Adam Lambert – Ring of Fire

One of the most memorable performances in the past season of Idol was “Ring Of Fire” by Adam Lambert. The tone and arrangement was so out there that a Christian magazine cringes when the performance was aired. Here is what he said in a recent interview about the song:

I loved it. I was a big fan of Middle Eastern elements of music and experimental electronic and tribal sounds. I heard the version by a woman named Dilana, who was on Rock Star: Supernova, I found it hypnotic and really cool. It was country week and I don’t really like country music, I’m going to be honest. The first song that came to mind was a country song was the Johnny Cash song “Ring of Fire.” It’s a cool song. It’s sexy. So I was like I’ll do something sexy. So I figured why not.
Is any part of you disappointed with America?
I have to say it was a little bit of social pressure projected on me by just trying to be the quote un quote “different one” — all the supposed insights into my sexuality and my alternativeness and all my what have you, I think there were some people who were kind of like, “Well, he’s changing your Idol and all this hype and pressure to make a change for America. It kind of got over hyped a little bit.