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Oct 2, 2020 15:27:33 GMT -5
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The warning they gave to Adam Lambert, Queen's "adopted nephew": "Don't imitate Freddie"
In 2009, a 26-year-old appeared on the "American Idol" talent show with a dream and a song. The name of that song was "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, a band and, especially, a voice that captivated him since he was a child. Years later, his representative called him to present a proposal: to sing in a concert as the lead singer of Queen before half a million people. Although he only had nine days to prepare, Lambert agreed. Thus, something that in principle was provisional, today transforms him into the most stable vocalist of the band, after the death of its official leader, Freddie Mercury. This Friday, Queen and Adam release an album with the best of their live performances around the world.
When Adam Lambert accepted Queen's proposal to fill the position of Freddie Mercury, he had nine days to prepare two hours of concert before half a million people , but he did not hesitate. "I like challenges," recalled who has gone from being a short-lived replacement to the group's most stable singer in decades.
"This is still a collaboration and, at the same time, I have the impression that I am part of the family, like an adopted nephew or something like that," he told the international agency Efe, before the publication this Friday of the album "Queen + Adam Live Around The World ” , which collects the best of the nearly 200 concerts they have given together around the world since 2014.
Their meeting was one of those things that had to happen. Lambert was born in Indiana, United States, in 1982, and was just 9 years old when Mercury passed away. But like many powerful-voiced singers today, he grew up trying to emulate him, he said.
In fact, at the audition that gave him the pass to "American Idol" in 2009 he performed "Bohemiah Rhapsody" by Queen, and it was in this contest that his first meeting with the band took place , led by Brian May and Roger Taylor.
It was an apparently innocuous meeting, until years later he received a call from his representative offering to perform with the group live.
“I immediately said yes, and as I hung up I thought, 'Oh no! Will I be able to do this? Will the band and the public like me? '. The first performance together was going to be before half a million people in Kiev and I only had 9 days to prepare for two hours of concert, but everything went well. It was a challenge and I like challenges, ”he recalled.
The main slogan was clear from May and Taylor. "They told me very clearly: 'Don't imitate Freddie.' And that gave me the green light to do it my way ”, highlighted who little by little has been finding his own niche within the formation.
“Very at the beginning I thought of them as my bosses, but they have been very generous, I have grown up with them and now we are at a point where if I propose something, for example in the arrangements or scene design, they have me in account. I also tell you that, if it were not like that, it would seem good to me and I would limit myself to saying: 'Yes, sir!' ”, He admitted with a laugh.
Before him, others like Paul Rodgers tried to fill the void left by Mercury, but only Lambert has endured so many years in the position earning good reviews on the way to a mission that seemed impossible from the beginning. What has made it possible?
“One of the things that makes Queen special is that mix of styles that I love. I respect Roger and Brian very much and we get along very well, which is important. As for Freddie, what I liked the most about him, besides his voice, was his humor, that he told jokes on stage and tried to have a good time. We have that in common. When you're a performer, taking it too seriously isn't the most fun for the audience, ”he reflected.
Although he does not say it expressly, there is no doubt that the vocal range and the enormous flexibility of his throat have also had something to do. "It's a challenge to interpret that music, almost like an athletic sport," acknowledged Lambert, citing songs that have been challenging due to their convoluted dynamics, such as "Who Wants To Love Forever", "Another One Bites The Dust" or "The Show Must Go On ”.
There is also that extravagant side that Mercury and he share and it manifests in their wardrobe. “When choosing what to wear, I think a lot about the legacy of the band and the 'looks' that Freddie made famous. So I think: Would he wear this? If it is yes, I go ahead ” , he said.
Despite the decades of difference, it also connects them to be two gay performers in a predominantly heterosexual and masculine world like rock. “In his day, it was not easy for him to talk about it. Now things have changed and I feel lucky to be able to be so open about my sexuality. Somehow I believe that this generation has to continue down that path and that, if he had lived today, he would have felt more comfortable to show who he was and what he felt, "he said.
Far from considering that his current work with Queen overshadows his solo career (in March he released his fourth solo album, “Velvet” ), for Lambert both facets of his career are complementary, although at the moment it does not seem that this will translate into recording a Queen album with new material.
