"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!’” Brian May in that interview.
Brian May never fails to disappoint me lately. Why even say something like that, even if it were true, which I doubt. Does he seriously mean to suggest that although he was lucky enough to have a unique vocalist like Freddie Mercury he wanted to make him sing like someone else?? This is just yet another lame attempt to "sell" Rodgers as the vocalist for "Queen".
Just have the balls to let the music do the talking please Mr May, without going to ever increasingly ridiculous attempts to justify teaming up with Paul Rodgers. It's not even fair on Paul Rodgers himself, a vocalist who shouldn't need to be justified in such a lame manner.
If anything this displays that May is well aware of the public's lack of confidence in the CONCEPT of an incarnation of Queen without Mercury, not anyone's musical ability.
Sadly, the passing of Freddie Mercury comes off lately sounding like a liberating musical experience for Brian May.
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Sorry, I trust Brian May more than anyone in this thread when it comes to quoting Freddie.
HOWEVER, and this is a biggy; no one really knows the context of the quote.
Who says that Freddie was worshipping Paul Rodgers by saying this? Maybe he was just throwing the name of a contemporary blues singer in the air??
You people really need to spend more time thinking and less time bitching.
HOWEVER, and this is a biggy; no one really knows the context of the quote.
Who says that Freddie was worshipping Paul Rodgers by saying this? Maybe he was just throwing the name of a contemporary blues singer in the air??
You people really need to spend more time thinking and less time bitching.
If you trust more to Brian, then welcome to the world where My Fairy King is from QII and the magic toy koto sounds are in Teo Torriate.
I more trust to Freddie in quoting Freddie than to anyone else in this thread and the world. Ritchie, Michael, Franklin, Plant, nothing has been said about Rodgers. John's mentioned All Right Now as his fave song, that's true, but not Freddie. End of story. Period. Fact. Get over it.
I more trust to Freddie in quoting Freddie than to anyone else in this thread and the world. Ritchie, Michael, Franklin, Plant, nothing has been said about Rodgers. John's mentioned All Right Now as his fave song, that's true, but not Freddie. End of story. Period. Fact. Get over it.
I never considered Bad Company as blues
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Zebonka12 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Maybe he was just throwing the name of a contemporary blues singer in the air??
You people really need to spend more time thinking and less time bitching.[/QUOTE]
More time thinking? Like you can talk! It must be wonderful to be so naive! You could see no reason as to why May would be pushing Rodgers in such a fashion at this point in time? Not sure if you've heard, but there's a new Queen album out soon with somebody else singing on it. A lot of people are unsure of the idea.
When you get older you'll discover your sense of cynicism develops.
If it was nothing more than a throw away name with no real credit implied, why use it?
It gets under people's skin because the quote is used to suggest that Mercury was no Paul Rodgers when it comes to the blues.
Of course he wasn't, he was Freddie Mercury. The once irreplaceable front man for Queen....until Rodgers came along and singing "bluesy" like Rodgers is now revealed to be something beyond Mercury's vocal abilities, which frustrated Brian's attempts at "blues" in Queen.
Not being able to sound like Paul Rodgers really held them back in the old days, didn't it?
Sorry, but I fear Brian May has lost the plot.
You people really need to spend more time thinking and less time bitching.[/QUOTE]
More time thinking? Like you can talk! It must be wonderful to be so naive! You could see no reason as to why May would be pushing Rodgers in such a fashion at this point in time? Not sure if you've heard, but there's a new Queen album out soon with somebody else singing on it. A lot of people are unsure of the idea.
When you get older you'll discover your sense of cynicism develops.
If it was nothing more than a throw away name with no real credit implied, why use it?
It gets under people's skin because the quote is used to suggest that Mercury was no Paul Rodgers when it comes to the blues.
Of course he wasn't, he was Freddie Mercury. The once irreplaceable front man for Queen....until Rodgers came along and singing "bluesy" like Rodgers is now revealed to be something beyond Mercury's vocal abilities, which frustrated Brian's attempts at "blues" in Queen.
Not being able to sound like Paul Rodgers really held them back in the old days, didn't it?
Sorry, but I fear Brian May has lost the plot.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Ken8 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
More time thinking? Like you can talk! It must be wonderful to be so naive! You could see no reason as to why May would be pushing Rodgers in such a fashion at this point in time? Not sure if you've heard, but there's a new Queen album out soon with somebody else singing on it. A lot of people are unsure of the idea.
