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

Iron Butterfly wrote:

rockchic65 wrote:

Iron Butterfly wrote:


Yes, Freddie at times wore ridiculous costumes, I said that. Want me to clutch my pearls about what Freddie wore and go OMG that is awful!!! That's the reaction SweetCaroline gave when she saw on one of Freddie's costumes funny enough.

Lambert is a guest, he says so himself. Sorry, not sorry I will never think of him as more than a guest.

Paul Rodgers didn't need or to rely on over the top costumes the way AL seems to. It was more of a rock show, and it was more about the music than Q+AL ever was and currently is.
All in my opinion ; -).

I don't care at all what Freddie or Adam wore/wear, it matters not IMO.

Yeah he's a guest singer as in not a replacement for Freddie but the shows are still Brian, Roger and Adam working together and he has input into the whole thing and what he wears is entirely his choice, they don't tell him what to wear at all and nor should they IMO.

Paul was an entirely different type of performer, no you wouldn't catch Paul wearing the kind of clothes either Freddie or Adam wore and that was his choice. Yeah it was more a rock show but Brian & Roger have both said Adam is a better fit in their opinion as they like the theatrical, camp, over the top production they're doing, doesn't have to suit everyone but it's their choice.

I disagree it was more about the music, anyone who's seen Adam live knows regardless of how much he likes to dress up, use props, act silly on stage etc he's first and foremost about the vocals, the rest is just for fun.

How much of an input does AL truly have for the shows? I'd like to know. For example does he have any say which songs are added...or dropped?
Some of AL's costumes...I did notice the top hat which to me is reminiscent of FYE. Like i ssy, I haven't been able to keep up with very much so far during this tour.
I did prefer Q+PR more than I do Q+AL, for many reasons. I think with the former, what you saw is what you got, and yes it was more about the music than Q+AL has been, or currently is? I will be honest with you now ( because I think I can be ) when Q+AL started, and I saw what I call "gimmicks", I thought it was too bad. Worst of all, was the coronet, man that well stung to be honest. Right away there were comments, that is the torch being passed to AL, it means all has replaced Freddie and now is the new singer of Queen, it was jarring, is how looked at it. The people who said that, I had to wonder if they were Queen and Freddie fans, because if they were, they should have known Freddie wasn't or isn't replaceable. Freddie and Queen's legacy has lived on for years before Q+AL. It will live on after Q+AL.

Adam has input on the songs included, the running order of the songs, they discuss things after the shows and decide what's working, what's not, where songs would fit better etc. He skypes with them between tours to discuss the look of the show etc. As for what he wears that's entirely his choice he doesn't consult them about that, he loves fashion and for him that's just fun.

As for being a replacement, he's said over and over that he's not but he's not responsible for how some fans perceive him and what gets written in the media but he has no intention of being a replacement and has even said it annoys him when people call him that.

PrimeJiveUSA wrote:

Iron Butterfly wrote:

runner_70 wrote:

SweetCaroline wrote:

Do you like this one better?

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awesome yes! Finally a sane posting from you

Ask her what she really thinks of Freddie wearing it. Funny she doesn't say. Because she's clutched her pearls about a few of Freddie's costumes, even bare chest and bare feet onstage.

I don't even consider it "ridiculous" which is a word that keeps getting bandied about in regards to Freddie's leotard/onesie costumes from 1976/1977. They are iconic and cool and he wore it well when he was young and slender.

Now...they WOULD have looked "ridiculous" 10 years later on the heavy/balding/mustachioed Freddie of the Magic Tour. Which reminds me...the leotard getup he wore on The Works tour was not a good look for him as he almost looked pot-bellied.

As I said before, the younger Freddie of the 1970's cut a striking image on stage. I really dug the biker with suspenders look from the Jazz Tour as well. He rarely did wrong with his looks back then...looked like the quintessential "Rock God", imo.

He said himself that he "looked ridiculous back then - but it worked". In Lamebirds case it surely doesnt

rockchic65 wrote:

Iron Butterfly wrote:

rockchic65 wrote:

Iron Butterfly wrote:


Yes, Freddie at times wore ridiculous costumes, I said that. Want me to clutch my pearls about what Freddie wore and go OMG that is awful!!! That's the reaction SweetCaroline gave when she saw on one of Freddie's costumes funny enough.

Lambert is a guest, he says so himself. Sorry, not sorry I will never think of him as more than a guest.

Paul Rodgers didn't need or to rely on over the top costumes the way AL seems to. It was more of a rock show, and it was more about the music than Q+AL ever was and currently is.
All in my opinion ; -).

I don't care at all what Freddie or Adam wore/wear, it matters not IMO.

Yeah he's a guest singer as in not a replacement for Freddie but the shows are still Brian, Roger and Adam working together and he has input into the whole thing and what he wears is entirely his choice, they don't tell him what to wear at all and nor should they IMO.

