| JMIV 21.05.2006 15:03 |
I found this posted on PaulRodgers.com and wonder how relevant this comment is. Any thoughts? 25th April "YOUR VOICE WAS OUTSTANDING" Dear Paul; I caught the Queen show in Vancouver, BC, Canada on the 13th and wanted to say 'THANX!!' again. Your voice was astounding and Brian, Roger and the rest of the band were in excellent form. I was sad to here Brian say that Queen would be retiring, but I certainly understand the decision. I missed them the last time they played in Vancouver, 1982, and was determined to see them this time around. It was worth every penny spent and every mile travelled. Thanx once more for putting on a great show. Let Brian and Roger know they will always have a place in my music collection just down the shelf from you. Sincerely; Bruce |
| The Mir@cle 22.05.2006 05:43 |
First time I hear this.. I think it's bullshit! |
| Togg 22.05.2006 05:47 |
Hmmm, certainly looks like it's a busy retirement doesn't it! Still I guess once you've retired you have more time to record albums and go on tour! |
| Joma 22.05.2006 10:53 |
Togg wrote: Hmmm, certainly looks like it's a busy retirement doesn't it! Still I guess once you've retired you have more time to record albums and go on tour!lol |
| FriedChicken 23.05.2006 05:58 |
It was probably a comment like: "THis should be our retirement! haha!" or something like that. Brian said something like this often and it always gets misunderstood |
| Jjeroen 23.05.2006 06:22 |
Nah... as a matter of fact they will be touring again in 2007! Reminds me of Ozzy Osbourne... After the No More Tears-tour (The No More TOurs-tour in USA...) Ozz retired for a couple of years, to all of the sudden come back with the best name EVER for a come-back tour: "the Retirement Sucks-tour"! ;-) |
| FriedChicken 23.05.2006 06:54 |
The Rolling Stones retired 20 years ago |
| thenightcomedown 23.05.2006 19:45 |
time to retire because they have done so much damage already Freddie and John aren"t there, so neither is Queen. |
| CharlieG 23.05.2006 21:11 |
thenightcomedown wrote: time to retire because they have done so much damage already Freddie and John aren"t there, so neither is Queen.Blah, blah, blah. . . Freddie, blah, blah. . . John, blah, blah. . . Here's some advice - get over it. Paul is there, as is Danny, and they're not retiring any time soon. |
| thenightcomedown 23.05.2006 22:18 |
theyre there, but theyre not Queen No Freddie&John - No Queen. |
| All I Hear Is Radio Gaga 24.05.2006 00:48 |
thenightcomedown wrote: theyre there, but theyre not Queen No Freddie&John - No Queen.Right...its Queen + Paul Rodgers....not Queen...but Queen+ Paul Rodgers... Cheers |
| Rick 24.05.2006 14:24 |
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| thenightcomedown 25.05.2006 19:00 |
Its Roger Brian + Paul Rodgers No Freddie&John = No Queen. |
| flickofthewrist 25.05.2006 22:50 |
Its Roger Brian + Paul Rodgers No Freddie&John = No Queen. Funny - In the world of Jazz and the Blues, fans rush together to see various artists team up to play great music. No one expects a Hall of Fame musician to retire because his original band has broken up. You're an idiot. Go play on the Partridge Family website. |
| CharlieG 26.05.2006 11:51 |
thenightcomedown wrote: Its Roger Brian + Paul Rodgers No Freddie&John = No Queen.Again, since I'm assuming you're not in the band, I figure you have exactly SFA to say about who are, or are not, Queen. Just remember that "fan" is merely a shortened form of fanatic. If Brian & Roger wanted to go onstage with a spastic poodle with a pink mohawk and leap about the stage making armpit fart noises whilst calling themselves Queen, they have every right. It's their band. What a pathetic twit. |
| Jjeroen 26.05.2006 12:31 |
CharlieG wrote:Nah - Frank Zappa already did that YEARS ago! ;-)thenightcomedown wrote: .If Brian & Rodger wanted to go onstage with a spastic poodle with a pink mohawk and leap about the stage making armpit fart noises, they have every right. . |
| Going Back 26.05.2006 15:29 |
lol, still the idiots here, they don't call the band Queen, they are/were Queen + Paul Rodgers, you all got that ? and if they want to name it Queen, they can do it, you all don't like it... fuck off then, it's their band, they can name it whatever they want. |
