| SomebodyWhoLoves 03.07.2005 12:24 |
I'm sick and tired of Robbie Williams impersonating Freddie Mercury, and can't understand how Britons eat him up. Brian, and Roger have lost a little of my respect for what they've done over the years. They allowed this charlatan, this talentless fake to sing Queen songs, and impersonate a true legend. |
| Bob The Shrek 03.07.2005 13:07 |
Yet another one, for christsake. Replace 'impersonate' with 'paying tribute to' and you would be nearer the truth. If he was going to impersonate Freddie he would have had the moustache and yellow jacket. |
| agneepath! 11994 03.07.2005 13:12 |
Please explain how this talentless fake managed to fill up Knebworth during 3 consecutive nights. I'm not a fan of Robbie Williams - nor am i obsessed with despising him. |
| SomebodyWhoLoves 03.07.2005 13:23 |
Another idiot. The Freddie Mercury Concert was an example of paying tribute to the man. You can only pay tribute to someone once, maybe twice. What Robbie Williams is doing is making a fucking career out of being the next Freddie. How much more blatant do you want him to get? He sings Queen songs. He copies the same gestures. He prances onstage like a poor Freddie Clone. |
| SomebodyWhoLoves 03.07.2005 13:25 |
How? I 'll tellyou how. For the same reason idiots fill up stadiums for Britney Spears. There are a lot of idiots out there. In this case, there also happens to be a demand for a Queen/Freddie like talent. Why else do you think Queen (Brian,Roger) are touring now. Because people miss Queen, the real Queen. Britons especially seem enamored of Robbie Williams because they want to see a British Freddie Mercury. Nowhere else in the world is Robbie Williams successful EXCEPT Britain. Says much, doesn't it? |
| Serry... 03.07.2005 13:34 |
SomebodyWhoLoves wrote: There are a lot of idiots out there.Yeah, yeah... We know one... SomebodyWhoLoves wrote: Nowhere else in the world is Robbie Williams successful EXCEPT Britain. Says much, doesn't it?You mean, Nowhere = United States? Then it's possible. But Queen wasn't successful there either in the 80s... Or do you think your US country music stars are truly worldwide stars? Very few people in Europe listen country but we don't call Americans as idiots because of this. If people in UK enjoy of Robbie's music, it's up to them. And by the way Britney and all such artists are American artists, not British... |
| SomebodyWhoLoves 03.07.2005 13:54 |
Serry it's interesting that you turn this into a US vs the world thing. Might it be because you have no argument? The fact is, Robbie Wiliams is popular only in Britain. If he tried to pull off that cheap Freddie imitation act in Philadelphia, he'd get soundly booed off the stage because he STINKS! You being a Britain can't help yourself defending the great Robbie Williams. That is truly idiotic. |
| FriedChicken 03.07.2005 13:58 |
"They allowed this charlatan, this talentless fake to sing Queen songs, and impersonate a true legend." What should they say? Robbie, you can't put your fist in the air, and use a half mic stand. Freddie wasn't the first to put his fist in the air and use a half mic stand. And he won't be the last |
| Bob The Shrek 03.07.2005 14:07 |
SomebodyWhoLoves wrote: Serry it's interesting that you turn this into a US vs the world thing. Might it be because you have no argument? The fact is, Robbie Wiliams is popular only in Britain. If he tried to pull off that cheap Freddie imitation act in Philadelphia, he'd get soundly booed off the stage because he STINKS! You being a Britain can't help yourself defending the great Robbie Williams. That is truly idiotic.Not as idiotic as when you look in his profile and realise that Serry is Russian. |
| Victoria 03.07.2005 14:28 |
SomebodyWhoLoves wrote: You can only pay tribute to someone once, maybe twice.Tell that to Christians, Muslims or other religious persons. They pay tribute quite often (more than once or twice). And NO, I am not saying Robbie Williams is getting religious about Freddie. That would be ridiculous. ... Then again this thread is a bit ridiculous. SomebodyWhoLoves wrote: They allowed this charlatan, this talentless fake to sing Queen songs, and impersonate a true legend.Would you say the same about this and Rufus Wainwright and the Beatles' song Across the Universe? |
| SomebodyWhoLoves 03.07.2005 14:35 |
