Brian: Show with Adam Lambert is equal to Freddie Mercury

gerry wrote:

The king of Rhye: i did not make anything up, and it is a well known fact that Anastacia is a louder singer than lambo, here range is much higher.
But all this crap on here about who can sing higher than somebody else is rubbish, its not important.
A good singer does not need to reach the top of a mountain.

You're the one said "Anastacia could sing higher than lambo"! And if you're confusing "loudness" with "range", you really dont know what you're talking about. "here [sic] range is much is higher"? No its not.

gerry wrote:

Let me try to explain, Brian has been hyping adam for months now with all the shit that he can sing anything as good as freddie, and that there performances with adam are as good as anything they ever did with Freddie which is bollocks and you know it.
He has tried everything to get the critics to put there bums on seats, but we all know Lambert is not talented he only sings in a karaoke fashion, he does not play piano, write songs he just screeches out loud high notes, hardly a legend is he! Anastacia could sing higher than lambo.

Brian actual said, “I don’t think he would be upset with me saying that. I think the Queen show today that we do with Adam Lambert is the equal of anything we ever did.” - See more at: http://somethingelsereviews.com/2014/12/02/queen-adam-lambert-freddie-mercury-eras/#sthash.JtGnZf9I.dpuf

Having seen both Queen (many shows from every US tour 1974-1982) and Q+AL (many shows from 2012, 2013 and 2014), I agree with Brian, Q+AL 2014 was equal to anything Queen has ever done. It is a fun, entertaining show.

You are off on a number of points...

"he just screeches out loud high notes,..." Adam uses about a 3-octave range in the Q+AL concert so he is doing more that hitting high notes. He is actually most well know for the power, control and clarity of his high notes.

"but we all know Lambert is not talented he only sings in a karaoke fashion" Adam has been criticized for not performing the songs like Freddie, for singing in the higher, recorded key vs. the lower key that Freddie used in concert, for improvising within some of the songs (STL), for changing some of the vocal arrangements, etc. How is this a "karaoke" version.

"he does not .... write songs" Adam did not write the Queen songs if that is what you meant. But he is a good songwriter with a large body of work. Adam wrote most of his Billboard #1 solo album, has co-writes on other artists albums, and just finished writing his third album. He mostly writes pop, EDM-dance and funk-fusion songs -- not much is similar to Queen music. And he has wisely kept his solo career and music separate from his collaboration with Queen.

"Anastacia could sing higher than lambo." Adam's full voice high note is B5, Anastacia's full-voice high not is G#5 (lower than Adam). And she does not come close to having the vocal power Adam has.

"hardly a legend is he [Adam]" No he's not, and he never claims to be or acts like he is. But he is one hellofa vocalist -- and very impressive live.

Kayd: A lot of Queen fans (including myself) would argue that Adam does not have a rock orientated voice for Queens heavier songs, and when does he have time for a solo career, because he has been leeching on to Queen for 5 years that i know.
He has hardly set the uk on fire has he?
An all round musician like Freddie wrote music, was an incredible performer, and could work an audience like magic, and what i want to know is when will this silly collaboration be over so Adam can go and get on with his own work and leave Queen to so something more worthwhile?
Adam cannot hide behind Queen forever (no pun intended there lol)

gerry wrote:

Kayd: A lot of Queen fans (including myself) would argue that Adam does not have a rock orientated voice for Queens heavier songs, and when does he have time for a solo career, because he has been leeching on to Queen for 5 years that i know.
He has hardly set the uk on fire has he?
An all round musician like Freddie wrote music, was an incredible performer, and could work an audience like magic, and what i want to know is when will this silly collaboration be over so Adam can go and get on with his own work and leave Queen to so something more worthwhile?
Adam cannot hide behind Queen forever (no pun intended there lol)

from wikipedia:

Lambert continues to work on new music, having signed to a new label and collaborated with Max Martin and a collection of writers and producers in Sweden for a third studio album, expected possibly by year's end.[223][228]

It seems he's finding time for a solo career, so don't worry..........lol

I think Mr May tries to get attention to his activities with Mr Taylor and Lambert,to give shine to a cheap plastic thing....I might get angry when I hear statements on that this tour is equal to the old ones,or that Lamber can sing in higher notes than Freddie did...Well,I just watched a video from their appearances,(I want it all),and ok,Lambert might hit easily high notes,but imagine having Freddie not dancing all around the stage,and just standing and sing,I am pretty sure his singing would be much more close to the studio recordings,but Freddie never liked that,he liked changing the notes,to give a real live feeling and not a simple reproduction of a record.After all it's not even about the voice,Freddie was a composer,Lambert just sings already pre written stuff,when all this funny story,and I say funny because I dont think that older fans of Queen,from 40aged people and up really like this whole thing,where that Lambert will go? as for the young dudes,who will learn Queen with Lambert,many of them when they will hear the original recordings will start to make comparisons....I believe all this thing is a big ego statement from May,that they can exist as a band without Freddie or John Deacon,which is totally wrong,is just not the same thing.I think it's time for Taylor to remember an old lyric that he wrote some years ago..."Old men,lay down your arms,let in the light...."Let Queen's legacy bring up new talented musicians,and gentlemen,go home!

