Will anybody ever understand that this is not supposed to be Queen, not intended to be Queen, and not disguised as Queen? This - is - a - completely - new - band! Do you ever listen to the words of Brian May on his website and off? Am I the only one that truly thinks this a completely new band that just happens to have the word 'Queen' in its name?
I don't mean to be, well, mean, but I am frustrated that so many people can be so ignorant!
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[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]mickyparise wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Replacing Freddie Mercury is former Bad Company and Free singer Paul Rodgers.[/QUOTE]
This just blew me over the top. Paul isn't replacing Freddie - when will anybody understand that? He's not filling in his spot - it's a new group with a different sound. Q+PR and Queen are as different as jazz music and heavy metal. And that's the way Brian, Roger, and Paul intended it to be.
This just blew me over the top. Paul isn't replacing Freddie - when will anybody understand that? He's not filling in his spot - it's a new group with a different sound. Q+PR and Queen are as different as jazz music and heavy metal. And that's the way Brian, Roger, and Paul intended it to be.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]tjbarrett96 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Will anybody ever understand that this is not supposed to be Queen, not intended to be Queen, and not disguised as Queen? [/QUOTE]
Exactly. It's not like they're using the name Queen in the title of the new ba... err, whoops!
Exactly. It's not like they're using the name Queen in the title of the new ba... err, whoops!
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]drwinston wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]tjbarrett96 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Will anybody ever understand that this is not supposed to be Queen, not intended to be Queen, and not disguised as Queen? [/QUOTE]
Exactly. It's not like they're using the name Queen in the title of the new ba... err, whoops!
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Not to mention that two thirds of their setlist are the biggest Queen hits...
Not to mention that two thirds of their setlist are the biggest Queen hits...
Is the font of the new this-is-not-queen band logo the same as the Flash Gordon logo (not the cover, duh)?
Why Roger displays in his bass drum the name QUEEN? Because Queen + PR doesn't fit (physically)?
Why Roger displays in his bass drum the name QUEEN? Because Queen + PR doesn't fit (physically)?
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]kingogre wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Top 5 in the album charts, Top 40 in the singles chart, sold-out tour, tour opening with attendance of 350000.. With virtually no promotion. Whos giving thumbs down to this? [/QUOTE]
I think the criticism is more geared towards the CD and the Queen legacy being absent. The ticket sales and attendances speak for themselves. Using Queen + Paul Rodgers will sell more tickets than May, Taylor and Rodgers. Also. familiar Queen songs being played live also helps matters.
I think the criticism is more geared towards the CD and the Queen legacy being absent. The ticket sales and attendances speak for themselves. Using Queen + Paul Rodgers will sell more tickets than May, Taylor and Rodgers. Also. familiar Queen songs being played live also helps matters.
Queen + Paul Rodgers "The Cosmos Rocks" A 5 Star USA Review You might feel like makin' love or have had bad company, but the show must go on. Nearly 13 years after the final Freddie Mercury Queen era lineup release, founding members Brian May & Roger Taylor team up with former "Free", "Bad Company" & "The Firm" as well as solo performer Paul Rodgers as Queen + Paul Rodgers. The mid September 2008 release and October 28, 2008 release of "The Cosmos Rocks" is already live on the internet, up to this point, freely. So far up to this point I read positive words. Good good and all. I'm supposed to have an import copy of "The Cosmos Rocks" in my hands now but shipping got derailed from the UK to the United States. I have heard the September 12, 2008 Ukraine show, the http://www. queenzone. com has a decent sounding download of the show from an internet stream. That is supposed to be the official soundtrack for the October 28, 2008 release of Queen + Paul Rodgers in the USA in digital theaters. As for "The Cosmos Rocks" I managed to obtain a download copy in 320 kbps MP3 audio which translates to all of you of whom don't know what that is, it is sound track audio, used in movie theaters, in other words, superior, the absolute best MP3 quality. So what do I hear? Absolute bliss, I kid you not. If you ever heard a rock and roll album in your lifetime, this decade, this is the best possible pairing to happen since the untimely death of Queen's first frontman, the legendary Freddie Mercury of whom gave us hits such as "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "We Are The Champions". From the opening track "Cosmos Rockin'" to the end reprise of the bittersweet ballad "Small", all 14 songs are utter and complete beauty. You want all out blues razor edge party rock, you got it. You want a song with a message, listen to "We Believe" or "Warboys". If you long for that Paul Rodgers wail you are familar with in "Silver Blue & Gold" (from his Bad Company days) well, I assure you, you will fall in love with "Some Things That Glitter" and I can attest if there was ever a song that made sense of my personal relationship with my now ex wife, it's that song. The current and first single from "The Cosmos Rocks" is "C-lebrity" and is already number 1 in the United Kingdom. Want to hear the song for free? Go to http://www. youtube. com and type in the title C-lebrity. It is a live concert version recorded back in the spring of 2008 to satisfy all those of whom (still) await a great mix. AC/DC lost Bon Scott and replaced him with Brian Johnson, Van Halen lost (and later regained) David Lee Roth but replaced him with Sammy Hagar. Well this isn't exactly Queen and it isn't exactly Paul Rodgers solo either. It's a mix that will get the cosmos rockin' through the night. At the moment I"m listening to the country blues of "Call Me" and it's a winner, just like the rest of the entire Queen + Paul Rodgers "The Cosmos Rocks". The CD and download will be available within the United States of America officially come October 28, 2008 and for sure, a USA tour will come sometime in 2009. Rest assured, you will find me there. So out of a possible 5 out of 5 stars, I give this a complete 5 star rating. Believe me, you will not be let down. -W. K. Mahler http://www. mahlers. com http://www. myspace. com/wkmahler
