| farokh546 18.01.2005 18:56 |
Why are Brian and Roger still calling the band "Queen" when there are only the two of them. Shouldn't they rename themselves something else ? It doesnt seem fair to Freddie since he namedd the band andis now dead............ doyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee |
| Zander05 18.01.2005 19:38 |
Brian and Roger make up 2/4 of Queen and they were a group. Freddie did say once that he wasn't the general. Bri and Rog have as much a right to use it now as they did then. |
| Sebastian 18.01.2005 20:02 |
As Fred wisely said in 1977, if one of them, any of them, left the band, it'd be the end of Queen. |
| LadyMoonshineDown 18.01.2005 20:10 |
farokh546 wrote: Why are Brian and Roger still calling the band "Queen" when there are only the two of them. Shouldn't they rename themselves something else ? It doesnt seem fair to Freddie since he namedd the band andis now dead............ doyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeUgh. Enough already. I have been gone for a couple of days to know that this topic is STILL redundant. So now we know that yet another person is harping about the usage of the name 'Queen.' So what else is new? Cheers |
| 1quen_fan 18.01.2005 20:38 |
I agree with you.Not that I don't support their tour. It's their band, but it's not Queen. |
| Mate Filipovic 18.01.2005 20:57 |
It seems to me that you all look at this matter in a wrong way. Freddie is dead (God bless his soul) - so it can't hurt him if other members are still active under the "Queen" name. BUT - ONLY if Queen are Brian, Roger AND JOHN - no more, no less. Three of them - THEY ARE STILL QUEEN. Brian and Roger also have great voices - so they can sing just like they did in the "No-one but you", or in all those old songs with their vocal insted of Freddie's. But if only Brian and Roger decide to use the name "Queen" - together with some other lead singer and bass player - it's their shame - in my humble opinion. "I'm not going to be one of those old hams that keeps going on and on. I'd rather leave it at the top." - Freddie Mercury Enough said. Brian and Roger should follow that simple (but great) philosophy - and just leave it... at the top. |
| farokh546 18.01.2005 21:05 |
Hate to break it to you but Roger sounds like he sings while choking on a pork rind. KING FREDDIE MAY YOU REST IN PEACE |
| LadyMoonshineDown 18.01.2005 21:17 |
farokh546 wrote: Hate to break it to you but Roger sounds like he sings while choking on a pork rind. KING FREDDIE MAY YOU REST IN PEACEMay he rest in peace without people obsessing over him. *sigh* Cheers |
| goinback 19.01.2005 00:47 |
Actually I was looking at tickets or something online recently, and I'm thinking they said "Queen + Paul Rodgers" which should hopefully put this whole "they shouldn't call themselves Queen" thing to rest finally. Now as for finding a replacement for that stupid "+" sign that I hate, apparently I won't get my wish on that one :) |
| Saint Jiub 19.01.2005 01:33 |
Too many fans are cutting off their nose to spite their face because of their rigid dogmatic belief that Queen died when Freddie died Supply and Demand economics ... The Queen tour sells better than a Brian & Roger tour. The target audience wants a Queen tour regardless of the bassist or the lead vocalist. Get over it. It could be worse ... Maybe in 5 or 10 years when the musical has faded, when Brian and Roger are retired and when the money for making commercials has dried up ... ... maybe Doug Bogie could acquire the rights to the Queen name and reform Queen with whoever he could scrounge up. |
| RohemianBapsody 19.01.2005 03:31 |
Even Elizabeth who lives at Buckingham Palace is calling herself Queen now ..... is this never ending. |
| goinback 19.01.2005 03:36 |
hah! |
| bellydancer 19.01.2005 04:20 |
Okay I can see both sides of the argument however I just recently viewed an "unofficial" biography DVD where Brian basically says that Queen no longer existed as such (obviously post Freddie's death) and that they all wished Queen would be the way that it was. Now the other thing is that Brian and Roger are can we say "mature aged" gentleman and if this was not such a sensitive point with them, that is if they really felt in their hearts that what they were doing was true to the Queen name so to speak then how come every person who brings up such a point on Brian's website gets ripped to shreds by him? If it were the case that they really felt completely confident in their endeavours as "Queen" shouldn't they not give a rats ass about anyone's criticism? Me thinks he doth protest TOO much. |
| Melancholy Blues 19.01.2005 07:30 |
