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Post by leroybrown on Sept 3, 2021 8:04:50 GMT
Taylor Hawkins Holy Man. Not a Queen+ collaboration, but that's the best recording they've been involved with this millennium. Brian's 2nd half guitar solo is gorgeous. At times it sounds like Brian invented a time machine and brought 1974 Brian in to record it for him. The harmonies are also amazing, especially Roger's. Wow! Amazing song. I love it from the opening piano. Then the song takes you away on journey that have not felt in a long while. Not sure about about the Queen references, because I got lost in the music. Usually we're here sharing Queen related tracks and listening intensly for the guita solo or whatever te Queen context is. This is really refreshing, it's beautiful piece. I did catch Brain's voice at the end. Otherwise, the song swept me away. This is how music should be. Possibly the best music share I've had the joy to listen to on this forum (& there have been a lot of good shares). |
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Post by Makka on Sept 3, 2021 8:24:40 GMT
I was fairly excited when Cosmos Rocks was announced but sheesh, in reality it really fell flat with me. I enjoyed a couple of songs but for me it just didn't feel right. I enjoyed the live videos of concerts because i thought it would just be for a short time.
I was the same with Lambert and I am glad they haven't released any new music under that monika. But I have seen them twice perform with AL and I enjoyed the shows. Unfortunately I was 6 when Queen last visited my town with Freddie so I never got to see him. But I was happy to go see Roger & Brian play which was the main attraction for me.
All up, in my opinion being a musician myself, Brian & Roger love to play music. It's what they do and they are very lucky to still be able to go out and do big shows and play the songs they helped develop. Good luck to them because we know it will all stop soon. Make the most of them whilst we can.
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Sept 3, 2021 9:21:26 GMT
All up, in my opinion being a musician myself, Brian & Roger love to play music. It's what they do and they are very lucky to still be able to go out and do big shows and play the songs they helped develop. Good luck to them because we know it will all stop soon. Make the most of them whilst we can. never a truer word! and it's been said before (in rock music, a few decades ago). Then the lights begin to flicker, And the sound is getting dim
The voice begins to falter, And the crowds are getting thin
But he never seems to notice
He's just got to find, Another place to play
Fade away - Got to play - Fade away - Got to playand Your audience died, faded away, Leaving you on the stage
It's been so many years since that first matinee
It seems like an age, Encore one more time
For the ghosts of the past in your mind
They love you but you're in love with the spotlightthey've already long since acquired all the money they could ever want. for sure, it's passion and a true love of playing live that drives older artists on. |
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Post by Makka on Sept 5, 2021 13:59:25 GMT
All up, in my opinion being a musician myself, Brian & Roger love to play music. It's what they do and they are very lucky to still be able to go out and do big shows and play the songs they helped develop. Good luck to them because we know it will all stop soon. Make the most of them whilst we can. never a truer word! and it's been said before (in rock music, a few decades ago). Then the lights begin to flicker, And the sound is getting dim
The voice begins to falter, And the crowds are getting thin
But he never seems to notice
He's just got to find, Another place to play
Fade away - Got to play - Fade away - Got to playand Your audience died, faded away, Leaving you on the stage
It's been so many years since that first matinee
It seems like an age, Encore one more time
For the ghosts of the past in your mind
They love you but you're in love with the spotlightthey've already long since acquired all the money they could ever want. for sure, it's passion and a true love of playing live that drives older artists on. Yep. I'm now 51 and still love doing it. I hope I can still do it when i'm their age. Though arthritis is telling me probably not. |
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Post by bennkempster on Sept 16, 2021 11:33:56 GMT
Q+PR had massive potential but, Brian being the control freak he is put the barriers up to anything other than making sure he looked like the star and the strides they made on stage were utterly lost by the time Cosmos Rocks came along. What do you mean? I've always felt was the least involved in TCR. It felt more like a Rodgers/Taylor record to me. I thought they were on fire for the 2008 tour, enjoyed those gigs a lot more than the 2005 ones. Paul wanted more of their original material highlighted during the live shows; they were indeed fantastic in 2008 but the shows were dominated by Brian May written material for Queen and the "+ Paul Rodgers" element of the project was nothing more, really, than bringing in a name to do the singing. Paul got fed up - rightly - with it and pulled the plug. Then MayLor go cap in hand to a reality TV star that they'd vilified in C-lebrity and we're left with nothing more than an expensive karaoke show. |
