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Adam LaVine tweet to Fox News (Original Post) Playinghardball Sep 2012 OP
He's even hotter now. n/t OneGrassRoot Sep 2012 #1
yesssss n/t cash__whatiwant Sep 2012 #28
NO kidding OGR!!! lol findrskeep Sep 2012 #29
:) TBF Sep 2012 #34
Is that even possible??? CoffeeCat Sep 2012 #45
Agreed!!! GermanDem Sep 2012 #55
Yeah, just when I thought he couldn't get any sexier! MNBrewer Sep 2012 #67
Awesome! sarcasmo Sep 2012 #2
"Thank you." me b zola Sep 2012 #3
Yeah, I noticed that, too. Where's :yourock: ? calimary Sep 2012 #14
lol. great tweet. cali Sep 2012 #4
And his name is spelled right there on his Tweet. WinkyDink Sep 2012 #5
Whoever he is, good for him. MrSlayer Sep 2012 #6
Adam Levine is from Maroon 5 SunsetDreams Sep 2012 #13
So it's probably better for me not to listen. MrSlayer Sep 2012 #32
Maroon 5 is an awesome band. go check out their hits o YouTube Heather MC Sep 2012 #41
I think I'll go with my instinct on this. MrSlayer Sep 2012 #43
It's quite honestly some of the most hyper-commercialized, focus-group-tested, Codeine Sep 2012 #51
Here's an antidote for anyone who actually listened to that hideous tuneage. Gregorian Sep 2012 #60
Yay Melvins! railsback Sep 2012 #62
I learned a lot watching that trio. Gregorian Sep 2012 #63
You are so cool Codiene! Texasgal Sep 2012 #61
You mustn't have the "moobs like Jagger..." a la izquierda Sep 2012 #69
I've got some of their stuff. One of the first ones I liked was this one: freshwest Sep 2012 #49
Yes that's a good one SunsetDreams Sep 2012 #65
To each their own I guess SunsetDreams Sep 2012 #66
Are you sure? Because if you want to slam them crim son Sep 2012 #73
Maroon 5 is OK.... Taverner Sep 2012 #56
+1 freshwest Sep 2012 #48
Adam LeVine playing Cha Sep 2012 #7
Win! freshwest Sep 2012 #68
What usually should work is a "cease and desist" order ... zbdent Sep 2012 #8
Not when the company has paid the fees for a blanket license Mike Daniels Sep 2012 #17
LOL, love it! Spazito Sep 2012 #9
I never cared for him or Maroon 5 much laundry_queen Sep 2012 #36
Me too, I love his empathy for the competitors who aren't chosen... Spazito Sep 2012 #39
This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Sep 2012 #70
I had to look him as I am oldster riverbendviewgal Sep 2012 #10
If you are gonna checxk him out find that photo with his GF's hands and nothing else! lunasun Sep 2012 #20
very nice riverbendviewgal Sep 2012 #25
That is so cool that he did that for Prostate Cancer awareness. jillan Sep 2012 #26
I always wonder if these guys are going to regret all those tattoos when they're 70 catbyte Sep 2012 #52
Thank you - my favorite pic of my favorite artist! qb Sep 2012 #71
OMG. love him for that! I need to go retweet that right now. n/t progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #11
Hey Fox News: most musicians are liberals!! Initech Sep 2012 #12
I think they should make a corporate rule that only Hank Williams,Jr. cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #16
And Ted Nugent tunes. Arugula Latte Sep 2012 #21
Don't forget Pat Boone. n/t justgamma Sep 2012 #42
And Meatloaf. And Dave Mustaine. Initech Sep 2012 #44
is he going to tell Clear Channel stations to stop playing their music as well? Mike Daniels Sep 2012 #15
Just because they pay a fee to a licensing company doesn't mean Adam Levine doesn't have... Spazito Sep 2012 #18
He has the right to express his opinion Mike Daniels Sep 2012 #19
the fact that Clear Channel owns the Majority Duppers Sep 2012 #37
amen! Duppers Sep 2012 #38
how do you know who bought what license? robinlynne Sep 2012 #27
Levin is pissed, and he's right! CoffeeCat Sep 2012 #47
Just because they bought a packaged license fasttense Sep 2012 #50
! mzmolly Sep 2012 #22
Oh, snap. Baitball Blogger Sep 2012 #23
Off to download something... nolabear Sep 2012 #24
Direct link to the tweet (from October of last year) & Fox's idiotic response: highplainsdem Sep 2012 #30
Wow! And this for the second time in one year ? JackBoik Sep 2012 #31
I believe it's from last year. rainlillie Sep 2012 #64
Cool... SoapBox Sep 2012 #33
that is great! n/t KT2000 Sep 2012 #35
I love this guy!! Pisces Sep 2012 #40
Can't wait to see him in "American Horror Story!" Behind the Aegis Sep 2012 #46
LOL! Mad_Dem_X Sep 2012 #53
Good for him amuse bouche Sep 2012 #54
That was hilarious. Adam is the best judge to me on The Voice too. Jennicut Sep 2012 #57
I love their music Hutzpa Sep 2012 #58
Post the tweet(s) ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2012 #59
K&R SunSeeker Sep 2012 #72

