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How is that going to get played on the radio? It will have to be bleeped. Would have been so easy to leave that word out of the song.

Now will there be two versions of the CD so that Walmart will sell it? Or will he lose all the Walmart sales he could of had?

Another UK review. Hmm.

Does Shosh not have contacts in the US?

Oh goodness, I came here to post a "GREAT REVIEW" sort of comment, and there you have it :), and I'll throw in a YAY... but @6:35, while I understand and honor your concerns, I would venture to guess that Adam's very able and experienced management team is covering their bases and has it under control.

Quick Example: Pink's "Perfect" song! It did quite well.

That is just one in a LOOOOONNNNNGGG line of lyric issues with swear words and airplay on top 40/pop radio

@6:40

Adele
Sam Smith
Ed Sheeran

I could go on and on and on... I am not really worried it GT impacts some charts in UK first... UK success trickles, and sometimes GUSHES right into the U.S.! I am taking your comment as legit, and not a pot stirring crack of BS, hope that was a smart decision on my part??


Exciting reviews, happy to be reading them! #appreciative #I'llTakeIt!

6:45 AM, but the song drops in the US first. It won't be trickling back from the UK later.

Also your snotty comment was not necessary.

6:59, physician heal thyself

You're first line isn't entirely accurate either

We do have a couple of tweets and the Maxwell interview coming up in the US. But it would be great to see more of these written reviews in the US. Maybe that will be happening this coming week?

I also thought GT was going to drop in the US before the UK. Is that not correct? Didn't Shosh tell us that?

There no reason to argue or be concerned. Most artist put out the radio edit or clean version for radio. On I tunes you see all the time the original version and what they call the clean versio. Seen it wth Adam Lrvine, Rhianna lot more. Sure radio will play the radio edit.
I tunes offer the original and clean version or radio edit. I meant Levine.

MM is at the top of his game he knows what radio requires. The song sounds amaizing.

6:45 AM/7:21 AM, please don't be so rude. Thank you.

at 7:26 AM
I'm 7:21. I believe GT is indeed dropping in US first, yes, and in fact, UK release date not even known yet, I think, that's not what I was getting at. No time now, will try to come back, but quickly, the interplay of UK/US charts is not necessarily stymied by hard release dates. In fact, many songs receive airplay before they are "officially" released to radio, not often, but it happens. That sort of thing. I'm no expert, I just observe. For example, consider this "Ghost Town #1 of the Billboard Trending 140 charts" headline. A smiliar thing happened in UK already:
Johan Ekelund
‏@ratatajohan
Congrats @AdamLambert #1 in the UK @officialcharts with new single #GhostTown co-written by #MaxMartin/#MXM @kobalt

Ghost Town @goldandleather
YES #1 on BB without us even trying lol

RL beckoning, but that's sort of what I was getting at. :) Peace. Seems like a good Adam news day ahead. Awesome.

Technically, the Australia and New Zealand peeps will hear it first; if I am not mistaken; because the 21st of April arrives there before it does here!

Good New all around for our man!!

meant to say News.

7:46AM, please don't be so sensitive and a comment cop. Thank you.

Talking about cuss words?
"Don't even try it"!!!!

Not only do many other artist use those words in songs when some words that don't even fit with what the song is about, it is not done as part of the narrative of the song!

Don't even mention what some of this award shows let these people get away with!

For instance; Rhianna and the "Bitch" song anyone on a national televised show!

So please, as I said earlier;
"don't even try it" !!!!!!

Off-Topic. @April 13 at 7:46 AM
I just re-read this thread a 3rd time. I don't really see rudeness. Imho I see straight forward, plain, direct but civil language. I thought this site covered that topic a week or so ago? If my memory serves me correctly, there was a rather amicable and positive outcome & consensus to that discussion. Perhaps I am not so easily "butt hurt", as the kids say nowadays. Maybe I am not so easily offended? Although, I sort of found your comment hurtful, lol. In any case, I do not see what you saw, so I am adding my opinion as such alongside yours. Thank you.

On-Topic: These positive reviews are making me crazy eager for the song! Woot Woot

I might not be understanding correctly, but I think that Official Charts review is trending as the Most Read article on their site right now. Kind of cool.

@6:35 Walmart sold his Trespassing and Cookoo had the f-word in it.

Celos song Forget you was F-you and it got tons of play.

