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Post by melliemom on Sept 13, 2016 13:58:07 GMT -5
This is a question that I have that maybe someone has a thought about. How can Adam perform in front of such large audiences in the US and abroad (20K, 40K, 75k even 200K+) to such acclaim and adoration and so little of it translates into album sales or solo tour concert numbers? Yes, these are Queen songs and fans but a lot of young people are also at these concerts and people walk away in awe and mesmerized by Adam. And older people do buy albums just ask Adele. Is it the dance pop on his records or dancers incorporated into his act that keeps a lot of these folks from following and supporting him outside of Queen? Too club like for them or what? I don't expect him to do a straight up rock album but what could he do to capture some of this audience? Other than making big bucks (tho great) it seems a waste to lose this audience. There are a lot of people out there who just love him even if they first discover him thru Queen. His name and talent is out there. What could he do to attract more than a small number of them? Love all of the great reviews they are getting! IMHO,Queen's songs have been around for a very long time, are played everywhere & they hold many good memories for tons of folks and they are rock classics. To add, Queen was and is one of the best bands ever.. I think Adam has gained many fans from being lead singer for Queen. Hard to compare Adam's songs, they are not as well known,not played on the radio very often and are pop not rock..I really do like many of Adam's songs.. but , I think Adam said it best a while back .. to paraphrase.. About singing on American Idol, It's great doing famous covers,because people love those familiar songs & they are already very popular. Doing new songs is much harder.. for the very opposite reasons,folks aren't familiar with them and you never know what will go over... To add,If radio doesn't play them ,How will people ever get to know the songs and love them.. Totally different scene.. For the most part I love all the drama of the Queen songs, as much as I love Adam's voice singing anything Still,I prefer him doing Queen and rock to pop. As a FAN ,I buy all his albums and go to his concerts,not sure new folks would be as dedicated ,unless they become FANS.
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Post by angelkrash on Sept 13, 2016 14:07:20 GMT -5
Angelkrash I loved your recap along with all who gave us recaps. Felt like I was right there with you Angelkrash. I sure hope your BF will reconsider and go to an Adam concert sometime with you. I love ROCK better than POP but when Adam is performing I wouldn't care if he was singing children's nursery rhymes!lol Adam just takes me to a different place. Thank you adamrocks. I wish I could have taken you with me. I hope you're right about my BF but I'm not optimistic. He's pretty picky when it comes to music.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2016 14:15:32 GMT -5
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Post by Q3 on Sept 13, 2016 14:20:38 GMT -5
This is a question that I have that maybe someone has a thought about. How can Adam perform in front of such large audiences in the US and abroad (20K, 40K, 75k even 200K+) to such acclaim and adoration and so little of it translates into album sales or solo tour concert numbers? Yes, these are Queen songs and fans but a lot of young people are also at these concerts and people walk away in awe and mesmerized by Adam. And older people do buy albums just ask Adele. Is it the dance pop on his records or dancers incorporated into his act that keeps a lot of these folks from following and supporting him outside of Queen? Too club like for them or what? I don't expect him to do a straight up rock album but what could he do to capture some of this audience? Other than making big bucks (tho great) it seems a waste to lose this audience. There are a lot of people out there who just love him even if they first discover him thru Queen. His name and talent is out there. What could he do to attract more than a small number from these massive audiences? Love all of the great reviews they are getting! It would take about 3 days to properly answer all the questions that you packed in their. But here a few thoughts. 1. The big audiences are coming to a concert to get a Queen concert experience. Adam is part of delivering that, but it is so much more. It is the songs, the community, a chance to see Roger and Brian live, and so on. 2. Album sales are an old-school success measurement. Adele was a bit of a fluke explained by a combination of older, CD buying fans, and music with very broad, mainstream, international appeal. It is very popular music. 3. Adam did pretty well with album sales on all three albums relative to the marketplace (#3, #1, #2), and extremely well in streaming media with Ghost Town. Streaming/subscription music is now about 50% of recorded music revenue and growing rapidly in importance. He will capture more streaming media share when he has more hits. 4. IF Adam has a few mega hits, he will fill arenas as a solo artist. It will only happen IF he has HUGE hits. Many, many talented artists who put out great music never have mainstream hit song and spend there careers performing in mid-sized venues -- it is a very lucrative size venue to tour in -- sweet spot is 3,000 - 10,000 in the US market. 5. Adam has (IMO wisely) kept QAL mostly separate from his solo career. He will face the risk of singing the Queen catalog for his whole career if he ever merges the two. He clearly wants a career as a solo artist. Look at the relatively small number of current pop artists who tour in arenas. It is rare, not expected, for a current pop artist to do arena tours. Most of the US arena tours are country and classic/modern era rock acts, or DJ shows.