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]the dude wrote: [/QUOTENAME] For some of you, QPR can't win.[QUOTE] yes "they" (QPR) can win - if they make something that the general music buyer wants to listen to...this clearly isn;t it. The album peaked at 5 opening week in their home country then slid to 18 second week. Germany (where Roger's band THE CROSS have a big fanbase) it entered at 4 - let's see second week there... as for the rest of the world - so far it's a collection of mid-low teen or mid-20 opening placings...this is NOT inspiring for band two (ex Queenies) who have not recorded an album together for 13 year...no demand, time and the music buyer forgot a band that forgot the fans. [QUOTE][QUOTENAME]the dude wrote: [/QUOTENAME] It's too different. But if it was too much like old Queen you would complain about that[QUOTE] You make a second point and actually you can't begin to realise how wildly wrong you are...If it was like old Queen then it would be huge. Think about - MIH - cobbled together from old solo tracks, and unfinished songs - it was a huge album sales-wise - because it sounded like "old queen". [QUOTE][QUOTENAME]the dude wrote: [/QUOTENAME] There isn't one Queen album that doesn't need multiple listens to really get it. That's the genius of these guys. [QUOTE] LOADS of Queen worked immediately for me....I became a fan in 1974...so every album from Queen II to Jazz inclusive
I think there are a lot of 'purist' Queen fans who will not accept Paul Rodgers or anyone else singing Queen songs....I really get tired of those who think that Brian and Roger should never play new music , and that the music of Queen should considered sacred . I think think Paul sounds great and that there are some very entertaining songs on the album. Classic Queen ..no.... but entertaining yes, worth a listen
hummmm...
somebody here hate's Brian & Roger for keeping Queen as their show seller.
it's your right to be if that's how you feel about it T. moments.
my gut feelin'...attempt to be a medium...
Freddie wants them to keep Queen alive, so that people can go to the show again and sing with Chuck Norris or even Iggy Pop ;)
somebody here hate's Brian & Roger for keeping Queen as their show seller.
it's your right to be if that's how you feel about it T. moments.
my gut feelin'...attempt to be a medium...
Freddie wants them to keep Queen alive, so that people can go to the show again and sing with Chuck Norris or even Iggy Pop ;)
Sold out tour! 350,000 people to see them in the Ukraine.... who fuckin cares how the album does in austraila.
and to add to that jere1979...
it's with tours that sell out they really make money.
not album sales.
it's with tours that sell out they really make money.
not album sales.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]marcenciels wrote: [/QUOTENAME]and to add to that jere1979... it's with tours that sell out they really make money. not album sales. [/QUOTE]
But do Dr. May, Mr. Taylor & Mr. Rodgers need to "really make money"? Putting your heart, soul and talent into an album and have it not do well might just be what Q+PR consider to be a failure... no matter how many seats are sold in the Ukraine and elsewhere.
But do Dr. May, Mr. Taylor & Mr. Rodgers need to "really make money"? Putting your heart, soul and talent into an album and have it not do well might just be what Q+PR consider to be a failure... no matter how many seats are sold in the Ukraine and elsewhere.
SHIELDMATRON...
that is not my point. any band needs to sell out shows or close to make money.
the question is...are they doing this just for the money ? i dont hink so.
but they are not doing it to lose money.
just doing new stuff from their LP and playing live is the drive.
anayway... it's fun to have them out there doing it again and doing it in new places.
that is not my point. any band needs to sell out shows or close to make money.
the question is...are they doing this just for the money ? i dont hink so.
but they are not doing it to lose money.
just doing new stuff from their LP and playing live is the drive.
anayway... it's fun to have them out there doing it again and doing it in new places.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]jere1979 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Sold out tour! 350,000 people to see them in the Ukraine.... who fuckin cares how the album does in austraila.[/QUOTE]
In the Ukraine, with 350,000 people the tickets were free, they made money on the VIP seats, and whatever came with it........I like the TCR, from what i heard so far, I'm in the USA and it's not out yet, and I'm on the USA Street team promoting the new cd, with our blessing from Hollywood records for sending us materials and such, but just worried how fast the album did in England and other Countries going down!
Just my 2 cents....that's all
GOD BLESS EVERYONE!
In the Ukraine, with 350,000 people the tickets were free, they made money on the VIP seats, and whatever came with it........I like the TCR, from what i heard so far, I'm in the USA and it's not out yet, and I'm on the USA Street team promoting the new cd, with our blessing from Hollywood records for sending us materials and such, but just worried how fast the album did in England and other Countries going down!
Just my 2 cents....that's all
GOD BLESS EVERYONE!