Brian May clears up that Paul Rodgers thing

It's in the news but I just felt like bringing it up anyway.

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The new album, The Cosmos Rocks, is the first the band has recorded without Mercury, who passed away in 1991. “I feel like he’s still very much part of the band,” May says. “We reference him every day. He always really enjoyed Paul’s work. He used to have a go at me in the studio when I tried to have him sing bluesy stuff. He’d say, ‘Brian, you’re trying to make me fucking sound like Paul Rodgers, and I can’t do it!’”
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Well, no use of the 'hero' word Sebastian loves so much... this is slightly more credible I suppose, but a cynic would look at this as more revisionism by Brian.

Personally I don't think it's too outlandish to imagine Freddie having some admiration for Paul Rodgers, in that he sang in a field Freddie perhaps thought he couldn't do as well.
Either way, it's a funny quote.

Cynic already did.

http://www.queenzone.com/queenzone/forumnew/forum_topic_view.aspx?Q=1102435

P.S. It's not Sebastian who loves that word so much, it's Brian who used that word towards Rodgers several times.

I'm sure Brian first said that during a press conference in Japan on the last tour didn't he. I reckon that its got more of a chance of being true than the whole Paul is a hero of Freddies idea.

Great thread title. Haha.

(I've been hearing about experiments where they stimulate parts of your brain to bring back vivid memories.)

I just got a copy of the 1987 version of the Queen Fan Club biography/discography/whatever a couple of weeks ago. On Freddie's page, he lists his favorite song of all time as Lionel Ritchie's "All Night Long", so I think I rather prefer to believe the Paul Rodgers business. I mean, really, "All Night Long"? What the fuck?

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Mr Faron Hyte wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I just got a copy of the 1987 version of the Queen Fan Club biography/discography/whatever a couple of weeks ago. On Freddie's page, he lists his favorite song of all time as Lionel Ritchie's "All Night Long", so I think I rather prefer to believe the Paul Rodgers business. I mean, really, "All Night Long"? What the fuck?[/QUOTE]

That must've been a practical joke.

Well, maybe Freddie wasn't the intellectual genius some people claim he was. A genius' last words surely can't be "pee pee", can they?

He probably had something better lined up but dropped dead before he could get it out.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Pim Derks wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Well, maybe Freddie wasn't the intellectual genius some people claim he was. A genius' last words surely can't be "pee pee", can they? [/QUOTE]

You stupid twat.. he was in his dead bed.. What the fuck you can expect an individual ravaged by aids to say but the most lowest level of needs by short sentences.. die by gagging into your own shit you idiot.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Mr Faron Hyte wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I just got a copy of the 1987 version of the Queen Fan Club biography/discography/whatever a couple of weeks ago. On Freddie's page, he lists his favorite song of all time as Lionel Ritchie's "All Night Long", so I think I rather prefer to believe the Paul Rodgers business. I mean, really, "All Night Long"? What the fuck?[/QUOTE]

Maybe his favourite was whatever he was into at that moment? It's not like he's ever been a heavy blues man, has he? That's more of Brian's interest.

And it's not that Paul Rodgers songs are inherently better than Lionel Richie's... Most Queen fans would just think so because they prefer rock, unlike Freddie who was very much into other types of music in the 80's. (It's pretty amazing how some people haven't noticed that after Hot Space, Mr Bad Guy and Barcelona.)

Having worked in the music biz for the last 13 years, I can't remember ever meeting a singer who didn't think that Paul Rodgers has an amazing voice. In the rock singing world, he is simply rated as one of the best. I think what Brian is trying to say is that Freddie would've also of been of this opinion. That's not to mean that he sat at home listening to Free albums all day but that he would have been aware of PR and would have held a certain amount of respect for him in the same way a guitarist would for Jeff Beck or Jimi Hendrix. So I think what Brian says is true, Freddie would have liked and respected PR, probably didnt buy his records, but I think BM's words are purposely left open to interpretation maybe to give the venture more validity.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Tero wrote: [/QUOTENAME]. (It's pretty amazing how some people haven't noticed that after Hot Space, Mr Bad Guy and Barcelona.)[/QUOTE]

it's pretty amazing how seriously you seem to take yourself.
are you and Guru one and the same?

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Zak Royen wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Tero wrote: [/QUOTENAME]. (It's pretty amazing how some people haven't noticed that after Hot Space, Mr Bad Guy and Barcelona.)[/QUOTE]

it's pretty amazing how seriously you seem to take yourself.
are you and Guru one and the same?[/QUOTE]

I'm just me, and I wouldn't say I take myself all that seriously. (I also don't insult other people even when they are rude towards me and ignore the actual discussion.)

I do have the habit of answering seriously to other people's serious posts, but I can be just as lighthearted as the poster I'm replying to.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]kirkpatrickuk wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Having worked in the music biz for the last 13 years, I can't remember ever meeting a singer who didn't think that Paul Rodgers has an amazing voice. In the rock singing world, he is simply rated as one of the best. I think what Brian is trying to say is that Freddie would've also of been of this opinion. That's not to mean that he sat at home listening to Free albums all day but that he would have been aware of PR and would have held a certain amount of respect for him in the same way a guitarist would for Jeff Beck or Jimi Hendrix. So I think what Brian says is true, Freddie would have liked and respected PR, probably didnt buy his records, but I think BM's words are purposely left open to interpretation maybe to give the venture more validity.[/QUOTE]

Well said.
That's exactly it.

I can easily see Freddie saying that to Brian in defiance of being asked to sing something bluesy, which really wasn't his thing.

After having worked in the music biz for the last 13 years you have to know such things like PR campaign, marketing, publicity...

C'mon, guys, the only reason why this Freddie's quote seems to be authentic is in using the word 'fucking' in it. I'm really not sure if Paul Rodgers needs in such kind of defence. That decries his own weight in that music biz.