Comments on: Adam Lambert – For Your Entertainment – Amazon Sale

By: Beauty

Beauty — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:18:04 +0000

Adam Lambert is discounted to $3.99, one day into his launch? Wow, that seems rather unusual.

Rihanna’s disc is discounted to $3.99 also. If it hadn’t been, I probably wouldn’t have bought it…despite all the hype we all know surrounds her! I don’t know “the theory behind this”, but it just might entice fence sitters, like myself, to buy an album they otherwise would not have bought had they actually had to to go to a storefront and pay $9.99-$14.99 for the disc. At $3.99, if I didn’t like Rihanna’s disc, I could chalk it up to something akin to a less than desireable “meal” at McDonalds. Something cheap and disposable that’s meant to satisfy for the short term. If it turns out to be more than that, then YEEAA!!! If not, then Oh Well… Not a big deal. Despite the recession, it’s not THAT hard to come up with $4 of disposable income.

BTW, I picked up Adams’s “FYE” Monday. I made sure I went to Best Buy to actually purchase the disc. I’m wary of Amazon and their discounted discs when it comes to Soundscan reporting. I thought only Best Buy, Target, Walmart, Starbucks and perhaps 1-3 others (iTunes?)make up Soundscan reporting. I don’t remember Amazon (or their digital sales) being a part of that.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:31:47 +0000

Adam Lambert is discounted to $3.99, one day into his launch? Wow, that seems rather unusual. I don’t follow that sort of thing, but the Amazon Sale Topic caught my eye and brought me here. Can someone explain the theory behind this? Are sales so poor, that this sale is to move some units? Before you get all over me, I am not being sarcastic, or inflammatory, I honestly don’t remember this happening so soon with past idols. Maybe someone can fill me in. Thanks.

By: nnadinola

nnadinola — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:34:03 +0000

from Ryan’s twitter

RyanSeacrestjust got off the phone with @adamlambert. He’s not taking @ABC’s decision personally. “they probably have a lot of pressure coming at them”
13 minutes ago from UberTwitter

By: nnadinola

nnadinola — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:31:26 +0000

just read that this is trending..

#ShameOnYouABC

source

http://search.twitter.com/search?max_id=6014982155&page=1&q=%40adamlambert

By: jinxx315

jinxx315 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:07:24 +0000

Through all of the hype and press, for both Susan and Adam…People aren’t going to buy an album if the music sucks. No matter how much hype and press they get…if the music sucks then albums wont sell. Every artist has their backstory I don’t care who they are. Ultimately it IS about the music. You can do all sorts of things to get noticed, which most famous people do at some point, but if they are putting out horrible music that no one likes they will tank. Susan is a very talented singer and I loved her version of Wild Horses. Adam is also a very talented singer, and he has some amazing songs on his album. So if the music is good and people like it, they will still buy it even through all of the press either positive or negative. Look at Madonna when she was going through her Erotica stage. They wouldn’t even play some of her videos because they were so pornographic. I don’t think that impacted her album sales or if she got on a show or not.

By: Miss Chaos

Miss Chaos — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:36:48 +0000

In his interview this morning he never mentioned the GMA concert, I questioned it then about it being cancelled, Adam really toned it down for the interview I thought, someone is telling him to hold it in, he wasnt the aggressive person the night he was after the show. TEEHEE this is all to funny, I hope Adam addresses the cancellation. Barbara Walters was mad at her network, ABC, for there discrimation of the show, Another contraversy. Why cant Adam just sing and leave all the other shit alone, altho I think the news loves stirring the pot!

By: LeHommeAdam

LeHommeAdam — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:35:19 +0000

heres video of Adam this morning with Elvis Duran:

http://z100.elvisduran.com/pages/oneonones.html

By: jms

jms — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:31:45 +0000

“TommyJoeRatliff

Ok I’m REALLY sorry for the mix up!!! I JUST found out that we are not playing GMA. We ARE playing The Early Show!”

By: babybelle32

babybelle32 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:29:27 +0000

That’s to their detriment if they did. And this time, I really do feel that it’s discrimination if they do so.

GMA has been around for a long time, so I think they’ll be able to withstand the brunt of the Adam Storm, Adam Bomb, or whatever it is today.

By: Keel

Keel — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:22:16 +0000

I sure hope they didn’t cancel Adam. That’s to their detriment if they did. And this time, I really do feel that it’s discrimination if they do so. (And no, I’m not an Adam apologist and thought he did lousy on Sunday night and the simulated fellatio was rightfully removed from the west coast feed.) When has GMA ever cancelled an appearance like this before based on not being ‘assured’ that the musical guest will behave? They likely got a ton of complaints from anti-gay groups (masquerading as parent or other conservative groups) and they caved. (Assuming that his appearance is indeed cancelled, of course.)

By: Truthiness

Truthiness — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:07:21 +0000

New rumor- the CBS Early show will have Adam on tomorrow

Well it’s just a rumor at this point, yes?

And I feel badly for the people who were looking forward to his GMA show and planning for it. Sucks for them, and so last minute as well!

By: larc

larc — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:06:59 +0000

If the GMA performance really is canceled, something Adam said this morning in his Elvis Duran radio show interview may be a key. He claims some things he did on the AMA show were spur of the minute and he didn’t even know in advance he was going to do them. That kind of spontaneity and unpredictability may be fine for a live stage performance where the audience has bought tickets, but questionable for TV broadcast into people’s homes. I can understand that ABC might be wary of risking what might happen on GMA based on the AMA performance.

There’s an old saying… Once burned, twice shy!

By: Organic

Organic — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:05:21 +0000

Real music fans do not take kindly to ‘one of their own’ getting the shaft. Just take a quick look at musical history.

Exactly. Anyone tell their kids NOT to do something. That makes them want to do it all the more!!

By: saga

saga — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:05:12 +0000

@TommyJoeRatliff GMA is still on! Didn’t get canceled Letterman went great, we had a lot of fun!!!

By: Buderschnookie

Buderschnookie — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:02:57 +0000

Crap- cannot edit!

Just noticed it is an Adam thread and my SuBo comments are OT!!
Apologies MJ!!!