| thenightcomedown 26.05.2006 16:26 |
They are NOT Queen or Queen+ They are Brian&Roger+ Its NOT their band, Freddie came up with Queen and Freddie was a huge part of it. If they want to continute they need to go under their own band names like "Build Your Boat","Smile","The Cross" Freddie&John arent here so neither is Queen |
| CharlieG 26.05.2006 17:37 |
jeroen wrote:I guess everything really is derivative these days. I really thought I had an original concept.CharlieG wrote:Nah - Frank Zappa already did that YEARS ago! ;-)thenightcomedown wrote: .If Brian & Rodger wanted to go onstage with a spastic poodle with a pink mohawk and leap about the stage making armpit fart noises, they have every right. . |
| deleted user 28.05.2006 09:17 |
thenightcomedown wrote: Freddie&John arent here so neither is Queeni wish you wenre here, christ your a bloody thorn in our sides! |
| CharlieG 28.05.2006 11:47 |
thenightcomedown wrote: Its NOT their band, Freddie came up with Queen and Freddie was a huge part of it. If they want to continute they need to go under their own band names like "Build Your Boat","Smile","The Cross" Freddie&John arent here so neither is QueenI know this may come as a shocker to you, but Freddie's been dead, oh, about 15 years. Consequently, I daresay he doesn't really have much to say on the matter. Here's how it plays out. You are not in the band. Therefore, you have exactly sweet fuck all to say about it. Let's say they do continue to use the name Queen, as is their right. Let's assume the truly hardcore fans are so peeved that they don't buy a new record, were one to be coming out. Who knows? Now, once all those people who're truly pissed off that the name Queen is still being used have sodded off, I figure that'll cut into record sales by, oh, about 1000 units. Yeah, that's a real concern. This is, after all called the music business - and it is a business. |
| AmeriQueen 31.05.2006 02:25 |
Queen might be(doubt it), but I gather that Brian and Roger are currently charged with ambition |
| AmeriQueen 31.05.2006 02:26 |
This idiot is getting way too much attention. |
| Bambi 09.06.2006 23:25 |
the show must go on.......lol |
| rickelrr 11.06.2006 16:40 |
So going by this logic I suppose... KISS isn't KISS because two original members aren't there (another band that "retired") Def Leppard isn't Def Leppard because 2 original members aren't there. AC/DC hasn't been AC/DC since 1979 when Bon Scott (a "huge part of it") died. ...and the list goes on. Just because people retire/or die doesn't mean that the band dies. Rock stars are people, and thus prone to death. It happens. Deaths happen and often musicians decide to move on. Brian and Roger did, John didn't. I think Queen + Paul Rodgers is a very appropriate title. Its obvious you didn't make it to a show last spring...go to a Queen+Paul Rodgers concert and tell me (or anyone of the thousends there) that it isn't Queen (+Paul Rodgers). You're certainly entilted to your opinion and while we all disagree with you, ultimately it doesn't matter what you or any of us think. It is up to Brian, Roger, and whoever else to call themseleves whatever the hell they want and they don't need anybody's permission to do so. |
| The Real Wizard 11.06.2006 21:40 |
thenightcomedown wrote: time to retire because they have done so much damage alreadyDamage? So you're saying history is reversing, and Queen are no longer remembered for the countless things they accomplished? I once posted this list of bands who have lost one or two members, and I challenged these people like "thenightcomedown" to honestly say that all of these bands shouldn't have continued under the same name, most of whom achieved much success with the change in membership. To this day, I still haven't received a single decent reply. AC/DC without Bon Scott Bad Company without Paul Rodgers Chicago without Kath/Cetera Deep Purple without Blackmore/Lord INXS without Hutchence Pink Floyd without Barrett/Waters Rolling Stones without Jones/Wyman Supertramp without Hodgson The Who without Moon/Entwistle Van Halen without David Lee Roth Let's make this interesting. |
| iron eagle 14.06.2006 01:09 |
