| horse feathers 01.01.2015 01:20 |
I am 50 this year, I first saw Queen '82 at Elland Road, then the 4 times on the Queenworks tour, that they initially anounced the 4 dates for. But couldn't get tickets for the extra gigs. Then in 86 I left my girlfriend at the time to queue up for Queen tickets at Manchester, my home city, so I could see them. I did see her again though, er, sometimes. The last great album Queen ever did, was the Game. So many people on this site, love 80's Queen. How sad is that? If Queen started in 1982, I would not be a fan. Which is why, people who discovered rhem after 1982 are not real Queen fans. When I first saw Queen in 1982 as a nervous 17 year old, who could have bought a million tickets for that gig at Elland Rd, you really wouldn't have known how badly the press viewed Queen. I couldn't even get anyone to go with me, however the Works tour, I could have got many to go with me, which I did. Hot Space is an album I do actually like, the rest after it, I don't. Had I discovered Queen after 1984, I would not be a fan. Every album after that is awful. So I get, most people on here love 80's Queen, I don't. Under Pressure, was the last great song they did, IMO. Tonights gig, was dreadful. I expect to get trolled. But if Roger and Brian want a frog singing..., then I don't. I have paid so much more money for Queen stuff than 80's and beyond fans and I don't give a toss about you. But to be a Queen fan in the 70's was embarrassing, to be a Queen fan now, is even more so. Adam Lambert is dreadful, Bryan May is burned out. Spike Edney is a joke. And tonights show was horrendous. My opinion, which, you will have a go at. But in this format, I would not become a fan. I first heard Queen sing Seven seas of Rhye, then I was a fan. Those that will have a go at me, like Tom Christie, first heard the MIH, album, which was also dreadful. I'm a real Queen fan, but embarrassed by last nights performance. |
| Day dop 01.01.2015 01:35 |
horse feathers wrote: If Queen started in 1982, I would not be a fan. Which is why, people who discovered rhem after 1982 are not real Queen fans. That's fucking genius. |
| maths15 01.01.2015 03:12 |
agree, I bought my first queen lp the day after my tenth birthday, 20 jan 83. In the the subsequent 12 months got their back catalogue and as such have always been a fan of 70s Queen. I don't think I would have liked the, if my first exposure was The Works. Saw them once at Wembley Stadium, got lost from my dad as soon as the gates opened and did not see him again until the end, in those pre-mobile phone days you you just agree to meet somewhere at a certain time and not worry, great times! Anyway last night, my other half kept commenting on how lame it was and I have to agree. Adam is a technically great singer but the generation gap makes it look like an X Factor show. Do we really need and extra percussionist on stage? Nepotism? Boring, boring boring. I have some free tickets for O2 but after last night nit sure if I want to go. It will be 7 year old first gig, but maybe I'll wait until something good comes along. |
| horse feathers 01.01.2015 03:36 |
Great reply, Maths. Altough I do think Roger's son is far more worthwhile than Spike. I do not mean to alienate any Queen fans after 1980's, it's just that i would not have been a fan if i was born in the 80's. Being a Queen fan in the 70's especially at school was embarrassing, especially when the punk era arrived. At the time I never like the Sex Pistols or the Jam, but love those now and other bands of that ilk. But for me A Day at the Races and Queen II and even The Game are my favourite Queen albums. After Hot Space, Queen were awful. Like last nights gig. |
| horse feathers 01.01.2015 03:43 |
Day Dop Can you convince me, The Works, A Kind Of Magic, The Miracle, Innuendo and Made In Heaven are great albums? I'm waiting... |
| Day dop 01.01.2015 03:49 |
horse feathers wrote: Day Dop Can you convince me, The Works, A Kind Of Magic, The Miracle, Innuendo and Made In Heaven are great albums? I'm waiting... No, because music taste is subjective. What are you asking me that for anyway? "If Queen started in 1982, I would not be a fan. Which is why, people who discovered rhem after 1982 are not real Queen fans." ^ Can you not see how preposterous it is what you've said there? |
| gerry 01.01.2015 04:09 |
Adam Lambert & Queen were shit last night, and as i have been saying all along May is stupid tampering with Queens longevity, Queen are far too special to be getting any tom dick or harry to fill in Mercury's ballet shoes darlings, so just leave it alone and move on to something more worthwhile! I am glad i have not paid good money to see this shity tour in 2015. Paul Rodgers could at least sing, but Adam Lambert needs more practice, he is NOT cut out as a rock singer, but he is just a glorified cruise ship singer! Not too late to get your refunds people! May & Taylor looked burnt out, and even there performance was lacking the usual sparkle last night! |
| horse feathers 01.01.2015 04:15 |
Day Dop, no I can't see how prepostorus it is. People like Tom Christie and even Sebastion, think they have all the knowledge on Queen. They don't. Queen, were lower than low in the 70's however from 1984 they were massive, but crap. I was there, you two wasn't. That's my opinion, I saw them live. Did you? |
| brENsKi 01.01.2015 04:28 |
gerry wrote: Queen are far too special to be getting any tom dick or harry to fill in Mercury's ballet shoes darlings, so just leave it alone and move on to something more worthwhile!!unless it's Odell, Neville or Stiles, eh? and what's with all the "darlings" in your posts lately? how pretentious is that? are you some fantasist that thinks if you talk like Freddie you'll become the 50-yr-old embodiment and personification of him? |
| gerry 01.01.2015 04:29 |
That was harsh saying they were lower than low in the 70s! Queen were brilliant in the 70s and 80s. i was at Elland Road in May 1982 and Queen were on fire! I saw them 2 years later at Birminghams N.E.C and again they delivered big time. You can not knock Queen with Freddie leading the band, because they pulled out all the stops on tour and gave a spectacular show! Adam Lambert on the other hand was lower than low last night! absolutely crap. |
| gerry 01.01.2015 04:34 |
Brenski: its always charming to add a little flavour to ones posts, so yeah talking of Freddie, its always nice to know how he was so such a regal character and yes adding "darling" to my posts keeps his regal qualities alive and kicking! Freddie was the man! |
| Day dop 01.01.2015 04:38 |
horse feathers wrote:Day Dop, no I can't see how prepostorus it is. People like Tom Christie and even Sebastion, think they have all the knowledge on Queen. They don't. Queen, were lower than low in the 70's however from 1984 they were massive, but crap. I was there, you two wasn't. That's my opinion, I saw them live. Did you? "If Queen started in 1982, I would not be a fan. Which is why, people who discovered rhem after 1982 are not real Queen fans." Look how you've wrote that again, or are you really that self centered and ignorant. Surely not! What you've essentially written there is: because you wouldn't be a fan if they started out in '82, that's why people who discovered them after '82 are not real fans. Oh right, you're the center of the universe. And have you ever heard of such as thing as back catalog? By your logic, people who love the music of Mozart aren't real fans because they weren't (for example) alive when he started out. See the issues with what you said now? |
| master marathon runner 01.01.2015 04:43 |
"lower than low" in the 70's ????- what friggin planet were you on back then? Anyway, as expected, last night was awful, it hit me like a sone,Adam Lambert is Conchita Wurst without the drag, seriously, the looks , the voice, the lot, it's uncanny. |
| gerry 01.01.2015 04:45 |
