *** comparison between this poptart and a legitimate artist. seems to me Freddie was as flamboyant as a jaybird but never had to rely on making out with Brian May to get press.

oh wait, Madonna made out with girls once too so it's OK, except she did it at the tail end of a 3 decade career to see if she could spark something up again and he hasn't really achieved anything besides being a walking stereotype for flaming pop stars.

last time i checked relying on sexually shocking material to get attention made you nothing but a whore.

No, because Freddie knew how to attract attention. Lambert's got it all wrong. He only rose to fame through American Idol, which is nothing but a popularity contest.

And whether or not he uses sexual mediums as bait for the press, Lambert will never be as big as Madonna was.

Not that I think he's the "next Freddie Mercury", but he actually does have 5 songwriting credits on his album. They are arguably some of the most well-written songs on the album. He said he would've written more, but he only had 2 months to put out the album, so time constraints made it difficult, but he says he'll be writing a lot on the 2nd album.

For example, he wrote this one:



He said he wrote it from experience. It's about when you're in a relationship, and the person you're with is about to break down, and you're letting them know that it's okay, let it out, I'll pick up the pieces.

Here are the lyrics:
Broken Open-

Broken pieces, break into me
So imperfectly what you should be

I don't want you to go
Don't wanna see you back out in the cold
Air you're breathing out fills you with grey
Don't run away, find me

I know the battles of chasing the shadows of who you are babe
It doesn't matter, go on and shatter
I'm all you need
Broken pieces, break into me
So imperfectly what you should be
Lay here, it's safe here, I'll let you be broken open
Hide you, confide to you so we can be broken open

Let's alight in the night
We can fall away, slip out of sight
When you drop your guard
Melt it in time, so it'll try crying

I know the battles of chasing the shadows of who you are babe
It doesn't matter, go on and shatter
I'm all you need
Broken pieces, break into me
So imperfectly what you should be
Lay here, it's safe here, I'll let you be broken open
Hide you, confide to you so we can be broken open

Broken pieces, break into me
So imperfectly what you should be
Lay here, it's safe here, I'll let you be broken open
Hide you, confide to you so we can be broken open

Lay here, it's safe here, I'll let you be broken open
Hide you, confide to you so we can be broken open

I agree with iLove.

Yes, he came from Idol. But he was one of the most diverse and musically talented people in that competition ever. IMO.

He has changed the way that competition will be viewed in years to come and I think he will be one of the more successful ones to come out of it.

But whatever respect Idol won from Lambert they lost with Ellen Degeneres.

I would disagree with that fact.
I mean from a musical perspective, yes she is lacking. But she'll bring a totally different perspective to it. It's not like any of the other judges make the show much more respectable anyways.

But atleast the other judges had a background in music. They at the very least know what will be sellable. I just think they brought Ellen on because she's a celebrity.

Or any other "celebrity judge" they may have had in the past. None of them really have any credibility when it comes to scouting musical talents. Especially Ellen Degeneres.

I think when she's judging she'll give an "average person's" opinion, like what someone who doesn't know much about music would think (which is most of America). She'll kind of be the more relatable judge. I don't know....I just love Ellen. :P

To whoever's singing on stage trying to make years of hard work in the industry become a reality, an 'average person's' opinion isn't going to mean squat in comparison to the other judges'.

i didn't buy it :s

But who are the ones that will eventually be buying their music? The average person. So that's always a good perspective to have IMO.

Exactly!

Ellen's opinion alone does NOT represent the potential consumers who will be buying the music. The experienced professionals' opinions do because they have done the research and seen the results.

I agree - they should have chosen someone with SOME sort of musical background. I would never in a million years think of Ellen being a judge on American Idol before she was chosen, but I guess we'll just have to see what happens.