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Post by iluvfun42 on Jul 1, 2012 23:38:04 GMT -5
For the more experienced Queen fans here...is SSOR an easily recognized song to the Queen cognoscenti? I didn't recognize it, and then it was followed by FBG in what seemed to be a different key than usual, and then by the original but not as well know version of WWRY. I'm just curious as to whether they were trying to shock any expectations that this was going to be a tribute band right off the bat or what...personally, I was expecting a more typical Queen song as the opener? Per Q-forum, when Queen was touring with PR, there're some songs (exp. KYA & DSMN) that they couldn't do because PR couldn't sing them (range wise??). Brian & Roger have waited for 20 years to be able to play all those songs that they've performed with Freddie ... no wonder we saw both of them looked so happy last night right?? Because IMO, they can feel the joy to play those songs again and Adam gives that opportunity to them. You are so right. Why do fans not want Queen to sing their songs? Why are they so mean? Queen was more than Freddie Mercury. They were also, Brian, Roger, PR and now Adam. The music must live with or without Freddie. It just must live! |
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Post by cassie on Jul 1, 2012 23:40:45 GMT -5
Warning: Just my opinion. Based on my impressions of Adam's personality. YMMV
I think that this gig with Queen was a challenge, an honor, and a thrill for Adam. I think he loved the collaboration. And loved playing to a quarter million people, of course. We know he loves the music of Queen.
Having said that, I very much doubt Adam would do anything long term or committed as the frontman for Queen. An occasional guest artist, yes. The designated singer, no. First off, he loves and is committed to the music he has created on Trespassing. If he wanted to go the full rock route, he would have done so. He is doing the music he has chosen.
Secondly, and more basically, Adam wants to be his own artist. And his own star. He walks a fine line with Queen: honoring Freddie while making the songs his own, respecting Brian and Roger and the way they have created THEIR music. He is not the boss in this situation. They may consult with Adam and seek his input, but they run the show. They are the directors and the producers. I think at this stage in Adam's life, that is too confining for him. We know he likes being HBIC. With the revolving band members and backing singers, it is clear that he does not see himself as head of a band, but as a solo artist.
I think we can hope for additional Queenbert concerts. It was very successful, they had fun, and it can be a big money maker. I don't anticipate anything like a TOUR, though. Even if Adam were eager to do it, I don't think Brian and Roger would be interested in the grueling work of a tour. But, five or six shows around the US would be very nice!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2012 23:40:57 GMT -5
On AOBTD I do love the run near the end (that he and Freddie both do) where he is walking to the front of the stage and he is just so full of swagger, that it's awesome. That whole song is awesome. I also love the byplay of Adam and Brian during STL -- that's hilarious! Okay, now that I have spent the day between cycling TdF coverage) and the concert, I am worn out! I wonder if I have any clean clothes for tomorrow...huh. mm.. i don't hear any Freddie on Another One Bites the Dust. The duet with Freddie only on Bohemian Rhapsody and Love of My Live with Brian. I think what she meant is that when Freddie was alive and performing this song, he also did the runs like Adam did!  |
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Post by lynne on Jul 1, 2012 23:42:23 GMT -5
From adamlambertart:  Let freedom ring. |
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Post by Sagittarius on Jul 1, 2012 23:44:47 GMT -5
llll @technopall @milestougeaux I think the entire world is glad @adamlambert wasn't good at math. He was born to rock the world. Trespassing Retweeted by Miles Tougeaux Shhh...let's not tell astrophysicist, Dr. Brian May, that he shouldn't be able to rock the world. ;D Speaking of whom, I've watched that guitar solo more than a few times. It's like hearing an artist play three dimensional chess with the cosmos, using the musical equivalent of quantum physics. I think there's one good reason that most scientists don't make the best artists - left-brain dominants aren't often artistically creative. And vice versa. Brian has fabulous access to both hemispheres. It's a fascinating and rare opportunity to watch him as he creates art. I was also contemplating how three of my favorite songs from yesterday's set were written by Brian: "Who Wants to Live Forever," "The Show Must Go On," and "I Want it All." Brian May is a passable vocalist in his own right, but obviously he doesn't have the range to sing at least the first two of those songs himself. Brian wrote those songs for Freddie Mercury's voice. And Brian doesn't have the muscular swagger vocally to sing "I Want it All" as he understood Freddie could do. This by way of saying, since a few others are expressing their fantasy outcomes of this Queen + Adam Lambert collaboration, here's one of mine. In my opinion, Brian May has a singularly unique history of being able to write songs that fit and understand a voice such as Adam Lambert's like a custom-tailored SkinGraft suit. Yeah, I ship it. I've fallen down the rabbit hole so many times yesterday and today with such a constant huge smile that my face hurts. I feel so lucky to have lived in a time where two such vocalists as Freddie Mercury and Adam Lambert gave us their incredible performances. That some of those performances are of the same music astonishes me. The universe is stranger than we will ever understand, and I love it. Actually, I love everything and everybody today, including all of you ATOPers. This is better than Ecstasy!  Fabulous post...I've copied it to my AFL file ! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2012 23:45:48 GMT -5
Simon Cowell: "I think you are...theatrical."
