The Future

Lets face it Queen are humiliating themselves working with Lambert, for they should be working with someone who can supply the half a Queen band with a flicker of interest.
I remember May & Taylor against reality shows like X-factor and American Idol years ago, as they were moaning about Simon Cowell destroying the music industry, also Elton agreed.
Now what did they go and do well they appeared on both shows with that joke Adam Lambert who believes he is great !
Mr Lambert can not write a decent song or play any instrument, he looks lost on that stage at times with May & Taylor and his dress sense would make the scissor sisters so proud!
For gods sake Queen use to be a powerful rock n roll band fronted by the greatest lead singer ever Freddie Mercury!
Just look at them now, gone from been high powered rock n roll band to a soft as ice cream mush. This does not work and i bet May & Taylor are saying to each other, we got away with it and still making millions of pounds. Some fans accept trash well i am not one of those people and i never wanted to see them live ever again after Lambert decided he was the big thing in Queen.

@happystar
I'm quite sure Roger and Brian don't need the millions, they have plenty of them.

I still think despite the fact that yes the NOTW boxset was expensive it still had some great content on it, especially the Raw Sessions. Despite the fact that some of the products could have been handled better and could have had more content on them, this has still been a pretty good decade for archival Queen material and we should at least be grateful for what we have gotten so far, especially if you compare it to last decade. Hopefully more interesting products will come, especially content like the NOTW Raw Sessions and the Rainbow box from 2014.

[QUOTE] [b]happystar wrote:[/b]

Lets face it Queen are humiliating themselves working with Lambert, for they should be working with someone who can supply the half a Queen band with a flicker of interest.
I remember May & Taylor against reality shows like X-factor and American Idol years ago, as they were moaning about Simon Cowell destroying the music industry, also Elton agreed.
Now what did they go and do well they appeared on both shows with that joke Adam Lambert who believes he is great !
Mr Lambert can not write a decent song or play any instrument, he looks lost on that stage at times with May & Taylor and his dress sense would make the scissor sisters so proud!
For gods sake Queen use to be a powerful rock n roll band fronted by the greatest lead singer ever Freddie Mercury!
Just look at them now, gone from been high powered rock n roll band to a soft as ice cream mush. This does not work and i bet May & Taylor are saying to each other, we got away with it and still making millions of pounds. Some fans accept trash well i am not one of those people and i never wanted to see them live ever again after Lambert decided he was the big thing in Queen.[/QUOTE]

I believe Gerry has returned!

Happystar Lambert has worn black nail polish and leather since long before American Idol, nothing to do with trying to be Freddie. Maybe the fact they changed their mind about reality shows is because Adam is far from the usual reality show contestant. What difference does it make anyway how someone gets their break, talent is still talent. Clearly it does work, since their tours are a huge success and people are asking for more. Brian and Roger aren't wasting their time, they're having a blast and the fans are too, and they aren't the least bit humiliated by any of it.

[QUOTE] [b]splicksplack wrote:[/b]

Aggressive Mr. Anagramer.

On what grounds do you perceive me as an idiot?[/QUOTE]

"Loss sooner rather than later...." - completely unnecessary and in bad taste...think before you post

I like the passion 'happystar' .....I am also one of those big fans and I was there from the very beginning,November 24th 1991 was one of the bleakest days in history,but the show must go on! Many people assumed that Queen were finished that day,which must have inspired them to carry on,they are great musicians after all.They obviously love playing live,so if they want to ham it up with Lambert then that is their bag.It is still one of best arena shows in Rock,and the reviews mainly in the States seem to be great,in converse to the hammering they got in the Freddie days.No,you can't compare Freddie to Adam.Freddie was(on a good day) the greatest performer in history. I sat through a recent Queen show and then watched 'Rock Montreal'....Adam is a good singer,and very brave! but could not come close to the power,emotion and ability of Freddie,but he knows that too.As for the future,I would reach for the sick bag if they choose to make an album(just NO Rog and Bri),would love to see some glorious remasters of the Freddie shows(Montreal was great),and those'lost' News of The World tracks are just brilliant as well.Just be thankful that at least they are doing something,are relevant in the States again,and are FINALLY being recognized as being what we knew for years,the best band in history! X

Saw then recently on UK tour; yes, the set list was a bit safe and new material would be nice but, on face value the show was fantastic!

Freddie is sadly long gone and, that accepted, AL does a fantastic job, vocally and presentation-wise. Tongue firmly in his cheek, IF he had been part of the original line-up, we would all be elated with the current tour and the level of success they've reclaimed worldwide

It takes a VERY brave man to stand in FM's shoes, hats off to him for having the sheer guts to do it and capture at least some of the essence of Queen at their prime

*****

Nobody expects "power, emotion and ability of Freddie" but the so frustrating live appearances are the result of Brian's bad management of the Queen brand, and of Spike Edney - the worst musical director alive.
Queen today is no longer a band it's an act requiring a good musical director, and the presumed intelligent leader which is Brian should be able to successfully pull this project. I don't see much intelligence or leadership, just the same huge ego wrapped in politically correct attitudes.

