The gentle guitar introduction leads to the opening note that reminds me so much of CLYG. It seems that there are many screamers in the audience who can't handle the excitement to the vexation of everyone else trying to shush them. When I hear Adam sing, everything else falls away. I guess this is what he meant by bringing the focus back to the voice and I adore it. It's the closest I've heard to an a capella, and his soothing, mellifluous voice is painfully, achingly, agonisingly beautiful. The pretty melody is fairly simple, the range not too challenging, no vocal acrobatics, it's all about the emotions evoked by that voice in a song written for that voice. Even without understanding the lyrics, we can feel it's a haunting lament about an enduring sadness, energy and hope slowly draining away, which is so heartbreaking to listen to. It's sung so smoothly and flawlessly with breathtaking trills effortlessly eased into that floating voice, topped off by a heart-stopping crescendo with grit providing the necessary light and shade. I must admit I have a bit of a fixation with the rich hoarseness of that final "hell". Stunning.
I suspect that the arrangement for this is much sparser than what the studio version will be, but I hope the vocals will still be central with nothing detracting from it. I like the idea of having an acoustic rather than an electronic production, perhaps with just a piano or even harp as accompaniment. Whichever way, I'm looking forward to seeing how Adam changes it up. Perhaps one thing I'd tweak is the bridge. It reminds me of Broken Open but I think the transition into it could flow a little better. I'm rather excited by video possibilities for this song, which feels quite cinematic. Ronnie and Clyde outlaws on a road trip. Wearing Burning Man costumes.
The lyrics are uncomplicated and sincere with a strong clear message, making it a potential anthem for LGBT rights. I think it would have been ideal for performing on the recent awards shows Adam has attended. We are all human, feel the same range of emotions but some of us are demonised simply because we lie outside society's rules over how we ought to love.
Note to Screamflailberters: For the benefit of all concerned, STFU when adam sings please. Shit your pants, die, explode, whatever, AFTER he has indicated he has finished the song. Thankyouverymuch. I spent fucking ages trying to clean up after your mess and there isn't just just some fucking program I run this through to magically get rid of every unwanted noise. It involves manually pinpointing the set of frequencies of every single fucking noise for zapping. This means having to listen to every single fucking one of your painful wince-inducing sounds over and over, making sure Adam's voice doesn't become too distorted and the removal isn't too jarring. It's no wonder I want to retire after each edit, especially when cleaning the sound takes longer than the video. It drives me insane. Rant over.Oh, nowhere left to go
Are we getting closer, closer?
"No," all they know is "No!"
Nights are getting colder, colder
Hey, tears all fall the same
We all feel the rain
We can't change
Everywhere we go we're looking for the sun
Nowhere to grow old we're always on the run
They say we'll rot in hell, well I don't think we will
They've branded us enough, outlaws of love
Scars make us who we are
Hearts and homes are broken open
Far, we could go so far
With our minds wide open, open
Hey, tears all fall the same
We all feel the rain
We can't change
Everywhere we go we're looking for the sun
Nowhere to grow old we're always on the run
They say we'll rot in hell, well I don't think we will
They've branded us enough, outlaws of love
Aaah...
Everywhere we go we're looking for the sun
Nowhere to grow old we're always on the run
They say we'll rot in hell, well I don't think we will
They've branded us enough, outlaws of love
Outlaws of love
Outlaws of love
Outlaws of love
Outlaws of love
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This is artistry--- from Adam, and from you, Lambobsessed. Sooo grateful you "un-retired" to do this. I cannot imagine how much painstaking work went into this, but the end result is stunning visually and auditorily. THAAAAAANNNNKKKK YOU!
ReplyDeletethank you, thank you! awesome job!! glad you came out of retirement - I didn't think you could stay away for long :-)
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on your comment about the way he sings that last "hell" - and I've heard others say the same. I'm obsessed with it. And a close second for me is the downward run on "will" following it. I've read that that is extremely hard to do - not surprising as everything he does seems to be deemed difficult.
thanks again!
I hardly have words. THANK YOU for the beautiful and brilliant editing of the audio AND video. Amazing.
ReplyDeleteHoney, I've been waiting forever for your edit! I didn't even bother downloading any others no matter how good they were - yours are always the best! So sick and tired of hearing that woman screaming "MARRY ME!". Thanks so much!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with...everything. It is absolutely magic everytime this man opens his mouth and I am melting. Thanks for all the job that is done och YES, that last hell is still giving me goosebumps. Probably heard it 5000 times by now.
ReplyDeleteLambosessed,
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU. Totally agree with the first commenter: this is artistry from Adam and from you.
Tatiana
Beautifully done - Audio and video both!! You have added to the haunting beauty of this performance by skillfully taking away.
ReplyDeleteHaha at goldengeminian's being sick & tired of "Marry me" screamer. My major vexation was the siren-like screaming that almost mimicked Adam's crescendo at.. I can't even recall where it occurred now! Thank you so very much for removing it -from the recording and from my brain!!
Q: Why is this my first visit to your site?? 0_o
I can assure you, it def won't be my last. :)
Thank you for the work
ReplyDeleteThank you for the edit and the article, your writing skills are superb,one of a kind. Appreciate your hard work and hopefully screamers will take a notice and wait for Adam to finish singing....indigo.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Outstanding job!!! Please stop talking about retiring!Then what will we do? Love and agree with your comments about the performance. I also have a deep fixation on his rich hoarseness...replay, replay, replay...<3
ReplyDeleteAnd the comments to the screamflailberters...that made me smile! :)
I can only imagine how tedious and painstaking it was to isolate the screamers out of this. Brilliant job. Thank you so much for the hard work. This one's a keeper! He is pure magic plain and simple. :)
ReplyDeleteDITTO to all the above!! you and adam go hand in hand in perfection, talent and artistry!! THANK YOU!!! (p.s. i wanted to say "what took you so long", but now i know!!)
