The Official Adam Pascal Love thread- Page 675
The Official Adam Pascal Love thread
#16850Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 4:21pm
At some point I'm going to get a more entertaining pet, but I'm not really allowed to have anything else in the dorms. I think I'll get a bird.... I want a cat or a dog, but I have alleriges. 
The Ringing in My Ear is kind of mysterious... kind of reminiscent of the Model Prisoner stuff. I like it a lot, though.
Chloe
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/28/04
#16851Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 4:32pm
::ponders what jen can possibly mean by "on too long"::
Yeah, it's definitely mysterious, though I can guess that the "too much information" part is about either 9/11 or that series of incidents involving children that bothered him so much. One of the things that makes him interesting is the contradictions - he can seem so outgoing and sunny in those interviews, and was apparently making jokes as they carried him out on a stretcher after the Aida accident, yet he writes these songs about not wanting to wake up or leave the house.
#16852Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 4:31pmYeah, you're right. I guess a lot changed in his views since he could joke about an injury and when he wrote these songs, but even the Model Prisoner songs tend not to be particularly upbeat. Maybe that's just the mantra of the "rock" image - to not be terribly happy, but it amazes me that as silly and goofy as he can be, there's such a big heart underneath there. And, with the new music, that's all laid out for everyone to see.
Chloe
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/28/04
#16853Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 4:41pmRight, and very sensitive. Speaking of Model Prisoner, the song Previous Little Meltdown seems like a serious precursor to Book of Endings.
#16854Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 4:40pmIt is... but a little bit more... spiteful, if that's the world I'm looking for. Book of Endings is a little bit more straightforward, but a little bit gentler. AND, they're both number 10 on the CD.
Chloe
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/28/04
#16855Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 4:54pmI was thinking more angry than spiteful. It struck me as a possible reaction to the crazier Rentheads, and that he was very uncomfortable with expectations they had of him. Book of Endings seems definitely more lighthearted and not particularly emotionally invested in that way - more a rueful smile about the zaniness of the whole "idol" phenomenon.
#16856Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 4:54pmExactly. That stuff was probably written in the earlier part of RENT's Broadway run. There's a little bit of fear in Precious Little Meltdown, and he's said that he really had no idea how to deal with any of that stuff. Book of Endings is a bit more playful - like he thinks it's slightly absurd, but knows that everything is in good fun, maybe.
Chloe
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/28/04
#16857Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 5:03pm
Thinking about the title, calling it a "Precious Little Meltdown" shows a certain detachment and self-criticism too.
ETA: I've gotta get out and shovel before it's completely dark. If I'm not back in half an hour...
Updated On: 1/22/05 at 05:03 PM
#16858Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 5:03pm
It does. That song scares me a little bit. *shrug*
I like my warm fuzzies.
Anyway, attempts and productivity are calling my name. I'll be back later. 
#16859Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 6:13pm
Cute names for the fish, Emcee!!
Quite a few of Adam's songs scare me, like "Mother's Child" and "Which Way to Nowhere"... I can never listen to them.
I have my books and my poetry to protect me...
#16860Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 6:47pmhey i'm back! Chloe, i was on for four hours earlier so yeah i needed a break! Anywho, people says once you have kids, your view on life is different. So maybe he has changed and his lyrics show the digression. Hmmm who knows! He can be deep but that is fine. He also has a sense of humor. It is possiable to have both! did that make sense?
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
Chloe
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/28/04
#16861Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:12pm
Hi, jen, I'm back too. I was just kidding around about how some of us end up being on BWW all day - the fact that you needed a break is probably healthy!
It does seem that having kids affects people a lot, and I certainly agree that someone can be deep and also have a sense of humor. In addition, Adam seems to have an introvert/extrovert thing going on that's very interesting, though I'm beginning to think he's more of an introvert than I first thought.
#16862Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:17pmyeah i think he is too. I am so bored right now!!! I want to go out but there is no way that i will ever get out of my driveway and i don't know where i would go! Don;t mind me. I am blabbing on.
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
#16863Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:19pm
"I'm beginning to think he's more of an introvert than I first thought."
