Adam Lambert: No talk of U.S. Queen dates

Instead of ripping Adam Laberts singing ability apart, and questioning Brian and Roger's choice and reasoning, shoulding everyone just step back and reserve judgment until the first show in Moscow. All any of us have heard or seen is an appearance on a talent show and a short, less than 10 minutes on a TV program.

A fully rehearsed two hour show might allow us a different view of his ability. Time will tell.

As far as the view that Brian and Roger should have formed a new band in 92. Well I'm guessing this new band would have been touring Queen songs, and so would have come under fire for trying to be Queen. . . .

Catch 22 maybe?

[QUOTE] [b]beautifulsoup wrote: [/b]  Yep,  he serves himself instead of the music.  IMO, YMMV, etc, etc...[/QUOTE] That's really well put.  It can be difficult to find the words to describe the things that are wrong or missing when there is significant technical ability and power and range and an undeniable natural gift. Can't wait to see the crackerjack sensibilities at about 3:54 in the ballad "Broken Open' applied to Love of My Life.  And for the accent people above he inexplicably elects to sound like a Babushka at about 4:05.  Should go over well in Russia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pkxo-tRR_g

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[b]Donna13 wrote: [/b] I don't understand why he would refer to the Russia gig as a warm-up. It seems pretty arbitrary to me to do a concert in Russia first. Do other groups do this?[/QUOTE]
I think it's wise and prudent.  Adam has absolutely zero experience soloing for stadium sized crowds and the only shows he's fronted for two hours thus far have largely been for adoring middle aged women at 2000 seat theatres.  This is an incredible leap of faith and an opportunity to shake his nerves off at a smaller show with somewhat less pressure can only help.  Is there some benefit to do it in Russia specifically?  Don't know, but perhaps receptive audiences and lesser media there offer some advantages.

Do it in Russia maybe is an a idea of Brian or Roger, they feel bad for not playing in that country with Freddie (the goberment don't let).
Remember how exited they were in the first gigs of the Cosmos Tour with the gigs in Russia and Ukraine.
Oh, and the venue is the biggest indoor arena in Europe, so is not a small crowd.

GratefulFan, we live in the same city, we share the same beliefs in Queen, if I weren't happily married I'd be asking for your hand in marriage as your intelligence is supreme :)

There's another thread about TMLWKY and someone on YouTube commented Seriously, I'd just watched the tribute show and I bawled when Brian sang this -Poor him, he was almost crying Dx I know? I was, anyway." Yep, me too. Brian probably has a tenth of Adam Lambert's range, but he can do more with one note as a singer than AL can do with a song. Freddie could do more with a phrase than AL can do with a catalogue. AL may have a great voice. So does/did Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion etc. None of their shit moves me. Brian has lost the plot so badly he doesn't even know what the movie is.

Watch out the sound police are back.

To be honest i wouldn't expect any more British dates either. I sent jacky a message on Twitter and she replied saying they're waiting to see how these gigs go before doing anything else so.......

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GratefulFan, we live in the same city, we share the same beliefs in Queen, if I weren't happily married I'd be asking for your hand in marriage as your intelligence is supreme :)[/QUOTE]

Ha. Odd isn't it, how people who agree with us in life are always cracking brilliant. :)

I liked the YouTube comments you posted - very apt - but actually think Lambert [i]should[/i] sing TMLWKY. Those two deserve each other.

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[b]Senna wrote: [/b] Watch out the sound police are back.[/QUOTE]
No worries.  They're just here to pick up the thought police.  I think they play basketball on Mondays or something. ;)

So has the gig in Russia sold out yet? And if anyone knows, how many people would there be at that show?

This thread is becoming a little strange.
A lot of people are running Adam Laberts ability into the ground. . .
May be some of you should remember, Freddie was far from perfect on some nights, and in fact Paul Rodgers probably did a better job per number of shows than Freddie.

Freddie's voice would quite often go sharp and sometimes crack completely.

If you don't like Adam Lambert, so what, it's just another version of Queen which no body is being forced to witness or listen too.

Funny that some people are willing to watch Kiss, only two original members, but not Queen!

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[b]Vocal harmony wrote: [/b]
If you don't like Adam Lambert, so what, it's just another version of Queen which no body is being forced to witness or listen too.

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That's about the 5th time you've made that same point. Basically it's just another way of trying to stop a conversation you don't like.

Oh good. I'm glad somebody is keeping track of how often people here make the same point.

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[b]Donna13 wrote: [/b] Oh good. I'm glad somebody is keeping track of how often people here make the same point.[/QUOTE]

That's the first time you've said that ;)