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[QUOTE] [b]someonewholikesadam wrote:[/b]

" You love Sadam? I'm afraid I might have some bad news for you.... "

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
THAT WAS AWESOME. HAHAHAHAHA
I'm crying. LOL"


Are you two juveniles from the US? If not, I will excuse your lack of knowledge of the fundamentals of the English language. Someone who love Sadam? Come on. Really?

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You're too kind. I rather feared that Adam-fans lack a sense of humour. Glad to see you prove me wrong.

Adam Lambert is so bad frontman (not singer) that I felt bad...

I thought it was fine. Like someone pointed above, the gig did feel like a medley, which was a bit disappointing, but unfortunately that's what happens on such occasions. It sucks they only gave them 30 minutes. But anyway, CLTCL went down a storm, WWTLF was quite amazing and the rest was pretty good as well. Including STL, but I do agree they shouldn't have let a random singer on stage. I'm sure Adam would have done a fine job with it, so why? They are clearly trying to appeal to the younger audience, but seriously Brian needs to stop it now. Bo Rhap was disappointing, you just shouldn't cut such a track like this. It would have been a lot better if Adam did the first two verses (like Freddie did on Live Aid) and skipped the heavy bit altogether. Overall, I think AL handled the show well and sang well on most songs, although there were some weaker moments too (e.g. the beginning of AOBTD, parts of DA, WWRY and WATC). The band played well, it feels kinda nice to see Rufus there. He looks totally like his dad in the early days of Queen. Would I want them to play some more gigs? Certainly. Would I want the collaboration to develop anywhere further than concerts? Don't think so, unless they feel like they've produced something really excellent (i.e. way above "The Cosmos Rocks" standard), then they have my permission to publish it ;-) Otherwise, focus on the unknown Freddie tracks, please. That's where the magic is. Anyway, a very nice tribute and a fun performance at the same time.

Just want to share my view of the whole thing here.
I have to say, i didn't enjoy 2012 shows at all - it was bloody awful. You all know - Adam's screaming, crying, all that crap, i would call it over-singing. Plus his ridiculous stage presence and total absence of rock singing. Things were getting worse with a help of Brian and Roger's countless mistakes all the way through the shows. Roger's playing was very week, so he was backed up by Rufus for some parts.

This time i didn't expect things to be much better, but i watched the whole thing, an i made my conclusions.

1) Set list was very strange, i would say ridiculous. Opening with medley of slow BR+AOBTD+CLTCL ?? Whose brilliant idea it was? No power, no energy, no vibe. You have to remember - Queen were always great in making effective show openings, but this time they just walked on stage like an amateur band and started playing slow songs? Just like "lot of noise+Seaven Seas Of Rhye+Keep Yourself Alive" opening wasn't bad enough? What's next? Starting the show with Misfire or Save me?
Dragon Attack in the end of the set, transferring into BR halfway through the song? What the hell is that? It's not even Greatest Hits setlist, which everyone is tired to hear, it's "Chaotic mess-let's play something-let's cut into the next song-let's play something different now" setlist.

2) Roger's playing was awful. I've never heard my drumming idol playing so bad, it's his worst performance by far. Rufus backed him on almost each track, while Roger did mistake after mistake. To make things even worse - he was hitting very week and sloppy. Brian was miles away from his best, too.

3) The whole Somebody To Love crap with Fun... i have no words, what was the reason for this circus on stage? Open mic? Maybe they can let me sing? It's not the level of the world-class band. Do they really have to be a karaoke band?

4)A little good note - Adam was better than last year. Still a lot of pretty bad things, but really better this time. Now he has some power at least, and sings more like a man.

To sum the things up - Brian and Roger are now again in that 2000-2004 kind of situation. One-off gigs, shitty singers, very poor and unrehearsed playing, what an embarrassment for such a band. They are good when they are on tour, like 2005 and 2008, but these one-offs are incredible shit. They should do it fully, or just quit performing. And i don't even want to start all this Lambert thing again - if they gonna do a tour, certainly not with him.

Drumster, what are you talking about. They just walked on stage like an amateur band and started playing a slow song. What do you mean like they did at Live Aid? Sorry I forgot for a minute that was a crap show too!!!!

Apart from Dragon Atack what they played on Friday was a greatest hits set. Yes it was medley, what were you expecting in half an hour. As far as big intros and making an enterance it was a 30min set at a multi act gig, they didn't have their own lights or PA. They just turned up and got on with it.

Wow! Just watched the entire show and though brief (at approx. 30 minutes) it was really exciting and powerful.

Adam has improved; I would assume, just from having more rehearsal time with them and possibly from studying Queen concerts (Freddie). I thought they all sounded really good.

I'm so glad it went well. Brian didn't seem to have any problems with that new knee. I liked Adam's toned down stage presence (just concentrating on, and feeling, the music, instead of trying to be "flamboyant" with costumes or awkward and distracting posturing). I think a basic enthusiastic presence is really all that is needed when the music deserves all the focus ... and I liked his retro (50's) rock hair. They all looked and sounded great. The Fun segment was OK. I think his (the Fun singer's) mic was too low in the mix, so he was shouting instead of being able to show off a voice. Oh, well. Great overall.