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Sept 16, 2021 15:18:55 GMT
Then MayLor go cap in hand to a reality TV star that they'd vilified in C-lebrity and we're left with nothing more than an expensive karaoke show. or perhaps...just perhaps, they realised they were wrong. not all reality stars fit their C-lebrity tag, and having actually got involved with reality, they may have (partially at least) changed their minds. unlike you - whose views on this are firm, and eclipsed by your intransient mindset - that allows no one the benefit of the doubt. a black and white world while reassuring, is also extremely closed. |
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Post by vh on Sept 16, 2021 21:01:26 GMT
Then MayLor go cap in hand to a reality TV star that they'd vilified in C-lebrity and we're left with nothing more than an expensive karaoke show. The lyrics to C-lebrity are not about singing contest participants. It’s actually about the countless people who appear in the public eye and are famous for nothing more than their fame. Through the years it seems that many peopl seem to think it’s about reality music shows, and nothing more. Another bit of folklore amongst some Queen “experts” is that Brian publicly said he didn’t like the X factor , and similar shoo and their contestants. False, his comment were clearly directed at the way the judges and producers treat some of the contestants. The misconception is that Brian makes all the decisions about what the band do now. They actually make decisions together and decide what they should do as a band. Brian and Roger have equal billing both in-front of an audience and in meetings. In the PR days, yes it was Brian that brought Roger in, and it was Roger’s idea to ask PR to include Free and Bad co material. |
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Post by pimderks on Sept 16, 2021 21:32:39 GMT
Hard to believe The Cosmos Rocks was released 13 years ago already this week.
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Post by saintjiub on Sept 17, 2021 0:38:28 GMT
To the honorable Mr Kempster:
Karaoke Show??? Tribute Band??? Balderdash ...
I think maybe "authentic nostalgia band" might be a better moniker for QAL ... Unlike QAL, perhaps QPR probably cannot be considered as an "authentic nostalgia band", given that QPR wrote and performed some new material live. Some might say that "we believe" that QPR live in 2008 was as good as Queen live in 1986??? The Cosmos Rocks Tour had as many as five new songs, but the Magic Tour only had four new songs.
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Post by Strange_frontier on Sept 17, 2021 11:02:46 GMT
I've always considered Q+PR to be a 70s-nostalgia pastiche rather than the true glory of Queen, Q+AL however is more true to form and the closest thing to having Freddie reincarnated.
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Post by vh on Sept 17, 2021 13:50:09 GMT
^^^ I think it’s more than just the choice of singer. During the PR era they had a second guitar player (Jamie Mosses) that extra guitar changed the way Brian played and sounded. Like the Brian May band it was a step away from what it used to sound like.
To me with PR they sounded more like a different band playing familiar songs. I really enjoyed what they did.
With AL, as with PR they don’t have a Freddie sound alike (which is good) but AL does have a voice that is maybe better suited to more of their catalogue than PR was. But to me the biggest difference is that Brian is back to playing like he did live in the 70’s and 80’s as the only guitar player, which was so much of their live sound. That combined with AL’s range and ability to sing a wider selection of songs maybe helps the overall presentation to sound more Queen like.
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Post by mike71 on Sept 30, 2021 19:43:44 GMT
Adam Era is the most popular, But I recently listened to Return Of The Champions and liked a lot of the stuff on that record. I'm not a TCR fan, but as far as live, I'll go with Paul Rodgers. It felt more like a classic rock show, Paul is a good rock singer and Brian and Roger had more energy. Adam is talented, but he doesn't do it for me. Return Of The Champions> Live around The World.
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Post by georg on Dec 7, 2021 23:45:49 GMT
I recall the Q+PR collaboration with tremendous fondness, especially The Cosmos Rocks. Yeah it was a little cheesy, the lyrics were a bit trite, and Brian didn’t seem that invested in it, but there was just such an electricity in the air at that time. Queenzone especially was buzzing, especially with detractors! But it was such an interesting and exciting time, and I remember reading the reviews from Europe and the UK and South America and hoping they would come to the US in 2009 (in fact, I think there were rumors they were going to, but alas…) but just as quickly as it started, it was over.
