If John Deacon DID return.....

[QUOTE] [b]Boomerchick wrote:[/b]

Freddie WAS Queen...their entire identity came from him - their sound was all about his musical talent and versatility and their look and theatricality came from his vIsion and imagination. John is the only one who got it right by bowing out gracefully when he did. Brian has become a pompous ass who now says AL can do what Freddie did "and more!!!???" What a fool! And Roger is a drummer...nuff said.[/QUOTE]

As idiotic comments go I suspect yours wins the forum today, which is quite an achievement on here, well done!!

Boy you guys don't pull your punches..what don't you tell me how you really feel... In my defence, Freddie did "rework" the others' songs.That is common knowledge..he added a catchy beat plus his own dramatic delivery etc. Secondly, I admit freely that all three other Queen members are/were excellent. However Freddie is the only one who could not and clearly still cannot be replaced...so, no, I am not totally idiotic. And thanks for the warm welcome to the site!

The logo, the look, the unique musical style, the versatility, most of the hits, the voice, the stage presence and domination, the connection to the crowd etc. etc....all Freddie! If not for him, Smile would have faded away and Dr. May would have used his Red Special as firewood some cold winter night in the 70s.

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Hey Sharron Osbourne how are you and Ozzy getting along?

The reason John isn't here is that he took some magic mushrooms, went on a journey... literally a journey, saw Ghandi and rethought his life and the rest is history really.... Some even say he is the real lama

Brian finally, in his dotage, gets the attention he craved for so long by sucking up to the American Idol crowd who wouldn't recognize originality if they tripped over it: "Adam can do everything Freddie did and more.".... Oh give me a break!

The fact is, Freddie wouldn't have been as successful without the rest of the band, as he was with them. Look at "Mr Bad Guy". Most of the hits in the 80s were Roger's and John's. Also, it's a fact that Lambert's voice is more consistent live than Freddie's ever was.

This ^ ... except Adam should be replaced with Josh Groban because Josh has better more consistent voice. LOL

[QUOTE] [b]Boomerchick wrote:[/b]

Freddie WAS Queen...their entire identity came from him - their sound was all about his musical talent and versatility and their look and theatricality came from his vIsion and imagination. John is the only one who got it right by bowing out gracefully when he did. Brian has become a pompous ass who now says AL can do what Freddie did "and more!!!???" What a fool! And Roger is a drummer...nuff said.[/QUOTE]

So you come onto a Queen board to slag off two of the members and we don't pull our punches.

Freddie was 1/4 of Queen.

Freddie joined the band after Roger & Brian lost their singer, he didn't create or form the band he simply changed the name.

The sound was not just Freddie at all, do you seriously think Queen would sound like they did without that piece of red firewood? Not to mention the amp Deacy made, I guess that wasn't important either.

Roger is just a drummer!! Hmm right, so he didn't write any songs? Didn't contribute to the sound of any of the songs? Basically they could have replaced him with anyone and it wouldn't have mattered?

And finally Freddie hasn't been replaced, they say it at every show and every interview, only people hell bent on having a problem with them still think Adam's a replacement.

Double post

John d3acon wote/cowrote 11 or so songs in their last three albums

Pending on what the legalities are regarding songs such as beautiful day party kashoggis ship and what input exactly he had and ofcource one vision

I'm not slagging Briand and Roger. They're both outstanding at what they do but if Freddie was only 1/4 of Queen then they should be half as good right now as they were with him and they simply are not. They're just trying to recreate the magic they used to have....

[QUOTE] [b]Boomerchick wrote:[/b]

I'm not slagging Briand and Roger. They're both outstanding at what they do but if Freddie was only 1/4 of Queen then they should be half as good right now as they were with him and they simply are not. They're just trying to recreate the magic they used to have....[/QUOTE]

They don't need to try, for thousands of people they are creating magic.

Got to remember that Brian and Roger WERE the originals!!!! Freddie came into to the... well... walked into the band a good year or two later.... you know yeah his name one out to rename the band Queen but Brian and Roger are still Queen in the songs THEY wrote... each and every ONE of them wrote their OWN songs and all of Freddies and John's songs they play on stage... they all had a 25% share or what ever their share is in that song... Roger played drums on AOBTD.... (machine drums real drums im not sure) Brian played guitar on Boh Rhap....
For likes like myself I'm never going to see Freddie nor John.... As much as I prefer their heavier songs.... I enjoy Raido gagag and Hammer to fall those guys wrote those songs you know... and fuck it... I don't want to retire to count the days till I die... if I was a a musician I'd love to play until I'm dead not wait around till I die...
That s what Roger and Brian are essentially doing.... Still doing what they are passionate about and it just so happens that their love are giving millions joy