[QUOTE] [b]DrumSter wrote:[/b]
2) Roger's playing was awful. I've never heard my drumming idol playing so bad, it's his worst performance by far. Rufus backed him on almost each track, while Roger did mistake after mistake. To make things even worse - he was hitting very week and sloppy. [/QUOTE]

Are you fucking trolling us man? You've clearly not watched Queen's Day 2002 then.


[QUOTE]Brian was miles away from his best, too. [/QUOTE]

You are on drugs man.

Roger and Brian were both fine, as they usually are. Rufus isn't backing up Roger because Roger needs him, he's backing him up because Roger wants his son to be a successful musician. He's totally unnecessary though.

Adam was OK, his voice is fine, but he isn't a good frontman. Everything he does looks calculated, whereas a great frontman just communicates naturally. He was a major improvement from the Kiev gig though, who knows, maybe one day he'll knock it out of the park.To be perfectly honest though, after watching the Fun guy shout his way through Somebody to Love I was begging for Adam Lambert to come back.

[QUOTE] [b]Zebonka12 wrote:[/b]

Inasmuch as the shorter set seems to have added a bit of focus on the material and made less room for AL dicking around, this was a bit more enjoyable to watch than the Ukraine thing.

... With the exception of the open-mic bit where they let that random guy on the stage to sing Somebody to Love. I feel like every time this happens, they find someone shittier to guest on lead vocals. This isn't hyperbole - I don't think I've ever heard something so shonky in a professional setting since Axl Rose sang WWRY. Awful in every way. I really have to wonder what drives these selections. Maybe Brian doesn't know how to say no anymore? Bless him, but seriously.

Brian and Roger were fab though, and AL seems to have tightened up some of the screws. I still think it's a stylistic mismatch, but that's down to me not really being able to picture the remnants of my favourite band gigging in some banal place where Katy Perry also happens to be performing. Honestly though, I did think it to be a better performance than the ones I saw from last year.[/QUOTE]


I was going to post my thoughts, but I think this sums them up perfectly.

About Fun... I think they are a pretty good band when they do their own material. It was obviously under-rehearsed and Somebody to Love is one of the hardest songs to sing.

[QUOTE] [b]Zebonka12 wrote:[/b]


... With the exception of the open-mic bit where they let that random guy on the stage to sing Somebody to Love. I feel like every time this happens, they find someone shittier to guest on lead vocals. This isn't hyperbole - I don't think I've ever heard something so shonky in a professional setting since Axl Rose sang WWRY. Awful in every way. I really have to wonder what drives these selections. Maybe Brian doesn't know how to say no anymore? Bless him, but seriously.[/QUOTE]

Fun had one of the biggest singles on the Billboard hot 100 last year (We are Young ft. Janelle Monae). No.1 in 8 countries including the UK, and six weeks atop the Hot 100, there's your answer.

They should have had Janelle Monae on instead, that would have been much more interesting.

I thought it was much better than last year. Adam is matured, his voice sounds more developed. I'd buy a ticket.

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[QUOTE] [b]Zebonka12 wrote:[/b]


... With the exception of the open-mic bit where they let that random guy on the stage to sing Somebody to Love. I feel like every time this happens, they find someone shittier to guest on lead vocals. This isn't hyperbole - I don't think I've ever heard something so shonky in a professional setting since Axl Rose sang WWRY. Awful in every way. I really have to wonder what drives these selections. Maybe Brian doesn't know how to say no anymore? Bless him, but seriously.[/QUOTE]

Fun had one of the biggest singles on the Billboard hot 100 last year (We are Young ft. Janelle Monae). No.1 in 8 countries including the UK, and six weeks atop the Hot 100, there's your answer.

They should have had Janelle Monae on instead, that would have been much more interesting.

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You're right. She's actually damn enthusiastic about her performances and gets into it. Even to the point of excess. (I.e. tribute/emulating James Brown's cape act)

Seen her live several times But mostly on Prince's "welcome 2 America" one night stand run

Not the biggest fan of her work but damn she DOES pour on some vitality AND belt it out

Nate Ruess (lead singer of Fun.) actually has a good voice. Some people have compared him to Freddie vocally,and I can see the comparison ( KIND OF) in some of Freddie's earlier vocal work.
When I heard Nate would be singing with Queen, I was looking forward to it. However, Somebody to Love was NOT the song for Nate to sing. I think it sounded awful, and I was disappointed.
Now, I automatically crossed my arms and pouted through all of Adam's vocals by default because I'm clearly obsessed w Freddie and obviously I refuse to see past that. That aside, he did an ok job, although I hated the vocal improvs, it made the songs sound more like pop than rock.
I was however moved to little girl tears during WWTLF.