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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).

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I tell you, GM can still sing :)

Saw him live last month and it was a fantastic show. Top class !!

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[b]jpf wrote: [/b] 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.
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Mullen? You shit on Lambert but want Queen to truly become a punchline by officially becoming their own tribute band?

Much talk has been made about being a singer ... but what about being a musician as well?

Queen was always 4 musicians - equally working hard and jamming on stage together full bore.

For ME -  I'd like to see someone who can play piano and sing.  Being able to play something adds a huge
dimension to the performance.   Can anyone be found who has both talents?

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Yeah well nobody has ever accused skip of having good taste. But by happenstance Lambert does in fact deserve to be heavily pooped upon, tedious caterwauling contrivance that he can be.  He could be back in a theatre where he can actually excel rather than playing pretend rock star and irritating many of the people he's not boring to death.

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[b]queenUSA wrote: [/b] Much talk has been made about being a singer ... but what about being a musician as well? [/QUOTE]

Queen was always 4 musicians - equally working hard and jamming on stage together full bore.

For ME -  I'd like to see someone who can play piano and sing.  Being able to play something adds a huge
dimension to the performance.   Can anyone be found who has both talents?

What about Robby Valentine? He did an awesome job last saturday on the Dutch Queen Fan Convention. Check it out on Youtube!

I just saw the performance at the EMA..

Adam is a mediocre, 13 a dozen singer with an impressive vocal range.
If he'd lose the vibrato he might even gotten away with it.
This performance hurt a little. It however suits the contemporary MTV format I guess.

As to the 'musician' part of the discussion. They (Bri and Rog) might benefit from having a
fresh breeze of songwriting skills added to the (somewhat dated) mix of musicians they are.
This person should however have a strong belief in him/herself without being arrogant and
should be able to get the old farts to experiment some more with new sounds.

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For ME -  I'd like to see someone who can play piano and sing.  Being able to play something adds a huge
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Yeah, a new Canadian citizen called PR ... did you see him playing piano and singing a tune called "Bad Company" with Rog & Bri some years ago?
terrific !!

  ;D

I guess it's too late to prevent them to become a franchising (aka Queen Extravaganza). Or a joke. It's happening with Guns and Roses and Kiss too, BTW. The simple fact of them running a contest to find a new singer gives way more than just hints of how desperate they seem to be.
IMHO a "legacy" isn't kept by doing this kind of "special events" or releasing the same compilations every 2 years or so. Deacon FTW.

I was watching this on youtube, and for a moment thought the vibrato effect was due to some buffering probelm :-|
In my opinion Adam could not do justice to TSMGO nor WWRY nor WATC. I imagine listening to him sing Innuendo would be an excruciating experience.
They should have tried to rope in Adele instead.

Interview on brianmay.com.  Man I hate to be a stream of negativity on this event, but the guy is such an enormous douchebag on top of being an overrated (one in one hundred million voice!?) singer.  Just like him to turn an interview into his own personal gay pride event. 

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[b]queenUSA wrote: [/b] Much talk has been made about being a singer ... but what about being a musician as well? [/QUOTE]

Queen was always 4 musicians - equally working hard and jamming on stage together full bore.

For ME -  I'd like to see someone who can play piano and sing.  Being able to play something adds a huge
dimension to the performance.   Can anyone be found who has both talents?

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The only person that fits that to the brim, and CAN pull off things..and is also a brilliant (albeit with mostly depressing subject matter) SONGWRITER is CHRIS CORNELL...

....but i don't think he'd take to being called a QUEEN easily.

funny thing is, i can't see him singing LOML, or TSMGO... it'd be camp with him at the helm. 

i was just trying to think of a "SUPERGROUP" name that would fit.... and i can't think of one... But it comes to mind that NO ONE in the godawful marketing department ever hit on marketing Q+PR  with PABST BLUE RIBBON...

considering much of Paul Rodgers' POST-FREE music qualifies as MOR Rock... 

Q+PR sponsored by PABST BLUE RIBBON.... We're Middle of the road... like PR. ;) 

P aul
B rian
R oger.

I still think Cornell's probably the only guy with a potential for greatness... though the band would probably change DRASTICALLY if that ever happened (hypothetically)... kinda like when Martin L. Gore took over a corny little electro pop group and turned it into some dark realm of brilliance and eeriness. 

All that talk of singer contestants is right... it wouldn't be right... I'd love to sing for Queen... but i'd never audition lol... not good enough.

Glad I'm not the only one who had an issue with his extra heavy vibrato. But still, the boy can sing.

Queen on tour with Lady Gaga and Adam Lambert, I'd see that. (for those of you who wanted someone who can play the piano)

I still prefer Paul Rodgers, that is, a rock singer, but Adam didn't seem to have problems with the lyrics, like Rodgers did. 

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Paul seemed to have a very bad memory or not to care at all, especially at the first gigs. He kept missing the lyrics until the very end, but not as much as in the beginning.

Oh, how I long for those little seconds when Brian first appeared on the Tribute (FMT) singing Tie Your Mother Down. For a little time, at least, my heart was filled with hopes that Queen would simply go on in 1992, with Brian and Roger as lead vocalists... a new album and tour seemed just around the corner... stupid me :)

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PS: Did you guys see this on Brian's website, letters corner? He refers to a question about Lady Gaga.

"Don't worry, Gonzalo. [b]Queen is not planning to have a new singer !
It's all hack hype !
[/b]All the very best
[b]Bri
[/b]P.S. Your English is great ! Hasta Prontito !"

"Oh, how I long for those little seconds when Brian first appeared on the Tribute (FMT) singing Tie Your Mother Down. For a little time, at least, my heart was filled with hopes that Queen would simply go on in 1992, with Brian and Roger as lead vocalists... a new album and tour seemed just around the corner... stupid me :)"

That's still my favourite post-Freddie moment, because (for better or worse) that's how it should've been.  Bringing in an interloper is just silly.  In a world where Bob Dylan is allowed to cut records, Brian and Roger have absolutely no excuse for disliking their vocals to the point that they thing they need a guest.

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[b]jpf wrote: [/b]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.

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Mullen? You shit on Lambert but want Queen to truly become a punchline by officially becoming their own tribute band?

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AL sucks.  Gary has the voice to make it work.  You don't like him.  I couldn't care less.