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The real wizard: i find your last reply very patronising indeed, so now your discriminating me because of my writing skills
well thanks for that matey, it does not make me simple or stupid, as i am a bright guy.
i have a lot of knowledge on music over the last 40 years.
Brenski, when i quoted saying Brian and Roger said in an interview that they only got 2 to 3 songs per Queen album
it was actually Roger who said that so go and ear bash Roger.
you say i have a superiority complex and i think i am better than other people on here well that is your opinion,
i just try to be honest and straight forward, no messing about.
Vocal Harmony: sorry but your talking a load of bull saying AD & Queen will be as good as any Queen DVD, are you mad or what?
its people like you that encourages crap on todays music scene, but i am not ranting but it was a silly comment.
Nothing Queen does now will ever stand the test of time like there original work with Freddie, and the kids do not need to see half a Queen band when they have "you tube" and itunes to catch upon all the albums, its just a ride for Adam to further his career and to make money for Brian and Roger.

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]

Even Brian has turned hard faced and so has Roger, when he said in a magazine "its time to forget about Freddie now, life moves on"[/QUOTE]

Show me the quote. It sounds like you're paraphrasing poorly. They are far more diplomatic (and respectful to Freddie) than that.[/QUOTE]

Well I wrote something and it disappeared. I'll comment later, lol

[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]

you say i have a superiority complex and i think i am better than other people on here well that is your opinion,
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No, that's not an opinion. It's a fact based on observation of your behaviour.

This clearly demonstrates that you cannot distinguish fact from opinion.

I seriously feel sorry for you.

[QUOTE] [b]SmokyQuartz wrote:[/b]

Well I wrote something and it disappeared. I'll comment later, lol[/QUOTE]

When that happens (and unfortunately it happens often), there are a few steps to take..

1) click 'back'
2) right click / copy what you wrote
3) go back to the ruined post at the end of the thread and click on the edit button (the left of the three)
4) select all or delete everything in the post, and right click / paste

The programming of this forum should have a better solution, but at least this works..

[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]

The real wizard: i find your last reply very patronising indeed, so now your discriminating me because of my writing skills
well thanks for that matey, it does not make me simple or stupid, as i am a bright guy.
i have a lot of knowledge on music over the last 40 years.

you say i have a superiority complex and i think i am better than other people on here well that is your opinion,
i just try to be honest and straight forward, no messing about.
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Well, you did state that you were credibly (look that one up) qualified to be a writer for a magazine???
Your writing skills are quite childish! It's plain (not plane) to see. (not sea....yawn...)

You could be a bright guy but , sadly, your ramblings and quite sad psychological review of your ( not you're) temperament shows that you AREN'T quite the 'full-schilling - quote a Freddie line????)

You said you don't hate AL (AD???) on a recent post but........there are multiple pages where ( not wear) you have slated the guy and pressed how much you hate him!!!)

A reflective answer is nice....shows you could be rational.....but then you ruin it all again by spouting your (not 'yore' - as in...tales of old ) tirade!

This gives us (pseudo-psychologists) an insight into your true rationale/persona.

If ya gonna debate, at least get your ammunition and intact!

Ok what I wrote was along these lines:

Firstly I was a fan of Queen from age 5 when I first saw Bohemian Rhapsody. A 5 year old's interpretation of what was going on in Bo Rhap is something else! Never saw them live but I later saw Roger and Brian do their solo stuff.

Anyway, I'd say Gerry that I can understand your loyalty to Freddie. It was the biggest shock in the world to so many of us when he died.

If you can't find the exact quote of Brian and what he said I'd forget it. Everything I've heard him say up to now has been tremendously respectful of his friend.

I've been thinking about this whole debate and, like many people I'd find Marc Martel far more palatable to sing for the guys....but then I thought about it again....maybe it's the very discomfort that Adam is creating that is making them go with him. Freddie made them uncomfortable at first. Maybe it's people's negative reaction to him that makes them think it would be right?

Freddie believed in progress and newness and change...He was the key player in the creation of Queen, the music, the image and the marketing, especially during it's formation. His personal legacy is safe. I wonder who he would choose to sing? What qualities would he want them to have? Brian and Roger have such a hard task in all this and maybe they've decided that if they are a bit uncomfortable with a singer, then that might be the one to go with. Freddie may have influenced this decision more than we realise..I can see an egoless side to Freddie that would be able to think this all through. Strange that, considering his role, but he was expansive that way.

Just my two cents, i'll probably change my mind later, lol...but remember the younger generation love Freddie, he is still inspiring young teenage writers, etc. He was enigmatic!

^ great post.

If they wanted to go out there with someone who sounded like Mercury, they would've toured with George Michael in the 90s.

That was never in the cards. And that's why they're not going to tour with Marc Martel.

If they're not hitting some kind of new territory, they're not interested.