Idiot wrote: Tell that to Christians, Muslims or other religious persons. They pay tribute quite often (more than once or twice). I write: Are you now comparing Freddie Mercury and Queen to a religion? LOL. Going to church, and having faith in a religion is not paying tribute. You're a dumbass, and you should shut the hell up. The idiot writes: And NO, I am not saying Robbie Williams is getting religious about Freddie. That would be ridiculous. ... I write: Who mentioned religion? You did. I simply said that for Robbie Williams to sing Queen songs and conjure up the "spirit" of Freddie by mimicing him is beyond paying tribute. It's a cheap impersonation, and false. The idiot wrote: Then again this thread is a bit ridiculous. I write: No, you are the ridiculous one by comparing Queen to a religion. |
| SomebodyWhoLoves 03.07.2005 14:47 |
and if Victoria is a female, after uttering her stupidity, she should be tied up, bent over, and two-fisted. Stupid cunt. |
| Maz 03.07.2005 15:03 |
Ah, the true measure of a man. If the opposition is female, then let's insult her by sexually degrading her. Apparently, you lack the ability to defend yourself intellectually, so you resort to violent threats. Nice to see that you can get so worked up about one performance at a concert that you make a complete ass out of yourself on a public notice board, you misogynist twit. |
| Zander05 03.07.2005 15:54 |
I'm not a Robbie Williams fan at all. But if he wants to PAY TRIBUTE TO FREDDIE (which is what he was doing), then it's fine by me. I hate to break it to you, but people are allowed to like artists such as Britney Spears. And just because someone likes an artist you happen to despise, for whatever bullshit reason, does not make them an idiot. I'm not sure if you're aware of this. But people had been 'impersonating' Freddie since the 70's. While doing Now I'm Here live, there was a roadie dressed up exactly like Freddie to do a cool visual effect to match the vocal one. Is this guy setting off your crap rant? No. Green Day perform WATC and do the "day-o" thing in their concerts. Is Billie Joe impersonating Freddie? No, he is PAYING TRIBUTE. Even Brian does the high notes when he sings LOML live. Is he impersonating Freddie? No. Cry a river, build a bridge and GET THE FUCK OVER IT! |
| The Real Wizard 03.07.2005 15:57 |
SomebodyWhoLoves wrote: You being a Britain can't help yourself defending the great Robbie Williams.The word you're searching for is 'Brit';. Before calling others idiots, perhaps you should be able to name those properly whom you are targeting. But at least it's an upgrade from 'britons', as you were saying at the beginning of the topic. Clearly you are motivated by anger. The simple fact is this: Art is relative to one's tastes. Nobody wants to hear how someone dislikes a certain artist. Of course everybody can't like every artist. So, instead of using up all your energy towards your hatred of an artist, why not spend some time talking about those whom you love? That's much more constructive, I'd say. Zander05 wrote: Cry a river, build a bridge and GET THE FUCK OVER IT!Whoa, never heard that one before... nice one! |
| martin S 03.07.2005 16:01 |
The most shocking and disgusting aspect for me is, that he uses a half microphone stand like Freddie. It makes me puke everytime I see it. Somehow everybody loves him. I do not know for what ?! cheers |
| The Fairy King 03.07.2005 16:04 |
Freddie didn't have the rights for the half micstand :P and besides he used it UNFreddie :P if u can't see that...u don't know Freddies moves :P |
| The Real Wizard 03.07.2005 16:19 |
martin S wrote: he uses a half microphone stand like Freddie. It makes me puke everytime I see it.If that makes you puke, then I'd like to see what a topless Joan Rivers would do to you. I'd like to reply to all the stepford posts in topics like this, but it's just not worth my time. If you like Queen, the listen to Queen. If you like Robbie, then listen to Robbie. If you like both, then listen to both. Whichever category you're in, stop whining, and get over it. But one last thing... SomebodyWhoLoves, your name should be SomebodyWhoHates. You've spent a lot of time polluting this forum with your hatred today. Stop wasting webspace, and go for a walk. |
| SomebodyWhoLoves 03.07.2005 16:19 |
