Rhapsody Tour — January, 2020 — Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya

snifflese wrote:

Not quite sure why you are suddenly talking about grave robbers, but as far as American English goes, that makes no sense whatsoever. There are cradle robbers, but nothing in the sense that I think you mean it. I would omit that phrase from your vocabulary. Oh, I also checked the urban dictionary as maybe it was a new term, but no, it is just a stupid sounding thing to say.

you obviously have a dictionary for the impaired....

https://dict.leo.org/englisch-deutsch/grave%20robber

runner_70 wrote:

PrimeJiveUSA wrote:

snifflese wrote:

You know, I don't think the average fan going to QAL is thinking about legacies and who will be played at the end of the world. I wish that those were the only concerns that I had in my life. Sounds like a major worry for you! Sometimes you just go with the flow and enjoy whatever is going on at the time you are capable of enjoying it. Right now QAL is touring and people go see them because that is what is available. They can't see Freddie and John doesn't want to be seen so, It is QAL or nothing. Most people choose QAL and are thrilled they got to see a magnificent concert honoring Queen played by originals and sung by a singer with an awesome voice. Sometimes it is just as simple as that. They are gilding the Queen's legacy and why you find that so problematic, I will never understand. Time marches on and you either go with it or you can stay in the past. Since there is such a wide availability of Queen's music and videos and you tubes, that is so easy to do. No problem, but you don't have to keep raining on our parade. Go find Runner and the two of you should find a different site for yourselves where you can revel in Freddie and the old Queen music with other like minded souls, or maybe just a different part of this board. That would be the mature thing to do and we would all be happier!

Very well said.

I'm a lifelong American fan that never got to see the original band live. Like you said...it's what's available and I'm just thankful I at least got to see half of Queen in person( twice now). It's better than nothing at all and it's a great show and a lot of fun!

I'd rather cherish the originals than watching a sad second rate copy trying to be the real thing.

I do BOTH. I'm a Queen fan. I own every official release from the band(and some "unofficial") and own every solo release from all members. I actually intended to see them with Paul Rodgers all those years ago but could not travel and coordinate it with my work schedule. I actually am a long-time fan of Paul Rodgers and his work with BadCo/Free/The Firm/The Law etc. I was never a "fan" of AL but jumped at the chance to finally see Brian and Roger live on the 2017 tour. It was very much a "bucket list" thing for me to see surviving members of Queen in concert. The show was great...a real blast. When they announced the Rhapsody Tour in 2018 I JUMPED at the chance to do it all over again. Brian and Roger are in their 70's! There's not much time left! At this point every opportunity to see them is precious. It has no bearing whatsoever of how I hold up the original lineup and the god-like albums they made in the '70's and the still-beloved work they did in the 80's/early 90's.

In fact...whenever I want a dose of Queen "live" I usually return to my favorite "live" album Live Killers(still the closest to my heart after all these years).

It's very easy to enjoy both.

P.S.: as a fan that ALWAYS remained loyal to them(member of the Fan Club throughout) but saw them relegated to near-obscurity in the U.S. during the 80's...I am DELIGHTED to see this resurgence and sold-out arenas.

^^^ Amen!!!

Brian on the highlights of the show:

http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASN1P6VJRN1PUCVL01K.html

rockchic65 wrote:

^^^ Amen!!!

Thank you!!!

SweetCaroline wrote:

Brian on the highlights of the show:

http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASN1P6VJRN1PUCVL01K.html

Thank you Sweet Caroline for another wonderful link!

PrimeJiveUSA wrote:

[
P.S.: as a fan that ALWAYS remained loyal to them(member of the Fan Club throughout) but saw them relegated to near-obscurity in the U.S. during the 80's...I am DELIGHTED to see this resurgence and sold-out arenas.

