| br5946 22.12.2012 17:07 |
I hate to be a sullen ranter, but let's face the situation in all seriousness. Release-wise, the road has ended. The Deep Cuts Volumes were the eighth, ninth and tenth official compilations by the band, even if they give the causal fans a glimpse into the album tracks with a few unique edits. And in the 40th anniversary reissue program, QPL felt the need to not only give us about 80% tripe in the bonus tracks department, but also reissue GH I & II. Seriously, what the hell? And as for some of Brian's and Roger's creative decisions lately... Brian took a wrong path with 'You & I' - Lady GaGa can't be called music on principle - and Roger's delay with The Unblinking Eye is ridiculous. And with the Adam Lambert thing, are they joking? But then again, the musical landscape has landslided into bleak rubble nowadays, so they have to clutch at straws, I suppose. I won't mention the Queen Extravaganza, because others undoubtedly will. I do praise some recent things, but even an optimist like me has to admit things are looking a bit thin. |
| waunakonor 22.12.2012 17:28 |
Sure, let's start up this discussion again. Why the hell not? |
| GinjaNinja 22.12.2012 17:45 |
The idea behind the Deep Cuts CDs was a good 'un, the public deserve to hear their lesser known gems, but I agree that the execution was poor. GH I & II needed to be reissued as they changed labels. Can you imagine Universal paying several million pounds for the rights to the Queen catalogue and then not putting the Greatest Hits albums up for sale because all the hardcore fans already have them? After a 40 year career, I think Brian's earned the right to collaborate with anyone he wants. If you don't like the music, don't buy it. As for Roger, it's been 14 years since his last solo album, a couple more months won't make a big difference. Personally, I can't stand Adam Lambert, but he unquestionably is a capable vocalist, and if he keeps Brian & Roger playing, then that's no bad thing. All in all, they certainly shouldn't hang up their instruments. With a Rainbow release on the horizon, things are starting to look up! |
| Thistle 22.12.2012 18:06 |
^ YESSSSS, Ginja!!!!! 1,000,000% YESSSSSSSS :) |
| YAFF 22.12.2012 19:25 |
Yes or let a Queen fan call the shots because Brian & Roger are mostly inept and clueless. |
| the dude 1366 22.12.2012 23:35 |
Last I heard the band belongs to Brian and Roger. |
| thefallenqueen 23.12.2012 02:10 |
well they also had their great moments, just remember the 5ive project... also another re-release of the Rainbow show(s) is rumoured! And maybe someday they might continue their tour with Justin Bie... - ah sorry, Adam Lambert! In joyful anticipation we'll start the year 22 after the moustache :-) |
| Sebastian 23.12.2012 02:20 |
Fact is, no matter how poor their decisions are, they don't owe us anything. |
| tero! 48531 23.12.2012 02:55 |
They don't owe us anything, just like we don't owe them anything. Just because they've started dangling a new carrott in front of us, doesn't mean we can't criticise them for all the shit they're trying to peddle. And let's be honest here, if were only looking forward to archive releases from 30-40 years ago, do we still need an active "band" of Brian and Roger for anything? |
| brENsKi 23.12.2012 03:42 |
GinjaNinja wrote: With a Rainbow release on the horizon, things are starting to look up!what's Ritchie B got to with it? but in all fairness - people usually do "look up" at rainbows |
| cmsdrums 23.12.2012 05:32 |
You and I was actually a pretty good song --and worth it see Brian ripping up the US MTV Awards with the live performance. Now Dappy? That's another matter.... |
| TheWorks84 23.12.2012 05:44 |
I would love to see Queen live, even if Adam Lambert is singing, but i doubt a big tour it will ever happen. |
| philip storey 23.12.2012 06:09 |
Brian and Kerrys latest shows were truly fantastic.I also went to see Queen and Adam, the show ,lights,music and atmosphere were great.I loved the bit in Dragon Attack where Adam wiggled his ass,Freddie would have loved it. |
| cmsdrums 23.12.2012 07:14 |
Brian was quoted in an interview this week saying he hopes that they will play with Adam again..... |
| dave76 23.12.2012 07:51 |
Despites of all those re-re-releases the last couple of years, there were some releases i enjoyed very much. The 40 years of Queen book (for me, the best release of last year, the Days of our lives Blu-ray, The great pretender Blu-ray and the special edition of the Barcelona boxset. And i enjoyed a fare portion of the bonus tracks on the EP's last year. I mean, it was not all bad but because they've changed labels all things were released again. Let's hope for a "Rainbow" show on Blu-ray next year and maybe some other suprises. Fingers crossed. |
| AlexRocks 23.12.2012 09:51 |
Everything is going great! |
| tomcat39 26.12.2012 13:28 |
The 40 years of Queen book is a pretty cool release. I'd rather see Brian and Roger do what they love live before they are unable to anymore. Bring on the tour. If the number of people wating around for old material to surface was so massive, they would have released it already. |
| Holly2003 26.12.2012 13:48 |
