Advice?

happystar wrote:

Howabout that they are boring the hell out of us all playing the same old karaoke hits year in year out yawn yawn yawn.............
There are loads of Queen tribute acts out there doing the same.
One thing you cannot agree and that is they are not original anymore, that boat has sailed and as far as i am concerned Queen are done !

But the point is for most people they aren't in the least bit bored. IMO it shows just what an impact Queen music has on people that they still love to listen to it all these years later and don't get bored of it. Are you bored of Queen music with Freddie? Do you think, I can't be bothered listening to these albums now, I've heard them dozens of times, I wan't new music? Doubtful or you wouldn't still be on a Queen site talking about them so why should it be different for people hearing them live?

SC Freddie would never go on endless Greatest Hits tours without releasing new music. Queen was the pinnacle of being original and varied - now Maylor are the pinnacle of boredom, embarrassment and same old

SweetCaroline wrote:

Why does it bother certain people what he does or doesn’t do? If you do not like him, leave him alone and go to the websites of the entertainers you do like.

Because this is what people with the disposition of a teenager do. They obsess over something, and will relentlessly try to tear down anything that doesn't coalesce with their limited worldview.

Rockchic: Freddie surely would have changed the any given set list by now and certainly would not bore the fans the way May & Lambert are at current.
i can listen to any Queen album and not get bored because the songs are sung in a way that makes them what they are classics, and i can not bare to hear anyone else sing them
did you know the band always wrote songs around Freddie's voice, they knew what tempo suited his vocals so anybody else who sung them sounded odd!
Another question i have been puzzled by, how come we have no Paul Rodgers fans with threads on here after all he done it all before Lambert did and in my opinion he gave Queen that gritty
rock n roll edge which i loved and i am sure Freddie would have been thrilled with.
Paul Rodgers has a great rock n roll pedigree and in my opinion so worthy of filling in for Freddie.
Also George Michael was great too, i always admired George because he was not like Lambert in your face he was cool and had a fantastic vocal ability.

SweetCaroline wrote:

happystar, short of resurrecting Freddie from the. grave, this is the best they can do!

BTW if Freddie were still here and still performing, I bet he would also be performing the “same old same old” songs! You are being ridiculous!

Exactly.

Most of the old classic rock bands are still touring, and 95-100% of the material of the shows is their old music, because that's what people want to hear - not the album from 2003 that even their most ardent fans have mostly forgotten.

It really is bizarre, that there are so many Queen fans who lose sight of reality like this. I don't see Stones or Yes fans being so myopic and disconnected from the world at large.

happystar wrote:

i can listen to any Queen album and not get bored because the songs are sung in a way that makes them what they are classics, and i can not bare to hear anyone else sing them

how come we have no Paul Rodgers fans with threads on here after all he done it all before Lambert did and in my opinion he gave Queen that gritty rock n roll edge which i loved and i am sure Freddie would have been thrilled with.

The fact that you cannot see the contradiction of these two statements, contained in the same post, is both hilarious and startling to witness.

And for the record, there were plenty of people defending the Paul Rodgers collaboration. You just haven't bothered to seek them out.

Go back to your cave.

Happystar: I guess Paul ROdgers Fans avoid threads like Lamebird like a plague :) They are serious music lovers not fans of a fat tranny teenybopper who is without a record contract at the moment

happystar wrote:

Rockchic: Freddie surely would have changed the any given set list by now and certainly would not bore the fans the way May & Lambert are at current.
i can listen to any Queen album and not get bored because the songs are sung in a way that makes them what they are classics, and i can not bare to hear anyone else sing them
did you know the band always wrote songs around Freddie's voice, they knew what tempo suited his vocals so anybody else who sung them sounded odd!
Another question i have been puzzled by, how come we have no Paul Rodgers fans with threads on here after all he done it all before Lambert did and in my opinion he gave Queen that gritty
rock n roll edge which i loved and i am sure Freddie would have been thrilled with.
Paul Rodgers has a great rock n roll pedigree and in my opinion so worthy of filling in for Freddie.
Also George Michael was great too, i always admired George because he was not like Lambert in your face he was cool and had a fantastic vocal ability.

I can't speak for Paul's fans but I would imagine since they aren't touring together any more they don't really have anything Queen related to discuss and are probably following his solo career now since he was on his free spirit tour last year.

