"Nothing can be the same again" - great words! Everything changes, you can`t enter the same river. If they tried to compose an album with the same Queen sound, they would never succeed, cause, first, there are only two of them, second, music changes and develops and good musicians should be abreast of the times, not lagging behind, third, it would appear to be immitation. I think it is very clever of them to change. Though risky too: some fans may turn away, others will be hesitant or at a loss. It`s a new project, wow!
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Ok, I don't think anybody here is denying Freddie's input with the band contributed greatly to what they eventually were and still are.
But what's the point in living in the past? No, sorry, you can do whatever you want but why would you want a Queen-related project to Bomb just to prove your point?
And, by the way, if there is one Queen song that suits Paul to a T and I think he would do great singing is precisely IT'S LATE.
I don't think Paul could get away with singing songs like Killer Queen, Somebody to Love or Bicycle Race. They don't suit him.
But, come on! He is GREAT with songs like Fat Bottomed Girls or Tie Your Mother Down.
Also, they now have a new album with new songs. Paul can relax and feel more at ease with the band. I saw the Ukraine video and he seems more comfortable fronting the band.
They have certainly come a long way since Brixton! :)
But what's the point in living in the past? No, sorry, you can do whatever you want but why would you want a Queen-related project to Bomb just to prove your point?
And, by the way, if there is one Queen song that suits Paul to a T and I think he would do great singing is precisely IT'S LATE.
I don't think Paul could get away with singing songs like Killer Queen, Somebody to Love or Bicycle Race. They don't suit him.
But, come on! He is GREAT with songs like Fat Bottomed Girls or Tie Your Mother Down.
Also, they now have a new album with new songs. Paul can relax and feel more at ease with the band. I saw the Ukraine video and he seems more comfortable fronting the band.
They have certainly come a long way since Brixton! :)
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Wiley wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Ok, I don't think anybody here is denying Freddie's input with the band contributed greatly to what they eventually were and still are.
But what's the point in living in the past? No, sorry, you can do whatever you want but why would you want a Queen-related project to Bomb just to prove your point?
And, by the way, if there is one Queen song that suits Paul to a T and I think he would do great singing is precisely IT'S LATE.
I don't think Paul could get away with singing songs like Killer Queen, Somebody to Love or Bicycle Race. They don't suit him.
But, come on! He is GREAT with songs like Fat Bottomed Girls or Tie Your Mother Down.
Also, they now have a new album with new songs. Paul can relax and feel more at ease with the band. I saw the Ukraine video and he seems more comfortable fronting the band.
They have certainly come a long way since Brixton! :)
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The point is, if Freddie never sang "It's Late", and Paul Rodgers did, it would be a Good song, but not great.
Freddie made a good song into a great song. Therefore, people view Queen as one of the greatest, if not the best band.
Freddie made Queen Great. 90% of Queen's greatness is Freddie Mercury.
Brian and Roger Taylor, and John Deacon are merely Smile+.
"Barcelona", "Fallen Priest" are examples of the "Queen sound". These songs are very complex, like many of early Queen records. This came from Freddie Mercury, not Brian May or Roger Taylor.
But what's the point in living in the past? No, sorry, you can do whatever you want but why would you want a Queen-related project to Bomb just to prove your point?
And, by the way, if there is one Queen song that suits Paul to a T and I think he would do great singing is precisely IT'S LATE.
I don't think Paul could get away with singing songs like Killer Queen, Somebody to Love or Bicycle Race. They don't suit him.
But, come on! He is GREAT with songs like Fat Bottomed Girls or Tie Your Mother Down.
Also, they now have a new album with new songs. Paul can relax and feel more at ease with the band. I saw the Ukraine video and he seems more comfortable fronting the band.
They have certainly come a long way since Brixton! :)
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The point is, if Freddie never sang "It's Late", and Paul Rodgers did, it would be a Good song, but not great.
Freddie made a good song into a great song. Therefore, people view Queen as one of the greatest, if not the best band.
Freddie made Queen Great. 90% of Queen's greatness is Freddie Mercury.
