QAL Europe/UK Tour — 2018

SweetCaroline wrote:

Let’s hear Adele sing TSMGO night after night! Believe me I worry and wonder how he hits those notes without damaging something! I don’t think SHE learned how to take care of her voice and the smoking doesn’t help!

Erm, she doesn't have to sing TSMGO night after night. She's doing great with her own music, you see ;-).
AL has been very lucky so far in not hurting his voice. Heck knows, some of those Queen songs are bloody hard to sing. He doesn't always have to hit the high notes, Save Me was pretty simple, and that proved sometimes less is more in singing Queen songs.

I think AL has admitted that he smokes or smoked pot. So you are going to judge Adele because she smokes/smoked because you don't think she learned how to take care of her voice? And how would you know if she learned to take care of her voice or not, it's not as if you are a fan of Adele's, it's fair to say.
The more you bitch about Adele, the more obvious you are in your envy and bitterness about her, simply because she is more popular than AL. That absolutely makes you see red.
I'm glad she is writing again. I wish her the best, if she is not the public eye or not. She has done amazing things in the world of music, and I would be saying that even without her sales and awards. I would still be a fan of hers without the sales, awards, or even if God forbid she couldn't sing again.
Continue to lose your shit and be judgemental about Adele and other artists you feel are in AL's way. AL's career solo wise wasn't so hot for the past few years, because he made the choice to put Q+AL first. That's the choice he made, and he has to live by. Don't come crying on Queen boards making excuses that it was because of homophobia, wrong singles, awful record company, payloa, anything you can dream up as to why AL's career isn't as popular as others. I don't know what excuses you will come up with if his next music doesn't sell or do well. You have cried wolf too many times regarding his career. You are the type of person who I can see turning on Brian and Roger once Q+AL is over, because it's obvious that those two guys and their music mean zilch to you, just a means to an end that you hope it brings AL the fame and fortune. That's what you want and need...for AL and yourself.

Came across this. LOL, he is called a Queen impersonator here. But he admits to using wine and weed to deal with heartache.
Don't throw stones, sweetcaroline/CNB. Will you be as judgemental to AL for drinking wine and pot to deal with things? Of course not, you make it seem he can do no wrong. I guess in your eyes, he can't do anything wrong.
Not going to judge Adele for smoking. It's not like she didn't try to fix her vocal issues.
AL used wine and weed. I have no problems with that. Some of us have vices. Is it ok that AL did that, and Adele smoked, pray tell. Pretty sure wine and weed can affect vocals as well.

Iron Butterfly wrote:

rockchic65 wrote:

Holly2003 wrote:

Bryan Adams' "(Everything I do) I do for you" appeared in the credits of the Robin Hood movie and was an enormous success when released as a single from the movie soundtrack.

But Bryan Adams was already hugely successful by the time Robin Hood came out, TFM was released in 2009 straight after Adam came off Idol. Also power ballads weren't particularly popular by that point, might have been a different story back in the 90's.

Power ballads were huge in the 1990s. A good chunk of my mix tapes were filled with it. Good times. ;-).

Yeah me too, I really miss all that type of music and I'd love Adam to do a really good one, even though it probably wouldn't get anywhere chart wise, but who knows, like you say Sam & Adele seem to have carved out a niche doing the more soulful type of music, even though the charts are mostly full of rap, trap, hip hop and unintelligible collabs that all sound like the same song.

SweetCaroline wrote:

New Adele album? Oh goody, if she gets it done this year she can name it “30” — that would be original !!!

Did she have another vocal cord surgery after cancelling her last UK concerts?

Yeah I agree Adele's a right selfish so and so for falling ill. Imagine what Stephen Hawking could have achieved if he wasn't so selfish as to fall ill with a degenerative disease. And Freddie Mercury cancelled 5 years of concerts after he fell ill with Aids. Clearly Lambert is better than Hawking, Mercury, and Adele. Only a crackpot would say otherwise.

Here’s the whole article about “wine and weed” which he said was in the past:

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/05/25/adam-lambert-admits-to-using-wine-and-weed-to-cope-with-love-life-battles/amp/

Who cares if one artist is more successful than another? I do think most of you just choose to see that a singer whose instrument is his voice can be just as much an artist as someone who writes music or plays an instrument. For Adam his voice is his instrument. He is an amazing singer who can do things with his voice that few singers can. Opera and classical singers are artists and most don't write or play instruments. They sing "covers", since most opera music is from hundreds of years ago. It is the way they interpret "someone else's music" which you are always throwing at Adam. Are they riding on Wagner's coat tails? Just a silly argument. The great singers are artists, just not in the way that you justify an artist. Many peoplecan play an instrument, or write some song, but that doesn't make it great or make them better than someone who sings. I totally disagree with that premise. Music is an art and it includes singers (performers), writers and musicians. They are all artists. Writing music is not the end all and be all for me, anyway.

I meant cannot see in the first sentence.

Well said, again, snifflese! My comparison of Adam and Adele is mainly about live performance! He does write or co-write music and it usually is very meaningful, such as “Aftermath,” “Broken Open” and “Outlaws Of Love.”

snifflese wrote:

Who cares if one artist is more successful than another? I do think most of you just choose to see that a singer whose instrument is his voice can be just as much an artist as someone who writes music or plays an instrument. For Adam his voice is his instrument. He is an amazing singer who can do things with his voice that few singers can. Opera and classical singers are artists and most don't write or play instruments. They sing "covers", since most opera music is from hundreds of years ago. It is the way they interpret "someone else's music" which you are always throwing at Adam. Are they riding on Wagner's coat tails? Just a silly argument. The great singers are artists, just not in the way that you justify an artist. Many peoplecan play an instrument, or write some song, but that doesn't make it great or make them better than someone who sings. I totally disagree with that premise. Music is an art and it includes singers (performers), writers and musicians. They are all artists. Writing music is not the end all and be all for me, anyway.

