‘He was completely focused’: Queen’s Brian May remembers Freddie Mercury’s

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[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]Brenski: So now you are calling adam lambert, does that mean you will get slated on here like me then? [/QUOTE] [/QUOTE] not "now" - forever, those quotes of mine - above - are ALL old ones, - shows what an imbecile you are - that you can't follow basic English.

[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]you say some silly things like "who will have the last laugh to see May and Lambert  compared to watching Queen on dvd"  [/QUOTE] show me where I have said that...go on, i challenge you...you idiot. i know for fact I have never said anything in the slightest bit flattering about Queen+AL. you really are unbelievably dense.

[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]By the way i was not asking how many times you have seen Queen so where did that come from?[/QUOTE] it came from this quote from you [i][b]gerry wrote:to answer the question from  Brenski about who will have the last laugh etc.... i will because i have see Mercury & May in all there fine glory,[/b][/i]   which more or less implies you are better because YOU saw Queen "at their best"
[QUOTE]so i merely retorted that I had too - FIVE fucking times...ok? 
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[QUOTE][b]gerry wrote[/b]:By the way do you know what an imbecile is?[/QUOTE] - well if i didn't....i sure do now....you're doing such a f*cking fine impersonation of one, that i have little doubt as to what one looks/acts like. cretin.

Brenski i think you are on to something, a new discussion thread: 100 best anti AL quotes on this forum.

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I'd give your right nut to be able to see Brian[/QUOTE]

Ha ha ! The express route.

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

Just likewhat AC/DC said this week about there guitarist malcolm young "we will not be replacing malcolm if anything happened to him" and this is what Queen should have done when Freddie passed away.[/QUOTE]

The guys in Queen were in their early 40s when Freddie died. Some of the guys in AC/DC are in their 60s. It's a slightly different situation.

An equivalent would be this - "AC/DC should've quit when Bon Scott died." But they didn't, did they?

Of course, AC/DC went on to create Back In Black and Queen didn't do a heck of a lot - but that really isn't the point here. The point is - bands can do whatever the hell they'd like, and if you don't want to buy the albums or go to the shows, that's your choice. As long as you know that Brian and Roger a) are going to play anyway, and b) aren't the least bit concerned about your opinion.

Good to see the form and good natured discussions turn into all out battles again.



If I even had a tv, I think I'd still prefer reading the lashings and insults on this forum for entertainment

That's how we roll :-)

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[b]gerry wrote: [/b] Zebonka12: Yeah i totally agree with what you say, and do not get me wrong because i love Brian to bits he is such an intelligent gentle passionate guy and the best rock guitarist
by miles, but you got to admit with the talent he has, what the hell is he doing touring with a slip of a lad like adam lambert? Personally when we lose someone like Brian has with Freddie, we make all the wrong choices in life, and i still believe that after all these years Brian is still grieving very quietly for Freddie.
Deep inside he knows Queen will never reach the heady heights that they did with Freddie.
Just likewhat AC/DC said this week about there guitarist malcolm young "we will not be replacing malcolm if anything happened to him" and this is what Queen should have done when Freddie passed away.[/QUOTE]

But why rule out the possibility in your own mind? give everything a chance - give everything a listen, then, if you don't like it... 

You're forgetting - people leave bands/fall out or die all the time. And some bands have produce some very good albums after a split or death:-

[b]Van Halen[/b] produced (imo) their 3 best albums with [b]Sammy Hagar[/b] on mic.
[b]Deep Purple's[/b] [b]"Burn"[/b] album is one of their best - despite losing vocalist and bass player.
[b]Genesis'[/b] -[b] A Trick of the Tail[/b] is another case to point.
Maiden, UFO, Yes, Floyd and many more have ALL completed good/great albums after the departure of key band member....and as someone has already said [b]Back in Black[/b] is the biggest example of this - so why not? - it's not as if Freddie was some pillar of musical excellence who could do no wrong - his contributions to [b]HS[/b],[b] AKOM[/b], [b]Works[/b] and [b]Miracle[/b] - as well as [b]Mr Bad Guy [/b]leave a much to be desired....

Brenski: Have to disagree with you, when you said Freddie was NOT a musical pillar of force, well he was and you cannot compare him to rubbish like sammy hagar, Black sabbath, Genesis, Freddie was mega talented and may be other groups could replace there ordinary band members but Queen will never be able to do this.
Sure Queen have made mistakes with albums and every member who has gone solo in Queen has not set the charts on fire, but as that unit Queen, they have been more successful than most other groups around.
If you do not think Freddie was incredible then i suggest you are not a real Queen fan.
To name sammy Hagar, Genesis, Sabbath in the same breath as the great Freddie Mercury is un-forgivable,
as Mr. Mercury has the greatest voice ever in Rock music.
Personally i love "A kind of magic" "The Works" & "Hot Space" all offer something different in the bands abilities.

[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b] Brenski: Have to disagree with you, when you said Freddie was NOT a musical pillar of force, well he was and you cannot compare him to rubbish like sammy hagar, Black sabbath, Genesis, Freddie was mega talented and may be other groups could replace there ordinary band members but Queen will never be able to do this.[/QUOTE] you missed the point. i didn't compare Freddie to Sammy - SH came INTO Van Halen it was DLR that departed. The whole point was about bands continuing after losing one or more key members. - which YOu completely failed to grasp.

