| s37d 19.09.2006 02:03 |
After hearing George Michael perform Somebody to Love at the tribute concert, it's obvious that he's the most suitable replacement for Freddie. This isn't only because of his voice, but also him adding the counter-heterosexual element to the group that used to exist may revive some of the old chemistry. Does the group have any plans to do any touring with him? What do you guys think of George as Queen's frontman? I personally would love to hear him sing some of the songs, like Love of My Life, Who Wants to Live Forever, Friends Will Be Friends. I often listen to Michael's rendition of Somebody To Love instead of the original Queen version because of how well he sings it, something I wouldn't bother doing for any other singer at the tribute concert. |
| FriedChicken 19.09.2006 04:34 |
No. Since I doubt he can sing stuff like Hammer to Fall or Tie your mother Down |
| Togg 19.09.2006 05:34 |
Sorry I can't agree here at all, whilst he could sing the softer stuff his voice is just too weak to handle the heavey things,but apart from that he just can't entertain the crowd in the way Freddie did. No Paul is a way better front man, George is better suited to being a solo artist where he can sing everything in a whisper. Now if you what gay, good singer and great at entertaining try Elton. Not that i'd want to see him fronting Queen, but much better than George. |
| The Fairy King 19.09.2006 05:38 |
George has a wider range than Elton imo. You don't know, maybe George CAN sing the heavier stuff, we just never heard him do anything as heavy. |
| Togg 19.09.2006 05:51 |
Well all I can go on is the fact Elton has recorded songs ranging from Sorry seems to be the hardest word, to The Bitch is Back and Saturday nights alright for fighting, Where as George seems to only work in one style. |
| una999 19.09.2006 08:05 |
What is it with people thinking George Michael did a good job singing Somebody to Love at the tribute concert - its sucks - the only good bit is the guitar solo (pretty amazinf sound on it compared to other live recordings), but his voice is not sharp enough for the song and it looks like he's going to fall over with his exaggerated bends??? The best performance was I want it All with Roger Daltery. I still dont know why people go on about Geroge Michael - that's the last thing u want to associate with Queen |
| The Fairy King 19.09.2006 08:15 |
una999 wrote: What is it with people thinking George Michael did a good job singing Somebody to Love at the tribute concert - its sucks - the only good bit is the guitar solo (pretty amazinf sound on it compared to other live recordings), but his voice is not sharp enough for the song and it looks like he's going to fall over with his exaggerated bends??? The best performance was I want it All with Roger Daltery. I still dont know why people go on about Geroge Michael - that's the last thing u want to associate with QueenIt's George... And if you choose Roger Daltrey's awfull performance over the best performance of the day (George Michael) you need a hearing aid. |
| deacyamp 19.09.2006 08:23 |
hey una999 ; if you still dont know why people go on about Geroge Michael , thats because you are like a monkey who try to swimm in an ocean . hahahaa ... I please you DONT TRY SO HARD to listen Queen. " my words are great. isn't it? " |
| Lisser 19.09.2006 09:40 |
<b><font color="#FF1493">The Fairy King wrote:Amen brutha.una999 wrote: What is it with people thinking George Michael did a good job singing Somebody to Love at the tribute concert - its sucks - the only good bit is the guitar solo (pretty amazinf sound on it compared to other live recordings), but his voice is not sharp enough for the song and it looks like he's going to fall over with his exaggerated bends??? The best performance was I want it All with Roger Daltery. I still dont know why people go on about Geroge Michael - that's the last thing u want to associate with QueenIt's George... And if you choose Roger Daltrey's awfull performance over the best performance of the day (George Michael) you need a hearing aid. |
| Kamenliter 19.09.2006 10:42 |
George sounds amazing on the tribute concert ver. of Somebody To Love..unfortunately, Brian was a bit overcome with emotion that day and screwed up the solo during the actual concert...he later went into the studio and fixed it up for the released versions. - Kamen |
| una999 19.09.2006 12:10 |
Fairy King - they say everyone is entitled to their own opinion - well in this case you are incorrect George gets the song out but its at the upper limit of his abilities and it sounds like his voice is stretched. Rogers performance of I want it all is fab, like if you compare it to paul rodgers. Somebody to love at the tribute concert is bad even in terms of the music - the start is pretty disappointing etc. we will rock you was quite good too (far better than SBTL) Sorry - i just remember now - HAMMER TO FALL was the best performance. Just listened to samples of songs there. I'll even go as far to say that he sung it better than freddie did. ANyone agree? People who think George Michael did a good job are tone deaf - its a forced performance and does not sound natural. Some people want him to join up with Queen cos he is gay. I mean get a life why would you want that! I think Gary Cherone should have stepped in for freddie. It's great to be correct on these matters |
| mrjordy 19.09.2006 13:10 |
George Michael, in my opinion, did in fact provide the best performance of the day at the Freddie tribute concert. Queen themselves have eluded to this and "Queen+ Greatest Hits III" lists in its description of this song "what was hailed... as the best performance of the day". Michael's dedication to the song and his performance is made abundantly clear by him in the "Champions of the World" documentary - and it shows in his Wembly performance. In contrast to other performers that day, George did a fine job. Roger Daltry turned "I Want It All" into a Who-esque gravel-voiced nightmare. Robert Plant, although one of my favorite singers and performers (live, he's amazing - doing his own material, of course) murdered "Innuendo" and took away from it the orchestral, hard rock feel that is so well conveyed by Freddie on the studio version. I find it funny that Plant butchered this song when "Innuendo" is, in fact, somewhat a tribute to Led Zeppelin. "Oscar Wilde meets Led Zeppelin" -Roger Taylor After seeing Queen + Paul, I can't think of a better frontman than Paul Rodgers. At the end of the show, I was screaming "God bless you, Paul Rodgers!" and meant it. Paul gave whatever motivation necessary to Brian and Roger so that a tour could once again happen and no matter what your opinion on Paul, you can't deny him that. George Michael would have, I'm sure, jumped at the chance to front what's left of Queen but another choice was made. So, suitable frontman? Brian and Roger don't seem to think so. |