If they lose a few fans for it, it's no skin off their back. For every fan they lose, there's ten more to be gained by touring America with a big name... about the same ratio of fans lost/gained when Metallica "sold out" by putting out the Black album.

Smokey Quartz: Thanks for the great post and thanks for understanding my loyalty to the real creation behind Queen
Freddie, as others on here are up themselves supporting lambo the screacher!
Queen have been torturing us ardent fans with lambo for at least 2 years now so what i am thinking here is they are secretly using him as the new lead singer as this will also take them into the studio in the autumn when the tour finishes....
Great to read such a sensible approach on here after 8 pages of bullying by the mafia, "vocal harmony", "real wizard", and clever clogs "Brenski" who by the way is not clever he is just eating an extra shredded wheat for breakfast!.

Gerry, you've done it again. Bullying and having a difference of opinion are two very different things. And it could be argued that it's you who are the bully, because you are the person who is saying that the people who don't agree with and follow your views are wrong, mad, idiots, not real fans etc etc the list goes on.

Also please don't miss quote what I have clearly said in order to give you a platform to argue back and belittle me from. What I was was. There is more atmosphere and excitement being at a concert rather than sitting at home watching a DVD. Can't you read and understand a simple comment or sentence, or did you understand it fully but ignore it's real contents and the point it made in order for you to twist it and try to make me look, as you put it, mad?

Maybe I should ask the same question of you Gerry, are you mad?

In an earlier post you told me to go and look at the classic rock site. . . Well here's one for you. Go and look at the interviews posted yesterday, the 16th, on BM's site with genuine fans outside The Hammersmith in 2012. It gives you a clear view of the opposite side to this subject of yours, or are all these fans disrespecting Freddie, and indirectly bullying you for not agreeing with you.

vocal harmony: what gets me about you and your pals on here is that you do not meet
me half way with what i am saying.
"smokey quartz" is the only person on here who understands what i meant in my posts
and i thank him for that.
sure Brian has got fans i am one myself so what are you trying to say here?
I am not disputing seeing Bri and Rog is wrong, but you know by now what i think of AD
so i am not going there ok.
I would have been happy if it were the lovely Kerry Ellis & Queen on tour, as she is a talented lady,
but not Mr screach whos voice is not a patch on Freddies beautiful voice, you understand me so far yeah?
By the way Brian was on the radio news last week, saying he wished more Queen fans would buy tickets
as the Lambert fans were buying them all, so what does that tell you eh?? i rest my case!

Gerry, when have Queen ever done anything that "the fans" or the rest of the world expected? I think they are doing what they've always done.

SmokyQuartz, great post. I think you've covered what a lot of us were trying to say.

Gerry read back over all the threads and posts where Queen playing with AL is discussed. I think you"ll find that most of us have said all along that Freddie can't really be replaced. But most of us are willing to let BM and RT make what ever choices they want.

You seem happy for Kerry Ellus to stand in Freddies shoes. . . . What? a west end actress/singer fronting a rock
band. That is your choice, but that is as likely to get as much heat as the bands choice of Adam Lambert!

Vocal Harmony: yes its all about choice, the reason i said Kerry Ellis is because she has much more experience
of an audience and is much more polished and accomplished than Adam Lambert who is really just eye candy for the fans than anything else,
cant really say he has an outstanding voice at all. kerry is professional and did not come from a crappy reality programe like Adam.
He would be good in the west end in "we will rock you" but i would not rate him to stand on a stage with two rock gods, but as you stated its Brian and Rogers choice and Freddie is not here to add guidance if he had left Queen.
May and Taylor have made huge mistakes before Queen and its only when Freddie came on the scene that he told them where they were going wrong,
just like they are now Mmmmmmmm!
History repeating itself me thinks.

[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]

May and Taylor have made huge mistakes before Queen and its only when Freddie came on the scene that he told them where they were going wrong,
just like they are now Mmmmmmmm!
History repeating itself me thinks.
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Smile were one of the biggest bands on the UK club scene in the late 60s. They opened for Hendrix numerous times. In fact, Brian was often the guy who booked him.

The name "Smile" was so associated with the club scene that Queen used the Smile name to book gigs well into 1971, because nobody knew who Queen were.

But of course, if you'd like to write revisionist history, that's fine too...

Vocal Harmony: Just looking back at your past posts slagging me off again for the spelling mistakes,
well i must just say my keys on my laptop do not always press down right so of course the odd letter is
going to be missing, but you are so petty to pick faults out just because you can not find a reasonable answer
to my past posts.
i assure you buddy i am not simple or mental or anything like that so do not look down your nose at me
because you are not better than any of us on here.
You have demonstrated that you also hurl abuse and slag me off on here.
Not sure how old you are but you need to be a bit more broadminded and understanding.
A bit more compassion and read what i write, and think about the other side of the coin.