I don't think Adam is "leeching onto Queen" anymore than Queen has latched onto him. They like each other, have a great time and enjoy working together. The arrangement is good for both sides.

cacatua wrote:

I don't think Adam is "leeching onto Queen" anymore than Queen has latched onto him. They like each other, have a great time and enjoy working together. The arrangement is good for both sides.

I can't disagree with that one bit!

Adam Lambert performing with Queen's Brian May

But recently he opened up to Universal Music Japan, and when asked about the two Queen vocalists had this to say:

“We didn’t look for this guy [Adam Lambert],” May said. “[And then] suddenly he’s there, and he can sing all of those lines. See, they’re difficult songs to sing, Queen songs. There’s too much range. So many people can’t sing them in the original key — even if they are good singers…

May continued:

“[So] Adam comes along, and he can do it easy. He can do it in his sleep!”

And then May dropped the bomb on Queen fans:

“[Adam] can sing higher than even Freddie could in a live situation! So I think Freddie would look at this guy and think, ‘Hmm, yeah. Okay’. There would be a kind of, ‘Hmm, you b**tard, you can do this’.”

Queen + Adam will be touring the UK beginning in January. Here’s more of what Brian May had to say about Adam’s stage presence:

“Adam also has this presentation, I think. He is a showman. He doesn’t have to try. He is a natural, in the same way that Freddie was…

“Adam is so much like Freddie in many ways,” admitted May. “But Adam doesn’t have to try to be like Freddie, which is the nice thing.

“He doesn’t imitate – he just does his own thing!”

So Adam does not imitate Freddie says May, he does, He does all the air guitar arm gestures when he is close to mays guitar just like Freddie used to do
and who cares if he has a higher range than Freddie, because Freds voice is distinctive and he can do many things Lambert can not do with his voice.
Lambert only has limited range in what he can do, either screeching or singing that loud he drowns out Mays guitar.
Brian just lives for the moment and he says some stupid things to try and put bums on seats.
Freddie and Lambert are two very different artists, Freddie is the rolls royce, Adam is the skoda!

gerry wrote:

Kayd: A lot of Queen fans (including myself) would argue that Adam does not have a rock orientated voice for Queens heavier songs, and when does he have time for a solo career, because he has been leeching on to Queen for 5 years that i know.
He has hardly set the uk on fire has he?
An all round musician like Freddie wrote music, was an incredible performer, and could work an audience like magic, and what i want to know is when will this silly collaboration be over so Adam can go and get on with his own work and leave Queen to so something more worthwhile?
Adam cannot hide behind Queen forever (no pun intended there lol)

I would never classify Adam as a heavy rock singer. And I actually agree that Adam's vocal style is not suited to heavy rock songs -- but there are only two songs on the Q+AL setlist (NIH and SCC) that are hard rock songs -- and IMO he actually nails the vocal on NIH.

Regarding Adam setting the UK on fire -- I think he will. I saw a large part of the North American Tour and they did pretty well here. I am confident that the UK leg of this tour will be equally well received.

Finally, Adam has not been "leeching" off of Queen for 5 years. He has a successful solo career in his own right. In the 5 years before the 2014 tour, he only performed with Queen 9 times -- that includes the two TV appearances.

Someone really needs to take care of Brian's senility pills. Roger for example isn't saying half of these stupid things.
All my respect to John Deacon that refused in the very beginning to take part in this awful comedy. He knew what was to come.

^^^^^ Heeeeeeeeeeeere we go again............

Didn't Roger say something to the effect of "we don't want to work with anyone else now".......talking about Adam...........so I think he's just as on board as Brian.......

And, oh, by the way.......John hasnt taken part in ANYTHING Queen-music-related since 1997........

Unless you personally know John, I dont think you can presume to know what his opinion of this venture is...........

I'd guess (just a guess!) that he at least doesnt hate it, given how he spoke out about not liking Robbie Williams, but has said nothing about Adam.

"Freddie can never be replaced - and certainly not by him" - John Deacon on Robbie Williams.

However, it sounds by the first part of what I quoted that he wouldn't think highly of anyone fronting the group.


I think this is a shitty thing for Brian to come out with. You'll often see those who enjoy the show write "He's no Freddie" or "There'll never be another Freddie" (yes, Lambert's not trying to be Freddie - but I think it's safe to say we all know what's meant by all those who comment that).

He's marketing a tour. And clearly excited about it. I don't think there's any intended disrespect there.

Give it five years, and we'll see what his tone is.

Our Brian is indeed getting increasingly hard to take seriously these days. It's like he's trying to convince himself with these little mantras. But as the Wizard says, he's promoting their tour, and it'd be strange if he'd go "Well, we're not quite as good as in the old days, but we're still rather good".