September 2014 Chat

By On 09/01/2014 · 2,169 Comments · In 2014 Chats, Chat Threads

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Summer is almost over and so is the “Once In A Lifetime” tour. It has been a fantastic experience for Adam and Queen and for the many who were fortunate enough to see them live (and even for those who just saw them online). The concerts may be over soon but they live on in our memories and on Youtube (since our memories cannot always be relied upon). They will have to do for now as we wait for new music from Adam and possibly another tour in 2015. It will be here before we know it!

Enjoy the chat!

 

2,169 Responses to September 2014 Chat

  1. luval says:
    09/09/2014 at 7:27 pm

    The trucks! The trucks! Love them! Hope they never take the signs off.

  2. glambotgram says:
    09/09/2014 at 7:36 pm

    luval I knew you would love that!!!

  3. angelowal says:
    09/09/2014 at 7:47 pm

    ULTI, I don’t think this would be a good role for Adam, but glad that he’s included on this list:

    http://www.newnownext.com/7-actors-who-should-star-in-hedwig-on-broadway/09/2014/?utm=share_twitter

  4. angelowal says:
    09/09/2014 at 7:56 pm

    Shoshanna retweeted this:

    Congrats to @Pharrell as Happy is confirmed as the most downloaded song of all time in the UK. Blurred Lines 2, Adele Someone Like You 3.

    Am I the only one who can’t stand that ‘Happy’ song? I find it irritating and just plain not good! Sick

  5. luval says:
    09/09/2014 at 8:08 pm

    You are not alone angelowal! Can’t stand it. And don’t get me started about Blurred Lines. UGH!!

  6. luval says:
    09/09/2014 at 8:09 pm

    You know me so well, glambotgram. Smile

  7. ultimathule says:
    09/09/2014 at 8:15 pm

    Heartily dislike all three songs –

  8. ultimathule says:
    09/09/2014 at 8:17 pm

    Same for me, HK fan as I often just dl an mp3 on my ipod – so I need the best audio.

  9. luval says:
    09/09/2014 at 8:21 pm

    Trying to keep track of the Queen & Adam Lambert semi trucks.

    1. First sighting was by me! Driving home from Toronto 2. At a truck stop on the NYS Thruway between Buffalo & Rochester.

    2. New York City

    3. Indianapolis (I think). A guy saw one parked across the street from his job.

    4.Downtown Portland Oregon.

    Only about 12 more to go!

    I wouldn’t be surprised if the drivers get lots of attention and love it! I’d be giving them attention. Grin

    eta: I googled “Queen and Adam Lambert semi trucks” and it sent me to the Toronto QAL thread from All with my post about it!

  10. ultimathule says:
    09/09/2014 at 8:23 pm
  11. glambotgram says:
    09/09/2014 at 8:23 pm

    And don’t get me started about Blurred Lines. UGH!!

    Come on luval

    I know you want it
    I know you want it
    I know you want it
    You’re a good girl In Love ROTFL Kissed

  12. ultimathule says:
    09/09/2014 at 8:25 pm

    Think the truck crews just had so much fun with QAL fans, luval – they were “famous”!

  13. ultimathule says:
    09/09/2014 at 8:34 pm
  14. luval says:
    09/09/2014 at 8:50 pm

    they were “famous”!

    And they don’t want it to end!!

  15. luval says:
    09/09/2014 at 8:59 pm

    I posted this early this morning in case someone missed it. Has over 3,000 comments. They’ve closed the comments now. Interesting reading. Think there is a Queen mention here and there.

    http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/08/showbiz/music/rock-is-dead-gene-simmons-esquire/index.html?hpt=en_c2

  16. milwlovesadam says:
    09/09/2014 at 9:39 pm

    For the record:

    -I love love love Adele and all her hit songs.

    – I liked Blurred Lines a lot. No apologies here. I chair danced my way to work a lot when that was on constant rotation on radio. I liked the naughty video too.

    -I hated, deplored and objected to what Miley did to it on the VMA’s, and shame on Robin Thicke for that too.

    -I just cannot stand Happy. At all. I tried to, because he has been so good to Adam, but I just can’t.

