I regret that I don't know romanian. Google translate don't do justice to those words.
Hi,
I think this is my first post. I am Romanian, I didn’t go to the QAL concert in Bucharest because agora phobia combined with hot weather would have taken all the joy away from me. But I have some friends who attended and they all said it was magical. I made some adjustments on the google translation of the article. I don’t have time to correct it more but you can understand it:
If Queen ought to have a name, it probably would have been called Eve, to restore the most famous couple in the world, Adam and Eve. But the Queen does not need a name, it is a definition.
Adam Lambert is Adam - the apple and the snake. He brought to Brian May and Roger Taylor the joy and motivation to go on tour, he created controversy by the idea that he can not be Freddie, made rockers, fans, almost Queen evangelists, to applaud louder than would be imagined.
Queen is a from a few years on this big tour around a worlds with increasingly smaller people. Last night I had to face two creators, musicians, who continue to enjoy the music as if the first concert.
I felt that Brian May and Roger Taylor have offered themselves, and they do this consistently since Freddie died, because they have nothing more to prove, but only to teach music with the healing powers of prejudice.
I think Brian May and Roger Taylor continues to tour also for Adam Lambert, to show him to the world, because they are proud of him, and to send a message.
They continue to go on tour, away from families, by airplanes, hotels etc, at a retirement age for others only to carry on the Queen music, because there are many who couldn’t enjoy listening them live before this tour.
Adam Lambert does not believe he is Freddie, and the new bassist doesn’t think he is John Deacon.
Adam Lambert is phenomenal. He is not Freddie, he is Adam. Even if by miracle he could perform with the same magic, emotion, strength as Freddie, he could not be him, because Mercury's value consists not only in performing, but also in creating, composing and in his vision.
Adam brings another charm, keeping the masculinity-femininity mix doses, vulnerability, strength, drama-comedy, as Freddie.
Beyond the music and the concert itself, during which I cried with joy, jumped, sang, I traveled inside and out of myself, I was impressed by the simplicity of details of putting the show on stage, the decency and modesty of all on stage, the beauty of disciple- protector relationship of the two members of Queen and Adam, Adam respect for others, always keeping one step behind them and that Brian's smile gives confidence, freedom, comfort.
For those who have found the excuse to not come to the concert because they prefer to stay with the image of Freddie – they should slap themselves stronger than if they were at the concert and would have applauded. If they are Queen fans, they missed the concert of their lives.
The presence at the concert and ticket purchase are a gesture of respect for the artists you love, not just for your joy to see them. It is a gesture that is impossible to be selfish.
When you buy a ticket you buy for two, actually - for you and the artist.
And if you declare yourself a Queen fan and you're not going to buy a ticket to see them, though it was about the only chance to see them in Romania, it means that you do not understand any of their music and message .
Queen is not only the We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Bohemian Rhapsody and I want to break free, they are the band who made history by fighting prejudices, mass media from their time and radios who would not disseminate them. I say this because we are in a period in which we think about the 'relationship' artist-radio in the music camp called Romanian music industry.
I hope there were in the audience not only artists from rock bands, but also those working in production studios that release music in order to enter the radio. They would be found out that there are more musical notes than they use, the guitar has other sounds and transmit a lot of emotions, there are other English words, that a play should not resemble another as to be successful.
I carry forward the message posted last night by Emagic, the concert promoter, and I bow myself in front of them for bringing this concert in Romania. I'm not happy for myself (I saw them a year ago in Hamburg), but more for those who lived in the days of brilliant music last night and had fulfilled a dream that seemed unattainable.
I was glad that there were times when the public was heard louder than those on stage.
Two weeks ago I was in the same place for Maroon 5 concert. I left after 35 minutes. The weakest performance or occurrence of any big artist which I saw. Music was ok, good, fair, but sung with no soul.
Yesterday I healed, I revived.
I end with a detail that says a lot about loving colleagues, about recognition, about the modesty of great artists.
Bohemian Rhapsody was sung using Freddie footage during the concert, the song was sung by Queen + Adam Lambert + Freddie.
End of the play is divided between Adam and Freddie.
The last word was left to Freddie.
I'm happy.
