It kept being hyped as a performance you will be talking about tomorrow and boy were they right.
He tripped. He rolled. He shoved a guy's face in his crotch. His hands were all over the crotch of one of his female dancers. Leather. Whips. S&M. And somewhere in the middle of all that he sang a pretty horrible song.
"Let's go
It's my show
Baby, do what I say
Don't trip off the glitz
That I'm gonna display
I told ya
I'ma hold ya down until you're amazed
Give it to ya 'til you're screaming my name"
The only thing he didn't do was have a dog or a goat onstage to complement his performance. It wouldn't have been any more shocking though (although it would have been hard to get clearance from the Humane Society or the SPCA judging by what went on tonight).
The twitterverse is hopping with comments about the performance....
"Jesus was that a song I just watched Adam Lambert perform or a soft core porno?! No wonder he was the last performance..lol"
"I gotta say it.......Adam Lambert is gross "
"Ain't nothing like watching Adam Lambert kiss guys and whip men with your 11 year old son. Geez"
Even readers of Rolling Stone were taken aback with the performance.
"Vulgar. Sorry, but that was very disappointing. Anybody can do “nasty”. Lambert blew this badly."
"Adam Lambert – in the off chance you read this – your singing is great… leave the stage rape and gross gestures behind closed doors next time. American Music Association should make a public apology. And I hope Good Morning America cancels his performance later this week."
"i was just forced to purge the contents of my stomach after watching adam lambert. what an effing mess. terrible performance. shocking for the sake of shocking is just idiodic. i hope his career falls flat on his face just like he did during the performance. disgusting."
America has voted and Adam, you're a sick puppy.
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i'd say you're the disgusting one. you're clearly homophobic.
Big mistake. Lost millions or record sales over the years. No longer a big fan. Hope they get fines for putting it on tv. Gay or straight we don't need to see porn and sex acts on award shows. Plus his usual amazing voice was pitchy and horrible. Huge mistake. I thought the point of your singing was that u might have a good voice not that u have to have sex on stage to make anyone listen.
Oh hi there, icebar. :)
hey quack bb :)
Adam is Adam. What are you going to do about it?
And honest to God, you let your 11 year old son sit through Janet Jackson, Lady GaGa, and J.Lo but when Adam comes on and gives an outrageously fantastic performance, you balk. I can't believe you.
Yeah, I have to agree with icebar.
BTW, icebar, I'm probably not the quack you think I am. JS...it's just another name I take. :P
Not disgusting. Definitely entertained!
That's some selective quoting, though. Just as many loved it as hated it, and it was only ~shocking because Adam is a guy. That performance would hardly have been worth mentioning if it had been done by Britney Spears. Ergo, you are kind of a homophobic douche.
Hi there homophobia. Why was a kid watching TV that late? Mine was asleep.
Adam was brilliant. I loved it. It wqasn't his best performance, but it was a statement.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Yup. It was vulgar, inappropriate, and downright embarrassing to watch.
HI, ICEBAR, HI
Goin' down the rabbit hole. You hos and gigolos.
DEAL WITH IT
LOL I'M SEEING EVERYONE HERE
IAMVERTICAL HI
Lemme change my name then...
hay gurls hay
y'all got trolled by adam! LOL
lol ok lulz/quack, doesn't matter! you said hi! haha i love this convo.
you picked comments selectively. how unprofessional of you.
there are many more out there that truly enjoyed this performance. the song could not be done any other way, and i personally love this song. it may not be to everyone's liking, but it took guts to go on that stage and do things his way. i'm glad i had the chance to see it. i guarantee that i will never forget it, and never stop enjoying it
Nice generalization there. Combined with your selective quoting, I am led to believe you are a homophobic douche.
I am part of this all-encompassing "America" of which you speak, and I am/was not disgusted. Therefore, YOUR ARGUMENT IS INVALID.
Wow. Way to be a homophobe. His vocals weren't top notch, but I didn't see anything "disgusting" about what he was doing. It was hot.
ICU icebar
LMAO
peanus
adam trolled Idol, why not troll the AMA's, too
"The only thing he didn't do was have a dog or a goat onstage to complement his performance."
You are going to pull that card? Really? What a douchebag.
I love that you already understand the pulse of the nation just hours after the performance has ended. The fact that you believe the next step after homosexuality is bestiality leads ME to believe that you are a homophobic twat.
No, listen, what Adam did on stage was no different than what Britney spears has done before or Madonna or Christina. The problem is that he's a male and a homosexual and he's owning his sexuality and people like you are threatened by that.