Brian and Roger Taylor, and John Deacon are merely Smile+.
"Barcelona", "Fallen Priest" are examples of the "Queen sound". These songs are very complex, like many of early Queen records. This came from Freddie Mercury, not Brian May or Roger Taylor.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]SomebodyWhoLoves wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
"Barcelona", "Fallen Priest" are examples of the "Queen sound". These songs are very complex, like many of early Queen records. This came from Freddie Mercury, not Brian May or Roger Taylor.
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Wasn't the Fallen Priest mainly by tim rice, it has alot of his style in it like The Golden Boy.
Rice and mercury were very good together, there styles really connected, they should have done more.
Barcelona on the other hand is all freddie, and all good :)
"Barcelona", "Fallen Priest" are examples of the "Queen sound". These songs are very complex, like many of early Queen records. This came from Freddie Mercury, not Brian May or Roger Taylor.
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Wasn't the Fallen Priest mainly by tim rice, it has alot of his style in it like The Golden Boy.
Rice and mercury were very good together, there styles really connected, they should have done more.
Barcelona on the other hand is all freddie, and all good :)
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]SomebodyWhoLoves wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Wiley wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Ok, I don't think anybody here is denying Freddie's input with the band contributed greatly to what they eventually were and still are.
But what's the point in living in the past? No, sorry, you can do whatever you want but why would you want a Queen-related project to Bomb just to prove your point?
And, by the way, if there is one Queen song that suits Paul to a T and I think he would do great singing is precisely IT'S LATE.
I don't think Paul could get away with singing songs like Killer Queen, Somebody to Love or Bicycle Race. They don't suit him.
But, come on! He is GREAT with songs like Fat Bottomed Girls or Tie Your Mother Down.
Also, they now have a new album with new songs. Paul can relax and feel more at ease with the band. I saw the Ukraine video and he seems more comfortable fronting the band.
They have certainly come a long way since Brixton! :)
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The point is, if Freddie never sang "It's Late", and Paul Rodgers did, it would be a Good song, but not great.
Freddie made a good song into a great song. Therefore, people view Queen as one of the greatest, if not the best band.
Freddie made Queen Great. 90% of Queen's greatness is Freddie Mercury.
Brian and Roger Taylor, and John Deacon are merely Smile+.
"Barcelona", "Fallen Priest" are examples of the "Queen sound". These songs are very complex, like many of early Queen records. This came from Freddie Mercury, not Brian May or Roger Taylor.
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totally agree with you! brian, roger and john made good songs BUT freddie made them great. Its a kind of magic, radio gaga, one vision etc are just some examples of how freddie rearranged the songs and made the much much better than they would have been without his input.
not to take anything away from john, roger and brian but we have to face the facts that Freddie was the soul of the band and THE reason why they were as good as they were.
But what's the point in living in the past? No, sorry, you can do whatever you want but why would you want a Queen-related project to Bomb just to prove your point?
And, by the way, if there is one Queen song that suits Paul to a T and I think he would do great singing is precisely IT'S LATE.
I don't think Paul could get away with singing songs like Killer Queen, Somebody to Love or Bicycle Race. They don't suit him.
But, come on! He is GREAT with songs like Fat Bottomed Girls or Tie Your Mother Down.
Also, they now have a new album with new songs. Paul can relax and feel more at ease with the band. I saw the Ukraine video and he seems more comfortable fronting the band.
They have certainly come a long way since Brixton! :)
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The point is, if Freddie never sang "It's Late", and Paul Rodgers did, it would be a Good song, but not great.
Freddie made a good song into a great song. Therefore, people view Queen as one of the greatest, if not the best band.
Freddie made Queen Great. 90% of Queen's greatness is Freddie Mercury.
Brian and Roger Taylor, and John Deacon are merely Smile+.
"Barcelona", "Fallen Priest" are examples of the "Queen sound". These songs are very complex, like many of early Queen records. This came from Freddie Mercury, not Brian May or Roger Taylor.