    – The truck sightings make me so happy. Luval, right back atcha.

    – I do believe the producer of Hedwig mentioned that they had most definitely approached Adam for Hedwig, but he turned it down.

    – Rock is not dead. Gene Simmons can go suck an egg. From the wrong end.

    – I was at a funeral reception ( shiva ) this evening, and Adam’s name came up in conversation. Not by me!!! The son of the deceased, and his husband were talking music, and they mentioned Adam!! To me! So I outed myself a tad to them.

    Is it wrong to fangirl after a funeral? I think not. It lightened the mood a bit.

  17. ultimathule says:
    09/09/2014 at 9:58 pm

    http://youtu.be/9jp_EYV4rzs (ohbest)

    This IWBTLY has good audio, HK fan (Korea)

    Love this song and going through any and all I can find –

    I like the audience sounds, too – but don’t know if everyone does.

  18. milwlovesadam says:
    09/09/2014 at 10:05 pm

    I’m loving all this IWBTLY stanning. I just love what he does to this song!!!

  19. luval says:
    09/09/2014 at 10:19 pm

    I always love the audience anything..screaming, singing along, faces…

  20. Calgary says:
    09/09/2014 at 10:27 pm

    Did someone post a website here that had all the concerts and videos on it? Is there a place to find full concert vids?

  21. ultimathule says:
    09/09/2014 at 10:27 pm

    At the end of IWBTLY in Korea, love the stunning confidence with which he approaches that mic – looks around – smiles – and then lets out that glorious last note – utterly brilliant

  22. ultimathule says:
    09/09/2014 at 10:28 pm
  23. angelowal says:
    09/09/2014 at 10:31 pm

    mils, luv your post. I totally agree with all you said, and could have written every word myself – ‘cept not nearly so lyrically, plus I wasn’t at a funeral tonight (so sorry for that sad occasion Frown ) …..and I love, love IWBTLY and wish that could have been an Adam single, it is so perfect In Love .

  24. angelowal says:
    09/09/2014 at 10:56 pm

    Sorry if this was posted earlier. A short video of Adam’s private gig in Montana:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d9lwhtr42U

    This is a gorgeous song, sung so sensitively Heart .

  25. ultimathule says:
    09/09/2014 at 11:14 pm
  26. ultimathule says:
    09/09/2014 at 11:59 pm
  27. rs says:
    09/10/2014 at 12:25 am

    Calgary,as far as I know, the full concert vids, including our own P’s vids, have been blocked by Believe Music “on copywrite grounds”. You can only get the vids of individual songs or a couple of songs together.

  28. ultimathule says:
    09/10/2014 at 12:30 am
  29. ultimathule says:
    09/10/2014 at 12:39 am
  30. sparkle says:
    09/10/2014 at 12:43 am

    Sweet We were born to love Adam and he was born to love us Dreams, ALL!!

  31. Calgary says:
    09/10/2014 at 12:46 am

    Thanks ulti and rs That is such a bummer. I thought I had read somewhere that the peeps who put up the vids had renamed them or done something so that we could still find them.

  32. rs says:
    09/10/2014 at 1:04 am

    When Believe first got involved with Queen, all the vids started disappearing, and Brian intervened and they were returned. Then a few weeks later just the full concert ones were removed. We are hoping that it is because they want to produce a DVD of the concert and don’t want competition, which of course is ridiculous. The vids would only make us want to buy more! All the shows on the tour were filmed but that doesn’t say anything because Queen always filmed their performances for posterity anyway.

  33. ultimathule says:
    09/10/2014 at 1:24 am

    There are soundclouds of entire performances, Calgary – have some of those –

  34. ultimathule says:
    09/10/2014 at 1:26 am
  35. ultimathule says:
    09/10/2014 at 1:33 am
  36. ultimathule says:
    09/10/2014 at 1:43 am

    http://youtu.be/V1-YgRmogUk

    2013 Singapore interview – love how he looks here and how he’s dressed –

  37. ultimathule says:
    09/10/2014 at 2:02 am
  38. HK fan says:
    09/10/2014 at 2:31 am

    Thanks Ulti…I’ve used the Dai Lambert one of IWBTLY for now…

    now need the best sounding STL……………

  39. HK fan says:
    09/10/2014 at 2:35 am

    Love Someone like you (probably my favourite Adele song), really didn’t get the hype over Blurred lines, nothing special about it….same for Happy, its just OK to me..

