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[QUOTE] [b]YAFF wrote:[/b]
none of the bands you mentioned had a front man as iconic and absolutely irreducible from the name of the band he named. Other bands like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks, The Who would have gotten kicked around for going on with their singer too. Not just Queen + Insert Inferior Here.
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Perhaps, but it really is hard to say without it happening. But you're right, Queen do stand above the rest, with very few exceptions. Just about anyone with functioning ears and eyes will agree that Mercury is the greatest rock singer/frontman ever to live. But I just don't see why that should somehow require the remaining members of the band to change their name when they play a few gigs. It's apples and oranges. Would the music sound any different if they picked another name?
No doubt you are very musically (and likely otherwise) educated, so thanks for the civilized chat here.
[QUOTE]Now Black Sabbath got lucky because they found an infinitely better singer than Ozzy with Ronnie James Dio but...interestingly, they did finally go out with a new name Heaven & Hell" at the end and Most Sabbath fans only consider Ozzy as Sabbath.[/QUOTE]
I love when people mention this tour. Iommi came out before hand and could have not been more clear - "We are not Black Sabbath. We are Heaven And Hell. We will be playing songs from two albums. We will NOT be playing Paranoid. Do not shout for it. We will not play it. And don't complain because we did not play it." And of course people shouted and soon complained. I like people.
none of the bands you mentioned had a front man as iconic and absolutely irreducible from the name of the band he named. Other bands like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks, The Who would have gotten kicked around for going on with their singer too. Not just Queen + Insert Inferior Here.
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Perhaps, but it really is hard to say without it happening. But you're right, Queen do stand above the rest, with very few exceptions. Just about anyone with functioning ears and eyes will agree that Mercury is the greatest rock singer/frontman ever to live. But I just don't see why that should somehow require the remaining members of the band to change their name when they play a few gigs. It's apples and oranges. Would the music sound any different if they picked another name?
No doubt you are very musically (and likely otherwise) educated, so thanks for the civilized chat here.
[QUOTE]Now Black Sabbath got lucky because they found an infinitely better singer than Ozzy with Ronnie James Dio but...interestingly, they did finally go out with a new name Heaven & Hell" at the end and Most Sabbath fans only consider Ozzy as Sabbath.[/QUOTE]
I love when people mention this tour. Iommi came out before hand and could have not been more clear - "We are not Black Sabbath. We are Heaven And Hell. We will be playing songs from two albums. We will NOT be playing Paranoid. Do not shout for it. We will not play it. And don't complain because we did not play it." And of course people shouted and soon complained. I like people.
YAFF
[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
Perhaps, but it really is hard to say without it happening. But you're right, Queen do stand above the rest, with very few exceptions. Just about anyone with functioning ears and eyes will agree that Mercury is the greatest rock singer/frontman ever to live. But I just don't see why that should somehow require the remaining members of the band to change their name when they play a few gigs. It's apples and oranges. Would the music sound any different if they picked another name?
No doubt you are very musically (and likely otherwise) educated, so thanks for the civilized chat here.
[QUOTE]Now Black Sabbath got lucky because they found an infinitely better singer than Ozzy with Ronnie James Dio but...interestingly, they did finally go out with a new name Heaven & Hell" at the end and Most Sabbath fans only consider Ozzy as Sabbath.[/QUOTE]
I love when people mention this tour. Iommi came out before hand and could have not been more clear - "We are not Black Sabbath. We are Heaven And Hell. We will be playing songs from two albums. We will NOT be playing Paranoid. Do not shout for it. We will not play it. And don't complain because we did not play it." And of course people shouted and soon complained. I like people.[/QUOTE]
LOL. They eventually won folks over. They probably could've just went as Heaven & Hell back when they did that classic album and then the followup "Mob Rules". The Sabbath brand had been on steady decline with Ozzy when he jumped ship. Dio gave Sabbath another run but they would've avoided much of the hardship by just going with the new name as they did with their (this lineup) last album, "The Devil You Know". Look I'm a huge Dio fan (second to only Freddie) but even I think they should've dropped the Sabbath name. Likely the record label wouldn't have it.
Anyway thanks for the compliment. Your website is AMAZING and I've enjoyed it way before I started visiting the QZ & QOL forums.
Perhaps, but it really is hard to say without it happening. But you're right, Queen do stand above the rest, with very few exceptions. Just about anyone with functioning ears and eyes will agree that Mercury is the greatest rock singer/frontman ever to live. But I just don't see why that should somehow require the remaining members of the band to change their name when they play a few gigs. It's apples and oranges. Would the music sound any different if they picked another name?
No doubt you are very musically (and likely otherwise) educated, so thanks for the civilized chat here.
[QUOTE]Now Black Sabbath got lucky because they found an infinitely better singer than Ozzy with Ronnie James Dio but...interestingly, they did finally go out with a new name Heaven & Hell" at the end and Most Sabbath fans only consider Ozzy as Sabbath.[/QUOTE]
I love when people mention this tour. Iommi came out before hand and could have not been more clear - "We are not Black Sabbath. We are Heaven And Hell. We will be playing songs from two albums. We will NOT be playing Paranoid. Do not shout for it. We will not play it. And don't complain because we did not play it." And of course people shouted and soon complained. I like people.[/QUOTE]
LOL. They eventually won folks over. They probably could've just went as Heaven & Hell back when they did that classic album and then the followup "Mob Rules". The Sabbath brand had been on steady decline with Ozzy when he jumped ship. Dio gave Sabbath another run but they would've avoided much of the hardship by just going with the new name as they did with their (this lineup) last album, "The Devil You Know". Look I'm a huge Dio fan (second to only Freddie) but even I think they should've dropped the Sabbath name. Likely the record label wouldn't have it.
Anyway thanks for the compliment. Your website is AMAZING and I've enjoyed it way before I started visiting the QZ & QOL forums.