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Post by pi on Oct 4, 2020 16:07:04 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Oct 4, 2020 16:17:10 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Oct 4, 2020 16:38:56 GMT -5
When Adam Lambert shut my mouth - Thiago Cardim judao.com.br/aquele-momento-em-que-adam-lambert-calou-minha-boca/Yes, I'm a passionate Queen fan. Yes, Freddie Mercury is God to me. And yes, now I think Lambert is a perfect choice for the post.Look, let's start this conversation by putting all the cards on the table: Queen is my favorite rock band of all time. Was always. And I believe that it will always be, no matter how much I am quite open to new sounds, to know and explore new bands.
And I think Freddie Mercury is the best singer that rock has ever had. And that you never will. The ultimate rock singer, the perfect combo, is perhaps the best definition.
I confess that, as soon as the active Queen members, Brian May and Roger Taylor, announced that they would be touring with Adam Lambert in the role of vocalist, putz, I was hit by a cavalier and apparently endless dose of mimimi. “Oh, this kid? Out of American Idol? Who the hell does he think he is? You barely got out of diapers and you already think you can replace Freddie? ”.
Putz. Fan really sucks. I know. Needless to say, I admit it myself.
The first mistake is there: Freddie is irreplaceable. Of that I know, everybody knows, even May and Taylor know. Nobody discussed this. So much so that at no time was it said that Lambert or even the group's previous partner, Paul Rodgers, would be “the new vocalists of Queen”. Nothing like that. The spelling is always Queen + Someone. A joint tour or something. Just out of respect for a guy who, damn, has shoes that are impossible to wear.
It is good to know that this Queen is not EXACTLY the Queen. There's May, there's Taylor ... but there's bassist John Deacon, still alive but out of touring life for many years, retired. It is an incomplete band - which I myself, for years, unfairly called the “zombie band”. No, it's not. I take back what I said. Yes, this is Queen. May and Taylor are Queen, after all. But let's say it is the best Queen we can have right now.
After the Freddie tribute held in Wembley, in 1992, I have in my mind that the ideal singer to accompany this Queen on a world tour would be George Michael. Seriously, the guy singing '39 and especially Somebody To Love , wow, it’s chilling. And he has more than an incredible voice. It also has generous doses of charisma, a brilliance that only great performers exhibit.
Not that Paul Rodgers didn't, see. But Rodgers' style, egressed from Free and Bad Company, is VERY different. I fully understand that May liked to justify the choice by saying that Mercury himself was a Rodgers fan and would approve of his selection for the role. But musically, Rodgers was (and still is) much more Deep Purple than Queen. A harder, stronger, more adrenaline-fueled hard rock. Paul Rodgers doesn't match Queen's songs. Because he is a great singer, you can't lie. But Queen's songs need more than one singer. They need someone to interpret. Make a real SHOW.
I said that George Michael is a performer. And Mercury was too. They are singers who know how to command an audience not only with the voice, but with the body, assuming a kind of character on the stage. They are not just singing. But interpreting. Someone who calls responsibility, who is part of the show - who, in cases like Queen's, is more than just a vocalist, a guitarist, a bassist and a drummer. They are lights, special effects, pyrotechnics. They are humorous and intimate conversations with the audience. They are teasing with the bandmates, jumping everywhere, running up and down the stage, hanging from the structures, knowing exactly when to make them smile and when to make them cry. It's being part of the show. It's doing a show. It is to be The show. It is to be everything LESS low-profile.
Mercury was a master of this because he knew exactly how to filter out the most pop rock references. Ladies and gentlemen, here is a little homework: the word pop is not a bad word, as much as some rock fans think the opposite.
The press and the shelves of large stores and magazines marked “pop music” as that simple and disposable sound, covering Britney Spears, One Direction, New Kids On The Block, Menudos, RBD, Restart, Wanessa Camargo and quetais. But is that the fairest definition for "pop"? Where does the expression pop, by the way? Wouldn't it be “popular”? Hum interesting. So, isn't calling something "popular" a far cry from saying that the sound is prefabricated, dependent on studios, producers and other devices to mask a supposed lack of talent?