  40. ultimathule says:
    09/10/2014 at 2:40 am

    Hey – love these search parties, HK fan – there are still so many vids haven’t watched yet.

  41. HK fan says:
    09/10/2014 at 3:25 am

    I know ulti…I haven’t watched any videos from the last show yet…saving them for a really quiet time.

  42. cher says:
    09/10/2014 at 6:07 am

    Am I the only one who can’t stand that ‘Happy’ song? I find it irritating and just plain not good!

    Don’t like it at all. Quite happy Pharrell wasn’t Bruno Mars’ opener in Toronto. My son has it as his cell phone’s ringtone
    and I try my best not to call him. Prefer to text or email him instead to avoid hearing that noise. I like Blurred Lines though. Quick story about this verse since you put it up top ulti

    I know you want it
    I know you want it
    I know you want it

    Last year on a cruise with two girlfriends, a gentleman took a liking to me and I kept avoiding him as much as I could on a ship and one night I was in the disco with my girlfriends
    dancing on the floor to Blurred Lines and all of a sudden when the song reached the above verse, the gentleman suddenly leapt in front me, dancing, shaking his hips suggestively and singing the verse to me rather loudly, at which point, I smiled and turned to one of my girlfriends and continued dancing facing her. They were cracking up with laughter. They still blame me for them not seeing the island of St. John the next day when I refused to take the tour because the said gentleman was doing the same tour. I could tell you a few more amusing stories about that trip and my “admirer” but I’ll leave it at this one. It’s amusing now but it wasn’t amusing then even though my girlfriends were laughing about it everyday. Over 4,000 passengers on a big ship with lots more crew and he found me several times a day!! Gosh! If he looked like Adam maybe I’d have been more receptive.!! ROTFL ROTFL ROTFL ROTFL

  43. HK fan says:
    09/10/2014 at 10:37 am
  44. missdfyed says:
    09/10/2014 at 11:04 am

    Wow, angelowal ,that Wildest Moments video was beautiful, does anyone know if there is a full version available for download anywhere? I would love to have that on my iPod. It was at that private party? then probably notFrown

  45. ultimathule says:
    09/10/2014 at 11:54 am

    What a terrific review, HK fan – so nice to open up this thread and see that – thank you!

  46. riskylady says:
    09/10/2014 at 12:03 pm

    Speaking of WWTLF, love this analysis by someone at ATOP who knows her stuff. This was posted on Adam’s thread at the DDD Forum:

    “Check out this great explanation of why this fan (@iknowasl – Cassie at Atop) prefers Adam’s latest versions of WWTLF. This is the vid being discussed.”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhXijNJm45s

    “Another stellar rendition. I know that many consider the iHeart version the gold standard, but I prefer how he has been singing it more recently (even tho I miss the D5 glory note he has eliminated at the end). Listening to the version tonight, these are some of the nuances I love.

    * He is singing the first verse with great delicacy. When he sings “what is this THING…” the word THING is on a G4, which is precisely where one of the natural breaks is in his range. (It is also the top note that most choral tenors can sing in full voice) In order to sing that G4 and insure that it doesn’t crack, it is natural to use a little more push or oomph, which will make the note sound more powerful and strong as opposed to the light notes before it. But Adam does not add the power there. He lightly floats that G4 while still in chest voice. Most tenors who wanted to keep that note light and pure, would have had to switch to their head voices to do that, but Adam has such great control.

    Going on, “who wants to live forever, who wants to live forevER, ooooo” he starts light, then gradually builds in intensity as he moves up the scale to another G4. In the past, he has hit that final syllable in his powerful, ringing chest voice, finishing the build up. More recently, he has opted, instead to build, build, and then, surprise, caress that final syllable G4. Difficult to do, but an interesting interpretation. Instead of being “angry” about living forEVER, it sounds pensive and a bit melancholy.