yes your right there Lambert looks very freakish, and like a camp Bono in drag lol |
| horse feathers 01.01.2015 04:57 |
Lower than low in the 70's, by that I mean music press wise. The first time the music press started to like Queen all be it begrudgingly was after Live Aid in 85. When I was at school in the 70's I was too embarrassed to say to my friends that my favourite band was Queen. It really was that bad. Remember Queen were not invited to the origional Band Aid recording in 1984, why was that, would you think? Queen's reputation was very, very low. But Live Aid in 1985 changed that and saved Queen's career. |
| ANAGRAMER 01.01.2015 05:04 |
This thread exemplifies the old adege that history repeats itself and things that go around, come around Let's imagine ourselves in 1978 and Queen had just performed their first televised show for years... Would we complain that the new material from News of the World was lame and not on a par with A Night at the Opera? -probably Would be be embarrassed by the singer's antics, wearing Najinski leotards and ballet pumps? - I'll leave that for you to decide Would we bemoan the fact that they didn't include Liar and March of the Black Queen in the set list? - possibly Would we think that they have sold-out to a global audience? - I would Would we think that if only they were a a good as when they played the Rainbow or the Liverpool Empire in 1974 - probably Would we think that new fans who discovered the band by listening to We Are the Champions are not 'real' fans? - probably Queen were never credible, even in the 70s. There were no glory days when the fans and the band were perfectly in synch. Fans are just people who like the music irrespective of when they became fans, you can't criticise the band for gaining a new audience in the 80s or beyond but you could criticise them for getting stuck in a rut, wearing black fingernails and ladies blouses and singing songs about Ogres while the rest of the world moved on to new things In the fullness of time, we will all look back on events like last night and realise that we should have appreciated what we have in this moment At this point in time, Queen have a limited shelf-life. We are all getting older and it won't be too long until Brian and Roger will simply be unable to carry the Queen banner Yes, let's have fond memories of the past but it won't be long until we see the present as the past and wished it could have lasted forever |
| gerry 01.01.2015 05:07 |
i do not wish for the present to be good memories in the past because if you call NOW good times with in Queen then you are Mad! Its awful what is happening in Queen now and the band are fading fast like sinking ship. |
| brENsKi 01.01.2015 05:11 |
gerry wrote: yes your right there Lambert looks very freakish, and like a camp Bono in drag lolAL isn't in drag. You DO know what drag is don't you? His outfit is more masculine than at least 60% of Freddie's stage outfits/makeup/varnish.... sometimes you make untruthful comments just for the sake of being negative. keep it factual. |
| gerry 01.01.2015 05:28 |
Read that carefully , i said Lambert looks like Bono in drag, Lots of make u, eye liner etc............ Freddie was in line with 70s glam, so the nail varnish etc..... was sign of the times in the 70s. |
| brENsKi 01.01.2015 05:42 |
Drag: (from Oxford dictionary) [MASS NOUN] Clothing more conventionally worn by the opposite sex, especially women’s clothes worn by a man: a fashion show, complete with men in drag drag is "wearing clothes of the opposite sex" - make-up alone is not drag. Makeup is generally used by all stage performers to some degree, musicians, actors etc. and based (yet again on factual definitions) I don't recall seeing Bono wear drag. |
| Chief Mouse 01.01.2015 05:51 |
ANAGRAMER wrote: This thread exemplifies the old adege that history repeats itself and things that go around, come around Let's imagine ourselves in 1978 and Queen had just performed their first televised show for years... Would we complain that the new material from News of the World was lame and not on a par with A Night at the Opera? -probably Would be be embarrassed by the singer's antics, wearing Najinski leotards and ballet pumps? - I'll leave that for you to decide Would we bemoan the fact that they didn't include Liar and March of the Black Queen in the set list? - possibly Would we think that they have sold-out to a global audience? - I would Would we think that if only they were a a good as when they played the Rainbow or the Liverpool Empire in 1974 - probably Would we think that new fans who discovered the band by listening to We Are the Champions are not 'real' fans? - probably Queen were never credible, even in the 70s. There were no glory days when the fans and the band were perfectly in synch. Fans are just people who like the music irrespective of when they became fans, you can't criticise the band for gaining a new audience in the 80s or beyond but you could criticise them for getting stuck in a rut, wearing black fingernails and ladies blouses and singing songs about Ogres while the rest of the world moved on to new things In the fullness of time, we will all look back on events like last night and realise that we should have appreciated what we have in this moment At this point in time, Queen have a limited shelf-life. We are all getting older and it won't be too long until Brian and Roger will simply be unable to carry the Queen banner Yes, let's have fond memories of the past but it won't be long until we see the present as the past and wished it could have lasted forever Good post! |
| gerry 01.01.2015 06:38 |
Brenski: you need to lighten up man, you take things too seriously, imagine what Bono would look like dressed up as freakish as Adam Lambert! Lambert is ideal for the "Rocky horror show" ! come on turn that frown upside down! lol |
| Bad Seed 01.01.2015 06:40 |
Excellent post ANAGRAMER! |
| tomchristie22 01.01.2015 06:52 |
OP needs, to be a bit more judicious, with their use, of commas. |
| joerijoerijoeri 01.01.2015 06:56 |
Amazing display of utter narrowmindedness in the first post. Congratulations, gramps. |
| Barry Durex 01.01.2015 07:00 |
My wife turned the TV over to the broadcast last night for about a minute or so. I honestly couldn't bear it and it had to go back to Celebrity Juice! |
| RMTaylorBest 01.01.2015 07:06 |
you are so boring and negative on a band that simply produced songsin many different shapes over the whole career. wake up, you are not a real fan, the truth is that you were a Queen fan and you're not anymore!! go listen to U2 |
| The King Of Rhye 01.01.2015 07:13 |
horse feathers wrote: Lower than low in the 70's, by that I mean music press wise. The first time the music press started to like Queen all be it begrudgingly was after Live Aid in 85. When I was at school in the 70's I was too embarrassed to say to my friends that my favourite band was Queen. It really was that bad. Remember Queen were not invited to the origional Band Aid recording in 1984, why was that, would you think? Queen's reputation was very, very low. But Live Aid in 1985 changed that and saved Queen's career.If you were embarrased to say what your favorite band was, I think you'd paid way too much attention to what other people thought back then.......... |
| The King Of Rhye 01.01.2015 07:21 |
horse feathers wrote: people who discovered rhem after 1982 are not real Queen fans.I was born in 1977......first got into Queen in the early 90s.......so that's enough to brand me NOT a 'real' Queen fan? Oh well, I like Adam Lambert, too, so that probably makes me even less of a 'real' fan.....whatever that means anyway |
| tomchristie22 01.01.2015 07:34 |
I started listening to Queen substantially around 2009, so I'm about as non-real a fan as it gets. I'll show myself out I guess :'( |
| kdj2hot 01.01.2015 07:38 |
