YEAH AND I WILL BE AT HOME WATCHING THE
REAL QUEEN ON DVD. AND LOVING IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I guess what has really gotten my nose of joint on this one is this current band using the name QUEEN.
Brian and Roger has every right to record and tour ,etc. but as QUEEN?
I think not. Seems they feel they cannot be sucessful under another name?
Freddie named the band QUEEN, I believe. Maybe Brian should use the name he wanted for this
current band.
Brian and Roger has every right to record and tour ,etc. but as QUEEN?
I think not. Seems they feel they cannot be sucessful under another name?
Freddie named the band QUEEN, I believe. Maybe Brian should use the name he wanted for this
current band.
Sharon G, lets say Freddie was still alive and Roger and John both retired, would you be against Freddie and Brian using the Queen name? I think not!
P.S what would Freddie have wanted? I reckon he would be all for Roger and Brian using the name Queen, because he isn't selfish, and would want Queen to live on!
Yes. I do have a Freddie obsession, I admit.
Oh Well - On to bigger and better subjects.
Oh Well - On to bigger and better subjects.
Linda is right - from The Miracle onwards, Queen were always noted as a four man team. Freddie died in 1991, leaving three men - Roger, Brian and John. They gave us 'Made in Heaven' which last time I checked was referred to as a Queen album. They gave us 'Rocks' with a new song 'No-One But You'. Brian and Roger were clearly the driving force on these projects. Then John decided he was going to pack it in. Well done to the guy, so he left two men behind, namely Roger and Brian. So if you want to argue technicalities, that's two thirds of Queen, unless you never bought a Queen product containing new material after 1991.
Plenty of bands have continued with key members gone, and the reason they use the name is that is that sells tickets. "Queen + Paul Rodgers" on a poster will capture anybody's imagination. "Brian May, Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers" is neither practical or carries the same drawing power. And if they used a new name we'd be waiting even longer for the tour while they did the interview circuit to make sure everybody knew who they were.
Even if they called themselves 'The Three Stooges' you can bet your life underneath it would say 'featuring former members of Bad Company and Queen'. It's good marketing, so use the name!
JG
Plenty of bands have continued with key members gone, and the reason they use the name is that is that sells tickets. "Queen + Paul Rodgers" on a poster will capture anybody's imagination. "Brian May, Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers" is neither practical or carries the same drawing power. And if they used a new name we'd be waiting even longer for the tour while they did the interview circuit to make sure everybody knew who they were.
Even if they called themselves 'The Three Stooges' you can bet your life underneath it would say 'featuring former members of Bad Company and Queen'. It's good marketing, so use the name!
JG
People, Queen is a brandname. If brandnames would stop existing after the founder died, we wouldn't have much left. The band was not called Freddie Mercury. Even then they would honor Freddie now that they play a lot of songs he has written/performed.
Although I'm not going myself, I think they have every right to tour using the name Queen. Think about it, it's just a 5 letter word. But a word that makes a lot of people rise up and get tickets to see the guys. Believe me, "Brian May, Roger Taylor + Paul Rodgers" would not have reached as many people as it does now. You can call it misusing the name, you could also call it reaching a whole new generation, who is probably going to buy all the Queen albums afterwards. And most likely also albums that features Paul.
There are also a lot of people that haven't seen Queen when Freddie was still alive. They have the chance to at least see two of their heroes perform.
I'm a guy that wants to treasure the memory of seeing Queen with Freddie in the mid eighties. I don't have the urge to go now. That is my personal feeling about it.
Everyone should do what they feel like doing and enjoy wholeheartedly. Expect Queensongs, played by two members of Queen and Paul Rodgers, but don't expect to be seeing and hearing Freddie!
It's just as simple as that!
Although I'm not going myself, I think they have every right to tour using the name Queen. Think about it, it's just a 5 letter word. But a word that makes a lot of people rise up and get tickets to see the guys. Believe me, "Brian May, Roger Taylor + Paul Rodgers" would not have reached as many people as it does now. You can call it misusing the name, you could also call it reaching a whole new generation, who is probably going to buy all the Queen albums afterwards. And most likely also albums that features Paul.
There are also a lot of people that haven't seen Queen when Freddie was still alive. They have the chance to at least see two of their heroes perform.
I'm a guy that wants to treasure the memory of seeing Queen with Freddie in the mid eighties. I don't have the urge to go now. That is my personal feeling about it.
Everyone should do what they feel like doing and enjoy wholeheartedly. Expect Queensongs, played by two members of Queen and Paul Rodgers, but don't expect to be seeing and hearing Freddie!
It's just as simple as that!
Leave paul alone i think he is doing a good job,ok he's not Freddie proberly never wanted to be, He has already made it on his own & doesnt need to be! he is a singer singing another bands songs. As for using the name queen well i think it there is no problem with that either,what would have happened if Paul had deicded to go on tour and taken Roger & Brian with him i bet we would have still gone and seen them. I now i would, ok we all miss Fred but come on its the best we will get now. I know i can't wait to see them again at cardiff and will be right at the front giving the band my support.
LONG LIVE QUEEN & PAUL ROGERS.
Just enjoy what we are left with before this is taken away from us to untimley again.
LONG LIVE QUEEN & PAUL ROGERS.
Just enjoy what we are left with before this is taken away from us to untimley again.
Yeah totally agree with you freddie's would want him to follow his own lead and just be himself and it maybe a shock statement i'm making but i think freddie would be doing exactly what paul is doing now,but without the strutting and running around don't forget he would be 59 now if still alive.
On the contrary, he was in good enough shape that I KNOW he'd be strutting and running around. Freddie would still know how to put on a show!
YEAH AND I WILL BE AT HOME WATCHING THE
REAL QUEEN ON DVD. AND LOVING IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will be watching Queen + Paul Rodgers LIVE and loving it even more.
By the way will you stop saying:
Freddie 1991 RIP
Queen 1991 RIP
As you said yourself, you don't have to be a genius to work this out. So what's the point in telling us again and again?
Yeah totally agree with you freddie's would want him to follow his own lead and just be himself and it maybe a shock statement i'm making but i think freddie would be doing exactly what paul is doing now,but without the strutting and running around don't forget he would be 59 now if still alive.
How old is Mick Jagger? He still struts. I know Freddie said he wouldn't be doing it in his 60's, but you shouldn't take these things to heart. People change, they get older, but if they still have that passion, they will still perform 100%. That includes strutting et all.
Roger did say: "And Freddie isn't as old Mick Jaggers. I mean who is?!"
Yeah totally agree with you freddie's would want him to follow his own lead and just be himself and it maybe a shock statement i'm making but i think freddie would be doing exactly what paul is doing now,but without the strutting and running around don't forget he would be 59 now if still alive.
How old is Mick Jagger? He still struts. I know Freddie said he wouldn't be doing it in his 60's, but you shouldn't take these things to heart. People change, they get older, but if they still have that passion, they will still perform 100%. That includes strutting et all.
What i meant was a slower moving freddie than we've seen but still able to captivate and pull off a really good show.