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
45. Is that even possible???
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 12:25 AM
Sep 2012

He is way hot! I don't think I can take any more hotness from that boy!

Their new song, "One More Night" is a masterpiece.

calimary

(80,693 posts)
14. Yeah, I noticed that, too. Where's :yourock: ?
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:42 PM
Sep 2012

I miss that one. I liked it, and used it, a lot. And it still applies!

SunsetDreams

(8,571 posts)
13. Adam Levine is from Maroon 5
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:42 PM
Sep 2012

He is also a judge on "The Voice" with Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton, and Cee Lo Green

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
51. It's quite honestly some of the most hyper-commercialized, focus-group-tested,
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:45 AM
Sep 2012

adult-contemporary pabulum out there. Don't waste your time.

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
63. I learned a lot watching that trio.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 01:20 PM
Sep 2012

I've been reviewing everything from A Tribe Called Quest to Yo la tengo to The Vaselines, Zappa, Beefheart. It's great having youtube.

But I caught a live show of the Melvins, and finally caught on to the diversity of the bass. Deutrom is really good.

I was too scared to start a band in 1979 when I lived with the perfect group of people to do it. I don't want to go back in time. But if I did, I sure as hell would have started that band.

And I thought bass was for thumping out a rhythmic line. Sheesh, where was my creativity.


By the way, in the early 80's I played trumpet in a band with Mike Watt. I remember saying to myself that this was finally a musician who could play bass. Years of being in bands with lame musicians. But still, that was jazz. So it doesn't count. Haha.

Mike Daniels

(5,842 posts)
17. Not when the company has paid the fees for a blanket license
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:47 PM
Sep 2012

Which FOX has certainly done and it's why political campaigns can tell these musicians to get bent as well.

Spazito

(49,733 posts)
9. LOL, love it!
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:35 PM
Sep 2012

I have to admit I would have had no clue as to who he was but my daughter talked me into watching The Voice and Adam is great as is his group Maroon 5!

laundry_queen

(8,646 posts)
36. I never cared for him or Maroon 5 much
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:56 PM
Sep 2012

Until I watched The Voice. I mean, I knew who he was, but kind of dismissed him as a kind of 'boy band' manufactured sound thing. In watching the show I see I was wrong. This tweet makes me like him even more.

Spazito

(49,733 posts)
39. Me too, I love his empathy for the competitors who aren't chosen...
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 10:03 PM
Sep 2012

as well as his honesty in how they can improve, what to work on, etc. My daughter 'made' me go on YouTube and check out him and his group after she got me hooked on The Voice, she is quite the taskmaster when it comes to trying to keep her Mom somewhat updated, lol.

Response to laundry_queen (Reply #36)

riverbendviewgal

(4,251 posts)
10. I had to look him as I am oldster
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:36 PM
Sep 2012

He is one cool dude that I now will pay attention too....What a sweetie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Levine


Adam Noah Levine[1] (born March 18, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the front man and guitarist for the pop rock band Maroon 5. He is also a coach on the American talent show The Voice.....
Levine stripped naked for testicular cancer awareness for a centerfold in Cosmopolitan UK's February 2011 issue.[22]

During Levine's teenage years, he was medically diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. In 2011, he launched an educational campaign to raise awareness of ADHD, titled "Own It".[23]

Levine, whose brother is openly gay, is an outspoken supporter of LGBT rights.[24] In 2011, he made a video[25] on Maroon 5's official YouTube account in support of the It Gets Better Project. In January 2012, he announced that Maroon 5 had changed the location of their post-Grammy Awards show because of the "unnamed Los Angeles restaurant's backing of Proposition 8".[2

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
20. If you are gonna checxk him out find that photo with his GF's hands and nothing else!
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 08:09 PM
Sep 2012

