Adam Lambert’s “Mad World” performance on American Idol’s Top 8 April 7th theme, Songs From The Year You Were Born, received much deserved praise from Gary Jules, who first stripped down the “Mad World” arrangement for the movie Donnie Darko.
According to the Associated Press, Gary Jules was winding down for the night and turned on American Idol, which he refers to as his “guilty pleasure”, but was in another room when he heard the song Mad World come on the TV.
“I ran out and I was like, `I knew he was gonna do it! I knew it!’” he recalls. “I’ve been waiting for years for somebody to do it. I thought David Cook was gonna do it last year for sure. … As soon as I saw that guy Adam on `American Idol,’ I was like, ‘Oooh, this could be it.’”
40-year-old Gary Jules certainly deserves some of the credit for Adam Lambert’s Idol performance singing Mad World on Tuesday night’s American Idol, and seeing Idol judge Simon Cowell give Adam Lambert a standing ovation was priceless to say the least. Gary Jules loved how Adam made the song his own, putting his own spin on Mad World, and Idol fans continue to watch the video performance over and over.
Gary Jules continued to praise Adam Lambert by saying:
“It was fantastic,” he says. “He has a beautiful voice. … I heard his Michael Jackson cover and I heard some of his other stuff, and I think that he’s probably one of the most — if not the most — interesting performer I’ve ever seen on `American Idol.’”
Based on the Poll we currently have running over on the sidebar, Adam Lambert fans are coming out of the woodwork to proclaim their love and adoration for the “Wicked” theatrical singer. Will Adam Lambert be the Next American Idol? Hmm, the votes are still coming in and there are more Idol performances to come before that final decision is made, but from the looks of our Poll and numerous other polls around the net, Adam Lambert may very well be the next American Idol soon.
Watch Adam Lambert sing Mad World, and tell us what you think of his performance. Will Adam Lambert be the Next American Idol?
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Will he be the next American Idol? What do you think my answer will be? (pls refer to my username)
Im struggling between Tracks of My Tears and Mad World as his best AI perf so far.
Anyhoo, i just got into thinking that what if it was Scott or anybody who received unfavorable comments sang in the end. Would Simon just say ‘Ok, we dont have time, it was terrible, thats all.’ Did they knew Adam would really deliver thats why they went overtime? Well, if they were thinking like I do, prolly yes.
I really hope he makes it. He, for me, deserves it better than anyone else in the competition. Way to go, Adam!