What Anagrammer said. It was a great show.

I was very reluctant to see them with Lambert but when the opportunity presented itself (a £10 wristband for the IOW festival) I couldn't turn it down. Fast forward to the last tour and I had to go.

It's a great show. The best part is that Brian and Roger look like they're having a ball. Just like on the tours with PR. Or with FM. For me the artist enjoying what they do is s vital part of the spectacle.

I bought my ticket knowing it wasn't Freddie up there. Knowing it would be a safe set. Knowing Lambert has a West End style. Knowing the continuing half of Queen are old blokes. Also knowing that this would be a proper live performance and maybe the last opportunity.

I'd love to see an album by Roger and Brian of new stuff. Hell I even enjoyed TCR! (Yeah I know...)

But what it all boils down to is choice. They have a choice (and a right) to do what they like. And I have a choice ( and a right) to partake of their offerings or not. Nobody is compelling me to shell out my hard earned on any of their products.

If you don't like it don't buy it. I've head the Raw sessions on you tube. I don't need to have physical product to hold. Others like that. We all make our choices. Arguing on an Internet forum about whether Roger and Brian are right to do what they do is a waste of time and energy.

But it's quite fun to sit back and watch ??

Well at least John Deacon is not having any of this crap he is a wise wise man not to get involved and too faithful to Freddie.
If you look at the poll on here the haters are slowly catching up to the guys who like anything put under there noses!
Queen are lost without Mercury & Deacon and it shows greatly.
They do not have a conscience at all what they re doing, as long as they get the last chance to rake in the money before one of the two is dead. No Queen /Adam album will ever happen because they would not dare for been ridiculed and they do not have the balls to take that chance of a massive flop.

[QUOTE] [b]happystar wrote:[/b]

. . . . leather outfits which are very Freddie. . . . . . .[/QUOTE]

Just like it was very Elvis Presley, Suzie Quatro, Alvin Stardust, and Rob Halford before Freddie jumped on the idea.

Stop singling Freddie out as some kind of creation who was at year zero of everything in music. He wasn't. He borrowed, stole and created just like any other artist. Progression is the result of building on what is already there.

He was brilliant, some of the time (more often than not) but he also wrote and recorded some crap especially as a solo artist. He was also not a consistent live performer, when he was good he was the best. At least Lambert and Rodgers before him deliver very consistent performances.

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[QUOTE] [b]happystar wrote:[/b]

. . . . leather outfits which are very Freddie. . . . . . .[/QUOTE]

Just like it was very Elvis Presley, Suzie Quatro, Alvin Stardust, and Rob Halford before Freddie jumped on the idea.

Stop singling Freddie out as some kind of creation who was at year zero of everything in music. He wasn't. He borrowed, stole and created just like any other artist. Progression is the result of building on what is already there.

He was brilliant, some of the time (more often than not) but he also wrote and recorded some crap especially as a solo artist. He was also not a consistent live performer, when he was good he was the best. At least Lambert and Rodgers before him deliver very consistent performances.[/QUOTE]

Consistency. Paul Rodgers had a consistent nasally tone that I found irritating; in Lambert's case, it's a consistently thin and shrill timbre in the higher register that is unattractive. These are consistent flaws. Fred wasn't perfect by any means: he was up and down on certain nights on almost every tour. But he had the advantage of singing his own songs or at least the songs produced by his band. It didn't matter if he could not consistently reproduce the studio sound as he usually made up for it in other ways, by rearranging the songs, improvising, or just basically not giving a fuck -- another rock star attribute. Rodgers and Lambert are on a hiding to nothing. They will always be compared unfavourably to the original. Nothing wrong with that as long as it's recognised for what it is, and fairly done. But they have their own flaws and when they consistently reproduce them every night then it isn't necessarily something to crow about.

Happystar clearly hasnt seen the concerts with Paul and Adam. Adam can sing and has his own star quality. Paul is just a bluesy rocksinger. Though he was Freddies favorite, i have been told.

I get that a lot where people say "Have you seen Adam live then" no i have not because i have seen him on tv many times and his voice is nothing
to be amazed by, he is so "west end musical" and that is it basically. He is no better than Michael Ball.
He could not rock a fart, and i much prefer Paul Rodgers.
To me Lambert looks fake, and why does he think he needs to wear that crown for? What has he done to be able to earn that sort of respect, he never wrote the greatest
single in existence (Bo Rhap) He only sings the songs and makes money from doing so.
So tell me if Lambert has so much respect for Freddie then he should get some of those millions into "The Mercury Phoenix Account" and prove that he respects Fred.