Plenty of people thought it was awesome and exactly what the music industry needs right now. A kick in the pants.
You don't get to speak for all of America, Thomas McCall.
i love you fellow commenters so much...just saying
So, if I'm to understand this correctly, you're using Twitter and the COMMENTS section of a Rolling Stone article to support your opinion?
OIC.
Just a suggestion, but using better sources might give your article more credibility.
Good night all. Keep the comments rolling. Look forward to seeing them tomorrow.
Pretty sure Britney, Madonna, and Justin Timberlake have incorporated similar elements into their performances and I highly doubt you rushed online to call it disgusting.
Also good job going to Rolling Stone's website, completely skipping what was written on their site and selecting negative comments. Oh wow, instant article. I guess anyone can be a journalist by those standards.
Boom. Roasted.
Thomas: Come out of the closet, come to the other side, it's obvious it is where you want to be.
That said, which is just about as relevant as most of your review.
Provocative, entertainment. Where were you when EmNem and 50Cent sang? Wasn't Carrie and her group dressed like call girls in her video (albeit old west call girls?). Adam did Adam and he is FINE...mister, just fine. He'll be rolling in the dough for a long time while you are rolling in that stuff the cows drop.
Morning cowboy...and as your neighbor said...vanilla not strawberry. Yeah you know me.
Isn't is sad when new and different and exciting is slandered by people with closed minds and no imagination. Think to Adam's vocals, he is a throw back to the days of Led Zepplin, Deep Purple and the like. His voice is incredible, his performance interesting, like someone else said - you must be a homophobic twat. Here in Australia we don't really hold to making judgements and then ecompassing our whole country in our own opinion. Grow Up.
yourmom, 1) The first 14 comments (all negative) were enough (2) I typically don't get into celebrity entertainment writing but I admired Lambert's talent until tonight. For the record I called Jamie Foxx out in a previous article (3) I don't pretend to be a journalist, I offer opinion. Feel free to come back for more articles about every other day. You may learn something.
Who tha hell is this writer with his gay face to be critizicing the performance in that way....! first of all, come out of the closet yourself already... the performance was great... and i'm not gay, and i was not offended. the song is very show like... and the lyrics deserve the show... listen to it. ALL... is part of show business and that is what new artists do nowadays to attract attention, but the bottom line is if they have the vocals, or talent to do other things... AND HE DOES... watch him evolve. he definetely got your attention... now that he has it... he'll have you watching for what it will come next....
Adam, just come to Canada, Europe or anywhere else! Only in America could people be upset by a great performance. Love the kiss Adam and Tommy are hot! (I am straight lady)
stick to your guns, thomas. you're right on, the performance was disgusting, trashy and Adam sounded horrible.
i love you fellow commenters so much...just saying
Adam Lambert gave helluva show. And shocked people to think about their boundaries. Yours is obviously male male phobia. It was raucy, points for Lambert for his courage
hi icebar! lol I thought the vocals were a bit off but at least he had the balls not to lipsync it like others did (I hate that) any other complaints are homophobic I love that he had the guts to kiss the bass player & do his thing. Of course it was meant to shock - he's there to Entertain you!
Looooved it!!!
That was one of the worst performances I have seen. What was he thinking??
Too bad!! I think he just lost a lot of people who wanted to see him perform. Really, really BAD Taste and BAD singing!!
where you expecting a sermon and some gospel singers? I do think the s&m aspect was a bit much for primetime but um.... adam is gay....why did you watch him in the first place if you think of pda from gays is "disgusting"
Really am an Adam fan, but didn't care for any of tonight's performances. They were more theatrics/background than real music...maybe because, in my opinion, the songs were forgetable. Can't believe Adam got by with his performance. Poor taste...his chance to shine & it appeared he went for shock value. Why did I look forward to this? Major disappointment, did himself no favors when he had the chance to really impress.
About that dog or goat...are you kidding? This performance was as shocking for you as bestiality? Necrophilia, maybe? Wow. Maybe it's time for you to take a deep breath and separate out the convoluted strands of your own morality. A man kissing a man=a man doing a goat=a man having oral sex...OK. As I said, it really is time for you to think about morality for a while.
loved it!!!rock on adam,no retreat....full speed ahead!!!!!
Loved it...hot, sexy and exciting. Sure I know TONS of people will be offended and "not buy his album." But it was a performance and he had fun and it was edgy! Just what I like!
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