Brian: Show with Adam Lambert is equal to Freddie Mercury

Sometimes I feel people try way too hard trying to justify their dislike about Q+AL...

[QUOTE] [b]Sheer Brass Neck wrote:[/b] Anything? Live Aid? The concert that produced a documentary calling their set "20 minutes that changed music"? Where the greatest stars of the day played and no one got a reaction (U2, Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Zep) even close to Queen?
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Led Zepp, U2 or any other band had the same reaction from the crowd, that's true but its also true that a huge part of that lack of reaction was courtesy of the audio limiters. Remember that Queen cheated and they removed them so they were a lot louder, which in a concert makes a huge difference, and let's not talk about Zepp's performance which was, how can I say it politely? Bad. Yeah, very bad performance. Its not just my opinion. Even Plant admitted it.
Did the Queen reaction was that good because of the audio and the awful Zepp performance? No. But it did sure helped a lot!

[QUOTE] [b]Sheer Brass Neck wrote:[/b]
Equal to Hammersmith Odeon or The Rainbow gig? Equal to Maple Leaf Gardens in 1977 where people, upon hearing We will rock you for the first time started singing it on Yonge Street in Toronto, without having ever heard the song on the radio? That kind of energy?
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You are being totally unfair. None of the guest singers in Queen+ (Adam, Tom Chaplin, George Michael, Robbie Williams or any other singer who has been performing with Queen, except Paul Rodgers) had played new songs. If you are going to compare Freddie to any other singer, then you should compare him to Paul, as both are the only ones who had the chance to sing original material with Queen.

Now, you may think that the current line up lacks this kind of energy which to some extent is true: Their are in their 60s, they were in their 20s in 1977, obviously the energy is different (or non existent to many people) but if you had the chance to see people outside the concerts, many AL fans who may have spent their money to see Queen, they felt that energy and had a similar reaction than your example in Toronto. Perhaps not 100% of non Queen fans, but if you take a look at any Adam forum, fb etc you will find that lots of those AL fans are now interested in Queen and even listening to old material and giving opinion about the next setlist (I have seen AL fans who wants to see The Miracle played live)


[QUOTE] [b]Sheer Brass Neck wrote:[/b]
I get that people like Adam Lambert. Nice voice, bit of charisma. But anyone who thinks he inhabits the same universe as a TALENT as Freddie Mercury is mentally ill. I don't care if he hits notes night after night that Freddie couldn't hit. People talk about Adam as a better live singer. I'm fair, let's say I give him that over Freddie. Freddie is arguably the greatest front man in rock history. He wrote arguably the greatest song of the rock era, and arguably the most enduring. He is arguably the greatest singer in the rock era. He has written arguably the most diverse style of classic songs of anyone in the rock era. I'd define that as "talent". You call Adam Lambert as talented as that? Can't help you mate.
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Claiming someone is mentally ill just because you dont agree with them is very, very unfair.
I think is not fair to claim that Adam is better singer live. One of the reasons Freddie was kind of irregular was because he had vocal nodules for many years.
Now, Freddie played piano, guitar, keyboards, sang, wrote rock anthems that's true, Adam havent made any of those things, that's true too, but if you you have to remember that even talent is subjective. Pavarotti said Barcelona was a disgrace to the classical music and slammed Montserrat Caballé for playing with an "unschooled musician" (a nice way to call Freddie "talentless") Edgar Froese fans criticized him for playing with "unworthy guitar player" Brian May) Pap Baxter fans claims Somebody to Love is bullshit etc etc...
Talent and personal taste are different things, still, people tends to get confused. Would you dare to call Pap Baxter purists (one of the greatest gospel composers ever) idiots? No, because they are gospel purists, just like Pavarotti was purist (but it ended as soon as he saw money, but that's another story)

Brenski, Inu-liger, Vocal Harmony, Are you going to have a dig at the sensible comments above, go on tear and trash em up just like your accustomed too, or are you staying away because you know at last "Sheer Brass Neck" is talking sense?
If i had written any of that above i would have been fed to the lions, just because it was Gerry!

[QUOTE] [b]Sheer Brass Neck wrote:[/b]

Equal to Maple Leaf Gardens in 1977 where people, upon hearing We will rock you for the first time started singing it on Yonge Street in Toronto, without having ever heard the song on the radio? That kind of energy?[/QUOTE]
WWRY was on the radio in early October and the show was on November 21. There's no way people went to a Queen concert without knowing the song. It was everywhere.

