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[b]catqueen wrote: [/b]
Hmm, first we complain about PR, then we say bring back PR, we don't want MIKA! I guess that's put QPR in perspective! :)
From a fan's perspective, it would be incredible to hear the 'pure' Queen sound that could be achieved by just Brian and Roger, but I doubt if anyone who wasn't already a fan would go.
And logistically, they'll have to have someone, they'd struggle to hold a full show on their own. And if they did they'd have to have another drummer and guitarist for when Roger and Brian were singing - singing Tie Your Mother Down, for instance, which is a very loud and lively song, requiring lots of movement and energy, while playing guitar would be challanging at the best of times, but in your 60s it would be a lot, no matter how fit Brian is. And I know there are frontmen who also play lead guitar, and are very good at it (Phil Lynott comes to mind) but it is tough. Anyway, my point is that then, instead of sacrificing vocals, they'd be sacrificing the drums and guitar. They already have a different bass player, so what would be left of the sound of Queen?
Queen are all about big and spectacular, just having Brian and Roger would not be the full show and event that a Queen concert is, they;d end up going out with a whimper, rather then a bang.[/QUOTE]
You are quite right. Doing those same things in your 60's that you did in your 20's requires far more effort, and from what I've seen of the "old guys" on the road in some of these bands still trying to do it, it comes off kind of sad, and I think that this sort of thing doesn't age very gracefully. If you read Brian's commentary about how he tried to get in shape, but how exhausted he was when they did the Q+PR tour then you got it from the horse's mouth.
If they got in shape and had a young frontman to do most of the crazy stuff, and then they paced the performances right as well as the number of gigs booked then I think they could pull it off fairly well. Brian will perhaps have fewer irons in the fire than he has had the last several years, which would help too. But they will get to the point soon where these Queen-style productions are just beyond them, outside of maybe putting together a special one-time gig (a Queen farewell?) or something like the occasional appearance Brian makes at the WWRY stage show - or on top of Buckingham Palace! :o)
cacatua