4.6.14 Fan Q: "busy with album?" Adam A: "yes. Very. :)"
Apr 6, 2014 0:45:10 GMT -5
Post by Q3 on Apr 6, 2014 0:45:10 GMT -5
Let me start today with a brief poem
Posted by: LindaG23
A Discourse on Time
It expands,
It contracts
It loses its meaning
When it comes to Adam.
The End
Adam confirms that he is in Stockholm working on his album
Fierce Glambert sarah_8w
@adamlambert busy with album?
ADAM LAMBERT @adamlambert
.sarah_8w yes. Very.
Source: Twitter 4.5.14 6:30PM around local time.
ADAM LAMBERT ✔ @adamlambert
I love Stockholm!
Source: Twitter 4.6.14 around 3:45AM local time.
I think the “Night and Day” means something
4.6.14 by Q3
I do not know what “Night and Day” means but I think these words, and the new black and white images on Adam’s Twitter and Facebook profiles are related to A3. It is a dark-light theme which Adam has used in the past.
ADAM LAMBERT ✔ @adamlambert
Night and Day instagram.com/p/ma95N8uNGf/
Source: Twitter 4.5.14 around 8:30PM local time.
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The 2014 "Part-of-the-World" Queen + Adam Lambert Tour Countdown!
4.6.14 by Q3
The countdown moves on and the start of this epic tour gets closer. Only 74 days to go!
#74 “Dear Friends” (1974)
Written by Brian May.
Released November 8, 1974 on Sheer Heart Attack.
It had to be a song from 1974!
This is one of many, many Queen tracks that Queen fans who only have listened to the Greatest Hits albums and live concert recordings have never heard. I really love this song, and would really like to have a recording of Freddie singing this song later in his career. I think Freddie sung this song using his semi-falsetto but Freddie mixed so many classical, pop and rock vocal techniques together I have difficulty sorting them out. All I know is I would really like to hear this song with a clear, smooth vocal and no vibrato. [And if that is not Freddie's semi-falsetto and that is not vibrato -- please correct me in the thread. I am a marketing and strategy maven, vocal techniques, not so much!]
So, since I can’t get a new Freddie recording, I have this on my Queen + Adam Lambert wish list. It is a small little bit of a song. So Universe, work your magic!
Yes, I know there is almost no chance Queen will perform “Dear Friends” in the upcoming concerts. But the band did select it to be on “Five Live” when they needed to select a 6th track. More info below. So I will maintain my hopes.
The song is only 1 minute and 7 seconds long. It is one of the two songs that Queen recorded that are about 1:07 long. The other is Freddie's “Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon” from A Night at the Opera which is 1:08 long. These are not the shortest Queen recordings. There are two shorter tracks on Flash Gordon (soundtrack). [In case you were wondering: The shortest Queen track is on Made in Heaven, track #12, “Yeah” which is only 0:04 long.]
"Dear Friends" is a very simple piano ballad, a kind of lullaby. It is almost completely free from any syncopations and non-diatonic notes, the phrasing is square throughout. The non-syncopated rhythms and the arrangement itself is very classical-influenced, and could be arranged for string-quartet easily.
Many scale-fragments are built-in the accompanying chord progression.
Source: www.queensongs.info/the-book/songwriting-analyses/no-synth-era/sheer-heart-attack/dear-friends.html
Many scale-fragments are built-in the accompanying chord progression.
Source: www.queensongs.info/the-book/songwriting-analyses/no-synth-era/sheer-heart-attack/dear-friends.html
"Dear Friends" was recorded with Brian May on the piano and backing vocals with Freddie providing lead vocals.
… this one is short and sweet …. Instrumentally, it's quite simple mainly on the piano. It's really quite nice indeed, about starting anew when friendships collapse. I have to wonder what it would sound like with Brian on lead. His voice would fit this one well. Not that Freddie does a bad job, I hasten to add. A very enjoyable song. The high point of this side.
