| miraclesteinway 08.01.2020 20:55 |
Well, turns out a friend of mine is also an acquaintance of Paul Rodgers. To protect the privacy of all involved I'm not at liberty to say who I know but my friends said this of Paul Rodgers: He's a phenomenal singer, beautiful sound, but not a nice person. He is a narcissist like you've never met before. He doesn't allow anyone near his dressing room during concerts, not even his family, and he demands that nobody talks to him ever. He sees himself as far above everyone else. Nobody in the industry actually likes him. I don't know why he thinks he's so great because apart from a great voice, his songs suck. "All Right Now"? What the fuck even is that? What the hell Queen were thinking putting him in front I've no idea. It might have been a good band but you couldn't say it was Queen. Paul Rodgers is good, but to compare him to Freddie Mercury? Are you crazy? You can't compare the musicianship or voice of Freddie Mercury with Paul Rodgers. - at this point I interjected and said that well, PR has a huge ego but it's not as if Brian May and Roger Taylor don't realise their place in the rock hierarchy, and my friend said "YA THINK? All those egos in that band? No wonder it failed. The difference is that when they were working with Freddie they all grew up together, and it was the original band, functioning as a song writing unit, and it was Freddie who gelled it" My friend is a musician who works in rock music and has met many of the stars. That's all I can say. How much truth there is in what he says, I don't know, but I trust him. |
| stevelondon20 08.01.2020 21:06 |
I'm intrigued to know who your friend is! |
| emrabt 08.01.2020 21:16 |
It's obviously Brian May. |
| runner_70 08.01.2020 21:20 |
emrabt wrote: It's obviously Brian May.YOu won the internet today ;) The Lambert Police with obscure sources to Downgrade PR (and Freddie sometimes): Lots of pple I read have a different opinion. And in interviews he comes across as a fairly natural down to earth guy. And I take Alright Now against "Two Fux" anytime anyplace. Case close. Reveal the source so we can have proof. other wise shut the fuck up ad go to Adamtopia. Sucker |
| runner_70 08.01.2020 21:21 |
runner_70 wrote:emrabt wrote: It's obviously Brian May.YOu won the internet today ;) The Lambert Police with obscure sources to Downgrade PR (and Freddie sometimes): Lots of pple I read have a different opinion. And in interviews he comes across as a fairly natural down to earth guy. He surely does not come across as an Asian ladyboy with a goats voice And I take Alright Now against "Two Fux" anytime anyplace. Case close. Reveal the source so we can have proof. other wise shut the fuck up ad go to Adamtopia. Sucker |
| brENsKi 08.01.2020 22:18 |
runner_70 wrote:do you have someone who looks after you? - can we speak with them?runner_70 wrote:emrabt wrote:It's obviously Brian May.YOu won the internet today ;) The Lambert Police with obscure sources to Downgrade PR (and Freddie sometimes): Lots of pple I read have a different opinion. And in interviews he comes across as a fairly natural down to earth guy. He surely does not come across as an Asian ladyboy with a goats voice And I take Alright Now against "Two Fux" anytime anyplace. Case close. Reveal the source so we can have proof. other wise shut the fuck up ad go to Adamtopia. Sucker |
| stevelondon20 08.01.2020 22:22 |
runner_70 wrote:It's All Right Now. Get it right will you.emrabt wrote: It's obviously Brian May.YOu won the internet today ;) The Lambert Police with obscure sources to Downgrade PR (and Freddie sometimes): Lots of pple I read have a different opinion. And in interviews he comes across as a fairly natural down to earth guy. And I take Alright Now against "Two Fux" anytime anyplace. Case close. Reveal the source so we can have proof. other wise shut the fuck up ad go to Adamtopia. Sucker |
| philip storey 08.01.2020 22:36 |
Lots of rock stars are up themselves,i should not think Paul Rodgers is any worse than Roger Daltrey,Roger Waters,Robert Plant,Paul Stanley,Gene Simmons and many have beens. |
| AlbaNo1 08.01.2020 22:49 |
I’m surprised he took on the role. It actually must have been some sacrifice of ego to only have three or four songs of his in the set. Given his taste in music I can’t imagine he liked all the Queen material. |
| miraclesteinway 09.01.2020 01:04 |