horse feathers wrote: I am 50 this year, I first saw Queen '82 at Elland Road, then the 4 times on the Queenworks tour, that they initially anounced the 4 dates for. But couldn't get tickets for the extra gigs. Then in 86 I left my girlfriend at the time to queue up for Queen tickets at Manchester, my home city, so I could see them. I did see her again though, er, sometimes. The last great album Queen ever did, was the Game. So many people on this site, love 80's Queen. How sad is that? If Queen started in 1982, I would not be a fan. Which is why, people who discovered rhem after 1982 are not real Queen fans. When I first saw Queen in 1982 as a nervous 17 year old, who could have bought a million tickets for that gig at Elland Rd, you really wouldn't have known how badly the press viewed Queen. I couldn't even get anyone to go with me, however the Works tour, I could have got many to go with me, which I did. Hot Space is an album I do actually like, the rest after it, I don't. Had I discovered Queen after 1984, I would not be a fan. Every album after that is awful. So I get, most people on here love 80's Queen, I don't. Under Pressure, was the last great song they did, IMO. Tonights gig, was dreadful. I expect to get trolled. But if Roger and Brian want a frog singing..., then I don't. I have paid so much more money for Queen stuff than 80's and beyond fans and I don't give a toss about you. But to be a Queen fan in the 70's was embarrassing, to be a Queen fan now, is even more so. Adam Lambert is dreadful, Bryan May is burned out. Spike Edney is a joke. And tonights show was horrendous. My opinion, which, you will have a go at. But in this format, I would not become a fan. I first heard Queen sing Seven seas of Rhye, then I was a fan. Those that will have a go at me, like Tom Christie, first heard the MIH, album, which was also dreadful. I'm a real Queen fan, but embarrassed by last nights performance.I'm too lazy to read all the posts but it's not a third of queen. It's half of queen, genius. Unless John Deacon surprised everyone and showed up. How can you be a fan at all if you didn't notice the bass player was different |
| The King Of Rhye 01.01.2015 08:19 |
It's actually impossible for a third of Queen to be awful.......when theres only 2 of em on stage these days....... |
| master marathon runner 01.01.2015 08:25 |
It wasn't the whole music press that hated Queen in the 70's, it was a relatively small number of articles that dammned them, ("is this man a prat"), et al. There were countless favourable articles as well. But......it did seem fashionable in the music press to give them bad record reviews, which is nothing unusual, they rarely get it right, always ego tripping, I'm a clever shite, aren't I. The name Charles Shar Murray, springs to mind. He's still cropping up on tv now, usually on BBC4 specials, and he STILL has his head up his stupid arse. "is this man a prat?"........let's think now........legendary status, one of the most brilliant live performers of all time, an unrivalled song writing and performance cv, greatly missed...........nope, don't think he's remembered as a prat. |
| andyb1968 01.01.2015 08:27 |
Anagramer top post ! Spot on too :-) |
| pittrek 01.01.2015 09:10 |
I just finished watching the recording. Awful? No, definitely not. Fantastic, no, not at all. They were "OK", nothing more, nothing less. The magic is gone forever, deal with it, I learned to deal with it. The "old" Queen we all loved is gone and will never come back. BTW I enjoyed this MUCH more than any of the early 2014 shows, Adam finally learns how to be a Queen frontman and a rock singer in general, he's not as annoying as he used to be. BTW I was born in 1981 and I started to listen to Queen somewhere around 1989/1990/1991 (sometimes between Miracle and Innuendo), became a "standard" fan around the Made In Heaven time, and a collector around the end of the last century, I didn't know that I'm not a "real" Queen fan until I read the first post |
| Mercuryman12 01.01.2015 09:17 |
Mr Gerry Don't try to use the "I saw queen live" card because you may not be able to get this through your thick skull. A lot of people saw Queen live too and more times than you! I'm reasonably sure some here have been to more Queen concerts with the original lineup than you. I'm reasonably sure some were at the important ones (Rainbow,Hammersmith,earls court,Milton Keynes ,wembley, Knebworth) Also this link Is drag not what Lambert is wearing |
| The King Of Rhye 01.01.2015 09:48 |
pittrek wrote: BTW I enjoyed this MUCH more than any of the early 2014 shows, Adam finally learns how to be a Queen frontman and a rock singer in general, he's not as annoying as he used to be.Hmm....I dunno, I saw em in July, and I think Adam sounds about the same now....... I do think he's improved a bit over the 2012 shows I've heard, though..... |
| The King Of Rhye 01.01.2015 09:55 |
horse feathers wrote: Day Dop Can you convince me, The Works, A Kind Of Magic, The Miracle, Innuendo and Made In Heaven are great albums? I'm waiting...I don't think it will convince you at all, but I think Innuendo is a great album......the title song, Show Must Go On, Slightly Mad, and Days Of Our Lives are great, the rest is solid (well except Delilah...lol)....MIH's got some great stuff too.......The Miracle's strong, aside from a few songs I dont like........ |
| philip storey 01.01.2015 10:33 |
So here we are Happy New Year to all Queen fans all over the world.Yet with a new year some people just go on and on and on and on about Adam Lambert and how he ruins every thing that he touches.Get this in your brains AL has mas made Queen to be there most popular in USA ever since Hot Space ,Freddies tach and Break Free Video.They have had a sell out tour and are about to have a sell out tour in UK.Of course i loved the band more with John and Freddie but it is what it is now and deal with it or just look back on your fond memories. |
| Marknow 01.01.2015 11:02 |
horse feathers wrote: I am 50 this year, I first saw Queen '82 at Elland Road, then the 4 times on the Queenworks tour, that they initially anounced the 4 dates for. But couldn't get tickets for the extra gigs. Then in 86 I left my girlfriend at the time to queue up for Queen tickets at Manchester, my home city, so I could see them. I did see her again though, er, sometimes. The last great album Queen ever did, was the Game. So many people on this site, love 80's Queen. How sad is that? If Queen started in 1982, I would not be a fan. Which is why, people who discovered rhem after 1982 are not real Queen fans. If you don't like the new tour that's more than fair mate. I do think you are picking a fight you really don't need to pick by labeling fans post 1982/84 as not real fans. When I first saw Queen in 1982 as a nervous 17 year old, who could have bought a million tickets for that gig at Elland Rd, you really wouldn't have known how badly the press viewed Queen. I couldn't even get anyone to go with me, however the Works tour, I could have got many to go with me, which I did. Hot Space is an album I do actually like, the rest after it, I don't. Had I discovered Queen after 1984, I would not be a fan. Every album after that is awful. So I get, most people on here love 80's Queen, I don't. Under Pressure, was the last great song they did, IMO. Tonights gig, was dreadful. I expect to get trolled. But if Roger and Brian want a frog singing..., then I don't. I have paid so much more money for Queen stuff than 80's and beyond fans and I don't give a toss about you. But to be a Queen fan in the 70's was embarrassing, to be a Queen fan now, is even more so. Adam Lambert is dreadful, Bryan May is burned out. Spike Edney is a joke. And tonights show was horrendous. My opinion, which, you will have a go at. But in this format, I would not become a fan. I first heard Queen sing Seven seas of Rhye, then I was a fan. Those that will have a go at me, like Tom Christie, first heard the MIH, album, which was also dreadful. I'm