Rating: 7 (out of 10)
Source: Classic Rock magazine review of Sheer Heart Attack
Rating: 7 (out of 10)
Source: Classic Rock magazine review of Sheer Heart Attack
“Dear Friends" (Album track)
youtu.be/d0AowZNr-J0
Personnel
• Freddie Mercury: lead vocals
• Brian May: guitars, backing vocals, piano
• Roger Taylor: drums, percussion
• John Deacon: bass guitars
Odd bit of trivia: Def Leppard covered this song (sung by bassist Rick Savage) for a Wal-Mart bonus EP for their cover album, Yeah!.
youtu.be/oZHpK_jES-E
youtu.be/oZHpK_jES-E
“Dear Friends” Lyrics
As far as I know, Brian May has never explained what this song is about. The literal meaning of this song appears to be about lost love and the pain of getting over it. Some people interpret it to be about a friend who has died. Well; will just add it to my list of “Questions for Brian Many.”
youtu.be/M3-RagroilE
So dear friends
Your love is gone
Only tears to dwell upon
I dare not say
As the wind must blow
So a love is lost
A love is won
Go to sleep and dream again
Soon your hopes will rise and then
From all this gloom life
Can start anew
And there'll be no crying soon
Bonus Track: Freddie's 1:08 track
The song will not make the countdown, but since it is the about same length as "Dear Friends".
Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon (1975)
Written by Freddie Mercury.
Released on A Night at the Opera on November 21, 1975
On "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" Freddie Mercury played piano and did all of the vocals. The lead vocal was sung in the studio and reproduced through headphones in a tin bucket elsewhere in the studio. A microphone picked up the sound from the bucket, which gives it a hollow "megaphone" sound. The guitar solo is also reported to have been recorded on the vocal track, as there were no more tracks to record on, as explained by producer Roy Thomas Baker during the 'Classic Albums' documentary. The key change going into the guitar solo (Eb to A) is a tritone relationship, making it a jarring, but very effective, transition into the key of E minor for the next track, "I'm in Love with My Car". [Another reason that listening to these albums in context makes sense -- they were not 21st playlists, but were albums with two separate sides and set sequences.
youtu.be/kkxWyt7K4hw
This song describes a man's week and how much he loves his Sunday afternoon, contains a paradox halfway through when he claims to be an ordinary guy (from London town) but on Fridays goes painting at the Louvre.
There are a number of allusions to songs that Queen hadn't yet released. The lyrics, "On Tuesday I go off to honeymoon" can be seen as a reference to "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy" and "Bicycling on every Wednesday evening" as a reference to "Bicycle Race."
"Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon"
I go out to work on a Monday morning
Tuesday I go off to honeymoon
I'll be back again before it's time for Sunny-down,
I'll be lazing on a Sunday afternoon
Bicycling on every Wednesday evening
Thursday I go waltzing to the Zoo
I come from London town, I'm just an ordinary guy,
Fridays I go painting in the Louvre
I'm bound to be proposing on a Saturday night (There he goes again)
I'll be lazing on a Sunday
lazing on a Sunday
lazing on a Sunday Afternoon.
About “Five Live”
Five Live, released in 1993, features five (in some countries, where it is considered to be a reduced-length long-playing album, six) tracks, performed byGeorge Michael, Queen, and Lisa Stansfield. "Somebody to Love" and "These Are the Days of Our Lives" (both also available on video) were recorded at theFreddie Mercury Tribute Concert, held on 20 April 1992, at Wembley Stadium.
All proceeds from the sale of the EP benefited the Mercury Phoenix Trust. Sales of the record were in fact very strong throughout Europe, where it debuted at number one, in the UK Singles Chart, and several European countries, either considered as a single, or charting on album charts as an extended play or anLP. Chart success in the U.S. was far less spectacular, but the EP still peaked at number 30 on the Billboard 200.
An edited shorter version of "Killer" and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", a live medley performed by Michael at Wembley Arena, was released as a further independent single, in some territories only. The singer also shot a video for it, although he did not personally appear (it was during the time Michael refused to exploit his outward look, which he thought would distract the audience from the music, his main concern). The video was directed by Marcus Nispel.
While "These Are the Days of Our Lives" is played by the remaining members of Queen, it is actually a duet between George Michael and Lisa Stansfield. The version on the EP is not identical to the actual performance on the night, however.
The sixth track—only featured on some releases—is represented by a short performance by Queen, entitled "Dear Friends", originally sung by Freddie Mercury himself. Recorded in 1974, this constitutes the one studio recording on the record. It was not included in the UK vinyl of the EP.