But it came at a transitive moment in my life: I’d lost my career in the recession, lost my house, but made new friends, and I would drive a few hours out to visit them every other weekend, and TCR was my soundtrack, so even though it’s not the best album those three released, it still resonated deeply with me, and I will always remember that time with bittersweet happiness, as my old life was falling apart but I was making a new life in its ashes.
I wasn’t sold on Adam — and was in fact staunchly against it and was mildly embarrassed to be a Queen fan — until I heard him sing Who Wants to Live Forever. That changed my opinion of him for the better, and while I doubt I’ll see them live (if they’re able to tour next year, what with *gestures broadly* everything), I do think he brings an appreciation for Freddie’s theatricality while injecting his own flair into it, and that’s a fine line anyone who has to fill as enormous shoes as Freddie’s would have trouble balancing.
I really do live in hope someday that we will get more songs from the 46664 sessions – THAT re-sparked my interest in Queen after a lean few years of questionable collabs and Brian peddling the musical every other interview. Not that I didn’t expect him to not plug it, and I now would probably see it if it came back around, but it was in EVERYTHING at the time – including, I believe, the Inside the Rhapsody featurette on GVH2. But anyway, I would love to hear more from 46664, though I can’t imagine there being many hidden gems if The Call was deemed good enough…
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Post by Lord Fickle on Dec 8, 2021 0:00:36 GMT
I recall the Q+PR collaboration with tremendous fondness, especially The Cosmos Rocks. Yeah it was a little cheesy, the lyrics were a bit trite, and Brian didn’t seem that invested in it, but there was just such an electricity in the air at that time. Queenzone especially was buzzing, especially with detractors! But it was such an interesting and exciting time, and I remember reading the reviews from Europe and the UK and South America and hoping they would come to the US in 2009 (in fact, I think there were rumors they were going to, but alas…) but just as quickly as it started, it was over. But it came at a transitive moment in my life: I’d lost my career in the recession, lost my house, but made new friends, and I would drive a few hours out to visit them every other weekend, and TCR was my soundtrack, so even though it’s not the best album those three released, it still resonated deeply with me, and I will always remember that time with bittersweet happiness, as my old life was falling apart but I was making a new life in its ashes. I wasn’t sold on Adam — and was in fact staunchly against it and was mildly embarrassed to be a Queen fan — until I heard him sing Who Wants to Live Forever. That changed my opinion of him for the better, and while I doubt I’ll see them live (if they’re able to tour next year, what with *gestures broadly* everything), I do think he brings an appreciation for Freddie’s theatricality while injecting his own flair into it, and that’s a fine line anyone who has to fill as enormous shoes as Freddie’s would have trouble balancing. I really do live in hope someday that we will get more songs from the 46664 sessions – THAT re-sparked my interest in Queen after a lean few years of questionable collabs and Brian peddling the musical every other interview. Not that I didn’t expect him to not plug it, and I now would probably see it if it came back around, but it was in EVERYTHING at the time – including, I believe, the Inside the Rhapsody featurette on GVH2. But anyway, I would love to hear more from 46664, though I can’t imagine there being many hidden gems if The Call was deemed good enough… I think Adam was / is certainly an acquired taste, and his vocals were quite cringingly screechy at first, but you're right about his WWTLF, which was a magnificent performance, arguably attaining heights Freddie would have struggled with on stage. Technically, he has the range and power to tackle any Queen song. My only wish is that he'd tone down the make-up just a bit. |
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Post by Raf on Dec 15, 2021 14:43:49 GMT