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totally agree with you! brian, roger and john made good songs BUT freddie made them great. Its a kind of magic, radio gaga, one vision etc are just some examples of how freddie rearranged the songs and made the much much better than they would have been without his input.
not to take anything away from john, roger and brian but we have to face the facts that Freddie was the soul of the band and THE reason why they were as good as they were.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]SomebodyWhoLoves wrote: [/QUOTENAME]"Barcelona", "Fallen Priest" are examples of the "Queen sound". These songs are very complex, like many of early Queen records. This came from Freddie Mercury, not Brian May or Roger Taylor.
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I'm sorry. I don't think The Fallen Priest has anything to do with the Queen sound. You could argue Barcelona sounds a bit like Queen because it has lots of Freedie backing vocals but not overall.
I think even Driven by You or Back to the Light sound more like Queen than anything on Barcelona.
You can yell sacrilege all you want but Paul could potentially give Freddie a run for his money singing It's Late. Not that anybody would give him any credit for it, though.
I once played "It's Late" to a musician friend who likes Queen and admires them, thinks Freddie was 99% Queen, etc. I told him that it was the Ultimate Queen song.
He said "It is a damn good track, but it doesn't really have typical Queen written on it".
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I'm sorry. I don't think The Fallen Priest has anything to do with the Queen sound. You could argue Barcelona sounds a bit like Queen because it has lots of Freedie backing vocals but not overall.
I think even Driven by You or Back to the Light sound more like Queen than anything on Barcelona.
You can yell sacrilege all you want but Paul could potentially give Freddie a run for his money singing It's Late. Not that anybody would give him any credit for it, though.
I once played "It's Late" to a musician friend who likes Queen and admires them, thinks Freddie was 99% Queen, etc. I told him that it was the Ultimate Queen song.
He said "It is a damn good track, but it doesn't really have typical Queen written on it".
Yes all you say is true, but there is another way of looking at Queen for myself at least.
Brian May and Roger Taylor were Queen. What I mean is that their solo efforts were as much a part of Queen to me as any solo efforts could be, Freddie's too, and this is because they always blew me away. I fell in love with Fun In Space immediately and never thought of if as 'Non-Queen' because I saw almost no difference between the tracks on Fun in Space vs. tracks like No More of the Jazz and Fight From The Inside, two of his songs around the same time that were on Queen albums.
Roger played bass, guitar, drums and lead vocals leaving little or even nothing done by the other members of the band. What makes those tracks different other than being agreed upon by the band to include them on News Of The World and Jazz? Nothing!
So essentially solo efforts are made up of the same one-man leading effort, but just without the input of other band members, at least nothing beyond what we don't know about because I am sure that at least a few songs amongst the 3 solo members caatalogues contain band developed works abandoned by the band and given back to the original composer for whatever. Man Made Paradise is a Freddie song on Mr. Bad Guy that I know has a Queen version out there somewhere because I heard a 10 second clip of it a few years back.
So when I hear Cosmos Rocks it's not about matching against Innuendo, it's about Electric Fire and Another World and what union of the two alongside Paul Rodgers will do next for two Queen members and their long quiet period without an album. For me that scenario passes Brian with flying colors, lets me accept PR because he's a lot better than nothing at all or what else may have been in his place, but I see less Roger than I'd like and of course the Mercury/Deacon absence is obvious.
The simple fact is that they will use the Queen brand so long as the use of it encourages concert sales as dominating as they've been, and the truth is that live-wise they leave little to complain about by giving us a show as big a production as they always did with Freddie.
Brian May and Roger Taylor were Queen. What I mean is that their solo efforts were as much a part of Queen to me as any solo efforts could be, Freddie's too, and this is because they always blew me away. I fell in love with Fun In Space immediately and never thought of if as 'Non-Queen' because I saw almost no difference between the tracks on Fun in Space vs. tracks like No More of the Jazz and Fight From The Inside, two of his songs around the same time that were on Queen albums.