i have no problem with roger and brian touring, it will probably be good for them, i just don't think it should be under the name of queen. if they have a new frontman and will obviously need a new bassist, then they should think of a new name, even if it is some lame queen rip-off like 'the champions' or something. the queen is dead, long live the queen! |
| Mate Filipovic 19.01.2005 13:33 |
RohemianBapsody wrote: Even Elizabeth who lives at Buckingham Palace is calling herself Queen now ..... is this never ending.:))))) Brilliant! :))))) |
| QUEENROCKS_1991 19.01.2005 14:12 |
All them SONGS they wrote belong to QUEEN so they stay as QUEEN |
| Scirocco1977 19.01.2005 15:18 |
I'm just wondering: What if they would be calling the tour "Brian May & Roger Taylor & that Free/ Bad Company Dude" tour... would people complain and say it should have been a Queen + tour? I don't give a rat's ass how the show is called. As long as I can show my grandchildren a concert ticket which says Queen, I am a lucky old grandpa. Coming to think of it, I should make a baby now... |
| LadyMoonshineDown 19.01.2005 20:21 |
QUEENROCKS_1991 wrote: All them SONGS they wrote belong to QUEEN so they stay as QUEENAnd boo hoo to you too. Wow, that rhymed a little too much if you ask me. Anyway, let me clarify that statement before someone gets the wrong idea and thinks that I am being a heartless bitch. *Note: I can be a heartless bitch, but at that particular moment, I wasn't trying to do so.* Who......cares.....????? Oh yea, you guys do. And really, you shouldn't have to. If it bothers you, then write an editorial so you feel like others care when they read it. Let Brian and Roger screw up anyway they want, okay? We don't really have a say in it. Cheers |
| Shvili 19.01.2005 20:57 |
Yet another Queen cover band. That’s all |
| Rick 20.01.2005 15:34 |
farokh546 wrote: Why are Brian and Roger still calling the band "Queen" when there are only the two of them. Shouldn't they rename themselves something else ? It doesnt seem fair to Freddie since he namedd the band andis now dead............ doyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeNot again, it's a Queen Tour, with music from Queen. Brian and Roger are the founders of Queen, it's okay by me. |
| Little_Queenie 20.01.2005 16:03 |
Not again............ |
| newcastle 86! 16483 20.01.2005 18:35 |
so.............does everyone agree (or not) no one but you shouldnt have been credited to "queen" and the argument continues.............. |
| markaw 20.01.2005 18:42 |
Again the topic arrives-pre tour anxieties I suspect. I want it to succeed-what say you out there. However, Queen is not just a band name its a company. The original 4 were directors of said company 'Queen'. Out of the remaining directors 2/3 wish to use the name for the purpose of a tour featuring an invited guest one Paul Rogers. The majority have the right-democratic see. Now stop carping on about it try and go to the show and enjoy........I am |
| RohemianBapsody 20.01.2005 19:03 |
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz |
| Ray D O'Gaga 21.01.2005 15:59 |
Its astonishing that every day, some genius starts another topic about this, assuming that it hasn't already been talked to death over the course of YEARS because they haven't opened up their own thread about it on Queenzone. NEWSFLASH - Its been talked to death already. NEWSFLASH - The tour is happening, whether you like it or not. NEWSFLASH - Brian and Roger don't care if you like it or not. Neither does John. Neither does Freddie (because he's been dead for 13 years). NEWSFLASH - I don't care if you like it or not. NEWSFLASH - The tour is going to be a huge success, again, whether you like it or not. Whether they call it Queen or The-we-have-some-shitty-narrow-minded-fans-band, its the same people playing the same songs. The difference exists only in your small minds. Do yourselves and the rest of us a favor and GET OVER IT ALREADY. Find another trivial subject to vent your spleens and focus your narrow obtuse little minds on because this one has become indescribably tedious and, at this point, mercifully pedantic. The show must go on. Go with it or stay home and be bitter, whatever. Just move on to something that hasn't been completely exhausted already and STOP TRYING TO KILL MY BUZZ! |
| JohnMc 21.01.2005 18:56 |
Markaw is talking sense. Brian and Roger,like it or not, have really kept Queens name at the forefront with their 'We will rock you' endeavours and they remain custodians of the Queen name and back catalogue. Brian's quality control with all matters Queen is impeccable and I think we can trust them to do the right thing. People should get real - its the songs that everyone wants to hear in a live environment and sure, had they done this five minutes after Freddie died fair enough but its thirteen years! |