I recall the Q+PR collaboration with tremendous fondness, especially The Cosmos Rocks. Yeah it was a little cheesy, the lyrics were a bit trite, and Brian didn’t seem that invested in it, but there was just such an electricity in the air at that time. Queenzone especially was buzzing, especially with detractors! But it was such an interesting and exciting time, and I remember reading the reviews from Europe and the UK and South America and hoping they would come to the US in 2009 (in fact, I think there were rumors they were going to, but alas…) but just as quickly as it started, it was over. But it came at a transitive moment in my life: I’d lost my career in the recession, lost my house, but made new friends, and I would drive a few hours out to visit them every other weekend, and TCR was my soundtrack, so even though it’s not the best album those three released, it still resonated deeply with me, and I will always remember that time with bittersweet happiness, as my old life was falling apart but I was making a new life in its ashes. I wasn’t sold on Adam — and was in fact staunchly against it and was mildly embarrassed to be a Queen fan — until I heard him sing Who Wants to Live Forever. That changed my opinion of him for the better, and while I doubt I’ll see them live (if they’re able to tour next year, what with *gestures broadly* everything), I do think he brings an appreciation for Freddie’s theatricality while injecting his own flair into it, and that’s a fine line anyone who has to fill as enormous shoes as Freddie’s would have trouble balancing. I really do live in hope someday that we will get more songs from the 46664 sessions – THAT re-sparked my interest in Queen after a lean few years of questionable collabs and Brian peddling the musical every other interview. Not that I didn’t expect him to not plug it, and I now would probably see it if it came back around, but it was in EVERYTHING at the time – including, I believe, the Inside the Rhapsody featurette on GVH2. But anyway, I would love to hear more from 46664, though I can’t imagine there being many hidden gems if The Call was deemed good enough… I think Adam was / is certainly an acquired taste, and his vocals were quite cringingly screechy at first, but you're right about his WWTLF, which was a magnificent performance, arguably attaining heights Freddie would have struggled with on stage. Technically, he has the range and power to tackle any Queen song. My only wish is that he'd tone down the make-up just a bit. Not taking a jab at you, but I do enjoy thinking many people's reactions to Adam's clothing, make up, stage gestures, and up to a certain point maybe even vocals do sound a look like what we hear happened back in the 70s when Queen first showed up and got accused of being something like a cross-dressing operatic Led Zeppelin, or all the heat Freddie took from the classic fans when he cut his hair and grew a moustache  I suppose this is part of what makes QAL feel Queen-like. Adam teases people and make them have strong opinions about what they're seeing. As others pointed out, QPR felt more like a traditional hard rock band (a good one, by the way!), and there wasn't really anything too unusual for people to talk about (except, of course, for the fact that it was Queen featuring someone other than Freddie on vocals). One thing that has always caught my attention is how Queen went back to their old looks now that they have Adam. With Paul, Brian and Roger were always on stage in trousers and button shirts, while with Adam we have Brian playing certain songs wearing the kind of stuff you'd expect to see in the early 70s. Even the stage itself: the light shows put together for both QPR tours was excellent, but what they've built for the QAL tours (the huge "Q" shaped screen+catwalk, the red special shaped stage, the huge Frank prop for Adam to ride etc) really looks and feels like the sort of stuff Freddie would want to do with today's technology. I also disliked Adam's vocals in the beginning. Too screechy. But I really think over time he adjusted himself to suit the songs better, and nowadays I believe he serves the songs well while keeping some of his personal style. |
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Post by fan76 on Dec 15, 2021 15:34:21 GMT
When Q+PR started touring, I was happy as a child. It gave me the opportunity to clear a few lines on my lifelong to-do list. Yes, it's a different thing as it was with Freddie and John, but time doesn't wait and as a fact it was the nearest thing to the original band(2 active original members) that you could get then in 2005. For many fans like me(born '76) and younger, it was THE opportunity to see a Queen live concert. It was really a dream come true for me. The second tour with Paul sucked. Even for me as a tolerant fan - I realized, they don't fit together. So when I heard about Adam - yes why not, give him a chance. I had a ticket for Knebworth 2012, which was cancelled, saw them live in 2015,2016 and 2017. The concerts '15 and '16 were a little bit boring, because it was nearly the same songlist as '05 and '08. In contrast to them was 2017, big show, different songs, big lights, entertainment at it's best. I've been a Queen fan since I first heard Radio Gaga in 1983/84. So when I think about the next concert in 2022(hopefully) I'm very thankfull for the opportunity to see Brian and Roger one more time live. They're both in their seventies, no one knows how much longer they will go on tour or can go on tour? So I cheer happily after every song and say two words to them: Thank you!
