Posted by Andrew Unterberger on 06/25/2012 at 10:16 AM Videos

The Popdust Files: adam lambert, covers, cuckoo, donna summer, hot stuff, tributes

“I love Donna Summer so much!” Adam Lambert declared at his gig last night at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. “Do you love Donna Summer?” The question was probably a rhetorical one, as Lambert likely would have launched into his cover of Summer’s disco classic “Hot Stuff,” in belated tribute to the legendary late tribute. It’s a fine cover—and holy hell, we haven’t heard that much cowbell in one jam since the days of “House of Jealous Lovers”—and Lambert does a good job of tying Summer back to modern day (and his own music) by medley-ing the song with his own “Cuckoo.”

Speaking of Lambert covers of disco standards, you guys remember his cover of Yvonne Elliman’s ‘If I Can’t Have You” from his American Idol days? How badass was that?

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