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Post by maya on Jul 11, 2014 13:14:29 GMT -5
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Post by toramenor on Jul 11, 2014 13:21:24 GMT -5
I love this review: the writer is very funny and totally got what the show was about. |
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Post by thelambertluvva on Jul 11, 2014 13:22:36 GMT -5
I love this review: the writer is very funny and totally got what the show was about. YAY! Much better review than the one I posted. |
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Post by dontshakemytree on Jul 11, 2014 13:24:13 GMT -5
Hi all! Totally enjoying all the videos, recaps and discussions today. Thanks for sharing it all with us here!  This is a little OT, but I was hoping some techy person here could help me resolve a problem I am suddenly having with viewing YTubes on my iPad that are posted on sites other than YT itself. Like here! Just started this morning....every video I clicked on here (and another site also, so I know it's not ATop specific), the video, starts but I get a large 2"x2" white box in the middle of the screen with "get video URL....get video URL at current time.....get embed code.....report playback issue"....and about 4-5 more lines of techy "stuff". There is nothing I can see that I can click on to remove it, so it stays up there for the whole video....blocking my view of QAL!! Totally unacceptable! If I go to YTube to view a video, I don't get this. I thought perhaps it's their latest ploy to get us all to view the vids on their site, but I don't see anyone else complaining here so I guess it's just me?  #gettingparanoidhere |
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Post by nikki on Jul 11, 2014 13:28:12 GMT -5
Royal flush: Queen + Adam Lambert prove they’re still the champions
Flashback to the ’70s? Male lead singer in leather, lace and leopard-print outfits, replete with sequins, platforms and occasional Elvisian sneer? Check. Howling anthems interspersed with wringingly emotional ballads? You betcha. Self-indulgent but crowd-pleasing 16-minute guitar solo? Smoke machines on overdrive and a tripped-out set that didn’t actually do much of anything? Oh, definitely.
So yeah, watching Queen + Adam Lambert on Thursday night at American Airlines Center was, indeed, a little bit like entering a way-cool, hyped-up time machine with several thousand other folks who were all digging every minute of it. AAC hasn’t rocked like that since ... well, since shows like this were held at Reunion Arena.
Was it a success? Absolutely. Can Adam Lambert replace the iconic Freddie Mercury as frontman for one of rock’s most legendary bands? Nope, and that’s a good thing. Even better, he didn’t even try.
Lambert was Lambert all the way in this show, which expertly walked the precocious line — these are Queen fans, after all, and they are serious about their rock — between introducing “the new kid,” as lead guitarist/vocalist Brian May jokingly called Lambert, and making sure that everyone knew that Mercury, who died at age 45 in 1991 from complications of AIDS, remains the heart and beating soul of Queen.
Lambert has the voice, no question, but he also has something Mercury didn’t: absolute control. He never veered into that “might just go insane” place that made Mercury so fascinating. Take that as a good thing or not; the Thursday-night crowd seemed to be all-in in accepting Lambert as the next best thing they’re ever going to find for Mercury.
Along with Lambert’s incendiary vocals, an all-too-rare commodity rippled through the show: utter graciousness. Lambert made no attempt to take things over, simply trusting in the power of his voice, sexiness and shocking charisma (all every bit a match for Mercury’s) to carry things. He stepped offstage several times to let the pure Queen love rule the arena (and to change costumes — May’s halfway-mark solo went on so long that my friend wondered if Lambert had spent that time actually getting his arm tattoos, which weren’t visible before his re-entrance, painted on backstage).
Original band members May and drummer Roger Taylor returned the love. The crowd seemed equally entranced with both New Queen (Lambert) and old (extended clips of Mercury playing on the bright, moving Q-shaped set piece/screen that dominated the stage). One of the most affecting moments of the show came with May’s solo on “Love of My Life” when Mercury’s first image appeared onscreen. Later, there was a gorgeous few beats of pure synchronicity during “Bohemian Rhapsody,” with Lambert and Mercury singing alternate lines and sounding, truly, as if they were both right there. Lambert positively soared with the haunting “Love Kills,” which was Mercury’s first solo effort.
The torch was also lit, if not exactly passed, in another way, via the showstopping moment when Taylor and his son, Rufus, exchanged “top that” drum riffs and then went all out in unison. Sheer magic.
Other highlights: the singalong-thump of “Radio Ga Ga,” the naughty-but-fun “Fat Bottomed Girls” and the loopy “Killer Queen,” when Lambert sprawled across a chaise lounge and actually rolled his eyes, in good-natured jest, at yet another May solo. Lambert’s “I’m the king now, and we’ve all accepted that” vibe reached full pitch when his final costume included, yes, a crown.