Roger played bass, guitar, drums and lead vocals leaving little or even nothing done by the other members of the band. What makes those tracks different other than being agreed upon by the band to include them on News Of The World and Jazz? Nothing!
So essentially solo efforts are made up of the same one-man leading effort, but just without the input of other band members, at least nothing beyond what we don't know about because I am sure that at least a few songs amongst the 3 solo members caatalogues contain band developed works abandoned by the band and given back to the original composer for whatever. Man Made Paradise is a Freddie song on Mr. Bad Guy that I know has a Queen version out there somewhere because I heard a 10 second clip of it a few years back.
So when I hear Cosmos Rocks it's not about matching against Innuendo, it's about Electric Fire and Another World and what union of the two alongside Paul Rodgers will do next for two Queen members and their long quiet period without an album. For me that scenario passes Brian with flying colors, lets me accept PR because he's a lot better than nothing at all or what else may have been in his place, but I see less Roger than I'd like and of course the Mercury/Deacon absence is obvious.
The simple fact is that they will use the Queen brand so long as the use of it encourages concert sales as dominating as they've been, and the truth is that live-wise they leave little to complain about by giving us a show as big a production as they always did with Freddie.
To everyone who has replied to my post, thanks for keeping this conversation on an adult level. What I wrote was praising Queen, as they were and Queen, as they are today.
Let me say that I do like The Cosmos Rocks. I think that it is a fine album brought forth by three fantastic and wonderfully talented musicians. None the less, the album does make me a bit nostalgic and certainly makes me realize just what a heavy, heavy influence Freddie Mercury was for Queen. That was the point I was trying to articulate.
Unrelated to this particular topic, let me also add that Queen + Paul Rodgers as a live act is something not to miss. I have read time after time fellow Queenzoners post something to the effect of "oh, I'm not going to see QPR because it's not Queen." Well, it's what is left of Queen, whether you like it or not. Paul Rodgers does a fine job of fronting the band, even if he slips up and forgets a word here and there. Of course, he's no Freddie Mercury. Who could be? There will never be another - but don't let that fact deter you from seeing a fabulous concert. I absolutely can't fucking wait to see QPR, when they come to the States in 09. I saw the boys play live in Georgia, USA a couple of years ago and I must say, it was one of my most surreal and wonderful experiences. Ever since I was 10 years old, I'd dreamed of seeing Queen live. It wasn't exactly the Queen in which I was accustomed, but it was Queen enough! The concerts carry such an energy about them. The energy is unbelievable, both from the audience and from the band.
Let me say that I do like The Cosmos Rocks. I think that it is a fine album brought forth by three fantastic and wonderfully talented musicians. None the less, the album does make me a bit nostalgic and certainly makes me realize just what a heavy, heavy influence Freddie Mercury was for Queen. That was the point I was trying to articulate.
Unrelated to this particular topic, let me also add that Queen + Paul Rodgers as a live act is something not to miss. I have read time after time fellow Queenzoners post something to the effect of "oh, I'm not going to see QPR because it's not Queen." Well, it's what is left of Queen, whether you like it or not. Paul Rodgers does a fine job of fronting the band, even if he slips up and forgets a word here and there. Of course, he's no Freddie Mercury. Who could be? There will never be another - but don't let that fact deter you from seeing a fabulous concert. I absolutely can't fucking wait to see QPR, when they come to the States in 09. I saw the boys play live in Georgia, USA a couple of years ago and I must say, it was one of my most surreal and wonderful experiences. Ever since I was 10 years old, I'd dreamed of seeing Queen live. It wasn't exactly the Queen in which I was accustomed, but it was Queen enough! The concerts carry such an energy about them. The energy is unbelievable, both from the audience and from the band.
Ok It's been almost 4 years since this collaboration has been on and people still have to state the obvious of how it is different without Freddie. On behalf of everyone here who already knows it's different, but want to enjoy QPR while it lasts, please SHUT the F%^k up. If you don't like it, don't buy it. Don't go to the show. Let the rest of us get better seats. There is only a commitment til the end of this tour. It may end.
