I saw Queen last Saturday in Glasgow and I have to say, I was absolutely blown away by how amazing it was to see them live. I was surrounded by Queen fans who had never seen Queen in any form before but also fans who had been following Queen since 1973 and everyone I spoke to had a brilliant time.
Paul Rodgers did a fantastic job filling the shoes of someone who is completely irreplaceable, and he carried the role well. Brian and Roger were on great form - I was mesmerised by both their solos. I would even say that the new songs they played sounded great live even though I wasn't sure initially having listened to the new album a couple of times.
We could all argue about whether they are as good as they used to be and they may very well not be, but they did raise a pretty high standard to beat when they were at their peak. It came across to me that they continue because they love creating music, and why shouldn't they? I know I'll keep listening.
Queen have always had a hard time from critics so I'm not surprised about what I've been hearing recently. Everyone seems to get over-analytical about it all when at the end of the day, May and Taylor along with Rodgers, are pulling great perfomances out of the bag and entertaining thousands, so what does it really matter about what the critics think?
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Hey, the above! Couldn`t you have thought of some other name? Very inventive!
Queen didn't really do "You're My Best Friend", "Las Palabras" or "Don't Stop Me Now" a lot even when Freddie was alive...because at a ROCK concert you do ROCK songs, not pop songs. (I'd be happy if they'd drop "I Want To Break Free" and "Radio Ga-Ga" for the same reason...that's really the only part of the show I don't like, it seems awkward for Paul Rodgers to be singing campy pop songs when Queen has so many rockers but that's my opinion.)
But again, you get a reviewer apparently wondering why Queen isn't touring with Freddie Mercury...I'm not sure what the reviewers are expecting. Overall it's a fun show and that's all it's supposed to be.
But again, you get a reviewer apparently wondering why Queen isn't touring with Freddie Mercury...I'm not sure what the reviewers are expecting. Overall it's a fun show and that's all it's supposed to be.