Here's one 'stating the obvious' post. But I've never been the one who even tried to restrain my gushing urges and berty longings, sorry.
I just wanted to say what an immense pleasure was to watch the whole concert without the last night's pre-cardiac-arrest jitters.
~ this two-hour mammoth show gives Adam the opportunity to try himself out on the marathon track - it's priceless experience! He can literally have a taste of what it takes to have something like this. We all know it's where he wants to be with his career. And Adam is going to use and apply every single thing he's learnt from it. What it takes to plan it, execute it, prepare it - and did you notice he was more than prepared, he obviously worked his butt off. Who even dreamed the show would be this long and that he would sing this many songs! And he kept it all a secret from us, the little rascal
~ after the rather bumpy start, something seemed to just click. As the show progressed, Adam stopped being just the interpreter and started to OWN the songs. That must have been difficult, the respect he has for Queen almost crippling in this sense, but in order to truly shine he had to sing from his inside, guts and heart and all. Once he started doing that, the show turned from good to cosmicly brilliant. His confidence was palpable, he was the epitomy of fierce and sexy, as Scarlett tweeted, he left blood on that stage.
~ As much as I'm grateful for what Mr May and Mr Taylor have done for Adam, I was more than mesmerized to see what Adam gave to THEM: everybody says they were livelier and perkier than ever! Brian was gorgeous, he was on fire! And Roger and Rufus - adorable! They have obviously experienced the Mr Lambert Effect, something we're very familiar with here - he wakes people up, lights the bulbs in their brain which they never knew existed, his passion and power leaving no one in his presence untouched or unaffected. Their gifts they give to one another are of equal relevance and importance, I think.
~ Absolute show stoppers (IMHO), the two peaks above all: Who Wants To Live Forever ( my heart stopped beating, honestly) and Another One Bites The Dust ( sexmusicrockbaby!) and Crazy Little Thing Called Love ( he uses his low voice here and it is said it's his 'weakest link' , but I think he sounded great here. And all sexy again. Can't wait for some of the Atop music people give their 2 cents on that one)
~ Yes, there were mistakes. Duh! They'll iron it out.
~ One thought kept swirling through my head last night, maybe OTT, but... I was thinking how much I love Adam's songs. There are fans who love him and his voice, but they keep criticizing his music. I.LOVE.HIS.SONGS! So this show was also great for that - to show me that I would trade a two-hour long Queen concert for Adam's show in a blink of an eye, any time of day. This in no way minimizes the importance of the Queenbert. On the contrary - it just shows what a profound experience it was/ is/ will be.
P.S. - Apart from Popledge's, there is also the review from Pressparty.
ETA - I wish people stopped talking that some Queen fans didn't like it. Who the fuck cares, really...
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