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Post by bamafan on Jun 14, 2018 18:01:57 GMT -5
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Post by bridgeymah on Jun 14, 2018 19:03:21 GMT -5
Love that slide up on whyyyyyyyyyyy - back to Meatloaf's comment years ago about overdrive. It's like he lands then shifts a gear and takes off. Gives me tingles every time.
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Post by lurleene on Jun 14, 2018 19:05:11 GMT -5
Just had to get on here briefly to agree with those who wish reviewers wouldn’t often cast Adam in a less favorable light than Freddie. Firstly, in something I read a while back, Freddie was asked something about how he would feel about his music continuing without him. Many people know his popular response of just don’t make him boring. However, in this interview or one similar, he said that it wouldn’t matter because he would be on to other things. I have often mused about that statement. I have often wondered how Freddie would feel and what he would say to these constant comparisons of him to Adam. I’ll bet it would be something flippant and satiric but that it would cut right through to the needless results of giving the critics something to sat. He didn’t much care for critics, did he? If you say something enough times, people are pretty likely to believe it. What is Adam supposed to do: wander from city to city endlessly pointing out his inferiority to Freddie? When is enough enough? Who decides when to stop, or at least mention Freddie in a different way, and not at Adam’s expense? IMHO,it might help if Adam stopped giving his "I know what you're thinking ""speech ,"He's no Freddy Mercury" . Adam has earned his right to front Queen ,He is magnificent. Adam is ,IMO down playing himself inorder to be accepted by Queen fans and yes Queen is going city by city ,country by country with Adam implying he could never be as good as Freddy. comparison made right away..I turn away every time he gives that speech,it makes my hair curl. I agree with both of you. No one is coming to these shows expecting to see a Freddie imitation at this point. Those who don't want Adam to front Queen will stay home and bit**or they will come to the show to bit**. If they want to complain or compare, a speech will not stop them nor change an opinion. His performance speaks for itself. Or it should. But handing the press an excuse to quote that you don't think you are Freddie is stating the obvious. Of course Adam does not think he is Freddie because he is Adam. Very different. Gorgeous. Sexy. Great vocals. Charismatic. Showmanship. Did I mention gorgeous? The band if rocking with him as the frontman and they are putting on a great show. Let the fans enjoy the show for what it is now. Or not. There is a way to acknowledge and honor Freddie and they do that in many other parts of the show.
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Post by girldrummer on Jun 14, 2018 21:02:07 GMT -5
Love that slide up on whyyyyyyyyyyy - back to Meatloaf's comment years ago about overdrive. It's like he lands then shifts a gear and takes off. Gives me tingles every time. So glad you posted this one! I hadn't seen it. That slide at 1:30 is beyond. And yet he makes it sound so effortless. The tone is so clear and rich and unstrained. How the hell does he do it? I think Brian and Roger just mentally shake their heads in disbelief each and every night. Gift From God.
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Post by girldrummer on Jun 14, 2018 21:11:07 GMT -5
lol, and it's the piece I look for because for me it embodies Adam's charisma. You simply can't out sing or out perform a legend. Legendary figures are bigger than their real life. Adam has mystical powers of interpretation, stamina, perfection and what he's doing is beyond what Freddie was capable if their roles were reversed but he's not the music's composer and original interpreter and performer. Adam owns it, and takes it on his terms by addressing it before Freddie ever hits the stage in his cameos. During the previous leg of the tour that acceptance speech was taken by reporters for what it is, a celebration of the music and spirit, a bit of bridge building. Oh I wish he'd change the words up, but it allows the audience to celebrate too and I think many of them go home singing Adam's versions. The speech is sadly necessary and in his own self deprecation he points out how petty and ridiculous the naysayers and skeptics are being. Very true. That little speech SHOULDN'T be necessary, but unfortunately, there seems to still be a need to Adam to show some degree of humility. Freddie has risen to the mythical status of perfection. It often happens when someone dies. Adam's skills surpass Freddie's in various ways. But Freddie will always be Freddie, and no one can touch that sacred ground. He created that Queen mystique. Adam has handled it all extremely well. He gets it. He still has to do it. I think Brian and Roger would tell him to omit it if they didn't think it was necessary. The audiences do seem to like that moment when he says, no shit, I'm not Freddie. It's a pivotal point of acceptance. I don't think it's going away any time soon.
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Post by bamafan on Jun 14, 2018 22:37:21 GMT -5
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Post by cassie on Jun 14, 2018 23:54:31 GMT -5
These videos are extraordinary!!! I have bookmarked the entire playlist.
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Post by metislight on Jun 15, 2018 0:08:59 GMT -5
" phronni7 Just had to get on here briefly to agree with those who wish reviewers wouldn’t often cast Adam in a less favorable light than Freddie. Firstly, in something I read a while back, Freddie was asked something about how he would feel about his music continuing without him. Many people know his popular response of just don’t make him boring. However, in this interview or one similar, he said that it wouldn’t matter because he would be on to other things. I have often mused about that statement. I have often wondered how Freddie would feel and what he would say to these constant comparisons of him to Adam. I’ll bet it would be something flippant and satiric but that it would cut right through to the needless results of giving the critics something to sat. He didn’t much care for critics, did he? If you say something enough times, people are pretty likely to believe it. What is Adam supposed to do: wander from city to city endlessly pointing out his inferiority to Freddie? When is enough enough? Who decides when to stop, or at least mention Freddie in a different way, and not at Adam’s expense?" I often wondered why speech is not dropped by now, after years of QAL and I think it comes from Adam, from his own perspective as a fan. I don't know if Bri & Roger have asked him to stop doing it. I don't think they will cause they take into account his opinions all the time. I think he though to himself what a Queen fan would have liked to hear. There are lots of Queen fans who haven't been to a QAL show or don't even know who Adam is, even now, because they never looked up QAL online. Some people don't do that at all. Some have heard Adam is a good singer from other but have not watched a single video. So it's all new for them. When said Queen fans came to see only Brian & Roger, yet they aren't so diehard fans that they bought the ticket to Queen and Adam show- the speech matters to them. I think Adam gets them on his side right away when he says he is not better than Freddie yet I think many will think right away that he is not worse, some might even think that he is doing himself injustice and that gets them to defend Adam Its obvious from the tweets, comments on social media that Adam takes them by surprise in that he is not worse than Freddie That speech ends up winning over the ones who came only for Bri&Roger. Many do write that they come out after the concert at least interested in Adams solo stuff. If Adams solo music ends up not being their jam, at least we have new QAL fans, who would say to all that Adam is not worse than Freddie. I'm thus not surprised by tweets like, that they came for Queen and ended up being Adam fans too. By the way, one can see it in many faces of Queen fans cause at the beginning many of them avoid looking at Adam completely, I guess they try very hard to look only at Bri&Roger to make a point and right after the speech most time for the rest of the show they end up not being able to take their eyes of Adam It never gets old for me. To see that transformation in people who came only for Queen but end up unable to take they're eyes of Adam. What always bothers me is the press worshiping Freddie. Not the fans. Even some critics who are not biased do that cause they repeat what other critics wrote. Ever since he died and they could not tear him down and criticize him anymore they did the opposite. Its already 2018 and its still going on and this is really getting old. The press might write Adam does a speech but not to constantly downgrade Adam that he is not Freddie. I wish I could ignore the reviews but I can't help myself but read all of them in the search of those where one can read a real opinion. There are some of those where there is no Freddie worship.
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Post by pi on Jun 15, 2018 1:25:32 GMT -5
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