6.15.14 Queen Feature on SUNDAY NIGHT (Australia) more news!

It's "Killer Queen" day on the countdown so I think this "killer" look is the perfect Adam for today's banner. Well it would be perfect for any day!!


And it continues!!

Yesterday: AT&T Live Proud 2014 Launch - Google Hangout

Today: Sunday Night Interview (from Australia)

Tonight in Australia, Early Morning in North America: SUNDAY NIGHT!!

Channel 7 on Australia TV.
TONIGHT: The biggest Sunday Night giveaway ever - @queenwillrock at 7.40pm.


Tomorrow: iHeartRadio Queen + Adam Lambert Concert Preview





Everything about this tour is EPIC!!

The Stage!

officialqueenmusic
The first official stage photo.#queenandadam



Posted to Queen's Facebook,

Queen
Queen + Adam Lambert: The first official photo of the stage...told you it rather big.


The set with this design looks a lot like the cover to Queen’s Jazz album….




The Rehearsal Location!

♥ Adam Lambert is ♔! ‏foxvegas
They are rehearsing in Howard Hughes airport hangar, for goodness sake! I mean, WHO DOES THAT? Queen, that's who...HH's hangar, FFS...

♥ Adam Lambert is ♔! ‏foxvegas
The Spruce Goose, then @queenwillrock. A very natural progression, isn't it? One behemoth follows another. Legendary. pic.twitter.com/uqjjFa4yI3








AT&T Live Proud Launch
From 6.14.14 Google +

Fast forward because the interview doesn’t start until around 5 minutes.

youtu.be/dQusBg53qlk



Source of montage: Saija ‏@xwhenlovefails
Isn't he just the most precious thing! pic.twitter.com/3BaBZz1o2O




AdamGLambertFan ‏@sara_BTIKM
@adamlambert loved the #ATTLiveProud live chat!! pic.twitter.com/qwOyfPdxTm



MONDAY: iHR Concert Preview!
BrianMaycom @brianmaycom

WATCH @iheartradio Livestream @queenwillrock+@adamlambert Catch full performance+interviews bit.ly/SUvNCS pic.twitter.com/uxwovK6B8x


Queen + Adam Lambert Tour Preview

iHeartRadio Theater Los Angeles

Monday, June 16 at 6pm PT/9pm ET

iHR Concert Preview Link: screen.yahoo.com/queen-and-adam-lambert-live-event/?vp=1


Queen + Adam Lambert to perform at iHeartRadio's Los Angeles theater!
Posted Monday, June 9th 2014 @ 9am


Queen + Adam Lambert are getting ready to head out on an epic summer tour, but first they are making a stop at iHeartRadio's theater in Los Angeles on Monday, June 16 at 6pm PT/9pm ET.

This will be Queen's first full-scale tour in six years, and the intimate show at the iHeartRadio Theater Los Angeles is sure to be one fans won't ever forget. The exclusive performance will not only feature many of the legendary rockers' biggest songs, but will be accompanied by a Q&A discussing their monumental tour, which kicks off later that week.

The best part is fans across the country will be able to catch all the action. The event will be broadcast live on-air as a 60-minute audio special on Clear Channel Classic Rock stations, and the video will be streamed online on Yahoo! Screen.

Queen + Adam Lambert rocked the crowd at the most recent iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas last September, which generated excellent reviews. In case you missed it, check out their performance below!

Read more: news.iheart.com/articles/iheartradio-live-485840/queen-adam-lambert-to-perform-at-12438310#ixzz34ZguTdEn


Adam out in LA

Last night - Adam was at The Wiltern tonight for Nightmare and the Cat concert.



Chelsea Schwartz‏@uncoolrockstar
Just #spotted @adamlambert "fanboy-ing" out in @nightmareandcat's merch line. #respect


Friday Night he was at Sutan’s party

Sutan RAJA ‏@sutanamrull  
#lastnightsparty @adamlambert #beautiful #zackarychristensen and me. #happybirthdaytome instagram.com/p/pPmztJvSZf/

              

Queen + Adam Lambert Setlist Contest

Predict the setlist and win a fantastic prize package!

Now is your chance to win 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 NORTH AMERICAN tour.
You will earn points for each song you pick that is performed at any of the 25 Queen + Adam Lambert concerts including the iHR Tour Preview, and the NORTH AMERICAN TOUR June 19, 2014 Chicago United Center concert through the July 28, 2014 concert Toronto, Canada.

MORE INFO AND ENTER HERE: adamtopia.com/thread/2243/queen-adam-lambert-setlist-contest

ENTER NOW -- entries can be submitted or changed until 11:59PM ADAM TIME (Pacific Time) SUNDAY JUNE 15, 2014.


2014 Queen + Adam Lambert Tour Dates

2 days to the concert preview!!!




2014 Queen + Adam Lambert Tour countdown….
6.14.14 by Q3

OMG!!! --- there are only 4 days to go!!



#4 “Killer Queen”
Written by Freddie Mercury.
Released as a single October 21, 1974 and on Sheer Heart Attack November 8, 1974.

I believe that this will be one of the songs performed by Queen and Adam in the upcoming tour.



Killer Queen" was Queen's breakthrough hit, reaching #2 in the United Kingdom, #12 in the United States and #15 in Canada. The single was released as a double A-side with "Flick of the Wrist".

Freddie said he wrote the lyrics first before adding the musical arrangements. The recording features elaborate four-part harmonies and an elaborate multitracked guitar solo by Brian May, including use of the "bell effect".

