I’m surprised he took on the role. It actually must have been some sacrifice of ego to only have three or four songs of his in the set. Given his taste in music I can’t imagine he liked all the Queen material.[/QUOTE]
Rodgers took on the role because it had the potential for him to play bigger audiences than he could play on his own.
He performed more than three or four songs in the set and does indeed have a reputation for being hard to work with.
He was offered the job because he and Brian are friends and he is a great singer, but I believe even Brian was taken aback by how dogged he is in a professional capacity
dysan · Member since
2005 was very different to now. Johnson & Johnson's confidence was lower than it had ever been so finding a kindred spirit in PR was good for them. Rock in 2005 was different. Were they to be a legacy band or a continuation? Or a new band? No one knew. It was all necessary to get to 2020.
matt z · Member since
Sounds unreasonable that he'd demand nobody speak with him. As for isolation: that's legitimate, a lot of artists get used to a certain method for preparation, self hype etc.
Hahaha either way, The truth is prob somewhere in the middle. I'd only ever heard just interviews etc but WITH his wife or handler always present.
Maybe it's so.
I think it might also involve what KURGAN said...even though I thought they were hair plugs, It's probably a rug....specially considering the way his eyebrows looked at times. Almost Merlin like. .. nothing would be shocking.
dudeofqueen · Member since
AlbaNo1, re:
>I’m surprised he took on the role.
I thought they could have been a cracking band if they'd concentrated on delivering their own material. As a blues and soul-based singer, Rodgers was doing his level best at carving himself in to material that wasn't suited to him and was so iconic to a dead bloke as being blatantly unfair. You can't sing the majority of the Queen catalogue any other way than karaokeing it and then rattle on about the fact that you're not trying to replace the dead bloke (as evidenced by what they're doing now). Paul did his best, bless him.
"Euuuueeeeewwwww" will ring in my ears for evermore.
Band Forever · Member since
Truth is Paul Rodgers is not even at the same level of Freddie and struggled for range in many of their songs hence key changes galore and inferior renditions as a result. AL gives Queen the chance for BM and RT to strut their stuff but listening to some of their songs he is way too camp.
dudeofqueen · Member since
Band Forever, re:
>Truth is Paul Rodgers is not even at the same level of Freddie and struggled for range in many of their songs hence key changes galore and inferior renditions as a result.
So, is it PAUL'S fault for taking the gig on and helping a friend (Brian) who was struggling for any relevance in his "creative" life- there's a theme here.......... - or, in fact, Brian and / or Roger for approaching him to fill the lead singer position and relying on mateial unsuitable for him and then not pushing on with better / more new songs?
brENsKi · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Band Forever wrote:[/b]Truth is Paul Rodgers is not even at the same level of Freddie and struggled for range in many of their songs hence key changes galore and inferior renditions as a result.[/QUOTE]
But he was what they were looking for at that time.
..and the "range thing" is a little unfair. how would Freddie have coped with Free/Bad Co songs? he'd have had the keys changed too.
matt z · Member since
Lord, Lord above..... now they're trying to steal my hair plu-uh-gs, ow!
ggo1 · Member since
I love Paul Rodgers voice. Phenomenal blues/rock singer. Don't care if he's a dick, it's not like I'm having him over for dinner.
Having said that, the combo with Queen never quite worked for me. He sounded great on his own songs but the Queen classics were not designed for his voice.
I give him Kudos for holding my wife's hand and singing Reaching Out directly into her eyes at the Toronto concert in 2006.
I've never been forgiven for not getting a photo of that moment.
I've never found a clip of that on line either.
That night was the first time they performed Under Pressure, so there's a few of those online, but Reaching Out... Nada.
runner_70 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]miraclesteinway wrote:[/b]
He didn't actually give any information about Queen other than he thought that Queen shouldn't be touring as Queen plus anybody without Freddie Mercury, and he feels they're spoiling their legacy. [/QUOTE]
Seems like a person with taste and attitude then
Russian Headlong 2 · Member since
Paul Rodgers better than Adam Lambert. Nuff said. Wish BM/RT would reunite with him and do some shows and ditch the C-lebrity.
runner_70 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Russian Headlong 2 wrote:[/b]
Paul Rodgers better than Adam Lambert. Nuff said. Wish BM/RT would reunite with him and do some shows and ditch the C-lebrity.[/QUOTE]
They should play c-lebrity and ditch him simultanously.
You are surely right about PR. Seems the Original poster is a Glambert. Anyone is better than Lamebird. Kermit the frog would sound better on Queen songs than him
stevelondon20 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]runner_70 wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Russian Headlong 2 wrote:[/b]
Paul Rodgers better than Adam Lambert. Nuff said. Wish BM/RT would reunite with him and do some shows and ditch the C-lebrity.[/QUOTE]
They should play c-lebrity and ditch him simultanously.
You are surely right about PR. Seems the Original poster is a Glambert. Anyone is better than Lamebird. Kermit the frog would sound better on Queen songs than him[/QUOTE]
Quit trolling.
brENsKi · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Russian Headlong 2 wrote:[/b]Paul Rodgers better than Adam Lambert. Nuff said. Wish BM/RT would reunite with him and do some shows and ditch the C-lebrity.[/QUOTE]
You're comparing chalk and cheese. there is NO practical comparison between the two - it's impossible.
The only findings of one being "better" than the other would be subjective (personal opinion) - which does not equate to anything
factual.
[QUOTE] [b]runner_70 wrote:[/b]They should play c-lebrity and ditch him simultanously.
You are surely right about PR. Seems the Original poster is a Glambert. Anyone is better than Lamebird. Kermit the frog would sound better on Queen songs than him[/QUOTE]
You are being an almighty "cockhead" - for no other reason than "cockhead's own sake". Take your penis-brain and go jerk your jizz on some other forum!
