| hereyugo 01.04.2009 00:01 |
I came across this billboard.com story about the Bad Company tour and here's what it had to say at the very end of it: "Rodgers says additional Bad Company shows are unlikely, as he plans to take the rest of the year off to focus on writing new material." So, I guess any touring, if ever, will be happening this year with Queen + Paul Rodgers. |
| hereyugo 01.04.2009 00:01 |
I forgot, here's the link to the story: http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/bad-company-reuniting-for-summer-tour-1003957221.story |
| Knute 01.04.2009 02:26 |
"So, I guess any touring, if ever, will be happening this year with Queen + Paul Rodgers." Huh?? Trying to suss out your intended meaning behind this sentence. Hmmm...Nope still doesn't make an ounce of sense. Look, it's already been stated by both Roger and Brian they they are not going to tour this year. They are looking forward to 2010.(at least that's the rumor according to Rog's drum tech) Paul is saying the rest of 2009 off after Bad Co tour. So....If anything, Paul's statement leaves the door open for him getting together with Bri and Rog in 2010, although I personally doubt it. Still, how you went from that Billboard article to.. "So, I guess any touring, if ever, will be happening this year with Queen + Paul Rodgers." and more evidence that Paul is out, is anybody's fucking guess. |
| Mr. Farenheit 01.04.2009 10:48 |
Knute wrote: "So, I guess any touring, if ever, will be happening this year with Queen + Paul Rodgers." Huh?? Trying to suss out your intended meaning behind this sentence. Hmmm...Nope still doesn't make an ounce of sense. Look, it's already been stated by both Roger and Brian they they are not going to tour this year. They are looking forward to 2010.(at least that's the rumor according to Rog's drum tech) Paul is saying the rest of 2009 off after Bad Co tour. So....If anything, Paul's statement leaves the door open for him getting together with Bri and Rog in 2010, although I personally doubt it. Still, how you went from that Billboard article to.. "So, I guess any touring, if ever, will be happening this year with Queen + Paul Rodgers." and more evidence that Paul is out, is anybody's fucking guess. I suggest you watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1RiZjNPagk Recent video of Brian and Roger shown at the Queen Convention, Neither of them even mentions Paul Rodgers in any way, shape or form. The Paul thing is OVER. I think it's a little childish of them to just not come out and say it....but it's obvious. |
| Mr Mercury 01.04.2009 12:24 |
Mr. Farenheit wrote:Knute wrote: "So, I guess any touring, if ever, will be happening this year with Queen + Paul Rodgers." Huh?? Trying to suss out your intended meaning behind this sentence. Hmmm...Nope still doesn't make an ounce of sense. Look, it's already been stated by both Roger and Brian they they are not going to tour this year. They are looking forward to 2010.(at least that's the rumor according to Rog's drum tech) Paul is saying the rest of 2009 off after Bad Co tour. So....If anything, Paul's statement leaves the door open for him getting together with Bri and Rog in 2010, although I personally doubt it. Still, how you went from that Billboard article to.. "So, I guess any touring, if ever, will be happening this year with Queen + Paul Rodgers." and more evidence that Paul is out, is anybody's fucking guess.I suggest you watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1RiZjNPagk Recent video of Brian and Roger shown at the Queen Convention, Neither of them even mentions Paul Rodgers in any way, shape or form. The Paul thing is OVER. I think it's a little childish of them to just not come out and say it....but it's obvious. Heres a quick newsflash for you.......... Brian and Roger dont need to talk about Paul in every thing that they do. Neither does Paul have to talk about Brian or Roger. |
| Wiley 01.04.2009 12:55 |
Mr. Farenheit wrote: I suggest you watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1RiZjNPagk Recent video of Brian and Roger shown at the Queen Convention, Neither of them even mentions Paul Rodgers in any way, shape or form. The Paul thing is OVER. I think it's a little childish of them to just not come out and say it....but it's obvious. So YOU think it's childish that they just don't come out and say something that may or may not be true? And it is obvious now? Ok. For the sake of an argument, let's say it's true. Let's say they fell over and they hate their guts now. Even then, they don't have to tell us anything. Actually, It would be STUPID for them to "announce" anything at this point. IF any of this is true, I'm sure they will wait until they have another project before announcing "Paul is out" (whatever that means). Maybe they just don't feel like working together now. It doesn't mean that it's over, even if chances are they won't make a new Q+PR album any time soon (or ever). I'm sure you think it was stupid and coward for Freddie and the rest of the guys to not just come out and say "Ok guys, Fred's got AIDS, he is very sick, we won't do any more tours or albums. Thank you for understanding. Now we will be answering some of your questions..." It's a bit more complicated than that. |
