gerry wrote: They can both play live and sound fantastic, but they do need a good singer with a personality.
Yes indeed. I honestly believe that despite any of Al's shortcomings that he is a good singer with heaps of personality. He is not by any means an exceptional vocalist but he is a good one and although his style and delivery differs greatly from Freddie I do feel he is a better fit than Paul was. They do sound more like Queen than they did under Paul, Paul is a great vocalist, artist and performer with a fantastic 40+ years in the business but Adam does a better job fronting Queen on stage.
I think Adam has a great personality on and off the stage, he has a great clean image, never lets himself down in the the media etc. He had a fantastic rapport with the audiences this year. I think the Killer Queen bit was brilliant, real tongue in check stuff, although I do acknowledge it made some people here feel sick! His introductions between songs were very good and often humorous. The "gimme that love" impromptu was very good in my opinion too, he had the arena singing along with him and it was all very natural and unrehearsed. I think he has bags of personality and humility.
I often remember an interview Elton John did shortly after Freddie died, when asked about what the band should do now, he said something like "They should grab some kid, some nobody, somebody who is unknown, somebody who can do the songs justice because the music deserves to be heard". I fully agree with that sentiment and I wish they did that in 1992 as opposed to 2012. Adam is that guy though, it is such a shame for him and his credibility that he came into prominence through "Idol". People can not accept that type of lineage for somebody fronting Queen and that is fair I suppose but it does not diminish him in my opinion.