Queen and Adam Lambert to play in Moscow

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
It never ceases to amaze me how many self-proclaimed experts there are.
The gig hasn't even happened yet and people are already posting full reviews.
Brian is rich. He doesn't need the money. Judging by his many actions over the past decade or so, he just wants Queen songs to be heard by the next generations. When he did that awards show with Lady Gaga, can you imagine how many kids asked their parents who the gray-haired guitarist was? Brian knows exactly what he's doing.
Adam Lambert is a great singer, but he's a big draw in the US, not in Europe or Asia. But judging by the response to Queen + Paul Rodgers in 2005 in Europe, Brian and Roger could've gone out there with a cardboard cut-out of Freddie and still sold out every arena.[/QUOTE]

I just hope they choose a good cut out for the next tour.

Didn't like that "great pretender" one so much. The pink blazer thing... Wouldn't work in a live setting.

Freddie is dead. Get over it. Stop being so god damned serious and closed minded. The dude loved life and lived it to the fullest. He'll never be replaced...but that doesn't mean we can't celebrate him on stage.

Adam Lambert is talented, campy, over the top and clearly....clearly...clearly worships at the altar of Freddie. I'm sure he's genuinely jacked to do the show and can bring a set of skills to the performance that Paul never could have done.

And though I don't know them personally, I can envision a scenario where both Brian & Roger fully welcome what Adam brings to the table.

michael you talk shit....

I'm not ashamed to say that I have willingly participated in the bashing of Adam singing with 'Queen' on Facebook. It's a poor match. I've heard Adam sing Queen songs & I liken it to watching someone shit on a Picasso. Thanks for tarnishing my once favorite band. I've lost all respect for Brian and Roger and I'm quite positive I'm not the only fan to feel this way.

Haha, you people kill me. Folks have a right to be at least concerned. He's had two shots so far at doing a good show with Brian, and on both counts he fucking sucked.

I'm an optimist and I'm hoping the 3rd attempt goes better, and even if it doesn't - I'll just be happy if we get to hear from Brian and Roger. Those guys should be playing, not wasting their time on dead end endeavours like that Extravaganza thing.

Of course, it might be a little hard to hear Brian singing over Adam "Hey What's The Guitarist's Name" Lambert, who'll surely be in one of his Me Me Me moments... and I fully expect Dappy to be in the front row somewhere shouting over all of Brian's solos ... but again, I'm really optimistic that there's at least one good song or surprise in there.

I'd like another moment like at the Kharkov show where he pulled Bijou out. That was the first time in years that Queen music really got me in any way.

We had Queen & Paul Rodgers = QPR, and I liked it.

Now we get Queen & Adam Lambert, and I just hope it will not be = QUAL (german, engl.: Torture).

"We had Queen & Paul Rodgers = QPR, and I liked it.
Now we get Queen & Adam Lambert, and I just hope it will not be = QUAL (german, engl.: Torture)"

I like it! We have our abbreviation!

[QUOTE] [b]Russian Headlong wrote:[/b]
michael you talk shit....[/QUOTE]

and yet it's your words that smell of it.

[QUOTE] [b]QueenLing wrote:[/b]
I'm not ashamed to say that I have willingly participated in the bashing of Adam singing with 'Queen' on Facebook. It's a poor match. I've heard Adam sing Queen songs & I liken it to watching someone shit on a Picasso. Thanks for tarnishing my once favorite band. I've lost all respect for Brian and Roger and I'm quite positive I'm not the only fan to feel this way.[/QUOTE]

Don't let the door hit ya on the ass as you exit.

It's fun to watch people squirm at the prospect of change. Perhaps it's a reflection of their inner selves that resist change and project it onto others. Obviously this doesn't apply to everyone who isn't keen on Lambert, but it's worth considering.

Judging Lambert on his two brief performances with Bri and Rog would be like judging Zeppelin by Live Aid and the Atlantic Records 40th anniversary show. Look up Lambert's material. He's a great, expressive singer. This may be an interesting collaboration.

But if it sucks, rest assured, I'll be the first to say so.

No Freddie, no John = NO Queen!

No Blackmore = No Deep Purple
No Ozzy = No Black Sabbath
No Terry Kath = No Chicago
No Steve Howe, no Rick Wakeman = No Yes
No Roger Waters = No Pink Floyd
No Mike Portnoy = No Dream Theater
No Peter Gabriel = No Genesis
No DLR = No Van Halen
No Brian Jones = No Stones
No Keith Moon = No Who
No Ace = No Kiss

Wait a minute..

No Davy Jones = No Monkeying around