William Hung has moved on, and now...

FreDRicca_MeRcUrY · Member since April 2003

13 June 2004 20:40

OMG will somebody plz put him out of his misery before he has a chance to ruin this beloved piece of work...

Daburcor? · Member since January 2002

13 June 2004 20:52

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]

"OKAY POLL TIME -- What's worse:
--William Hung and his murder of WATC
--Britney, Pink & Beyonce murdering WWRY"

Hmm...although William Hung is as bad as it gets when it comes to covering Queen, I still think Britney, Pink, and Beyonce killed WWRY. I mean, it's not a pop song, it is a rock anthem. So what if it helps sell Pepsi and copies of their albums? I don't care. I hate it no matter what.
[/QUOTE]Well, Maybe we'll be REALLY lucky and they'll release them as a single!

Whatinthewhatthe? · Member since July 2001

13 June 2004 21:12

People may feel sorry for him if someone broke his kneecaps and he became a karaoke cripple...
Nice pipe dream. We should start a Queen Mafia so we can stop madness like this from happening! (The bloody Viagra commercial was bad enough...)

Daburcor? · Member since January 2002

13 June 2004 21:39

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]We should start a Queen Mafia so we can stop madness like this from happening! (The bloody Viagra commercial was bad enough...)[/QUOTE]I'm SO there! "Youse want I shood break'a you face?" Hoooooo yeah... ;D

Daburcor? · Member since January 2002

13 June 2004 21:40

Why the hell are all of my posts showing up bold...?

Q4E · Member since July 2004

14 June 2004 01:32

i saw a picture of him in the newspaper in that black and white outfit. CRAZY!!!!!!

Oberon · Member since April 2003

14 June 2004 10:14

I think Queen as a corporation own the rights to the music and dispense those royalties appropriately between the four of them (or three and Fred's estate).

Brian recently said that he tends not to stop people covering songs unless they do so in an offensive way. Now this might be offensive to music lovers, but I think he was talking about more tasteless - hang on a minute, this is tasteless isn't it? There's no negative adjective I can use which doesn't describe this prospective cover version - and I've never even heard the guy sing. The pictures were bad enough.

The point is, the Queen corporation could probably stop this, but they don't tend to (as some one said, there's money to be made!!!) And they probably can't be bothered to go through the legal process to do so. They've got musicals to produce.

And I personally don't think Robbie did too bad a job on WATC. Certainly equal to many of the performances at the tribute. He's not Freddie, but he has a lot of presence and charisma etc.

pouria · Member since October 2002

14 June 2004 10:48

Yeah, I feel so sad too. Oh man what can I say
Here is the Hung's fan club website, you can check out his picture in the costume with microphone stand.
http://www.williamhung.org/

by the way some people hack his website. they left a pretty cool message on the site, check that out too:
williamhung.reallyrules.com

Adam Baboolal · Member since July 2001

14 June 2004 12:02

I was so sure I posted in this topic about Freddie's estate. Wonder where it went... Anyway, I'm pretty sure that Freddie's estate had to give permission for Robbie to cover WATC, even though Brian and Roger were involved with that one. Strange, huh?

Peace,
Adam.

jables · Member since July 2004

14 June 2004 15:34

that is going to embaress the hell out of Queen. this William dude is getting famous and making millions for re-doing other artist songs .. but Queen? that is BS, if i was Roger or Brian I'd be suing the snot out of him and shipping his ass back to hong kong. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5190493

I HATE WILLIAM HONG FOR THIS!

FreDRicca_MeRcUrY · Member since April 2003

14 June 2004 16:15

this just goes to show you how money still rules and it seems if roger and brian did give their permission how good taste' has complete GONE by the wayside with these 2 *rolls eyes*, mr.deacon was so right in leaving...

iron eagle · Member since July 2001

14 June 2004 18:41

some of ya's
need some xanex

*LOL*

Whatinthewhatthe? · Member since July 2001

14 June 2004 19:27

I still say let's form a Queen Mafia and infiltrate the William Hung website and post some really hateful things about Ricky Martin...and then start on the subject we all hate ("William Who Will Hang Himself If He Sings Queen Songs For Fun And Profit"). WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YEAH!!

NoOneButYou1975 · Member since January 2003

14 June 2004 19:31

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Lisa J Goodrich wrote: [/QUOTENAME]People may feel sorry for him if someone broke his kneecaps and he became a karaoke cripple...
Nice pipe dream. We should start a Queen Mafia so we can stop madness like this from happening! (The bloody Viagra commercial was bad enough...)[/QUOTE]

ugh i saw a pic...grr lol

Whatinthewhatthe? · Member since July 2001

14 June 2004 20:00

Disgusting, isn't it Alex? What an insult to Freddie's image!! :-((

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