Again, let me reiterate the difference between paying TRIBUTE and making a CAREER out of impersonating Freddie Mercury. Greenday sang we are the champions at Live8. This was a tribute because they don't pretend to be Freddie Mercury and do remakes of Queen Songs, and act on stage as if they are Freddie Mercury. I've seen Robbie Williams at Live8, and it is TOTAL BULL how people are saying he was so great, and awesome. Have you really listened to his voice? He has one of the worst voices. ever. He is like the male version of Britney Spears. No vocal talent at all. Secondly, he is UGLY. I can't see what is the charm of his ugly face. He looks like a thin, half dead rat. Thirdly, he has a crappy persoanlity. He was laughing like a moron, joking, but he came off stupid and retarded. Fourthly, he is a SHIT POOR impersonator. He can't walk him him, can't talk like him, yet he screams on top of his lungs, come on cme on! let me hear you. and sadly, the stupid crowd goes along with it. Just pathetic. |
| Bob The Shrek 03.07.2005 16:22 |
SomebodyWhoLoves wrote: and if Victoria is a female, after uttering her stupidity, she should be tied up, bent over, and two-fisted. Stupid cunt.Advocating the rape of a person just because they diagree with your point of view is, without doubt, the most evil post I have ever witnessed on this site. You should be ashamed of yourself, apologise to Victoria and be kicked off this site for good. You are a disgrace. |
| The Fairy King 03.07.2005 16:24 |
Go find an other board where u can spread ur Robbiehatred u fool. Ur the one who's retarded. piss off! |
| SomebodyWhoLoves 03.07.2005 16:26 |
Bob The Shrek wrote:Oh grow up. I obviously wasn't literally advocating that. Just shut up. I hate stupid people, and I think stupid people need to stop reproducing.SomebodyWhoLoves wrote: and if Victoria is a female, after uttering her stupidity, she should be tied up, bent over, and two-fisted. Stupid cunt.Advocating the rape of a person just because they diagree with your point of view is, without doubt, the most evil post I have ever witnessed on this site. You should be ashamed of yourself, apologise to Victoria and be kicked off this site for good. You are a disgrace. Let's have an Live8 to get rid of the world of stupid people. |
| Maz 03.07.2005 16:36 |
SomebodyWhoLoves wrote:Your real purpose in suggesting rape was to bully her into shutting up. You are incapable of debating this with any form of intelligence, so let's suggest a little bondage and rape.Bob The Shrek wrote:Oh grow up. I obviously wasn't literally advocating that. Just shut up. I hate stupid people, and I think stupid people need to stop reproducing. Let's have an Live8 to get rid of the world of stupid people.SomebodyWhoLoves wrote: and if Victoria is a female, after uttering her stupidity, she should be tied up, bent over, and two-fisted. Stupid cunt.Advocating the rape of a person just because they diagree with your point of view is, without doubt, the most evil post I have ever witnessed on this site. You should be ashamed of yourself, apologise to Victoria and be kicked off this site for good. You are a disgrace. You are a disgrace. |
| Lord Blackadder 03.07.2005 17:30 |
Look guys. The guy ain't talentless. He can sing, he can perform and he writes some o.k pop songs and people think he is good looking, that's all you need to appeal to alot of 20 something women and he has a huge gay following and kids like him, aswell as some men. I think he is kinda good at what he does, but his WWRY at Live 8 was shite. He was trying to mix the Queen Live Aid performance (by getting the crowd to sing along really loud) and the U2 Live Aid performance (by going down to the crowd) but you can't repeat these things. Live 8 just didn't have the same feel as Live Aid. U2's performance at Live Aid was superb, so was Queen's. Bowie was good, Status Quo were good, The Who were good, Led Zeppelin wern't that bad. There was alot of great stuff at Live 8 aswell but it just didn't have the same feel as Live Aid did, and I never saw Live Aid live on the day. Macca did a much better performance at Live 8. Pink Floyd were good. Elton (apart from Pete Doherty's apperance) was very good. He sang his 2 best up tempo songs and was very good. There wasn't really anyone that was bad. Not even Coldplay (except Chris Martin singing abit of Rockin' All Over The World which showed that he cannot sing in tune). BTW: Was there any point in George Michael singing abit of a song with Macca? He should have done his own set. He's a better singer than most of them on that stage. Good to se him though I thought. |
| bryans permed poodle 15069 03.07.2005 19:09 |
SomebodyWhoLoves wrote: I'm sick and tired of Robbie Williams impersonating Freddie Mercury, and can't understand how Britons eat him up. Brian, and Roger have lost a little of my respect for what they've done over the years. They allowed this charlatan, this talentless fake to sing Queen songs, and impersonate a true legend.Robbie rocks he's much better than that gimp Rodgers. SACK ROGDERS EMPLOY ROBBIE |
