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Oh, thank you for bucking the trend on Adam. I loved him tonight, his voice is PERFECT for rock. He's been growing on me for weeks but tonight I went all in and voted for him, then I downloaded it. That was so rock and roll I wanted to go wake my husband up and remind him of what we did in the car after The Who concert in LA in '79. Still gave Allison most of the voting time cuz she was hot tonight too, especially the hair and the boots, but man! After that duet I'm thinking Adam and Allison instead of Adam and Danny.

And can I just gently chide the folks who think 70's rock was about manly men? I don't think so. Go to youtube and watch some videos. Remember long hair, earrings, painted nails, bare chests, long scarves, and eye liner? The men looked like women and the women looked like men.

I agree with you about Adam. He rocked the house. I liked his vocals better than Plant’s in some parts. None of the others can compare to him in pure talent. I always thought of him as a Broadway musical guy but now I see that he LOVES rock and roll, and this is what he wants to do.

Yeah, let’s all remember the 70s. Glam rock had LOTS of the men wearing glitter and high heels and makeup. Even some of the straight men, like Jagger and Rod Stewart.

Allison does not do that much for me but she is a very talented young girl. Kris was awesome last week, but only shone in the second half of his solo tonight. And contrasted poorly with Danny in their duet.

When they said Danny was going to do “Dream On,” I started cringing and thinking “No, no, no, no.” I KNEW that was going to go badly, and I was right. He definitely bit off more than he could chew. That last note was the sound you’d make if your hand got caught up in the chainsaw. I think he is absolutely darling and more of a pure undiscovered talent, so I want him in the finals. I hope he will be saved, because I EXPECTED Kris to go home tomorrow, but in reality, Danny was worse and needs saving. This is where either Kris or Allison should go home.

I have stayed off this thread this year (been involved on this thread for the prior 3 seasons at least) but reading some of the comments just have me wondering exactly what show most people are watching... I realize a lot of people are made very personally uncomfortable by Adam's, well, flamboyance. If that's the case so be it but they must hate bands like Queen and Freddie Mercury and David Bowie and Elton John and hundreds of others. So much about music (especially live) is about being a showman. But in order for it to really work, you have to be able to sing. And there is absolutely no doubt that Adam can sing. Listen to every mentor that worked with him. Last night Slash said, "He's got great pipes." Oh, and Slash knows a thing or two about working with a frontman who was, well, flamboyant. And Axl did his fair share of "screaming" (dead on key mind you) into a microphone.

Speaking of which, I've noted a number of folks who complain about Adam "screaming" some vocals. Likely the same folks who complained about Chris Daughtry doing the same thing. Would have complained about Robert Plant doing it. Or Roger Daltrey. Or Jeff Buckley. Or Steven Tyler. Speaking of Steven Tyler, compare Adam's "screaming" to what Danny did last night. Now I have liked Danny from the beginning and have thought all along that it would be Danny and Adam in the finale. But Danny completely blew that song last night with his trying to imitate Steven Tyler and missing it by a mile (he should have done Stevie Ray Vaughn). Now go listen to Adam side-by-side with Robert Plant on Whole Lotta Love. There is a reason why nobody covers Zeppelin songs. Plant had a very high voice and the songs are very hard to sing. Adam absolutely nailed a very tough iconic rock song. He may look weird and sing differently than the mainstream, but that's what makes him so great IMHO.