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Post by maya on Jan 25, 2015 21:41:45 GMT -5
Dr. Brian May @drbrianmay Good Morning Parisians !! Et Bon Soir et Bonne Nuit et ... a demain ! Bri pic.twitter.com/1PgCtM9POF  |
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Post by LindaG23 on Jan 25, 2015 21:46:47 GMT -5
I don't usually participate in idle speculation, but my two cents; either 'Foresight' or '(Read)Between the Line' I've got you down for a penny each. ETA: you heard what Hoppers said ... the penny only holds your place until you pay the piper. |
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Post by LindaG23 on Jan 25, 2015 21:50:14 GMT -5
That's what I like, a literal thinker. Done! |
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Post by houselady on Jan 25, 2015 21:51:35 GMT -5
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Post by nikki on Jan 25, 2015 21:53:09 GMT -5
I really don't understand the "he is better now than in 2012"... WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE TALKNG ABOUT? I know he stopped prostrating himself at the end of the show at the feet of B&R, but other than that? Are his vocals better? Are his interpretations better? Is his stage presence better? Yes, yes, and yes. Vocally his technique has always been solid, but I remember the difference even between Hammersmith 2012 and iHeartRadio 2013- his tone was rockier, his low register was better (or he used it more) etc. The 2014/2015 shows are an improvement over iHRMF too. Regarding interpretation, we have all seen him getting betterer with multiple iterations. See first Stay vs. later Stays on the WAG tour. See even Save Me from Newcastle to Nottingham. With each iteration, he adds more polish. WWTLF in Hammersmith Day 3 was great, but still the more recent versions are getting more and more refined to the point they are near perfection. He is now in command and he can joke around and people eat it up. The "show me an ass" jokes at Hammersmith were cringe worthy IMHO, because he did not talk enough during the show to create a connection at comedic level, so they came out of nowhere. Now he does the "Fat Ass Bitches Ride" as part of the song, then he talks AFTER singing KQ and anything he says and does would not feel OOT anymore in that context. But I do agree that barely anybody in the UK knew that Queen did 3 shows at Hammersmith in 2012. Some newspapers wrote about them (and some said that with AL "gold was struck"!), but who reads newspapers nowadays? I suspect that if they had done the BBC NYE concert in 2012, the results would have been similar. But they needed the world tour to get the NYE in 2014. And they needed the iHRMF in 2013 to get the NA tour in 2014. And without the 2012 shows the iHR wouldn't have been what it was (and who knows if it would have happened at all). And the 2012 shows were thanks to the EMAs. So everything is connected, and they had to go step by step to get there, and they all got better and tighter and more confident with each iteration... I think this sums things up really well. Things change because there is a critical mass in a forward moving direction over time - there are other ways - but this is typically how these things happen. There are also leaps and bounds that happen during that time as well, and I think we have seen those as well. I think what was needed was a combination of improvements in Adam (and I do think these were critical), which people have discussed already as well as being about the business of entertainment - the $$$ bottom line of the success of a sold out worldwide arena tour and mass exposure. $$$ success produces a halo effect at other levels, because we value it so highly as a society - it predisposes people (confirmation bias) to look more favourably on something, particularly when the talent is already there, and this is world-class talent on a stage that is rarely seen nowadays. And then the ball starts rolling stronger in that direction. It will still have peaks and valleys though over time. In terms of Adam's contribution via his own evolution, I see the key point as his learning to master Arena performances as a frontman, not so much as vocalist. If he had taken the same approach to showmanship as he had at Hammersmith, I don't believe it would have been as successful. In an arena setting, it might have even fallen flat as a worst case scenario. He had to learn how to connect with 15,000 to 20,000 people and be easy about it; to share himself in a huge way. That would not have been easy given the 'I'll stand and reserve judgement' vibe at the start of every concert that Brian describes. I think the big leap for Arena performance came with the iheart performance, where things just clicked. We just don't know when that's gonna happen; we do and do and do and then the moment is right. Once that is internalised so powerfully, we then know how to keep on mastering something because it is now in our range of experience. Adam talks about it in terms of confidence and that feels right to me. Once he knew he could do it, he just kept on getting better at it. |
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Post by chapf on Jan 25, 2015 21:55:47 GMT -5
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Post by LindaG23 on Jan 25, 2015 22:02:42 GMT -5
Short and sweet. I've got "You" down.  |
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Post by LindaG23 on Jan 25, 2015 22:06:31 GMT -5
All bets saved. I am off to bed but will check the threads tomorrow when I get home from work and update.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2015 22:18:26 GMT -5
My $5 to the guessing game is for single title is "Sublime Vision". What if in the middle of the night you have an "ah ha" moment and have another title? Can we put another fiver in the pot?  I have added it to the chart. I don't think there are any rules, I have just been adding titles as I see them. Heck, I don't even know why some people have doubled down or raised the ante. Hoppers started all this, so she gets first say if any rules are required. ETA: Avari, you are added too. I still don't know what this is about even tho I tossed my feeling about this single in the pot. I'm now immortalized on a chart for 'Finally'..  I'm good for the five bucks, tho..can we play more? Please tell me what I just did???  |
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Post by wendyness on Jan 25, 2015 22:20:37 GMT -5
$5 for "I See You".
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