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Post by pi on Aug 3, 2017 7:37:53 GMT -5
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Post by satisfied on Aug 3, 2017 7:44:35 GMT -5
Here is today's thread. It is moving day so... Good luck with the move, Q3! Hope the day goes well for you!
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Post by shimoli710 on Aug 3, 2017 7:48:34 GMT -5
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Post by satisfied on Aug 3, 2017 7:48:59 GMT -5
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Post by satisfied on Aug 3, 2017 7:50:33 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Aug 3, 2017 7:55:27 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Aug 3, 2017 7:56:22 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Aug 3, 2017 8:03:38 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Aug 3, 2017 8:17:51 GMT -5
GOERiE.comPat Howard: Queen will still rock you after all these yearsBrian May, at 70, still has all of his chops. Drummer Roger Taylor, 69, beats the skins like a man half his age.
I’ve gotten increasingly allergic to big crowds as I’ve moved along in middle age.
Just listening to people talk about the crush at Discover Presque Isle last weekend gives me hives. I’m the guy who avoids Buck Night when I go see the Erie SeaWolves because I’d rather pay more for a beer and a dog than jostle to get them.
This condition has resulted in something that would have baffled the 20-something me. I rarely go to concerts anymore, and when I do I generally stick to club shows.
When I have braved an arena or such in recent years, it’s due to what feels like a last call for some old favorite combined with the chance to hang out with a specific circle of old friends that my wife and I don’t see enough of anymore. The mix generally includes our dear friend Sherry Rieder, the world’s greatest designated driver.
Last summer’s exception to my rule was a reunion tour by the Dixie Chicks, who had been mostly dormant for a decade. I’d always heard they were great live, and their performance at the Blossom Music Center confirmed it.
This summer’s rocking road trip — a couple of weeks ago in Cleveland — really sneaked up on me. I didn’t remember that I’d long ago signed up to see Queen until a few days before the show.
I wasn’t a huge fan back in the day, although “A Night at the Opera” and “News of the World” got quite a bit of action on my turntable when they were new. How long ago that was is reflected in the fact that a young woman I work with doesn’t know what a turntable is.
Any prospects for Queen remaining a going concern — other than its surviving members sitting back and collecting the royalties — once seemed unlikely. There are members of some bands who are so iconic that they’re utterly irreplaceable, and Freddie Mercury sure seemed to be one of them.
Mercury, of course, was the obscenely talented and hyper-charismatic frontman whose voice was inseparable from the band’s sound and whose persona set the tone for its fabled stage presence. He died in 1991 at 45 from complications of AIDS, and it was hard to imagine Queen being Queen without him.
Think Creedence without John Fogerty. U2 without Bono. The Guess Who without Burton Cummings. Led Zeppelin without Robert Plant. Forget about it.
Queen did some touring and even recorded in subsequent years with other singers, most notably Paul Rodgers of Bad Company, which I didn’t remember until I looked it up. But to most fans the band remained defined by its original lineup and its back catalog, and pretty much still is.
That’s where “American Idol” comes in. In 2009, Queen performed “We Are the Champions” with “Idol” winner Kris Allen and the gifted, flamboyant runner-up, Adam Lambert. The band’s chemistry with the latter proved enduring.
Read more + video... www.goerie.com/opinion/20170803/pat-howard-queen-will-still-rock-you-after-all-these-years
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Post by pi on Aug 3, 2017 8:22:38 GMT -5
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