Will the fabulous partnership continue? We can only hope: The North American tour runs through July 28, then the group travels to Asia and Australia. Queen has announced a new album project with remastered Mercury tunes.
What we want most: An album with all-new music, and Lambert on vocals. That would announce Queen’s full arrival into the 21st century, and we’d be ecstatic.
FINALLY. This is really beautiful. The first review that grasped one of the many rare and lovely aspects of Adam's nature, his graciousness. Pure class. And what is going on emotionally on that stage that is making it magic for the audiences.
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Post by ljsmack on Jul 11, 2014 13:30:52 GMT -5
"Cassie how about Adam eventually doing a one man show ,where he actually does do everything that he's capable of......boggles the mind." Right on Melliemom This has been my dream for years. I am waiting for that show. Some producer or director will get smart, sooner rather than later, I hope. I respectfully disagree. I think Adam loves and excels at collaboration. I'm not saying he couldn't do it all, I just think he gets so much energy from the audience and from playing off others. I'm projecting here, but I think his level of quick wit and love of being in the moment gives him the challenge he loves. |
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Post by haribert on Jul 11, 2014 13:31:40 GMT -5
I partly disagree. It's a very positive review as far as Adam's concerned. Consider this quote from it: "On Somebody to Love, Lambert’s vocals ascended into the stratosphere and he sent a clear signal that, while he worships at the altar of Queen and original members Brian May and Roger Taylor, he doesn’t necessarily have to play fill-in frontman. He just wants to." In other words, this guy believes Adam is ready for icon status and has all the skills he needs to take his career anywhere he wants it to go. What's incomprehensible to me about this review is the guy's lack of appreciation for Brian's musicianship. I get that he wasn't a fan of the nostalgia aspects of the show. But my God! He had the chance to catch a live performance by one of the most accomplished, most soulful, most technically brilliant guitarists in the universe, ever, and he's like, meh?! Bizarre. |
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Post by belle on Jul 11, 2014 13:36:37 GMT -5
Hi all! Totally enjoying all the videos, recaps and discussions today. Thanks for sharing it all with us here! This is a little OT, but I was hoping some techy person here could help me resolve a problem I am suddenly having with viewing YTubes on my iPad that are posted on sites other than YT itself. Like here! Just started this morning....every video I clicked on here (and another site also, so I know it's not ATop specific), the video, starts but I get a large 2"x2" white box in the middle of the screen with "get video URL....get video URL at current time.....get embed code.....report playback issue"....and about 4-5 more lines of techy "stuff". There is nothing I can see that I can click on to remove it, so it stays up there for the whole video....blocking my view of QAL!! Totally unacceptable! If I go to YTube to view a video, I don't get this. I thought perhaps it's their latest ploy to get us all to view the vids on their site, but I don't see anyone else complaining here so I guess it's just me? #gettingparanoidhere Embedded videos sometime work and most often not. I just click the headline (top) or the YT icon (down right) which opens a new tab and the video on YT. Why not watch it there? Enlarging and all is possible then, easier to bookmark if you so wish etc. I have another little problem when there are so many concerts and videos posted from several of them. If the name of the uploader were mentioned I would avoid a lot of unnecessary clicks to videos that I've already seen. |
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Post by maya on Jul 11, 2014 13:46:42 GMT -5
cheriefruehan 45 minutes ago  |
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Post by dontshakemytree on Jul 11, 2014 13:59:05 GMT -5
Hi all! Totally enjoying all the videos, recaps and discussions today. Thanks for sharing it all with us here! This is a little OT, but I was hoping some techy person here could help me resolve a problem I am suddenly having with viewing YTubes on my iPad that are posted on sites other than YT itself. Like here! Just started this morning....every video I clicked on here (and another site also, so I know it's not ATop specific), the video, starts but I get a large 2"x2" white box in the middle of the screen with "get video URL....get video URL at current time.....get embed code.....report playback issue"....and about 4-5 more lines of techy "stuff". There is nothing I can see that I can click on to remove it, so it stays up there for the whole video....blocking my view of QAL!! Totally unacceptable! If I go to YTube to view a video, I don't get this. I thought perhaps it's their latest ploy to get us all to view the vids on their site, but I don't see anyone else complaining here so I guess it's just me? #gettingparanoidhere Embedded videos sometime work and most often not. I just click the headline (top) or the YT icon (down right) which opens a new tab and the video on YT. Why not watch it there? Enlarging and all is possible then, easier to bookmark if you so wish etc. I have another little problem when there are so many concerts and videos posted from several of them. If the name of the uploader were mentioned I would avoid a lot of unnecessary clicks to videos that I've already seen. Thanks for the reply! That's what I've been doing but was curious why this just started today.  |
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