No shit, Sherlock. I just had to bring this over from yesterday's thread. It's still cracking me up. |
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Post by iluvfun42 on Jul 1, 2012 23:46:20 GMT -5
I LOL'd at this comment from the Rolling Stone article (which is a love fest for the most part) but in a weirdly over the top way captures perfectly Adam's "id": "Can anyone match the over ripe unctuous beauty of Mr. Lambert? He never hesitates to play all his cards, with a singular abandon, as an homage to his self-conception. No one since Elizabeth Taylor, in the Hollywood adaptation of John O'Hara's Butterfield 8, has there been anything like him, of either sex. Bowie was too angular and emaciated but still very appealing as elegant, epicene self-creation. But Adam is voluptious and utterly over the top and his self-knowledge is part of the exhilarating game. Jim Morrison was too addicted to his masculinity and playing to all those nubile girls, those child/women destined for seduction." Truly yours, Myra Breckenridge P.S. Look it all up on Wikipedia  Wow!! Perfect!! OH YES! I haven't seen so far a concert where Adam sang and there were so many men in the audience. What I saw, maybe 3 to 1 male to female? |
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Post by virg1877 on Jul 1, 2012 23:46:42 GMT -5
Warning: Just my opinion. Based on my impressions of Adam's personality. YMMV I think that this gig with Queen was a challenge, an honor, and a thrill for Adam. I think he loved the collaboration. And loved playing to a quarter million people, of course. We know he loves the music of Queen. Having said that, I very much doubt Adam would do anything long term or committed as the frontman for Queen. An occasional guest artist, yes. The designated singer, no. First off, he loves and is committed to the music he has created on Trespassing. If he wanted to go the full rock route, he would have done so. He is doing the music he has chosen. Secondly, and more basically, Adam wants to be his own artist. And his own star. He walks a fine line with Queen: honoring Freddie while making the songs his own, respecting Brian and Roger and the way they have created THEIR music. He is not the boss in this situation. They may consult with Adam and seek his input, but they run the show. They are the directors and the producers. I think at this stage in Adam's life, that is too confining for him. We know he likes being HBIC. With the revolving band members and backing singers, it is clear that he does not see himself as head of a band, but as a solo artist. I think we can hope for additional Queenbert concerts. It was very successful, they had fun, and it can be a big money maker. I don't anticipate anything like a TOUR, though. Even if Adam were eager to do it, I don't think Brian and Roger would be interested in the grueling work of a tour. But, five or six shows around the US would be very nice! ITA! |
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Post by amw on Jul 1, 2012 23:47:17 GMT -5
My hubby just watched the whole 2 hour concert with me! I turned it on, to see if a DVD he had made came out right, all the way through. He heard the beginning and sat down to watch a "little" because he loves Queen! Adam mesmerized him and he watched the whole thing!! At the end he said, "Adam did a reeally good job! I'm impressed!" Now, he has liked Adam, since Idol. But not enough to go to a concert with me or to pop the CD in himself! So cool!!!!!!!!!!   My dh watched most of the concert with me yesterday. Then today when I was watching it again he sat down and watched some more! My partner is loving this too. Very nice |
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Post by iluvfun42 on Jul 1, 2012 23:51:42 GMT -5
Hey, yesterday was an epic day. You never know. Down the road, maybe there's a rock god that has to come out. Maybe, the timing is coming...it's coming...it's coming... I love rocker Adam so much, I felt like heaven melting over me last night watching that concert. The musicianship of Queen and the stellar top of the world vocals Adam are a match made in music heaven. I just don't want it to end. I have not sought therapy yet for my addiction to rock god Adam, I just hope it continues. Meanwhile I am enjoying the funky shady, the trippy Kickin, the rock edge of chokehold and runnin. However, my vision of Adam in the future includes him working with musicians of this caliber all the time. I could totally see "Kickin In" with a Queen inflluence. Brian could bring that song to church...... or Nirvana |
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