We know that he can sing great and the only other musicians then that Queen will need is a bassman as we know John would not tour, bring back Spike on Piano and thats fine
If they do tour with Adam/whoever then its upto them its what they want to do with their legacy after all
No way am I in favor of Adam Lambert singing for Queen, but did you ever think that maybe Roger just doesn't want to sing?
I'm sure Brian and Roger have already given it a lot thought. No matter what we want, they're ultimately gonna do what they want anyway.
Micrówave wrote:
Roger front a band? Really??? See THE CROSS... they're in the "out of print" section in the back bin.
Right next to Mr. Bad Guy, Back To The Light and Man In The Shadows. Solo succes outside Queen was short and hardly ever sweet. That says nothing about Roger's voice though, I think he's a great singer.
I dont see Roger as a front man. Lambert will do fine, and he can do more than Paul rodgers. This said with no disrespect to Paul. He did what he could.
The problem i think with Paul is that he did great on the tours but he is just nothing like Freddie as a singer. Paul is more of a blues singer and some of queens songs were very hard for him to get the right tone of the song imo
At least Roger can hit the high notes and i can listen to him much more than i can brian
I like Roger, however I LOVE Brian. My ideal would be Brian and Roger sharing the lead vocal duties (similarly to the Beatles) but with Brian doing most of the work. I realize it won't happen (Brian doesn't like to play guitar and sing at the same time) but a girl can dream, can't she?!
Roger is Queen's drummer, that is where he belongs on a stage with Queen.
You can't do a whole gig with the drummer singing from behind the kit, that would be shit.
Roger can't sing well enough (meaning: the Queen back catalogue)
It has always amazed me that on almost EVERY live version of "I'm in Love with My Car" his timing of the 1st sentence is always off beat. He never sings it right.
If Roger wanted to be lead vocalist for Queen he's had 20+ years to make his intentions known, so I doubt he will suddenly come to that conclusion now. In any event, Queen are probably finihsed as a touring band, either with or without a new lead singer. Paul Rodgers was the last chance to do this with some dignity and authority and that's finished. Best we can hope for is an occasional one-off show. Personally, I'd like to see some more May/Taylor studio work, with both sharing vocals but I'm not sure they want to do such low-key stuff. They're too caught up in the "big production, big audience" mode of rock stardom, and I doubt they want to go back to just being musicians again.
Roger sang I'm In Love With My Car 'off beat' because to achieve the album phrasing, he recorded the drum and vocal separately. If he'd recorded it by singing it and playing the drums simultaneously, I'd imagine it'd sound similar to what you hear live; sustaining the notes less because inhaling is more important.
Holly2003 wrote: "Personally, I'd like to see some more May/Taylor studio work, with both sharing vocals"
I would love that. I think it would have been incredible if Brian, Roger & John had made an album with no outside musicians. No-One But You showed that they were certainly capable of making amazing work without Freddie.
"but I'm not sure they want to do such low-key stuff. They're too caught up in the "big production, big audience" mode of rock stardom, and I doubt they want to go back to just being musicians again."
Yeh, although one can dream.
Its a hard one this. On one hand Freddie was an absolute genius and as proved many many times no one can replace him. But on the other hand, I NEED MORE QUEEN.Id just love someone to come in and record new songs/tour etc etc.