When you get Rah rah rah rah rah w revealed to be something beyond Mercury's vocal abilities, which frustrated Brian's attempts at "blues" in Queen.
Not being able to sound like Paul Rodgers really held them back in the old days, didn't it?
Sorry, but I fear Brian May has lost the plot.[/QUOTE]
Might it just be that my cynicism only extends to being very wary of shoddy theorising on a Queen forum?
Truth is, I don't actually care if Brian is concocting stories to convince the hypothetical masses that his new album will be okay. Don't care one iota. The only point I was addressing is that Freddie may well have said such a thing in the past. It's not that outlandish.
As I said though, since the manner in which Freddie said it is lost to time (if he ever did say it), then any debate over it is utterly pointless.
Furthermore, if he was inventing a Freddie quote, would he not have used the word 'dear', and not 'fucking' ?
More time thinking? Like you can talk! It must be wonderful to be so naive! You could see no reason as to why May would be pushing Rodgers in such a fashion at this point in time? Not sure if you've heard, but there's a new Queen album out soon with somebody else singing on it. A lot of people are unsure of the idea.
When you get Rah rah rah rah rah w revealed to be something beyond Mercury's vocal abilities, which frustrated Brian's attempts at "blues" in Queen.
Not being able to sound like Paul Rodgers really held them back in the old days, didn't it?
Sorry, but I fear Brian May has lost the plot.[/QUOTE]
Might it just be that my cynicism only extends to being very wary of shoddy theorising on a Queen forum?
Truth is, I don't actually care if Brian is concocting stories to convince the hypothetical masses that his new album will be okay. Don't care one iota. The only point I was addressing is that Freddie may well have said such a thing in the past. It's not that outlandish.
As I said though, since the manner in which Freddie said it is lost to time (if he ever did say it), then any debate over it is utterly pointless.
Furthermore, if he was inventing a Freddie quote, would he not have used the word 'dear', and not 'fucking' ?
PS. Brian lost the fucking plot years ago.
WWRY Musical.
WWRY Musical.
“ 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!’”
According to that logic Freddie was a huge fan of the Andrew Sisters, too (see One Vision documentary.
According to that logic Freddie was a huge fan of the Andrew Sisters, too (see One Vision documentary.
“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!”
No offense to Brian, I just wish he would stop trying to convince us that Freddie really liked Paul. If I wasnt dubious about that before, I am now. Its like he is still trying to justify having Paul as the lead singer.
No offense to Brian, I just wish he would stop trying to convince us that Freddie really liked Paul. If I wasnt dubious about that before, I am now. Its like he is still trying to justify having Paul as the lead singer.
I would guess that Brian would have been very keen on understanding Freddie's points, especially points regarding music while in the studio creating new music.
You know, in all these PR bashings, there's one thing that CANNOT be denied. Paul Rodgers WAS, IS, and ALWAYS WILL BE a lot more popular in America than Freddie Mercury.
So what, because the UK fans don't like anything NOT having Freddie in it, it's doomed for failure? That's pretty short-sighted, don't you think?
And what's wrong with Lionel Richie? All Night Long was a great song from a great album. Can't Slow Down produced SIX Top Ten Singles from an album containing EIGHT songs. Somebody with a Big Brain here please reference another artist or band to accomplish that same ratio or better?
Plus Lionel wrote Lady for Kenny Rogers.
So what, because the UK fans don't like anything NOT having Freddie in it, it's doomed for failure? That's pretty short-sighted, don't you think?
And what's wrong with Lionel Richie? All Night Long was a great song from a great album. Can't Slow Down produced SIX Top Ten Singles from an album containing EIGHT songs. Somebody with a Big Brain here please reference another artist or band to accomplish that same ratio or better?
Plus Lionel wrote Lady for Kenny Rogers.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Micrówave wrote: [/QUOTENAME]You know, in all these PR bashings, there's one thing that CANNOT be denied. Paul Rodgers WAS, IS, and ALWAYS WILL BE a lot more popular in America than Freddie Mercury.[/QUOTE]
These are BHM bashings, man. It has nothing to do with Rodgers. Nothing at all.
P.S. PR is almost unknown in the most of East Europe countries, so what? Free is not even in the same league with Uriah Heep and Nazareth over here.
