American Music Awards 2009: What You Think About The Controversial Of Adam Lambert?
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Lambert calls edit of his AMA performance discriminatory
Nov. 23, 2009, 1:23 PM EST
MSN Entertainment
Adam Lambert’s guy-on-guy kiss during his performance of “For Your Entertainment” at Sunday night’s American Music Awards followed in the footsteps of the famous Britney Spears-Madonna kiss at the 2003 Video Music Awards.
But after Lambert kissed his male keyboard player, Tommy Ratliff, and pushed a male dancer’s face up to his crotch, the network removed those controversial moments before airing the show’s West Coast feed.
“If it’s edited, that’s discrimination,” Lambert told “Access Hollywood” before he knew his performance would be tailored to be more conservative.
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“There is a little bit of discrimination going in this country,” he told the celebrity News outlet. “There’s a big double standard: Female pop artists have been doing things provocative like that for years, and the fact that I’m a male, and I’ll be edited and discriminated against could be a problem.”
The lip-lock between Spears and Madonna helped lay the foundation for Katy Perry to find a hit song in last year’s “I Kissed a Girl,” and Lady GaGa to speak out about being bisexual without much backlash. But, as Lambert points out, Americans may be less comfortable with expressions of same-sex physicality among men.
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Lambert’s point goes beyond social comfort levels with homosexuality, as well. After all, the spiky black hair and “guyliner” look that he and plenty of his peers in pop Music have been sporting for years derives from the punk aesthetic created back in the 1970s by bands like the New York Dolls, who dressed in women’s clothes as a way to shock their audiences.
One main difference, of course, is that while the Dolls’ style influenced rockers to come, they were rarely seen performing on network television.
“Shock is fun,” Lambert said, citing more examples of historic rock ‘n’ roll androgyny like Alice Cooper and David Bowie. “You had artists that liked to push the envelope and that’s what made them so fresh. Prince, for example, wore a–less chaps one year … I think that surprise is part of Entertainment. I think that it keeps people watching, it’s fun, it makes you laugh and it should be that way. And if it made you uncomfortable, maybe I’m not for you.”
Lambert, who placed second on the last season of “American Idol,” acknowledged he was gay in the pages of his cover issue of Rolling Stone magazine shortly after the show ended.
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I read something about this on Yahoo and saw some photos of his antics. I didn’t watch it (except that speaking debacle of a song by Whitney) but if something shocks this country, it must’ve been bad! Lol I hate that too because the boy has some awesome Talent. He just needs to keep it structured and reeled in at least until he’s truly established. I don’t think it’s the end of him though; he has too much talent. Besides, the AMA’s had to approve his performance and they did so the antics was part rating and some folks liked it.
There’s a populous in this Culture that’s still widely ignored by the general Entertainment–Openly Gay Rockers. Yeah we know the Rockers that are out there are freaky but how many openly gay young rockers are there in mainstream? So many will support him no matter what he does. If hetero’s can ‘shock’ people and two women can kiss like the whole Madonna and Britney thing, then why can’t he be crazy too is I guess the thought behind
I understand what he means in a way. But I think he has embraced his sexuality too much and he kind of disregards everyone else in the world, including his fans. Fame has gone to his head…
I think the performance went too far.
It was a little to inappropriate for the amas. I mean minors were watching!
He sucks…oh, he’s not a good singer either.
Well, the American public put him in a position to be famous, so I guess we all deserve what happened at the AMAs.
Shock is sometimes fun but what you did f*gg*t was not shocking. It was more than that. It was pretty extraordinary but in a BAD way. I just wished he didn’t cover his trip that well, that would have made it much better coz he would have been humiliated more. You were brought up Christian weren’t you? Well your definitely going to hell Adam.
What he did was pushing the envelope a little too far though. Like someone else said, kids were watching. And you shouldn’t have to stoop so low to literally stick someone’s face in your crotch if you’re a truly good singer in the first place. I mean, honestly…are Britney and Madonna among the greatest voices of all time? No. They’re image. Fine. Whatever. But if you want to be a singer, than be a singer. I’m so tired of all of these expensive, overexaggerated performances used to cover up an individuals voice. If you watch the AMAs you’ll see all the performers with the flashy lights and exotic costumes didn’t have that much vocal strength when it was their time to shine. Performing in a show that suggests parental guidance or no minors at all? Acceptable.
National television open for people of all ages and, most times, families watching the event? Unacceptable.
So strobe lights, bizarre outfits, and impossible high heels…fine. I guess I’ll have to deal with it if I want to see who actually wins the awards. But crotch-kissing? No. No, that’s where I draw the line.