Paul was an entirely different type of performer, no you wouldn't catch Paul wearing the kind of clothes either Freddie or Adam wore and that was his choice. Yeah it was more a rock show but Brian & Roger have both said Adam is a better fit in their opinion as they like the theatrical, camp, over the top production they're doing, doesn't have to suit everyone but it's their choice.

I disagree it was more about the music, anyone who's seen Adam live knows regardless of how much he likes to dress up, use props, act silly on stage etc he's first and foremost about the vocals, the rest is just for fun.

How much of an input does AL truly have for the shows? I'd like to know. For example does he have any say which songs are added...or dropped?
Some of AL's costumes...I did notice the top hat which to me is reminiscent of FYE. Like i ssy, I haven't been able to keep up with very much so far during this tour.
I did prefer Q+PR more than I do Q+AL, for many reasons. I think with the former, what you saw is what you got, and yes it was more about the music than Q+AL has been, or currently is? I will be honest with you now ( because I think I can be ) when Q+AL started, and I saw what I call "gimmicks", I thought it was too bad. Worst of all, was the coronet, man that well stung to be honest. Right away there were comments, that is the torch being passed to AL, it means all has replaced Freddie and now is the new singer of Queen, it was jarring, is how looked at it. The people who said that, I had to wonder if they were Queen and Freddie fans, because if they were, they should have known Freddie wasn't or isn't replaceable. Freddie and Queen's legacy has lived on for years before Q+AL. It will live on after Q+AL.

Adam has input on the songs included, the running order of the songs, they discuss things after the shows and decide what's working, what's not, where songs would fit better etc. He skypes with them between tours to discuss the look of the show etc. As for what he wears that's entirely his choice he doesn't consult them about that, he loves fashion and for him that's just fun.

As for being a replacement, he's said over and over that he's not but he's not responsible for how some fans perceive him and what gets written in the media but he has no intention of being a replacement and has even said it annoys him when people call him that.

Where you get these informations from? Adamtopia lala wonderland?

runner_70 wrote:

Where you get these informations from? Adamtopia lala wonderland?

It's been talked about in interviews and as far back as 2014 Brian said "we don't tell him what to do" etc. Adam has talked about his clothing choices and hair colors etc, he doesn't run it by them and he just turns up with whatever on and whatever hair color he decides on, the red was apparently a bit of a surprise.

rockchic65 wrote:

runner_70 wrote:

Where you get these informations from? Adamtopia lala wonderland?

It's been talked about in interviews and as far back as 2014 Brian said "we don't tell him what to do" etc. Adam has talked about his clothing choices and hair colors etc, he doesn't run it by them and he just turns up with whatever on and whatever hair color he decides on, the red was apparently a bit of a surprise.

I stopped reading after "Brian Said"....... he also said that they definitely did not tour for ages before Live Aid....

runner_70 wrote:

rockchic65 wrote:

runner_70 wrote:

Where you get these informations from? Adamtopia lala wonderland?

It's been talked about in interviews and as far back as 2014 Brian said "we don't tell him what to do" etc. Adam has talked about his clothing choices and hair colors etc, he doesn't run it by them and he just turns up with whatever on and whatever hair color he decides on, the red was apparently a bit of a surprise.

I stopped reading after "Brian Said"....... he also said that they definitely did not tour for ages before Live Aid....

Brian's forgetful about dates but regardless it's pretty obvious Adam chooses what he wears, can't imagine Brian or Roger telling him to wear some of the stuff and definitely not the hair colors he's had (red one year, green another).

Gdp6100 wrote:

This is a Queen forum and this section of the Queen forum is for the Queen+AL project. I don't really know how hard that is to understand. If there's anywhere to post positive things about the current project...it's here.

If there's anywhere to post NEGATIVE things about the current project...it's here.

This is a discussion forum ... not an echo chamber.

However, it is abhorent that runner and sweetcaroline are unable to constructively discuss anything.

rockchic65 wrote:

Iron Butterfly wrote:

rockchic65 wrote:

Iron Butterfly wrote:


Yes, Freddie at times wore ridiculous costumes, I said that. Want me to clutch my pearls about what Freddie wore and go OMG that is awful!!! That's the reaction SweetCaroline gave when she saw on one of Freddie's costumes funny enough.

Lambert is a guest, he says so himself. Sorry, not sorry I will never think of him as more than a guest.

Paul Rodgers didn't need or to rely on over the top costumes the way AL seems to. It was more of a rock show, and it was more about the music than Q+AL ever was and currently is.
All in my opinion ; -).

I don't care at all what Freddie or Adam wore/wear, it matters not IMO.

Yeah he's a guest singer as in not a replacement for Freddie but the shows are still Brian, Roger and Adam working together and he has input into the whole thing and what he wears is entirely his choice, they don't tell him what to wear at all and nor should they IMO.