The lyrics are alittle weird.not sure if this song is gonna get radio play, base on the god references and foul language.

Era 2 repeat

7:55 AM, oh the irony.

iTunes and Amazon will probably have a choice of explicit and clean.

So did you read the review, beyond the one f word????

Sounds AWESOME!!!!

The radio will have to bleep it out. That's not good.

There are versions of many songs which are "radio edits"...

Not worried about radio play.. If radio likes it, and it sounds like they do, they'll play it.

Can't understand why Adam would have to stand differently to other artists who use unPC words and get a pass. He can sing the phone book,literally at this point and I'm buying it!!!

I wonder who is so interested to keep coming to Adam fan sites and talk shit of him instead of encouragement.
This single and this album will be his big breakthrough. Despite all so called fans and well wishers who flooded this site recently.

Radio plays artists that are big with their young demographic. Taylor swift can put out anything and get played. Adam is going to have a hard time getting radio play, don't kid yourself.

This thread has me so lost better move on to the next one.lol

So many good reviews. I am so happy!
Adam has build a recognition by touring with Queen and radio is more open to him this time. Radio even plays his old music more often now than in era 2.

After reading more of the lyrics, comments and reviews which appear each day, I can't wait to hear Ghost Town. I certainly hope it gets radio play and becomes a major hit of the summer. I'd love to see Adam on a few of the talk/entertainment shows performing it. American Idol would also be one show for him to be seen and heard with this new single. It's so true that certain artists put out anything and it gets radio play. Objectionable lyrics also seem to be making their way onto the radio in recent years also. You don't have to have a great voice to have a hit in today's music world. It is a combination of so many factors that make an artist and a song a hit. Let's hope that Adam has all the elements that will make Ghost Town a hit for him.

"Massive earworm hook," plus "Dante-esque narrative" make me want to hear GT all the more. Adam has a brain and he likes to use it. He likes clever lyrics with references to things. I love it! To me, Adam's music is definitely not simplistic pap. I have to believe that the reviews so far are honest and supportive of this song.

And as for the f-word. If anyone is still sensitive to it in music, I hate to say it, but that ship sailed at least 30 years ago. Like it or not, it's all over the place used in a million ways. GT isn't unique in that regard. Now, bring it on!!!

Well MM produced TS cd and he knows what will attract the young demographic don't kid yourself. Queen put up Adam celebrity and made him main stream in the UK. Trust me their are many young fans from there now. The NYE and X Factor brought Adam many fans lot are young. As soon as many young ones saw Adam those arenas sold out and he now main stream in The UK. The fact that Queen had a young hot crazy talented frontman certainly help get younger crowd in.

The one I was at a do many young ones from ten to thirty just having a ball. I been around for every single and I never ever heard the praises I heard for this single. No DJ or radio program directors have ever come out with summer anthem or sing of the summer along with many other praises. Never even heard that for WWFM that went double platinum.

Unfortunately with the good you must take the bad the trolls and DD which are usually one and the same. They are worse they go on how they are a fan but are realist no they are trolls that are trying to bring all the good news down. Keep it up it will only make Glamberts and other fans world wide more determined to support Adam to the top.
Not that he has not done great already.!

12:53 PM, the QAL concerts didn't sell out because young people saw Adam on two shows. They sold out because it was QUEEN. Luckily Adam benefitted from that.

I wonder where Adam will be, to listen to the first radio play of his new single. Might have a few friends over to his home, or even family. I am sure his family and closest of friends have already heard it. He did that before with his other albums. But this is special, he knows, like we all do that certain radio stations are going to play it, at a certain time.

@1:27
I think it was a combination of it being Queen and also Adam. There were many Glamberts at those shows, besides Queenies.It was a huge collab of seeing both Queen and Adam in the same show.

The QAL concerts certainly didn't sell out in NA just because of Queen, Adam played a big role in that one. Brian said they never did well in the states in the past.

So 2,000 people were there for Adam and 10,000 for Queen.

Queen sold because of the Queen songs, the queen legacy. Period. And it will have absolutely nothing to do with getting on radio for a pop song. It's no more relevent than if he had been off doing some theater gig.

@1:43
You have absolutely no idea of the count for each of them. For many , the people came because they are fans of both Queen and Adam. It was a win, win situation.
2 concerts for the price of one.