ReplyDeleteWow, thanks everyone for all the OOL video love! I work slowly but I get there eventually. Glad it's having the desired effect!
ReplyDeleteWow! Great work! Thanks for all you do!
ReplyDeleteYou did it again, Lambosessed! Thank you SO much for taking the time to do the editing on this amazing performance. Gives me chills and sometimes tears - I have already listened to your version several times. His voice .... the emotion ... telling his story from his heart. It's heart-wrenching and yet so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteGod, this man is amazing .. and so are you for your dedication to bring us fans the very best of his performances. THANK YOU! LL
This is just stunning! Perfection! Thank you for your tireless efforts on bringing us beautiful, magical things from this wonderous muse we call Adam Fucking Lambert!
ReplyDeleteI've been playing it over and over - thank goodness someone knows how to take those screams out. Not sure why anyone would want to block out that voice with their raucous screeches. All the emotion is so moving. Very appreciative of your efforts - cannot imagine how long it took.
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU, THANK YOU ,THANK YOU. WE LATINGLAMBERTS REALLY APPRECIATED YOURS EFFORTS AND YOUR TALENT, KISSES FROM ARGENTINA.
ReplyDeleteMARISA.
Just beautiful. What I love is how his voice goes "high" on the word "hell" instead of "lower". It is a vocal way of demonstrating that he doesn't think he/they are going there. How can so much love and light be damned? Adam is bringing so much to "light'.
ReplyDeleteAMAZING. You are a miracle worker. So many disrespectful fans that night... thank you for for preserving this important performance.
ReplyDeleteIt's fantastic. I like it. I think that this video truly could compete with real official video. Well done.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! It seems these words aren't enough, but it comes from the heart.
ReplyDeleteWOW!!! I mean Just wow!!! His voice.... Its
ReplyDeleteamazing!!! This song is Sheer Fantastic :)
God Bless you Adam, your Fans and Friends. :)
OMG, this is the absolute best version of OOL. Thanks so much, lambosessed, for making this so awesome to listen to and believe me, I've listened to it hundreds of times. You're amazing -- all your creations are so beautiful. Thanks, again.
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you, thank you, thank you... So fucking beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOh wow..thank you.. This is amazing! Please please PLEASE never stop!
ReplyDeleteI had this open since the day you tweeted the link. I can't thank you enough for the gift you have given us. Stunningly beautiful video of a stunningly beautiful song by a stunningly beautiful artist. You said it best: When I hear Adam sing, everything else falls away.
ReplyDeleteAD
This was beautifully done... may I ask a couple of questions.. what is the filter you've used over the top of it all... it gives a really nice quality. Next question is how did you make his eyes so blue at 3 minute mark.. Did you do a "pleasantville effect" type of thing or was it a matte with colour made more transparent... I use FCP and would love to edit some of Adams stuff. You do such a great job of it. I'd love to have some more technical advice from you re Adams clips.. maybe if you have time you could email me on lisai@clear.net.nz.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Lisa
I don't know how you do what you do but this is just W*O*W!!!!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!!!
ReplyDeletenjoy
I don't know how I missed this (but) I'm glad I came by. this is fucking awesome! your editing is pure artistry. thanks.
ReplyDeleteThis is like a double "Treat" thank you so much for taking the time to do all this work to show once again that Adam's voice is truly the most beatiful voice I have ever heard in my life. And even more immportant is the emotion he translates to the listeners. Maybe that rain coming down was a sign from above that is time for a change!BS
ReplyDeleteThank you all for taking the time to leave me a comment, I really appreciate it! It was such beautiful performance.
ReplyDeleteLisa, there isn't a single filter I've used to make the effects but a combination of messing with colour curves, saturation, blur etc. with an overlay for the fuzzy feel. I saturated the blues for the eyes. Just sent you an email if you want to go into more detail.
"Note to Screamflailberters: For the benefit of all concerned, STFU when adam sings please. Shit your pants, die, explode, whatever, AFTER he has indicated he has finished the song."
ReplyDeleteHA! Perfect!
Thank you so much for this! So much hard work! Hope you don't mind me linking my blog to your work! I'll credit you and also put links to your blog!
ReplyDeleteThanks again! :)
maidenbedlam, glad you enjoyed my rant!
ReplyDeleteooipau, thanks for linking and sharing it!
When I first heard this song, there was no way to stop the tears. His emotional, heartfelt performance, carefully chosen lyrics and angelic vocals mimics the pain suffered by so many of my friends. Thank you for lending your artistry to the performance. It is one to be treasured.
ReplyDeleteKK
KK, it's a moving performance isn't it? I appreciate your comment and am happy to be able to add something to it.
ReplyDeleteHow can i download this song?
ReplyDeleteI enter that site and it requires password?What is the password?
I'm afraid I locked all downloads due to some people taking the piss. I'll be opening them back up some time in the future so stay tuned.
DeleteLambossed,
ReplyDeleteI love what you've done. Incredible. Would love to work on a video project with you any day!