I agree in part with Togg on this. Brian is playing better than he's played for a while. Certainly better than with the PR line up. I've always felt he works best and is maybe pushed a little more if there is no 2nd guitar player.
Having said that, when Rush last toured they performed at a much higher level than Queen have since 2005 onwards. Currently the Rolling Stones seem to present a much better rehearsed/played show than Queen do. As I've said before I believe it's down to preparation, Queen seem to be a little "lazy" but to be fair to them I really do believe they tour because they enjoy it and part of that enjoyment is the fact that they feel they no longer have to compete with anyone as this is no longer their full time job.
Don't take this as a criticism or me saying that they're no good or not as good because that would be far from what I think.
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ggo1 wrote:
RafaelS wrote:
Don't get me wrong people, Brian is one of the greatest guitar of all time, if not the best, but like Vocal Harmony has pointed it, I think the best way to describe Brian's performances nowadays would be under rehearsed.
I don't think its under rehearsed, I just don't think hes as flexible as he once was and maybe a bit slower. He definitely missed more than a few notes at the Toronto show, but having said that I thoroughly enjoyed the concert and thought the guitar solo was enjoyable. Lets be honest, Brian and Roger are both getting on and neither are as good as they used to be, but they haven't become terrible. If Freddie was alive and touring as a 70 year old man, he wouldn't be hitting the notes he used to either, but I'd still want to go.
There's a local singer plays shows at retirement homes round here, his name is Jumping Jimmy. He's been performing for 60 years and is in 80's now. His voice is shot and he no longer jumps except at the very end of the show when he makes a valiant attempt and gets at least 6 inches off the ground. I'm not sure what my point is, but artists like to keep performing even when they know they aren't what they used to be.
I agree that age has something to do with it, you can't be as fit as you were in your 20s-30s-40s, let's give Brian a chance. On a side note, Freddie once said that he wouldn't be touring and running on stage at 70 because it would look ridiculous. I think Freddie would still record albums and go into production for other artists but I think that would be it.
I didn't see Queen in their hey day when Brian and Roger were young but both of those guys are magnificent right now IMHO!
Of course over here in the States, if you didn't know better, you'd think Queen had broken up in 1981 as you (almost) never hear anything later than Under Pressure on classic rock radio
That last comment above was supposed to be in response to The Real Wizard's comment of: "I'd say more people know Queen's early albums in the US than in the UK.
This likely can't be supported by evidence, but it's a hunch."
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This likely can't be supported by evidence, but it's a hunch."
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I hope the Queen guys can trade in Adam for Ed Sheeran for the Europe/UK leg of their tour: http://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/chart-beat/7940816/ed-sheeran-shape-of-you-hot-100-top-10-ties-record