"It's something that only journalists ask, we have never talked about it," he added about the future of the mythical band, which has not published unpublished material since the 2008 launch of "The Cosmos Rocks", together with Paul Rodgers.
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The warning they gave to Adam Lambert, Queen's "adopted nephew": "Don't imitate Freddie"
In 2009, a 26-year-old appeared on the "American Idol" talent show with a dream and a song. The name of that song was "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, a band and, especially, a voice that captivated him since he was a child. Years later, his representative called him to present a proposal: to sing in a concert as the lead singer of Queen before half a million people. Although he only had nine days to prepare, Lambert agreed. Thus, something that in principle was provisional, today transforms him into the most stable vocalist of the band, after the death of its official leader, Freddie Mercury. This Friday, Queen and Adam release an album with the best of their live performances around the world.
"This is still a collaboration and, at the same time, I have the impression that I am part of the family, like an adopted nephew or something like that," he told the international agency Efe, before the publication this Friday of the album "Queen + Adam Live Around The World ” , which collects the best of the nearly 200 concerts they have given together around the world since 2014.
Their meeting was one of those things that had to happen. Lambert was born in Indiana, United States, in 1982, and was just 9 years old when Mercury passed away. But like many powerful-voiced singers today, he grew up trying to emulate him, he said.
In fact, at the audition that gave him the pass to "American Idol" in 2009 he performed "Bohemiah Rhapsody" by Queen, and it was in this contest that his first meeting with the band took place , led by Brian May and Roger Taylor.
It was an apparently innocuous meeting, until years later he received a call from his representative offering to perform with the group live.
“I immediately said yes, and as I hung up I thought, 'Oh no! Will I be able to do this? Will the band and the public like me? '. The first performance together was going to be before half a million people in Kiev and I only had 9 days to prepare for two hours of concert, but everything went well. It was a challenge and I like challenges, ”he recalled.
The main slogan was clear from May and Taylor. "They told me very clearly: 'Don't imitate Freddie.' And that gave me the green light to do it my way ”, highlighted who little by little has been finding his own niche within the formation.
“Very at the beginning I thought of them as my bosses, but they have been very generous, I have grown up with them and now we are at a point where if I propose something, for example in the arrangements or scene design, they have me in account. I also tell you that, if it were not like that, it would seem good to me and I would limit myself to saying: 'Yes, sir!' ”, He admitted with a laugh.
Before him, others like Paul Rodgers tried to fill the void left by Mercury, but only Lambert has endured so many years in the position earning good reviews on the way to a mission that seemed impossible from the beginning. What has made it possible?
“One of the things that makes Queen special is that mix of styles that I love. I respect Roger and Brian very much and we get along very well, which is important. As for Freddie, what I liked the most about him, besides his voice, was his humor, that he told jokes on stage and tried to have a good time. We have that in common. When you're a performer, taking it too seriously isn't the most fun for the audience, ”he reflected.
Although he does not say it expressly, there is no doubt that the vocal range and the enormous flexibility of his throat have also had something to do. "It's a challenge to interpret that music, almost like an athletic sport," acknowledged Lambert, citing songs that have been challenging due to their convoluted dynamics, such as "Who Wants To Love Forever", "Another One Bites The Dust" or "The Show Must Go On ”.
There is also that extravagant side that Mercury and he share and it manifests in their wardrobe. “When choosing what to wear, I think a lot about the legacy of the band and the 'looks' that Freddie made famous. So I think: Would he wear this? If it is yes, I go ahead ” , he said.
Despite the decades of difference, it also connects them to be two gay performers in a predominantly heterosexual and masculine world like rock. “In his day, it was not easy for him to talk about it. Now things have changed and I feel lucky to be able to be so open about my sexuality. Somehow I believe that this generation has to continue down that path and that, if he had lived today, he would have felt more comfortable to show who he was and what he felt, "he said.
Far from considering that his current work with Queen overshadows his solo career (in March he released his fourth solo album, “Velvet” ), for Lambert both facets of his career are complementary, although at the moment it does not seem that this will translate into recording a Queen album with new material.
"It's something that only journalists ask, we have never talked about it," he added about the future of the mythical band, which has not published unpublished material since the 2008 launch of "The Cosmos Rocks", together with Paul Rodgers.