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Post by Lplix on Dec 15, 2021 17:17:16 GMT
I would rather see Brian and Roger as solo artists. Other than the QPR album, 46664, and Fun on Earth ... the whole 21st century (thus far) has been a Queen desert wasteland ... The musical The movie Robbie Williams Beyonce, Pink & Britney Pepsi commercial QAL Ugh I agree with you that it would be better to see Roger and Brian alone, possibly with some guests during the live show. A solo acoustic album with Brian and Roger wouldn't be bad. It wouldn't be bad, I repeat for the umpteenth time, an album with RPO, and I emphasize with, reusing Freddie's vocal tracks on it. |
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Post by jazsh on Feb 25, 2022 18:54:52 GMT
Tom Chaplin! That man sang his heart out for ‘It’s A Hard Life’ Hi, I agree 100%. Don't know if he'd do that great with the rockers, but he's a big Queen fan all the way.
Think he did a solo tour singing nothing but Queen songs some years ago ? I don't think it'll happen. Keane didn't go that massive after their first couple of records,
they have a loyal fan base but ... whatever, he really nailed it in that one show. Cheers.
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Post by angusscrimm on Feb 28, 2022 19:01:11 GMT
I disregard most things with Queen+ on it. The pre Paul Rodgers stuff was just crap. I wasn't happy with the idea of Paul either, but after giving it a go, he was brilliant. I enjoyed Return of The Champions, and I really liked The Cosmos Rocks tour. I'd be happy with that colab again. I gave Adam Lambert a chance....just no. Never again.
As Brenski has said, I'd much rather Brian and Roger as solo artists.
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Post by ActionThisDay on Feb 28, 2022 22:40:55 GMT
I saw Q+PR and Q+AL at the same venue 12 years apart. Both shows were very enjoyable, the Adam Lambert show had a better setlist and stage but I think I actually enjoyed the Paul Rodgers show more. Maybe part of that was seeing Brian and Roger live for the first time.
Never had any interest in hearing any of the studio collaborations.
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Post by Dimitris on Mar 1, 2022 11:05:13 GMT
I saw Q+PR in 2005 Rome, I was excited for seeing Brian and Roger since 90s, while Brian and Roger really have energy and power on some songs, the concert was boring. Weird intros too much acoustic songs etc.
In 2008 some friends suggested to go a trip to London and watch Q+PR. The concert was much better but again there was something missing.
The PR songs sounded great like he was having a great back up band.
The Cosmos Flops was like a cake without sweetness...
In 2015 (Berlin), I saw Q+Adam with friends not in Queen music, everybody was excited, I was happy since the setlist was much better and the atmosphere had energy moreover there was sense of humor.
I don't want an album with Adam, I have said how it will harm Queen status and momentum.
About the other Q+ not counting the Tribute Concert only the guitar solo on WATC with Robbie Williams was good nothing else.
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Post by Mr Mercury on Mar 1, 2022 12:15:06 GMT
I've heard rumours that Roger and Paul wanted to do more "new" stuff in the set, but that Brian wasn't prepared to rehearse them. Not sure where I read that. I still can't believe that they put out an album in the 2nd week of September and less than 3 months later they had broken up. I'm glad to have seen a couple of early gigs in the Cosmos Rocks tour, where they did stuff like Time To Shine, opening with Surf's Up etc. Would've loved to see one of the later gigs where they did stuff like Voodoo, Under Pressure etc. I do know that on the first tour in 2005, Paul wanted to do a complete set of Queen songs but it was Brian and Roger's idea to include some of Pauls songs too. Paul said so in a magazine interview that I posted up on Queenzone years back. Unfortunately I cant remeber the name of the magazine now (it wasnt Classic Rock or Kerrang - I do know that much). |
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Post by rogercz on Mar 1, 2022 12:58:39 GMT
I've heard rumours that Roger and Paul wanted to do more "new" stuff in the set, but that Brian wasn't prepared to rehearse them. Not sure where I read that. I still can't believe that they put out an album in the 2nd week of September and less than 3 months later they had broken up. I'm glad to have seen a couple of early gigs in the Cosmos Rocks tour, where they did stuff like Time To Shine, opening with Surf's Up etc. Would've loved to see one of the later gigs where they did stuff like Voodoo, Under Pressure etc. I do know that on the first tour in 2005, Paul wanted to do a complete set of Queen songs but it was Brian and Roger's idea to include some of Pauls songs too. Paul said so in a magazine interview that I posted up on Queenzone years back. Unfortunately I cant remeber the name of the magazine now (it wasnt Classic Rock or Kerrang - I do know that much). It was Roger, who didn't want to be a karaoke band a persuade Brian to make an album. Brian was busy with his PhD and saving foxes and his songs were subpar (only We Believe made into live setlist). On the other hand, Brian was the one who wasn't happy with brilliant Surf's Up intro and instead of it he enforced TYMT and later HTF (his own songs)..and HTF wasn't a good opener... And when they decided to drop some new songs from setlist, the first ones were Paul's new songs (Warboys, Time to Shine) or his former solo stuff...As Roger said, he was OK with Paul, so there were arguments between BM and PR which lead to the end of the collaboration...