a real Queen fan, but embarrassed by last nights performance. If you don't like the new tour that's more than fair mate, personally I loved it. Adam is no Freddie and he doesn't try to be either, he doesn't sound like Fred because he is not Fred. We all agree that Fred was unique, a master of his trade, lauded around the globe as maybe the best male vocalist and live performer ever. Fred was a brilliant vocalist, a brilliant showman. Adam has his own voice and I feel it is not half as bad as people make out, he also has a great stage presence which I am sure will develop even more in time. It is a shame that you cannot see any good in this tour because of AL. Well over 500,000 people went to see them in 2014 at mostly sold out venues in N.America, Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, most left with a very positive experience, even the press reports were largely positive. I respect your opinion and I'm not trying to change it but why not adopt a live and let live policy. Brian and Roger don't need anybody's approval to play their songs, the music they created. I do think you are picking a fight you really don't need to pick by labeling fans post 1982/84 as not real fans, they grew up in the shite era and still became fans! :) I think the majority of fans would agree that Queen did their best work in the 70's though.... |
| brENsKi 01.01.2015 11:07 |
Mercuryman12 wrote: Mr Gerry Don't try to use the "I saw queen live" card because you may not be able to get this through your thick skull. A lot of people saw Queen live too and more times than you! I'm reasonably sure some here have been to more Queen concerts with the original lineup than you. I'm reasonably sure some were at the important ones (Rainbow,Hammersmith,earls court,Milton Keynes ,wembley, Knebworth) Also this link Is drag not what Lambert is wearingyou're right. b'ham 79, mk 82, b'ham 84, wembely 86 & knebworth 86. as for the drag comment - i tried to tell him as much...but he's an idiot who can neither read/write or grasp basic english. |
| gerry 01.01.2015 11:16 |
Horse feathers: I do understand where you are coming from, i too felt sick to my stomach watching Adam Lambert last night, Does he have to sing with his tongue hanging out like some sort of freak in high heels. He sings like he is in the west end so the music sounds wooden, and harsh, but everyone to there own, If the public like what they see well its there money going going gone! Brian & Roger are taking the piss out of Queen fans and loving it, especially with some fans accepting this ridiculous collaboration which is as limp as lettuce in the rain. Still Brian & Roger are not bothered who fronts the band anymore, they are nearly both 70 so all the money they make from fools going to see this joke of a tour is just pocket money to them. Anyway the wind blows, so it seems! |
| gerry 01.01.2015 11:18 |
Brenski: shut up its getting fucking boring! |
| The Real Wizard 01.01.2015 11:19 |
horse feathers wrote: Day Dop, no I can't see how prepostorus it is. People like Tom Christie and even Sebastion, think they have all the knowledge on Queen.Umm, have they actually stated this? They have done a fuck load of research to accumulate the knowledge they have. Sebastian especially. He absolutely is one of the world's top ten experts on Queen. Can you say the same for yourself? |
| The Real Wizard 01.01.2015 11:20 |
horse feathers wrote: Remember Queen were not invited to the origional Band Aid recording in 1984, why was that, would you think? Queen's reputation was very, very low. But Live Aid in 1985 changed that and saved Queen's career.Queen's reputation was no better in early 1985 when Geldof asked them to do Live Aid, so that doesn't really add up. |
| brENsKi 01.01.2015 11:24 |
gerry wrote: Brenski: shut up its getting fucking boring!i'll shut up when YOU stop spouting lies, unintelligible shactoids and utter bullshit |
| gerry 01.01.2015 11:28 |
Horse feathers: Queen were recording in L.A when the band aid single was recorded back in 1984 otherwise they would have loved to have been there. Freddie was rumoured to be very upset at having missed the recording of " Do they know its christmas" Nothing to do with been un-popular back then. |
| *goodco* 01.01.2015 11:29 |
Before this gets sidetracked yet again..... Using the beginning 'logic', I guess I can't be a fan of Benny Goodman, my daughter can't be a fan and love and play the music of Beethoven (or be a fan of The Beatles or The Doors or......) because we weren't around when they were. For the umpteenth time, this is 'Queen +'. Many who didn't get to see 'Queen' get to see Brian and Roger again, have fun, pull out their teeshirts, mingle with fellow fans, see what were to me at the time surprisingly damn good shows in NYC and Columbia, and go home happy. Odd that some of the naysayers are so obsessed, that they constantly post and criticize, and yet at the same time watch tons of videos or live streams of this collaboration. All the whining and bitching and crying will not put together your broken toy. |
| gerry 01.01.2015 11:29 |
Spouting lies about what??? |
| Nitroboy 01.01.2015 11:34 |
horse feathers wrote: When I was at school in the 70's I was too embarrassed to say to my friends that my favourite band was Queen. Omg then you never were a real fan, shame on you! |
| brENsKi 01.01.2015 11:36 |
gerry wrote: Spouting lies about what???Apologies goodco, genuinely. difference between me and you Gerry? I wholeheartedly uphold your right to speak the truth - pity you seldom manage to though ain't it? You singlemindedly pursue the destruction of anyone's right to speak the truth when it conflicts with the Gospel of Shactoids according to Gerry. |
| musicland munich 01.01.2015 11:37 |
You can't be a christ if you not participate at the last supper ! I'am fan since Live Aid so I only was a witness of Freddie's crucifixion( musically) ....therefor it was quite entertaining. |
| joerijoerijoeri 01.01.2015 11:38 |
The bloke can't even spell Brian May's name right |
| winterspelt 01.01.2015 11:40 |
I love when people cover their lack of arguments under the "Im a real fan" flag. lol |
| gerry 01.01.2015 11:42 |
Brenski: not you are spouting fucking lies about me , you wanker, Brenski wrote and spouting more rubbish: pursue the destruction of anyone's right to speak the truth when it conflicts with the Gospel of Shactoids according to Gerry. |
| Mercuryman12 01.01.2015 11:45 |
gerry wrote: Brenski: not you are spouting fucking lies about me , you wanker, Brenski wrote and spouting more rubbish: pursue the destruction of anyone's right to speak the truth when it conflicts with the Gospel of Shactoids according to Gerry.Mr Gerry there is no need for name calling you are an adult right? |
| gerry 01.01.2015 11:46 |
Brenski: you are such a hypocrite and like stirring shit on here i just wonder in your day to day life if you actually get on with anybody at all? You are forever pulling people apart on here and have to get your beak into it all asking for proof of this or proof of that, please drop the self importance act, you are just another nobody sitting in front of your comp trying to be top dog guess what you aint, your just a jerk. |
| gerry 01.01.2015 11:51 |
Mercuryman12: yes i am an adult and i do not like nasty people like Brenski saying that according to me i said this and that ............ blah blah blah... He is the one who needs to grow up, and he has a mouth like zippy.. |
| Mercuryman12 01.01.2015 11:55 |
gerry wrote: Mercuryman12: yes i am an adult and i do not like nasty people like Brenski saying that according to me i said this and that ............ blah blah blah... He is the one who needs to grow up, and he has a mouth like zippy..Still I don't think personal attacks are called for. Say what you want about his opinions but don't stoop as low to attack him personally |
| master marathon runner 01.01.2015 11:56 |
See what you've started Adam. |
