ABC Receives 1,500 Complaints About Adam Lambert Kissing a Man- Page 11
ABC Receives 1,500 Complaints About Adam Lambert Kissing a Man
snl89
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#250abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/3/09 at 5:37pm
^haha, different strokes for different folks I guess :P
I do like, though, that it's pretty intricately androgynous. If you split the cover in half diagonally (so that the two sides of his face are separate): The left side, with the way he's pulling up his eye and eyebrow, the shadow that looks like it could be blush, and the fact that his hair looks pulled back, it's very feminine. Even his jaw line is covered by his hand so it looks smoother and more feminine. Plus it's cast in a purple hue. Then the right side is more harshly lit, his eye flatter and more of a piercing blue, the eyebrow is thicker, the jawline is very defined, and the hair is obviously short. And it's cast in a blue hue.
So yeah, I don't even know if alll that was done totally intentionally, but just from an artistic standpoint I find it really cool the way it's SO feminine v. masculine. As a whole you mostly just see it as softer and more feminine, but when you split the two sides up you start to see the little intricacies.
Not saying it's some brilliant piece of art or something haha- it IS totally kitschy and I get why a lot of people don't like it. But I do think there's some cool stuff in it if you look closely :) (no, I haven't spent hours and hours staring at it hahaha- someone else on another board actually noticed the duality in it first, and split the cover in half, and once you actually see the two halves separately all that stuff becomes apparent REALLY quickly. You just really notice it until you look at it as two separate halves.
I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.
Updated On: 12/3/09 at 05:37 PM
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#252abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/3/09 at 5:52pmI want action tonight....
....but the world goes 'round
#253abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/3/09 at 5:53pmI see the two halves, but one sort of looks feminine and the other looks more feminine. I do think Tyra and Miss Jay would applaud his use of smizing, however they'd probably comment that he completely lost his neck in that photo. That, coupled with the headache gesture (or chiropractic maneuver) could land him in the bottom two. He's not modeling HTT.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#254abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/3/09 at 5:58pmHAHAHA! I used to love Poison back in the day!
KFTC!!!!!
Craww
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#255abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/3/09 at 6:01pm
The only thing I really hate about Adam Lambert's album cover is the horrible Photoshopping. If it weren't for the bad light sources, the bad blending on the shoulder, the poor fonts/text composition...
I mean, obviously it's ridiculous, but the concept and the picture aren't really what bother me. I do almost love it now, at least because I've replaced it in my iTunes with this:
and it always makes me smile.
#256abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/3/09 at 6:01pmI was too young to listen to the albums when I was a kid, but one of my friends got a copy of the one with the girls tongue sticking out (the cover was later censored I believe) and we played it all the time.
....but the world goes 'round
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#257abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/3/09 at 6:03pm
I just remember their videos when MTV was in it's heyday.....
Unskinny Bop was my favorite...
KFTC!!!!!
snl89
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#258abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/3/09 at 6:03pm
^hahaha.. well I don't watch Top Model so I'm not very clued into the rules of modeling :P
and yeah, obviously the right side isn't exactly butch by any means haha. Though I'd argue it's really not feminine either. It's like.. a.. fantasy boy? You know what I mean? haha. It looks like a boy to me, but like a boy not from this world. To use the oh-so-perfect phrase Adam's brother Neil came up with, it looks like a "glittery alien from Planet Fierce"! :) But a BOY glittery alien.. if that makes sense. haha
Aaanyway yeah. I think it's purty, but it IS also ridiculous. And he meant it to be- he wanted people to look at it and laugh and be low "WOW you actually did that"! hehe
EDIT: HAHAHA Craww I love it 
So delightfully Lisa Frank! (I used to LOVE Lisa Frank stuff- maybe that's why I enjoy the cover!! hehe)
I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.
Updated On: 12/3/09 at 06:03 PM
EVIE
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/04
#259abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/3/09 at 6:03pm
"Really? I find it kind of repellent. And it looks like he has a headache."
Lmao! I just thought he was swooning.
#260abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/3/09 at 6:06pm
This one, taz? It just came out two years ago.
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#261abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/3/09 at 6:10pm
It's like.. a.. fantasy boy? You know what I mean?
I lived with a roommate from Thailand for a year. I know exactly what you mean.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#262abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/3/09 at 6:27pm
While hardly anything like Adam's cover, I kept thinking of this album cover from my mom's cassette collection in the glovebox:
#263abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/4/09 at 11:20amI used to have a poster of that Poison album cover on my wall back in the day.
#264abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/4/09 at 11:55am
I particularly like the "Cat Dragged" chick who looks like she has something caught in her eye. I just imagine them selecting the photos to use for the cover saying, "Yeah, that's the one!"
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
Updated On: 12/4/09 at 11:55 AM
#265abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/4/09 at 12:03pm
Perhaps Adam wanted to be one of the new Village People. Remember when they decided to update their image to be more New Wave?
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#266abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/4/09 at 12:11pm
Erik, Poison was one of the first concerts I ever went to.
Taz, you are thinking of their second album, "Open Up and Say... Aaah."
Mister Matt, the "chick" you are referring to is Ricki Rockett and he is WINKING!
#267abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/4/09 at 12:19pm
that's it Phyl!
I always thought that their 3rd album was the best. Something To Believe In is such a great song.
....but the world goes 'round
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#268abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/4/09 at 12:20pmSomething to Believe in was from their third album, Flesh and Blood.
#269abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/4/09 at 12:23pm
I see. Ricki-with-an-i is a man. Thank goodness he outlined his lips AND pooched them out. Otherwise, we would be like, "That dude has no mouth!"
I must confess I know NOTHING about Poison other than the Todd Haynes film, which was creepy and weird, but I liked it.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#270abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/4/09 at 12:25pmI love Flesh And Blood. Great album.
....but the world goes 'round
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#271abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/4/09 at 12:27pmHe's remaking Mildred Pierce, I just found out. Todd Haynes, that is.
#272abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/4/09 at 12:39pm
Ahhh...I just realized Every Rose Has Its Thorn and Nothin' But a Good Time were Poison. From that endless stock of songs I like, but never really knew who performed them.
I'm very excited about Mildred Pierce. I can't wait to see what he does with it.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#273abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/4/09 at 1:02pmI was OBSESSED with Poison back in the day. I think I saw them in concert 8 times. Once my MOM and hairdresser flirted with bouncers and got us all backstage. lol
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#274abc receives 1,500 complaints about men kissing men
Posted: 12/4/09 at 1:11pmWhere is jag in this conversation? She LOVES Brett Michaels!
KFTC!!!!!
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