| QUEENROCKS_1991 03.07.2005 19:26 |
shhh..... Freddie is watching He doesnt like people fighting over him That why he sang FRIEND WILL BE FRIENDS let there be peace and if people want to sing for freddie let them be they might be good bad ugly goodlooking who cares they are keeping freddie music alive To those who dont like robbie noone asked you to watch him at the show :) now rest in peace freddie |
| gmhmagic 03.07.2005 19:59 |
SomebodyWhoLoves wrote: Serry it's interesting that you turn this into a US vs the world thing. Might it be because you have no argument? The fact is, Robbie Wiliams is popular only in Britain. If he tried to pull off that cheap Freddie imitation act in Philadelphia, he'd get soundly booed off the stage because he STINKS! You being a Britain can't help yourself defending the great Robbie Williams. That is truly idiotic. eh... I´m from Argentina and I tell you Robbie Williams is quite popular here... you should not speak about what you don´t know... Besides, no-one is trying to be Freddie. You are just so paranoid about it... Freddie´s dead, and he has influenced many artists including Robbie Williams... Following your way of thinking, I believe that you should stop singing Queen songs while you listen to them, as you can´t sing them the way Freddie did... |
| Sharon G. 03.07.2005 20:37 |
Oh Freddie- No one but you........... |
| Victoria 03.07.2005 20:41 |
Going to church and spending time (and in some cases money) IS paying tribute/homage to something you believe in. If my memory serves me right from when I did go to church, there is a hymn entitled ''This Is My Tribute''. There are many different levels of admiration for idols. Some take it to extremes and form what are called cults. This is an example of paying tribute. There was a few months ago some mention of a religion with Freddie as a saint (I'm not going to bother to look it up). I put that ''and NO'' statement cause I didn't want it to be read into incorrectly. I wanted to ensure that what I was expressing was interpreted correctly. I suggest, SomebodyWhoLoves, that you find a better arguement that ''shut up''. Don't stifle those who are in rebutal against you. It gives you more room to point out their faults and foolings (of which you have provided plenty for us). I also would highly reccommend picking up a thesaurus. You have used some form of the word idiot a grand total of seven times (and no, I'm not counting the ones where you said stupid successively). As for an apology for your remark on actions you think should be done to me, I should expect an apology. I do. Though it could never hold the value of an apology of a person who is competent enough to understand the compassion of such an act, it still needs to be done. ------- Many thanks to Bob and Zeni. |
| Edgar 03.07.2005 21:27 |
Continuing on gmhmagic's post, I'm from Australia, and I remember Robbie's latest album being high on the charts for a solid amount of time. And on another note, does this mean that you hate Justin Hawkins from The Darkness for wearing catsuits on stage? |
| SomebodyWhoLoves 03.07.2005 21:41 |
Victoria wrote: Going to church and spending time (and in some cases money) IS paying tribute/homage to something you believe in. If my memory serves me right from when I did go to church, there is a hymn entitled ''This Is My Tribute''. There are many different levels of admiration for idols. Some take it to extremes and form what are called cults. This is an example of paying tribute. There was a few months ago some mention of a religion with Freddie as a saint (I'm not going to bother to look it up). I put that ''and NO'' statement cause I didn't want it to be read into incorrectly. I wanted to ensure that what I was expressing was interpreted correctly. I suggest, SomebodyWhoLoves, that you find a better arguement that ''shut up''. Don't stifle those who are in rebutal against you. It gives you more room to point out their faults and foolings (of which you have provided plenty for us). I also would highly reccommend picking up a thesaurus. You have used some form of the word idiot a grand total of seven times (and no, I'm not counting the ones where you said stupid successively). As for an apology for your remark on actions you think should be done to me, I should expect an apology. I do. Though it could never hold the value of an apology of a person who is competent enough to understand the compassion of such an act, it still needs to be done. ------- Many thanks to Bob and Zeni.I apologize for calling you a cunt, and saying you should be tied, bent over, and fisted. However, I do not apologize for calling you an idiot, although that is not nice. I disagree with you on your use of the word tribute. I advise you to think before you speak before you irritate others more intelligent than you are. |