| Hitman1965 01.04.2009 13:35 |
Now some people may start picking up on the title of this thread in the wrong way. I'm no way homophobic but the title of the thread could be taken a number of different ways. |
| bryony 01.04.2009 17:59 |
Paul Rodgers no more |
| Wiley 01.04.2009 19:21 |
bryony wrote: Paul Rodgers Enough is enough - it hasn't worked...if he stops now he can move away gracefully The way he sung on that last tour in 2008 was just shocking - BRIAN, please...just stop that now. Anything is better than Paul Rodgers Lets all stop kidding ourselves. The last two tours would have been perfect with just Brian/Roger doing vocals. I'm sure even Jackie at the fan club is thinking deep down...."Jesus, this guy just isn't the one...." ...even though she's not allowed to say it. But of course, Freddie Mercury was "the one". Too bad he went and died on us. The selfish bastard. Back to reality, you may like or not like Paul singing with Queen. It is your choice to do so. But he is clearly a MUCH BETTER singer than Brian or Roger. Brian can't sing and play guitar. Roger struggles but manages to do it for a few songs here and there. Brian and Roger as Queen without a lead vocalist? We've had that in 2002: Queen's day in Holland and Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee. I personally didn't like it, as I thought Amsterdam was a bit embarrasing for them. I don't like someone other than Roger playing drums or -worse- a drum machine playing while Roger sings... and man, Brian never looked more awkward than when performing NOBY without his guitar. |
| Knute 01.04.2009 20:21 |
Mr. Farenheit wrote:Knute wrote: "So, I guess any touring, if ever, will be happening this year with Queen + Paul Rodgers." Huh?? Trying to suss out your intended meaning behind this sentence. Hmmm...Nope still doesn't make an ounce of sense. Look, it's already been stated by both Roger and Brian they they are not going to tour this year. They are looking forward to 2010.(at least that's the rumor according to Rog's drum tech) Paul is saying the rest of 2009 off after Bad Co tour. So....If anything, Paul's statement leaves the door open for him getting together with Bri and Rog in 2010, although I personally doubt it. Still, how you went from that Billboard article to.. "So, I guess any touring, if ever, will be happening this year with Queen + Paul Rodgers." and more evidence that Paul is out, is anybody's fucking guess.I suggest you watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1RiZjNPagk Recent video of Brian and Roger shown at the Queen Convention, Neither of them even mentions Paul Rodgers in any way, shape or form. The Paul thing is OVER. I think it's a little childish of them to just not come out and say it....but it's obvious. And I suggest you learn how to fucking read. I say right there in my post that I personally doubt he will end up touring with them. My issue is with the OP's skewed logic and the puzzling statement he made. You know this sentence: "So, I guess any touring, if ever, will be happening this year with Queen + Paul Rodgers." Do you want to take a crack at explaining that? |
| Mr. Farenheit 01.04.2009 23:13 |
Knute wrote:Mr. Farenheit wrote:And I suggest you learn how to fucking read. I say right there in my post that I personally doubt he will end up touring with them. My issue is with the OP's skewed logic and the puzzling statement he made. You know this sentence: "So, I guess any touring, if ever, will be happening this year with Queen + Paul Rodgers." Do you want to take a crack at explaining that?Knute wrote: "So, I guess any touring, if ever, will be happening this year with Queen + Paul Rodgers." Huh?? Trying to suss out your intended meaning behind this sentence. Hmmm...Nope still doesn't make an ounce of sense. Look, it's already been stated by both Roger and Brian they they are not going to tour this year. They are looking forward to 2010.(at least that's the rumor according to Rog's drum tech) Paul is saying the rest of 2009 off after Bad Co tour. So....If anything, Paul's statement leaves the door open for him getting together with Bri and Rog in 2010, although I personally doubt it. Still, how you went from that Billboard article to.. "So, I guess any touring, if ever, will be happening this year with Queen + Paul Rodgers." and more evidence that Paul is out, is anybody's fucking guess.I suggest you watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1RiZjNPagk Recent video of Brian and Roger shown at the Queen Convention, Neither of them even mentions Paul Rodgers in any way, shape or form. The Paul thing is OVER. I think it's a little childish of them to just not come out and say it....but it's obvious. Mis-read your post. Sorry about that. |