Paul was an entirely different type of performer, no you wouldn't catch Paul wearing the kind of clothes either Freddie or Adam wore and that was his choice. Yeah it was more a rock show but Brian & Roger have both said Adam is a better fit in their opinion as they like the theatrical, camp, over the top production they're doing, doesn't have to suit everyone but it's their choice.

I disagree it was more about the music, anyone who's seen Adam live knows regardless of how much he likes to dress up, use props, act silly on stage etc he's first and foremost about the vocals, the rest is just for fun.

How much of an input does AL truly have for the shows? I'd like to know. For example does he have any say which songs are added...or dropped?
Some of AL's costumes...I did notice the top hat which to me is reminiscent of FYE. Like i ssy, I haven't been able to keep up with very much so far during this tour.
I did prefer Q+PR more than I do Q+AL, for many reasons. I think with the former, what you saw is what you got, and yes it was more about the music than Q+AL has been, or currently is? I will be honest with you now ( because I think I can be ) when Q+AL started, and I saw what I call "gimmicks", I thought it was too bad. Worst of all, was the coronet, man that well stung to be honest. Right away there were comments, that is the torch being passed to AL, it means all has replaced Freddie and now is the new singer of Queen, it was jarring, is how looked at it. The people who said that, I had to wonder if they were Queen and Freddie fans, because if they were, they should have known Freddie wasn't or isn't replaceable. Freddie and Queen's legacy has lived on for years before Q+AL. It will live on after Q+AL.

Adam has input on the songs included, the running order of the songs, they discuss things after the shows and decide what's working, what's not, where songs would fit better etc. He skypes with them between tours to discuss the look of the show etc. As for what he wears that's entirely his choice he doesn't consult them about that, he loves fashion and for him that's just fun.

As for being a replacement, he's said over and over that he's not but he's not responsible for how some fans perceive him and what gets written in the media but he has no intention of being a replacement and has even said it annoys him when people call him that.

I don't ever remember him saying he has input into the song selection, order etc.

SweetCaroline wrote:

Freddie, Adam, Paul, Marc, George and Jeff — they are all unique in the way they have performed the Queen music. Of course, Freddie is the original and always will be. No one ever will or wants to take that away!

And only Freddie could get away with wearing that ridiculous but iconic geometric jumpsuit!

You said without ever having seen PR live, that he was bland and boring.
You come here hyping AL up to the extreme as if he is the next Freddie, Elvis, Bowie. He's not. No matter how much you want him to be, he's not.
The things you have said at times are something else. Even Freddie going bare foot and bare chested freaked you out, all because you wanted to try to you get back because of what some say about AL.

Iron Butterfly wrote:


I don't ever remember him saying he has input into the song selection, order etc.

Brian has said it and Adam mentioned that they discuss the song selection and running order and decide if the change things after shows depending on how they're received. They've all said numerous times if's a full collaboration between them.

rockchic65 wrote:

Iron Butterfly wrote:


I don't ever remember him saying he has input into the song selection, order etc.

Brian has said it and Adam mentioned that they discuss the song selection and running order and decide if the change things after shows depending on how they're received. They've all said numerous times if's a full collaboration between them.

I wish I had time to look it up, but I'm drawing a blank when and where it was said. I do know when It's Late and Spread Your Wings ended up dropped, AL stated it was because "we felt like it". I don't think they gave those songs much of a chance, IMO.

Iron Butterfly wrote:

rockchic65 wrote:

Iron Butterfly wrote:


I don't ever remember him saying he has input into the song selection, order etc.

Brian has said it and Adam mentioned that they discuss the song selection and running order and decide if the change things after shows depending on how they're received. They've all said numerous times if's a full collaboration between them.

I wish I had time to look it up, but I'm drawing a blank when and where it was said. I do know when It's Late and Spread Your Wings ended up dropped, AL stated it was because "we felt like it". I don't think they gave those songs much of a chance, IMO.

Yes I was quite upset when those were dropped before I could see them. A couple of my favorite songs and I really get tired of those same "greatest Hits" played again and again.

It was quite strange for the theme of the tour to be centered on the 40th anniversary of News of the World and yet barely play any songs from it.

It wasn't a deal-killer for me and I still enjoyed the show but I was very disappointed that they dropped them.

I was surprised that for this leg of the tour they dropped FBG but I imagine it was to make room for IWBTLY and Dragon Attack.

Of course I want Machines to stay but I can’t complain too much since they included it in my show in Columbus!

SweetCaroline wrote:

I was surprised that for this leg of the tour they dropped FBG but I imagine it was to make room for IWBTLY and Dragon Attack.

Of course I want Machines to stay but I can’t complain too much since they included it in my show in Columbus!

FBG isn't that good of a song, and it never seemed to suit AL all that well, IMO.
Oh, you want Machines to stay, even though you have said many times it doesn't matter what is played. Gee, you tie yourself in knots with your contradictions... Bullshit whatever you come out with, since you can't keep your own shit straight . Hell, you even mock me for liking DOOL.

Shut up icy! Go follow someone else around like a lost puppy dog!