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Post by LindaG23 on Dec 13, 2017 13:27:41 GMT -5
Don't know is we have this review. www.ft.com/content/90118760-dfee-11e7-a0d4-0944c5f49e46 Well, except for that and an exceptional vocal range, oodles of charisma and charm, and the sense that even if Brian May and Roger Taylor had been incapable of anything more than just being present he could still have carried the show. It's behind a fee wall. Do you have access to text which you can share? I would love to see that quote in context.
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Post by bamafan on Dec 13, 2017 13:33:55 GMT -5
Don't know is we have this review. www.ft.com/content/90118760-dfee-11e7-a0d4-0944c5f49e46 Well, except for that and an exceptional vocal range, oodles of charisma and charm, and the sense that even if Brian May and Roger Taylor had been incapable of anything more than just being present he could still have carried the show. It's behind a fee wall. Do you have access to text which you can share? I would love to see that quote in context. Well, I had it before but I've closed the tab. Now I can't get in. Wished I had C&P the whole thing. Let me see if I can somehow get back in. I guess it's The Financial Times? No, the Twitter link won't let me back in. I wonder how i got in before
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Post by pi on Dec 13, 2017 13:41:47 GMT -5
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Post by LindaG23 on Dec 13, 2017 13:43:03 GMT -5
It's behind a fee wall. Do you have access to text which you can share? I would love to see that quote in context. Well, I had it before but I've closed the tab. Now I can't get in. Wished I had C&P the whole thing. Let me see if I can somehow get back in. I guess it's The Financial Times? No, the Twitter link won't let me back in. I wonder how i got in before No worries. That quote is enough and oh so gratifying!
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Post by AnnAdoresAdam on Dec 13, 2017 13:50:07 GMT -5
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Post by bamafan on Dec 13, 2017 13:51:19 GMT -5
I use Chrome, but logged in on Firefox and can see it. IDK how or why things work like they do. Here's the text and they used the pic in my Tweet. www.ft.com/content/90118760-dfee-11e7-a0d4-0944c5f49e46 Adam Lambert on stage with Queen at the O2 Arena, London © Getty Michael Hann 3 hours ago 0 Queen + Adam Lambert, O2 Arena, London — hit piled upon hit Singer Lambert has oodles of charisma and an exceptional vocal range It is 26 years since Freddie Mercury died, five more than Queen were together with him. For much of that time, the remaining members of the band appeared to be trying to work out what they actually were without the singer who defined them so thoroughly. There were solo projects, albums of repurposed Mercury recordings, and a spell with former Free singer Paul Rodgers that most observers deemed ill-judged. Then, in 2012, they teamed up with Adam Lambert, who had performed with them as an American Idol contestant in 2009. Lambert, it seems fair to say, saved Queen from a fate worse than nostalgia tours: that of fading away. The 35-year-old singer, camper even than Mercury, reminded everyone he was not a replacement. He never imitated Mercury, and at times — as on “I Want It All” — his phrasing drifted into American classic rock in a way Mercury would never have contemplated. And before “Don’t Stop Me Now” he eyed the 20,000 fans and declared: “A lot of you are having that inner monologue . . . ‘He’s not Freddie!’” Instead, he accepted, “I’m a fan just like you guys. Except I’m up here in the gayest suit you’ve ever seen.” Well, except for that and an exceptional vocal range, oodles of charisma and charm, and the sense that even if Brian May and Roger Taylor had been incapable of anything more than just being present he could still have carried the show. May and Taylor, though, were fully committed. Perhaps a little too much: the show sagged when Lambert left the stage for both of them to take over singing, and the guitar and drum solo spots took up 20 minutes that could have been better used mining one of rock’s greatest catalogues. That said, it’s their band, something Lambert took care to acknowledge. To hear so many hits piled on top of one another — “Another One Bites the Dust”, “I Want to Break Free”, “Fat Bottomed Girls”, “Somebody to Love”, “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” and so many more — was like being in a room with the world’s most spectacular jukebox, while “Radio Ga Ga” was a reminder how long their gift for writing timeless pop lasted, and how far they were able to evolve. Almost the whole thing was a thorough joy. Shame about the solos, though.
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Post by pi on Dec 13, 2017 13:51:34 GMT -5
Wasn't sure about the meaning of British description of Adam as having "chunky good looks". Was thinking maybe the writer didn't mean that Adam was fat....but maybe he did. lol "Bug-eyed Mr Robot.."? The writer uses some not very flattering adjectives in this review, even though it's a good review overall..
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Post by skaschep on Dec 13, 2017 13:58:30 GMT -5
It's behind a fee wall. Do you have access to text which you can share? I would love to see that quote in context. Well, I had it before but I've closed the tab. Now I can't get in. Wished I had C&P the whole thing. Let me see if I can somehow get back in. I guess it's The Financial Times? No, the Twitter link won't let me back in. I wonder how i got in before Same here. Guess they allow you one view and then it shuts down. I can't get it anymore either.
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Post by skaschep on Dec 13, 2017 13:59:46 GMT -5
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Post by skaschep on Dec 13, 2017 14:00:20 GMT -5
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