Queen at the EMAs

Just watched it on MTV. It did nothing for me at all. No doubt it will raise Queen's profile among a certain age group and help shift some units in the USA but in terms or artistic merit, well, Queen really should pack it in now. It's karaoke music.

Probably just echoing much of what's already been said, but I pretty much hated this performance.

[listu] [li]Lampert totally oversung everything.  Was there more than 2 seconds where he wasn't wailing away so we could hear the guitar?  [li]Vibrato on everything is annoying. [li]The band didn't sound live.  Definitely tons of backing tracks going on. [li]I suppose it's good to see Brian and Roger still working together, but more and more it's to diminishing returns... [/listu]

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[b]GT wrote: [/b] What a great performance from everyone especially BM, RT and new boy Adam. What a great combination and to me it really worked well. Glad to see they kept their promise that they would work with Adam again, even though it is two years later.
Let's hope there will be some more performances with this line up again![/QUOTE]
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Great performance?

Dude...

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Got to admit I'm in the not particularly a fan camp for this performance.

Adam is a good singer but I prefer both Paul Rodgers and Tom Chaplin.

I think that, as many have said here, Adam overplayed the performance a bit and, to me anyway, didn't seem to connect as well to B and R as either PR or TC did. It might have something to do with the arcing round stage which I also didn't like but it felt a little bit me-and-them, I can't quite put my finger on it.

The Queen performances with PR and TC made me fans of singers I'd not come across before, but I'm afraid this time it just ain't happening for me.

If Queen were to tour with AL, I would probably to go to see them and I'd always welcome the chance to see B and R together on the road so I'm not saying it's awful - just not as great as it could be.

Just because someone can sing, doesn't mean they know how to.

Lambert CAN sing, but doesn't know HOW to.

The same can be said for other disciplines - as was proved by the Cosmos Rocks, May and Rodgers may be able to play the bass but it sure as hell didn't make them bassists (which accentuated John's absence from the 'Queen Sound' as much as most other vocalists do Freddie's absence).

I suppose trying to be objective, as someone who likes The Beatles but isn't a 'fan', I'd love to see McCartney and Ringo play together, and would probably think it was fab regardless of who else they played with, so I hope this sort of thing does the same for the casual Queen observer.

I heard they had to return their award because their performance was extremely bad.

Guys just stop, or next time ask the joker from any batman movie to sign.

In my opinnion ,  our guys played very well and adam was ok. For those of you who didn´t like it , i´ll ask this question: Did you really not see the joy in brian´s and roger´s eyes, ´cause i sure as hell did. For me everytime i see bri and rog play together is a huge deal every single time.And that´s because i see that they are having so much fun themselves.

Adam wasn´t / isn´t great but he did ok. I´ve noticed that every time Queen , bri or rog performs something together with different singers, the same people in here allways has something to complain . Freddie was great , infact he still IS great, but sadly he is dead. I sure want to see the rest of the guys do music untill the end of time....

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Well, in my opinion the performance was good. It took me a few moments to adopt myself to Adam's voice - but well, it wasn't bad, somehow even liked it on the 2nd listening !
And to some people here, please wake up: Freddie is dead, so he couldn't turn up for that show

At least Queen are doing something live, I don't care for that much about who is the singer (no-one will be like Freddie, so I will give a chance to whoever will sing with Bri & Rog).

Greetings from Vienna,
Bernie

For what its worth... That really wasn't that bad. Its probably a ONE-OFF so ppl cool the anger... He hit notes and sounded pretty alright. Their bassist also handled the Deacy part really well.

TSMO was pretty damn awesome... despite me not liking his style of singing.

WWRY + CHAMPIONS...

wwry was rough... cause he doesn't fit the part. oh well.. most everybody would look out of place on THAT stage.

All in all, they had to perform something .. it's their 40th...

that was pretty good. I'm glad i found it on youtube.

Only thing is, it's a shame about the flight mix up....
Seems Adam Lambert got the wrong luggage... and somewhere else in London, Gary Numan was wearing assless chaps and mascara.

Can't win em all!

Adam was great. It wasn't his best performance ever tho... but he sure did a great job.

Much, much better than anything paul motherfucking rogers has ever done in his shitty life.

The band, I didn't like. Brian just goes on stage and tries to remember how to play the solos.
Roger was fair.
Spike is a son of a bitch..

Yes. Dissapointing to say the least.

honestly, i liked QUEEN performance, but Adam didn't do anything special.. in fact, i didn't like the performance.

Let's say Freddie is irreplaceable. And that's it... on the other hand, Queen + Paul Rodgergs really rocked, and Rodgers, compared to Adam is THE KING, he knows how to sing Queen songs his way, and that way, for me, is great... But Adam and his vibratio and all overfocring stuff was so bad that i was ashamed watching it.. and i couldn't believe Queen, mainly Brian and Roger let this guy destroys Queen songs like this...

anyhow, QUEEN, the band, Spike and all others simply, as usual - rocked.

If you ask me, Adam did not deserve to play with Queen, no in this way. Just true opinion.

If we´re talking about paul rodgers, i have to say that I like his music .  For me i would hate tosee somebody trying to sing and perform thee queen songs like freddie did.  That would be copycat. And for me , that would be an ultimate failure.  I´d prefer somebody, who does them in his/her own way, like paul rodgers did. Not all songs worked with him as a singer, for example  break free and aobtd were not that good, but some songs were amazing like fat bottomed girls and i want it all.

If brian and roger decide to work more with adam, i´ll give ém the thumbs up. I think that these things are matters of an opinnion.  i just think that  some people in here to say , that brian and roger are "destroying the legacacy" is a ridicilous, childish and very stupid argument. So is calling Paul Rodgers "shitty". Not to mention that it´s also very rude.

I doubt that this Q+AL performance will lead to anything long term.  If Q+AL did work together I'd definitely pass.
Can't stand AL.

I'd go see Q+PR again.  I'd go see Q + George Michael (that is, if GM can still sing and he's no longer messed up on drugs).

IMO, if Brian and Roger want to tour and have a singer that sounds like Freddie then they need to get Gary Mullen.
Gary has the voice and the showmanship to make it work.