Ann Powers of the LA Times on Adam
November 5th, 2009 | 
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Ann Powers, the LA Times music critic, has a great article on Adam up. Here’s some random highlights:
“I want to put it out there that I don’t take myself all that seriously,” he said. That’s one of his mantras. “The dress-up supports that; the fantasy element supports it. People want to talk about whether I have rock cred, whether I’m selling out, the theatricality, the gay stuff. . . . Chill out! And just enjoy yourself. It’s not that deep.”
Then he corrected himself, slightly. “Sometimes it is deep. Some of the songs on the album are,” he admitted, pointing to the song “Soaked,” a sweeping epic about the loneliness of one-night stands that’s actually a cover of an unreleased track from Muse, and a very serious one at that. He also singled out “Broken Open,” a ballad he co-wrote, which he said is about encouraging a lover to become vulnerable enough to cry.
Note: Patti/BBC made note of the fact that a certain 
has said he never cries! 
“Los Angeles can be a really sad city. If you go to the clubs you meet a bunch of people trying to be actors and not fulfilling their dreams, and they’re bitter and sad. . . . But in [the Burning Man] community no one cares. You’re living your life, and you feel fabulous about it, and you might be doing it on $5 a day.”
“I think the next generation coming up is a little bit more open-minded,” he said. “More accepting, more colorful, more multi-genre, multiethnic, multi-sexuality, which is more utopian. Or I think so. I hope so.”
“He can sing almost any note on a guitar from the lowest to highest,” said Cavallo, who thinks Lambert’s sense of style and soul, combined with that range, puts him in the realm of the greats. “And if you’re in the studio with him and say, ‘Can we get a little more dirty?’ he’ll go ‘Waaaaah!’ And then the microphone is melted and the speakers have exploded.“
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nice article-these kinds are few and far between-well written and the reporter takes back stage to the writing and story- which is why sometimes jim and michelle bug me because they seem to want to make themselves the focus by trying to write witty and ott-more like op ed pieces than music reporting
Terrific article. Loha is right, these kinds of articles are few and far between. Loved the insights from Adam and hearing what producers had to say about him. Thanks for posting Candy.
Great article. Any article that actually focuses on Adam and what Adam is saying/doing is a winner to me. I want more.
Ann Powers really gets what Adam is all about, what a wonderful article. I would say it is one of the best I ever read about Adam. Loved it.
I wanna marry that article and have its babies. I have saved every single piece Ann has written during and after Idol.