| gambri 06.01.2018 16:08 |
We are many fans of Queen that we did not like Paul Rodgers, and especially Adam Lambert were singers with Queen. I would like Brian and Roger to do a tour singing their own songs with Queen, I think they belong to them and they can sing them perfectly. It would be a dream to go on tour, without another singer, just the two of them (plus a bassist, keyboard player and drummer) This is the setlist that I imagine for a tour of Brian May & Roger Taylor. I do not know if I would call it Queen. The author of the song and year of composition goes in parentheses. and who would sing it. I think it represents the story and the legacy of Brian and Roger with Queen. I've included You're my best Friend and Love of my life as a reminder to John and Freddie. I know Brian has this proposal, I do not get Roger's email, but it would be a dream that they will consider it. Here goes the setlist: Intro Procession (1973 BM) ________________________________ Tie Tour Mother Down (1976 BM) Vocal BM Under Pressure (1981 Queen & Bowie) Vocal RT A Kind Of Magic (1986 RT) Vocal RT Some Day One Day (1974 BM) Vocal BM Medley White Queen (1974 BM) Vocal BM&RT I'm in Love with My Car (1975 RT) Vocal RT Rock It (Prime Jive) (1980 RT) Vocal RT ________________________________ Heaven for Everyone (1987 RT) Vocal RT _played Roger Taylor solo and The Cross Tenement Funster (1974 RT) Vocal RT _played Roger Taylor solo Long Away (1976 BM) Vocal BM Sail Away, Sweet Sister (1979 BM) Vocal BM _played Brian May 11/11/98 Tokyo Doing All Right (1972 BM) Vocal BM Fight From the Inside (1977 RT) Vocal RT Acoustic part '39 (1975 BM) Vocal BM Good Company (1975 BM) Vocal BM _played Brian May and Kerry Ellis Born 16/11/2012 Portsmouth You're My Best Friend (1975 JD) Vocal BM Love of My life (1975 FM) Vocal BM Say It's not true (2007 RT) Vocals BM & RT Too Much Love Will Kill You (1988 BM) Vocal BM ________________________________ A Human Body (1980 RT) Vocal RT Las palabras de Amor (1982 BM) Vocal BM All Dead, All Dead (1977 BM) Vocal BM Sleeping on the Sidewalk (1977 BM) Vocal BM _ played Brian May 30/10/1998 Newcastle, Groningen 1998 First Encore Radio Ga Ga (1984 RT) Vocal RT These Are the Days of Our Lives (1990 RT) Vocal RT ________________________________ Second Encore We Will Rock You (1977 BM) Vocal BM No One But You (Only the Good Die Young (1997 BM) Vocals BM & RT) _played 2002 Amsterdam ________________________________ Tape God Save the Queen (1974 Arr. BM) Other songs could be included: Headlong Hammer to Fall In some cases I have clarified when they have already played it live. Do you think I've forgotten any song? I have tried to balance the best known and some that never played in concert. |
| gambri 06.01.2018 16:12 |
IMPORTANT: Sorry for my Tarzan-Google english. |
| mr mason 06.01.2018 16:23 |
You are insane,but i love it! |
| anderssteen 06.01.2018 16:52 |
Great idea really! |
| scottmax 06.01.2018 19:13 |
I’ve an idea, let’s list almost all songs written by or sang by Brian or Roger, and make an imaginary set list with them........ |
| Jake12 06.01.2018 19:26 |
This is what I would want actually Brian and Roger on your singing Queen songs! |
| dysan 06.01.2018 20:00 |
Ah, the old smooth flowing 'White Queen / I'm in Love with My Car / Rock It (Prime Jive)' medley.... |
| mooghead 06.01.2018 20:54 |
"Ah, the old smooth flowing 'White Queen / I'm in Love with My Car / Rock It (Prime Jive)' medley.... " Would certainly rival the Abbey Road medley for musical perfection... |
| mooghead 06.01.2018 22:31 |
*joke* |
| Makka 07.01.2018 06:36 |
Acoustic with just the 2 of them. Roger on cajon drum. :) |
| Another Roger (re) 07.01.2018 08:34 |
I have always wanted this myself. But I think Brian should avoid singing harder songs like Tie Your Mother Down. In my opinion he doesnt sound very good singing them. He has a voice that is best suited for songs like 39, long away, Good Company etc. He is not a rock singer, and that shows in more than one way. |
| DQ1 07.01.2018 09:17 |
It's all about the money. They made deals with (record) companies to keep promoting their music etc. Besides the greatest, best of and deluxe CD releases, touring the world with a well known younger singer is the best next thing, business-wise that is. I would have loved to see them in smaller venues, just the two of them with some additionel musicians doing acoustic plugged/unplugged concerts. Look at Mark Knopfler for instance, he still makes (solo)records and tours the world regularly. But Brian May and Roger Taylor havn't recorded any new material since 2008 and before that since 1997. Queen in their heyday;s was also about the money but they were still a creative band. We have to accept the fact that Queen is more a brand than a active and creative band these days. They're not the only ones though. |