You are the prime example of a blind follower. One can be a fan and be critical. you surely ain't. WHat is "Loyal" ? Buying every crap product they advertise? They have become salesmen now and are no musicians anymore. I have lost all respect for them after QPR (which was ok). They completely sold out and try to rewrite history. And the icing on the cake is the destroying of the QUeen catalogue with this annoying muppet. Sure it breings them $$$ and that is what counts for them. Artististically they could have gone the Robert Plant way - be loyal to your back catalogue and explore new music territories. The chose the $$$ way and have become a laughing stock in the rock world now. sad but true.

runner_70 wrote:

Vocal harmony wrote:


So it was ok for Pink Floyd to tour in the 80's and 90's with a percussionist/drummer. Same for Fleetwood Mac over the last fifteen years but not Queen.

SO you really comparing the drummer of Pink Floyd with Freddie Mercury ???? You really do? Quite laughable don't you think?

Read your own fucking post that I was answering. Where the hell have I compared any drummer with Freddie Mercury. More bullshit from your pea sized brain. If I've done what you say I've done post that comment, prove to me and everyone else that I've done what you say I've done. . .

I'm waiting.

runner_70 wrote:

PrimeJiveUSA wrote:

[
P.S.: as a fan that ALWAYS remained loyal to them(member of the Fan Club throughout) but saw them relegated to near-obscurity in the U.S. during the 80's...I am DELIGHTED to see this resurgence and sold-out arenas.

You are the prime example of a blind follower. One can be a fan and be critical. you surely ain't. WHat is "Loyal" ? Buying every crap product they advertise? They have become salesmen now and are no musicians anymore. I have lost all respect for them after QPR (which was ok). They completely sold out and try to rewrite history. And the icing on the cake is the destroying of the QUeen catalogue with this annoying muppet. Sure it breings them $$$ and that is what counts for them. Artististically they could have gone the Robert Plant way - be loyal to your back catalogue and explore new music territories. The chose the $$$ way and have become a laughing stock in the rock world now. sad but true.

There's a huge difference between not liking something and blindly criticisqing it and the people who enjoy it.

You constantly invent shit to support your argument. Thee are far more old Queen fans who really enjoy the fact they are still going out and producing shows of this caliber, yes runner old fans, fans that saw the original line up. . . Unlike you who probably never saw Queen in the day.

As far as Robert Plant goes he wants to follow his own path, do his own thing, which is great. But if you're going to use Led Zeppelin as an example tell the whole story, Page and Jones and Jason Bonham would have toured if Plant had agreed. I guess in your mind that puts them in the same boat as Brian and Roger.

As far as it being a money making exercise,many nothing else, they've gone to the expense of a huge show at huge cost. They could have taken something half the size out, spent less money and charged the same for tickets and made a lot more out of it.

Stop thinking your view is the only view, stop stating absolute crap as fact and stop acting like a 12 year old. If you don't like it don't be part of it.

Double post

Vocal harmony wrote:

runner_70 wrote:

PrimeJiveUSA wrote:

[
P.S.: as a fan that ALWAYS remained loyal to them(member of the Fan Club throughout) but saw them relegated to near-obscurity in the U.S. during the 80's...I am DELIGHTED to see this resurgence and sold-out arenas.

You are the prime example of a blind follower. One can be a fan and be critical. you surely ain't. WHat is "Loyal" ? Buying every crap product they advertise? They have become salesmen now and are no musicians anymore. I have lost all respect for them after QPR (which was ok). They completely sold out and try to rewrite history. And the icing on the cake is the destroying of the QUeen catalogue with this annoying muppet. Sure it breings them $$$ and that is what counts for them. Artististically they could have gone the Robert Plant way - be loyal to your back catalogue and explore new music territories. The chose the $$$ way and have become a laughing stock in the rock world now. sad but true.

There's a huge difference between not liking something and blindly criticisqing it and the people who enjoy it.

You constantly invent shit to support your argument. Thee are far more old Queen fans who really enjoy the fact they are still going out and producing shows of this caliber, yes runner old fans, fans that saw the original line up. . . Unlike you who probably never saw Queen in the day.

