Queen Extravaganza

Saw Queen + Adam Lambert concert in Ukraine on TV. Haha, what a goddamn joke. Are AL fans really trying to convince somebody that Lambert's voice suits Queen? Because you know what, it doesn't.
Just find any fan video of Marc Martel & QE doing "Radio GaGa" or "Somebody to Love" and compare it to official videos from the Q+AL gig in Ukraine. While MM doesn't sound perfect there's much more "Queen" and it is overall more convincing than anything Lambert can offer. I don't care that he's a fabulous showman. The. Right. Voice. Just. Isn't. There. It may please AL fans, but not someone like me.
I know he's not gay, not fun, not fabulous and quite boring, but from what I've heard so far, vocally Martel is still the Champion (after Freddie Mercury and George Michael, obviously).

[QUOTE] [b]Man from Zanzibar wrote:[/b]
Saw Queen + Adam Lambert concert in Ukraine on TV. Haha, what a goddamn joke. Are AL fans really trying to convince somebody that Lambert's voice suits Queen? Because you know what, it doesn't.
Just find any fan video of Marc Martel & QE doing "Radio GaGa" or "Somebody to Love" and compare it to official videos from the Q+AL gig in Ukraine. While MM doesn't sound perfect there's much more "Queen" and it is overall more convincing than anything Lambert can offer. I don't care that he's a fabulous showman. The. Right. Voice. Just. Isn't. There. It may please AL fans, but not someone like me.
I know he's not gay, not fun, not fabulous and quite boring, but from what I've heard so far, vocally Martel is still the Champion (after Freddie Mercury and George Michael, obviously).[/QUOTE]

Spot on! As sad as it sounds: I prefer the tribute band. Lambert was an absolute disaster. What an embarassment.

[QUOTE] [b]Man from Zanzibar wrote:[/b]
Saw Queen + Adam Lambert concert in Ukraine on TV. Haha, what a goddamn joke. Are AL fans really trying to convince somebody that Lambert's voice suits Queen? Because you know what, it doesn't.
Just find any fan video of Marc Martel & QE doing "Radio GaGa" or "Somebody to Love" and compare it to official videos from the Q+AL gig in Ukraine. While MM doesn't sound perfect there's much more "Queen" and it is overall more convincing than anything Lambert can offer. I don't care that he's a fabulous showman. The. Right. Voice. Just. Isn't. There. It may please AL fans, but not someone like me.
I know he's not gay, not fun, not fabulous and quite boring, but from what I've heard so far, vocally Martel is still the Champion (after Freddie Mercury and George Michael, obviously).[/QUOTE]

I agree 100%

[QUOTE] [b]croatiafan wrote:[/b]

I agree 100%[/QUOTE]

I didn't see the Kiev show, but I didn't think he'd be a good fit with Queen. I think there's too much of the 'Lady Gaga self-promotional gimmickry' going on with AL and that turns me off, just as a first impression. He can sing, though.

George Michael touched on it in his song 'Freedom', freedom from the gimmicks that are aimed to draw attention to oneself and not on the merit of one's vocal prowess or lyrical ability and cleverness in writing.

I am not too much a fan of the 'over-the-top' theatre that pop music delivers on stage, like Britney Spears, Madonna, Lady Gaga. I don't go to a concert to watch a Burlesque show or other pretentiousness, I want to experience the music and sound, and perhaps a little showmanship, but not the modern day "I can be more over-the-top than you" mentality.

I think QE was just a solid show, strong music, some 'eye-candy' with the lighting and fog effects, but I liked the muted feel of the 1st act (the low-key club atmosphere), and the staging of the 2nd act was a nice contrast to the 1st.

All anyone has to do is go watch/listen to Marc with QE on Youtube, then watch and listen to AL singing the same damned songs and Marc Martel wins hands down! NOT because he sounds like Freddie but because he can sing and has control of is voice. He isn't afraid of an audience, he knows how to perform even though he isn't flamboyant, he got the audience going and was good. AL is green compared to MM. I don't know for the life of me how anyone with ears could say AL can do any of Queens songs and do them well. He didn't have much time to prepare? Doesn't matter, his voice was all over the place. He can't cover his mistakes or improvise and even if he could his voice is NOT suited to do Queen. Yeah, he was Roger and Brians choice and I can't figure out why.

I'm on a rant here, lol. I LOVE the music! I'm mad at myself for caring one way or the other. I wanted to like Q+AL, I wanted to enjoy it. I just couldnt enjoy AL. I did have fun watching Brian and Roger and Rogers son, I did enjoy the clips of Freddie and it made me feel so nostalgic inside. Hard to get past the fact that Freddie is gone, I am glad Roger had the good sense to do QE and to allow them to tour USA! I feel privileged to have experienced that.

[QUOTE] [b]Missreclusive wrote:[/b]
AL is green compared to MM. I don't know for the life of me how anyone with ears could say AL can do any of Queens songs and do them well. He didn't have much time to prepare? Doesn't matter, his voice was all over the place. He can't cover his mistakes or improvise and even if he could his voice is NOT suited to do Queen. Yeah, he was Roger and Brians choice and I can't figure out why. [/QUOTE]

I don't think it's that AL is green. AL has been performing for 20 years since he was 10 years old. In comparison, MM has been performing for around 12 years. I think it's preparation and perhaps knowing to prioritize what's important.

AL had three weeks of rehearsal with Roger and Brian, right? MM had three weeks of rehearsal too -- he had to skip out for a week during QE rehearsals to do some tour dates with his other band.

If you count that MM does backing vocals on many of the songs that he's not lead on AND he learned piano and guitar parts for a number of songs, then I think the amount of stuff MM had to learn for QE is equal to or slightly more than what AL had to learn for the Kiev concert. Yet even though MM's stage presence was lacking in the first QE concert compared to now, musically he was strong from the start.

I don't think MM is necessarily a bigger talent than AL. But I think that from the time he won the contest last December, he probably started learning Queen songs, especially the ones that were new to him, backwards and forwards. In comparison, there's that interview with AL just before rehearsals for Kiev starts where he admits to not yet knowing all the songs but being keen on figuring out what he's going to wear.

I've been listening to a recording of the Detroit show almost nonstop for the past day or so and still absolutely love it. QE, I would say, is my first real hard rock concert, and since I was fairly close to the front, with all the speakers and action on stage and such, it was exhilarating. I was in another world for a couple hours, interrupted only briefly by intermission, a world of Queen music. It was fantastic. I'm glad I got the chance to experience it. Even listening to a recording of the same show now, I can see what I loved so much about it. I have great memories from that night.

It's sad that I had to settle for this instead of the real thing (Freddie, Brian, Roger, and John), but this was still an absolutely excellent time for me.

Went to the concert in Calgary tonight. The background music playing in the theater before the concert started was the hidden track from the Made In Heaven album! Does anyone remember that from other venues on the tour?

[QUOTE] [b]AdamMethos wrote:[/b]
Went to the concert in Calgary tonight. The background music playing in the theater before the concert started was the hidden track from the Made In Heaven album! Does anyone remember that from other venues on the tour?[/QUOTE]


I dont remember that at all.

Yeah, I do.

I do, too. I was walking in to the theater a little while before the show started and thought--is that, hey, that's Track 13 from MIH! Then the "La la la la la la" from The Prophet's Song started and that was also pretty cool.

I caught QE in Boston at the House of Blues while on Business. Different, I wouldn't see it again. A little cheezy.