| crazybear 19.04.2009 05:00 |
Ok, here is what i have heard on this subject. the contract between Queen and Paul Rodgers has expired already. That does not mean that they won't get back to do a US tour. Roger and Brian are working on solo projects at the moment and are plaaned to do something late together. As for Freddie and the group not announcing he had AIDS, it was Freddie choice for whatever reason and he asked The rest of the group not to talk about it not even to their families. As for Brian can't sing and play guitar, I certainly think he can and soes very well for a man his age. As for Roger he can also sing and play drums. Remember they are not the young lads they were when Queen first started out and a lot of men's voices started to crack and lose the ability to hit a high note as say when you were in your 20's. Even Freddied voices was not a strong as it once was before he passed away. I for one hope Queen will tour the US with or without Paul rRodgers.Tthey could replace him with Mig from WWRY and he knows the songs very well. . don;t get me wrong I like Paul Rodgers, but I love Brian and Rog more. Let just wait and see what happens. |
| andreas_mercury 20.04.2009 13:40 |
fuck off paul rogers, i'm sure he's a nice guy but to the experiment? IT FAILED guys and wasnt worth I think to brian and roger, I really do, I think to them RIGHT NOW>they will do a better job to singing! :) |
| andreas_mercury 21.04.2009 04:01 |
i'm going to start a thread called "MORE EVIDENCE THAT FREDDIE IS OUT",see how you like that |
| Wiley 21.04.2009 10:47 |
andreas_mercury wrote: fuck off paul rogers, i'm sure he's a nice guy but to the experiment? IT FAILED guys and wasnt worth Ok, you can say the album "failed" commercially but surely it is up to each individual to say if something "was worth it". I for one saw them live 5 times in a year, got to briefly meet Brian, Roger and the rest of the band (minus Paul), got their autographs, felt the thrill of Queen(+) doing something new, bought a new album and single, traveled, met a few fans whose company I enjoyed a lot, and many more things. I also felt the excitement of reading about them preparing a tour over "Latin America" and the disappointment of them excluding Mexico. I think Roger and Brian enjoyed touring a lot and I'm sure they made a lot of money with it. I don't think they lost money with TCR, even if it wasn't a hit. So, I'm sure they would agree it was worth it, even if you say otherwise. :) |
| Micrówave 21.04.2009 12:50 |
Crazybear wrote: Tthey could replace him with Mig from WWRY They'd be better off with Migs from SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. |
| Micrówave 21.04.2009 12:51 |
andreas_mercury wrote: i'm going to start a thread called "MORE EVIDENCE THAT FREDDIE IS OUT",see how you like that I don't think he ever came out and admitted it. (Cheers to Hitman1965) |
| andreas_mercury 21.04.2009 13:49 |
Wiley wrote: Ok, you can say the album "failed" commercially but surely it is up to each individual to say if something "was worth it". I for one saw them live 5 times in a year, got to briefly meet Brian, Roger and the rest of the band (minus Paul), got their autographs, felt the thrill of Queen(+) doing something new, bought a new album and single, traveled, met a few fans whose company I enjoyed a lot, and many more things. I also felt the excitement of reading about them preparing a tour over "Latin America" and the disappointment of them excluding Mexico. I think Roger and Brian enjoyed touring a lot and I'm sure they made a lot of money with it. I don't think they lost money with TCR, even if it wasn't a hit. So, I'm sure they would agree it was worth it, even if you say otherwise. :)lol i will never even understand when sometimes people who are defending something they will put a :) on the end of there posts even though they know they've lost whatever... its like :hey guys i just bet $55000 on a horse race and my horse came in last and my wife left me in disgrace :) you can put the smile there but it doesnt change much....... |