| marcio17@queenzone.com 03.07.2005 22:21 |
i dont know why you hate robbie, hes doing his own tribute,and aaat teh same time, he let people form ohter era get into queen, im not a robbie´s fan, but hes doing fine....we should be angry with stupid punkers, and metal people who steals Queen ideas, and are destroying music, not with people who aredoing good music, |
| marcio17@queenzone.com 03.07.2005 22:21 |
i dont know why you hate robbie, hes doing his own tribute,and aaat teh same time, he let people form ohter era get into queen, im not a robbie´s fan, but hes doing fine....we should be angry with stupid punkers, and metal people who steals Queen ideas, and are destroying music, not with people who aredoing good music, |
| queenmagicvision 04.07.2005 00:24 |
At the end, Robbie didn't get the chance to be the frontman of this 2005 Queen Tour! :D |
| Queenfred 04.07.2005 00:59 |
...wow, you gotta love the irony of this guy calling himself "SomebodyWhoLoves" -although I get the impression he forgot the word "Himself". |
| Zander05 04.07.2005 02:42 |
Having read this thread, I remembered why I hardly post on here anymore. |
| Victoria 04.07.2005 03:46 |
Thank you, sincerely, for your apology. I don't have a problem disagreeing with you, nor do I think you're an idiot (for your definition of 'tribute'). That's the only reservation you have against me, right? But why is it so important to you? What makes you think we should all think the exact same? How boring would that be? You're taking this a little too close to heart if it's irritating you. Don't take it so personal. Perhaps you could sway us all to think differently if you'd present calm, thought-out arguements versus insults. Civility brought to the table would support an intelligent environment in which we all could discuss this. Please don't allow your rage for being disagreed with to overcome your responses. If you're afraid that if I disagree with you I won't listen, that is entirely wrong. It's always good to look at how others see things, if not to agree but to indeed disagree. By doing this you can gather your own thoughts on what you think with negative perception. ***Most of all, SomebodyWhoLoves, please remember: I'm not attacking you; I'm disagreeing, that's all. |
| tupincs 04.07.2005 04:50 |
At least somebody sang a Queen song at Hyde Park! Robbie Williams is definetely not the best person for that but it can be worse. I liked Green Day better. Wannabe - that fits Robbie the best. |
| Richard Orchard 04.07.2005 04:50 |
I think Robbie does the best Freddie impression in the world. He has is own style, sure, but it is infused with Freddie. it is utterly fantastic. He is a showman in the same vein as Freddie. And it is great that this person was such a stellar performer at Live8. |
| dimcyril 04.07.2005 04:54 |
Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote:SomebodyWhoLoves wrote: You being a Britain can't help yourself defending the great Robbie Williams.The word you're searching for is 'Brit';. Before calling others idiots, perhaps you should be able to name those properly whom you are targeting. But at least it's an upgrade from 'britons', as you were saying at the beginning of the topic. Clearly you are motivated by anger. The simple fact is this: Art is relative to one's tastes. i've never heard anyone except that renowned brainbox george w bush call people from britain 'brits'. british is what i would use or britons as in arthur king of the britons Nobody wants to hear how someone dislikes a certain artist. Of course everybody can't like every artist. So, instead of using up all your energy towards your hatred of an artist, why not spend some time talking about those whom you love? That's much more constructive, I'd say.Zander05 wrote: Cry a river, build a bridge and GET THE FUCK OVER IT!Whoa, never heard that one before... nice one! |
| DarkQueen 04.07.2005 05:09 |