[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b] Sure Queen have made mistakes with albums and every member who has gone solo in Queen has not set the charts on fire, but as that unit Queen, they have been more successful than most other groups around.[/QUOTE] could that be because the "faultless" Freddie needed the grounding of the other three to produce his best work? Solo - apart from Barcelona - he was pretty average.

[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b] If you do not think Freddie was incredible then i suggest you are not a real Queen fan.[/QUOTE] When he was on his game he was incredible. But he could be average too when he couldn't be arsed. Recognizing this does not make me less of a fan than you...just less of a sychophantic, myopic, stepford fool than you - that's all

[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]To name sammy Hagar, Genesis, Sabbath in the same breath as the great Freddie Mercury is un-forgivable, as Mr. Mercury has the greatest voice ever in Rock music. [/QUOTE] YOU mentioned Sabbath - I didn't - anywhere. But you show your stepfordism yet again - all music has something to offer. I love Hagar's stuff.
Mercury had the best voice in pop-rock - but he didn't have the best ROCK voice - I'd say either Plant or Dio get that honour.

[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]Personally i love "A kind of magic" "The Works" & "Hot Space" all offer something different in the bands abilities.[/QUOTE] yeah...synths, formulaic pap and repetition with lazy computer/electronic programming and very little actual effort.
And a lot less to offer ability-wise than some of the bands' you dismiss so readily.

Brenski:
firstly appologies yes i mentioned Black Sabbath which was wrong, i meant Deep Purple
still those groups are ten a penny.
You ARE mad if you think Plant or Dio had better rock orientated voices than Freddie did.
Why is it then that Freddie has been voted "THE" Greatest voice in Rock music ever?
Sure Queen used synths on Hot Space in 1982, but they wanted to experiment after all
the new romantic groups had arrived like Duran Duran, Human League, etc.... Queen
were very brave for jumping into new territory even though many fans disliked the album
due to the lack of Mays guitar and more of the synths.
But there was a few great tunes on there like, Mays "Dancer" and Mercurys "Staying Power"
At least you cannot accuse Queen of turning out the "old same as" like many of the heavy groups.

[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b] Brenski: firstly appologies yes i mentioned Black Sabbath which was wrong, i meant Deep Purple still those groups are ten a penny. [/QUOTE] no they are NOT ten a penny - this shows again your stepford blinkered view - without the likes of these bands - purple, sabbs and zep, you'd find queen probably would not have been a success. those three bands more or less gave the "heavy rock" genre it's breakthrough

[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]You ARE mad if you think Plant or Dio had better rock orientated voices than Freddie did.[/QUOTE] I made a distinction between "pop-rock" and "ROCK" - note the capitals - this was to emphasise the specifics of a genre. Do yourself a huge favour - go away and listen to these albums "long live rock n roll" "rising" "heaven and hell" "led zep I" (recorded in 36 hrs) "led zep II" and "in through the out door" - listen properly to the vocals - then come back and argue. - and listen to Sammy Hagar sing on those 3 Van Hagar albums + the first Montrose album.

[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b] At least you cannot accuse Queen of turning out the "old same as" like many of the heavy groups. [/QUOTE] purple, zep, doobie bros,eagles and many others took risks with "funk" "reggae" and "soul" long before queen did - try 1976/78

Gerry, I think that Brenski made some valid and good point about Freddie. Freddie isn't a rock singer, Freddie was a rock singer. In the 70s Freddie was a pure rock singer, with a different appraoch, he could sing very nasty, nasty in a good way, he really showed his rock style with tracks as Son and Daughter, Brighton Rock, on stage he was a beast. Let me entertain you live is a performance done by a real rock singer. But later on Freddie became a pop singer. The likes a Plant and Ronnie James Dio are in my humble opinion real rock singers. Hell I even throw in Graham Bonnet, or even Mark Farner, these guys are rock singers.
Compare it a bit with Gary Moore, although he made many blues albums, it did not make Gare a blues gitarist for that matter, see were I'm getting at. Hot Space was a bold move for Queen, but the effort is very very disappointing. I for one can only digest side two.

Tom

Tom : Freddies pedigree is mainly rock, and Queens music was always rock n roll.
so he will always be regarded as a rock god!
Sure he eventually spanned out into all kind of avenues from pop, opera, ballads,
but his voice was always best doing rock songs, one of the very best was "Sweet Lady".

"But why rule out the possibility in your own mind? give everything a chance"

I can't speak for Gerry, but I've given Q+AL as many chances as I care to give 'em. I'll listen to the audience tapes like everyone else, but I'm not expecting any pleasant surprises. The best I can hope for is Bijou and some more Brian/Roger centered stuff.

Zebonka12 : yeah i agree with you 100% because i have given Q & AL the benefit of the doubt on you tube
and i can only watch 1 minutes worth before feeling physically sick to the stomache.
You would not put strawberry ice cream with sausage would you, so why Queen with AL ?
yes more Brian /Roger input please!