Explosions Nearly Make Adam Lambert's Guyliner Run

"Idol" runner-up too busy singing in new video to save the world

By GREG JANDA

Updated 8:00 AM CST, Thu, Nov 5, 2009

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You know what makes Adam Lambert's latest video for the upcoming "2012" soundtrack awesome? Explosions.

The "American Idol" runner up (and incredible example of the power of guyliner) will be dropping his first album Nov. 23, but you don't have to wait to see the four-minute pyrotechnic-fest "Time for Miracles."

Time For Miracles

Adam Lambert | MySpace Video

Frankly, it's a miracle no one was crushed under the weight of those CGI effects courtesy of the Cusack-driven apocalyptic "2012" that opens Nov. 13. Obviously, it makes sense to cross-promote a big budget disaster flick with the guy who couldn't even win a show that gave us Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard. Was David Cook busy? At least he had the hard-rocking chops to give us something closer to Chad Kroeger's "Hero," the anthem that gave "Spider-Man" an epic boost.

Plus, whoever the director was certainly didn't get the memo that explosions are welcome additions to hard rock epics or anything by Motorhead, but pretty much the opposite of what you want to see in a ballad. A "Time for Miracles" does not translate well to a "Time for many, many things to explode around me, leaving me remarkably unscathed, yet ineffective in saving ANY victims of the apocalypse." It's like every propane company in the city decided to leave out their wares while Lambert walked around lighting fires.

Maybe instead of screeching from the rooftops about miracles, he could have helped out the innocent skateboard riders that happened to pass by during the end of the world.

I guess I'm just showing my age, but in my day, videos had some cohesive meaning. Billy Idol did have a motorcycle ride through a stained glass window with his face on it, after all.

Greg Janda writes for NBC Local Media and avoided using the term "glambert" during the article, though it was extremely difficult.

First Published: Nov 4, 2009 12:58 PM CST

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Your unfounded bias against "Glambert" is showing."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69128032","adminTags":null,"views":837,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Explosions Nearly Make Adam Lambert's Guyliner Run","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2653311,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"5 Nov 2009 15:35:17 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1188674","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"yes - they do exist...a reviewer that hasn't been snowed by this lambert media overkill and hype! i am sick to death of the massive delusions spewed out of the mouths of once respectable news outlets about this lambert guy... this song and the video are overblown, overdone, cheesy as hell... lambert has been billed as the saviour of rock music, but all i see is a pretentious hack who can hit high notes being pumped up and propped up by the idol machine to make a fast buck, and idiots out of all these journalists who have lost all credibility with the excessive and over the top praises for someone who isn't worthy... i hope the media puts down the kool aid, and stop playing into this overblown hype for this dude... it's pathetic, and thank god this journalist isn't buying it. "},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69128032","adminTags":null,"views":837,"createdBy":14099475,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Explosions Nearly Make Adam Lambert's Guyliner Run","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2653311,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"5 Nov 2009 15:37:33 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"SharonMcmahon","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1188693","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"If you want to see the world being saved, watch the movie. This is the MUSIC video. Adam is doing what he is supposed to be doing-entertaining us with his amazing voice!"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69128032","adminTags":null,"views":837,"createdBy":14099812,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Explosions Nearly Make Adam Lambert's Guyliner Run","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2653311,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"5 Nov 2009 15:44:38 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"so_what","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1188753","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"I can be a bit of a critic when it comes to music videos and its relevance to the song, but I surely didn't complain when I saw Adam's video. You're probably just one of the millions of people who dislike Adam, so no news here. Also, it IS a video that IS directed and interpreted by the people who are assigned to do it. So if you're complaining, make your own version of the song and post it on Youtube or something. And yes, I am aware that my Adam fan rage is showing bigtime, but whatever. All I'm saying is, in behalf of all the other people who like the music video, we all have our own tastes, and apparently, yours doesn't suite Adam's prolificness."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69128032","adminTags":null,"views":837,"createdBy":14100129,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Explosions Nearly Make Adam Lambert's Guyliner Run","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2653311,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"5 Nov 2009 15:54:01 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"bamboo1107","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1188820","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Your so-called "review" of the Time for Miracles video was horrible -- probably the worst I've ever read. You actually do this for a living? Whoever is paying you is a fool."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69128032","adminTags":null,"views":837,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Explosions Nearly Make Adam Lambert's Guyliner Run","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2653311,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"5 Nov 2009 16:39:44 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1189137","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"I guess you ARE just showing your age as you said. Terrible lead in "explosions nearly make Adam Lambert's guyliner almost run". I guess this goes along with the terrible article. And as information Adam has proven to have tons more fans than Kris Allen and he would have won American Idol if there weren't so many homophobic "christians" in the conservative bible belt. He is already a worldwide star and his album hasn't even been released yet. Sorry for you and your poorly written article. "},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69128032","adminTags":null,"views":837,"createdBy":14102179,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Explosions Nearly Make Adam Lambert's Guyliner Run","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2653311,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"5 Nov 2009 17:06:49 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"Whiskee","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1189368","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"I am one of Adam Lambert's biggest fans, and I am waiting on the edge of my seat for his album release... but I have to agree with you -- it's an awful song, and an awful video to showcase Adam in. He has much more talent than was allowed here. "},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69128032","adminTags":null,"views":837,"createdBy":14102622,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Explosions Nearly Make Adam Lambert's Guyliner Run","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2653311,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"5 Nov 2009 17:45:28 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"wblackma","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1189768","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"OUCH!! Unhappy and bitter much? What sort of video did you expect from the theme to an over the top disaster film? But of course you didn't seriously review the video or the song, because this article is just an excuse to vent your irrational hatred of a brilliant singer. Perhaps you'd be better served starting a blog and not pretending to be a journalist. I know I would be."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69128032","adminTags":null,"views":837,"createdBy":14103058,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Explosions Nearly Make Adam Lambert's Guyliner Run","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2653311,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"5 Nov 2009 18:09:41 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"fb_1635916079","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1190009","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"You like explosions?? Take a step back because Adam Lambert's career is about to blow sky-high!"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69128032","adminTags":null,"views":837,"createdBy":14102935,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Explosions Nearly Make Adam Lambert's Guyliner Run","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2653311,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"5 Nov 2009 18:20:26 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"LisaBeth","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1190099","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"I've seen both David Cook and Adam Lambert in concert and I prefer Adam, but apparently you don't. That's okay, but to allow your dislike of someone to color your review to this extent seems unprofessional to me. It's a music video for a disaster movie. That's all."}],"error":"","totPages":3}

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