Adam Lambert – Never Close Our Eyes – Jimmy Kimmel Live – VIDEO

By On 04/27/2012 · 212 Comments · In Adam Lambert, American Idol

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Adam Lambert rocked the house at Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday night when he took the stage to sing his brand new single, the Bruno Mars penned, “Never Close Our Eyes”. Adam dazzled the crowed with an insanely impressive vocal performance.

Watch it below.

Never Close Our Eyes

Trespass

Naked Love

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  • Axxxel

    Honestly speaking… what I find inspiring about Adam Lambert are :
    1. his co-written song “Aftermath” on his debut album (especially in accoustic form)
    2. his interview speaking skills and his politeness e.g.  this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNPhft3l7eQ from BarnabyandFriends during the idol tour , the idolatry interviews (5 parts) by Michael Slezak (2009) and the one from MMVA in 2010 (in 4 parts).
    3. his live performance… he sounds great and he was so fierce  !!
    4. his performance with Queen on the MTV EMA’s and the continuation of this collaboration.
     
    As for listening to his music.. Great way of escapism… Loved FYE-debut album, am not totally on board (yet?) with his new album “Trespassing”… will buy it anyway to support him… and play it in the car during traffic jams. Only heard 4 songs : NCOE, titlesong, BTIKM and my favorite … “Naked Love”…

  • Anonymous

    Adam looks and sounds great here, as always. Absolutely LOVE NCOE, but I
    hate Naked Love – it sounds so dated, annoying and vapid to me.
    Trespassing is a guilty pleasure – cheeseball lyrics, sure, but so much
    fun and such a great beat. But can someone please tell Adam that he
    doesn’t need to act out the entire song with his face quite so
    emphatically. LOL.

  • Anonymous

    How do we get radio to start playing NCOE?!?  It’s really beginning to frustrate me (so I wonder what Adam must be feeling like).  He spent so much time doing in-person interviews last month, and so far, my local stations where he visited haven’t played it.  It is a great radio song, just like BTIKM was, all it needs is to be given a chance.    On an aside, it looks like Adam loves the audience participation that he gets in NL, so this might be why he chose to highlight it on JK. 

  • mmb

    NCOE has been available to radio for less than 2 weeks.  There are stations that just added btikm a few weeks ago that just started playing it.  The adds date for NCOE isn’t until May 29, and while radio can and has started adding and playing the song prior to that date, I wouldn’t expect a ton of airplay prior to then.  What I would expect to see is promo, a few adds per week and increasing airplay leading up to the end of the month. It got a few adds last week, which was the first week it was available to get any, its going to get 3 auto adds this week.  He isn’t Usher or Maroon 5 with several mulltiplatinum albums, grammys and number one hits to their name.  He isn’t going to get 80-100 adds the first week the song is out.  Look at other artists with one album and one or two radio hits.  Look at their adds and radio play history.  That is what to expect for Adam.  What is heartening is that its getting played by WKTU, a huge NYC pop station.  It is also getting played by a bunch of canadian chr stations that never touched BTIKM.  It seems to be off to a good start overseas as well.  Its a good song, and I think it will do well.  But I don’t understand complaints about radio play less than 2 weeks into the songs run and a month before its adds date.

  • Anonymous

    With regard to his facial expressions – well, he’s theatrical – just part of who he is.  Fortunately, he can do both that type of performance and the more subdued ones.  Here he may have been playing as much to the audience as the camera.

  • Anonymous

    I loved FYE and still play it.  I love what I have heard so far from Trespassing.  I played NCOE for my son-in-law and he really liked the song and was impressed with Adam’s live vocals.  He said there are not many singers today that sound good live.  I hope the album does well because talent like Adam’s needs to be heard for a very long time.  I respect that everyone has their own taste in music and you either like a song or a sound/genre or you don’t like it.  However, just because someone does not like a song does not mean it’s not good or that it does not touch someone else on an emotional level.  Led Zeppelin’s management did not release “Stairway to Heaven” as a single and it is was trashed by many critics at the time, but it is now considered to be one of the greatest rock songs of all time.  Had people not purchased the album or attended LZ concerts, they would not have heard the song and it would not be known today as the true masterpiece that it is, IMO.  I saw Led Zeppelin perform this song live at “Live Aid” in Philadelphia and it is a moment I will never forget.  I have seen Adam perform live 4X and they are moments I will never forget either because he is that good live and he sings his music on an emotional level.  You believe what he is singing or you want to get up and dance.  Keep it coming Adam!!!

  • Anonymous

    LOL .. maybe his music’s not inspiring for you but Adam’s music and his existence’ actualy inspiring to a lot of teenagers, not only for LGBT kids but also their parents and friends. He’s even inspiring to people that are not belongs to the community.  If you don’t like his music, you can buy the other guy music. Different stroke for different folks. ;)

    Again I’m so glad that Adam make musics that he wants to hear and didn’t make the music that some people expect him to make. :)

  • Anonymous

    You know, Trespassing is only half dance pop–although “Shady” could make you a believer. If you like Mr. Lambert, but aren’t crazy about dance-y Adam, check out the snippets of “Chokehold,” “Broken English” and especially “Underneath.” (Yes, Adam knows theatre–he’s not playing for a TV audience; he’s playing to the “cheap seats.” Oh, and I actually think the “cheese ball” lyrics in “Trespassing” are pretty clever.)

  • asifclueless

    The Dark Side of TRESPASSING. Great vocals, not so dancey like the Light Side

     Underneath- Adam Lambert (Lyrics)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqmDrnwHBM0&feature=related

    Adam Lambert  – Chokehold [LYRICS]

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoaXTbeMn_A&feature=related

  • Anonymous

    The more I hear Naked Love, the more I like it.  Thanks for posting the videos MJ.

  • http://twitter.com/svmreiter Susan Reiter

    Well, it’s always sad to hear that someone is disappointed in Adam–though I am not sure why as he is doing exactly what he said he intended to do – electronic dance music and be an entertainer first and foremost.  It’s fun and high spirited and entertaining!  No one is trying to get a pulitzer prize here. I do feel he attempts to highlight many issues both personal and more widespread and also seems to be very pointed that his songs weave together and tell a story.  Not sure you get that from many singers!  I also find his music VERY original –  especially when I listen to other things on the radio which seem to often have a sameness.

  • Anonymous

    Well – I’m sure not disappointed in the guy – lol – and that’s all that matters to me.  His voice is fab and the new album is dynamite.   Great songs and terrific production.  Works of art?  Who the heck knows – only time’ll tell on that one.   Meanwhile – going cuckoo and enjoying the ride on the crazy train.

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