Let me guess. You people that feel the need to remind us of your opinions still buy the new cd, still go to the shows, still love it all, but still complain that it's not the same. Once again, it's time to shut up!
Then we have the morons who understate Brian's and Roger's importance to Queen while complaining that John Deacon's absence in QPR is a tragedy. John obviously enjoyed it less and wants to be left alone. Brian and Roger don't have to do this. They want to. It probably burned inside them for a long time. When they finally get the chemistry they need to give us a few years of something near and dear to us and something new, you poop on it. They can never win with some of you. If it was a typical Queen album, then it would be bad for not being different. But now it gets slammed for being something slightly different. It's slammed by some saying it's too Paul Rodgers. Listen to Paul and you will see that he has bended and shaped himself to compromise as well. Paul doesn't need to do this either. I doubt the singer and main writer from Bad Company is financially hurting and says "Ok I guess I'll sing with Queen for the money and sing 3 or 4 of my own. He must want to do it too. He knows he's being compared. Good for him to be professional enough to be himself and do what he does best. His behavior has mad eme admire him even more than before. I am now a huge fan.
Give your heads a shake for once. What do you think Freddie would say about this? I have a short list. Perhaps
#1. Brian and Roger. What took you so f$%king long?
2. Stop with the F*&king tributes. I've been gone for almost 17 years.
3. You can't please everyone so just forget it.
I come here for news. I come here to get excited about music that has given me goosebumps since I was a kid. If you aren't happy with QPR, shut up! If you are only partially happy about QPR, SHUT UP. We've heard enough. If you love what's been going on, speak up.
From a normally quiet fan
Let me guess. You people that feel the need to remind us of your opinions still buy the new cd, still go to the shows, still love it all, but still complain that it's not the same. Once again, it's time to shut up!
Then we have the morons who understate Brian's and Roger's importance to Queen while complaining that John Deacon's absence in QPR is a tragedy. John obviously enjoyed it less and wants to be left alone. Brian and Roger don't have to do this. They want to. It probably burned inside them for a long time. When they finally get the chemistry they need to give us a few years of something near and dear to us and something new, you poop on it. They can never win with some of you. If it was a typical Queen album, then it would be bad for not being different. But now it gets slammed for being something slightly different. It's slammed by some saying it's too Paul Rodgers. Listen to Paul and you will see that he has bended and shaped himself to compromise as well. Paul doesn't need to do this either. I doubt the singer and main writer from Bad Company is financially hurting and says "Ok I guess I'll sing with Queen for the money and sing 3 or 4 of my own. He must want to do it too. He knows he's being compared. Good for him to be professional enough to be himself and do what he does best. His behavior has mad eme admire him even more than before. I am now a huge fan.
Give your heads a shake for once. What do you think Freddie would say about this? I have a short list. Perhaps
#1. Brian and Roger. What took you so f$%king long?
2. Stop with the F*&king tributes. I've been gone for almost 17 years.
3. You can't please everyone so just forget it.
I come here for news. I come here to get excited about music that has given me goosebumps since I was a kid. If you aren't happy with QPR, shut up! If you are only partially happy about QPR, SHUT UP. We've heard enough. If you love what's been going on, speak up.
From a normally quiet fan
Yes, it`s a pity John doesn`t play with them. But, you are right, he would be playing if he wanted to. The fact is he doesn`t feel like doing it. Maybe, he really doesn`t want it. Maybe he feels old. We know that Paul Rodgers invited him to join them (am I right?), fans from some national forums wrote letters to him asking him to collaborate, to tour with the guys, but John declined all the invitations. That`s his choice. I respect it.
But why should the other two follow suit if they feel the fire burning inside and the creative impulse as a driving force? For me it`s still Queen and I love that they call themselves Queen, well, certainly +P.R. Long Live Queen!!!
But why should the other two follow suit if they feel the fire burning inside and the creative impulse as a driving force? For me it`s still Queen and I love that they call themselves Queen, well, certainly +P.R. Long Live Queen!!!