| Missreclusive 01.01.2015 11:59 |
I accept the Q+AL thing as Brian and Roger having a kick butt good time. Other than that, I won't pay to go see it.... it isn't Queen. Never will be. Better to see QE and enjoy the sound rather than listen to AL. I'm probably not a real Queen fan. .. but I sure can listen to the early work and watch the videos and love love every minute. I can do it daily and never tire of it. |
| gerry 01.01.2015 12:01 |
mercuryman12: i am not sure you are aware but Brenski has said some pretty nasty things to me for 8 months on here. name calling is his forte, like calling me a fuckwit, and other offensive words. naturally i treat him like he treats me, that is how i was brought up. Now go and have a go at him. |
| Mercuryman12 01.01.2015 12:03 |
gerry wrote: mercuryman12: i am not sure you are aware but Brenski has said some pretty nasty things to me for 8 months on here. name calling is his forte, like calling me a fuckwit, and other offensive words. naturally i treat him like he treats me, that is how i was brought up. Now go and have a go at him.Well tbh if you were posting back than as you are now I think he has a free pass |
| gerry 01.01.2015 12:06 |
i have never ever attacked him first, he just decided to have a go at me because he never liked my posts on here, i have every right to air my opinions but i think he realizes he has met his match on here with me! ha ha . |
| bobdylan1 01.01.2015 12:07 |
I'm reading QZ while listening to ;ast night's show on youtube, not watching. I thought Brian is still very sharp, I peek to the video onced in a while, RT seemed to enjoy playing. Feels like B & R hired, yes hired a vocalist so they can enjoy playing onstage. Freddie died. He did not quit the band. He expired. Brian and Rog won't get another singer and continue on as QUEEN IF say Freddie left the band and was still around. Yes it felt like 50% Queen was playing. BTW what was that Red Special-looking guitar that sounded acoustic on CLTCL that Bri was playing? |
| gerry 01.01.2015 12:11 |
Bobdylan1 : what about John Deacon? He and Freddie are absent now from Queen! I agree it did sound like they hired a basic vocalist just so they do not have to take lead vocals. Yes 50% of Queen were playing and 50% of Queen was missing! |
| Mercuryman12 01.01.2015 12:13 |
gerry wrote: i have never ever attacked him first, he just decided to have a go at me because he never liked my posts on here, i have every right to air my opinions but i think he realizes he has met his match on here with me! ha ha .Who would like your posts forgive for saying. They sound like the ramblings of a bitter old man who can't get over the fact his favorite band isn't what it used to be and isn't grateful they still perform in some way. So for your new year resolution how about you stop with the vindictive angry comments and also give Lambert a chance. Until then I have no respect for you |
| gerry 01.01.2015 12:17 |
Personally i have no respect for you for taking sides to a bully in the shape of Brenski. i have gave Lambert the benefit of the doubt with last nights concert and my conclusion is that he is awful at what he does on stage with Queen. If you thin i am old, then god knows what you must think of Bri & Roger who are nearly 70. |
| Mercuryman12 01.01.2015 12:19 |
gerry wrote: Personally i have no respect for you for taking sides to a bully in the shape of Brenski. i have gave Lambert the benefit of the doubt with last nights concert and my conclusion is that he is awful at what he does on stage with Queen. If you thin i am old, then god knows what you must think of Bri & Roger who are nearly 70.Roger and Brian are old but they except it. You on the other hand seem to be in a midlife crisis |
| gerry 01.01.2015 12:28 |
Not at all i am fine and happy in my life lol i just do not tolerate trolls who do not accept my comments, they have to over ride everything that is only an opinion and surely everything that we all express is an opinion in some shape or form. My passion for Queen is bigger than most on this site, buy hey do not troll me on that one, it is my insatiable right to say whatever i like and express my love and admiration for Queen. Freddie is my idol, and he was the dominant character in Queen with a personality to match, and yes i guess i am bitter the way Queen are now they are inferior and lack substance. |
| musicland munich 01.01.2015 12:31 |
Hi Gerry, seems like you have some time on your hands. Do you ever considered to sign in the local adult education centre ? |
| gerry 01.01.2015 12:35 |
musicland munich: That is just plain offensive, and your just jumping on the band wagon like every body else. I have seen worse spelling mistakes on here than mine, so go and take a look, before i get offensive to you prat! |
| Mercuryman12 01.01.2015 12:37 |
gerry wrote: musicland munich: That is just plain offensive, and your just jumping on the band wagon like every body else. I have seen worse spelling mistakes on here than mine, so go and take a look, before i get offensive to you prat!Stop it or I will report you! |
| gerry 01.01.2015 12:39 |
Good luck with that fool. |
| someonewholikesadam 01.01.2015 12:44 |
Can we change the name of this thread from "Queen, well a third of Queen were awful tonight" to "Gerry is a Dickwad?" |
| musicland munich 01.01.2015 12:44 |
Oh, I wasn't necessarily referring to your grammar...but hey let's see it like a progress that you are at least aware of that. |
| gerry 01.01.2015 12:49 |
Someone who likes adam: Get a life you silly little fat bottomed girl. |
| someonewholikesadam 01.01.2015 12:55 |
gerry wrote: Someone who likes adam: Get a life you silly little fat bottomed girl.I prefer to be called a fat-ass bitch. |
| Rugby_guy 01.01.2015 13:01 |
Hey guys stop all the bitching at Gezza, he never started all this bitching and if you have not noticed, Brenski who stared all of this nasty business, is nowhere to be seen! i like Gezzas posts, he is real and keeps it alive on here! love ya Gez mate. |
| Mercuryman12 01.01.2015 13:02 |
someonewholikesadam wrote:
gerry wrote:
Someone who likes adam: Get a life you silly little fat bottomed girl.
I prefer to be called a fat-ass bitch.
Right on! |
| gerry 01.01.2015 13:10 |
Rugby guy: Thank you i try to be as genuine and real, but many on here have rose tinted glasses on! you really can not reason with people when they are mostly trolls themselves lol |
| jamster1111 01.01.2015 13:38 |
What the hell is wrong with you guys? Last night's performance was incredible. Brian May and Roger Taylor are both in their mid-late 60's and can still put on an amazing show! Everything was spot on and Adam Lambert shined as well. Brian's guitar playing was perfect and Roger's drumming was no different than it was in his prime. The lights, musicianship, energy, the duet between Adam and Freddie on borhap.. everything was perfect. You can't compare it to how Queen was in the late 70's and early 80's. That just wouldn't be fair. If you are complaining because you don't like Adam Lambert's voice (I would totally disagree) then that is fair but to say the whole show sucks is just crazy. We are grateful to still have these musicians touring and putting the effort into keeping this music alive. And we are grateful to have a talented singer like Adam to assist them in doing so. |
| Mercuryman12 01.01.2015 13:41 |
jamster1111 wrote: What the hell is wrong with you guys? Last night's performance was incredible. Brian May and Roger Taylor are both in their mid-late 60's and can still put on an amazing show! Everything was spot on and Adam Lambert shined as well. Brian's guitar playing was perfect and Roger's drumming was no different than it was in his prime. The lights, musicianship, energy, the duet between Adam and Freddie on borhap.. everything was perfect. You can't compare it to how Queen was in the late 70's and early 80's. That just wouldn't be fair.