they cant and they wont SirGH--- whether they will admit it or not...they are Freddie fanatics (which aint such a bad thing within reason mind you) he is the band B R and J are nothing but support musicians without him they live and breath Freddie Have Freddie sheets, pictures of him everywhere, shrines to him in every corner of their rooms they worship and pray to him at the church of the fanatical fan.. he is their hero their imaginary boyfriend their secret lover secretly they want to be Freddie..... they realy wish they had gone on tour with those backup players...... you know that had absolutely nothing to do with making Queen successful..... because of this they just cant fathom anythng else they cant let go they cant visualize other possiblities shame too.... cause it rocked as you know... oh well life goes on and we patiently wait for their reply to your brilliant challenge---- Knute and I are still waiting to find out when Howard Leese became a second class musician too.... it could be a long wait my friend.... silence can be deafining |
| The Stealer 15.06.2006 08:04 |
iron eagle wrote: they cant and they wont SirGH--- whether they will admit it or not...they are Freddie fanatics (which aint such a bad thing within reason mind you) he is the band B R and J are nothing but support musicians without him they live and breath Freddie Have Freddie sheets, pictures of him everywhere, shrines to him in every corner of their rooms they worship and pray to him at the church of the fanatical fan.. he is their hero their imaginary boyfriend their secret lover secretly they want to be Freddie..... they realy wish they had gone on tour with those backup players...... you know that had absolutely nothing to do with making Queen successful..... because of this they just cant fathom anythng else they cant let go they cant visualize other possiblities shame too.... cause it rocked as you know... oh well life goes on and we patiently wait for their reply to your brilliant challenge---- Knute and I are still waiting to find out when Howard Leese became a second class musician too.... it could be a long wait my friend.... silence can be deafiningThanks for saying this!!! It is exactly who these people are....there are a lot of them out there and a few did make it to the shows and only cheered during BoRhap...I actually saw some of them plug their ears or sit through the rest of the show. When the tape stop playing they stopped cheering----did not even acknoweldge the beautiful interpretation PR does at the end with such passion and power. As everyone knows here I went to several shows---I saw this at everyshow. A shame that they are so closed minded...it's their loss. oh- and Howard Leese in NOT a second rate musician. CQ |
| Atomic Dog 15.06.2006 22:30 |
Mr. Iron Eagle Funny how someone with such large blinders on can not think clearly. You seem to forget that Brian, Rodger, and John, which you call the suport cast for Freddie, created the very music which is Queen. No Queen without the music, and I guess you have forgotten that some of the biggest hits came from JOHN DEACON, not Freddie. Maybe you are not the fan you say you are, and truely do not know who created what. Now it is time to pull your head out of the butt that is blinding you. Freddie himself said that Queen is the sum of all it's parts, and that the biggest mistake Queen ever made was not crediting all of the songs to the band. Lastly, Freddie would have loved Paul Rodgers. If not for his voice, at least for his cute little ass. Cheerio |
| Saint Jiub 15.06.2006 23:08 |
Is this Howard Leese from Heart? What is his story anyway? If you please ... |
| Erin 16.06.2006 08:15 |
Atomic Dog...I think you need to go back and read iron's post more carefully...:-P |
| Mr Faron Hyte 16.06.2006 09:13 |
