okay man...let's face it...Freddie would have been no-where also if he hadn't met Brian and Roger....as I don't see Sour Milk Sea and Wrekage with a lot of platinum albums either...Brian and Roger would not have been as successful either...Queen were always greater than merely the sum of their parts for sure...but Freddie's original solo stuff wasn't top selling either....he needed Brian and Roger
On to the money....I have always felt that Queen were foolish with money as they haven't taken all the opportunities to make more....if they (Brian and Roger) wanted to make loads of money they would have been milking it after Freddie died with singles, albums, tours etc. but no...they waited for 14 bloody years and I have waited for 14 bloody years (and 19 to tour)...just for them to do a tour that I can see....I was grateful for just one show and I am ever greatful for every show that they do...they are going around the world for their fans...South Africa, Japan, UK, Europe, eventually the US and Canada and I love it and am so thankful for that.....if you like them just realize that it's better for them and us to tour and make music than to sit at home and be forgotten...they are also bringing their music to a new legion of fans which is just cool....Queen Rocks and lives on forever,...The Show Must Go ON!!!!!
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There is an immediate feeling of something being off about a band retouring their glory past their prime. That is at the surface of the argument. Here are my points against it:
1. There is absolutely no attempt at imitation of the past but rather redesign and remixing to a different rendition.
2. If it's a problem with RT and BM trying to replay Queen, than shouldn't it be even more a problem by far for bands like Miracle and Queen For a Day covering them? No. Than what's the problem here??
3. The root of the problem is the use of the Queen name. Well, yeah it is a commercial decision but also it is a transformation of Queen from representing 4 men to now representing a legacy of music.
The simple fact is that the skeptics will make comments as they will but when I saw them, the audience went away pretty damned entertained. I didn't hear anyone complaining.
As for the money?? I'm pretty sure they are well fixed! I'm sure it's nice but my bet is they are doing this for the same reason Jerry Rice plays football at age 42. They love it. Why should they have to retire a legacy they helped create just because of the great tragedy?? These guys need to tour, tour and tour again as long as they have the energy to do so. Which intact modern band can rock like them? Nobody I know of.
This isn't Queen, it's Queen + Paul Rodgers. Try and think of that way.
1. There is absolutely no attempt at imitation of the past but rather redesign and remixing to a different rendition.
2. If it's a problem with RT and BM trying to replay Queen, than shouldn't it be even more a problem by far for bands like Miracle and Queen For a Day covering them? No. Than what's the problem here??
3. The root of the problem is the use of the Queen name. Well, yeah it is a commercial decision but also it is a transformation of Queen from representing 4 men to now representing a legacy of music.
The simple fact is that the skeptics will make comments as they will but when I saw them, the audience went away pretty damned entertained. I didn't hear anyone complaining.
As for the money?? I'm pretty sure they are well fixed! I'm sure it's nice but my bet is they are doing this for the same reason Jerry Rice plays football at age 42. They love it. Why should they have to retire a legacy they helped create just because of the great tragedy?? These guys need to tour, tour and tour again as long as they have the energy to do so. Which intact modern band can rock like them? Nobody I know of.
This isn't Queen, it's Queen + Paul Rodgers. Try and think of that way.
Ameriquuen-well thought out response indeed. indeed alot of me still is angry that this is "Queen",but you know what-better then anything else thats being shoved into our faces.thanks JP