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Queen touring the States this Summer - good idea?
I wondered people's views on the upcoming Queen and Adam Lambert tour. Personally I think this it's time they gave it a rest. I would hate for Queen to be remembered as the band that didn't know when to quit.
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They're already past that stage.
Should have given it up after the FM tribute IMHO |
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They should give it a rest and get over themselves the PR tour was a certified bomb. Adam Lambert is just doing it because he's been a commercial flop in Europe so far and hopes this will boost things for him he's a good singer but the song writing has to be questioned, but I want to hear Adam and his songs, not an impersonation of Freddie which nobody can do. Brian May is the biggest hypocrite going too, he criticises The Voice for being stupid karaoke, yet he hires Lambert to sing Queen songs aka exactly the same thing he is criticising. Queen and the Queen experience finished in 1991/2, end of.
Knock on the head chaps, and follow Mr. Deacons example or do solo material with your own band. |
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Humongous Queen fan...but entirely sick of them to be honest. Well, I can happily listen to the supreme master's voice on the old records, but all the new crap with these nonsense singers is just hideous.
John Deacon made the right choice as he is the only one we can respect anymore. If Brian and Roger wanted to continue a music career why didn't they just go themselves? Write some new material that didn't need a Freddie impersonator. |
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the first bacth of dates sold well so they even added more
The queen name means playing 15000 seat arenas Bria nmay solo means playing to 500 a night easy choice |
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I think they got away with it with Paul Rodgers, because he is a brilliant singer in his own right, and he sang the songs in his style, rather than trying to copy Freddie. He was also able to sing his own songs.
They should have seen that as a bonus, and called it a day. |
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If it makes them money than yes it is a good idea. Queen wasn't just FM, the remaining members have every right to carry on.
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If it makes them money than yes it is a good idea. Queen wasn't just FM, the remaining members have every right to carry on.
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As a poster said, Brian May = 500 people in a club, Freddie Mercury = 15000 in an arena, Freddie was the star who people paid to see, he can never be replicated, Queen shows without him are not Queen.
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Queen touring the States this Summer - good idea?
Queen (the most overrated band ever imo) were never a good idea.
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As a poster said, Brian May = 500 people in a club, Freddie Mercury = 15000 in an arena, Freddie was the star who people paid to see, he can never be replicated, Queen shows without him are not Queen.
The idea that the other band mates are no longer Queen because 1 is gone is utterly insane. Of course it's not the same but i'm sure the people going to see the show know that.
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The idea that the other band mates are no longer Queen because 1 is gone is utterly insane. Of course it's not the same but i'm sure the people going to see the show know that.It is a hard thing and TBH I don't mind them doing it. Brian fell into a huge depression after Freddie died, he even contemplated suicide. If doing these concerts gives him joy and happiness who are we to say no. I suppose the biggest bug for many is them calling it Queen. They are entitled to use the name. It's marketing really they know that Roger Taylor, Brian May, Adam Lambert will not sell tickets. Brian himself has said all these shows with other people is not Queen but it's great fun. |
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And Freddie hated the fact people were only interested in him. He said he was only 25% of the band.
It is a hard thing and TBH I don't mind them doing it. Brian fell into a huge depression after Freddie died, he even contemplated suicide. If doing these concerts gives him joy and happiness who are we to say no. I suppose the biggest bug for many is them calling it Queen. They are entitled to use the name. It's marketing really they know that Roger Taylor, Brian May, Adam Lambert will not sell tickets. Brian himself has said all these shows with other people is not Queen but it's great fun. |
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He may have hated it it, but it still doesn't change the fact people only paid to see him. Only John Deacon has faced up to this reality, the majority of Queen fans I've seen on message boards are against it. Lambert is only doing it to try and crack the European market, because he's done poorly over here as there are a lot of artists like him, he's talented, but the songwriting is poor.
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He may have hated it it, but it still doesn't change the fact people only paid to see him. Only John Deacon has faced up to this reality, the majority of Queen fans I've seen on message boards are against it. Lambert is only doing it to try and crack the European market, because he's done poorly over here as there are a lot of artists like him, he's talented, but the songwriting is poor.
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So who has been paying to see Queen post FM then? or has that simple fact escaped your attention.
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Uh-huh. Sure.
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Nice to see you're in agreement.
People go to see Queen because they like the music regardless of who is the lead singer, of course people won't go as much just to see Brian May, because that is not going to be an entirely Queen setlist, I doubt FM as a solo performer was as popular as Queen. |
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Nice to see you keep avoiding the question, if people only went to see Queen because of FM, then who has been going to see them for the past 20 years?
People go to see Queen because they like the music regardless of who is the lead singer, of course people won't go as much just to see Brian May, because that is not going to be an entirely Queen setlist, I doubt FM as a solo performer was as popular as Queen. |
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Nice to see you keep avoiding the question, if people only went to see Queen because of FM, then who has been going to see them for the past 20 years?
People go to see Queen because they like the music regardless of who is the lead singer, of course people won't go as much just to see Brian May, because that is not going to be an entirely Queen setlist, I doubt FM as a solo performer was as popular as Queen. |
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Sorry I missed it, go and see the Rock The Cosmos tour info, it was a complete flop, and Mr Bad Guy flopped as it was recorded before Live Aid which changed everything for Queen and Freddie as Barcelona his second solo album was a huge success.
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Sorry I missed it, go and see the Rock The Cosmos tour info, it was a complete flop, and Mr Bad Guy flopped as it was recorded before Live Aid which changed everything for Queen and Freddie as Barcelona his second solo album was a huge success.
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Not sure if the Cosmos Rocks was a complete flop. It did reach no 5 in the Album charts. Mr Bad Guy did not chart and Barcelona reached no 25.
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Since Freddie died, May and Taylor have essentially become their own Queen tribute band.
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That song and album pretty much defined Freddies career, and I said Rock The Cosmos, which was the name of the tour and it was a disaster, hence why Queen and PR disbanded, The Cosmos Rocks was critically panned rightfully too IMO.
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The idea that the other band mates are no longer Queen because 1 is gone is utterly insane. Of course it's not the same but i'm sure the people going to see the show know that.