Obviously the music written for Freddie's voice and on the recordings is classic Queen and will always sound the best but that doesn't mean no one else can sing it, and IMO it sounded further away from the Queen sound with Paul. I like his voice but not for some of the Queen songs, the phrasing and tempo were too different for me personally. I loved George Michael's voice and yeah he had a totally different style and vibe to Adam but that doesn't make one right and the other wrong, all artist are different, I can like them all for different reasons.

Jeff Scott Soto would have been my choice if they hadn't gone with Adam, love his take on Queen songs and he has the rock voice and stage presence to pull it off as well. He still keeps the phrasing and melody pretty similar even though he doesn't sound like Freddie.

As to the set list, I suspect they keep it pretty much to the hits with a few odd B sides thrown in because quite a lot of the audience are probably Greatest Hits owners who wouldn't know the obscure songs. Whilst I'd love them to do some deep cuts it probably would stop the flow of the show if half the audience had never heard them. End of the day people are loving the shows so as the saying goes, if it ain't broke why fix it.

runner_70 wrote:

Happystar: I guess Paul ROdgers Fans avoid threads like Lamebird like a plague :) They are serious music lovers not fans of a fat tranny teenybopper who is without a record contract at the moment

The tranny comment is getting seriously old, everyone knows what a tranny is and Adam ain't one and for the record he ain't fat either. And no one knows if he has a contract or not, the only thing you know for sure is he's not with Warner anymore. I'm sure he'll have another contract lined up, because despite what you think he's talented and smart and just as important, good to work with.

SweetCaroline wrote:

Adam has toured with Queen on and off for 6 years since 2012, not 10 years, while also doing worldwide solo tours for 3 albums. He is like the Energizer bunny balancing many projects at the same time.

Why does it bother certain people what he does or doesn’t do? If you do not like him, leave him alone and go to the websites of the entertainers you do like.

These threads are for Queen + Adam Lambert, not for the original Queen. The original Queen legacy lives on despite Queen + Adam Lambert. Go post on those threads instead of bitching about Adam. He will be here as long as they all want the collaboration to continue!

The irony. Go away, leave him alone you usually say, while throwing your toys out of the pram like a baby.
Again, you are a hypocrite. You sure have your things to say about Sam Smith and Adele simply because they are more popular than Adam, and that makes you upset and bitch about those artists with your own brand of bitter envy.
You aren't a Queen fan. I remember a year or so ago that a thread about Queen on QOL upset you. It's clear you can't even be bothered to discuss Queen without Freddie, unless you are comparing it to Q+AL. Then you tell people to go away, STFU, leave Adam alone. Ironic and hypocritical as hell.
Why does it bother you that some people don't like Q+AL? You take that very personal. It's not that big of a deal that some people don't like it, or enjoy it. You are on the constant defense and promotion side of things, over nothing. A person takes the piss out of what AL wears, out you come with the weak come back Freddie wore the onesie and super short white shorts. Has Brian and Freddie ever had their arms around each other onstage, you asked because Brian and AL did it. Those stupid comparsions that you do.
I've warmed up to Q+AL in some ways. This time, I really like PTG as the song Q+AL added to this tour. I still don't like other things. But yes, I'm interested in Q+AL, mostly for Brian and Roger. No lie, I've always been honest about that.
Queen's music has never died out even with the passing of Freddie. I'm sure for years to come the music will still be out there. I think that is a great legacy to Freddie, Brian, Roger and John. That has zilch to do with AL.

Amen - anyone who thinks that Queenmusic needs a ZERO talent and ZERO singer like trannyboy is delusional

runner_70 wrote:

Amen - anyone who thinks that Queenmusic needs a ZERO talent and ZERO singer like trannyboy is delusional

Anyone who thinks his totally biased opinion which he's unable to justify is in anyway valuable is more than delusional. And while you whine incessantly, "trannyboy" is out there earning a nice tidy sum, travelling in style with his friends (B & R) and not giving people like you a seconds thought. Who do you thinks enjoying life more?

Don‘t feed the troll.
He has been doing this for more than 6 years now on different fan forums and social networks. None of your answers will stop him.

Adam is not trans. He said he is cis (whatever that means)!

“#MusicMonday Adam Lambert describes exciting new music “there's rock n' roll vibes, there's funk, there's singer/songwriter vibes, a little blues, & there's a lot more soul. It just feels more classic that way, but there's still a modern edge to it."