So.....Adam Lambert has made it to the cover of Rolling Stone already! This Sun Aquarian is continuing to feel the benefit our current Jupiter/Neptune conjunction in the sign of the water bearer.
Adam pulls no punches in the Rolling Stone interview. He approaches, with candour, the topic of his sexual orientation, his experiences with drug use and life on the wild side, on the road to his current amazing upsurge of fame. He seems to relish the opportunity to shock. That goes with the Aquarian territory for some natives. In spite of his bravado though, he comes over to me in this interview as much younger than his 27 years, and oddly, rather naive, while at the same time trying to be "cool". He lacks the sophistication I was expecting from him.
I hope this wasn't too much, too soon for Adam Lambert. It would be a pity.
The magazine is due on newstands on Friday, but clips from the lengthy interview are littered around the internet, and there's a scan of the complete article HERE.
Adam's sexual orientation is irrelevant to me, though it appears to be a burning issue for many. The image presented by the Rolling Stone interview was probably custom tailored for the magazine's readership. The magazine is likely facing hard times during current economic woes; this was an opportunity for a surge in sales they could not afford to miss.
Rolling Stone's readership is vastly different from the American Idol audience. Most would consider American Idol as musical garbage of the worst sort. Adam's squeaky clean Idol image has needed to be dirtied down, made "cooler"(?) The TV show has afforded Adam a once in a lifetime opportunity, I hope his hunger for fame and apparent need to be seen as "cool" will not blind him to that fact.
Some of his remarks are crude. I thought he was better than this:
I guess he meant that well but, good heavens - it could have been expressed with a little more delicacy!
Maybe I'm "just too old for this shit" (as Danny Glover used to say).
Anyway, as my blog-buddy and welcome regular commenter Shawn Carson pointed out the other day, the Sun/Jupiter square (90*) aspect in Adam's natal chart could be a source of his penchant for pushing things to the limit, holding nothing back, being terminally blunt. Also, as his Sun is in Aquarius, sextiling its ruler Uranus, his will to shock is magnified. Adam's natal chart (with as much detail as I can muster) is at this post.
We've seen other Sun Aquarian pop stars who, each in their own way have pushed the proverbial envelope almost to its limits. Brits Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, and Robbie Williams spring to mind.
I was a fan of Adam from his first appearance on American Idol, and had hoped to remain a fan. This Rolling Stone fodder is but a passing sideline. What will present the real test is the music he will make, going forward after the Idol summer tour is over. His first album is due in the fall.
Adam's quotes about the album (taken from mjsbigblog):
The Rolling Stone article puts Adam plainly "out". For me, the jury too is now out!
Adam pulls no punches in the Rolling Stone interview. He approaches, with candour, the topic of his sexual orientation, his experiences with drug use and life on the wild side, on the road to his current amazing upsurge of fame. He seems to relish the opportunity to shock. That goes with the Aquarian territory for some natives. In spite of his bravado though, he comes over to me in this interview as much younger than his 27 years, and oddly, rather naive, while at the same time trying to be "cool". He lacks the sophistication I was expecting from him.
I hope this wasn't too much, too soon for Adam Lambert. It would be a pity.
The magazine is due on newstands on Friday, but clips from the lengthy interview are littered around the internet, and there's a scan of the complete article HERE.
Adam's sexual orientation is irrelevant to me, though it appears to be a burning issue for many. The image presented by the Rolling Stone interview was probably custom tailored for the magazine's readership. The magazine is likely facing hard times during current economic woes; this was an opportunity for a surge in sales they could not afford to miss.
Rolling Stone's readership is vastly different from the American Idol audience. Most would consider American Idol as musical garbage of the worst sort. Adam's squeaky clean Idol image has needed to be dirtied down, made "cooler"(?) The TV show has afforded Adam a once in a lifetime opportunity, I hope his hunger for fame and apparent need to be seen as "cool" will not blind him to that fact.
Some of his remarks are crude. I thought he was better than this:
"I liked it this season when girls went crazy for me. As far as I’m concerned, it’s all hot. Just because I’m not sticking it in there doesn’t mean that I don’t find it beautiful."
I guess he meant that well but, good heavens - it could have been expressed with a little more delicacy!
Maybe I'm "just too old for this shit" (as Danny Glover used to say).
Anyway, as my blog-buddy and welcome regular commenter Shawn Carson pointed out the other day, the Sun/Jupiter square (90*) aspect in Adam's natal chart could be a source of his penchant for pushing things to the limit, holding nothing back, being terminally blunt. Also, as his Sun is in Aquarius, sextiling its ruler Uranus, his will to shock is magnified. Adam's natal chart (with as much detail as I can muster) is at this post.
We've seen other Sun Aquarian pop stars who, each in their own way have pushed the proverbial envelope almost to its limits. Brits Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, and Robbie Williams spring to mind.
I was a fan of Adam from his first appearance on American Idol, and had hoped to remain a fan. This Rolling Stone fodder is but a passing sideline. What will present the real test is the music he will make, going forward after the Idol summer tour is over. His first album is due in the fall.
Adam's quotes about the album (taken from mjsbigblog):
" I could probably see myself doing a little bit of everything–a rock/pop sound with really strong hooks, with kind of like glam edge to it, and a lot of modern production–dancey electronic type of treatment on everything, make it sound really current and futuristic (very Aquarian!). It’s really important to get a song that really sticks with people, that people either love to dance to or they love to sing along to…it’s just getting it into people’s minds I think is the hardest part.......""Getting it into people's minds....the hardest part" - ain't that the truth! There are so few new songs these days that get right into one's mind. I guess it's an old fashioned concept - the song you can whistle or hum as you walk or drive along, one that keeps returning to mind. Maybe Adam will be the artist to bring that back into fashion, a fusion of futuristic with old fashioned. Let's not forget that Aquarius has a co-ruler - Saturn. Saturn is old fashioned.
The Rolling Stone article puts Adam plainly "out". For me, the jury too is now out!
