The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, Who played, who didn't.

[QUOTE] [b]Apocalipsis_Darko wrote:[/b]
Axl was an ashole, and even, if Axl wouldnt appear, it was ready Gary Cherone to sang the Axl parts, said by Gary Cherone.

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This is true. I read an article about this at the time. Gary was given the choice to sing either Hammer To Fall or One Vision and he went with Hammer.

He said that Brian loved Axl but did hold some worries about his unpredictability so pulled Gary aside at rehearsals and asked him to be in the wings in case Axl didn't show, Gary would sing Bo Rhap's hard rock section and WWRY both.

Gary said this again at a different interview joking that he briefly considered tying Axl up in his dressing room...

Did any of the bands work again after the concert?

Well The Scorpions sing love of my life and we are the champions both live on their live sets. My guess would be love of my life..

[QUOTE] [b]oligneisti wrote:[/b]

Dunno about that but I always love the applause when JD starts to speak.[/QUOTE]

Amazing, right? I bet he had a couple of drinks beforehand.

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[QUOTE] [b]Apocalipsis_Darko wrote:[/b]
Axl was an ashole, and even, if Axl wouldnt appear, it was ready Gary Cherone to sang the Axl parts, said by Gary Cherone.

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This is true. I read an article about this at the time. Gary was given the choice to sing either Hammer To Fall or One Vision and he went with Hammer.

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Which is ironic when you consider how dreadful his vocal was on 'Hammer...' So much so that on the official VHS and dvd releases it is re-recorded and overdubbed on after. I think he just got a bit too excited at performing live on stage with Queen!!

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[b]cmsdrums wrote: [/b] [QUOTE] [b]soxtalon wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]Apocalipsis_Darko wrote:[/b]
Axl was an ashole, and even, if Axl wouldnt appear, it was ready Gary Cherone to sang the Axl parts, said by Gary Cherone.

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This is true. I read an article about this at the time. Gary was given the choice to sing either Hammer To Fall or One Vision and he went with Hammer.

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Which is ironic when you consider how dreadful his vocal was on 'Hammer...' So much so that on the official VHS and dvd releases it is re-recorded and overdubbed on after. I think he just got a bit too excited at performing live on stage with Queen!![/QUOTE]

Who wouldn't.

[QUOTE] [b]BETA215 wrote:[/b]
Who wouldn't.[/QUOTE]
John Deacon.

Some tips that come to mind:

- Rod Stewart was, at some point, even announced as part of the line up indeed. He appeared along with some of the big names that actually made it in an argentinean TV commercial promoting the show.

- We all know about Axl showing up very late at the GNR shows from the time (or even not showing at all), but I did read at the time that he felt a lot of respect for Freddie & Queen, and for that very same reason he always showed up on time both for reharsals and the actual show. It was also reported that several fans protested outside the venue, claiming that GNR should not take part of the show because of the homophobic lyrics in 'One In A Million'. Axl and Elton got on well together, and as another member previously said, EJ joined GNR a few months later for the MTV Awards. Not too long ago, Axl used to perform some piano bars of 'Rocket Man' and 'Someone Saved My Life Tonight' that served as the intro to 'November Rain'.

- Chris Thompson was rumoured to sing 'AKOM' as an ackoweledgment from the band for serving as the lead singer during the reharsal. Other rumours assure that it was actually Roger who was going to take the leads on this one, but anyway that slot remained unused for time reasons.

- Brian said that the band was not aware of Bowie's prayer and that they knew about it as it was happening. Brian said that it would have been good if they were told / asked about it.

- Albeit a few 1991 minor appearences, this was the first big Elton performance since his rehab in 1990 (and the first time that he came up with his new 'hair style' -or whatever you want to call it-). He kept singing 'The Show Must Go On' for most part of this 'The One' 1992 / 1993 tour (standing, very unusual in his concerts), before his final one-off performance with the guys in 1997.

- The first bit of 'TYMD' before Joe Elliot comes in, is the very only bit in history where just the three remaining members of Queen performed on stage together (well, with Spikey's lending them a hand on keyboards).

[QUOTE] [b]last-horizon 42265 wrote:[/b]


- Brian said that the band was not aware of Bowie's prayer and that they knew about it as it was happening. Brian said that it would have been good if they were told / asked about it.
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I kind of liked David Bowie's little prayer. It seemed to make the concert a little more personal and a little more about some genuine emotion for Freddie's death. I understand this was a rock concert, but it is not as if Bowie started preaching. Just a little bit of heartfelt emotion. Also, very brave of Bowie to dare something like that!

Freddie hates Axl Rose / GNR, because of homophobe statements..there is a quote about it somewhere....

Where in gods name was Dionne Warwick ??? Wich was actually Freddie`s favorite singer....

wich guides me to the next - not so serious question - What about Paul Rodgers :)

...btw. The scorpions are not a big loss at that event. Yeah I like some of their songs but their version of "Love of my life" isn`t too good in my opinion. Sorry Klaus - your voice doesn`t suit that song ;)

Klaus and Rudolph met Freddie.
Ruldolph said he had a party night (girls and alcohol I can imagine) with Roger in Rio de Janeiro.
Chris Thompson, there are interviews, not mine only, that he said about the facts posted.

Klaus and Rudolph met Freddie.
Ruldolph said he had a party night (girls and alcohol I can imagine) with Roger in Rio de Janeiro.
Chris Thompson, there are interviews, not mine only, that he said about the facts posted.

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[b]CPL593h wrote: [/b] [QUOTE] [b]BETA215 wrote:[/b]
Who wouldn't.[/QUOTE]
John Deacon.[/QUOTE]

I think he is still part of Queen. :P

Otherwise, LOL.

[QUOTE] [b]last-horizon 42265 wrote:[/b]
- The first bit of 'TYMD' before Joe Elliot comes in, is the very only bit in history where just the three remaining members of Queen performed on stage together.[/QUOTE]

The first time I saw the Freddie Tribute I noticed this and I was so excited, thinking they were still a proper band and could play together without guest singers. If Brian could front his band, playing and singing for a full show, why couldn't he do it with Queen?
By the way, this was before the guest singers galore of 2000-2004 or the every-fucking-show-streamed-live-on-YouTube of 2014.

I remember kind of wishing Joe Elliot and Slash had stayed away from TYMD. It would have been a bit poignant and quite cool if the 3 of them had done TYMD themselves before introducing the singer parade...