I'm seeing that a lot more, too. When I first became a fan, my view of him was very standard... you know - "he's a big star, he must be very intimidating," etc. I never necessarily thought that (much as I poke fun) he was full of himself, but for a long time all I saw was the outgoing, silly, attention-loving side. The more time I've spent watching him, the more I've seen of the shy, sensitive introvert and just.... regular guy.
Chloe
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/28/04
#16864Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:32pm
Jen, I know what you mean, I've been very bored the last couple of days - and now we can't even go anywhere.
This makes me think about Elton (very different as he is in many ways), because he was incredibly, painfully shy as a young man. When the producer Gus Dudgeon first met Elton and Bernie (who writes the lyrics), he assumed Bernie was Elton for the first half hour because Elton was so shy and unlike a performer. A lot of the crazy costumes and stage antics were a sort of over-compensation on his part - he didn't feel *he* alone was enough entertainment for an audience.
amasis
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/7/04
#16865Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:34pm
"Amasis, if you read this, see? PET fish. (She thought I was going to buy dead ones.)"
Are they dead *yet*? 
Seriously, when Emcee mentioned it I thought she was talking about cooking dinner.
"Adam seems to have an introvert/extrovert thing going on that's very interesting, though I'm beginning to think he's more of an introvert than I first thought."
Just from seeing how he carries himself, I've actually always thought of Adam as an introvert. There seems to be an assumption that introverted people are not outgoing or sunny or talkative, which I think is not necessarily the case. I picked up a book a while back that defines introverts more as people who need to turn inward for their source of energy. So they may love social contacts and may be outgoing and at-ease in public, but still need to turn inward as a way to recharge themselves, and need a lot of quiet reflection time. It makes sense, when I think of some of the introverts I know.
Updated On: 1/22/05 at 07:34 PM
#16866Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:31pm
It's kind of what Adam's expressed a number of times - that he still gets petrified that people aren't going to show up just to see *him* perform. There's a difference between watching someone in a Broadway show, and the majority of the audiences who saw him in musicals probably didn't go just to see him sing.... he knows that, but it breaks my pathetic little heart that he's still fearful of not being well-recieved.
#16867Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:39pmi think it is ok for adam to still get nervous about how people perceive him. I would think most people would. Anywho as for people going to show to see him, i sat through aida two times more than i needed to to see him!!!! why? because i love the man!
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
#16868Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:38pm
Well, yeah. So did I... five times. But I'm talking the general public, and average person who's going to go see a musical. They probably haven't got a clue who Adam Pascal is.
And yes amasis. They're alive.
Chloe
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/28/04
#16869Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:44pm
And I must admit that I saw Aida a second time mostly for Adam.
That's very interesting, amasis. Because I'm both shy and an introvert, I guess I've considered them to be the same thing, when really they're not.
Emcee, what you say about Adam worrying about people showing up for him probably also goes back to those days with Mute when people *weren't* showing up, but also points up that contradiction again - how confident he seems on stage, while expressing those kind of doubts.
Elton again was similar, though. He always seems to have had incredible stage presence.
#16870Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:46pmoh i know emcee!!! I am also shy and introverted. oh and congrats emcce on keeping your goldfish alive! The one and only time i had a fish, it commited suicide within a week!
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
#16871Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:43pm
Probably does date back, Chloe. He seems so confident once he gets going, but if he talks *before* he starts to sing, he gets figedty and talks and talks and talks. It's cute. There was one night where he thanked people profusely for bothering to show up in the cold, and said that he's always scared there won't be any people anywhere. I wanted to hug him, but that's not a particularly new desire, now is it? 
#16872Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:49pmno it is not emcee! ok off to watch a movie.
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
Chloe
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/28/04
#16873Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:51pmWhen did he talk a lot? Because when I saw him at Joe's Pub (1st time only), he came out and said "this is the record, that's all I'm gonna say." (Of course I know you were there too and saw that.)
#16874Rock it, Adam! (whooo hoo!!!!)
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:49pmHe talked a little bit more the second time... he was a lot bubblier the second night, anyway. But he talked up a storm at Tower.
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