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Post by adamrocks on Aug 6, 2014 22:30:41 GMT -5
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Post by coo.coo.ca.choo on Aug 6, 2014 22:42:12 GMT -5
Catching up late in the day -- found this on yesterday's thread and hadn't seen it before -- just a great picture. His blond hair is really coming through in this light. Looks good. And, just look how fit he is. Love his tweets today.
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Post by thelambertluvva on Aug 6, 2014 23:11:21 GMT -5
As part of an explanation to a friend about why Queen + Adam Lambert was a smash hit and other Queen collaborations were not so much, I was viewing a bunch of Queen Extravaganza performances. What a difference after watching QAL. What a let down. Of course they were not playing arenas, and didn't have a budget for the hoopla that QAL incorporates. But that was not the problem. It was just a bunch of guys (and one girl) standing up on stage doing Queen songs. No costumes, no hip thrusts and ballet turns, no characters and acting, no theatricality, no flamboyance, no showmanship. Boring. Vocally, after hearing Adam sing these songs in performance after performance, so brilliantly, so consistently, so impeccably, I actually cringed at times, and at other times could not continue to listen to the entire song. Admittedly, it wasn't crap. Marc does sound a bit like Freddie at times (tho' he looks like an insurance agent moonlighting as a rock singer), but that does not redeem the performances for me. He sings off pitch at times, he strains for high notes, his voice cracks, his tone is inconsistent , he is just not a great singer. A girl singing the low part of Another One Bites the Dust just sounds and looks all wrong. If you are a fan of Queen's music and enjoy going to live concerts in general, I guess it is an enjoyable night's entertainment. Seeing QAL is another experience all together. Another dimension of (un)reality. I know some folks on ATop don't like it when I or someone else makes comparisons between Adam and other singers. My ears and my mind cannot stop comparing. Sometimes I think we get lulled by Adam's level of performance and degree of excellence vocally and visually. It takes looking and listening to other similar artists or shows in order to appreciate how exceptional QAL is, and what a big part Adam contributes to that. Adam continues to make my jaw drop in amazement. I never really understood why fans of Marc would go onto YouTube videos of QAL or AL and trash Adam constantly and say Marc is so much better and should be the one fronting Queen. Marc doesn't sing WWTLF and since it takes so many singers to do what Adam does alone, there is no proof that he can handle 2+ hours of singing almost every night for weeks like Adam did. Don't know much about Marc's history but was he even a Freddie fan in his youth like Adam was or was he just capitalizing on being able to imitate Freddie (I took a look at his solo stuff and he didn't sound much like Freddie except for in a few notes). Other than him being able to sound like Freddie and somewhat looking like him, I don't see any other similarities. Never been impressed with the singing. No stage presence or charisma at all and I don't find him attractive in ANY way (but I didn't think Freddie was either). With Adam, we get drop-dead gorgeousness plus the amazing voice, stage presence, charisma, etc. I often can't get over how much Adam is the whole package. Out of curiosity, I googled box scores for QE and saw that they were not great. Good to great in Canada, but not great in the US, with as low as 34% attendance in SF. These venues were much smaller, between 776 - 3550. QE got great reviews on Ticketmaster so I was quite surprised to not see great box scores across the board. mbasic.facebook.com/notes/queen-extravaganza/queen-extravaganza-boxscores/415299048554400/ |
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Post by adamrocks on Aug 6, 2014 23:23:10 GMT -5
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Post by adamrocks on Aug 6, 2014 23:24:24 GMT -5
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Post by adamrocks on Aug 6, 2014 23:25:38 GMT -5
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Post by adamrocks on Aug 6, 2014 23:27:24 GMT -5
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Post by adamrocks on Aug 6, 2014 23:28:39 GMT -5
GeralynK geralynk 21m My Curtain Call gif #QueenBert #Dallas-http://twitpic.com/e9nb40
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Post by adamrocks on Aug 6, 2014 23:29:35 GMT -5
GeralynK geralynk 28m My Killer Queen gif #QueenBert Dallas -http://twitpic.com/e9navj
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Post by adamrocks on Aug 6, 2014 23:30:52 GMT -5
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