Hi Microwave, it's good to see people of almost the same age. I agree with you that Innuendo had also some songs that aren't that good but next to the title song I really love I'm going slightly mad, The Show must go on, These are the days of our lives and a big fav is All God's People, but I think that it has mainly to do with the fact that I was a bit dissapointed with the work they produced with The Works, AKOM and a bunch of tracks on The Miracle.
I know that bands evolve I'm playing for over 17 years the same band and right now I;m mastering the first demo's we made and we where so proud of back in the old days but comparing to what we are doing today it's so different. But I think TCR is not a question of evolving but a completely different way. They made a break with the past which I can understand because Paul is a completly different singer and composer. I don't know if you also meant the part of critizing other people to me but that is something I don't. I just said that to me it's not the Queen I was used to, I loved and I saw in 1986, although that setlist was also almost a greatest hits show. I respect everybody that loves the new album and one thing is true the track Waboys is defintly growing to me, I really love the energy, the sound the drum works is great. But I just miss gems like Slightly mad, or even completly foolish songs like Delilah. Queen was I think the only band that could record a song about the favorite cat of the singer en get away with that.
I'm really glad that Brian and Roger working together these days but even comparing the new album to No one but you, a song I really thought was shit when it was released, and I played it today especially to compare and I have to say that song had more Queen trademarks then teh new album. It almost looks like Brian and Roger wanted to give Paul space to made him feel comfertable and just didn't want to push him more into more Queen trademarks. Maybe the second album will be more Queenlike. It's just like Queen 1 who had lot's of influence of Hendrix and Led Zeppelin and on Queen 2 it became more and more their style.
I know that bands evolve I'm playing for over 17 years the same band and right now I;m mastering the first demo's we made and we where so proud of back in the old days but comparing to what we are doing today it's so different. But I think TCR is not a question of evolving but a completely different way. They made a break with the past which I can understand because Paul is a completly different singer and composer. I don't know if you also meant the part of critizing other people to me but that is something I don't. I just said that to me it's not the Queen I was used to, I loved and I saw in 1986, although that setlist was also almost a greatest hits show. I respect everybody that loves the new album and one thing is true the track Waboys is defintly growing to me, I really love the energy, the sound the drum works is great. But I just miss gems like Slightly mad, or even completly foolish songs like Delilah. Queen was I think the only band that could record a song about the favorite cat of the singer en get away with that.
I'm really glad that Brian and Roger working together these days but even comparing the new album to No one but you, a song I really thought was shit when it was released, and I played it today especially to compare and I have to say that song had more Queen trademarks then teh new album. It almost looks like Brian and Roger wanted to give Paul space to made him feel comfertable and just didn't want to push him more into more Queen trademarks. Maybe the second album will be more Queenlike. It's just like Queen 1 who had lot's of influence of Hendrix and Led Zeppelin and on Queen 2 it became more and more their style.
It's sad to see that a somehow coherent and intelligent discussion (main subject: "we can disagree after all") is always disrupted by fanatical and senseless remarks as like this "Freddie was Queen" (and vice-versa). What about the Red Special then? It's such a part of the Queen sound too that Freddie tried to emulate its sound in his solo album at times.
Freddie was 90% of Queen? OK. According to this math then, TCR is 93% Paul and this might be why Queen fans didn't like it. If Freddie was 90%, the other 3 were 10%, about 3% for each alone then. John is out, so we are left with 6% of Queen in TCR. The rest is Paul. As there is a plus sign in the album title, the math applies here I suppose.
As I've said elsewhere - kudos for them to not make Paul be a Freddie clone. But that's all I can compliment them for, I'm sorry. TCR might be a new album of a new band, but its sound is definitely far from being "new" and/or innovative. And that is living in the past somehow as well.
Freddie was 90% of Queen? OK. According to this math then, TCR is 93% Paul and this might be why Queen fans didn't like it. If Freddie was 90%, the other 3 were 10%, about 3% for each alone then. John is out, so we are left with 6% of Queen in TCR. The rest is Paul. As there is a plus sign in the album title, the math applies here I suppose.