If you are complaining because you don't like Adam Lambert's voice (I would totally disagree) then that is fair but to say the whole show sucks is just crazy. We are grateful to still have these musicians touring and putting the effort into keeping this music alive. And we are grateful to have a talented singer like Adam to assist them in doing so. ^ This |
| pittrek 01.01.2015 13:44 |
The King Of Rhye wrote:His voice is the same, but his performance (attitude ? ) has changed - to be slightly poetic - he's the same singer, but a less annoying person - at least to me. I wasn't able to compare him to the 2012 shows - I was never able to listen to a complete showpittrek wrote: BTW I enjoyed this MUCH more than any of the early 2014 shows, Adam finally learns how to be a Queen frontman and a rock singer in general, he's not as annoying as he used to be.Hmm....I dunno, I saw em in July, and I think Adam sounds about the same now....... I do think he's improved a bit over the 2012 shows I've heard, though..... |
| pittrek 01.01.2015 13:52 |
Guys - can you keep the personal crap out of here? |
| The King Of Rhye 01.01.2015 13:54 |
someonewholikesadam wrote: I prefer to be called a fat-ass bitch.Hehe..........awesome! :D |
| bobdylan1 01.01.2015 14:00 |
Adam Lambert sometimes sounds like a lady singing. But it's incredibly easy for him to hit the high notes. Agreee with pittrek. He is the same voice but less annoying. The gay garb he wears are is a bit trying too hard to fit the Queen image. I commend him for leaving the spotlight and let Rog and Bri have their moment with the fans. |
| ANAGRAMER 01.01.2015 14:12 |
bobdylan1 wrote: I'm reading QZ while listening to ;ast night's show on youtube, not watching. I thought Brian is still very sharp, I peek to the video onced in a while, RT seemed to enjoy playing. Feels like B & R hired, yes hired a vocalist so they can enjoy playing onstage. Freddie died. He did not quit the band. He expired. Brian and Rog won't get another singer and continue on as QUEEN IF say Freddie left the band and was still around. Yes it felt like 50% Queen was playing. BTW what was that Red Special-looking guitar that sounded acoustic on CLTCL that Bri was playing?The guitar is a custom made Guyatone called 'The Badger' It's a semisolid electric with acoustic pickups in the bridge for the acoustic strumming part |
| Holly2003 01.01.2015 14:40 |
ANAGRAMER wrote: The guitar is a custom made Guyatone called 'The Badger' It's a semisolid electric with acoustic pickups in the bridge for the acoustic strumming partWas a bit surprised he was able to get the "Crazy" sound out of it. It's an awesome-looking, cool-sounding guitar. |
| The King Of Rhye 01.01.2015 14:48 |
I read before that the Red Special itself was originally going to have one of those f-holes, but Brian didnt do it for whatever reason....... (and its really called The Badger????) lol |
| Mercuryman12 01.01.2015 14:52 |
The King Of Rhye wrote: I read before that the Red Special itself was originally going to have one of those f-holes, but Brian didnt do it for whatever reason....... (and its really called The Badger????) lolThere's a little badger on it. |
| The King Of Rhye 01.01.2015 15:14 |
Ah, found it.......(Guyton, not Guyatone) link yep, theres a badger on it! lol |
| Nitroboy 01.01.2015 15:22 |
Nitroboy wrote:horse feathers wrote: When I was at school in the 70's I was too embarrassed to say to my friends that my favourite band was Queen.Omg then you never were a real fan, shame on you! OP should read this and then leave this forum for good. |
| Oscar J 01.01.2015 15:23 |
Holy crap, that guitar is an absolute stunner. |
| Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 01.01.2015 16:02 |
Anagramer and Jamster said it all. As for the beating on Gerry, IMHO some of you went too far, and I certainly do not mean Brenski did it, as they have their own old story behind them. Cheers, Ogre- |
| brENsKi 01.01.2015 16:09 |
gerry wrote: i have never ever attacked him first, he just decided to have a go at me because he never liked my posts on here, i have every right to air my opinions but i think he realizes he has met his match on here with me! ha ha .you fekkin liar. you started a whole thread based on canvassing forum opinion against me - a whole thread Gerry! - one which almost everyone disagreed with you. At least i disagree with you in the context of the current thread(s) - i don't start a whole thread entitled "Is ****** a complete Nelly" and before you deny it and spout more "he always starts first" lies - here's the actual link, liar. link |
| AlbaNo1 01.01.2015 16:19 |
His meaning was that Lambert's general appearance might be similar to what Bono might look like in drag, if one used a bit of imagination.
A throwaway remark that didnt really require over analysis.
For those concerned enough to make an actual comparison
link
Bono did actually wear drag in the video for One.
brENsKi wrote:Mercuryman12 wrote:[/b Mr Gerry Don't try to use the "I saw queen live" card because you may not be able to get this through your thick skull. A lot of people saw Queen live too and more times than you! I'm reasonably sure some here have been to more Queen concerts with the original lineup than you. I'm reasonably sure some were at the important ones (Rainbow,Hammersmith,earls court,Milton Keynes ,wembley, Knebworth) Also this link Is drag not what Lambert is wearingyou're right. b'ham 79, mk 82, b'ham 84, wembely 86 & knebworth 86. as for the drag comment - i tried to tell him as much...but he's an idiot who can neither read/write or grasp basic english. |
| *goodco* 01.01.2015 16:43 |
brENsKi....points now well understood. Last night's show: the venue? Seating capacity? Finally able to catch pieces around the football games (Yea, Sparties!). I'm sure this cost everyone in attendance a pretty penny, but it sure looked like everyone was enjoying themselves. The band seemed in good form. It was odd to see a Queen+ show without the dazzling light show. I enjoyed the fact that PR got the boys back on the road, and back to the States. Didn't care for the extra 'warbling', and listening to TSMGOn was painful. The kid pretty much nailed that one again last night. (since I didn't realize I had first heard KYA in 1973 until 1974, hope I'm qualified to comment) |
| The King Of Rhye 01.01.2015 17:14 |
*goodco* wrote: Last night's show: the venue? Seating capacity? Finally able to catch pieces around the football games (Yea, Sparties!).Westminster Hall, sellout crowd of 2000..... |
| brENsKi 01.01.2015 17:16 |
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| brENsKi 01.01.2015 17:17 |
Gerry, - Rugby_guy is definitely you...otherwise how would explain the mysterious appearance of someone whose posts are generally attacking ONLY people that YOU argued with, or talking in "Freddie Rules" type nonsense, or making ALL the same basic spelling and grammatical errors that YOU make.? how deluded a Walter Mitty are you? Stop lying and be honest for a change. Because when someone lies to the fantasist level that YOU have, we have to wonder...did YOU ever see queen live? or any of the other stories you've spun?