[QUOTE]I get that people like Adam Lambert. Nice voice, bit of charisma. But anyone who thinks he inhabits the same universe as a TALENT as Freddie Mercury is mentally ill. I don't care if he hits notes night after night that Freddie couldn't hit. People talk about Adam as a better live singer. I'm fair, let's say I give him that over Freddie. Freddie is arguably the greatest front man in rock history. He wrote arguably the greatest song of the rock era, and arguably the most enduring. He is arguably the greatest singer in the rock era. He has written arguably the most diverse style of classic songs of anyone in the rock era. I'd define that as "talent". You call Adam Lambert as talented as that? Can't help you mate.[/QUOTE]
100% agreed. Even with the "mentally ill" comment, even if it's a figure of speech. I don't think any sane person is comparing Lambert's overall talents to Mercury's.

[QUOTE] [b]The King Of Rhye wrote:[/b]

And Nuno's a million times better guitarist than Brian? No freakin way! Maybe he edges him in technical ability a bit, but not by THAT much.....[/QUOTE]

Ohhh, yes he does. He plays circles around 99.999% of guitarists, Brian included. His technical ability is out of this world. The difference is, guys like him and Buckethead don't constantly showcase it in their songs like Vai and Satriani. But they're just as good.

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

Freddie as we all know is the true hero of Queen, and just because Adam is selling the arenas out does not mean he is better or indeed more popular than Freddie.[/QUOTE]

I don't know why you keep hammering that point home ad nauseum, when absolutely nobody is disagreeing with it.

Your small brain still needs to process the idea that people who go to enjoy this show aren't somehow being disrespectful to Freddie or suddenly like Lambert more than him.

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]Your small brain still needs to process the idea that people who go to enjoy this show aren't somehow being disrespectful to Freddie or suddenly like Lambert more than him.[/QUOTE]
They're not disrespectful. Brian is.

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

[QUOTE] [b]The King Of Rhye wrote:[/b]

And Nuno's a million times better guitarist than Brian? No freakin way! Maybe he edges him in technical ability a bit, but not by THAT much.....[/QUOTE]

Ohhh, yes he does. He plays circles around 99.999% of guitarists, Brian included. His technical ability is out of this world. The difference is, guys like him and Buckethead don't constantly showcase it in their songs like Vai and Satriani. But they're just as good.[/QUOTE]


Well I guess I am basing my assessment of Nuno on just the mp3s of Extreme III (great album!) on my player..........should search out more of his stuff.................

[QUOTE] [b]user1 wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]Your small brain still needs to process the idea that people who go to enjoy this show aren't somehow being disrespectful to Freddie or suddenly like Lambert more than him.[/QUOTE]
They're not disrespectful. Brian is.[/QUOTE]

Is there a quote where Brian says Lambert is better than Freddie?

Or is this where your anonymous trolling session ends?

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

[QUOTE] [b]Sheer Brass Neck wrote:[/b]

Equal to Maple Leaf Gardens in 1977 where people, upon hearing We will rock you for the first time started singing it on Yonge Street in Toronto, without having ever heard the song on the radio? That kind of energy?[/QUOTE]
WWRY was on the radio in early October and the show was on November 21. There's no way people went to a Queen concert without knowing the song. It was everywhere.

OMG, I am (getting) old Sir :) I went to Buffalo to buy the album as it wasn't released in Canada at the time but you are correct, the song was played, albeit after it was released in the US, prior to the concert at the Gardens. Still, the image and sounds of people singing We will rock you, and only the words We will rock you for a song that certainly not everyone had heard has stayed with me forever as a testament to the power of music.

Good times you lived in, for sure !

[QUOTE] Is there a quote where Brian says Lambert is better than Freddie?[/QUOTE]
Thousands of posts and still not able to get what other members wrote. Did I imply that he said so? No.

[QUOTE] Or is this where your anonymous trolling session ends?[/QUOTE]
So, your real name is "The Real Wizard"? Brian May is a famous person. He makes a lot of money because his records/the records of the band he was in are well known worldwide. When he gives interviews he has to face the fact that others are judging him by what he said and comment his statements whether they are positive or not. You should be able to acceppt this, too. Even if you don't agree with others opinion.

Whats that all about where it says: John Deacon, "ive heard what they did and its rubbish"?
can someone enlighten me please?

A comment from John regarding the Robbie Williams collabo. I posted details on page 2 of this thread.

Blimey if John Deacon thinks the Robbie & Queen collaboration was rubbish then he must be smashing his bass against his garage doors over
the lambert & Queen tragedy lol

I think this is the likely story as regards to John;s opinion of the Adam Lambert collaboration.........

(Since some people apparently don't look back at ealier pages in the thread.....)

[QUOTE] [b]Vocal harmony wrote:[/b]

^^^^ and that maybe is the answer. Deacy was vocal bout Williams because he didn't like what he did. However he has remained quiet about Rodgers and Lambert. BM and RT have both said he approves, I'm sure if he didn't he would have said so and especially after being quoted on film as saying so.

So if you don't like Lambert I really don't believe JD is going to rise up and lead your crusade.[/QUOTE]


Not that I claim to know what John thinks..........just a guess..........