This probably won't be up for long. It's Adam Lambert's studio recording of Whole Lotta Love.
Warning: bad guitar solo at midpoint, but just listen through it.
For those of you who don't follow Idol, Adam's performance on Tuesday was the first time that Led Zeppelin had given permission for a song of theirs to be used on Idol. I would love to know, but suppose we never will, if LZ approved it specifically for Adam or if Idol was willing to pay the high pricetag for the song for Adam (and hadn't been willing to for anyone else). Or maybe LZ has come to the realization that exposure on Idol brings sales of the original recordings.
The story of what-is-Idol-to-do-about-Adam's-gayness creeps forward. For the show, he sang the line "WOOOMAAAAAAAAN, you need love". In the recording, he changed "woman" to "baby" and de-emphasized it. (So far this season, he has avoided lyrics with female pronouns or changed them to something neutral.) In the results show Wednesday, when he was asked how he enjoyed Tuesday's performance, Adam said it was a thrill to sing Led Zeppelin and "I liked my outfit". Bless him and that lack of filter.
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I still maintain that he will not win.
I think he will. But I think the voting dynamics get tough for him now. The votes for the people kicked off will disproportionately go to others, I THINK, because these are voters that he hasn't won yet, and if he hasn't won them yet, I don't know how he will.
What is your reasoning.
(1) Along the lines you stated. As the #'s go down, those votes will go to him in fewer and fewer numbers. (2) The anti-gay, anti-alternative, anti-androgynous factor.
But, as I argued with Scooter, Michael and T., does it really matter if he wins? He will be the one remembered and the one with the career - not the spare that gets the votes.
The only reason winning matters for him is the time delay. Contestants are contractually obligated to not put out an album before the winner (and I think not before the winner tours on their album). So he'd lose a year, and some momentum.
And, btw, 19 has an option on all the finalists, so he can't avoid them (and their ability to turn everything into crap) by not winning.
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