It's official...QUEEN night on American Idol

Mr.Jingles needs to buy these and hang them over his bed:

http://www.allposters.com/-st/Katharine-McPhee-Posters_c55066_s78068_.htm?aid=331758

I agree with Mr. Jingles, at least on the Katharine one.

Well, I can only say : sucked in BPP.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Donna13 wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]BHM 0271 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I'm officially old as I'm getting cranky, but Donna13, why does "Queen needs all the exposure it can get?" They've sold over 100 million records, getting on American Idol doesn't make their catalogue better or worse, so what's the point of this? Are sales, or worse, popularity, that important to what's left on Queen? American Idol is something that Brian has recently railed against, then softened his stance when he found out Jim Beach had secured a night for them, which will of course help sales of the back catalogue. I think Jim Beach, Brian and Roger would allow Queen music to be used in cheesy porn flicks if it sold them a few more records.
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It's about the music.[/QUOTE]

I respectfully disagree :D

i think Ace should do Mustapha

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]ernie wrote: [/QUOTENAME]i think Ace should do Mustapha[/QUOTE]

Oooh..yes, and Bucky should do TFFMS! ;-D

But it's "of course" for a reason, generally that Queen's best music is the stuff that's never heard. If Brian and Roger cared about their true musical legacy, then they'd have played some of the great early catalogue stuff on tour. Getting more WWRY/WATC type things from American Idol's glorified karaoke singers is the type of exposure that has desperation written all over it. In my humble opinion.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]BHM 0271 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]But it's "of course" for a reason, generally that Queen's best music is the stuff that's never heard. If Brian and Roger cared about their true musical legacy, then they'd have played some of the great early catalogue stuff on tour. Getting more WWRY/WATC type things from American Idol's glorified karaoke singers is the type of exposure that has desperation written all over it. In my humble opinion.[/QUOTE]

Common sense would tell anyone that they're not going to go on national television or, for that matter, an arena of 8,000 people and play Ogre Battle, March of the Bacl Queen, Flick of the Wrist, Doing All Right, or My Fairy King because the majority of the audience isn't going to know those songs, and they have always believed that entertaining an audience means playing in large part what they already know. It doesn't have desperation written on it but rather good sense. And that's my humble opinion, with which you would obviously disagree.

it was electric7
Posted: 4/2/2006 12:53:14 PM
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I cant wait! I love that show :) If anyone says "that was better than the origional" I'll throw pillows at my screen.

.. with you

Does anyone think that the "contestants" will be restricted to singing from the offerings that will be on that "Queen A.I." or "Stone Cold Hits" - or whatever the heck it is?

Marketing ploy. Bleaaah.

Mr. Faron Hite, and Donna13, I believe the beauty of this forum is that you, and I, are passionate in our beliefs. I believe Queen ended on November 24, 1991. I believe that no other group in history had a creative run like Queen did from their debut until Jazz. I believe that Freddie Mercury was the greatest rock star ever. I also believe that Queen used to be a creative risk taking entity, concerned about breaking new ground. I believe that they last did that about 25 years ago. I believe that, while of course never expecting Ogre Battle or some other obscure stuff to be played, that Queen plays these shows and does the musical with the sole hope of selling more records. I believe that they don't care about their musical legacy, which I believe is sad. Someone early in the post said that you can't expect them to pander to old fans. Nope, but if they put some time and effort into a box set and throw the odd bone to fans who were around when Queen wasn't a nostalgia act, but creators of some of the gretest music the world has seen, then I'd believe it was about the music.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]beautifulsoup wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Does anyone think that the "contestants" will be restricted to singing from the offerings that will be on that "Queen A.I." or "Stone Cold Hits" - or whatever the heck it is?

Marketing ploy. Bleaaah. [/QUOTE]

That's what I'm thinking. Hope I'm wrong, though..:-S