Usually, countries where the six-track work is distributed consider it to be a short LP, whereas those where the five-track (hence, its title) work is available generally tend to see it as an EP or even (if "Killer"/"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" was not marketed independently in those same territories) as a particularly long or content-rich single. However, no matter its status, whether an EP, a short album or a long single, the work as a whole sold an estimated 5 million copies worldwide.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Live_(EP)
Five Live, released in 1993, features five (in some countries, where it is considered to be a reduced-length long-playing album, six) tracks, performed byGeorge Michael, Queen, and Lisa Stansfield. "Somebody to Love" and "These Are the Days of Our Lives" (both also available on video) were recorded at theFreddie Mercury Tribute Concert, held on 20 April 1992, at Wembley Stadium.
All proceeds from the sale of the EP benefited the Mercury Phoenix Trust. Sales of the record were in fact very strong throughout Europe, where it debuted at number one, in the UK Singles Chart, and several European countries, either considered as a single, or charting on album charts as an extended play or anLP. Chart success in the U.S. was far less spectacular, but the EP still peaked at number 30 on the Billboard 200.
An edited shorter version of "Killer" and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", a live medley performed by Michael at Wembley Arena, was released as a further independent single, in some territories only. The singer also shot a video for it, although he did not personally appear (it was during the time Michael refused to exploit his outward look, which he thought would distract the audience from the music, his main concern). The video was directed by Marcus Nispel.
While "These Are the Days of Our Lives" is played by the remaining members of Queen, it is actually a duet between George Michael and Lisa Stansfield. The version on the EP is not identical to the actual performance on the night, however.
The sixth track—only featured on some releases—is represented by a short performance by Queen, entitled "Dear Friends", originally sung by Freddie Mercury himself. Recorded in 1974, this constitutes the one studio recording on the record. It was not included in the UK vinyl of the EP.
Usually, countries where the six-track work is distributed consider it to be a short LP, whereas those where the five-track (hence, its title) work is available generally tend to see it as an EP or even (if "Killer"/"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" was not marketed independently in those same territories) as a particularly long or content-rich single. However, no matter its status, whether an EP, a short album or a long single, the work as a whole sold an estimated 5 million copies worldwide.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Live_(EP)
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Queen + Adam Lambert Setlist Contest
Predict the setlist and win a fantastic prize package!
Talon has put together a great contest! And so I have added a fabulous prize. So let's have some fun and see who can predict the setlist for the upcoming tour.
Fabulous Prize!!
The winner will receive a Queen + Adam Lambert fantastic prize package...
Queen "Innuendo" [one of Queen's masterpieces] choice of CD, MP3, Vinyl and Casette
Adam Lambert "Sleepwalker" [US Import single]
Adam Lambert ""Trespassing" EP [CD and download MP3]
A special Queen + Adam Lambert tour item [to be selected by Q3 but I promise it will NOT be a t-shirt!]
Plus you will be crowned as Queen + Adam Lambert fan royalty and receive acclaim across the Queenbertasphere!
It's easy to enter!!
Just create a list of 25 songs you think will be played by Queen + Adam Lambert during the upcoming tour.
You will earn points for each song you pick that is performed at any of the 24 Queen + Adam Lambert concerts from June 19, 2014 Chicago United Center concert through the July 28, 2014 concert in Toronto.
We MAY BE adding in the three Asian concerts. The brain trust behind this contest is still considering how to deal with the new concert dates.
MORE INFO AND ENTER HERE: adamtopia.com/thread/2243/queen-adam-lambert-setlist-contest
You have time to work on your entry -- entries can be submitted or changed until June 18, 2014 at 11:59PM PST (AKA Adam time).
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What If You Have An Extra Ticket or Two?
As long as you are willing to sell your ticket to a member for what you paid for it, you can post any "for sale" tickets in the Members Only section in the concert thread for the event.
A couple suggestions:
1. If you have a Ticketmaster ticket, you can transfer it on Ticketmaster for most concerts. (Be careful about ticket transfers in Philadelphia and at Merrieweather Columbia, MD. You cannot transfer a Will Call ticket at there venues.)
2. If you purchased a VIP Fan Package, the merchandise will be shipped to the purchaser’s address. If you wish to give this to the buyer with the ticket, remember you will need to mail it.
As long as you are willing to sell your ticket to a member for what you paid for it, you can post any "for sale" tickets in the Members Only section in the concert thread for the event.
A couple suggestions:
1. If you have a Ticketmaster ticket, you can transfer it on Ticketmaster for most concerts. (Be careful about ticket transfers in Philadelphia and at Merrieweather Columbia, MD. You cannot transfer a Will Call ticket at there venues.)