As far as Robert Plant goes he wants to follow his own path, do his own thing, which is great. But if you're going to use Led Zeppelin as an example tell the whole story, Page and Jones and Jason Bonham would have toured if Plant had agreed. I guess in your mind that puts them in the same boat as Brian and Roger.

As far as it being a money making exercise,many nothing else, they've gone to the expense of a huge show at huge cost. They could have taken something half the size out, spent less money and charged the same for tickets and made a lot more out of it.

Stop thinking your view is the only view, stop stating absolute crap as fact and stop acting like a 12 year old. If you don't like it don't be part of it.

Those are acting as 12 year olds pretending QAL is the real thing while it is a pure nostalgia crapfest too generate $$ and nothing else. Maylor have become salesmen and are no musicians anymore it seems. Lamebird has never been a musician. He is made for cruiseships to play in front of 75+ year olds

You are so obnoxious. You sound just like a 12 year old who is trying to impress his older teenage friends with his wisecracks and not really succeeding. You don't like it, fine, we get it, no problem. Everyone likes something different, but it is like Groundhog day here, same complaints day after day after day. Go find another place to irritate everyone.

runner_70 wrote:

Vocal harmony wrote:

runner_70 wrote:

PrimeJiveUSA wrote:

[
P.S.: as a fan that ALWAYS remained loyal to them(member of the Fan Club throughout) but saw them relegated to near-obscurity in the U.S. during the 80's...I am DELIGHTED to see this resurgence and sold-out arenas.

You are the prime example of a blind follower. One can be a fan and be critical. you surely ain't. WHat is "Loyal" ? Buying every crap product they advertise? They have become salesmen now and are no musicians anymore. I have lost all respect for them after QPR (which was ok). They completely sold out and try to rewrite history. And the icing on the cake is the destroying of the QUeen catalogue with this annoying muppet. Sure it breings them $$$ and that is what counts for them. Artististically they could have gone the Robert Plant way - be loyal to your back catalogue and explore new music territories. The chose the $$$ way and have become a laughing stock in the rock world now. sad but true.

There's a huge difference between not liking something and blindly criticisqing it and the people who enjoy it.

You constantly invent shit to support your argument. Thee are far more old Queen fans who really enjoy the fact they are still going out and producing shows of this caliber, yes runner old fans, fans that saw the original line up. . . Unlike you who probably never saw Queen in the day.

As far as Robert Plant goes he wants to follow his own path, do his own thing, which is great. But if you're going to use Led Zeppelin as an example tell the whole story, Page and Jones and Jason Bonham would have toured if Plant had agreed. I guess in your mind that puts them in the same boat as Brian and Roger.

As far as it being a money making exercise,many nothing else, they've gone to the expense of a huge show at huge cost. They could have taken something half the size out, spent less money and charged the same for tickets and made a lot more out of it.

Stop thinking your view is the only view, stop stating absolute crap as fact and stop acting like a 12 year old. If you don't like it don't be part of it.

Those are acting as 12 year olds pretending QAL is the real thing while it is a pure nostalgia crapfest too generate $$ and nothing else. Maylor have become salesmen and are no musicians anymore it seems. Lamebird has never been a musician. He is made for cruiseships to play in front of 75+ year olds

Since you're so knowledge on this subject maybe you could give us a breakdown percentage wise or in actual currency figures of the costs and profits involved in touring at this level. . .

Vocal harmony wrote:

Thee are far more old Queen fans who really enjoy the fact they are still going out and producing shows of this caliber, yes runner old fans, fans that saw the original line up. . . Unlike you who probably never saw Queen in the day.

How do you know???? Or is it just an assumption you make to justify your silly taste?

Brian and Roger at the Tokyo Queen Exhibition:

http://www.instagram.com/p/B7rLx6cBD5k/?igshid=1xixrkldsimri