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Post by flowerpot on Jan 14, 2015 6:24:22 GMT -5
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Post by franki13 on Jan 14, 2015 6:50:23 GMT -5
Happy Birthday celeron, gsp, justsouthofnowhere,
kimimeiqi, lambertinaluv and ovationimpact!!!!
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Post by HoppersSkippersMiners on Jan 14, 2015 6:55:58 GMT -5
Can only type for a few minutes - battery is almost a goner. Adam was stunning last night. He worked that stage like I've never seen; and by the end I'm surprised he had enough energy to wave! The sweat just poured off him. Sound system was the pits from where I stood - in GA, stage right, surrounded by Queen fans who had never seen Adam. Boy, were they surprised. Until GaGa they also kept their hands firmly tucked into their armpits - except when Brian or Roger soloed. It was a polite but tough crowd, and I think that 'infinity symbol' was a whole lot bigger on Adam's giving end. I really miss 'Now I'm Here' . . . 'Save Me' was a gem. I could have done with a little less Freddie tribute. Sorry. This may take more explaining; I'm watching my battery symbol while trying to find the right words - never good at multitasking. Adam lives and performs in the present and future; giving renewed vitality and life to the music and the musicians, but somehow, last night,"the past" followed him through his performance. Snowed! Snowed for a few minutes just before Sophie and I left for dinner. Huge flakes billowed past my window. Created a magical world. Egads . . . battery is sinking fast! SOS to Lilly when I see her for tonight! Scotland, a gift is heading your way; a man of myth and power and beauty; the stuff of legend. Hey momtomany, don't know if you'll see this on your last shreds of battery, but from the sounds of things (reviewers/tweets) even the traditionalists were eventually converted. But sure sounds like your pocket was hardcore! Sheesh - 'till Radio Gaga?? Were they jumping in the end? Stay warm! Hope you'll find a working converter soon. {{HUGS}}
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2015 7:28:20 GMT -5
So surprised at your post, momtomany, because the audience on our stream sounded crazy nutso! Interesting! I also missed NIH! Thought the new intro really lacked impact!
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Post by ljsmack on Jan 14, 2015 8:04:37 GMT -5
Yeah, Patti to both your points above. I really missed NIH. I thought it was because I didn't know one vision that well, but it just doesn't have the impact. Perhaps I'll get used to it? Otherwise, that set list was da bomb!
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Post by fooffyschmoofer on Jan 14, 2015 8:22:58 GMT -5
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Post by nic42 on Jan 14, 2015 8:24:16 GMT -5
Me too!! I miss NIH. And not only NIH, but Procession leading up to that as well. Takes away a bit of the magic of the opening to do One Vision.
And I thought the audience really sounded into it on the stream as well. Can't wait for a longer indepth recap when those batteries are resurrected.
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Post by nic42 on Jan 14, 2015 8:26:15 GMT -5
"Guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor are now grizzled, grey-haired men, but still pack the showmanship and musicianship of real rock legends,... " "Surprisingly, though, this show succeeds because of Adam Lambert, not despite him." "However, the Indianan is no mere talent show get-lucky. Like Mercury, Lambert paid his dues with opera training, theatre, singing in clubs and performing dance and rock, which has given him the dexterity to tackle a catalogue stretching from thumping grooves (Radio Gaga, Another Bites The Dust) to blistering hard rock (Seven Seas Of Rhye, Tie Your Mother Down)."
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Post by nic42 on Jan 14, 2015 8:29:38 GMT -5
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Post by tinafea on Jan 14, 2015 9:04:14 GMT -5
Queen and Adam Lambert review – an unlikely union, but it worksArena, Newcastle As fanciful as it sounds, in Lambert the legendary rock band have found a flamboyant showman with the Freddie factor by Dave Simpson Adam Lambert with Brian May in concert in Michigan last year. Photograph: MediaPunch/REX In 1985, when Freddie Mercury and Queen reigned over Live Aid, it would have seemed unthinkable that within just six years the great showman would be dead, never mind that in 2015 two of his bandmates would tour with an American Idol talent show runner-up performing the old songs. But the unlikely union works. It helps that Queen’s back catalogue is so formidable that even a two-hour show isn’t long enough to pack in their best known songs (there’s no You’re My Best Friend or – irony of ironies – The Show Must Go On). Guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor are now grizzled, grey-haired men, but still pack the showmanship and musicianship of real rock legends, even if this does mean indulgences such as drum battles (with Taylor’s son, Rufus) and guitar solos that presumably require enough electricity to power a small town. Surprisingly, though, this show succeeds because of Adam Lambert, not despite him. The 32-year-old has said he wants to celebrate the flamboyant, camp, gay Mercury rather than replace him, but he definitely has the Freddie factor. Where the band’s earlier tours with heterosexual, macho, ex-Free, bluesy shouter Paul Rodgers felt wrong, the black leathered, bequiffed, nail varnished Lambert is every bit the showman that was Mercury. he American sips champagne while singing a camped up Killer Queen draped across a chaise longue and yells We Will Rock You wearing a silver crown. When Lambert claps hands, the audience clap with him, unprompted. His unusually wide vocal range allows him to hit high notes (notably Mercury’s famous one in Somebody To Love) which would normally require the assistance of even tighter trousers. Advertisement However, the Indianan is no mere talent show get-lucky. Like Mercury, Lambert paid his dues with opera training, theatre, singing in clubs and performing dance and rock, which has given him the dexterity to tackle a catalogue stretching from thumping grooves (Radio Gaga, Another One Bites the Dust) to blistering hard rock (Seven Seas of Rhye, Tie Your Mother Down). Being the first openly gay man to go straight to a US No 1 (with 2012 solo album Trespassing) does matter. In more conservative times, Mercury sang about his sexuality by way of codes and hidden double entendres; Lambert turns the same songs into riotous celebrations. There is poignancy, too, when Lambert sings Who Wants to Live Forever under lighting that makes him look like a ghost and in the touchingly warm reception given to May’s achingly sincere Love of My Life, for Mercury. Because, in a way, this is still the late star’s gig: a homage to his music. It’s Mercury who provokes gasps when he appears on screen to “duet” with Lambert in a Bohemian Rhapsody so riotous one fears the venue may combust. “There will only be one Freddie Mercury, ever,” Lambert declares, as people roar approval for “the new boy”. However, in Adam Lambert, the late star’s old bandmates have surely found the right person to honour his achievements. www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/14/queen-adam-lambert-live-review-arena-newcastle
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