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Ziggy Stardust vs. Adam Lambert: Clash of the Cover Art

'Idol' star Adam Lambert declared that "Glam is back" on Twitter, and his newly released 'For Your Entertainment' album cover certainly supports his claim. Compared side-by-side, it's hard to deny that Lambert's admittedly "campy" photo is a nod to the original glam icon, Ziggy Stardust.

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Shiloh

Really ugly cover. Derivative work. Looks like a high school art project. Time to move on. (Yes, Adam, Glam is still dead.)

April 20 2010 at 7:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Lauren

Adam has a beautiful face and beautiful voice... all that matters. =)

March 30 2010 at 2:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mark johnston

Why is anybody comparing this clown to Bowie.Maybe they used the same eyeliner but Bowie is a one off genius not a pretentious little flash in the pan,dream on Adam

February 06 2010 at 7:06 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
etc.

Although i can see where the "glam" comes from, there doesnt seem to be many similarities with the Aladdin Sane cover (it's not ziggy stardust) still great though.

November 14 2009 at 3:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Iloveyoureyes

Well....needless to say.......Adam picked the right picture for the front of his new CD because EVERYONE is talking about it. Some like it.....some don't. I don't think you need to try and read anything to deep into it. Adam is a wonderful businessman as well as an unbelievable singer/entertainer. He wanted a "campy" photo and that is exactly what he's chosen. He is show business to his core.......he likes to have people discuss his work.......and this just proves he knows what he is doing!

November 06 2009 at 9:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
janny

I don't care which way Adam nods, just as long as he keeps singing.

November 01 2009 at 2:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Susan Edmunds

Contemporary art is about meaning. Art cannot live in autonomy. Self sufficiency is a delusion. Without context there is no meaning. Artists narrate their contingency in their attempts to transcend self conciousness and awareness and sometimes transcend this process in their acknowledgement of it. Adam does both. Look at everything he did on AI. He gave contemporary meaning to old songs with multivalent references to preceeding artists. The art of his alblum cover, like every aspect of his performances is part of his artistic statement and there is no accidental similarity.

October 29 2009 at 7:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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THERESA RIPER

THANKS, SUSAN.I AM A SIXTY-FIVE YEAR YOUNG RETIRED TEACHER,COUNSELOR AND DANCER. I, TOO, APPLAUD ADAM AND HIS HOLOSYNC QUALITIES. WHAT A VOICE! HE IS TRUELY AN AUTHENTIC GENIUS.
ADAM, HOW ABOUT A VIDEO OF YOUR ELVIS RENDITIONS? HE,TOO, WAS TRUE TO HIS REAL SELF. KEEP GROWING. YOU ARE STILL IN PROCESS.THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR GIFT.

May 29 2010 at 9:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
gb

"hard to deny"? ACCORDING TO WHAT BLIND PERSON?

October 29 2009 at 1:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Denise

GORGEOUS and BRILLIANT ADAM !!!

October 29 2009 at 9:51 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Melissa

Dear Adam fans who are posting that he's "original" and wouldn't "nod" to anything... Really? Have you actually read what your Idol said?

October 28 2009 at 11:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply