| MamaQueen 06.03.2019 16:00 |
I think I heard that in the past that Queen offered George Michaels to replace (if that would be ever possible) Freddie? Is that true or am I wrong. Now, that would have been something. |
| dave76 06.03.2019 16:36 |
As far as i know this was never discussed although for me he was the best singer during the Freddie Mercury tribute. Their only collaboration was the release of the Five Live EP in '93. |
| Ale Solan 06.03.2019 16:55 |
Who's George Michaels? |
| Vocal harmony 06.03.2019 17:15 |
The press, after the Freddie tribute, began saying he would be the guy but some of those same papers ran stories that Roger Daltrey WA in the running too. The thing with the English tabloids if one or two run a story line that and it appears to have some traction (true or not you can bet that while at may have started as he was good at live aid sooner or later one of them will claim he has been asked to join or is going to join or has recorded a secret album! The same thing happened when Robbie Williams covered WATC. In truth the songs that George Michael performed at the Freddie tribute were perfect for his voice and he performed brilliantly. There are stories that he recoiled when he first heard the band during rehearsal. The volume and power behind their playing was not what he was used too, so maybe a permanentjob with Queen wouldn't have been his thing anyway. The thing that anyone singing with Queen has to face is that Freddie's really strong point was that he could sing anything in a fairly convincing way many other cant and that could be another reason that George Micheal either wasn't asked or felt he couldn't. |
| master marathon runner 06.03.2019 17:33 |
Not after live aid. After the FM tribute. It was only ever press shite. Nothing ever substantiated |
| Sebastian 06.03.2019 18:30 |
It was suggested to have him guesting on a 'Made in Heaven' track and he even visited them while they were finishing off the album at The Town House in September 1995. After George left, the surviving Queen members talked about it again and Roger vetoed the idea. |
| people on streets 06.03.2019 19:10 |
Sebastian wrote: It was suggested to have him guesting on a 'Made in Heaven' track and he even visited them while they were finishing off the album at The Town House in September 1995. After George left, the surviving Queen members talked about it again and Roger vetoed the idea.This is new for me. Interesting! Source? |
| mr mason 06.03.2019 19:41 |
people on streets user not visiting Queenzone.com Royalty: 1599 posts add to buddy list send PM Posted: 06 Mar 19, 19:10 Edit this post Reply to this post Reply with Quote Sebastian wrote: It was suggested to have him guesting on a 'Made in Heaven' track and he even visited them while they were finishing off the album at The Town House in September 1995. After George left, the surviving Queen members talked about it again and Roger vetoed the idea. This is new for me. Interesting! Source? Thats utter bollocks man,you made all that up! |
| Sebastian 06.03.2019 20:35 |
I didn't make it up. Ashley Alexander, one of the engineers who worked on 'Made in Heaven', talked about it on his FB page and then his account was published (deleting some information because it was a bit sensitive) on the band's official website, where it was for a while. Perhaps someone saved his FB post? |
| bucsateflon 06.03.2019 21:18 |
Brian said GM was scared and uncomfortable with the whole Queen Live Rock machine that he got to experience at the Freddie tribute. Basically BM said GM was no rock 'n roll material back then to front Queen. |
| Makka 07.03.2019 06:25 |
George sang Somebody To Love brilliantly at the tribute concert. I don't think his voice would of suited everything in their repertoire so I couldn't see him fronting the band. He was a damn fine singer though. |
| spiralstatic 07.03.2019 08:06 |
George also had his own hugely successful career. Why would he ever have wanted to front Queen? It's hard to imagine now what kind of response he and the band would have gotten if he had begun fronting them in the mid-90's. I can say one thing though, I'm pretty sure George wouldn't have been satisfied to have just sung Queen's existing material. I think the band would have had to make new music with someone like George at the helm - both as surely George would want to and as I don't think there are a huge number of Queen songs that suit his voice. George has more of a soul voice. |
| dysan 07.03.2019 08:13 |
I can imagine GM would be getting the same shit AL gets. Whatever happened, it's one of those great 'what ifs' which is far more interesting than 'I wish they hadn't done that'. |
| rockchic65 07.03.2019 09:10 |
Makka wrote: George sang Somebody To Love brilliantly at the tribute concert. I don't think his voice would of suited everything in their repertoire so I couldn't see him fronting the band. He was a damn fine singer though.I agree I loved George's voice and it really would have suited the ballads etc but I couldn't imagine him doing things like SCC or HTF etc, but then I don't recall him ever doing a hard rock song so there's no way to know for sure I suppose. |
| Dr Magus 07.03.2019 11:20 |
I agree George was a great pop singer but not really a rock singer. Having said that I'd have preferred him over Gary Cherone any day of the week. |
| Vocal harmony 07.03.2019 12:22 |
master marathon runner wrote: Not after live aid. After the FM tribute. It was only ever press shite. Nothing ever substantiatedFixed, that's what rushing does.! ;) That was exactly my point, the tiniest bit of a story, true or not, quickly snowballs and the British tabloids are good at (if nothing else) printing shit |
| Jimmy Dean 07.03.2019 12:38 |
Ale Solan wrote: Who's George Michaels?You need 2 George Michaels to replace 1 Freddie Mercury, so the offer was on the table only if George Michael agreed to clone himself. Clearly, you don’t know your Queen history. Tsk tsk tsk. |
| Star* 07.03.2019 17:32 |
George would have been so more professional as Queen's lead singer than Adam Lambert ever was. He has a better voice and is so much more classier. Freddie would have chosen George any day over Adam Lambert. |
| rockchic65 07.03.2019 18:45 |
Gold wrote: George would have been so more professional as Queen's lead singer than Adam Lambert ever was. He has a better voice and is so much more classier. Freddie would have chosen George any day over Adam Lambert.I think George was great but no idea why you think he's "classier". And you have no more idea who Freddie would have chosen than any of us. |
| mooghead 07.03.2019 20:17 |
People like MamaQueen are proper trolls. Spell the guys name wrong then disappear and watch the fallout. 7/10 troll points. (400+ posts too!) |
| MamaQueen 07.03.2019 21:49 |
Well, well, mooghead. Thank you very much. Lol. Have had a lot of going on in my life lately, (I think you read my personal post in the forum telling what's going on with me) that's why I haven't put my additional two cents, but here it goes. I agree that George does not have the voice to sing rock, he has a beautiful voice for ballads. I also think that he had his own career and didn't want to be part of a band. I don't know anything about the tabloids, the rumors and I thank everybody who answer my question, all the comments are very interesting and add to my knowledge about Queen. |
| AlbaNo1 07.03.2019 22:35 |
Not suited to most Queen songs, and was probably a more successful artist than Queen in late 80s early 90s. No reason why he would ever have fronted Queen except as a once off, |
| Star* 08.03.2019 07:32 |
Rockchic: You are jealous of George Michael because he was original and sang his own material for a living and made some fantastic music , something in which your lame boyfriend Lambert will never achieve as he is a great pretender. Wake up George is a legend and a very good friend with Freddie, and i know Fred would have have been very humbled that George sang one of his songs with Queen. Lambert is a nobody but pretends he is a god which is a laugh. We know you and the other 2 girls on here are besotted with the fag hag on here but get real Lambert is nothing compared to Mercury, Bowie, Jagger, Lennon etc........... |
| rockchic65 08.03.2019 09:56 |
Gold wrote: Rockchic: You are jealous of George Michael because he was original and sang his own material for a living and made some fantastic music , something in which your lame boyfriend Lambert will never achieve as he is a great pretender. Wake up George is a legend and a very good friend with Freddie, and i know Fred would have have been very humbled that George sang one of his songs with Queen. Lambert is a nobody but pretends he is a god which is a laugh. We know you and the other 2 girls on here are besotted with the fag hag on here but get real Lambert is nothing compared to Mercury, Bowie, Jagger, Lennon etc...........I think you've lost the plot I'm not the least bit jealous of George I thought he was brilliant and loved his gorgeous soulful voice. I wasn't mad keen on his pop stuff with Wham but solo he was amazing and I'm sure Freddie would have loved him singing for him at the tribute show. Incidentally Adam also loved George, he was one of his hero's along with Freddie, Bowie and Prince. No idea why you have to make everything into a competition, there's room in the world for lots of talented people and it's also ok to like more than one of them. |
| Star* 08.03.2019 17:15 |
Rockchic You were not keen on Georges pop stuff yet you support Lambert's drab depressing solo career, now you have lost the plot. Lambert has no musical direction he is a mixed up bag of nothing and only has Queen to rely on to make him get some limelight, If it was not for Queen he would not have been in Las Vegas or anywhere else for VIP rock stars. One day you and your twisted sisters on here will wake up and feel like right idiots. |
| Vocal harmony 08.03.2019 19:05 |
Gold wrote: George would have been so more professional as Queen's lead singer than Adam Lambert ever was. He has a better voice and is so much more classier. Freddie would have chosen George any day over Adam Lambert.Why make this another Lambert isn't good enough thread. You've done it to death and this thread isn't about your favourite subject. |
| Star* 09.03.2019 09:35 |
Vh Because the thread is entitled "Choosing George Michael" get it? |
| bucsateflon 09.03.2019 10:12 |
The thread title supposed to be "Choosing George Michaels casket" but the initiator stumbled and this shit came out. |
| Star* 09.03.2019 14:12 |
bucstaeflon : Nothing to do with a casket it was about George and was he ever asked to replace Freddie. I wish he had for a little while then nellie Lambert would not be destroying the Queen magic. |
| bucsateflon 09.03.2019 19:07 |
open casket, closed casket...type of wood chosen... you know stuff like that |
| MamaQueen 10.03.2019 22:06 |
It's true this was not a thread about George Michael versus Lambert. But since it's become that let me say that I couldn't put my finger on his voice, but somebody here said it best, he's a bad singer with a great voice, but I would say he's an average singer with a great voice. He does not aport anything new to Queen. Now I'll shut up about Lambert. George Michael has a beautiful voice, and a great singer. I understand why he wouldn't want to be part of a band, he had his own wonderful career. Don't know, maybe what Brian and Roger should have done is invite other rock singers to sing at different times. |