Plus, Queen was a rock band. But it flirted beautifully with pop. It was rock for crowds. Arena rock. More than many other contemporary bands thought they were. You can tear yourself up there. But it is better to accept that it hurts less.
George Michael, for me, would be an excellent company for this Queen because he is an aspiring pop artist who knows how to be a rocker. Want to know something? When Brian May shocked half the world by suggesting that they could get in touch with Lady Gaga as a singer , guys, I DELIRE. Because, like Mercury, like Michael, she is an expert at making pop shows. And like George Michael, she is a pop artist who knows how to rock. He moves well in this universe: he is a fan of Kiss, Alice Cooper, Iron Maiden. All a bunch of specialists in making great shows.
And if Gaga, for me, would be a good choice, why the hell wouldn't Lambert be too?
My prejudice against young Adam, perhaps, came from his background - appeared on a reality show? Pure nonsense. Just watch the comrade's performances on American Idol to see that there was something different, unique, quite special.
But okay, I even respect the indignation of others, my own indignation. It's the “job” that was once Freddie Mercury's - or something. This pressure was to be expected. Adam himself, by the way, knew that. But he was not afraid of the challenge. "I'm not Freddie," he insisted on telling The Telegraph . “I'm not trying to be Freddie or compete with him. But I feel some kind of rapport and I'm taking this opportunity to try to make your music come alive again ”.
“It was really intimidating,” he confesses. "Freddie is a myth, how do you live with that?"
Well, you live one day at a time. Lambert lived. And he made everyone swallow every bit of bitter words about him, words fired without him even having a chance to show what he came for. I at least swallowed mine.
With every video I see of him singing along with Queen, I'm sure May and Taylor made the right choice. That Deacon must have approved the selection without thinking. And that Mercury, wherever he is, must be jumping for joy.
Lambert sings very well, that no one can deny. He manages to achieve high notes with ease and naturalness that would make a lot of medallion ashamed - which guarantees, more than in the time of the duets with Rodgers, that 99% of the songs will be sung in the correct tone. But do you know the thing about being a performer? Yeah. It goes further. Lambert is more than a singer. It has presence, it has charisma, it has style, it has confidence. He's a theatrical, cool, exaggerated, good-humored guy. A little arrogant, even. But the way it has to be, the way Freddie was. He knows the clothes he has to wear, he knows what kind of look to do for the cameras, he knows how to provoke. Use a certain spice of sexuality to the right extent. You know how to be natural, be engaging.
Adam, in short, plays. And very well. He doesn't have to be Freddie Mercury - because he can be who the hell he wants. Not even Freddie Mercury, after all, wanted to be himself all the time.
"I'm trying to keep Freddie's memory alive," Lambert told The Mirror . “And to remind people how wonderful he was, without imitating him. I'm trying to share with the audience how much he inspired me ”.
Thanks, Adam, for not calling me or anyone. You went there and stole the show. In fact, “stole”, no. He created a scene of his own. This is something for a few.
Don't stop it now. See you in September.
(Translated from Portugese)
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Post by cassie on Oct 4, 2020 17:05:53 GMT -5
I've got this earworm on replay in my head. I hear Adam's voice singing, "tell me why the stars just don't aliiiiiign." For the life of me, I cannot recall what that is from, and if I cannot listen to the whole song to the end, I will never get that clip out of my mind. Help, please.
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Post by ella on Oct 4, 2020 17:13:51 GMT -5
I've got this earworm on replay in my head. I hear Adam's voice singing, "tell me why the stars just don't aliiiiiign." For the life of me, I cannot recall what that is from, and if I cannot listen to the whole song to the end, I will never get that clip out of my mind. Help, please. Closer to You
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