Sweetcaroline aka CNB cares enough to complain and bitch about Adele's and Sam Smith's success...because they are more successful than AL in many ways. Go read her posts on QOL if you haven't read it about her thoughts on those two artists in particular.
It's alright for her to bitch and complain about them, but does she allow another POV about AL? No. That's hypocrisy and entitlement right there.
I don't mind that she doesn't like their music. It's cllear as day to me that she is jealous and bitter of their success. Hell, I don't even think AL takes things to heart the way sweetcaroline/CNB does. There's enough room in the music for all sorts of music and genres, and even though only one act can be # 1 at one time, is AL being #1 so important for sweetcaroline? Why? You don't see me gnashing my teeth that Sam's recent single isn't doing better, nor will you see me sayng it's because of homophobia, etc etc, as to why it's not doing better. Not everything or everyone can make to #1, or sell millions...and that's ok by me.

SweetCaroline wrote:

Well said, again, snifflese! My comparison of Adam and Adele is mainly about live performance! He does write or co-write music and it usually is very meaningful, such as “Aftermath,” “Broken Open” and “Outlaws Of Love.”

Wait a second. You have bitched from everything to when Adele and Sam Smith have sold the amount of records they did, because according to you there must be alot of depressed and miserable people who enjoy their music.. Every time Adele and Sam Smith were nominated for awards you bitched, when they won the awards you bitched. I remember you saying on QOL you couldn't listen to a full album or watch Sam Smith and Adele live, because they were boring according to you. So no way, was your main complaints about Adele and Sam were not because of their live performances. It was because you are jealous, bitter and upset that they are more popular than AL. You are making that clear here as well. Credit to Adam, I don't even think he is as bitter and jealous about Adele and Sam the way you are.
Your posts are still on QOL on case you have forgotten what you have posted about them. You bitched about as many things as you could about Adele and Sam Smith. You made a statement about Adele smoking as if because of that she didn't take care of her voice. Even though she has tried to fix her vocal issues. AL admitted to using wine pot to deal with heartache. What's your POV about him using that since you linked to the full article? Because it was in the past, I bet you have nothing to say about it. You always have an excuse for him.
I don't care about AL's love life, which is why I didn't link to or post the whole article.

Holly2003 wrote:

SweetCaroline wrote:

New Adele album? Oh goody, if she gets it done this year she can name it “30” — that would be original !!!

Did she have another vocal cord surgery after cancelling her last UK concerts?

Yeah I agree Adele's a right selfish so and so for falling ill. Imagine what Stephen Hawking could have achieved if he wasn't so selfish as to fall ill with a degenerative disease. And Freddie Mercury cancelled 5 years of concerts after he fell ill with Aids. Clearly Lambert is better than Hawking, Mercury, and Adele. Only a crackpot would say otherwise.

Thanks Holly. Maybe your sarcasm here will make it sink n for sweetcaroline.
It's very obvious the way a particular Granny Glambert has to try to knock other artists down to try to big up AL.
Adele has tried to fix her vocal issues more than once. But she is considered a threat to Lambert even with the mention she is writing again is enough for Granny Glambert to be set off.. The reaction here and on QOL from sweetcaroline tells me that almost everyone in the music industry who is more popular than AL, is considered to be in AL's way. It was AL's choice to put Q+AL first instead of fully focusing on his solo music. His music hasn't connected with people the way Adele's and Sam Smith's have. Pretty weak song writing and production on his solo albums, TwoFux as example. AL's solo career hasn't set the world on fire, nor has his solo shows and tours. So of course, sweetcaroline is going to be defensive about AL. But hey, of course at the same time, here is sweetcaroline to bitch on and be jealous about two other artists who are more popular than AL ever was and likely ever could be ;-).
I've read her posts about Adele and Sam for a few years now. It's not about how she feels they perform live, because she hasn't watched or listened to much of it. She wants and needs it all ( the fame, attention, basically everything ) for AL. If were AL, I wouldn't want a fan being that insecure, jealous, selfish and bitter about other artists and their success. That's how it comes across from sweetcaroline.
Thing is, if it was AL was the one selling all those albums, all the awards, I bet you that we would never hear the end of it from sweetcaroline. She would be bragging and gloating about it. The way she gloats about Brian saying AL is a gift from God, the way she gloats that Brian and Roger asked AL and no one else to tour with them.
I'd be very careful about being so flippant about Adele having vocal issues. It could happen to AL...no matter how much he takes care of his voice, it still could fail him one day. I don't think sweetcaroline realizes that.

QAL in Rotterdam, June 27, 2018

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I rather listen to Adele with sinusitis for 24hrs straight (and i Really don't like her music but respect her) than listen to 12 seconds of this atrocious Lamebird wanker.

runner_70 wrote:

I rather listen to Adele with sinusitis for 24hrs straight (and i Really don't like her music but respect her) than listen to 12 seconds of this atrocious Lamebird wanker.

Ok, now I gotta ask to be fair ;-). What about Sam Smith?
Adele has more than carved her own path these last few years. It's amazing to watch her career as a fan. I'm so glad I learned about Sam Smith these past few years, and he is another artist who carved his own path. Both are very talented artists, IMO. I love their music, and what they stand for. Sam Smith is sure making his statements lately...all the better dong it by not riding on coattails.

Uh, Sam got his start riding on Disclosure’s coattails!