I haven't read anything further than the first two posts for this thread mainly 'cos all I'm gonna find is everyone bitching one of two opposing opinions; 1 - Robbie IS a cheap Freddie-impersonator 2 - *see above, but replace the over-exaggerated 'IS' with an equally over-exaggerated 'ISN'T'... Y'know, wouldn't it have just been easier to copy + paste the first one and edit it myself :P* So now I'll just say my bit; Robbie is a fucking cheap Freddie-wannabe - 10x worse than an impersonator 'cos wannabes just ARE. However, he falls short of succeeding because he's a prat - he can't do anything with just a little bit of class, whereas Freddie could and did. Robbie's a try-hard, talentless, attention-seeker and I will puke if Brian and Roger let him belt out a rendition of WWRY or any other Queen song ever again. Have to admit, I'm losing my respect for Roger and Brian when they just flog off their own songs to wankers like Robbie... |
| im fed up 04.07.2005 05:36 |
i am sick and of comeing to this forum every week and hear you constantly criticing queen about there decisions of who they let use their songs first of all its personal choice who you like we all like queen but. they wrote the songs they can give them to who they like and its personal choice whether you like robbie williams or anyone else who uses queen songs. second im sick of you complaining about paul rogers you would have complained about anyone else who did it so if you dont like dont him go see him its that simple and stop calling it freddies band he admited the were four very talented people and they all wrote songs so its not freddies band its queen so stop complainig about all thes completley pointless things. |
| Serry... 04.07.2005 10:24 |
SomebodyWhoLoves wrote: You being a Britain can't help yourself defending the great Robbie Williams. That is truly idiotic.Oh thank you, dear. You think that I'm a Britain... Probably my English is getting better! |
| marcio17@queenzone.com 04.07.2005 12:01 |
yes, Robbie is doing what he likes and he knows he´s not Freddie peace for all the people who likes Queen and for all the people in this World |
| SomebodyWhoLoves 04.07.2005 12:54 |
Perhaps it's only because I stand here as a genius among mental midgets that my anger puzzles so many of you, who see nothing wrong with an illegitimate no talent hack prancing about in dead Freddie's skin in a pathetic and obvious attempt to replace and even surpass dead Freddie's place. Every celebrity in Live8 wanted to be the next Freddie Mercury. From the sickening display of ego from Mariah Carey. To the so pathetic it's funny squabbles between U2 and Paul McCartney over who should open. And finally, to the laughably pathetic attempts of Robbie William who can't sing, can't dance but thinks he is Freddie Mercury. And I had to restrain myself from puking from the sickness I felt in my stomach. The strong pungent stink of Irony at what the whole Live8 event had become made me truly sick. Irony because what started off as a truly genuine, honorable goal to help the dying Africans ended as a gigantic galactic sized display of ego from the stars and celebrities who were strutting onstage like proud peacocks in a vain attempt to steal the show, and become the next Freddie Mercury. And you stupid people ate it up. Maybe the earth has become such a hell that people are unable to distinguish anymore between genuine authenticity and a cheap imitation, or maybe they don't care. What counts now is the cheap thrill. A cheap Freddie is better than no Freddie. It doesn't matter if Robbie can't sing, or dance, or isn't even remotely charming. The important thing is, he is paying tribute to Freddie. That's like saying a big pile of fresh steaming brown shit isn't all shit if there's a peanut in there. You people sicken me. If any of you had any decency among you, you'd join me in repudiation of what Live8 had become, and what Robbie Williams is. He's a pile of shit. In a way, I am glad that Queen and Freddie Mercury were not part of Live8. Unlike 99% of the stars of Live8, Freddie was genuine, and real, and so were Queen. I'd like to keep the memory of that intact. |
| Bob The Shrek 04.07.2005 13:30 |
If that's how you think as a genius, I am glad I am stupid. |
| jona1 04.07.2005 13:54 |
only read a couple of the threads in this post. last word : everyone has there own views on things no need for all the bitching, name calling, etc etc etc. some people like Robbie some don't. end of |
| jona1 04.07.2005 13:56 |
and i don't think everyone at live 8 wanted to be the next freddie. i think thats a bit over the top. |