Makes her hands even look hot!
http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&biw=1024&bih=578&tbm=isch&tbnid=xpVU-ayjZxxY0M:&imgrefurl=http://cltampa.com/dailyloaf/archives/2011/01/07/maroon-5s-adam-levine-gets-naked-for-prostate-cancer&docid=WVflk3mi6hcucM&imgurl=&w=400&h=676&ei=oGlWUMH7N8H1ygGEwYCQDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=420&vpy=173&dur=2851&hovh=292&hovw=173&tx=111&ty=263&sig=114399717213513049660&page=1&tbnh=133&tbnw=87&start=0&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0,i:104

jillan

(39,451 posts)
26. That is so cool that he did that for Prostate Cancer awareness.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 08:43 PM
Sep 2012

Never mind the fact that he has an amazing body

catbyte

(34,165 posts)
52. I always wonder if these guys are going to regret all those tattoos when they're 70
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 08:38 AM
Sep 2012

and everything is heading south...

I remember a very close friend of mine getting a fan tailed goldfish tattooed on her lower abdomen back in the mid-70's. That was really daring back then. She got pregnant and by the 8th month it looked like Moby Dick and afterwards never did look right.



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Initech

(99,909 posts)
12. Hey Fox News: most musicians are liberals!!
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:39 PM
Sep 2012

If you want conservative music stick with Hank Williams Jr. or professional crapper Ted Nugent.

cr8tvlde

(1,185 posts)
16. I think they should make a corporate rule that only Hank Williams,Jr.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:46 PM
Sep 2012

music is allowed on Fox. LOL

The magic of the Liberal ... thinking ... able to use more than just the lizard brain.

Mike Daniels

(5,842 posts)
15. is he going to tell Clear Channel stations to stop playing their music as well?
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:43 PM
Sep 2012

Last I knew they were a right wing owned conglomerate as well whose ownership strongly supports Republican causes.

These musicians know that FOX bought a license that allows them to play whatever they choose for a fee to the licensing company. But I guess cheap publicity is easier to aim for than consistency.

Spazito

(49,733 posts)
18. Just because they pay a fee to a licensing company doesn't mean Adam Levine doesn't have...
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:48 PM
Sep 2012

the right to voice his disgust that they do. That's what he did and did very well.

Mike Daniels

(5,842 posts)
19. He has the right to express his opinion
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:56 PM
Sep 2012

I just commented that he doesn't seem all that motivated to tell the right wing company that helped expose his music the same thing he is telling FOX.

Duppers

(28,094 posts)
37. the fact that Clear Channel owns the Majority
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:58 PM
Sep 2012

Of AM and FM stations ($6.2 billion) makes it impossible for top musicians to make a living without those a$$holes.

So, what do you expect him to do?
What would you do?

And here's the kicker - Bain Capital owns Clear Channel !!!

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
47. Levin is pissed, and he's right!
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 12:35 AM
Sep 2012

Can you imagine being an artist and tuning into Fox News and hearing your music being played on their disgusting, offensive lie fest for dummies???

I can't even imagine the level of disgust that I would feel! Levin has the right to verbalized his disdain when Fox plays his music. I seriously doubt he's doing this for attention. He's genuinely pissed.

I'm happy to see him speak out.

 

fasttense

(17,301 posts)
50. Just because they bought a packaged license
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:00 AM
Sep 2012

Does NOT mean every song in the world is included in that package. Much like a cable TV package, the more you pay the more you get.

And also (to quote Palin), even though a packaged license deal may include a song, the original creator of that song may have retained some rights to it and CAN demand that it not be used in inappropriate settings. It all depends on the contract and our courts are regularly churning out rulings on contract disputes.

highplainsdem

(48,718 posts)
30. Direct link to the tweet (from October of last year) & Fox's idiotic response:
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:08 PM
Sep 2012

This is the tweet, from Oct. 19, 2011 -- it has 12,999 retweets as I type this:

http://twitter.com/adamlevine/status/126748335712374784

ABC News article on the predictably childish and misinformed response at Fox:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2011/10/fox-news-responds-to-adam-levines-scathing-tweet/

Jennicut

(25,415 posts)
57. That was hilarious. Adam is the best judge to me on The Voice too.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 12:06 PM
Sep 2012

Christina is too divaish, Cee Lo is too weird and Blake is too country for me. I am hopelessly addicted to that show.

Hutzpa

(11,461 posts)
58. I love their music
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 12:13 PM
Sep 2012

but for this, I'm in elation even more especially their latest sound which I think is beautiful.




that's him punching the lights out off of faux news.
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