1. link
Rugby_guy wrote:Hey guys stop all the bitching at Gezza, he never started all this bitching and if you have not noticed, Brenski who stared all of this nasty business, is nowhere to be seen! i like Gezzas posts, he is real and keeps it alive on here! love ya Gez mate.2. ttp://link Rugby_guy wrote:wow big deal, and such a petty thread.3. link Rugby_guy wrote: Yeah sorry everyone for my last post but i will NOT have idiots like Brenski telling lies about what i have supposed to have said in a eralier post as it is all lies and twisting the situ to make him look good. Brenski your not clever your just a first class tit.4. link Rugby_guy wrote: What a shitty post Wizard. It was Freddie that turned May and Taylor round and who styled the group 100% without Freddie the band would not have become so famous. Freddie was the flavour of Queen and everyone knows that. He had a massive ego on stage and left the others in the background.5. link Rugby_guy wrote: Rolling Stone is just a cheap American rag, buy it and wipe your arse on it Thomasquinn32989 ha ha !6. link Rugby_guy wrote: If anyone upstaged freddie it would be p45 time lol Queen did get shot of a bassist before deacy.7. link Rugby_guy wrote: Basically this release is for all the new fans they have netted this year through the tour. Any old fan does not need this package, it looks awful and cheap, with little imagination gone into the front cd cover. Queen really are fucked up without fred!8. link Rugby_guy wrote: Roger has lost the plot and now considering recording in the studio with AL, O.M.F.G please do not do this Roger the tours were embarrassing enough but not a cd of the american doof!9. ttp://link Rugby_guy wrote: ha ha Brensks i saw your spat on another thread with Gerry so i thought id take the mick messaging you man, with some of Gezzas comments great i fooled you then. Do not know who gezza is but he seems very passionate about Queen.To everyone that is annoyed by this, I sincerely do apologise. To Gerry i do NOT apologise, i say - now you've been outed as a fraud and a liar - remember YOU denied it was you - see post 9. Time to quit your fantasist ways fella. perhaps you'll accept defeat or will you resort to death threats as you did below: link gerry wrote:you can fuck off you arrogant four eyed cunt and i wish i could meet you and tear your fucking head off mate. Do yourself a favour go and cut your fucking throat ! |
| musicland munich 01.01.2015 17:30 |
^Absolute priceless isn't it ? |
| Day dop 01.01.2015 18:16 |
This forum seems to be getting more bonkers as time goes by... |
| Oscar J 01.01.2015 18:26 |
You spend way too much time on gerry, Brenski. Are you really happy with dedicating a significant part of your life to someone like him? |
| bobdylan1 01.01.2015 18:49 |
I've seen worse, not on Q site though. It's 2015 the page layout needs a change. Hard to tell a quote from a post. |
| una999 01.01.2015 20:08 |
horse feathers wrote: I am 50 this year, I first saw Queen '82 at Elland Road, then the 4 times on the Queenworks tour, that they initially anounced the 4 dates for. But couldn't get tickets for the extra gigs. Then in 86 I left my girlfriend at the time to queue up for Queen tickets at Manchester, my home city, so I could see them. I did see her again though, er, sometimes. The last great album Queen ever did, was the Game. So many people on this site, love 80's Queen. How sad is that? If Queen started in 1982, I would not be a fan. Which is why, people who discovered rhem after 1982 are not real Queen fans. When I first saw Queen in 1982 as a nervous 17 year old, who could have bought a million tickets for that gig at Elland Rd, you really wouldn't have known how badly the press viewed Queen. I couldn't even get anyone to go with me, however the Works tour, I could have got many to go with me, which I did. Hot Space is an album I do actually like, the rest after it, I don't. Had I discovered Queen after 1984, I would not be a fan. Every album after that is awful. So I get, most people on here love 80's Queen, I don't. Under Pressure, was the last great song they did, IMO. Tonights gig, was dreadful. I expect to get trolled. But if Roger and Brian want a frog singing..., then I don't. I have paid so much more money for Queen stuff than 80's and beyond fans and I don't give a toss about you. But to be a Queen fan in the 70's was embarrassing, to be a Queen fan now, is even more so. Adam Lambert is dreadful, Bryan May is burned out. Spike Edney is a joke. And tonights show was horrendous. My opinion, which, you will have a go at. But in this format, I would not become a fan. I first heard Queen sing Seven seas of Rhye, then I was a fan. Those that will have a go at me, like Tom Christie, first heard the MIH, album, which was also dreadful. I'm a real Queen fan, but embarrassed by last nights performance.I'd hate to be 50 and be bothered posting something like the above. Like something a teenager would post and fight about. Surely at 50 you don't care about who the greatest band of all time are, or get embarrassed at something ultimately pointless etc. I find the above post worrying. |
| Ken8 02.01.2015 02:50 |
Day dop wrote:Spot on. A ridiculous assertion from "horse feathers", poorly made."If Queen started in 1982, I would not be a fan. Which is why, people who discovered rhem after 1982 are not real Queen fans." Look how you've wrote that again, or are you really that self centered and ignorant. Surely not! What you've essentially written there is: because you wouldn't be a fan if they started out in '82, that's why people who discovered them after '82 are not real fans. Oh right, you're the center of the universe. And have you ever heard of such as thing as back catalog? By your logic, people who love the music of Mozart aren't real fans because they weren't (for example) alive when he started out. See the issues with what you said now?horse feathers wrote:Day Dop, no I can't see how prepostorus it is. People like Tom Christie and even Sebastion, think they have all the knowledge on Queen. They don't. Queen, were lower than low in the 70's however from 1984 they were massive, but crap. I was there, you two wasn't. That's my opinion, I saw them live. Did you? I'm also 50 this year and find the OP to be suffering some sort of delusional ageist superiority complex. Quite frankly, you can discover a band for the first time at any age and explore their history. Having said that, the premise of the OP is flawed to begin with. Queen weren't big in the 70s??? There speaketh the voice of ignorance |
| Viper 02.01.2015 03:43 |
pittrek wrote: I just finished watching the recording. Awful? No, definitely not. Fantastic, no, not at all. They were "OK", nothing more, nothing less. The magic is gone forever, deal with it, I learned to deal with it. The "old" Queen we all loved is gone and will never come back.That makes 2 of us! |
| gerry 02.01.2015 04:12 |
Now Brenski i know your thick but i never thought you were that thick thinking rugby guy was me? Does it damage your pride that someone has sussed out what a complete tosser you are on here.? Nice to know that one person on here is clear about what is going on and actually appreciates my posts! Its a slippery slope Brenski and you are on it. lol |
| AlbaNo1 02.01.2015 05:36 |
rugby sucks |
| Mr music 02.01.2015 05:50 |
I Enjoy queen along with many other bands. Any fan has the right to enjoy albums from any period as they see fit. A 15 year old fan could not have been there in the beginning but is no less of a fan because of their age. Paul Rodgers delivered the songs showing great passion for the music above all else. New Year's Eve was a display of hype over substance Adam lambert is using this opportunity for his own agenda and will do nothing for the musical legacy of queen. The band could have found somebody unknown whose desire to sing queen songs was their only agenda. Journey maintained their musical integrity without the need for a publicity grabbing frontman to stay relevant on the concert circuit. Tickets will sell but will history view this period of queen as a band or just the slow demise of a publicity seeking extravaganza. I am 52 & have seen hundreds of bands, my views are as a music fan and understand bands need to evolve with new members for many reasons.so glad I haven't bought tickets for upcoming shows New Year's Eve was nothing more than shameful for this great band |
| AlbaNo1 02.01.2015 05:53 |
great, ahem, "first" post |
| Holly2003 02.01.2015 06:05 |
AlbaNo1 wrote: rugby sucksIt's fine to trash Queen+AL, religion, politicians etc but a line must be drawn at that kind of talk. A full & immediate apology is required. |
| AlbaNo1 02.01.2015 06:19 |
Haha I just through that out there to keep in line with the general mean spirits....apologies! |
| gerry 02.01.2015 06:33 |
Mr.Music: Great post and for once someone on here is talking 100% truth. I agree the news years eve concert was shameful and shoddy. Lambert is no showman, Lambert is no musician either, he is just a glorified karaoke singer and he sings with his tongue out like a deluded monitor lizard! yuk. |
