"It speaks for itself, his voice’: Queen’s Brian May calls Adam Lambert one

"There is something akward in this statement considering that this "one guy" is voted at most polls as the greatest male singer of contemporary music.
Live, Mercury's high notes wasn't his all around best quality but still this dosen't make him "one guy" by no means"

It really does though. Bottom line, name any guy rock vocalist you like - he's still only one shade in a rainbow, and Brian is selling all genres of music short by making such a silly blanket statement.

Again, I've already said that I accept it's hyperbole and that he has to maintain the party line while doing these interviews, but I suppose the naive part of me always hopes for better from people I respect. Brian's one of those people.

[QUOTE]There is something akward in this statement considering that this "one guy" is voted at most polls as the greatest male singer of contemporary music.[/QUOTE]

Those polls are mostly made by and for wankers anyway. Fred was great, but because of his multiple qualities, not because some arsehole poll says so.

[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE]There is something akward in this statement considering that this "one guy" is voted at most polls as the greatest male singer of contemporary music.[/QUOTE]

Those polls are mostly made by and for wankers anyway. Fred was great, but because of his multiple qualities, not because some arsehole poll says so.[/QUOTE]

Whether the polls are for arseholes or not is irrelevant. If a man from Russia is the tallest man in Russia, he may not be the tallest man in the world, but he may be voted the tallest man in Russia. Russian men have unusually long femurs so maybe he doesn't deserve to have the title. But if a man leaves Leningrad on a bus traveling at 120/km/H will he arrive in Moscow sooner than a man who leaves Siberia on a plane traveling 500/km/H? Possible, but neither can prove the existence of a Hangman acetate, or who played which synthesizer on Radio GaGa. So the polls may be useless, but they reflect what the common wanker thinks, which is Freddie Mercury was the greatest singer of all time and Adam Lambert can hit some notes.

that was a great post. ^^^

only disagreement? - your last six words are wildly inaccurate.

"the common wanker" isn't even aware of Adam Lambert's existence - let alone his ability to "hit some notes" or otherwise..... to most "common wankers" Adam Lambert will be someone they don't know from (ahem) Adam

A 'tallest man' category wouldn't be a matter of voting, but a matter of measuring. Try something like 'best footballer of Russia' for a voting category.

Russia's the world's largest country, not because some idiots voted it that way, but because it's surface area surpasses that of any other country (in fact, it's over twice as large as any individual nation except for Canada, China and the States).

If a million people believe Napoleon was a dwarf, people routinely jumped off tall buildings during the Great Depression, Vikings wore helmets, the earth is flat, mice are crazy about cheese and people only use a fraction of their brains, that doesn't make any of those statements true.

Choosing a 'best' singer is a largely subjective issue, and a lot of the people who participate on those polls (plus a lot of people who read the results) have little to no idea, little to no criterion and little to no actual expertise. Freddie was a phenomenal singer because of the attributes of his voice, not because some random geezers voted him.

Speaking of voting, AL once went on a shitty TV programme ... and lost!

[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]


Speaking of voting, AL once went on a shitty TV programme ... and lost![/QUOTE]

Yes, but did the winner have a song off his first album nominated for a Grammy?

[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]

A 'tallest man' category wouldn't be a matter of voting, but a matter of measuring. Try something like 'best footballer of Russia' for a voting category.

Russia's the world's largest country, not because some idiots voted it that way, but because it's surface area surpasses that of any other country (in fact, it's over twice as large as any individual nation except for Canada, China and the States).

If a million people believe Napoleon was a dwarf, people routinely jumped off tall buildings during the Great Depression, Vikings wore helmets, the earth is flat, mice are crazy about cheese and people only use a fraction of their brains, that doesn't make any of those statements true.

Choosing a 'best' singer is a largely subjective issue, and a lot of the people who participate on those polls (plus a lot of people who read the results) have little to no idea, little to no criterion and little to no actual expertise. Freddie was a phenomenal singer because of the attributes of his voice, not because some random geezers voted him.

Speaking of voting, AL once went on a shitty TV programme ... and lost![/QUOTE]

[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]

A 'tallest man' category wouldn't be a matter of voting, but a matter of measuring."

You're assuming that Russia (world's largest country, source, Sebastian) has the resources (unlikely) to send government officials to each village/city/gulag (in the world's largest country) to measure every citizen. I can't see that happening. More likely a case that Svetlana in Minsk sent a picture saying "loook, my husband Ivan ees 6 meters 9!!! He's oonbelevable!!!" And based on a photo, Ivan wins. You cannot prove otherwise.

"Try something like 'best footballer of Russia' for a voting category."

Cold war Russia or modern day Russia? Break away republics included or Russia proper? We'd argue for days on who was the best. With Ivan's height (see above) he'd be dynamite on set pieces with his head so he's the best. You cannot prove otherwise.

"Russia's the world's largest country, not because some idiots voted it that way, but because it's surface area surpasses that of any other country (in fact, it's over twice as large as any individual nation except for Canada, China and the States)."

Fair enough :)

"If a million people believe Napoleon was a dwarf, people routinely jumped off tall buildings during the Great Depression, Vikings wore helmets, the earth is flat, mice are crazy about cheese and people only use a fraction of their brains, that doesn't make any of those statements true."