These are BHM bashings, man. It has nothing to do with Rodgers. Nothing at all.
P.S. PR is almost unknown in the most of East Europe countries, so what? Free is not even in the same league with Uriah Heep and Nazareth over here.
i actually dont find it hard at all to believe
that freddie was a fan of paul rogers. free were were big and played many of the same circuits as queen in the early days. and paul was and still is an amazing singer, not strange at all that he should be one of freddies inspirations. paul kossoff is obviously one of brians biggest influences, just listen to how he plays.
that freddie was a fan of paul rogers. free were were big and played many of the same circuits as queen in the early days. and paul was and still is an amazing singer, not strange at all that he should be one of freddies inspirations. paul kossoff is obviously one of brians biggest influences, just listen to how he plays.
Well I agree with Microwave about Lionel Richie. I don't have any music by him but he is very radio friendly and I can't see any harm in the guy and I haven't read up on the facts myself but I will take Microwave's word on how well that album did and fair do's. I don't agree that Paul Rodgers is and was and always will be more popular than Freddie in America though. 1976, Bad Company with Rodgers released the album Run With The Pack that reached #5 on the North America Billboard chart. Queen with Freddie released A Day At The Races the same year which reached #5 on the North America Billboard chart. 1977 and Bad Company with Rodgers released the album Burnin' Sky which reached #15 on the same Morth America Billboard chart while News Of The World, Freddie and Queen's 1977 release made #3. 1979 Rodgers and Bad Company release Desolation Angels which reached #3 on the North America Billboard chart where the following year 1980 Queen and Freddie released The Game which got to #1 in America going 4 times platinum so the facts don't point to Freddie Mercury not being popular as Paul Rodgers in America, in fact he was more popular. As for knocking the UK for being short sighted people that's a laugh. The Americans are the most arrogant short sighted people in the world who believe the mighty America is the be all and end all. The comment made was "more popular in AMERICA" which I think by the chart # I proved was not the case but even if it were, so what. Does that make it right? There are a lot of things more popular in America that the rest of the world don't find interesting. Baseball, American Football are two and if you want a third, college kids running around their campus with guns blowing people away.
But is Queen... er I mean Brian concerned about Yugoslavian ticket sales or Romanian album sales? I don't think so.
And this is not directed at you Serry, just answering your point.
Paul Rodgers is extremely marketable, still to this day. Probably more so than Brian & Roger. But when you stick both entities on the bill, it will draw much more appeal than billing it:
"Brian May + Roger Taylor + Paul Rodgers + some guys"
So who does that piss off?
a) the fans
b) the promotors
c) the record companies
Yes, that would be (a). But (a) isn't trying to make money off a business venture. Recording an album and touring, while fun and enjoyable, is a business venture. I'm sure Brian could strap on an acoustic and go around singing the "hits of Queen", but I'm thinking they want to do something on a bit bigger scale. They tasted the waters with the ROTC, and people came to the shows.
So because Tony, who has 18 Queen albums, doesn't think it's genuine, they should cancel recording sessions, tours, radio promos, etc.?
And those Brian "Freddie is with us" quotes? You don't really think those are for the general music buying community, do you? No. They are for all of you who still have a problem with all of this. Freddie said it. Freddie's friends confirmed it. The masses seem to want it. Keep on going as Queen!
And this is not directed at you Serry, just answering your point.
Paul Rodgers is extremely marketable, still to this day. Probably more so than Brian & Roger. But when you stick both entities on the bill, it will draw much more appeal than billing it:
"Brian May + Roger Taylor + Paul Rodgers + some guys"
So who does that piss off?
a) the fans
b) the promotors
c) the record companies
Yes, that would be (a). But (a) isn't trying to make money off a business venture. Recording an album and touring, while fun and enjoyable, is a business venture. I'm sure Brian could strap on an acoustic and go around singing the "hits of Queen", but I'm thinking they want to do something on a bit bigger scale. They tasted the waters with the ROTC, and people came to the shows.
So because Tony, who has 18 Queen albums, doesn't think it's genuine, they should cancel recording sessions, tours, radio promos, etc.?
And those Brian "Freddie is with us" quotes? You don't really think those are for the general music buying community, do you? No. They are for all of you who still have a problem with all of this. Freddie said it. Freddie's friends confirmed it. The masses seem to want it. Keep on going as Queen!