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Roger Taylor: "Freddie would have hated age"
Interview.
by Eduardo Slusarczuk
The Queen drummer and co-founder, who played in GEBA morning, review your history, reminds Mercury, praises and says Adam Lambert will play until they can.
No scores. Drummer claimed its history, and says he has nothing to complain about.
With just over half an hour late in the call from somewhere in London, Roger Taylor salutes and apologizes for missing overvalued "English punctuality". "It took me there having lunch with Taylor Hawkins, a friend, almost a brother of the Foo Fighters" is warranted immediately.
Surely something must have learned from you.
I do not know; what is certain is that he saw us play when he was very young, and not so much us.
At 66 years, drummer of Queen, that morning at the GEBA stadium will meet for the third time with the Argentine public (see No two without three), the issue of time is a common place.
". When you start the race, never imagine that will last as in 1971 we could not think think we would be doing 40 years later," says Taylor, who immediately placed in his mind: "For over 18 months of a Fantastic tour with Adam (Lambert), people still want to hear our music That makes us very happy and satisfied with what we have done and what we continue to do and inspires us to keep playing until we can Why should... stop? A painter would not stop painting because aging, why should do a musician? "he asks.
The dilemma, in any case, who continue a story that began when he and Brian May, and soon Freddie Mercury and John Deacon formed what would become one of the biggest bands in rock history. And after the experience shared with Paul Rodgers, the duo decided that the American Idol Lambert would be the ideal candidate.
Is there a common denominator between Adam and Freddie?
Definitely there are. Adam has a great sense of humor, and not taken too seriously, except música.Freddie was equal. Moreover, it is one of the best singers I have ever heard in my life. Plays our songs perfectly. In addition, we became very good friends, and brought a breath of youth to Brian and me.
Considering its theatricality and histrionics, they are not afraid to become a clone of Freddie?
No. First of all, because Adam sounds like himself. Also, ever he tried to impersonate Freddie; he has his own style. It is something that we have seen since the beginning of our relationship, in 2009. The first show we did together gave us the pattern that could work very well; We immediately made several more shows, which confirmed what we had felt, and since then, everything was improving even more.
20 days ago, Freddie would have turned 69, and many people recalled in networks and in other areas. What causes you the validity of such devotion, almost 25 years after his death?
Is incredible. In a sense, when someone dies prematurely, the public keeps to himself the image of that person in his youth. For my part, I'm sure he'd never wanted to reach age 69. Freddie would have hated. (Laughter)
And you?
Sometimes I have to remember how old I have, because I can not believe it. I feel great.
Do you miss some of the times they were on top of the music world?
No. Things have their cycle. I am not clear what may be the world's largest at this time band. Perhaps Foo Fighters; I do not know. They are my friends, and I see in them the same attitude we had. I do not think things have changed much, beyond some new musical forms such as rap. But good music is taking its place.
Did you have to pay a high price to occupy that place?
At that time it was very difficult to live a normal life. What suffers most is home to one, the people you love and who love you, because you're always away. At the same time, everyone thinks they're wonderful, and might at some point that it go to his head. Today we are more mature, and good standing on the ground, but obviously there was a price to pay. Freddie was very engaged with social life. There was a price ... we were younger. Anyway, life has been really good to us. I have nothing to complain about.
What was the formula to stay together so long?
We were a real group. That helped us a lot, especially in bad times. When Freddie was dying, we isolate ourselves from the world and unite even more. In the distance, I consider our current situation, I think we have had a fantastic career.
A career that began Brian and you together; which are then joined Freddie and John Deacon, and that for many years now becomes responsible for you two. How do you define Brian May; a friend, a brother, a partner?
All together. We are like brothers. Sometimes I think he's crazy, but at the end of the day, are like brothers from different mothers.
Did it change for you the sense of making music?
No. I'm very proud of our history, of our journey through the music. I am proud of those songs that we did and that after so many years people remember, some new-that any, and to be with my brother still on stage.
You mentioned "new songs". When you compose, do you think Queen or your solo career? Or is it that Queen already has enough good songs in his repertoire?
Is that a good topic because it is not easy to determine when enough is enough. At one point, Brian and I would love to write songs for Adam, but I think that in the future there will be a lot of new music for Queen. We have already done a lot in the past.
Adam Lambert"There is no competition possible with Freddie"
"I've never been in Argentina, so for me this will be a very exciting experience. I know the public is extremely passionate. Even someone told me more than in Brazil, where he was incredible." In a room of the Faena Hotel, Adam Lambert is about to finish a marathon of interviews, without losing any of its verve. The same as exhibits to discuss the role played by these days. "For me it is an honor to play those songs that accompanied so many people throughout his life. Songs with lyrics the public knows to perfection, allowing one to connect with them. And for a singer, there is nothing more important than connecting with people. So the circle closes more than good " He says the singer, whose first contact with Brian May and Roger Taylor was his interpretation of
We Are the Champions, during the final gala of the 2009 edition of American Idol, which was relegated strikingly jackpot.
However, his performance earned him the trust of Taylor and May to take the place of Freddie Mercury; and he accepted. "Obviously, no possible competition with Freddie. He was really amazing. It was a unique singer, and a great composer. I would have never occurred to imitate; while he could not stray too far from the original versions. So we looked for a balance, trying to interpret what these songs represent to the people, "Lambert, which ensures that when making music, the gap of more than 30 years separates him from his fellow travelers explained away. And offstage? "Offstage, after the shows, we shared a wine dinner, we laughed together. I feel we have a great connection ".
There are no two without three
"Argentina has a special meaning""Argentina has a special meaning for us never forget our first visit in 1981. For us it was a mysterious tour;... Do not know what to expect it was something new, and it was a fabulous public remember the feeling that caused us all world knew the lyrics of our songs in a country where the language is so different. It was really fantastic, "says Taylor, without being overbearing. And with the images of that -some visit, including lace armed soldiers separating the audience from the stage and the group aboard the carriage assault when they were transferred to the stadium of Velez, formed part of the gallery exhibited in the London theater where the musical
We Will Rock You spent over a decade . in cartel-term memory in the "The political situation at that time was very special, and I think even then very few bands in Western Europe had been doing shows the size of ours. And the response was extraordinary. They were beautiful memories. And a feeling of warmth with the audience, that the second visit did nothing but confirm ".
Queen + Adam Lambert
Play tomorrow, at 21.30, at Estadio GEBA, Dorrego and Marcelino Freyre. Tickets are on sale from $ 600, through Topshow.