| Wiley 21.04.2009 17:29 |
andreas_mercury wrote: a bunch of senseless crapI haven't lost a thing, man. Really: I met two of my musical heroes in person, enjoyed a few great gigs, traveled a lot and had the time of my life. What did you do? I mean, I can understand many people not liking this colaboration but I just don't get it when someone who would otherwise consider himself a Queen fan wants them to fail out of principle. For what? Just to say: "See, fuckers? You're nothing without Freddie. You shouldn't have used the Queen name. Should have listened to ME! Better go back to the office and work on those box sets". |
| Sheer Brass Neck 21.04.2009 17:43 |
That's a great post, Wiley. People here are so pro/anti QPR it's funny. I'd say in addition to not having lost a thing, you've gained by all of the things you mentioned that the last tour and album brought. I've never liked the idea of Queen and Paul Rodgers, and as a result I'm ambivalent about their success or failure. However, the people who paint the QPR experiment as a success would probably say the economy's never been better than it is today. Whatever the reasons, TCR was a disaster, and an embarrassment IF you believe that Queen share the same hierarchy as The Beatles, or even U2 as a present big band comparison. Sales were dismal, but even worse, in North America it was ignored. You can say that the haters on QZ are responsible for that, or bad promotion, but the reality is, nobody cared about the release. In Canada, and probably the US, nothing made it to any radio playlist, and IMHO, it's because the songs were atrocious. Let's be honest. The reason that Queen is putting out the Ukraine DVD is because of the event and size. But that has nothing to do with Paul Rodgers. Their catalogue is so fantastic that Robbie Williams, Gary Cherone or the chicks from Bananarama could be fronting them and they'd still put bums in seats. People are going to hear memories and not anything new. Queen are the world's greatest, and biggest nostalgia band right now. They are just not relevant musically. |
| Wiley 21.04.2009 18:37 |
Right back at you with the Good post comment, Bass. I am pro Q+PR. Even if I know that it is Queen's catalog that makes this even possible, it just seems so much better than all the previous one-time collaborations of Brian and Roger. Q+PR may not be relevant today, but they certainly look more like a band than, say, at the Queen's Day in Amsterdam 2002 or the 46664 concerts or in one-off recordings with Robbie Williams, John Farnham, etc. Paul got my respect the moment he managed to get Brian and Roger to tour again. No need to do anything else. But they did. They recorded an album and it was not what many people expected -me included- (bluesy pub rock) but it was very varied in styles. No two tracks sound alike and that was a good thing for me. I liked the music and the arrangements very much but not the lyrics. I thought it was a good start for a new band I didn't really expect it to do well anywhere apart from the UK and maybe Holland but I'm sure that if they had promoted it better it would have had a more decent response. |
| andreas_mercury 22.04.2009 00:27 |
LOLas if to that!!!!!! |
| Collecting Queen 22.04.2009 18:40 |
Well, just the confirmation of the Cosmos Rock's failure......................... I don't want to argue but those who were against the Paul Rodgers' Lp/Second Tour with Brian and Roger, have been the object of a lot criticism....as we wouldn't be as real Queen fans as those who love the new material. I believe that Brian and Roger have realised that something was not going as well as they had thought. If they comeback with Paul, I'll feel disappointed but I'll respect it anyway, but I prefer a thousand times new solo/Brian&Roger album. I write from Spain so excuse me if I've made some mistakes. |
| RohemianBapsody 24.04.2009 18:15 |
I am pro QPR and am grateful Brian and Roger found a singer they felt could take the music further. It is not Queen without Freddie but it is a darn sight better than a tribute band with either Robbie Williams or George Michael Paul has had a successful career himself so to be the "frontman" singing another groups songs must be difficult. Without Paul Rodgers there would not have been another tour (in fact 2) or new album. Those that say it doesn't sound like Queen must have shot memories - The Game ? Hot Space ? The Miracle ? Innuendo ? I agree that Queen are not relevant musically today but the fact they sold so many tickets on the tour still shows they are popular. |