When I heard about this latest Adam Lambert collaboration, I knew I just had to check it out. Adam has always been exploring electronic dance music in combination with his glam rock and this collaboration with Steve Aoki is taking that a step further. As Steve Aoki explains himself on his YouTube page, this song is a collaboration that combines various genres. The difference between himself and Felix Jaehn is already something out of the ordinary, but combined with Adam Lambert on vocals it makes it even more exciting.
Steve Aoki is one interesting EDM producer, who’s not afraid to try unexpected collaborations, with equally interesting results. It all is enough incentive to get me all enthusiastic when I heard about the Adam Lambert connection. As I blogged about before, Adam has intrigued me for a while. Even though I don’t follow him closely, he’s so charismatic as a person, singer and entertainer that I keep my eye on him anyway. But sometimes, when expectations are raised to an ultimate high, the song can't possibly live up to it anymore. And so, “Can’t Go Home” meets my expectations halfway. The intro is probably the least exciting of all, and it almost got me to stop listening altogether, if it weren’t for Adam on vocals. I just had to wait to hear what he had done with this track. And he, most definitely, lifts this song up.
It keeps amazing me how his voice seems to suit any genre. Listening to this track, it's like he's been singing these dance tracks all the time. Adam's keeping it pretty safe when it comes to the melodies he sings. There are no surprises - only one belt of a higher note, but that's it. The lyrics are easy to catch on to and also hold no real surprises. One of the things I did notice, is that Adam's voice is becoming very strong. Even in this track you can hear the vibrato in his voice being heavily controlled by Adam. As I mentioned in my previously blog about him, I am not at all surprised he managed to win over all these Queen fans, despite the fact that Freddy Mercury is considered one of the best singers pop music has had. I like this track midway through and, from there on, it holds up right up to the end. It's not a great dance anthem nor something I would, personally, consider to become a dance classic, but who knows, maybe someone's reading this, 30 years from now, and is thinking I had no clue what I was blogging about.