| Band Forever 07.01.2018 12:38 |
The reality Roger and Brian cannot sing the Queen songs live and play their instruments. Not many vocalists can do an adequate job in the right keys. Adam seems to hit and sustain the notes but he lacks Freddie's power. |
| brians wig 07.01.2018 12:58 |
That's just short sighted. I've had that dream pf Brian and Roger touring together for nearly two decades now, not with other singers but, as you suggest, just them and a backing band. However, I'd have Roger doing most of the singing (which Brian would be happy with these days) and yes, there would have to be a few Queen songs in the mix, BUT (and he's the dream), they'd mainly be performing solo material. Put your imagination into gear and imagine Roger singing Brian's stuff and Brian's guitar on Roger's stuff. I need say no more. |
| john bodega 07.01.2018 13:57 |
It would've been great in the 90's, but the moment has definitely past. |
| dysan 07.01.2018 14:11 |
Yeah. It was discussed not so long ago - they've gone the route they have to remain a stadium band. The other options as stated above would mean they would've continued playing the Astoria sized venues in London very much for the hardcore and become like 99% of their contemporaries. |
| Vocal harmony 07.01.2018 14:39 |
Their solo career's were something they did away from the band, particularly Roger. Yes they both performed Queen songs in their shows but the feel within the band lineups and shows played was nothing like Queen. Why would they ever come together to tour their solo material or Queen songs in a different environment when they have something of the original machine in working order with a better vocalist and frontman than either one of them is. |
| Negative Creep 07.01.2018 17:30 |
dysan wrote: Yeah. It was discussed not so long ago - they've gone the route they have to remain a stadium band. The other options as stated above would mean they would've continued playing the Astoria sized venues in London very much for the hardcore and become like 99% of their contemporaries.Not sure how much I'd agree with that. First all - nostalgia is a far bigger market now than it was in in the 1990s. Secondly, Brian was selling out reasonably large venues himself playing his subpar solo material as it was. it's all about the branding - Adding Rodgers or the Lambert aren't adding significant numbers to sales figures for any gigs they're playing. If it was announced that they going out on tour fronting the band themselves, you certainly wouldn't see a dip in interest - likely the oposite because fans are aware they both sang during their days in Queen and also released solo material. I don't like Brian's solo material, but you can't deny he was a surprisingly successfull act through the 90's, whilst Roger struggled despite offering up far superior output. |
| dysan 07.01.2018 18:34 |
Yeah you're probably right. Although I think there was a sliding doors moment where they could've ended up like The Sweet. |
| bucsateflon 07.01.2018 19:07 |
a pub tour could be feaseble |
| Ivo-1976 07.01.2018 20:51 |
Could've been an option somewhere between '92 and '98, but they went for solo adventures. At this point: no way. They need a lead singer, the huge support band and the big stadium sound to make it work, in a smaller setting it would all sound too fragile. |
| Holly2003 07.01.2018 20:59 |
Negative Creep wrote: First all - nostalgia is a far bigger market now than it was in in the 1990s.So you're saying nostalgia ain't what it used to be? :) |
| last-horizon 42265 08.01.2018 20:56 |
They could have easily done this, playing smaller venues, but they kinda feel insecure about the lead vocals part. Roger still has it in vocal terms. They could have done a set list full of songs that they did in one or another way in the past, both in solo concerts of one-off appearences: Brian; Fat Bottomed Girls Headlong Tear It Up Hammer To Fall Now I'm Here In The Lap Of The Gods (R) Good Company Long Away '39 Teo Torriate LOML TYMD Sidewalk SASS Palabras IWIA RT: IILWMC IWTBF Ga Ga Funster AKOM TATTOOL Ride The Wild Wind Rock It HFE Shared Vocals: NOBY UP BoRhap (Roger slow part + BM rock part, or Roger solo doing the whole thing - he *really* could handle it) IWBTLY Fat Bottomed Girls TSMGO WWRY / WATC They could have really done something like this... |
| The Gooch 09.01.2018 15:15 |
I always wished they sang their own tunes live as they did in studio. This would've been especially helpful during the last two tours. I've read years back,Freddie wanted to sing as much as possible for various reasons. Still, how great would it have been to hear Brian front the band for 'Sail Away Sweet Sister'? |