    You will notice that on the second verse, he starts with the same delicate voice, but this time, he lets it build to the G4s on “ONLY” and “FOREVER”, singing them with the strength and emphasis we are accustomed to. As an interpretation, this works to build the song’s arc, and also the convey the singer’s change from pensiveness to frustration and a little anger.

    * Recently, Adam has been adding an almost operatic little ornamentation or flourish on the word “us” in “It’s all decided for US.”
    This rendition was the most embellished. Not sure why he has decided to add that recently, but it thrills me to hear it. And, yes, that is partly because it is very difficult to sing accurately because it moves between notes so quickly and the notes are so close together. A lesser singer would slur the notes or make them sound muddy. Not Adam.

    * The “new high note”? I think you are talking about the D5 right before “when love must die!” He has been sneaking that one in recently, but this time he hit it and sustained it, even breaking the rhythm of the song to hold onto it a bit longer than fits into the beat. The musicians are very in tune with him, and hold off playing the subsequent down beat until he finishes “showing off.” But, as per usual, Adam “shows off” at the right time, for the right interpretive reasons that enhance the song. Many “show offs” insert glory notes and riffs with no rhyme or reason, just because they can, which irritates me. In my world, everything needs to be in service to the song’s meaning and intent, not the singer’s ego.

    While we are talking about D5s, people gasp whenever Adam hits fifth octave notes, which he does with great frequency. Why? Because they are pretty much impossible for most male singers to hit, not to mention sustain with richness and power, and in full voice. Yes, a lot of guys sing fifth octave notes —- in falsetto. Easy peasy. Full voice, pleasing, powerful, and matching the other parts of their range? Nope. Almost NONE. I am not just talking about untrained male singers here. I am talking about classically trained tenors. They would just about kill to be able to have any notes reliably in their repertoire that end in a “5”. A C5, the first of the fifth octave notes, is considered the benchmark for excellence in an elite tenor soloist. The rest of the fifth octave, is almost never even written into the opera repertoire, it is so rare to have someone able to sing it in full voice.

    And, if you are wondering, those fifth octave notes are difficult for untrained FEMALE singers to hit, too. Those are the huge belting notes that the divas hit, that also doom their voices to injury and destruction later in their careers. Trained female singers switch to head voice for the fifth octave, even sopranos. (Of course, Adam can sing well into the fifth octave in head voice, too. Not only does he have a black woman inside him somewhere, he also has an operatic mezzo soprano!)

    In all fairness, to prove my objectivity (hahaha) the last D5 he hit in this rendition was a bit flat. j/s. He is only, tho’ just barely, human.

    * Finally, I like the little extra pause he added to “who waits forever……….anyway.” Like an afterthought. You know, how you add, “whatever” or “anyway” when you maybe got a little too personal or deep and there is this slight awkwardness in the conversation? Yeah, that.

    The vid is from Auckland #1, and in Adam’s defense about the last D5, he was unwell that night (doctor called after show), and the next. She probably didn’t know that when writing this.

  47. luval says:
    09/10/2014 at 12:47 pm

    What an unbelieveable analysis, riskylady! And that was the WWTLF I gave to my doctor friend to lister to. I just love this too:

    This rendition was the most embellished. Not sure why he has decided to add that recently, but it thrills me to hear it. And, yes, that is partly because it is very difficult to sing accurately because it moves between notes so quickly and the notes are so close together. A lesser singer would slur the notes or make them sound muddy. Not Adam.

    That was a great review too!

  48. ultimathule says:
    09/10/2014 at 12:55 pm

    To read an analysis like that, riskylady, is just so great – fascinated by his voice and how brilliant it is technically.

  49. retjenny says:
    09/10/2014 at 1:56 pm

    missdfyed re: Wildest Moments

    http://youtu.be/3LVmfEAx2C4

    I think this is the youtube of the live performance but with just audio. You can convert it to a mp3.

  50. ultimathule says:
    09/10/2014 at 2:07 pm
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