5.25.16 QAL Linz, Austria, It Got Better Video
May 25, 2016 20:27:53 GMT -5
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Guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor delight the fans and themselves with their new singer.
"Are you saving your energy for Queen? Or are you exhausted from Seiler & Spear?" Singer Marco had to ask his audience this question Wednesday night in the middle of the set of his band Wanda at the Stadium of Linz. Because the 15,000 visitors of the "Steel City" festival, which were in good mood during Seiler & Speer, would not show enthusiasm for hits such as "My two sisters" or "Bussi Baby". The band took it with humor. Because for the majority the festival was a Queen concert - with many opening acts.
Sure, the word has spread wide already: Singer Adam Lambert is a stroke of luck for the band that wrote music history with singer Freddie Mercury who died in 1991. Of course, he cannot replace Mercury, and he does not even try. "Thank you for letting me celebrate the great music of Queen with you," he said at the beginning. And this is precisely what Queen concerts are today: Unforgettable rock classics brought back to life again. "One Vision", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Killer Queen" and, and, and.
For two hours one hit follows the other. That alone would make for a fun evening. But Lambert, whom Queen met during an appearance at the talent show "American Idol", is certainly the best possible approximation of Mercury. Unlike his predecessor, the earthy, sober Paul Rodgers from the band Free, Lambert brings - as once Mercury - with strutting, grand gestures, and glittered or feathered outfits glamor, wit and winking pompous posturing on stage. But most of all he convinces with his voice: It is safe in every pitch, strong in the heights and dynamic at the harder rock passages. He turns "Who Wants To Live Forever" and "Somebody To Love" into highlights.
There is also a drum duel of Roger Taylor and his son Rufus, an acoustic set with guitarist Brian May, alone with the audience (and, later, with Freddie on the video wall) singing "Love Of My Life". Granted, not all electric guitar solos turn out as desired for May this day. But he makes up for it with his passion. He glows just for standing on the stage and being allowed to play his instrument. His famous long solo, in which he overlays harmonies via echo, has been renewed and no longer follows the classical structure of yesteryear. But the final with "Bohemian Rhapsody", "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions" is again quite traditional. And in the end the 15,000 "Steel City" visitors were grinning and glowing just as happy as Brian May.
Guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor delight the fans and themselves with their new singer.
"Are you saving your energy for Queen? Or are you exhausted from Seiler & Spear?" Singer Marco had to ask his audience this question Wednesday night in the middle of the set of his band Wanda at the Stadium of Linz. Because the 15,000 visitors of the "Steel City" festival, which were in good mood during Seiler & Speer, would not show enthusiasm for hits such as "My two sisters" or "Bussi Baby". The band took it with humor. Because for the majority the festival was a Queen concert - with many opening acts.
Sure, the word has spread wide already: Singer Adam Lambert is a stroke of luck for the band that wrote music history with singer Freddie Mercury who died in 1991. Of course, he cannot replace Mercury, and he does not even try. "Thank you for letting me celebrate the great music of Queen with you," he said at the beginning. And this is precisely what Queen concerts are today: Unforgettable rock classics brought back to life again. "One Vision", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Killer Queen" and, and, and.
For two hours one hit follows the other. That alone would make for a fun evening. But Lambert, whom Queen met during an appearance at the talent show "American Idol", is certainly the best possible approximation of Mercury. Unlike his predecessor, the earthy, sober Paul Rodgers from the band Free, Lambert brings - as once Mercury - with strutting, grand gestures, and glittered or feathered outfits glamor, wit and winking pompous posturing on stage. But most of all he convinces with his voice: It is safe in every pitch, strong in the heights and dynamic at the harder rock passages. He turns "Who Wants To Live Forever" and "Somebody To Love" into highlights.
There is also a drum duel of Roger Taylor and his son Rufus, an acoustic set with guitarist Brian May, alone with the audience (and, later, with Freddie on the video wall) singing "Love Of My Life". Granted, not all electric guitar solos turn out as desired for May this day. But he makes up for it with his passion. He glows just for standing on the stage and being allowed to play his instrument. His famous long solo, in which he overlays harmonies via echo, has been renewed and no longer follows the classical structure of yesteryear. But the final with "Bohemian Rhapsody", "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions" is again quite traditional. And in the end the 15,000 "Steel City" visitors were grinning and glowing just as happy as Brian May.