Adam gets better, especially when he stops screaming and keeps his voice a little bit lower, setlist is better, but I miss the rock atmosphere of Bad Co or Free songs and lack Paul's strong, deep voice.
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Post by georg on Mar 1, 2022 13:40:27 GMT
I gave one of the Japan 2020 shows a listen and maybe it’s because it was an audience recording but it seemed kinda lifeless to me. I’ve stood up for Adam in the past, even though I preferred Paul (or even the 46664-era “Queen”), so don’t think of me as an Adam basher, but something just seemed off. I think it was that a lot of the songs were abridged; obviously I get the medley aspect of it, but it seemed like a lot of the songs that weren’t part of the medley still missed out on whole verses. I think it was Tie Your Mother Down that surprised me, though I can’t recall at the moment and I’m not interested in listening again to find out.
It seems like they want to cram as many songs into the set list as possible but still keep it to the 2, 2 ½ hour running time. And I’m sure it makes more of a difference when you’re engaged with the band and not when you’re half-listening to a kind of decent recording while you’re working, so take this criticism with a large hill of salt.
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Post by Mercurian on Mar 19, 2022 14:43:59 GMT
Mr Roger Taylor must be the next Queen lead singer
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Post by Sammy B. Willickers on Mar 26, 2022 19:00:15 GMT
I would rather see Brian and Roger as solo artists. Other than the QPR album, 46664, and Fun on Earth ... the whole 21st century (thus far) has been a Queen desert wasteland ... The musical The movie Robbie Williams Beyonce, Pink & Britney Pepsi commercial QAL Ugh Sorry for the late reply, but I can't help but notice that you've left out quite a few things, to suit your narrative of us having gotten nothing from Queen other than a handful of things. There are so many things that they've released since the start of the millennium... Like the millionth Greatest Hits reissue  |
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Post by Sammy B. Willickers on Mar 26, 2022 19:08:20 GMT
I do know that on the first tour in 2005, Paul wanted to do a complete set of Queen songs but it was Brian and Roger's idea to include some of Pauls songs too. Paul said so in a magazine interview that I posted up on Queenzone years back. Unfortunately I cant remeber the name of the magazine now (it wasnt Classic Rock or Kerrang - I do know that much). It was Roger, who didn't want to be a karaoke band a persuade Brian to make an album. Brian was busy with his PhD and saving foxes and his songs were subpar (only We Believe made into live setlist). On the other hand, Brian was the one who wasn't happy with brilliant Surf's Up intro and instead of it he enforced TYMT and later HTF (his own songs)..and HTF wasn't a good opener... And when they decided to drop some new songs from setlist, the first ones were Paul's new songs (Warboys, Time to Shine) or his former solo stuff...As Roger said, he was OK with Paul, so there were arguments between BM and PR which lead to the end of the collaboration...
Adam gets better, especially when he stops screaming and keeps his voice a little bit lower, setlist is better, but I miss the rock atmosphere of Bad Co or Free songs and lack Paul's strong, deep voice.
