adam lambert

“Let's Dance Adam's awesome tribute to David Bowie (who died 3 yrs ago today) at The Enmore Theatre in Sydney, AU on 1/30/16 #letsdance #Sydney #AdamLambert #DavidBowie #TOHTour #theoriginalhightour”

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M6hsZVL7jls&feature=youtu.be

It is odd that lambert has been doing this for so long and still not have much feel for a song, for what works and what doesn't. Most of that was karaoke and then he did his usual "look Simon Cowell, I can hit a high note" routine, which is totally out of place in this song. I want to like the guy but he's not giving me much to like.

Only bats and mice like Lambert purely cos of the high tones that pierce human ears !
(By the way reaching a high note or in Lambert's case screeching a high note does not make him king of the microphone)

People like different kinds of voices. Some folks like the lower register with a rasp like Paul Rodgers and others prefer voices that are higher and find high notes that are part of the song really cool. Personally, I don't like the lower voices and find Rodgers, Springsteen, etc really uninspiring. Check out Danny Gokey slaughtering the end of a journey song on Idol! Now that was a screech! It all depends on what speaks to you and for a lot of folks, there is no comparison between Adam's higher notes and Gokeys. Apples and Oranges!

Those high notes are Adam’s signature and what he is known for. You can’t complain that he isn’t original and then also complain about what makes him totally original compared to other male singers. Adam’s high range is not a fake falsetto.

Holly2003 wrote:

It is odd that lambert has been doing this for so long and still not have much feel for a song, for what works and what doesn't. Most of that was karaoke and then he did his usual "look Simon Cowell, I can hit a high note" routine, which is totally out of place in this song. I want to like the guy but he's not giving me much to like.

I'm just glad he toned it down a bit. Many times especially in the early days it was if he was showing off., IMO.

Sure horses for courses but you can not get away from the fact that Lambert is pretty annoying with those high notes as his tongue hangs out like a demented lizard.
i turn my head away from the tv when that happened.

EMI2019 wrote:

Sure horses for courses but you can not get away from the fact that Lambert is pretty annoying with those high notes as his tongue hangs out like a demented lizard.
i turn my head away from the tv when that happened.

I wouldn't call it annoying how he used the high notes in Believe to use that as an example. I still think it was out of place.
Demented lizard...I think it's gross when he does that. I wish he'd tone that back or stop doing it. I don't know if he does it because he thinks it's sexy, but it's far from sexy, IMO.
And yes, to the two main Glamberts here, I know Freddie did it too ;-).

The tongue pushed forward is a singing technique that is used to help hit the high notes. He doesn't do it for any other reason.

I posted a link a while ago (don’t have it now) from a vocal coach who was analyzing Adam’s singing. He explained that by extending his tongue it was a technique for relaxing the vocal cords. Maybe that is how he prevents the damage that so many other current vocalists have suffered?

I’ve been amazed at how he could sing so many difficult songs on a tour and not need surgery. Fingers crossed for the future!

Posted May 5, 2015 The tongue against the teeth" thing depends on your tongue size. If your tongue is shorter you may want to let it float back in your mouth slightly on certain vowels and if it's longer you may want to shift the tip to on top of the teeth or even further out (check out Adam Labert's high notes!)

snifflese wrote:



Posted May 5, 2015 The tongue against the teeth" thing depends on your tongue size. If your tongue is shorter you may want to let it float back in your mouth slightly on certain vowels and if it's longer you may want to shift the tip to on top of the teeth or even further out (check out Adam Labert's high notes!)

I thought the above poster was posting about when AL sticks his tounge out on purpose. Nothing to do with singing when AL does it like that.

I probably got it wrong, my bad. I get he uses it for the high notes, but when AL does it on purpose...cringe.
Speaking of his voice, I wonder if he will use it a different way for his solo music. A year or so ago, he said he would use his falsetto more.

I love this but too far away to see if he used his tongue to reach this really high note — Isle of Wight, 2016:

http://youtu.be/bc-AmpIVJWM

Probably not a great idea as his falsetto is pretty weak. Since he has very rarely used it, he has trouble hitting it right. He is much more accurate when he uses his full voice or mixed voice. There was falsetto in his song, The Original High, and for his first few tour dates, he sang it with falsetto like the song was recorded. In short order he stopped that and sang it normally for him. Sounds much better anyway. Personally I am not a big fan of falsetto. Singers only use it because they can't hit the high note. I don't know why someone who could do it effortlessly would ever resort to falsetto. I think the powers that be wanted Adam to do what everyone else was doing as there is a lot of it in popular music right now, but sometimes it sounds like a strangled cat (Sam Smith comes to mind and that is what my husband called his singing when he heard one of Sam's songs with a lot of falsetto!!). Adam sounds much better when he goes for the note straight up and of course, it sounds a lot more powerful,nstead of as if the singer were gasping for air! Guess you can tell I don't much like falsetto!