No I'm not going to reveal the source other than to say it's a session player who has worked in a lot of bands in their time. It's definitely not Brian May! Like I said, I don't know if what the guy said is true about PR's dressing room. He didn't actually give any information about Queen other than he thought that Queen shouldn't be touring as Queen plus anybody without Freddie Mercury, and he feels they're spoiling their legacy. Well, so what? Lots of people feel that and lots of people don't. I know lots of session players, although my sphere is classical/opera, we have a few people who overlap with rock in the orchestra pits or if there's recording to be done. Revealing my source would only prove that I know the source's name, and not that I had a conversation with them about PR. So no, I'm not telling you who it is. And yeah, I think many performers in rock music, pop music, and in fact classical music at the top level, have egos that are downright ugly. |
| Dim 09.01.2020 08:01 |
I think the source is Danny Miranda bass player. |
| dysan 09.01.2020 08:17 |
Wanting to be left alone rather than mix with people who bad mouth you to their pals? I think I'm on PR's side on this one :D |
| Dim 09.01.2020 08:20 |
I never liked Q+PR, their concerts had some anticlimax times, very boring. I saw them in 2005 and 2008, more for seeing Brian and Roger performing. Interesting was that the very good parts were Tie your mother down, I want it all and Paul Roger's songs. The best when Brian and Roger were performing together. The cosmos flops was the worst ever thing they did with Paul. I was very happy when this ended. Since they wanted to continue performing live I prefer the Q+AL because the show is way better in all the aspects and of course only Brian on guitar. Having said that I don't want any studio recording with Adam or any kind related release. I am waiting for the Miracle boxset... |
| . 09.01.2020 08:54 |
He probably got caught out mid wigging in the dressing room one time too many. |
| dudeofqueen 09.01.2020 10:36 |
miraclesteinway, re: >To protect the privacy of all involved I'm not at liberty to say who I know but my friends said this of Paul Rodgers: I'd hazzard a guess at John Bundrick. |
| Vocal harmony 09.01.2020 11:02 |
AlbaNo1 wrote: I’m surprised he took on the role. It actually must have been some sacrifice of ego to only have three or four songs of his in the set. Given his taste in music I can’t imagine he liked all the Queen material.Rodgers took on the role because it had the potential for him to play bigger audiences than he could play on his own. He performed more than three or four songs in the set and does indeed have a reputation for being hard to work with. He was offered the job because he and Brian are friends and he is a great singer, but I believe even Brian was taken aback by how dogged he is in a professional capacity |
| dysan 09.01.2020 11:04 |
2005 was very different to now. Johnson & Johnson's confidence was lower than it had ever been so finding a kindred spirit in PR was good for them. Rock in 2005 was different. Were they to be a legacy band or a continuation? Or a new band? No one knew. It was all necessary to get to 2020. |
| matt z 09.01.2020 12:21 |
Sounds unreasonable that he'd demand nobody speak with him. As for isolation: that's legitimate, a lot of artists get used to a certain method for preparation, self hype etc. Hahaha either way, The truth is prob somewhere in the middle. I'd only ever heard just interviews etc but WITH his wife or handler always present. Maybe it's so. I think it might also involve what KURGAN said...even though I thought they were hair plugs, It's probably a rug....specially considering the way his eyebrows looked at times. Almost Merlin like. .. nothing would be shocking. |
| dudeofqueen 09.01.2020 12:40 |
AlbaNo1, re: >I’m surprised he took on the role. I thought they could have been a cracking band if they'd concentrated on delivering their own material. As a blues and soul-based singer, Rodgers was doing his level best at carving himself in to material that wasn't suited to him and was so iconic to a dead bloke as being blatantly unfair. You can't sing the majority of the Queen catalogue any other way than karaokeing it and then rattle on about the fact that you're not trying to replace the dead bloke (as evidenced by what they're doing now). Paul did his best, bless him. "Euuuueeeeewwwww" will ring in my ears for evermore. |
| Band Forever 09.01.2020 12:40 |
Truth is Paul Rodgers is not even at the same level of Freddie and struggled for range in many of their songs hence key changes galore and inferior renditions as a result. AL gives Queen the chance for BM and RT to strut their stuff but listening to some of their songs he is way too camp. |
| dudeofqueen 09.01.2020 12:52 |
