It’s nothing like the youtube .38 video where he is actually grabbing Little Adam.

Clay Aiken caresses the mic stand and humps his co-singers (female) and his fans love it (it never did anything for me). And he’s a religious role model, according to himself.

I admit right now that I don’t like crotch grabbing, I think it’s gross, and it always seemed to me that Michael Jackson was the one to popularize that particular move. But massaging the mic stand, that’s not so bad, unless they go overboard, and then it’s just laughable.

Clearly everyone has their own perception of whether or not AI is a family show. Points can be made on both sides. Maybe Fox should decide, and market it clearly one way or the other, or put out some sort of disclaimer when advertising the tour, so parents will know what to expect.

It doesn’t sound like a big deal unless you are sitting in the front row. It’s probably one small gesture in a 3-hour concert. Basically I don’t like seeing little kids at these shows, which is why I hardly ever go to them. I like concerts for adults, not kiddie shows. A lot of parents don’t even notice when their kids are making noise and fidgeting during heartfelt ballads for instance and it’s very distracting.

Finally, in some ways yes America is too prudish, in other ways, it’s pretty discouraging the crap that goes on that kids are exposed to on tv and internet. A lot of that stuff even adults shouldn’t watch, especially when it’s violent, graphic, and sick. As a nation we seem far more obsessed with violence and murder than with sex. Healthy sexuality is nothing to be afraid of.

They are ending the tour in the East Coast, and as I understand that is where another solid block of Adam’s rabid fan base is. I envy those people. Adam will probably hurl them to to the outer space of human sensuality with no ride back.

I sure hope so! LOL

LOL! I also second that, as one of those east coast go-ers

I hadn’t heard about the previous year stuff as much, especially the Constantine antics (that was before I started following the show). So I guess Adam is hardly the first, or the last.

I may not care if Adam humps the mike or grabs his crotch but I don’t since he didn’t display that level of so-called raunch on the show

Adam humped the mic on the show. Danny treated us to his pelvic thrusts. I won’t get into the guest stars and their antics. I think if you watch the show with any attention, the tour probably is about par with what you see on television. Haven’t seen it yet… just vids.

So in the big arenas his act may come across as milder.

I believe that may be the case.

Where is the San Jose thread?

It’s up. MJ just started it.

However, that may be the videos because no reviewer has mentioned it. So in the big arenas his act may come across as milder.

No insult to anybody but I don’t really care that in Country X we are accustomed to public nudity and you Americans are so prudish…etc. Different strokes for different folks so to speak.

Here’s one

http://twitter.com/ontd_fluffy/status/2606902951

IDF is reporting via twitter that there are protesters at San Jose with signs against “big gay Adam” .

Please let this be not true!

ETA: TWOP is reporting an Dadam sighting at San Jose!!!!!

http://idol.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/10159/idol-tour-storms-through-oakland/

But again, my original point is that the expectation by some families of a family-friendly environment on the tour isn’t silly.

I agree with that.

I don’t agree, however, with the posts above by others suggesting that the show did not “warn” of what might be possible on tour. Adam did Ring of Fire, after all. Love it or hate it, that performance was undeniably suggestive and sensual — even w/o the neck raring back, lip-licking, and “accidental” flipping of the shirt while feeling his way, so to speak. LOL And he did WLL on the show, too — with the acapella “Woman….” and all that goes with that, except now he’s adding a mic stand, that literally adds very little, imo. He did quite a mighty hip thrust in PTFM, as I recall, and he came dangerously close to a crotch grab on Satisfaction too. So…

In my view, no one’s coming in ignorant to the possibilities unless they did not watch the show. And if that’s the case, the problem is not about Idol providing mixed messages about what to expect this year, from this group.

Ultimately, I think it’s a tempest in a teapot. Because young kids are not going to get it, and if they do, “protecting” them ended long before Adam hit the stage.