Well, I am going to do Caroline one better and post the review with the Queen part. This is a festival, compared against other groups and other years and they blew everyone out of the water. There was glee on the Queen forums that it wasn't selling and no one wanted to see them. Not so! There were 40,000 people left wanting more. Maybe runner and Happystar should actually read this, as they always say everything we post is made up. QAL ended with a bang and they are killer when they perform. Quit pretending it ain't so!!
Queen + Adam Lambert (?????) make other bands look lazy. The hit rate is phenomenal. Ridiculously overblown rock classics pretty much from start to finish. Keeping it old school with opener 'Seven Seas of Rhye' then come 'Play the Game', 'Fat Bottomed Girls', 'Killer Queen', 'Don't Stop Me Now' and 'Bicycle Race' in quick succession. It's exciting, exhilarating and infectious, these are anthems built for stadiums and festivals. Big life affirming celebrations of excess and rock grandeur, matched by a huge theatrical production with lazers, smoke, giant robots, disco balls, hydraulic platforms and a pink tricycle.
For such an astounding, technical guitarist, Brian May always looks so calm and composed as he reels off classic riffs and glorious solos. Adam Lambert knows how to work a crowd, it's cheeky, funny and a little bit saucy but his voice is outstanding. Crisp, clear and powerful it's exactly what's needed to bring such massive tunes to life. There will always be pedantic purists who whinge about lineup changes and authenticity but Queen openly acknowledge this is a new chapter. Everyone misses Freddie Mercury and there are tributes and video footage throughout the show. What's great about Lambert is that he never tries to impersonate Freddie but there's something about his performance that captures his spirit, flamboyance and showmanship. Roger Taylor also gets his time in the spotlight as a drum kit pops up at the end of the runway for a drum battle and to share vocals on 'Under Pressure'.
May takes centre stage for a 10 minute guitar solo before 'The Show Must Go On', 'Radio Ga Ga' and 'Bohemian Rhapsody' ended their main set in truly epic style. The encore of 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are the Champions', with its handclaps and huge singalong choruses, surely reverberated through the tower blocks that dominate the skyline across the Clyde, the majesty of rock writ large across Glasgow Green.
The ? marks on the review above are supposed to be stars. Not sure why they weren't shown as stars, but they were actually 5 RED stars! Happy Star and Runner check out the vocals part!
His voice is outstanding. Crisp, clear, and POWERFUL (not thin and weak!!!). Pretty good at an outdoor festival where the accoustics aren't in your favor. This review totally refutes all the crap you keep posting, just like the other million posts over the years. Note that QAL are getting more reviews and more positive, not dying because they are lousy!!
WHo you wanna impress with this crap??? When Queen were Queen they got awful reviews and they were amazing. Now it is vice versa No big deal. And you know who is paying those pple for favourable reviews dont ya? "Gimme one positive review and you' ll get future photopasses and we will place an ad" - welcome to 2018
I think Inu was confusing me with icy in that queue line because she is the one who is ridiculously annoying in this forum. Freddie can do no wrong and Adam can do no right!
I think they both have been exceptional entertainers. It doesn’t matter that Adam didn’t write the Queen songs. He has breathed new life into the production and everyone gets along and has fun doing it. Seeing Brian riding in the back of that golf cart with a big smile on his face was a hoot!
What has riding in a golfcar to to with Lamebird being any good? Glamtart logic right? He didn t breath new life into the Queen vehicle he sucked the energy out of it with his godawful girls voice and his stage manners like a retarded clown on dope
Icy, Freddie is not here to sing his songs, and IMO and millions of other concert goers, Adam is the next best thing. That is who Brian and Roger have chosen to tour with, so who cares if Freddie wrote the songs at this point! Is he allowed to sing songs by Brian and Roger? Is that OK? Tons of singers sing other singers songs (LOL) and a lot of the original singers aren't even dead. No one except you gets upset about it. It is bordering on ridiculous at this point.
You don't need to know Queen's history to enjoy Queen's song. The two have nothing to do with one another. As I have told you so many times, knowing as much as you do sure ruins QAL for you. I would rather be dumb and pleased, I guess! Truthfully, seeing Freddie in a sparkling onesie on Superman's shoulder in the middle of a Queen song did give me pause for a moment. But as I said, it is a theatrical concert! I still think nothing Adam has done approaches that moment with Superman!! I just don't know how that moment is fine for you, but some of Adam's are not. To me they are pretty much the same. I still think there is pretty much nothing Adam and QAL can do to please you. That is fine, if you would just admit your animus. Instead you throw out a bone about Save Me or some other thing. It is fine that you don't like him, but it gets my goat that you pretend it just isn't so.
Icy, I think you are missing the point. Freddie in that youtube is not an affront to me. It is part of a theatrical show. The point is that I don't get why Freddie can do outrageous stuff and wear crazy clothes and you think it is just fine and part of the show. But if Adam does something (which I don't think is as out there as Superman), then that is a problem. To me it makes no difference if Freddie wrote the songs or not. I don't get why that has anything to do with anything. Brian and Roger wrote a good number of them and it is still their band which they perform in and they picked Adam to sing Queen's songs and let him know if something is not acceptable, I am sure. Just because you wrote the song doesn't give you leeway to do anything you want. I can't follow your train of thought on this one at all. I also didn't find the superman thing too cool, just kind of weird, but not offensive or anything. Brian and Roger wrote a lot of the songs and they put the show together (which you mention aove) so why can't Adam do what he does? He has the approval. obviously of Brian and Roger. Adam's antics are done during a Queen show, with the guys who wrote the music and sing the music, who put the show together and oversee all of it. Anything offensive to them would not be done in the show. So, it should all be OK, since it reminds me of many of Freddie's strange outfits and crazy behavior, all of which you find perfectly acceptable. It is hard to wrap my mind around this.
So, you don't think Adam is the best person to sing Queen music. It is not just the Glambert handbook who thinks he does a great job. There are tons of people who find he has the perfect voice for Queen's music. I can't think of another person with the range, the ability to switch genres, and have the stamina to sing the to the same standard every night like he does. Who else do you think should be singing? I am really curious who you feel would be better. That is an interesting topic!
