That Adam Lambert guy

Well. Because im a Queen-fan i simply had to hear what the guys were doing with Adam Lambert. So i tried to stay open minded at got the 14/7 2012 concert from London to listen to. A couple of nice surprices in the setlist. Somebody to love, Who wants to Live Forever and Youre my Best Friend. But..... I really think AL's voice is to highpiched and thin for the queen music. Too much vibrato on his voice also. The end of Somebody To love was really embarrising for me because he tried too much with his terrible voice. And when they then played I want it all i simply became irritated because his voice just isnt raw enough. The band. I think they played the song at bit too slow and that makes the concert sound a bit like a mediocre Queen cover-band for me. Ill have to listen it to the finish though but im not too happy with what im hearing. Is it the quality of the recording or simply the venue that makes it less good? I dont think i have to listen to more Queen+AL concerts after this. What do you think? (i hope that was understandable. Im not english)

My opinion about AL in a few words ...

The good thing : He has a very nice voice
The bad thing : he can't sing. The only thing he did during the tour was screeching

Plus he was horribly off key on all the shows. Add the uncontrolled vibrato and yelling/wailing to reach notes, and you'll get bad vocal performances.

His "Who wants to live forever" had good moments but I agree with the above posters' opinion overall.

I think what was great about those shows was the first 5-6 tracks, with the Flash intro, WWRY fast, Seven seas of rhye and Keep Yourself Alive. Awesome setlist.

Agreed with the above. However, I make a habit of regularly listening to the videos of the concerts so I can skip over to Roger and Brian's set. Beautiful performances from both of them, and some of my favorite live Queen moments. Brian directing Love of My Life was beautiful as always, it's awesome hearing him jam to songs like Somebody to Love and The Show Must Go On with the audience singing most of the words. That was a really fun time, and Roger was perfect singing A Kind of Magic and These Are the Days of Our Lives. So passionate, and the old man still has a great voice on him after all these years.

So, don't completely discount the shows; just skip over the good parts, which is basically anytime the supposed frontman is not on stage. That includes the guitar solo and drum duel, which are pretty fun as always.

AL = auditory and visual assault. Basically Roger and Brian should just do it on their own and get Martel to sing the songs they either cant sing or don't want to sing. Now that's a concert I'd pay a big sum to go see!

I went to the first night at Hammersmith (11/7)....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGyOkAewzN8
skip to 3:20 and listen to his odd bit of singing

When he started doing that I was standing there thinking 'who the fuck is this guy'

In reference to the first post and I want it all, it was definitely played much too slowly. Roger was great, but he is definitely getting slower. Not unexpected, though

Good thing someone brought this up but, in my book, Roger Taylor singing and drumming to "A Kind of Magic" is one of the highlights of the last 20 years in Queen history.

I used to HATE that song and couldn't understand why they played it with Paul Rodgers. Then I saw a video of Roger singing it while drumming and I just loved it.

Positive: Queen finally found their best lead singer (including Freddie Mercury) according to someonewhomasturbatesfuriuouslytooverthetopgayadam.

[QUOTE] [b]Sheer Brass Neck wrote:[/b]

Positive: Queen finally found their best lead singer (including Freddie Mercury) according to someonewhomasturbatesfuriuouslytooverthetopgayadam. [/QUOTE]
someonewholikesadam has actually admitted that Freddie is the superior frontman...

http://www.queenzone.com/forums/forum_topic_view.aspx?q=1340898

[QUOTE] [b]someonewholikesadam wrote:[/b]
I said Freddie doesn't count because of course he is better than AL and a fantastic song writer (which AL is not).[/QUOTE]
Probably not coincidentally, she was arguing with you when she wrote this.

He is not right for this job. He is simply not a rock star. He has a great voice but not for the rock music. Too much squeals, too little rock.

the best: roger and brian
the worst, or the least best, adam lambert

I saw bits of the show and thought that he is incredibly brave to even attempt it...Bri and Rog know that there is no way anyone can match Freddie,they just love playing live! It hasn't harmed Adam's career in the UK,or even harmed Queen's sales in the U.S.(welcome to today's record business)at least one of them wisely stayed away................................................................................................................................

http://www.allkpop.com/2013/04/psy-to-feature-in-queen-guitarist-brian-mays-new-album You didn't want Adam Lambert. Now you are getting Psy! Ah, revenge is sweet. Signed someonewhomasturbatesfuriuouslytooverthetopgayadam.