MamaQueen
I think I heard that in the past that Queen offered George Michaels to replace (if that would be ever possible) Freddie? Is that true or am I wrong. Now, that would have been something.
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dave76
As far as i know this was never discussed although for me he was the best singer during the Freddie Mercury tribute. Their only collaboration was the release of the Five Live EP in '93.
Ale Solan
Who's George Michaels?
Vocal harmony
The press, after the Freddie tribute, began saying he would be the guy but some of those same papers ran stories that Roger Daltrey WA in the running too.
The thing with the English tabloids if one or two run a story line that and it appears to have some traction (true or not you can bet that while at may have started as he was good at live aid sooner or later one of them will claim he has been asked to join or is going to join or has recorded a secret album!
The same thing happened when Robbie Williams covered WATC.
In truth the songs that George Michael performed at the Freddie tribute were perfect for his voice and he performed brilliantly. There are stories that he recoiled when he first heard the band during rehearsal. The volume and power behind their playing was not what he was used too, so maybe a permanentjob with Queen wouldn't have been his thing anyway.
The thing that anyone singing with Queen has to face is that Freddie's really strong point was that he could sing anything in a fairly convincing way many other cant and that could be another reason that George Micheal either wasn't asked or felt he couldn't.
The thing with the English tabloids if one or two run a story line that and it appears to have some traction (true or not you can bet that while at may have started as he was good at live aid sooner or later one of them will claim he has been asked to join or is going to join or has recorded a secret album!
The same thing happened when Robbie Williams covered WATC.
In truth the songs that George Michael performed at the Freddie tribute were perfect for his voice and he performed brilliantly. There are stories that he recoiled when he first heard the band during rehearsal. The volume and power behind their playing was not what he was used too, so maybe a permanentjob with Queen wouldn't have been his thing anyway.
The thing that anyone singing with Queen has to face is that Freddie's really strong point was that he could sing anything in a fairly convincing way many other cant and that could be another reason that George Micheal either wasn't asked or felt he couldn't.
master marathon runner
Not after live aid. After the FM tribute.
It was only ever press shite. Nothing ever substantiated
It was only ever press shite. Nothing ever substantiated
Sebastian
It was suggested to have him guesting on a 'Made in Heaven' track and he even visited them while they were finishing off the album at The Town House in September 1995. After George left, the surviving Queen members talked about it again and Roger vetoed the idea.
people on streets
[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]
It was suggested to have him guesting on a 'Made in Heaven' track and he even visited them while they were finishing off the album at The Town House in September 1995. After George left, the surviving Queen members talked about it again and Roger vetoed the idea.[/QUOTE]
This is new for me. Interesting!
Source?
It was suggested to have him guesting on a 'Made in Heaven' track and he even visited them while they were finishing off the album at The Town House in September 1995. After George left, the surviving Queen members talked about it again and Roger vetoed the idea.[/QUOTE]
This is new for me. Interesting!
Source?
mr mason
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Posted: 06 Mar 19, 19:10 Edit this post Reply to this post Reply with Quote
Sebastian wrote:
It was suggested to have him guesting on a 'Made in Heaven' track and he even visited them while they were finishing off the album at The Town House in September 1995. After George left, the surviving Queen members talked about it again and Roger vetoed the idea.
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Thats utter bollocks man,you made all that up!
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Posted: 06 Mar 19, 19:10 Edit this post Reply to this post Reply with Quote
Sebastian wrote:
It was suggested to have him guesting on a 'Made in Heaven' track and he even visited them while they were finishing off the album at The Town House in September 1995. After George left, the surviving Queen members talked about it again and Roger vetoed the idea.
This is new for me. Interesting!
Source?
Thats utter bollocks man,you made all that up!
Sebastian
I didn't make it up. Ashley Alexander, one of the engineers who worked on 'Made in Heaven', talked about it on his FB page and then his account was published (deleting some information because it was a bit sensitive) on the band's official website, where it was for a while. Perhaps someone saved his FB post?
bucsateflon
Brian said GM was scared and uncomfortable with the whole Queen Live Rock machine that he got to experience at the Freddie tribute.
Basically BM said GM was no rock 'n roll material back then to front Queen.
Basically BM said GM was no rock 'n roll material back then to front Queen.
Makka
George sang Somebody To Love brilliantly at the tribute concert. I don't think his voice would of suited everything in their repertoire so I couldn't see him fronting the band. He was a damn fine singer though.
spiralstatic
George also had his own hugely successful career. Why would he ever have wanted to front Queen?
It's hard to imagine now what kind of response he and the band would have gotten if he had begun fronting them in the mid-90's.
I can say one thing though, I'm pretty sure George wouldn't have been satisfied to have just sung Queen's existing material. I think the band would have had to make new music with someone like George at the helm - both as surely George would want to and as I don't think there are a huge number of Queen songs that suit his voice. George has more of a soul voice.
It's hard to imagine now what kind of response he and the band would have gotten if he had begun fronting them in the mid-90's.
I can say one thing though, I'm pretty sure George wouldn't have been satisfied to have just sung Queen's existing material. I think the band would have had to make new music with someone like George at the helm - both as surely George would want to and as I don't think there are a huge number of Queen songs that suit his voice. George has more of a soul voice.
dysan
I can imagine GM would be getting the same shit AL gets.
Whatever happened, it's one of those great 'what ifs' which is far more interesting than 'I wish they hadn't done that'.
Whatever happened, it's one of those great 'what ifs' which is far more interesting than 'I wish they hadn't done that'.
rockchic65
[QUOTE] [b]Makka wrote:[/b]
George sang Somebody To Love brilliantly at the tribute concert. I don't think his voice would of suited everything in their repertoire so I couldn't see him fronting the band. He was a damn fine singer though. [/QUOTE]
I agree I loved George's voice and it really would have suited the ballads etc but I couldn't imagine him doing things like SCC or HTF etc, but then I don't recall him ever doing a hard rock song so there's no way to know for sure I suppose.
George sang Somebody To Love brilliantly at the tribute concert. I don't think his voice would of suited everything in their repertoire so I couldn't see him fronting the band. He was a damn fine singer though. [/QUOTE]
I agree I loved George's voice and it really would have suited the ballads etc but I couldn't imagine him doing things like SCC or HTF etc, but then I don't recall him ever doing a hard rock song so there's no way to know for sure I suppose.
Dr Magus
I agree George was a great pop singer but not really a rock singer.
Having said that I'd have preferred him over Gary Cherone any day of the week.
Having said that I'd have preferred him over Gary Cherone any day of the week.