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Post by katycake on Sept 13, 2016 14:24:46 GMT -5
Translation to the entetainment news from tonight: video! bidur.nana10.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=1209570(if there's a large ad covering everything, after 3 seconds you'll see the word דלג on the upper left corner, with an arrow, so press on it and the ad will go away) What did they do the afterwards, after they made tens of thousands of people dance, and stuck half a million others in traffic jams: First of all, to everyone who saw him like THAT on stage and asked themselves "is it possible that Queen's frontman has green hair?" – yes, and these are the pictures from the hotel in the hours before the show. Photographer Itzik Biran was asked to help Adam with photos from all angles, to choose what would look best from the audience's direction. A few hours before that, Adam still dyed his hair at a local hair dresser. After the show Lambert insisted on going out only to a gay club in Tel Aviv. He ended up in a gay line in the Lima Lima club in south Tel Aviv, with the waitresses who served him the night before in a restaurant and received, as we told you yesterday, invitations to the golden ring and tags for unusual visit back stage. Lambert was the star of the party and took pictures only with people close to the owners of the club. To remind you, Lambert had asked from the stage to find him love here in Israel, at least for the night. So did he find it? There are conflicting version: on one hand, the waitresses got back from the night out at the club and had dinner with him until 4 am in the hotel in Herzliya; on the other hand, people close to the production swear that Lambert finished the night not at the hotel, but at a local guy's place. Brian May, who shed some sweat on stage, went with his agent and personal manager to chill a little through some night dipping in the sea, in Herzliya beach by the hotel. He spend the morning in the area having a long breakfast. At noon time they lifted off, except for Adam who expanded his stay. At noon he went to Jerusalem to see the Western Wall and the Old City, and wanted to go also to the show of the EDM band Major Lazer tonight in Rishon LeZion Amphitheatre, this time only as a spectator.
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Post by girldrummer on Sept 13, 2016 14:31:59 GMT -5
Haven't watched yet.....Hope it's a good one! Holy shit! Just watched the whole thing! I can't believe Adam's stamina! Singers like him are true athletes. There are no superlatives left for him.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2016 14:44:48 GMT -5
Thank you for the great recaps form the 3 ladies so far! BIG HUG to my girl, Angelkrash! I remember when we spent our day together and talked about the possibility of Adam ever performing in Tel Aviv. We both thought, "Probably no chance!" Hugs to you all!
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Post by runequeen on Sept 13, 2016 14:49:57 GMT -5
Translation to the entetainment news from tonight: video! bidur.nana10.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=1209570(if there's a large ad covering everything, after 3 seconds you'll see the word דלג on the upper left corner, with an arrow, so press on it and the ad will go away) What did they do the afterwards, after they made tens of thousands of people dance, and stuck half a million others in traffic jams: First of all, to everyone who saw him like THAT on stage and asked themselves "is it possible that Queen's frontman has green hair?" – yes, and these are the pictures from the hotel in the hours before the show. Photographer Itzik Biran was asked to help Adam with photos from all angles, to choose what would look best from the audience's direction. A few hours before that, Adam still dyed his hair at a local hair dresser. After the show Lambert insisted on going out only to a gay club in Tel Aviv. He ended up in a gay line in the Lima Lima club in south Tel Aviv, with the waitresses who served him the night before in a restaurant and received, as we told you yesterday, invitations to the golden ring and tags for unusual visit back stage. Lambert was the star of the party and took pictures only with people close to the owners of the club. To remind you, Lambert had asked from the stage to find him love here in Israel, at least for the night. So did he find it? There are conflicting version: on one hand, the waitresses got back from the night out at the club and had dinner with him until 4 am in the hotel in Herzliya; on the other hand, people close to the production swear that Lambert finished the night not at the hotel, but at a local guy's place. Brian May, who shed some sweat on stage, went with his agent and personal manager to chill a little through some night dipping in the sea, in Herzliya beach by the hotel. He spend the morning in the area having a long breakfast. At noon time they lifted off, except for Adam who expanded his stay. At noon he went to Jerusalem to see the Western Wall and the Old City, and wanted to go also to the show of the EDM band Major Lazer tonight in Rishon LeZion Amphitheatre, this time only as a spectator. This makes me happy that he stayed here a little longer and got to have fun after the show and see the wailing wall today! Maybe this is why they came separately, so he can stay an extra day? Thanks to the ones who were brave to reed all my recap! i read the rest and it was wonderful to get a different perspective!
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Post by katycake on Sept 13, 2016 14:51:00 GMT -5
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Post by satisfied on Sept 13, 2016 14:51:22 GMT -5
Hey Everyone!! Here's my recap of last night's concert as promised! Sorry but it is long.. Never, ever apologize for writing a long recap! Thank you for every word, runequeen. What a great night you had!
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