2. If you purchased a VIP Fan Package, the merchandise will be shipped to the purchaser’s address. If you wish to give this to the buyer with the ticket, remember you will need to mail it.
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Queen + Adam Lambert Tour Dates
6/19 Chicago United Center
6/21 Winnipeg MTS Centre
6/23 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre
6/24 Edmonton Rexall Place
6/26 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
6/28 Vancouver Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
7/1 San Jose SAP Center
7/3 Los Angeles The Forum
7/5 Las Vegas The Joint
7/6 Las Vegas The Joint
7/9 Houston Toyota Center
7/10 Dallas American Airlines Center
7/12 Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills
7/13 Toronto Air Canada Centre
7/14 Montreal Bell Centre
7/16 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
7/17 New York Madison Square Garden
7/19 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
7/20 Washington, DC Merriweather Post Pavilion
7/22 Boston, MA – TD Garden
7/23 East Ruthford, NJ IZOD Center
7/25 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
7/26 Atlantic City, NJ – Boardwalk Hall
7/28 Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
ASIA CONCERTS
8/14 - 8/15 Super Sonic 2014, Seoul, Korea (most likely 8/14 performance)
8/16 Summer Sonic 2014, Osaka, Japan
8/17 Summer Sonic 2014, Tokyo, Japan
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The Billboard Social 50 -- a ranking of the most active artists on the world's leading social networking sites. Artists' popularity is determined by a formula blending their weekly additions of friends/fans/followers along with artist page views and weekly song plays, as measured by Next Big Sound.
1. Music plays on Last.fm and MySpace.
2. Likes on Facebook, iLike, Last.fm, MySpace; views and comments on MySpace.
3. Other: Follows and Retweets on Twitter
Official Adam Lambert Site: www.adamofficial.com/us/forum
LastFM: Adam on LastFM
Adam Lambert MySpace: myspace.com/adamlambert
The Official Adam Lambert Site www.adamofficial.com/us/forum
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AdamLambert
Fan Club: adamlambertfans.com/
Twitter-- Follow and Retweet: twitter.com/adamlambert
Other social media sites that are not counted by Billboard at this time.
Instagram: instagram.com/realadamlambert# OR instagram.com/adamlambert#
Vine: vinebox.co/u/wyZUgGl71wO
Keek: www.keek.com/AdamLambert
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Lambert
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The Billboard Social 50 -- a ranking of the most active artists on the world's leading social networking sites. Artists' popularity is determined by a formula blending their weekly additions of friends/fans/followers along with artist page views and weekly song plays, as measured by Next Big Sound.
1. Music plays on Last.fm and MySpace.
2. Likes on Facebook, iLike, Last.fm, MySpace; views and comments on MySpace.
3. Other: Follows and Retweets on Twitter
Official Adam Lambert Site: www.adamofficial.com/us/forum
LastFM: Adam on LastFM
Adam Lambert MySpace: myspace.com/adamlambert
The Official Adam Lambert Site www.adamofficial.com/us/forum
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AdamLambert
Fan Club: adamlambertfans.com/
Twitter-- Follow and Retweet: twitter.com/adamlambert
Other social media sites that are not counted by Billboard at this time.
Instagram: instagram.com/realadamlambert# OR instagram.com/adamlambert#
Vine: vinebox.co/u/wyZUgGl71wO
Keek: www.keek.com/AdamLambert
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Lambert
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Birthday greetings may be posted on the first page of comments. After that, please post birthday greetings in the Member News Section or send a PM. Two members have been designated to post birthday greetings whenever they get here -- our Confectioner Extraordinaire (Reihmer) and our Humorist (soeulmate). Birthday thread: atop.proboards.com/board/10/birthday-greetings
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4. Never question anyone's right to post, the appropriateness of a topic or define the proper way for an Adam fan or Adamtopia Member to behave.
Let the moderators do their job.
More rules will be added if the need arises but, if everyone follows these rules, we will not need a lot of rules.
Read more.
The Adamtopia guidelines are quite simple. To be a member of Adamtopia...
1. You must be an Adam fan.
2. You must be respectful of other members. Feel free to express your opinion, but be glitterier and golden.
3. Strive to be funny, entertaining or informative when you post. Avoid posting something that has already been posted.
4. Never question anyone's right to post, the appropriateness of a topic or define the proper way for an Adam fan or Adamtopia Member to behave.
Let the moderators do their job.
More rules will be added if the need arises but, if everyone follows these rules, we will not need a lot of rules.
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