[QUOTE] [b]rockchic65 wrote:[/b]
Seems to me what Brian says gets taken out of context a lot. He didn't say the shows are better than with Freddie, he said it's as good as anything we did in the old days, but in the context of the whole interview he was meaning from a playing and production point of view, meaning it's not just a watered down version of a Queen show and they still have all the bells & whistles.[/QUOTE]
I disagree with Brian that it's as good as anything done in the old days. Need I say Queen were groundbreaking? Q+AL isn't groundbreaking, not even close. Brian feels like he has to hype up these shows with Adam, and Adam too. It's happened plenty of times through the past few years.
QAL is like the Titanic before its sinking. Joe Public buys tickets because of the name "Queen" and because he/she wants to hear some Greatest Hits. Regardless who is singing. Joe Public doesnt care if it is a goat who is singing the songs.
Brian Money needs the $$ badly it seems. Maybe he had some bad investments so he is riding the dead horse Queen again. Sad but true
Ok then you two, how do you explain all the comments about Adam's voice from Joe Public. They might go for Queen's music but they don't need to wax lyrical about Adam as well.
John didn't leave for that reason and even if he had he'd be wrong since it clearly is working brilliantly. Can't say a tour where they are getting rave reviews and adding more and more shows isn't working. Regardless your own feelings on the matter that's just simple fact.
^^^ All true.
Also the Joe public comments don't hold true because there are old Queen fans in the audiences too.
In fact this whole thing is more of a success than some would like to admit. If a band, through the the years, doesn't gain more fans the audience will deminish, this is not the case since they started touring again in 2012
I don'think Joe Public wants to listen to just anybody and probably wouldn't like a show without the bells and whistles quite so much! If they loved just anybody, they would have kept touring with Paul. Having an accoustic show wouldn't attract as many fans, as Hammer to Fall accoustic just doesn't do it. They do have a portion of the show with more vocals, less crashing instruments. They do WWTLF and have done Save Me, which people love, but they really love the loud, guitars blazing, drums hammering, vocals soaring show that they do now! Queens music is not really made for accoustics like Ed Sheeran. Too many of their songs require hard hitting guitars, etc. That idea is a poor one and as I said, they do have a toned down "chapter" in the show. There is a flow to the show and each song is in there for a purpose.
An unplugged Queen-Show???? WTF?????
The red special is it‘s own member of the band. Brian playing it, makes the sound of Queen. Without it, it‘s not a Queen-gig. Basta.
I have to totally disagree with your comment about looks coming before singing. Adam might like clothes, make up, dressing up and putting on a show but at the end of the day his voice is the most important thing and he makes sure to take good care of it.
If you can't get used to him, fine, but no need to put him down over every little thing.
which voice? You mean this shrill thing that destroys queen songs?
No I mean the one most other people hear, the one he gets massive amounts of praise in the industry for. Obviously you hear something different.
[QUOTE] [b]Sealion wrote:[/b]
An unplugged Queen-Show???? WTF?????
The red special is it‘s own member of the band. Brian playing it, makes the sound of Queen. Without it, it‘s not a Queen-gig. Basta. [/QUOTE]
No WTF about it. Brian can play acoustic guitar you know. ;-)
[QUOTE] [b]snifflese wrote:[/b]
I don'think Joe Public wants to listen to just anybody and probably wouldn't like a show without the bells and whistles quite so much! If they loved just anybody, they would have kept touring with Paul. Having an accoustic show wouldn't attract as many fans, as Hammer to Fall accoustic just doesn't do it. They do have a portion of the show with more vocals, less crashing instruments. They do WWTLF and have done Save Me, which people love, but they really love the loud, guitars blazing, drums hammering, vocals soaring show that they do now! Queens music is not really made for accoustics like Ed Sheeran. Too many of their songs require hard hitting guitars, etc. That idea is a poor one and as I said, they do have a toned down "chapter" in the show. There is a flow to the show and each song is in there for a purpose.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, cause you speak for Joe Public right?
Many artists have done Unplugged type shows or concerts. I say if Eric Clapton and George Michael could...anyone could. Nothing wrong with stripping things down...why not try?
The Brian & Kerry stuff seems to work ok, not my thing but I'm sure quite a lot of the Queen songs could be done acoustic. What would be good is some small venues, no bells & whistles, just basic staging and deep cuts instead of hits. Won't happen but a girl can dream.
[QUOTE] [b]rockchic65 wrote:[/b]
The Brian & Kerry stuff seems to work ok, not my thing but I'm sure quite a lot of the Queen songs could be done acoustic. What would be good is some small venues, no bells & whistles, just basic staging and deep cuts instead of hits. Won't happen but a girl can dream.[/QUOTE]
Of course that's how I think an Unplugged type of thing should happen if it were to happen. Let's see if it can be done without the bells and whistles, light show, gimmicks, costume changes, smaller venue etc...it would be interesting to see if nothing else.
A girl can dream for sure. I wanted Brian and Roger to do this type of show in the mid 90s when MTVs Unplugged became very popular.
I rather listen to Kerry and Brian than 1 minute of QAL
[QUOTE] [b]happystar wrote:[/b]
Queen would probably have kept on touring with Paul, but i think it was Paul's decision to leave Queen as he was bored.
It was the week after Paul quit that Brian spotted Adam . . . . . [/QUOTE]
They mutually agreed to split during the final south american dates as they weren't getting having to work so closely together. At one point Roger wanted to replace Paul with Jeff Scott Soto.
I seem to remember Brian actually saying quite publicly that they split to preserve their friendship.
No one left because they were bored
