Adam Lambert

Source: http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/01/07/fcc-complaints-against-adam-lambert-hit-the-web/

Adam Lambert’s performance of “For Your Entertainment” closed the American Music Awards and opened a world of controversy for the American Idol star. Rolling Stone reported that only 1,500 of the show’s 14 million viewers wrote letters of complaint to the FCC after the singer simulated oral sex with his male backup dancer and enjoyed a make-out session with a male keyboardist on live television. Now, a Website called Why Not Glambert? has made use of our Freedom of Information Act and posted a handful of these indecency reports.

Anyone who spent any time in the comments section of our original Lambert AMAs story has a good sense of what made viewers mad, and the ongoing theme on Why Not Glambert? is that Lambert’s performance was “inappropriate.” That term alone is used seven times in the first nine letters of complaint. A few parents stressed that their young children were watching the broadcast to catch a glimpse of Lambert’s first post-Idol performance and were shocked at what they saw. “The entire show pushed the limits of good taste, especially since this program was billed as a ‘family show.’ There was nothing ‘family’ about it,” one viewer wrote.

In the West Coast feed of the AMAs, the performance was toned down slightly thanks to some quick editing. As Rolling Stone previously reported, the “FCC heat” that followed the AMAs cost Lambert performances on ABC programs like Good Morning America, The Jimmy Kimmel Show and Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve. Following the controversy, Lambert wrote on his Twitter, “Goin in a new direction now. Focus back on the music. Don’t worry friends: I’m still gonna be me. Always. W/o apologies. Just gonna experiment differently [with] how I present myself.”

The most “inappropriate” thing about the posts on Why Not Glambert? though are the rampant misspellings that plague a large number of the FCC letters. One author declared they were “truely disguisted” and another called the performance “obsene.” Another complainant said the “choreagraphy” was inappropriate and even a Senior Pastor at a church threatened to “boycot” ABC because of what they broadcast on “national televeicion.”

What did you think of Adam Lambert?

I think he probably got a little ahead of himself as far as the American Music Awards. I'm not knocking him for what he did, I just think he should have done it a year down the road when he's more established as an artist and not just an "Idol." You have to be cognizant of your place in the business . . . but it's hard when you come off that show and you're the biggest thing since sliced bread, and everyone's doing everything for you. You lose perspective, so you have to be careful.

After more than 200 years of America being a democracy, one would expect that all people have freedom of expression. Apparently the 1500 people who complained against Adam's performance don't. Face it people, this is the XXI century and we must put our feet on the ground, discrimination is no longer acceptable in the modern world.

The performance has received thousands of mixed reviews. People have called it bold, disgusting, inappropriate, exciting, sexual, revolutionary, artistic, and a lot of other things.

Lambert says that the controversy that this has generated proves the chauvinist attitude of America when it comes to male sexual gay performances (not exactly in those words). Other shows involving lesbian acts have not been as polemic as this and have, most certainly, not received as many negative reviews as Lambert's (such as the Madonna kiss).

Fortunately Adam is scheduled to appear on the Early Show (CBS) tomorrow morning, as well as on the Late Show, and Ellen.

Remember to watch the American Music Awards today 8/7 c on ABC.

Get ready to watch Adam's performance of his album's first single, For Your Entertainment.

Click here to watch the event online