I don't quite remember which show it was, but Adam had vocal problems or something of that sort, so he couldn't over-sing every song. I actually quite liked listening to it, due to his more relaxed voice. I agree with you, I think he sounds much better when he isn't shouting, which is how I feel about Fred's singing in the '80s as well |
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Post by Raf on Mar 28, 2022 3:50:12 GMT
Mr Roger Taylor must be the next Queen lead singer Although I always think his vocal moments are one of the high points in the concerts (both in the 70s and in the PR/AL collabs), I think he'd be less suited to be Queen's frontman than either PR or AL. His voice is great, and watching him singing from behind his kit is a delight, but when he's standing on the stage holding the mic he looks terribly awkward. And I doubt he'd be able to sing while drumming throughout a 2-hour setlist, as nowadays he doesn't even do all the drumming by himself. His way of singing works on his solo concerts, especially considering they're usually smaller and more intimate. But for a full length Queen tour they'd get a lot of shit for an apparent lack of energy, as people are used with Queen concerts featuring powerful singers moving around a lot on stage and having fun with the audience. The one thing Freddie, Paul and Adam definitely have in common is that they're definitely great frontmen. Different voices, different singing styles, but both walk all over the stage and make sure they'll connect with people from all corners around the venue, while Roger won't go much further than making a couple of jokes inbetween songs while not leaving his spot. I guess Queen benefits from having someone more active making the audience move their asses so that the couple of songs Brian and Roger will sing on their own will be appreciated as a special and more intimate moment within a larger event. Brian has already proved he can do a great job as frontman, but it looks like he isn't that interested in doing that anymore and seems to be more focused on being a full time guitarist as he used to be in the 70s, without any sort of support from other guitarists, as someone pointed out on this thread. |
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Post by oliver006 on Mar 28, 2022 13:34:00 GMT
IntroductionHey guys! So I was talking to some people about this subject, and thought "Hey, this would be a great thing to post on QueenChat!" and so, Here it is! If there's another thread like this already, Please inform me. Note that this isn't specifically talking about the Adam era or the Paul era, but more so about the whole 'Queen +' thing itself, Although if you wanna talk about just one era, then be my guest.  It should also be noted that you shouldn't make fun of people's opinion about this or look down on them, Just because they aren't your own. It's okay to disagree, but please don't be an asshole about it. and before you ask, I'm down for when Queen does a collaboration with another artist, Because it's neat to see other people's takes on Queen songs and that stuff, So please don't call me a 'Freddie Stan', just because I don't really like a collaboration or two. Alright, Got all of that out of the way, so to break the ice a bit, I'll start.. Miscellaneous Collaborations (1992 - 2004)I think it started off very hit and miss, like the Freddie Tribute Concert (George Michael was phenomenal, but Robert didn't quite do Innuendo justice for example..) and the other miscellaneous collaborations that happened from the late '90s to early 2000's (I absolutely hated the ABTD remix and the WWRY cover with 5ive). Very brief, but I didn't have much else to say about this era, As the only collabs that I liked in this era was the 'Mike Spencer' mix of Under Pressure (Which doesn't really count in my opinion). Paul Rodgers era (2004 - 2009)This is a bit of an unpopular opinion, but I actually liked the Queen + Paul Rodgers collaboration. I like Paul as a singer and I think he does the songs justice, and he also plays songs from his past as well (Something that is sadly missing in the Queen + Adam Lambert collab) Although I will admit, I was sad that they didn't play songs like Killer Queen (Then again, I like how they DIDN'T play those, As they didn't suit Paul's voice and it would've sounded silly to hear him sing those songs). Yes, the album was not all that good (a few good songs, but nothing too special), I really think the tours were great! (Although the setlists were a bit bland) Adam Lambert era (2011 - present)
Now the Adam Lambert era doesn't speak to me as much as the Paul era. It's not because I hate the idea of Queen doing anything after Fred's death (As stated above, I am all-for collabs), but something about it just makes me feel weird. I personally don't like how Adam sings the songs, It just sounds very Theatrical, but not in a way that I'll vibe in. It's just... not really for me. Final Words
Anyways, Now that I've said my piece, I would like to hear your opinions too! They don't have to be this long, I just wanted to give my opinions on all of these eras. Remember to keep conversations civil and if you disagree, Don't be an asshole about it! BONUS QUESTION: What singer would you like to see front Queen? (Can't be an impersonator)For me, it would be Kerry Ellis |
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Post by oliver006 on Mar 28, 2022 13:42:41 GMT
I found Paul a way better singer than Adam when it comes to singing rock. Adam sings them as if he's singing hip hop but with a rock backup. Saying that,I think Adam suits much better as a pop/hip hop singer.
I personally find Q+ projects as nothing substantial but mostly a reason to tour and earn.
It'd very interesting if Brian,Roger and Tim reunited as Smile and tour. They did record the movie version of Doing Alright but that's as far as it goes.A very unlikely thing to happen but an interesting possibility.
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