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Post by augenpoesie on Feb 5, 2015 15:09:57 GMT -5
The German phrase is "und wirkt lustlos" which can be interpreted as "and acts halfheartedly". To me that's pretty much the same as "pretends" which is what he does. He pretends to work that mike stand as if it were his.... I think we can give the benefit of the doubt. Sorry, I've been a partypooper all day, but you can't translate it that way... It really means listless or not very interested in what you're doing.
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Post by augenpoesie on Feb 5, 2015 15:01:24 GMT -5
They changed the review. The original article was a lot longer. They even changed the headline. The original headline was "minus + minus gets plus". I'll post the original translation: Queen + Adam Lambert - Minus and Minus results Plus Since Freddie Mercury's death Queen is headless. Now let Adam Lambert serve as organ donation. The Berlin audience in the nearly sold out O2 World liked it. By Julia Friese A band because it behaves like the human body, has, at best, only a head. So it is ideal, because two of them break apart (Oasis) and if it does not have more, then she's dead (Nirvana). But then there's Queen. Royal stubborn, the band tries to dismiss all poprules since 1991. Headless she wanders across the stages around the world, only to frantically cover themselves and their second row members, drummer Roger Taylor and guitarist, Brian May, to make it to stardom even more to the pop-Prometheus. Queen mends the missing head new again and again. At the moment this head’s name is Adam Lambert. He‘s American and looks like the glam-rock version of the former Lagerfeld muse Baptiste Giabiconi. Yes, you can imagine Lambert drinking with Lagerfeld Diet Coke, both fingerless gloved in the shade on a Mediterranean terrace somewhere, but as soon as the Coke would be sucked out, Lagerfeld would be turning away. The conversation would not succeed, because at Lambert follows one banal pop platitude to the next: "Hey Berlin" "Are you ready to rock and roll?" "Ich liebe dich." Boring, but not surprising. For Lambert is not a pop star, he only has won American Idol, a star performer that was sewn as organ donation in a band. He should replace Freddie Mercury? Minus and minus should arise Plus.It's Wednesday evening, the hall, which is no longer called O2 World soon is full. Man wearing red velvet and glittering Q brooches on the lapel. Man reading newspaper, or peeking with binoculars towards the stage. It rumbles, it growls, it smokes - then the Popmonster is born. "One Vision" is the first song and the theme of the evening. "One Flesh, One Bone" Lambert sings lukewarm of the stage, which is decorated with a capital "Q", and in this first act, because it stands for "Question Mark" - question mark. Lambert seems to be listless to the max.Lambert is the youngest and weakest, but he does not fly, he moves in slow poses stop-motion. In "Fat Bottomed Girls", he runs his hand up and down at the golden microphone stand, and has a maximum listless. Out of "Killer Queen" he makes on a lounge chair lying drag queen. When he sings "I want to break free" one believes him immediately. A little later he is gone.Brian May is now sitting up front, alone on a stool, sings "Love of my Life" for Freddie, and everyone is singing along, and this is so cheesy and sweet that you feel the same there is the Coca-Cola Christmas jerk next angels and snowflakes fly through the hall. Freddie, appears in the belly of Q, - it stands for Queen - then sings the last line and they melt in the audience ears like hot chocolate bars in the audience palate. Then follow solos. May and his guitar in the Seventies Shooting Star buzz. Taylor and his drums in the drum-off against the young accompanying drummer - and what can I say, this is sex and power, and play. The audience has passed the binoculars, it now stretches his fists. For this yesterday undertow escaped out a perfect finale. Lambert also fits now. He is now the golden boy in suit with gold crown. As Jesus after Easter he sings "We will rock you" and of course "We are the Champions". And while gold confetti explodes over all, you do not know what you want first: eat Mozart balls? Drink eggnog? Throwing little golden pictures at them? Oh, "I want it all!" and "Now!" wants to call, because you now know in life is nothing like it was, but everything eventually comes back somehow. And that's damn comforting, so for the heart and the head. And please don't tell me that this is a good review...
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Post by augenpoesie on Feb 5, 2015 12:52:34 GMT -5
I love you so very much chapf .... I see a little resemblance to the angry little one
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Post by augenpoesie on Feb 5, 2015 7:44:20 GMT -5
This is beautiful! By @mlg621 She always does such a wonderful job!
