people on streets wrote:
someonewholikesadam wrote:
Jefffabiano wrote:
^^^
Id like to see him try staying power
I didn't even know Staying Power was a Queen song.
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Adam Lambert has developed as a performer, but the real test comes with his next tour with his own band. If he still is diddling with his band members/lead singers during the shows, we will know he hasn't learnt shit.
I think he's done a great job, not a huge fan of his voice, preferred PR, however PR did have to do a number of tracks in different keys... Lambert has been a pro through this tour and I think he has grown into it well. I hope they now come to the UK and Europe to finish off before they settle back into retirement from the tour scene.
FreddieCat wrote: Adam Lambert has developed as a performer, but the real test comes with his next tour with his own band. If he still is diddling with his band members/lead singers during the shows, we will know he hasn't learnt shit.
Hopefully he'll get a better backing band for his next tour.
I agree that he's developed quite some. In 2012 when I watched Q+AL, I LOL a lot at his stage performance - funny and sometimes not in a very good way. Now he's become much more comfortable sharing the stage with Brian and Roger. I remember the iHeartRadio performance being a great pleasant surprise!
someonewholikesadam wrote:
Jefffabiano wrote:
^^^
Id like to see him try staying power
I didn't even know Staying Power was a Queen song.
Who let this guy on Queen Zone without a background check?
Your Fairy King wrote:
someonewholikesadam wrote:
Jefffabiano wrote:
^^^
Id like to see him try staying power
I didn't even know Staying Power was a Queen song.
Who let this guy on Queen Zone without a background check?
Do you really think a guy would have a screen name like "someonewholikeadam?"
^^ Well given that it's Adam, it's actually quite possible.
queenUSA wrote:
^^ Well given that it's Adam, it's actually quite possible.
point taken.
Your Fairy King wrote:
someonewholikesadam wrote:
Jefffabiano wrote:
^^^
Id like to see him try staying power
I didn't even know Staying Power was a Queen song.
Who let this guy on Queen Zone without a background check?
You're really surprised an Adam fan doesn't know that song???
Back on topic:
Comparing this tour to the first Q+AL tour we can find a lot of differences, all of them good:
The first tour was more like Queen PLUS a hired gun.
He was told when to speak, Brian and Roger were in full control of the songs etc
Now it feels more like a band, Adam found his spot in the songs, he improvise in songs, change his vocal arrangements, he has been allowed to control certain parts of the songs too, Brian and Roger said that some elements on stage were suggested by Adam, etc etc...
Many Queen fans (including me) will listen very carefully his next album and will take a look at his next solo tour not only to hear his new music (currently I dont like any of his solo albums) but also to know how he will use the experience he got from this tour.
Comparing this tour to the first Q+AL tour we can find a lot of differences, all of them good:
The first tour was more like Queen PLUS a hired gun.
He was told when to speak, Brian and Roger were in full control of the songs etc
Now it feels more like a band, Adam found his spot in the songs, he improvise in songs, change his vocal arrangements, he has been allowed to control certain parts of the songs too, Brian and Roger said that some elements on stage were suggested by Adam, etc etc...
Many Queen fans (including me) will listen very carefully his next album and will take a look at his next solo tour not only to hear his new music (currently I dont like any of his solo albums) but also to know how he will use the experience he got from this tour.
winterspelt wrote:
Back on topic:
Comparing this tour to the first Q+AL tour we can find a lot of differences, all of them good:
The first tour was more like Queen PLUS a hired gun.
He was told when to speak, Brian and Roger were in full control of the songs etc
Now it feels more like a band, Adam found his spot in the songs, he improvise in songs, change his vocal arrangements, he has been allowed to control certain parts of the songs too, Brian and Roger said that some elements on stage were suggested by Adam, etc etc...
Many Queen fans (including me) will listen very carefully his next album and will take a look at his next solo tour not only to hear his new music (currently I dont like any of his solo albums) but also to know how he will use the experience he got from this tour.
Yes, I'm sure Adam has picked up some valuable pointers from these master musicians even though he himself has been a stage performer since age 10. Brian said that Adam is the one who suggested the GOLD theme! Adam had a very successful debut tour in 2010 in 114 venues in the U.S., Asia, Oceania and Europe. He pretty much put the whole show together himself other than the choreography for the dancers that his lead dancer provided. We wondered back then if he was going to need vocal cord surgery after some of the outrageous notes he was hitting, but somehow he has been able to do the right things to prevent that.
Yes, back on topic.
QAL appeared on Australia Today (a national morning TV show in Australia) for an interview with Richard Wilkins and Adam was asked, quoting now, "Is this the gig of your life?" Listening closely to his answer I felt it was a dodge, instead of saying "Absolutely" or "Oh God Yes!" he instead had a somewhat muted "It's an honor."