But there is truth in some of those statements. Napoleon is the standard bearer for little man's disease. A dwarf? No. A midget? Perhaps not. A little man? Abalooty.

"Choosing a 'best' singer is a largely subjective issue, and a lot of the people who participate on those polls (plus a lot of people who read the results) have little to no idea, little to no criterion and little to no actual expertise. Freddie was a phenomenal singer because of the attributes of his voice, not because some random geezers voted him."

Agreed. But Freddie was constantly "voted" by "wankers" or "arseholes" to be an amazing singer. Sid Vicious was not. Nor was Johnny Rotten. Or Robbie Williams. Or Pete townshend, who is an amazing singer. Freddie was and is constantly voted as the top or one of the top singers of all time. What does it mean? SFA. It's not science, but it means that "the man on the street" is aware this bloke form Queen can sing a bit. It's not like they are voting for

"Speaking of voting, AL once went on a shitty TV programme ... and lost!"/QUOTE]

Amen!!!!!!!! He can sing but has the emotional resonance of my hamster. (I don't have a hamster BTW.)

Napoleon's height was average for a person in that century and decade.

Polls don't prove anything about Freddie's (or anybody else's) quality. They're useful for other things, of course, but not that one.

Same for Grammy awards.

Is it me or is there a mistrust/contempt against polls?
Mind you, i am not that very fond of them either.
However they do reflect the taste and choises of huge amount of people consisting from shoolkids to experts.Becose everyone can vote.

I woundn't bring them (polls) into to the converstion if Mercury was not also apreciated by fellow singers-musicians, artist in general, and let's say experts in the field as a hell of a singer, a true talent and a force of nature with great versatility.

And that makes it a really long way far from the "one guy" quote.

[QUOTE] [b]Stelios wrote:[/b]

Is it me or is there a mistrust/contempt against polls?[/QUOTE]

I'm not sure whether it's mistrust, contempt, both or neither. Maybe we can have a poll about it?

[QUOTE] [b]Stelios wrote:[/b]

However they do reflect the taste and choises of huge amount of people consisting from shoolkids to experts.[/QUOTE]

Of course, and I'm not denying that. In fact, if (when?) I make a new version of my defunct website, I wanna include the 1981 poll conducted by the OIQFC magazine for people's favourite song and album (from Queen to Flash, of course), as that reflects the popularity (or lack thereof) of certain pieces. It shows, for instance, that TMotBQ was a massive hit amongst the fans long before the internet era (thus proving me wrong, as I had a completely inaccurate theory about it a while ago).

So yeah, I guess I overreacted (as usual), and I apologise to whoever was offended, annoyed or irritated by that. Maybe we can make a poll about it as well?

‘Paul was macho, but Adam is a diva’: Queen’s Roger Taylor on differences between Adam Lambert, Paul Rodgers
by Something Else!

Roger Taylor doesn’t shy away from comparisons between the last two frontman to take the reins for Queen’s Freddie Mercury, saying there’s plenty to set Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert apart.

Of course, Queen is coming off a well-received debut on American soil with Lambert, as part of a huge iHeart Radio music event held in September at Las Vegas. They’ve been working with the Idol runner up since appearing on the program together in 2009.

Previous to that, Queen had a lengthy collaborative relationship with Rodgers, the former Free and Bad Company singer, going back to 2005.

Mercury, who co-founded Queen in 1970 with Taylor, Brian May and John Deacon, died in 1991 after a battle with AIDS.

Queen not only did two major tours with Rodgers, they also issued a benefit single and a studio album called The Cosmos Rocks in 2008. Taylor, speaking to MOJO magazine, confirms that there are no current plans to record with Lambert.


Here’s how Taylor compared and contrasted Queen’s two singers:

“Paul,” the drummer says, “has a perfect blues and soul voice, but our songs are big — and dare I say it, theatrical — and Adam fits that more easily. … Adam is closer to Freddie. Paul was macho, but Adam is a diva. His range is staggering.”

Totally lost all respect for both Brian an Roger. The only one i respect is Deacon cause he didn't whore himself to this pathetic level.

That version of Show must go on which some of you guys think is "powerful" i think sounds like crap.

He doesn't really sing with a full voice. He sings with like a mix of falsetto and head voice mixed together, which is how he can hit those "high" notes.

Freddie sang wiith full head voice and it sounds a million times better than this emo faghag.

One last thing, when brian says he has never heard anything like it in his life before, right there i know he is lying cause Mercury outdid this guy like 1000 times with his version of show must go on.

When it comes to Brian he's always been a celebrity butt kisser he will be saying it again in a few years down the line about who ever else is fronting the band because i don't think for one moment that Lambert will be the last singer to front Queen.

Just like Roger saying on the one show about Marcel i.e "when he closes his eye's he say's it's like Freddie is singing". I'm no musician but i don't think Marcel sounds anything like Freddie. Marcel does have a good voice and it does sound better than AL.

Who remembers Brian and his drooling worshiping of Lady GaGa lol even when she draped herself in raw meat or when she wears furs he still drools but he would slate any none celebrity who did the same thing unlike Pamela Anderson who speaks her mind about such celebrities.

John Deacon must be cringing at times over Brian and Roger. I think we will just have to face it there both a couple of celebrity ass kissers