You know, I said this was bullshit when the "rumour" was first posted.
So, I appreciate the Queen II comment.
Queen is also rumoured to be playing The Hyannis MA Lobster Convention, but I've still got my doubts.
thequeen · Member since
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We Are The Champions · Member since
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Brian & Roger are gonna perform the whole Queen II album ...I've heard so far : )
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Why when someone posts a reasonable and straight forward question seeking clarification on a topic of general interest do some individuals persist in immediately coming out with sarcastic comments and replies? It generally just lowers the whole tone of QZ and starts to be tedious for regular QZ members after a while.
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I agree with the above post. Sarcastic comments and total shit are common on this site!!
Don't know what all the fuss about San Remo is all about!! Last time they appeared on this so-called festival it was clear that Queen were miming and Freddie looked terrible in his leotard. He was clearly overweight. 1984 if I remember!!
On a positive note though I remeber The Cross appearing and were only 1 of 2 acts to play totally live!
Good for promotional purposes but as a live spectacle - total shit!!!
inu-liger · Member since
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[b]Hitman1965 wrote: [/b]
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[b]thequeen wrote: [/b]
Brian & Roger are gonna perform the whole Queen II album ...I've heard so far : )
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Why when someone posts a reasonable and straight forward question seeking clarification on a topic of general interest do some individuals persist in immediately coming out with sarcastic comments and replies? It generally just lowers the whole tone of QZ and starts to be tedious for regular QZ members after a while.
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I agree with the above post. Sarcastic comments and total shit are common on this site!!
Don't know what all the fuss about San Remo is all about!! Last time they appeared on this so-called festival it was clear that Queen were miming and Freddie looked terrible in his leotard. He was clearly overweight. 1984 if I remember!!
On a positive note though I remeber The Cross appearing and were only 1 of 2 acts to play totally live!
Good for promotional purposes but as a live spectacle - total shit!!!
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Agreed. What the HELL were they thinking using those slutty-looking women (no offense) as back-up singers for starters?? They couldn't sing for shit from what I remember watching that a long while ago, nor dance particularly good (Seems a lot of bands used backups like that in the 80's...)
Hitman1965 · Member since
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[b]We Are The Champions wrote: [/b]
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[b]Hitman1965 wrote: [/b]
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[b]thequeen wrote: [/b]
Brian & Roger are gonna perform the whole Queen II album ...I've heard so far : )
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Why when someone posts a reasonable and straight forward question seeking clarification on a topic of general interest do some individuals persist in immediately coming out with sarcastic comments and replies? It generally just lowers the whole tone of QZ and starts to be tedious for regular QZ members after a while.
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I agree with the above post. Sarcastic comments and total shit are common on this site!!
Don't know what all the fuss about San Remo is all about!! Last time they appeared on this so-called festival it was clear that Queen were miming and Freddie looked terrible in his leotard. He was clearly overweight. 1984 if I remember!!
On a positive note though I remeber The Cross appearing and were only 1 of 2 acts to play totally live!
Good for promotional purposes but as a live spectacle - total shit!!!
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Agreed. What the HELL were they thinking using those slutty-looking women (no offense) as back-up singers for starters?? They couldn't sing for shit from what I remember watching that a long while ago, nor dance particularly good (Seems a lot of bands used backups like that in the 80's...)[/QUOTE]
I've got a copy of the original San Remo performance if you can call it that with Freddie from the mid 80s. I can still remember the disappointment of realising that my heros were miming - I just couldn't take this in at the time. Why Freddie and the band would actually mime for any reason in the first place was beyond me. In my personal book of seeing Queen perform this was the lowest of the low for me. I can never appreciate why any artist should ever really have the need to mime. If the gig says its for turn around and unavailability for a sound check etc then the simple answer is no way - we dont perform. It should be 100% or nothing. Simple turning up to do a PR stunt just lacks credability and comes back to haunt you in the loing run.
Micrówave · Member since
[QUOTE]If the gig says its for turn around and unavailability for a sound check etc then the simple answer is no way - we dont perform. It should be 100% or nothing. Simple turning up to do a PR stunt just lacks credability and comes back to haunt you in the loing run.[/QUOTE]
But what if it's a really big paycheck?
And how did this this come back to haunt Queen in their loins?
Hitman · Member since
ACTUALLY, if in the 80s guests used to mime the performances, nowadays there's a huge live orchestra and all the guests perform live. The only exception was David Bowie some years ago....not so recently though, since he was promoting "Little wonder" and he mimed it.
Hitman1965 · Member since
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[QUOTE]If the gig says its for turn around and unavailability for a sound check etc then the simple answer is no way - we dont perform. It should be 100% or nothing. Simple turning up to do a PR stunt just lacks credability and comes back to haunt you in the loing run.[/QUOTE]
But what if it's a really big paycheck?
And how did this this come back to haunt Queen in their loins?
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Surely by the mid 80's Queen shouldn't have had the need to do something like this purely for the money. I can appreciate the comment but I still find artists miming a big let down. It's basically faking it and no one appreciates someone faking it and when someone realises it, it just becomes embarrassing. That and Freddie was never any good at faking it. Love the second comment - sometimes I can't type for toffee. On making a typing error once I wanted to say to someone that it was like trying to type with boxing gloves on getting text correct but I said it was like trying to box with typing gloves on [img=/images/smiley/msn/confused_smile.gif][/img]
Ken8 · Member since
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Surely by the mid 80's Queen shouldn't have had the need to do something like this purely for the money. I can appreciate the comment but I still find artists miming a big let down. It's basically faking it and no one appreciates someone faking it and when someone realises it, it just becomes embarrassing......
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Imagine Queen actually out there promoting their music. Shock, horror!!
Miming on music shows was quite common place back then, and I thought it was accepted that when Freddie had to mime a performance on a show like that he made it perfectly obvious in his usual fashion that he was miming. San Remo is a classic example of that. At one point he holds the mic as far away from him as he could whilst "singing"! It's still hilarious to see.
It's a perfect illustration of something lacking in "Queen" since his demise, a sense of humour.
Nowadays they have to enlist someone like Ben Elton to come up with the amusing stuff.
