8.14.19 Adam News and Info
Aug 14, 2019 16:49:35 GMT -5
Post by skaschep on Aug 14, 2019 16:49:35 GMT -5
Another review. This one is for Columbus. It's a bit of a weird one. Although mostly positive there are some quirky remarks that aren't really necessary. He enjoyed himself though and some of his observations are correct. He's not that familiar with Queen though and probably straight which makes him not too open to Adam's flamboyant side. He really needs to check out Freddie in the 70's a bit more!
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Stereogum @stereogum
I am the champion of Queen + Adam Lambert (aka how I took my father-in-law to the arena rock nostalgia tour and ended up havin' a good time) gum.to/Ij55Qv
“Can you guys believe that we’ve been performing together for eight years now?” No, I cannot believe it, Adam Lambert! The facts check out, though: The former American Idol sensation has been on tour with Queen for basically this entire decade. Queen + Adam Lambert is itself an institution at this point, one enjoying elevated public interest due to last year’s Oscar-winning Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.
Last night Queen and Lambert’s Rhapsody Tour made its way to Columbus, the Queen braintrust’s first stop in Ohio’s capitol since 1977. During a solo acoustic interlude, the band’s resident guitar hero Brian May joked that a good chunk of last night’s audience wasn’t born yet and maybe their parents or grandparents were in attendance way back when. It was a fair assessment given the age range at Nationwide Arena, where Boomers and Gen Z and everyone in between were present to behold a bounty of classic rock staples. Queen always brought together a few different music scenes, and in this extended afterlife they’ve been enjoying, they’re now unifying generations.
I myself was there with my father-in-law, a retired high school marching band director known to test his stereo equipment by blasting “Fat Bottomed Girls.” I didn’t live through the band’s rise like he did, and I can’t pretend I recognized every single track they trotted out last night, but even as someone who came to the band through Wayne’s World and The Mighty Ducks, the prospect of hearing my favorite Queen songs was still enticing. If my four-year-old daughter was a bit older, she would have come along too, given her recent fascination with “We Will Rock You.” (Like most children, she loves the stomp-stomp-clap beat, but she remains bewildered by the line about “blood on your face.”)
Those songs were on the setlist last night, as were just about every other Queen hit you could have wanted besides, for some reason, “You’re My Best Friend.” It was an impressive reminder of what an FM radio force the band used to be. “Killer Queen,” “Don’t Stop Me Now,” “Somebody To Love,” “Another One Bites The Dust,” “I Want It All,” “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” “Under Pressure,” “Who Wants To Live Forever,” “Tie Your Mother Down,” “Radio Ga Ga” — those alone would make for an imposing catalog, and there was more where they came from. Most importantly, Queen saved their best, most iconic numbers for last, ending the main set with “Bohemian Rhapsody” and encoring with the inseparable “We Will Rock You” and “We Are The Champions.”
Backed by a band including May and founding drummer Roger Taylor — but not original bassist John Deacon, who has mostly lived in seclusion since Freddie Mercury’s death in 1991 — Lambert belted his way through Mercury’s lyrics with formidable charisma all his own. He’s a bit polished and glitzy compared to the near-feral intensity that emanated from Mercury onstage. Thus, given the theatrical elements that were already present in the music, at times it was more like a Broadway production than a rock show. But you don’t advance deep into Idol without a powerhouse voice, and there were plenty of times when the rush of a familiar favorite eclipsed the inevitable comparison game. Watching Lambert put his personal spin on Queen’s material was certainly preferable to Rami Malek’s goofy Mercury impression from the movie. (Taylor did a pretty good job singing David Bowie’s parts from “Under Pressure,” too.)
See more on the site.
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Chris DeVille @chrisdeville
Took my father-in-law to the Queen + Adam Lambert show and ended up (ahem) havin' a good time www.stereogum.com/2054580/queen-adam-labert-concert-review/franchises/sounding-board/ …
twitter.com/stereogum/status/1161741385042673664
Stereogum @stereogum
I am the champion of Queen + Adam Lambert (aka how I took my father-in-law to the arena rock nostalgia tour and ended up havin' a good time) gum.to/Ij55Qv
“Can you guys believe that we’ve been performing together for eight years now?” No, I cannot believe it, Adam Lambert! The facts check out, though: The former American Idol sensation has been on tour with Queen for basically this entire decade. Queen + Adam Lambert is itself an institution at this point, one enjoying elevated public interest due to last year’s Oscar-winning Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.
Last night Queen and Lambert’s Rhapsody Tour made its way to Columbus, the Queen braintrust’s first stop in Ohio’s capitol since 1977. During a solo acoustic interlude, the band’s resident guitar hero Brian May joked that a good chunk of last night’s audience wasn’t born yet and maybe their parents or grandparents were in attendance way back when. It was a fair assessment given the age range at Nationwide Arena, where Boomers and Gen Z and everyone in between were present to behold a bounty of classic rock staples. Queen always brought together a few different music scenes, and in this extended afterlife they’ve been enjoying, they’re now unifying generations.
I myself was there with my father-in-law, a retired high school marching band director known to test his stereo equipment by blasting “Fat Bottomed Girls.” I didn’t live through the band’s rise like he did, and I can’t pretend I recognized every single track they trotted out last night, but even as someone who came to the band through Wayne’s World and The Mighty Ducks, the prospect of hearing my favorite Queen songs was still enticing. If my four-year-old daughter was a bit older, she would have come along too, given her recent fascination with “We Will Rock You.” (Like most children, she loves the stomp-stomp-clap beat, but she remains bewildered by the line about “blood on your face.”)
Those songs were on the setlist last night, as were just about every other Queen hit you could have wanted besides, for some reason, “You’re My Best Friend.” It was an impressive reminder of what an FM radio force the band used to be. “Killer Queen,” “Don’t Stop Me Now,” “Somebody To Love,” “Another One Bites The Dust,” “I Want It All,” “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” “Under Pressure,” “Who Wants To Live Forever,” “Tie Your Mother Down,” “Radio Ga Ga” — those alone would make for an imposing catalog, and there was more where they came from. Most importantly, Queen saved their best, most iconic numbers for last, ending the main set with “Bohemian Rhapsody” and encoring with the inseparable “We Will Rock You” and “We Are The Champions.”
Backed by a band including May and founding drummer Roger Taylor — but not original bassist John Deacon, who has mostly lived in seclusion since Freddie Mercury’s death in 1991 — Lambert belted his way through Mercury’s lyrics with formidable charisma all his own. He’s a bit polished and glitzy compared to the near-feral intensity that emanated from Mercury onstage. Thus, given the theatrical elements that were already present in the music, at times it was more like a Broadway production than a rock show. But you don’t advance deep into Idol without a powerhouse voice, and there were plenty of times when the rush of a familiar favorite eclipsed the inevitable comparison game. Watching Lambert put his personal spin on Queen’s material was certainly preferable to Rami Malek’s goofy Mercury impression from the movie. (Taylor did a pretty good job singing David Bowie’s parts from “Under Pressure,” too.)
See more on the site.
twitter.com/chrisdeville/status/1161737459421593600
Chris DeVille @chrisdeville
Took my father-in-law to the Queen + Adam Lambert show and ended up (ahem) havin' a good time www.stereogum.com/2054580/queen-adam-labert-concert-review/franchises/sounding-board/ …