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Post by wal on Jul 12, 2012 10:04:17 GMT -5
www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/live-music-reviews/9395281/Queen-Adam-Lambert-Hammersmith-Apollo-review.htmlQueen + Adam Lambert, Hammersmith Apollo, reviewAdam Lambert can certainly handle the vocal range of Queen’s songs although he lacks Freddie Mercury’s rock grit and operatic bombast, writes Neil McCormick.   By Neil McCormick 3:32PM BST 12 Jul 2012 “Who wants to live forever?” sings 30-year old Adam Lambert, fronting a band of old rockers who refuse to go gently into that good night. This has to go down as one of the strangest gigs I have ever seen. At one point, during Bohemian Rhapsody, the whole band leave the stage for a pre-recorded operatic section by their younger selves, returning to perform the finale with Lambert duetting with video footage of the late Freddie Mercury. This was effectively Queen paying tribute to themselves, with a young, gay American pop singer standing in for their legendary frontman. Whatever happened to rock and roll? To be fair, Queen were always a peculiar band, musically and theatrically, straddling heavy rock, pop, folk, disco and music hall. It took the charisma of their extravagantly talented frontman to hold it all together. Those are big boots to fill, and tottering around on a pair of black platforms in a black leather and brocade outfit, it takes the American Idol star a while to find his feet. While Mercury’s camp machismo manifested as a kind of strutting bravura, Lambert seems merely camp, like an over-excited cast member from We Will Rock You more..
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2012 10:05:30 GMT -5
Tweeted by AliKat
Queen fan: "this guy LOST American Idol?? Who the fuck won..Jesus Christ??"
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Post by tinafea on Jul 12, 2012 10:05:58 GMT -5
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Post by theosgma on Jul 12, 2012 10:08:50 GMT -5
Tweeted by AliKat Queen fan: "this guy LOST American Idol?? Who the fuck won..Jesus Christ??" :4OMG: :4OMG: :4OMG: :4OMG: :4OMG: :4OMG: :4OMG: |
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Post by wal on Jul 12, 2012 10:12:04 GMT -5
Ryan Love @ryanjl Wish my parents had been able to come to London to watch Queen + @adamlambert. Would love to have shared something so incredible with them! Ryan Love@ryanjl Former Showbiz Editor at Digital Spy, now making my way in music PR at @outsideedgepr. All my own views on here. London · outside-org.co.uk/edge/ |
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Post by mehitabel on Jul 12, 2012 10:14:40 GMT -5
I have to get ready for today's sightseeing and tonight's ... hmmm ... what shall I do tonight?  But for all you science geeks out there, I heard my first Higgs Boson joke yesterday and it was at a Queenbert concert. LOL. Of course it was Dr. Brian May, rocker extraordinaire and astrophysicist. I don't remember the exact words because it was kind of loud up in there and it took me a minute to realize he was telling a joke but it went something like this ... Higgs Boson knocked on the door of the cathedral and the priest would not let him in, telling Higgs firmly that this was a church and not a laboratory. Higgs Boson knocked again and said but if you don't let me in you will not be able to have mass. Ta da dum. I laughed my ass off because it is funny and it was so unexpected. OK off to Harrod's. I think I had better leave my credit card in the room. Can you imagine this at a concert here in the US? soo envious of everyone in London to go to concerts. Have a blast again tonight. ETA: Can't keep up - still in the middle of yesterday's thread. And have a visitor for a couple of days so I can't sit and watch live. So THANK YOU to everyone videoing and twitting and reporting in. :Clap: :Clap: |
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Post by houselady on Jul 12, 2012 10:14:55 GMT -5
www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/live-music-reviews/9395281/Queen-Adam-Lambert-Hammersmith-Apollo-review.htmlQueen + Adam Lambert, Hammersmith Apollo, reviewAdam Lambert can certainly handle the vocal range of Queen’s songs although he lacks Freddie Mercury’s rock grit and operatic bombast, writes Neil McCormick. By Neil McCormick 3:32PM BST 12 Jul 2012 “Who wants to live forever?” sings 30-year old Adam Lambert, fronting a band of old rockers who refuse to go gently into that good night. This has to go down as one of the strangest gigs I have ever seen. At one point, during Bohemian Rhapsody, the whole band leave the stage for a pre-recorded operatic section by their younger selves, returning to perform the finale with Lambert duetting with video footage of the late Freddie Mercury. This was effectively Queen paying tribute to themselves, with a young, gay American pop singer standing in for their legendary frontman. Whatever happened to rock and roll? To be fair, Queen were always a peculiar band, musically and theatrically, straddling heavy rock, pop, folk, disco and music hall. It took the charisma of their extravagantly talented frontman to hold it all together. Those are big boots to fill, and tottering around on a pair of black platforms in a black leather and brocade outfit, it takes the American Idol star a while to find his feet. While Mercury’s camp machismo manifested as a kind of strutting bravura, Lambert seems merely camp, like an over-excited cast member from We Will Rock You more.. LOL at the one comment so far: Grabbing popcorn, waiting for the glamberts to get here and complain this review isn't good enough.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2012 10:16:39 GMT -5
What looked like the huge cameras at each end of the balcony were spotlights. I didn't see real pro video teams there. Except for the award-winning Suzie Fierce and Atoppers. BTW: A sea of men at the concert - just like at a typical metal concert. By the end they were movin' and groovin'. I hope they do some tweaks on the sound for tonight's concert. It was good but Adam was drowned out occasionally. What Talon said is that Queen often records but doesn't release. I counted 4 professional cameras in the videos. One on stage, and 3 in the security pit area. Since there was no jumbotron, I would assume they were for recording. The fans there yesterday said that Saturday was the major recording day. So, with that information, I would guess that the recording yesterday and today are for "pick up" shots. Just in case there is stuff Saturday they can't use or in case something from one of the other nights is better. We will have to wait to see if it gets released. Just because they haven't, doesn't mean they won't. I am optimistic because Roger and Brian seems to have been totally revitalized! |
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Post by kryptoman68 on Jul 12, 2012 10:20:35 GMT -5
Tweeted by AliKat Queen fan: "this guy LOST American Idol?? Who the fuck won..Jesus Christ??" Not JC, but his protege : |
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Post by wal on Jul 12, 2012 10:20:57 GMT -5
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