Queen Extravaganza

pipijolk wrote:
The person running the QE fan page on facebook

That's me! (Unmasked!) I was one of a bunch of YouTube regulars following the QE contest. Since YouTube isn't conducive to continuing discussions, I created the FB page as more of a central place for YouTubers to gather. And it snowballed from there...

Some video I shot of Somebody To Love at last night's Downhere concert -- in 1080p HD!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxzySKCGXlk

AdamMethos wrote:
Some video I shot of Somebody To Love at last night's Downhere concert -- in 1080p HD!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxzySKCGXlk

Cant help it, am in awe of Marc. Thats probably the best STL performance of his yet imo. He's far more animated and relaxed. Of course, he has his Downhere band and fans there. I'm just so excited to see him perform again and hope QE travels to Texas. Btw, GREAT camera! yeow!

AdamMethos wrote:
Some video I shot of Somebody To Love at last night's Downhere concert -- in 1080p HD!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxzySKCGXlk

Oh, that's what I call quality video. What is the camera, if I may ask?

I used a Sony Handycam:
http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921666458496

Missreclusive wrote:
Cant help it, am in awe of Marc. Thats probably the best STL performance of his yet imo. He's far more animated and relaxed.

What I liked in that performance (and other STL performances towards the end of the QE tour) is that Marc seemed to be doing his own take on the song and not any conscious imitation of Freddie. While there are some songs, e.g. Killer Queen, that they might want him to perform as close to Freddie as possible, I hope he gets to do his own take on more songs on the next QE tour. He just seems to bring a different level of passion to the songs when doing his own thing. And unlike some others, e.g. Adam Lambert, the song somehow still sounds "right" and faithful to the original despite him changing it up. It's like George Michael's STL -- quite different from Freddie, but still totally faithful to the spirit of the song.

Finger's crossed that this doesn't wind up being a one-off. Kid deserves a tour with the real thing. He's bloody earned it.

In case anyone is interested, here's a playlist of videos I shot from the Downhere concert:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL271208C1B716A825&feature=view_all

And here's Marc on bass guitar!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4be63gKJa4I

AdamMethos wrote:
In case anyone is interested, here's a playlist of videos I shot from the Downhere concert:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL271208C1B716A825&feature=view_all
And here's Marc on bass guitar!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4be63gKJa4I

Was just now watching your vids and thank you for posting them.

QE news that's NOT about Marc Martel. (Shock!) If this site is correct, Jennifer Espinoza auditioned for X-Factor this year, but did not make the alleged list of finalists that they claim to have.

"One really interesting auditioner who's not on this list is Jennifer Espinoza, an Alison Iraheta type. Maybe the fact that Jennifer performed on American Idol earlier this year as part of the Queen Extravaganza didn't help."

http://www.votefortheworst.com/story/668644/vftw-spoils-finalists-for-upcoming-x-factor/

"QEX. To be continued... "
Twitter today from QueenExtravaganza account (Roger's)

https://twitter.com/queenextrava

Best news I've heard in a while! Thanks pipijolk for posting this one, I'm beyond happy about it!

Yay! Not surprised but great to get the official word at last! Hope we don't have to wait much longer for real details...

By the way, thought I posted this already, but it was Jessica Espinoza (Jennifer's sister) who audtioned for X-Factor.

Hell yeah!! Come to Brazil with QE. Please. God. =P

Well, Yvan has announced that he will be doing some other project (don't have the details yet) at the time QE will be touring, so it looks like both he and Jeff have left QE. I kind of suspected that Yvan also would be leaving since Jeff was.

Assuming Roger doesn't bring in new vocalists, I guess we will soon get a chance to see if Marc can do the harder rocking Queen songs!

Or Roger will sing them. OH WAIT-