iron eagle wrote: they cant and they wont SirGH--- whether they will admit it or not...they are Freddie fanatics (which aint such a bad thing within reason mind you) he is the band B R and J are nothing but support musicians without him they live and breath Freddie Have Freddie sheets, pictures of him everywhere, shrines to him in every corner of their rooms they worship and pray to him at the church of the fanatical fan.. he is their hero their imaginary boyfriend their secret lover secretly they want to be Freddie..... they realy wish they had gone on tour with those backup players...... you know that had absolutely nothing to do with making Queen successful..... because of this they just cant fathom anythng else they cant let go they cant visualize other possiblities shame too.... cause it rocked as you know... oh well life goes on and we patiently wait for their reply to your brilliant challenge---- Knute and I are still waiting to find out when Howard Leese became a second class musician too.... it could be a long wait my friend.... silence can be deafining*applause applause* |
| iron eagle 16.06.2006 12:05 |
read SirGH post then read mine again....... RIP Howard has been playing in Paul's solo band, or at least has been.....as well as other projects... since parting from Heart |
| Haystacks Calhoun II 16.06.2006 13:19 |
AC/DC without Bon Scott - Bigger AFTER Scotts Death Bad Company without Paul Rodgers - Couldn't get arrested without PR Chicago without Kath/Cetera - Playing the oldies circuit, great live show!!! Deep Purple without Blackmore/Lord - What did they do of significance since? INXS without Hutchence - Jury is still out on this Pink Floyd without Barrett/Waters - Kept on keepin' on Rolling Stones without Jones/Wyman - May never die Supertramp without Hodgson - Hit and miss, mostly miss The Who without Moon/Entwistle - The sound is still there Van Halen without David Lee Roth - Bigger with Hagar, Cherone was a fatal blow, until Hagar or Roth rejoin. That WILL happen, eventually. |
| great king rat 1138 07.07.2006 04:39 |
Haystacks Calhounski wrote: Van Halen without David Lee Roth - Bigger with Hagar, Cherone was a fatal blow, until Hagar or Roth rejoin. That WILL happen, eventually.Apparently, it HAS happened. They're looking to tour soon with a two part show, half with DLR singing, half with Hagar. Should be interesting... |
| Hitman 14.07.2006 14:16 |
it's Queen +Paul ROdgers! read on the tickets before talking! :P |
| thomasquinn 32989 15.07.2006 13:56 |
thenightcomedown wrote: theyre there, but theyre not Queen No Freddie&John - No Queen.Talk about being narrow-minded. You know that this is exactly the kind of thinking that caused the Dark Ages, don't you? |
| deleted user 16.07.2006 10:31 |
thenightcomedown wrote: Its NOT their bandRight... that's why they were in it. Quite honestly, Freddie would probably laugh at the stupidity of people like this. |
| MOANZONE TWAT 04.08.2006 01:33 |
thenightcomedown wrote: Its Roger Brian + Paul Rodgers No Freddie&John = No Queen.hmmmm..... No brain & No changes = You! You sound like an idiot! You think you speak for all the Queen fans don't ya? If you love Freddie so much, listen to what he said in 91, "THE SHOW MUST GO ON"! Read it 2 or 3 times if you need to. Ok, it's not the same, BUT they are the Original founding members of Queen, and John wasn't, so they have every right to tour as Queen, but they didn't they called it Queen + PR. You need to understand that Freddie is gone, his memory remains, but he IS gone. PR isn't replacing him, just playing his music. You are just jealous. If you think that everyone who sings Freddie's songs are being dis-respectful and trying to replace or be like Freddie, then you need serious mental help. Freddie wanted EVERYONE to sing his songs. |
| Bobby_brown 08.08.2006 09:22 |
YoungStratMan wrote: hmmmm..... You need to understand that Freddie is gone, his memory remains, but he IS gone. PR isn't replacing him, just playing his music. You are just jealous. If you think that everyone who sings Freddie's songs are being dis-respectful and trying to replace or be like Freddie, then you need serious mental help. Freddie wanted EVERYONE to sing his songs.Amen |
| NotSoSuprised 03.09.2006 20:00 |
Concerning various incarnations of bands, some sucked and some were decent. Its all a matter of opinion. I think Journey suffers without Steve Perry, but thats just because I enjoy his stage presence and voice (not unlike Freddie). Am I a Queen fan? Absolutely. Am I a Paul Rodgers fan? No. Does a hardcore care whether the band is fronted by a piece of moldy cheesecake? Not at all. Although I predict the next frontman will be Kermit the Frog (keep your fingers crossed). |