Band Forever, re: >Truth is Paul Rodgers is not even at the same level of Freddie and struggled for range in many of their songs hence key changes galore and inferior renditions as a result. So, is it PAUL'S fault for taking the gig on and helping a friend (Brian) who was struggling for any relevance in his "creative" life- there's a theme here.......... - or, in fact, Brian and / or Roger for approaching him to fill the lead singer position and relying on mateial unsuitable for him and then not pushing on with better / more new songs? |
| brENsKi 09.01.2020 13:30 |
Band Forever wrote:Truth is Paul Rodgers is not even at the same level of Freddie and struggled for range in many of their songs hence key changes galore and inferior renditions as a result.But he was what they were looking for at that time. ..and the "range thing" is a little unfair. how would Freddie have coped with Free/Bad Co songs? he'd have had the keys changed too. |
| matt z 09.01.2020 14:55 |
Lord, Lord above..... now they're trying to steal my hair plu-uh-gs, ow! |
| ggo1 09.01.2020 16:09 |
I love Paul Rodgers voice. Phenomenal blues/rock singer. Don't care if he's a dick, it's not like I'm having him over for dinner. Having said that, the combo with Queen never quite worked for me. He sounded great on his own songs but the Queen classics were not designed for his voice. I give him Kudos for holding my wife's hand and singing Reaching Out directly into her eyes at the Toronto concert in 2006. I've never been forgiven for not getting a photo of that moment. I've never found a clip of that on line either. That night was the first time they performed Under Pressure, so there's a few of those online, but Reaching Out... Nada. |
| runner_70 09.01.2020 18:41 |
miraclesteinway wrote: He didn't actually give any information about Queen other than he thought that Queen shouldn't be touring as Queen plus anybody without Freddie Mercury, and he feels they're spoiling their legacy.Seems like a person with taste and attitude then |
| Russian Headlong 2 09.01.2020 21:45 |
Paul Rodgers better than Adam Lambert. Nuff said. Wish BM/RT would reunite with him and do some shows and ditch the C-lebrity. |
| runner_70 09.01.2020 22:03 |
Russian Headlong 2 wrote: Paul Rodgers better than Adam Lambert. Nuff said. Wish BM/RT would reunite with him and do some shows and ditch the C-lebrity.They should play c-lebrity and ditch him simultanously. You are surely right about PR. Seems the Original poster is a Glambert. Anyone is better than Lamebird. Kermit the frog would sound better on Queen songs than him |
| stevelondon20 09.01.2020 22:41 |
runner_70 wrote:Quit trolling.Russian Headlong 2 wrote: Paul Rodgers better than Adam Lambert. Nuff said. Wish BM/RT would reunite with him and do some shows and ditch the C-lebrity.They should play c-lebrity and ditch him simultanously. You are surely right about PR. Seems the Original poster is a Glambert. Anyone is better than Lamebird. Kermit the frog would sound better on Queen songs than him |
| brENsKi 10.01.2020 10:32 |
Russian Headlong 2 wrote:Paul Rodgers better than Adam Lambert. Nuff said. Wish BM/RT would reunite with him and do some shows and ditch the C-lebrity.You're comparing chalk and cheese. there is NO practical comparison between the two - it's impossible. The only findings of one being "better" than the other would be subjective (personal opinion) - which does not equate to anything factual. runner_70 wrote:They should play c-lebrity and ditch him simultanously. You are surely right about PR. Seems the Original poster is a Glambert. Anyone is better than Lamebird. Kermit the frog would sound better on Queen songs than himYou are being an almighty "cockhead" - for no other reason than "cockhead's own sake". Take your penis-brain and go jerk your jizz on some other forum! |
| stevelondon20 10.01.2020 12:30 |
Haha! ^ |
| The Fairy King 10.01.2020 12:46 |
Q+PR was a miss match in my eyes. Glad they went with a more appropriate candidate. |
| runner_70 10.01.2020 22:29 |
The Fairy King wrote: Q+PR was a miss match in my eyes. Glad they went with a more appropriate candidate.Who was that? Did I miss anything? You surely dont speak of the annoying Asian Ladyboy with the shrill gal's voice |
| brENsKi 10.01.2020 22:43 |
runner_70 wrote:now, now, Geraldine!The Fairy King wrote: Q+PR was a miss match in my eyes. Glad they went with a more appropriate candidate.Who was that? Did I miss anything? You surely dont speak of the annoying Asian Ladyboy with the shrill gal's voice |
| Wilki Amieva 11.01.2020 15:26 |
THIS ...on Serious Discussion. |
| matt z 12.01.2020 07:28 |
Yeah, it really belongs in the TOUR 2008 FORUM. Every now and then it will show as that. But yes. Totally wasteful typing. What will it ever accomplish?...someone's gotta be convinced it's productive, or said"someone" wouldn't continue bothering others about it who are not in the band Go figure. |