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Lambert's lewd performance at AMA criticized
by Ishita Sood - November 24, 2009 - comments
After Sunday night's performance, Adam Lambert was the top 10 popular topics on Twitter Monday morning
New York, November 24 -- Seven months after gaining fame from “American Idol”, Pop Singer Adam Lambert gave a lewd performance at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night.
His bawdy performance was highly criticized.
But defensive and unstoppable Lambert said, “People are scared, and it's really sad. I just wish people could open their minds up and enjoy things. It's all for a laugh -- it's really not that big of a deal.”
“I believe in artistic freedom and expression. I believe in honoring the lyrics of a song, and those lyrics aren't really for everybody either.”
Bizarre kissing act
The performance was scheduled amidst throbbing theater lights and special effects fog. Lambert kissed one of the dancers as he performed during the closing act.
Members of the Parents Television Council were annoyed and shocked by this act.
“They're outraged. They just can't believe the nature of the content, the explicit nature, and how much graphic content there was,” said President Timothy Winters.
Many, however, reacted casually on the artist's outlandish performance.
RCA Records general manager Tom Corson says, "You want an artist who is going to challenge himself as well as his fans and people who may become his fans.
“You've got to hand it to him, so far it's working for him, but it's got to come down to the music. There's plenty of people who have celebrity but don't have a tenth of the talent of Adam."
A Boston Globe television critic called the performance "pretty harmless. "It's all posing and mugging and selling, not real honest provocation," he said.
Performance was "in the moment"
Publicly declared gay after Idol, Lambert said that Sunday’s performance was “in the moment”.
"Adrenaline is a crazy, crazy, crazy feeling. Some of the things I love most about performing is when you're up there and all of the sudden you just have these feelings, this rush that comes over you," he said to CNN after the show.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which has strict rules on the broadcast of indecent material, may or may not fine ABC for Lambert's performance. The rock star's show took place at 11 p.m., easily outside the purview of FCC’s 6 a.m.-10 p.m. time frame.
Lambert unveils his new album "For Your Entertainment" this week. The album features a collection of songs that Lambert made while on tour for Idol’s eighth season.