1::50 LOL what's your hard on for getting Adam into the theater.?

We know from previous concerts the size of audience Adam can pull. As he was less known in the UK it probably wasn't even the amount as in the US or Japan for example.

There is nothing wrong with Queen being what filled the arenas. It gave Adam a chance to be seen by a different audience and increase his visibility and reputation there.

@2:18 - LOL.

@1:50, in all fairness, I do see what you are getting at. (and tbh, I can kind of see why you might have gotten a little riled up at some of the comments before yours and therefore posted like you did)... but dude, this part of your post "It's no more relevent than if he had been off doing some theater gig." I mean c'mon, that's not quite fair either imho. ;)

I read the concerts in NA were 60-70% full when Queen was touring with another front man. I am pretty sure they were singing Queen songs then. Adam sure did make out though you are right.

@1:50
It might have everything to do with Adam getting a successful song or album out there. In UK Google almost had to shut down, because of the deluge of people wanting to find out about this Adam Lambert, who they had not heard of before. This has been a wonderful platform for Adam to get his name and voice out there, albeit singing Queen songs. It is not likely that he will sell as many tickets for his solo tour, but I am expecting many more tickets sold than was for his first two albums. I agree that he is not the icon that Queen is, but he is going to do quite well , I think, because of them.

Who decides what song is a hit ..... Radio

@glitzylady
Thank you for posting this review. Fantastic! So wonderful to have more lyrics, YAY!!!

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Honestly people, are you really worried about one (or a few) f-words!?!!?
That word is used so much all over the world it no longer has a curse word status. Frankly my dears, internationally nobody gives a fuck!

Soon we will have enough lyrics to build the whole Ghost Town! :)))

Now if we could hear some more GT music snippets, too! How about it, Adam F. Lambert????

2:39 PM, I can't stop laughing. Google did not almost have to shut down.

It may not have aist shut down but he was googled like crazy. After seeing and hearing Adam Lambert sing. Some came on here and said Adam L can sing so well and so good looking wow just wow. Say what the hell you want and laugh all you want. Will not change the fact that Adam was googled nonstop for at least twenty four hours and way beyond that. Many lovely fans were made for Adam that NYE. I don't find that funny I find it wonderful because QAL are a match made in theatrical heaven. Love them both. Thanks to Adam I sm now a Queen fan. I always been an Adam fan I went to the concert for Adam and came out a bigger Adam fan and now a Queen fan.

Did not know a lot of their song they are great songs. Adam did a fantastic job on them. There was so much talent on that stage the stage could hardly contain it.

No body said they shut down, they claimed in the UK they almost shut down, because Adam was googled so many times immediately after the NYE concert.

I despise people who call Adam F. Lambert. Where I live it is not accepted, it might be where you live, but the world is not and never will be universal on many subjects. I am aware that it is part of Adams vocabulary but it is not mine. He catches himself sometimes and knows it is disrespectful.

Nothing almost shuts Google down.

Maybe somebody made a joke about the volume of searches and that joke was lost on some people.

Despise ... Really ... Actually despise?
Sheesh

Sam Smith never uses the F word and look at how well his songs are doing, there constantley being played on radio. Sometimes I think Adam is his own worst enemy.

Anne Marie, go ahead, you have a lot of despising to do then. he he!

There are lots of fans LOVINGLY calling Adam just that, AFL. And why not. The man is abso-fuckin-lutely fantastic and fierce!

PS. The word is English and it's been spread via English speaking people, films, music, TV series all over the world. Naught you can do about anymore. ;)

9:38
Care to check that with Sam first?
He's a young man from UK...

As a performer propably not, his music is different, lame (imo), nothing fierce or rock in SS. This is not putting him down. He is just not my cup of tee, Adam is.

Different artists - apples and oranges

You know as Mick Jagger will never be Paul Mccartney. But McCartney can also work with Kanye West - epitome of "a good language".

Well, it's questionable whether radio will play a song with the F word in it (sung by Adam) but stranger things have happened. The F word certainly isn't a necessary word.

@April 14, 2015 at 3:31 AM

omFg, they will release a "radio edit" version, as was talked about here upthread! Oy Vey

@3:31
Don't they play rap music in US radio? There's a lot of real swearing & bad mouthing.

The "bleeping" is so funny at this day & age. Is it only done in US?