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Post by augenpoesie on Feb 5, 2015 7:16:17 GMT -5
Actually I think this review is all about FLD. Because she starts with the premise that Queen without a head is Queen no more. She is not looking at what is good in this incarnation, but rather reminiscing about what is no more. And this together with the bias that you are not supposed to like this, which is still present in some places (and yes, the Netherlands is one of those places too). I have been angry as well about some of the pieces that were written. BUT this time the comment sections saved the day for me. At each and every one there were people saying 'I was there, and it was brilliant', 'were you even at the same show?', 'have you listened to that man's voice?'. And those were not Glamberts, but sometimes Queenies and sometimes people who just like music. So what I did (after a while) is shrug, and listened to that great streamer yesterday, who sang his longs out and clearly had the time of his life. I think about the show in which Adam sang to me. About that beautiful beautiful improvisation before IWIA. About the love and fun that they have on stage. The people singing BoRap on their way to the tube. And that is what this show is about. I am a very positive person and normally I just shrug and laugh off these bad or even nasty reviews, because I know what QAL is about. Brian told us in an interview at the MSG that he doesn't mind people not liking this collaboration. He said: Fine - just stay at home (or something like that). But sadly the reviewers don't stay at home if they don't like it This one review just hit a button. If you don't like his singing - fine, if you don't like his dressing - fine, if you don't like his hair - fine (yeaaah - as if ;-) ), BUT: how can you say that Adam is dumb? Or that he is listless???? I think you have to be a malicious mind to make that up! I swear, If he were just a little tiny bit more perfect he'd have his own religion and I would be one of his biggest worshippers, happily dancing around him with flowers in my hair... so this comes close to blasphemy ETA: Okay, now I officially declare this rant OVER!
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Post by augenpoesie on Feb 5, 2015 5:49:57 GMT -5
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Post by augenpoesie on Feb 5, 2015 5:14:47 GMT -5
Those types of negative reviews are so biased as to be irrelevant. The rolling stone review on this page said it well, they are characterised by being: under the pressure of mass delusion about replacing Mercury
Best response to the #FLD of the tour
Yeah - great response Yet this review wasn't exactly about FLD. What really bothers me about that review is that they make Adam appear to be a silly and stupid person, where you would turn deadly bored away in any conversation with him, because he's got nothing to say . And the ultimate insult is that the writer said, that he is the maximum listless performer...and that he sang "I want to break free" because he was so eager to get off stage. The reviewer gets so personal... but I should concentrate on all the wonderful and rave reviews they got... but it'll take some time, til I calm down.
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Post by augenpoesie on Feb 5, 2015 4:39:41 GMT -5
I just read a german review from a Berlin newspaper "http://www.morgenpost.de/kultur/berlin-kultur/article137135490/Queen-Adam-Lambert-Minus-und-Minus-ergibt-Plus.html" and I am close to driving to Berlin and spank this miserable little bugger who wrote this piece of - excuse me - shitty piece of shit. Please don't give them hits... PS: If someone is interested in the review, I'll send the google-translation by pm - but believe me, if you have read this, we will drive in a convoy to Berlin - for spanking purposes ;-) Is this a major newspaper? Can you summarize the gist of the review? Yes it's a major newspaper. I can't summarize it - maybe you can do it, I'll send it to you.
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Post by augenpoesie on Feb 5, 2015 4:09:11 GMT -5
I just read a german review from a Berlin newspaper "http://www.morgenpost.de/kultur/berlin-kultur/article137135490/Queen-Adam-Lambert-Minus-und-Minus-ergibt-Plus.html" and I am close to driving to Berlin and spank this miserable little bugger who wrote this piece of - excuse me - shitty piece of shit. Please don't give them hits... PS: If someone is interested in the review, I'll send the google-translation by pm - but believe me, if you have read this, we will drive in a convoy to Berlin - for spanking purposes ;-)
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Post by augenpoesie on Feb 4, 2015 16:40:03 GMT -5
Forget about that one Oh! Should I delete the post? No - it's just snarky and dumb.
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