As I've said elsewhere - kudos for them to not make Paul be a Freddie clone. But that's all I can compliment them for, I'm sorry. TCR might be a new album of a new band, but its sound is definitely far from being "new" and/or innovative. And that is living in the past somehow as well.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Marcos Napier wrote: [/QUOTENAME]It's sad to see that a somehow coherent and intelligent discussion (main subject: "we can disagree after all") is always disrupted by fanatical and senseless remarks as like this "Freddie was Queen" (and vice-versa). What about the Red Special then? It's such a part of the Queen sound too that Freddie tried to emulate its sound in his solo album at times.
Freddie was 90% of Queen? OK. According to this math then, TCR is 93% Paul and this might be why Queen fans didn't like it. If Freddie was 90%, the other 3 were 10%, about 3% for each alone then. John is out, so we are left with 6% of Queen in TCR. The rest is Paul. As there is a plus sign in the album title, the math applies here I suppose.
As I've said elsewhere - kudos for them to not make Paul be a Freddie clone. But that's all I can compliment them for, I'm sorry. TCR might be a new album of a new band, but its sound is definitely far from being "new" and/or innovative. And that is living in the past somehow as well.[/QUOTE]
As i said before, it should have been called paul rodgers feat brian may and roger taylor.
Freddie was 90% of Queen? OK. According to this math then, TCR is 93% Paul and this might be why Queen fans didn't like it. If Freddie was 90%, the other 3 were 10%, about 3% for each alone then. John is out, so we are left with 6% of Queen in TCR. The rest is Paul. As there is a plus sign in the album title, the math applies here I suppose.
As I've said elsewhere - kudos for them to not make Paul be a Freddie clone. But that's all I can compliment them for, I'm sorry. TCR might be a new album of a new band, but its sound is definitely far from being "new" and/or innovative. And that is living in the past somehow as well.[/QUOTE]
As i said before, it should have been called paul rodgers feat brian may and roger taylor.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Treasure Moment wrote: [/QUOTENAME]As i said before, it should have been called paul rodgers feat brian may and roger taylor.[/QUOTE]
But it WASN'T. Live with it.
I wish ANATO and ADATR had been originally released as a double album in 1976. But they weren't
I wish QPR made videos for C-lebrity and other tracks in the new album. But they haven't - so far.
Repeating it won't make it happen, you know?
But it WASN'T. Live with it.
I wish ANATO and ADATR had been originally released as a double album in 1976. But they weren't
I wish QPR made videos for C-lebrity and other tracks in the new album. But they haven't - so far.
Repeating it won't make it happen, you know?
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Wiley wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Treasure Moment wrote: [/QUOTENAME]As i said before, it should have been called paul rodgers feat brian may and roger taylor.[/QUOTE]
But it WASN'T. Live with it.
I wish ANATO and ADATR had been originally released as a double album in 1976. But they weren't
I wish QPR made videos for C-lebrity and other tracks in the new album. But they haven't - so far.
Repeating it won't make it happen, you know?[/QUOTE]
true, well things will turn out the way they are supposed to anyways, they will understand that this was not the way to go and learn from their mistake.
What i would have loved to see would be if they had just toured with footage of freddie singing both old songs and songs from innuendo.
that way they would get full respect and also i believe they would have sold out many big places. Paul rodgers and Queen sound are like mixing oil with water, it just doesnt blend.
But it WASN'T. Live with it.
I wish ANATO and ADATR had been originally released as a double album in 1976. But they weren't
I wish QPR made videos for C-lebrity and other tracks in the new album. But they haven't - so far.
Repeating it won't make it happen, you know?[/QUOTE]
true, well things will turn out the way they are supposed to anyways, they will understand that this was not the way to go and learn from their mistake.
What i would have loved to see would be if they had just toured with footage of freddie singing both old songs and songs from innuendo.
that way they would get full respect and also i believe they would have sold out many big places. Paul rodgers and Queen sound are like mixing oil with water, it just doesnt blend.