| gold2040 12.08.2012 17:16 |
Brian is rocking it right now \m/ |
| bas 12.08.2012 18:19 |
Too be honest, I thought the appearance of Brian and Roger was pretty pathetic. Nothing great at all unfortunately. The Who showed how older men can still rock in a decent way, but although I like Brian and Roger very much and respect them highly, I think this was no good. But hey, that's only my opinion ;-) |
| pianoshizzle 12.08.2012 19:16 |
I thought it was really awesome how Brian got to play his guitar solo. He aced it! |
| Compliance Queen1 12.08.2012 21:28 |
I thought the WHO was OK and all the fireworks and hoopla cut out most of their sound. Roger D. is still having some vocal issues. |
| Compliance Queen1 12.08.2012 21:29 |
I thought the WHO was OK and all the fireworks and hoopla cut out most of their sound. Roger D. is still having some vocal issues. |
| dowens 12.08.2012 21:34 |
Just watched it here in the States. Queen opened and closed the musical tribute, the way it should be. Queen was the best performance tonight!!! |
| sgs8789 12.08.2012 22:57 |
Looked to me like they commanded the place unlike many, if not all, of the other acts. No one even came close. They were the "rock" in the rock n' roll!!! |
| Gregoryvincke 13.08.2012 11:38 |
Will all the moaners on this website stop complaining about anything or any what, god damn it! Appreciate what you get; not many bands get the privilege to make an appearance in such an event and accept that Freddie Mercury died 20 years ago and that new material will never reach the standard of what was produced in the 70's or 80's! Is this queenzone or fucking queenmoan??! |
| master marathon runner 13.08.2012 13:18 |
Gregoryvincke wrote: Will all the moaners on this website stop complaining about anything or any what, god damn it! Appreciate what you get; not many bands get the privilege to make an appearance in such an event and accept that Freddie Mercury died 20 years ago and that new material will never reach the standard of what was produced in the 70's or 80's! Is this queenzone or fucking queenmoan??!''' ' Here here, my sentiments exactly. |
| brENsKi 13.08.2012 13:23 |
Compliance Queen1 wrote: I thought the WHO was OK and all the fireworks and hoopla cut out most of their sound. Roger D. is still having some vocal issues.what 60+ yr old rock singer wouldn't be having some vocal issues? the who were brilliant...and significantly better performance that "queen" funny how you take freddie away from the performace, and the other two can't handle the hugeness of the occasion....and ironic that queen were outshone on the big stage by the very band they outshone on their last global co-appearance in 1985...the who |
| AlbaNo1 13.08.2012 15:24 |
The Who were indeed the top performers. But your comparison to the remaining members of Queen is unfair . Given the Who still have their lead guitar and vocalist they are going to be closer to themselves than another band left with only a lead guitar and drummer. I thought Brian had a big presence and easily matched up to the size of the gig. |
| brENsKi 13.08.2012 17:11 |
no. brian had BIG HAIR :-) |
| AdamMethos 13.08.2012 21:40 |
Brian had big sound! :D |
| Wiley 13.08.2012 23:15 |
Wow, and here's me thinking The Who were a bit underwhelming. Maybe because I had never seen them play in their old age and I had only old DVDs as reference. To me and to a bunch of people I know, Brian and Roger were one of the best parts. My sister is not a Queen fan and she send me a message saying how Bri and Rog rocked. Brian sounded great in my opinion, perhaps even LOUDER? (Was Trip Khalaf again playing with the limiters backstage to make sure Queen were the loudest?). Even if I have heard Brian's boring solo a few hundred times it was very exciting to watch him do it with 2 billion people watching. It looked like people were enjoying it and that I didn't expect. I thought they would be heading for the toilet while Brian played! haha :) |
| Missreclusive 13.08.2012 23:25 |
I thought the exact same thing, wondering if Trip was there as even on tv it truely did sound louder to me. |
| john bodega 13.08.2012 23:26 |
"Will all the moaners on this website stop complaining about anything or any what" No one's complaining. Why the fuck should we lower our standards? |
| AdamMethos 14.08.2012 02:05 |
I hadn't heard Brian's solo before and wasn't bored by it. It sounded louder to me too. I would have loved to have been in the stadium when he let it up. It looked spectacular on TV. |
| Senna 14.08.2012 05:14 |
Why should you lower your standards? stop pointing your nose at the sky and lighten up. |
| pianoshizzle 14.08.2012 08:30 |
I thought that it was great Brian played his solo from Brighton Rock, especially in front of millions of people as it shows that there is more to Queen than the usual suspect hits. I wasn't so happy about the hypocrate Jessie J performing with Queen, but was still better than Paul Rogers (and Lambert couldn't anyway because he's American). But overall, was very pleased with their performance. I thought The Who played good, but the Kaiser Cheifs were STUNNING! |
| brENsKi 14.08.2012 11:34 |
AdamMethos wrote: I hadn't heard Brian's solo before and wasn't bored by it. It sounded louder to me too. I would have loved to have been in the stadium when he let it up. It looked spectacular on TV.you hadn't hear it before?????????????? really????????? where the fuck have you been??????? you must've been hiding deep in the Copernicus crater on the moon for the last 44 yrs? :-) |
| AdamMethos 14.08.2012 11:52 |
brENsKi wrote: you hadn't hear it before?????????????? really????????? where the fuck have you been??????? you must've been hiding deep in the Copernicus crater on the moon for the last 44 yrs? :-)I'm a n00b to Queen. A greatest hits fan who is just now getting into their deeper catalogue... Plus I live in North America, which is almost like the moon as far as Queen is concerned. ;-) |
| Compliance Queen1 14.08.2012 12:12 |
pianoshizzle wrote: but was still better than Paul RogersIt was NOT better than Paul Rodgers! Paul would have been the best choice. Frankly, I don't like any girls/women doing Queen songs, Jessie J was the sleaziest and worst so far, at least Kerry Ellis has a little more class. |
| brENsKi 14.08.2012 13:13 |
AdamMethos wrote:wasn't far out guessing your location then :-)brENsKi wrote: you hadn't hear it before?????????????? really????????? where the fuck have you been??????? you must've been hiding deep in the Copernicus crater on the moon for the last 44 yrs? :-)I'm a n00b to Queen. A greatest hits fan who is just now getting into their deeper catalogue... Plus I live in North America, which is almost like the moon as far as Queen is concerned. ;-) |
| jamster1111 14.08.2012 15:29 |
bas wrote: Too be honest, I thought the appearance of Brian and Roger was pretty pathetic. Nothing great at all unfortunately. The Who showed how older men can still rock in a decent way, but although I like Brian and Roger very much and respect them highly, I think this was no good. But hey, that's only my opinion ;-)I strongly agree with you. I think it would have been much better without Jessie J on stage. Brian could have totally sang that song. I really hate to say it but I thought The Who's performance was something much more special. |
| tcc 14.08.2012 19:44 |
Compliance Queen1 wrote:pianoshizzle wrote: but was still better than Paul RogersIt was NOT better than Paul Rodgers! Paul would have been the best choice. Frankly, I don't like any girls/women doing Queen songs, Jessie J was the sleaziest and worst so far,at least Kerry Ellis has a little more class. Paul Rodgers is now a Canadian citizen, so he cannot be asked to sing at the closing ceremony. |
| AdamMethos 14.08.2012 20:34 |
But he didn't have to give up UK citizenship in order to become a Canadian citizen: "Canada and the UK accept dual nationality. A person may hold both citizenships and may carry both British and Canadian passports if they so desire." Source: link I think someone said Paul Rodgers had a concert somewhere else on the same date though? |