[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Jan78 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Are you just happy with the old chaps performing their old songs (like The Doors) or do you want to see the Queen band with the Queen charisma on stage? Q+PR is just not Queen. Accept it.
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Why would you ask a question, and then provide the answer you want us to give you? I think you have hit the nail on the head in the first part of the question. Yes, I (along with many others) ARE happy with seeing the old chaps performing their songs. I mean, it's like what Musicman said, seeing old chaps performing their old songs is MUCH better than old chaps not performing their old songs. I am too young to have seen Queen in their original line-up so the opportunity to see Q+PR live was like heaven. It may not have Mercury in the mix, but I wouldn't want the job of carting around a bucket of ashes on stage. That'd just kill the mood.
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[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Jan78 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Mr Jordy, you make me crack up. Thanks for that. And now may you happily be ignored.
And Mike Hunt, you probably remember what Bruce added to Maiden. Paul could never do it and Blaze couldn't either. Bruce had to come back to make it Maiden again, as much as Harris is the leader of the band. They had to change the line up to find their balance in the band. Queen did that too, but way before the first album.
What do you think about a Guns N' Roses with only Axl left from the old line up? Quite a serious thing in terms of songwriting. Depeche Mode without Alan Wilder? Not very much so. Put it into perspective.
From my point of view, it is more than just two Queen guys performing with a relatively unknown singer. Queen was always a band with a distinctive band-spirit, which is violated this way. Maybe like U2 or whoever. Are you just happy with the old chaps performing their old songs (like The Doors) or do you want to see the Queen band with the Queen charisma on stage? Q+PR is just not Queen. Accept it.
Jan[/QUOTE] I actually loved and still love paul diano on the first two maiden albums, but I agree bruce was the true lead singer of maiden, and blaze was horrible. I agree with what you got to say, this whole queen + paul thing isn't queen. it doesn't sound like queen. Just like the new who album doesn't sound like vintage who, but just listen to it for what it is. My only point is that it's been done by many a bands, so it's a bit unfair to say the beatles or zep never did it. They might put out a great studio album as queen + paul, but it's still not gonna sound like queen. I accepted that a long time ago!...
And Mike Hunt, you probably remember what Bruce added to Maiden. Paul could never do it and Blaze couldn't either. Bruce had to come back to make it Maiden again, as much as Harris is the leader of the band. They had to change the line up to find their balance in the band. Queen did that too, but way before the first album.
What do you think about a Guns N' Roses with only Axl left from the old line up? Quite a serious thing in terms of songwriting. Depeche Mode without Alan Wilder? Not very much so. Put it into perspective.
From my point of view, it is more than just two Queen guys performing with a relatively unknown singer. Queen was always a band with a distinctive band-spirit, which is violated this way. Maybe like U2 or whoever. Are you just happy with the old chaps performing their old songs (like The Doors) or do you want to see the Queen band with the Queen charisma on stage? Q+PR is just not Queen. Accept it.
Jan[/QUOTE] I actually loved and still love paul diano on the first two maiden albums, but I agree bruce was the true lead singer of maiden, and blaze was horrible. I agree with what you got to say, this whole queen + paul thing isn't queen. it doesn't sound like queen. Just like the new who album doesn't sound like vintage who, but just listen to it for what it is. My only point is that it's been done by many a bands, so it's a bit unfair to say the beatles or zep never did it. They might put out a great studio album as queen + paul, but it's still not gonna sound like queen. I accepted that a long time ago!...