7.15.12 Adam News and Info, It's A Wrap

Which just leaves the major question. How was Adam?

Wow! His voice is absolutely stunning, no other way to describe it. He has considerable power and a huge vocal range - that guy can SING. He did justice to all the songs, making very good work of the entire selection of songs. He did not try to imitate Freddie, he did not try to pretend to be Freddie. He was clearly his own man, performing the songs in his own style, but in keeping with the overall feel of Queen. He brought a lot of youthful playfulness as well to the show. My only criticism was that he was not as 'dynamic' as one might have liked.

However, it is important to remember that we are talking about someone with very limited live experience - if we are going to make the tedious inevitable comparisons with Freddie, then let's remember that Adam has been in the music business for only 3 years; when Freddie had been in the music business for 3 years, Queen had not even released their first album yet (that would be a year later). Of course Adam doesn't compare in terms of stage presence with Freddie of the mid 1980's, but then again neither would the Freddie with 3 years experience. I believe that with appropriate training and apprenticing, Adam could go on to develop quite the stage presence, he just needs the experience. He certainly managed to work the crowd well, everyone seeming to thoroughly enjoy themselves; certainly the people I spoke to afterwords were very happy to have been there.

At one stage in the show, Brian said of Adam 'What do you think? He's a keeper, isn't he?' - very much so! I certainly hope that more grows out of this short collaboration - a full proper tour and an album or two over time would be extremely interesting.