
With Obama in the cling to Grand Ole Opry week as a bastion of safety in an otherwise chaotic liberal socialist sea. But look out cowboys, and hang on to your studs and Judds, because Adam Lambert is here to bring the Grand Ole Opry some Southern California flare with his very special performance of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire."
Adam Lambert has been labeled an early favorite to win Season 8 of American Idol, and has become America's latest gay icon. But Wednesday night the American Idol judges had few kind words for his slithery performance of the Johnny Cash classic. Simon Cowell called Lambert's performance "indulgent rubbish" and predicted that many fans of country music were presently throwing their televisions out the window in revulsion. Randy Travis, who coached the contestants for Grand Ole Opry week, could barely contain his homophobia during his taped segment with Lambert. The nail polish and eyeliner were all too much for Travis, who pasted a terrified smile across his face and then politely stated: "I'm speechless," when asked about Lambert's musical interpretation.
Lambert definitely seemed to be grasping for some sort of Led Zeppelin/Jeff Buckley type arrangement of "Ring of Fire," but his performance lacked the transcendence that comes along with the heavy drug use that real rock and roll musicians swear by. Also--Jeff Buckley never stole She-Ra's jacket and tried to pass it off as his own.
Adam Lambert's American Idol performance highlights how easily the American public can mistake "musical theater guy" for "creepy Vegas strip club lounge singer guy." Most people might not have seen it, but Lambert's compulsive lip-curling and thigh rubbing exposed him to be the latter.
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