tomcat39 wrote: The 40 years of Queen book is a pretty cool release. I'd rather see Brian and Roger do what they love live before they are unable to anymore. Bring on the tour. If the number of people wating around for old material to surface was so massive, they would have released it already. Yeah, presumably that's why they've just released Budapest and before that Montreal -- because no one wants to hear those old shows ... |
| tomcat39 26.12.2012 14:15 |
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to see any releases, but it makes me suspect why they've chosen not to release some things, Budapest didn't make a blip here in the US I don't believe. It makes me wonder about the business sense, guaranteed profit is something you don't sit on. And from recent interviews with Brian, he seems more interested in playing live in the past few years than archive work. Ok, so Kerry is a bore, but if they mount a tour with Adam, I can't imagine it would be that many dates, so I'd go. 10-20 dates over a 3 months tops? US, Canada, South America, Japan, maybe South Africa? Perhaps they are waiting on the movie to do promo for future releases, idk. Now that actually would make some sense. Adam says it's a maybe, Brian says it's possible. Sounds like they are looking at options or at the very least haven't closed that door. I have no idea what Adam's schedule is like, but I thought it was interesting that QE only booked Jan-Feb and then Aug-Sept in Canada, leaving a summer free for maybe a few US gigs for Queen? But living in the present, sure a Queen tour with Adam is not the same, but I'd still prefer seeing B&R do what they love to do live, they aren't getting younger. And the same hasn't been an option in over 20 years. It was never an option for me at all. |
| YAFF 26.12.2012 22:25 |
TheWorks84 wrote: I would love to see Queen live, even if Adam Lambert is singing, but i doubt a big tour it will ever happen.It would be a huge flop. Especially in the USA. They've been steadily hemorrhaging credibility for years in the states. Why choose Adam? He brings nothing to the table. His star has dimmed. Expect him to be dropped from his label after one more album....if he even gets that. |
| ITWEMBLEY86 27.12.2012 08:04 |
gOT A qUEEN mUG FOR cHRISTMAS |
| TheWorks84 27.12.2012 09:02 |
YAFF wrote:Well, i would be happy with Adam singing, i mean Queen haven't played here In Australia since 1985, so i would try and buy the best tickets possible if Queen were to ever return, whether Adam Lambert is singing or not would make no difference to me, just as long i get a chance to see Brian and Roger perform live.TheWorks84 wrote: I would love to see Queen live, even if Adam Lambert is singing, but i doubt a big tour it will ever happen.It would be a huge flop. Especially in the USA. They've been steadily hemorrhaging credibility for years in the states. Why choose Adam? He brings nothing to the table. His star has dimmed. Expect him to be dropped from his label after one more album....if he even gets that. None of us should get our hopes up about another tour. |
| madprofessorus 23.03.2013 19:07 |
Oh yes they should,they have enough money to live easily for their rest of their lives,and if they wanted to make music,I am pretty sure that Queen fans would support them,so,instead of that what happened? many meaningless cooperations,a record with a few good moments with a great rock/blues singer,dont get me wrong,I do like Mr Rodgers,but much different style,and this Lambert guy..ok,maybe he can hit the notes,but dear,Freddie in Irreplaceable! |
| Stelios 24.03.2013 04:37 |
20 years with the soul of the band plus the talented origiginal bass player and 20 years with basicaly memories and some ( ...a little actually) creative output. One might say its time we call it an equal and finish it there. On the other hand a more in-sight look on things would come up with the fact that this is not the case. The concept of Queen has hardly anything to do with Braian , Roger, collaborations , re-issues, films, musicals e.t.c. The vehicle for 20 years now, is run from the people. In a way we are Queen now. Queen are their funs. The way that the band, the music, the four individuals interacted with people's lives created a life of its own. And after 20 years it is getting harder to find platforms to material-ise that life without injecting too much "foreign life". Eventually it starts to feel less God-like and more like a zombie. |
| Stelios 24.03.2013 04:57 |
...tell you what. 20 to 50 years from now science would come up with a safe version of LSD. Package that with some future form of 3-D audio-visual technique to broadcast media and there you go. We could re-visit every album and every visual aspect of Queen in a totally different mind-set. Stuff that would give the chance to go inside Mercury's mind while creating Bo-Rhap and mess with May's fingers while construnting the Brighton Rock. Get the decent kicks while Tying Your Mother Down ...and even feel the fur of Delilah ( that would not a popular choice) while interacting with the dreadful meows on the album. Well, this is a worthwhile concept to wait for. |
| Missreclusive 24.03.2013 22:31 |
lol@dreadful meows...um, call me schtoopid but the song has grown on me, I rather like it. |