The Ryan Tedder joke was also very funny.

Interesting to get the male perspective and I’ve long contended that straight males shouldn’t try to figure the Adam-women thing out and instead, just run with it. If your wife/girlfriend/date has it bad for Adam, let him do all the heavy lifting and you can swoop in and close escrow. Who needs foreplay after watching Adam do WLL?

Your average Idol Tour-attending mother there with her 13 year-old daughter would’ve stood up, danced til boob slapped rib, made some guttural noises and got so buttery between the thighs that Paula Deen woulda been in there cooking.

Hilarious, and I love it!

I like your rating system. My only problem is that Allison and Kris get negatives for the band/sound mixer performance (overly loud and competing with the singer). I blame the tour director who seems to think louder = gooder. (English majors back off, I used ‘gooder’ on purpose.)

You also offered an interesting perspective on the ‘applause-o-meter’. I think being in the seats you were, especially with people who weren’t in the ‘who can be the loudest’ competition, gave you a more natural gauge of audience response.

I was quite surprised you don’t mention the zombie robots, aka backup singers. But then I realize you probably couldn’t see them unless they showed on the jumbotron. They’re creepy and distracting to me in the videos.

Interesting and enjoyable to me were your comments on fashion, makeup, and hair. I don’t expect a straight guy to write about that. But having many brothers and mostly male friends, I know they DO take notice.

The thing that I immediately admired about NatX is his descriptive way with words (a la, describing some of the large Memphis male fans as having “a Farley/Belushi/Busey cocaine sweat glow to them,” to the point where he was concerned for their health)

Also enjoyed you pegging Sarver as being “ate up with the Country Denial.” Given the current state of country songwriting (and I loved a lot of 90′s country), I can’t really blame him.
-Michael

Really though, compliments or criticisms on a totally unrelated writeup shouldn’t preclude my being able to comment as I see fit later on ‘“  right?

It may have been not nice, but it wasn’t really un-nice … and it wasn’t really not true, either. The wimmins are going to toss stuff on stage, make a big show of freaking out for Adam, rant and rave about how they love his sexual energy and how ‘“  gay or not ‘“ sexy is sexy and OHHHH the things he does on stage, and so on, yet I’m out of line for a slightly hyperbolic statement about them getting excited? Come on … that really can’t be that big a deal, can it?

I didn’t mean to offend. Was just commenting on how the viewpoint can be so different from one gender to the other (and yes I’m fully aware that it can vary within a gender, but we’re speaking in generalities here. Most men don’t fawn over Adam. Most women do. Most women (that we hear from here in Idolworld, anyway) aren’t aghast at what he does. More of the guys are.)

If you made a similar comment about guys grunting and getting tight in the britches when Megan came on stage, I would not find that un-nice. I would find it humorous and not too far a departure from the truth.

But yeah, anyway, it wasn’t directed at anybody in particular ‘“ you included ‘“  so I’m sorry that you took offense.

Your average Idol Tour-attending mother there with her 13 year-old daughter would’ve stood up, danced til boob slapped rib, made some guttural noises and got so buttery between the thighs that Paula Deen woulda been in there cooking.

Not NICE, NatX And after all the compliments you got on your review!

As for Sarver, I actually liked that he was doing stuff he didn’t do on the show. For one, he wasn’t around just a long time so his body of work was small (ironic, I know). Secondly, most of what he did do wasn’t much to write home about. The Garth Brooks deal would’ve been good for him, it was a decent performance on the show. But he’s ate up with the Country Denial so there’s no way he was going to do any of that on tour. Plus, Gokey used up the allotment of country songs. I think he sounds fine doing those songs. I just wish he had a third.

Good review, though. I think one thing that sort of got lost in the Tedder joke is that the father actually had a horrified look during Adam’s shenanigans. I’m sure he was shocked and somewhat appalled that he himself had to witness it, but also that his 13 year-old daughter was taking that in (not physically, obviously). Your average Idol Tour-attending mother there with her 13 year-old daughter would’ve stood up, danced til boob slapped rib, made some guttural noises and got so buttery between the thighs that Paula Deen woulda been in there cooking.

She was going to do it with Kris too but by the time his set had come around security was onto her!

I realize a whip could be very dangerous, so security probably would come after the person throwing it.. They don’t go after the gals that throw underwear, do they?

Great job, Michael! Glad you came back to give more info.

By the way I just went back over the comments and saw the one where karend called me a “straight guy protecting his ego,” for my comment about Adam. Lol, sadly Karen, that’s pretty accurate. As a straight guy who’s spent half his life trying to impress women, it does seem slightly ironic when women go so very nutso over a guy who’s not into women. At the same time, I respect the heck out of what Adam brings to the table and can totally understand ladies’ obsession with him. I promise I’m not a bitter person if that’s the way it sounded

I wrote the last Tampa review. My name is Beth. Ironically, I was also sitting in Section 215. I was in the 2nd row on the aisle, but could see the entire floor pretty well. I agree that our section was pretty lame about standing or hooping/hollering. So, I based the comment of the excited crowd on what I could see on the floor and the overall sound that filled the arena. Listening to the videos from Tampa also gave me an even better clue as to how it was down close.

I think people don’t stand when they are that high up and the seating is sloped is because there is no need to for sight reasons. I really wanted to jump out of my seat for Adam, but since I was in the front and no one else was standing, I felt kind of foolish. I kind of missed that concert feeling of jumping and dancing, but it was certainly more comfortable to sit. Make mental note for solo Adam tour: buy tickets on Stub Hub and start saving now.

I didn’t really think about it til you wrote it, but you’re right…the band amped it way up for Allison’s So What. Maybe that’s why I felt such a contrast between the 1st and 2nd acts.

I enjoyed your review. It was a good read (but I’d give Adam an A :biggrin_wp:).