“People are used to hard rock, energy music from Queen, yet with this single you almost expect Noel Coward to sing it. It's one of those bowler hat, black suspender belt numbers – not that Coward would wear that. (...) It's about a high class call girl. I'm trying to say that classy people can be whores as well. That's what the song is about, though I'd prefer people to put their interpretation upon it – to read into it what they like.”
Freddie Mercury, February 2, 1974, NME Interview

"Well, 'Killer Queen' I wrote in one night. I'm not being conceited or anything, but it just fell into place. Certain songs do. Now, March Of The Black Queen, that took ages. I had to give it everything, to be self indulgent or whatever. But with 'Killer Queen', I scribbled down the words in the dark one Saturday night and the next morning I got them all together and I worked all day Sunday and that was it. I'd got it. It gelled. It was great. Certain things just come together, but other things you have to work for. The whole band is very particular. We don't go in for half measures and I'm very hard with myself. There're no compromises. If I thought a song wasn't quite right, I'd discard it. I'm very intricate and delicate. You can see that in my paintings. I love painters like Richard Dadd, Mucha and Dali, and I love Arthur Rackham."
Freddie Mercury – December 12, 1974, Melody Maker

Personnel

Besides using his grand piano as usual, Mercury overdubbed the song with an upright (credited as "jangle piano"), to give the track a vaudeville sound. At one point there are two bass guitars, one of which does a descending run.

Musicians:
Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals, piano, jangle piano, finger snaps
Brian May - guitars, backing vocals
John Deacon - bass guitar
Roger Taylor - drums, triangle, Aeolian chimes, backing vocals

Produced by: Queen and Roy Thomas Baker


Releases

Albums:
Sheer Heart Attack, 1974
Live Killers, 1979
Greatest Hits, 1981
Greatest Hits, 1992 USA

Singles:
Killer Queen / Flick Of The Wrist, 1974 Double A-side
Who Wants To Live Forever, 1986 B-side
Killer Queen, 1988 3" CD Single
Heaven For Everyone, 1995 CD Single

Compilations:
Top Gear, CD, 1994, MOOD CD 33

Alternate Versions:
KEWB FM US Radio 2:53
Guitar Solo Guitar Techniques November 2001
Backing Track 1 - Guitar Techniques November 2001
Backing Track 2 - Guitar Techniques November 2001
7" Acetate (0:10 Finger Click Intro) - Unreleased

“Killer Queen” Official Video

youtu.be/BAf2S6ij2gk


“Killer Queen” Live

“Killer Queen” was performed by Queen from 1974 to 1985. I will start with two early performances form 1974.

Killer Queen - Queen on TopPop 1974

TopPop performances were mimed as this one is but there are nice theatrics in this performance.

youtu.be/uq4r8XPbTik


Killer Queen – Live at the Rainbow, 1974

There is a bit more intensity in this performance.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9zwZfuKrUI&feature=share&list=RDf9zwZfuKrUI


Queen performed “Killer Queen” in concert from 1974 through 1978 live as part of a medley. In 1974, the song was played following "In the Lap of the Gods", and in 1975–1976, the song was played after "Bohemian Rhapsody".

In 1977, the song was played as the introduction to a medley, followed by "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"…. and in 1978, preceded "Bicycle Race".

Medley from Earl’s Court Arena, June 1977

Killer Queen, Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy, You're My Best Friend (live)

youtu.be/w70HHFUvU1I


In 1979, the band played most of the song, and after the guitar solo ended, the opening bars of "I'm in Love with My Car" were played. The song was played at the Montreal Forum, Quebec, Canada in November 1981, and is recorded in the live album, Queen Rock Montreal. In 1984 and 1985, during The Works Tour, it was reintroduced in a medley following a truncated version of "Somebody to Love".

“Killer Queen” + “I'm In Love With My Car” Montreal, Canada, 1981

Freddie changed the vocal arrangement a bit for this performance. The changes were excellent.

youtu.be/yfDBtjl_mbg


I recommend watching this one. Freddie changed the arrangement of STL for an intro, then transitioned to the standard arrangement. Later on there is a great piano transition to “Killer Queen.”

“Somebody To Love” + “Killer Queen Live”, Sydney, Australia, 1985

youtu.be/2OxykcsBaCA


“Killer Queen” Lyrics


www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSQwI3rDETk&list=RDaSQwI3rDETk&feature=share

The song, in the second line, mentions the phrase "Let them eat cake", a phrase (mis)attributed to Marie Antoinette: "Let them eat cake," she said, Just like Marie Antoinette. In recent times, musician

Killer Queen

She keeps Moet and Chandon in her pretty cabinet
'Let them eat cake' she says
Just like Marie Antoinette
A built in remedy for Khrushchev and Kennedy
And anytime an invitation you can decline
Caviar and cigarettes well versed in etiquette
Extr'ordinarily nice

She's a killer queen gunpowder gelatine
Dynamite with a lazer beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Recommended at the price
Insatiable an appetite wanna try?

To avoid complications
She never kept the same address
In conversation she spoke just like a baroness
Met a man from China went down to Geisha Minah
Then again incidentally if you're that way inclined (she's a killer queen)
Perfume came naturally from Paris (naturally)
For cars she couldn't care less
Fastidious and precise

She's a killer queen gunpowder gelatine
Dynamite with a lazer beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Recommended at the price
Insatiable an appetite wanna try?

Drop of a hat she's as willing as a playful as a pussy cat
Then momentarily out of action
Temporarily out of gas
To absolutely drive you wild, wild
She's out to get you

She's a killer queen gunpowder gelatine
Dynamite with a lazer beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Recommended at the price
Insatiable an appetite wanna try?

Wanna try








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