Seriously, I like Johnny Cash (especially when he looks like Joaquin Phoenix) as much as anyone, but I wouldn't want to hear his song sung like him by anyone but him.
I kind of liked the acid-trip slant Adam had. It reminded me of my teenhood. Not inferring I was tripping on acid in my teens, but be realistic, the rest of the world around me was and there was some great tunes born from it. Starship anyone?
Music has a way of catapulting me into memories I thought were long forgotten.
Never mind whatever "Midnight At the Oasis" was about (what was it about?). Play that song and I'm immediately thrown back in time lying next to my dad's battery operated radio staring at the stars in the night sky (because in the day sky they're harder to see).
Helen Reddy? I was ready to roar and burn my bra. It was just poor timing since I didn't even own one yet.
"Bennie and the Jets".
A movie. I'm watching a movie in the dinky theater of my small town.
A movie I didn't quite understand but it had a heavy feeling to it. Anyone have any ideas what that might have been? I remember rain and maybe a teenage guy and girl.
I watched a lot of movies I didn't understand, I'm thinking a little more adult supervision might have been good.
"Magnet and Steel". I'm around 14-15 and my best friend has met an older guy that went by the name of Steel. He used to sing "You are a maggot and I am Steel". I never met the guy, but his version is stuck in my head.
Michael Jackson's Thriller album.
Sigh.
Dreamy David Chavez is standing at my front door holding his newly purchased MJ album, nervously saying goodnight (will he kiss me? ) and that prized album slips from it's cardboard cover (showcasing Michael's shining white socks) and rolls haphazardly down my front lawn. The magic of the moment gone.
So Adam Lambert is not Johnny Cash.
Was it really so surprising?The things is, he evoked a reaction. Good or bad, you remembered him. I'm just happy to be remembering.
I downloaded it. It's fun watching my kids watching me, wondering why I'm smiling.
Addendum: The movie was Aloha Bobby and Rose. Tagline: "Bobby has a '68 Camaro. Rose has a five-year-old kid. On their first date, they become lovers and fugitives". Now there's a good movie for a 10 year-old to see. Please refer to earlier comment of maybe having more parental supervision? Sorry if I just filled up your reader with two of the same post.