What does that mean? Well only he knows but he's bound to outgrow this. I mean, none of these songs did he write or make hits, and yet he mostly wins over all crowds. Despite having fun, which I believe is genuine, it must be tiresome to think "I have to go out there and win them over every night, because I'm not HIM." Therefore naturally he's keen to do his own music again.
Had this QAL not happened I would not have tried Tresspassing which I love and know each song. I bought it at the Hammersmith show out of respect for Adam and the trials he's been through gaining acceptance from Queen fans.
When QAL arrived in Japan at the airport they all 3 walked out together but as soon as the paps started clicking Roger immediately slid to Brian's side and they linked arms at the shoulder leaving Adam standing apart from them like a bastard child. WTF? Photos such as these look awkward. I'd like to see that behavior end. That's when you know you have a mutual thing and the barriers are down. If Brian and Roger can link arms with each other then they can add in Adam as well, afterall, he's making this tour possible so that once again Queen's songs fill the air.
QAL appeared on Australia Today (a national morning TV show in Australia) for an interview with Richard Wilkins and Adam was asked, quoting now, "Is this the gig of your life?" Listening closely to his answer I felt it was a dodge, instead of saying "Absolutely" or "Oh God Yes!" he instead had a somewhat muted "It's an honor."
What does that mean? Well only he knows but he's bound to outgrow this. I mean, none of these songs did he write or make hits, and yet he mostly wins over all crowds. Despite having fun, which I believe is genuine, it must be tiresome to think "I have to go out there and win them over every night, because I'm not HIM." Therefore naturally he's keen to do his own music again.
Had this QAL not happened I would not have tried Tresspassing which I love and know each song. I bought it at the Hammersmith show out of respect for Adam and the trials he's been through gaining acceptance from Queen fans.
When QAL arrived in Japan at the airport they all 3 walked out together but as soon as the paps started clicking Roger immediately slid to Brian's side and they linked arms at the shoulder leaving Adam standing apart from them like a bastard child. WTF? Photos such as these look awkward. I'd like to see that behavior end. That's when you know you have a mutual thing and the barriers are down. If Brian and Roger can link arms with each other then they can add in Adam as well, afterall, he's making this tour possible so that once again Queen's songs fill the air.
queenUSA wrote:
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When QAL arrived in Japan at the airport they all 3 walked out together but as soon as the paps started clicking Roger immediately slid to Brian's side and they linked arms at the shoulder leaving Adam standing apart from them like a bastard child. WTF? Photos such as these look awkward. I'd like to see that behavior end. That's when you know you have a mutual thing and the barriers are down. If Brian and Roger can link arms with each other then they can add in Adam as well, afterall, he's making this tour possible.
I dont think Adam feels as a "bastard child" he knows that Brian and Roger's money is at risk, Queen's reputation is at risk, that many Queen fans already (and some others may) turn their backs to the band, etc.
In the end Adam's career is safe if the Queen+ tour is a failure but he can get a lot of nice things if the tour is a success (which in my book already is a success in both economical and artistic level). Adam knows he need to give both Brian and Roger the spotlight cause they are the ones risking a LOT.
He knows that he is headlining Summersonic 2014 because of Queen and he is having a huge press coverage because of Queen. He may feel upset, jealous or whatever he wants but at the end of the day his reputation will not be hurt at all if things goes wrong, he can always keep his solo stuff as usual. Something Brian and Roger cant do at all if this tour were a failure.
Now, if in the future they release an album with a combined effort from Adam, Roger and Brian and Bri and Rog still act like they did in the airport in Japan, now Im pretty sure Adam will be very, very upset cause Adam had already spent too much for Q+AL to be treated just like a side kick
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When QAL arrived in Japan at the airport they all 3 walked out together but as soon as the paps started clicking Roger immediately slid to Brian's side and they linked arms
That does not sound like roger
queenUSA wrote:
When QAL arrived in Japan at the airport they all 3 walked out together but as soon as the paps started clicking Roger immediately slid to Brian's side and they linked arms at the shoulder leaving Adam standing apart from them like a bastard child. WTF? Photos such as these look awkward. I'd like to see that behavior end. That's when you know you have a mutual thing and the barriers are down. If Brian and Roger can link arms with each other then they can add in Adam as well, afterall, he's making this tour possible so that once again Queen's songs fill the air.
I saw that photograph where Adam was standing aside from Brian and Roger. I wonder if the people taking the pictures were asking them to pose that way. Rather than being a bastard child, there have been people speculating that those guys might want to adopt Adam. Adam's father has a great sense of humor and he was tweeting to people that he is drawing up the adoption papers!