Posted on 11/23/2009 5:44:53 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Adam Lambert, the American Idol star, outraged viewers of the American Music Awards with an X-rated performance in which he simulated oral sex with a male dancer.
Lambert set out to shock with a risque routine which also saw him kissing a male band mate and walking two men in bondage gear across the stage on dog leads. He was singing his new release, For Your Entertainment.
After the performance, his first since American Idol, Lambert said: "I'm hoping people were entertained. For those who weren't, maybe I'm not your cup of tea."
If the show was to be censored for the West Coast broadcast, it would amount to "discrimination", he added, mentioning the famous MTV awards show in which Britney Spears and Madonna shared a kiss. "I don't mean to get political but Madonna, Britney and Christina weren't edited. It's a shame. Female entertainers have been risque for years. Honestly, there's a huge double standard."
Viewers did not see it that way, with many claiming that the performance was not fit for primetime television. The Federal Communications Commission, which regulates US television, was braced for complaints.
On Twitter and internet forums, Lambert's routine was described as "disgustingly vulgar" and "totaly inappropriate" for a time slot when children were watching. The broadcaster, ABC, also came in for criticism. "Has ABC lost their minds? How on earth do they think airing this is ok? Im not at all impressed with Adam. More like disgusted," said one commenter on the Rolling Stone website.
Lambert posted a defiant message on his Twitter page, saying: "All hail freedom of expression and artistic integrity. :) fans: I adore u."
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Don'tcha know ? He is the protege of LADY GAGA ? Do you know who she is ?
I never hear these clowns on talk radio.
I didn't watch that filth on TV, I did watch the NASCAR race earlier in the day, and saw the hype for the AMA'a, and except for a couple of "artist" I had never heard of any of them. I remembered the Jackson's but that was it. BTW I do have four children and they didn't know any of the them. I am so glad my TV came equipped with on ON/OFF button.
I don't watch American Idol. However, just in following what's happening with it on the periphery via FR....I think that a lot of this fool's fans were the middle-aged female "Isn't he sweet, he's just misunderstood" types.
If that's the case, he just killed his career. Not that it bothers me.
It wasn’t the typical gay guy shock-raunch that bothered me. (Primetime Viagra, Trojan commercials aren’t much better)
I was listening to the lyrics and watching those eyes
and I swear I saw the Devil last night:
FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT
So hot
Out the box
Can we pick up the pace?
Turn it up,
Heat it up
I need to be entertained
Push the limit
Are you with it?
Baby, dont be afraid
Ima hurt ya real good, baby
Lets go
Its my show
Baby, do what I say
Dont trip off the glitz
That Im gonna display
I told ya
Ima hold ya down until youre amazed
Give it to ya til your screaming my name
No escaping when I start
Once Im in I own your heart
Theres no way youll ring the alarm
So hold on until its over
Oh, do you know what you got into?
Can you handle what Im bout to do?
Cause its about to get rough for you
Im here for your entertainment
Oh, I bet you thought that I was soft and sweet
Ya fallen angel swept ya off ya feet
Well Im about to turn up the heat
Im here for your entertainment
Its alright
Youll be fine
Baby, Im in control
Take the pain
Take the pleasure
Im the master of both
Close your eyes
Not your mind
Let me into your soul
Ima work ya til your totally blown
No escaping when I start
Once Im in I own your heart
Theres no way ta ring the alarm
So hold on until its over
Oh, do you know what you got into?
Can you handle what Im bout to do?
Cause its about to get rough for you
Im here for your entertainment
Oh, I bet you thought that I was soft and sweet
Ya fallen angel swept ya off your feet
Well Im about to turn up the heat
Im here for your entertainment
Oh oh
mmmm
Entertainment
Oh oh
..Oh entertainment
Im here for your entertainment
Oooohhh
..
Do you like what you see?
Wooooaaaahhhh
Let me entertain ya till you screeaaam
Oh, do you know what you got into?
Can you handle what Im bout to do?
Cause its about to get rough for you
Im here for your entertainment
Oh, I bet you thought that I was soft and sweet (bet ya thought)
Ya fallen angel swept ya off your feet
Well Im about to turn up the heat (turn up the heat)
Im here for your entertainment
Nah, I’m not going to watch it. I remember back in the sixties when all these “artists” were fighting for freedom of expression. In those days it might have been not having to wear a suit and tie while giving a rock and roll performance. Now these idiots claim the need for freedom to simulate oral sex on stage. In short, they don’t want any proscriptions against anything they do. So what has all this freedom given us? Morons like Lambert, that’s what.
My question is where were the people running the show and the censors that preview the show during rehearsals? Surely they rehearsed this on stage before the show and someone had to see this!
He should be ashamed. The Madonna kiss with Britney was bad enough, but the naked man except for the bondage straps and the simulated oral sex act? He should be banned from award shows for a long while, which may teach him something.
If I was his parent I’d be mortified today.
Get used to it folks - if you don’t like it then you are a “hater”.
You are bigoted.
And if you don’t want your kids to be taught this is fine and dandy then they should be taken away from you. /s
I’m sure he’s trying to get an invitation to the White House. This performance would qualify him for Obama’s Christmas at the Oral Office also appearing will be Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton. Ya’ll come now. The first real amerikan christmas with real amerikan values.
Either :
1) Adam Lambert toned it down during the rehearsals which did not leave much for the producers to complain about. or;
2) The producers surely knew about it and allowed it to be shown anyway.
I’d like to believe that #1 above was the case but am not really so sure anymore.
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If the FCC isn’t swamped with calls and emails I’d be very surprised, especially from people with children watching the show. They’d better move strongly against the producers of this show.
‘d like to believe number 1 also but in this day of almost anything goes, who knows.
I dunno, and my wife notes that NONE of the chick singers can manage to sing without lots of bump and grind pelvis action. Like this stuff is sexy anymore? It might have been “provocative” in 1960, but these guys haven’t moved on.
I could only watch it for a very short moment. That was the most foul and nasty performance.
Gosh he is repulsive looking and he can not sing. That was a horrible song. I would be embaressed. YUCK!!!!!!!!
Shocking? Hardly. More cliched by now.
The times I’ve seen Adam Lambert, I failed to discover this great talent many say he possesses. Just a third rate singer trying to impress by being outrageous.
CA (can you imagine???) has voted down homosexual marriage TWICE...and do you know they are ramping up and trying to get enough signatures to put it on the next ballot again.
They are trying to browbeat us into accepting their lifestyle. Amazingly, even in liberal CA, it just won't fly.
In 1989 Guns n Roses won 2 awards. There was no tape delay, and the 2 band members there were Slash and Duff. They were totally hammeredand they dropped about 3 or 4 f-bombs before being ushered offstage.
this was done specifically to shock people and to get people talking about him.
Any port in a storm for the queers. I watched this and almost threw something at the TV. Lucky yht ekids were asleep. My wife WAS kind of a fan of his, and that was the only reason we watched it. Needless to say she is no longer, and the AMA is getting a nastygram from me. That was a horrible disgusting pieace of trash.
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