| brENsKi 02.01.2015 06:52 |
AlbaNo1 wrote: great, ahem, "first" postspot on. don't know why we didn't see it sooner....the death threats, the psychotic outbursts, the bizarre fantasist statements about "friendships" and rewriting queen history...and now THREE login/usernames on ONE SITE... Gerry is quite clearly schizophrenic |
| oliverd05 02.01.2015 07:18 |
well all any of us can bring to this are opinions!! i was fortunate enough or some of you might say unfortunate enough! to be actually there on new years eve and let me tell you there was not one single hater in the room, everyone was up on there feet and singing along and cheering, i think all negativity if there was any, was left upon entering the building! was definitely the best new years eve ive ever had, granted im only in my 20's but i dont think anything will ever beat it!! looking forward even more now to the tour! Happy new Year guys!! |
| gerry 02.01.2015 07:22 |
Brenski: you clearly are very disturbed and you are stalking me on here which is very creepy. You are obsessed to the stage where you NOW are accusing me of having three user names on this site, how disturbing of you to think that! Brenski YOU are clearly schizophrenic and need psychiatric help! |
| matt z 02.01.2015 22:40 |
Mr music just sounds like an ordinary "long time reader, first time poster" I read this place for at least a year or two before discussing something immediate. (Queen Hollywood walk of fame event) |
| Mercuryman12 02.01.2015 23:49 |
gerry wrote: Brenski: you clearly are very disturbed and you are stalking me on here which is very creepy. You are obsessed to the stage where you NOW are accusing me of having three user names on this site, how disturbing of you to think that! Brenski YOU are clearly schizophrenic and need psychiatric help!That's quite an accusation isn't it? |
| Mr. Bed Guy 03.01.2015 00:56 |
It's all a matter of taste... I'm a Queen fan since 1986 and I don't like the seventies stuff...Freddies voice sounds too young for me, from a today's view the songs are dusted old-men-stuff. Horrible. BoRap, WATC?? - Overplayed, can't listem to them anymore. I love Kind of Magic (ok, I like it, not love), The miracle, Innuendo, it's the music of MY childhood. But also, I can't stand the AL thing as I stated at several other topics..... Saying becoming a fan in the eighties doesn't make me a real Queen fan is brainless rubbish from an complete idiot. |
| TomP63 03.01.2015 02:56 |
I'm a Queen fan - collector since 1974, that must make me not only an old man, but not a a true Queen fan, since 1992 i collect stuff from halve a group, I wonder in what box I fit in then? Please can someone enlighten me. In other words, there is no differance, a fan who 'started out' with the band, or the fans who became fan since Freddie died and all suddenly there was a huge attention for the band. In the year Freddie died and after the Tribute Concert there was a huge demand for Queen albums, Queen in the papers, in the magazines. This is what the band 'archieved' after Freddie died. Anybody can be a Queen fan massive, or in some other way, there is no level in being a fan. There is only a level in stupdity............ Tom |
| joerijoerijoeri 03.01.2015 05:46 |
gerry wrote: ...me having three user names on this siteI think that's painfully clear yeah. I don't think there are any moderators around, otherwise it would be easy to check the ip's. Not that's that's necessary to convince anyone. |
| ggo1 03.01.2015 11:02 |
This site is becoming unreadable and I wonder why I still bother. For what it's worth, I enjoyed the show. Given it was a TV audience the track list was well chosen, and I particularly enjoyed the return of the bo rap medley. Brian and Roger appeared to be enjoying themselves and Adam was hitting the notes. Getting Freddie onto the really very cool invisible screen did make you realize what we miss most, but I thought it was a good performance overall. My sister in law hated Adam if that makes anyone feel vindicated. But strangely we just agreed to disagree and haven't spent the last few days screaming at each other. Happy new year. |
| Zamidoo 05.01.2015 01:00 |
Was the point of the original post to say that Queen+AL are terrible, Brian May and Roger, Spike are washed out, or that 80s Queen is crap? I can see the link between the first two, but how is Queen+AL linked to a comparison between 70s and 80s Queen? I don't understand what the point of it was, although it seems to have started multiple arguments. |
| Mark_Glasgow 05.01.2015 12:40 |
This seems to be a wanking contest started by some old cunt about who has liked Queen the longest, is that a fair enough summarisation of the thread? |
| NickGreen 05.01.2015 13:21 |
Mark_Glasgow wrote: This seems to be a wanking contest started by some old cunt about who has liked Queen the longest, is that a fair enough summarisation of the thread?Ha, Ive read the thread and that's what I was thinking. I think brian and roger and the rest seem to enjoy it, it's their band..there music..there lives, if people don't like it then they simply don't have to listen to it..there's a lifetime of music they can listen to..it's not the 1970s...people should..if they wish..enjoy queen as it is now because it won't be around forever. Also, I have to say..fact is queen as it currently is, is a lot better than most stuff around today, I also don't think they looked washed out, guys half there age would be too unfit, fat and idle to even attempt it. Too much moaning here..really.. :) cheers |
| miraclesteinway 05.01.2015 13:34 |
I am younger than Queen, and didn't exist in the 1970s. Unless, of course, I had a previous corporeal existence that I have forgotten (anything is possible, think of quantum physics, anyway enough of this). You know what, love them or hate them, I think they were awesome. I don't care if it's real Queen, half Queen, whatever Queen, not Queen, it was at least two of the original writers and performers, and a session musician who has worked with all four of the original members, plus a bassist who isn't John (sadly, but that's his prerogative not to join in), bringing Queen's back catalogue to life, to see in the new year to people who really wanted to see it. I bet the original poster watched the whole show, rather than turn off after the first track? I mean, come on. To watch the show and sit and slag it off is just miserly, really. I'll say again, Adam Lambert's only problem is he is not Freddie. The band's only problem is John Deacon isn't playing the bass. This seems to give people the right to put them in the firing line. It would have been nice if Freddie hadn't died, and the band stayed together. You know what, I bet everyone who watched the show actually enjoyed it and was glued to the screen, even those who are slagging it off now. It's fair enough to have an opinion, it's your right, but look past the fact that Freddie and John aren't performing and listen to what is actually going on. Queen are not, and never have been, gods who must be worshipped, there is nothing sacred about Queen. Freddie Mercury was not a prophet whose name must be revered, and nor is it blasphemy for his two old friends to ask another singer to work with them. No, Queen were just four incredibly talented humans who formed what became one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Now, two of them want to continue the name and tradition of Queen being a touring band by asking some other musicians to join them in performing the songs that all four of them, including Brian and Roger - remember, this is their band and their music - wrote. It's only entertainment. Bloody great entertainment. Mark, well done on the use of the C-word. I love the fact that in Glasgow it is still a compliment. I lived there for six years. |
| brENsKi 05.01.2015 14:12 |
gerry wrote:Horse feathers: Queen were recording in L.A when the band aid single was recorded back in 1984 otherwise they would have loved to have been there. Freddie was rumoured to be very upset at having missed the recording of " Do they know its christmas" Nothing to do with been un-popular back then.Gerry, you could be right about that ^^^ but i had a nagging feeling i'd read something different, and had a look around: i found this quote from Freddie himself - (and Germany and LA are at least 4,500 miles apart) and also, out of interest, what were Queen recording in November 1984? link "I would have loved to have been on the Band Aid record, but I only heard about it when I was in Germany," Mercury said later. "I don't know if they would have had me on the record anyway, because I'm a bit old. I'm just an old slag who gets up every morning, scratches his head and wonders what he wants to fuck." |
| The King Of Rhye 05.01.2015 14:32 |
I love the last sentence of that quote from Freddie :D |
| ludwigs 05.01.2015 15:06 |
Great posts once again MM! And you too Bully Brenski! :-) |