What's in a Title?
I posted this on my LJ and redangelteflon asked me to post it here for your thoughts. I've never posted here and am intimidated, but since she asked so nicely, I'm posting it.
For Your Entertainment
I'm of the opinion that this title (also we now know the title of the first single) is a great big 'fuck that' from Adam re: certain industry assumptions. We know from an interview he gave during the summer tour that he read Feel, a biography of Robbie Williams. In fact he was reading it during the tour and while work on his CD was underway. Let me quote to you from that book:
“There are few dirtier words in the entertainment industry than entertainment. ...In the modern era to convey the trueness of your intentions it is generally considered obligatory to signal your indifference to the reaction of the audience.
...Somewhere along the way an illogical principle was accepted: That to be seen to entertain is to admit a lack of depth. Entertainers trade in general, shiny, shallow truisms; artists deal in deep, heartfelt, individual truths.
...Robbie Williams...is still unashamed to take all that mixed up baggage and entertain with it.”
Adam Lambert is a lot of things, stupid isn't one of them. I think this title was very well thought out.
For Your Entertainment
I'm of the opinion that this title (also we now know the title of the first single) is a great big 'fuck that' from Adam re: certain industry assumptions. We know from an interview he gave during the summer tour that he read Feel, a biography of Robbie Williams. In fact he was reading it during the tour and while work on his CD was underway. Let me quote to you from that book:
“There are few dirtier words in the entertainment industry than entertainment. ...In the modern era to convey the trueness of your intentions it is generally considered obligatory to signal your indifference to the reaction of the audience.
...Somewhere along the way an illogical principle was accepted: That to be seen to entertain is to admit a lack of depth. Entertainers trade in general, shiny, shallow truisms; artists deal in deep, heartfelt, individual truths.
...Robbie Williams...is still unashamed to take all that mixed up baggage and entertain with it.”
Adam Lambert is a lot of things, stupid isn't one of them. I think this title was very well thought out.