| Adolfo and the spiders from Mercury 19.09.2006 13:16 |
I feel like 1992 all over again |
| s37d 19.09.2006 13:57 |
mrjordy wrote: George Michael would have, I'm sure, jumped at the chance to front what's left of QueenI don't know about that, he recently stated that he's tired of touring, and to me, George seems like the kind of guy who doesn't want to become a 'replacement' for someone else, regardless of how great they were. I may not be an expert on Queen material nor a master of tones, but I've watched that tribute concert a countless number of times, and I can't see how anyone else besides George even came close to matching Freddie's voice in terms of range and clarity, except maybe Annie Lennox. |
| kudilja 19.09.2006 14:05 |
George is primarily pop singer, he has his own persona....although STL on tribute conert was fabulous.... |
| Boy Thomas Raker 19.09.2006 14:06 |
George Michael did a fine job with STL. He also sang it a half tone lower, in G instead of Ab. That made a very difficult song much easier, and he still couldn't hit the "love" part after the solo and handed it over to the audience. I'd love to see him rip into a song like It's Late in a live setting. The Queen catalogue would destroy George Michael (my favourite pop singer, with the best phrasing since Freddie) if he performed it live. |
| Going Back 19.09.2006 14:28 |
george would be the best choice right now, he could be great front man and he is, who says other hasn't seen his shows! his voice is the best! as someone said before he can't sing like hammer to fall... well i am sure he can but even if he can't then queen chooses other songs to the list, just like with paul, because paul just can't sing many songs as they said, the voice that paul has doesn't suite to many songs, same is probably with george, but bellive me, songs that he can sing will sound amazing! george michael is the only singer right now to fit with freddies performance, he ain't as good as freddie, but he would do it amazingly. |
| Rick 19.09.2006 14:36 |
*Waits for 'Is Bohemian Rhapsody about AIDS?' topic.* |
| wembley86 19.09.2006 14:58 |
isnt he going through some hard times with smoking too much weed any how. he cant get his act together right now. he is throughing his career away. thats what i heard. but i think he wouldve been a good frontman. he gave me goose bumps at the tribute concert. freddie wouldve been proud! |
| My Melancholy Blues 19.09.2006 15:06 |
kudilja wrote: George is primarily pop singer, he has his own persona....although STL on tribute conert was fabulous....I agree and as someone already wrote above, as for heavy stuff I doubt he can do well, although he was fantastic on STL. And I doubt he can produce a crazy mood like Freddie often did. |
| Going Back 19.09.2006 15:36 |
wembley86 wrote: isnt he going through some hard times with smoking too much weed any how. he cant get his act together right now. he is throughing his career away. thats what i heard. but i think he wouldve been a good frontman. he gave me goose bumps at the tribute concert. freddie wouldve been proud!george michael is touring right now, he said he will stop some years ago but now he is touring again :) and the voice is still 10+ |
| gem27 19.09.2006 17:34 |
George Michael might be touring again but its his first tour for years. he is a pot head and his life has become a joke. last month he was caught yet again (yawn yawn) in some london park with a 50 plus guy. as for his voice being still great, well yeah he sounds ok but he changes songs now to sing them slower and lower. he only does his songs one way and thats true. i like his older stuff but now he dont sing them like he did then. he does sing them slower and so its easier to sing. |
| Terence 19.09.2006 17:48 |
George Michael is the suitable frontman now for queen,he would bring some respect back for what PR didnt do,and it would be interesting to see him sing songs like CLTCL,miracle,breakthru,anyway, anybody heard Ray Lamontagne's new song 'trouble' it sounds like freddie hitting the high notes in the song. |
| bas asselbergs 19.09.2006 19:02 |
George Michael is a far too limited vocalist to even come close to attempting replacing Freddie. He has very limited skills and hardly any variety in the way he can use his voice. He did "Somebody to Love" wonderful at the Tribute, but he is absolutly uncapable to sing the other stuff that Freddie sang so well good too. NO. George is NOT the best replacement. I would rather see Jeff Scott Soto or Mirko Beumer (MayQueen) replace him for live shows. George Michael is not 1 % of the entertainer Freddie was, but these two gents are stage-animals with bigger and greater charisma and stage-personality than George Michael. And they both have no ego too. They are better replacements than George Michael in every imaginable way you can possibly think off. He is simply too simple and too limited. Even i can sing better than George Michael....He has only 1 little voice-using trick, that he uses over and over and over and over again, untill every new song bores me before i even have heared it completely....he is too predictable.....and sings everything exactly the same way with the same voice. Boring to death he is. Not surprising or entertaining at all. |
| redspecial85 19.09.2006 19:50 |
Frankly, I have no idea why people seem to think that Brian and Roger need a "queen," to front Queen. I think the naming of the group was a half joke/half serious thought. The only way that Freddie's lifestyle had an impact on the group was his songwriting and stage persona. It's totally irrelevant to think that someone like George Michael could front Queen. Yes, he gave a good rendition of "Somebody to love;" However he sang the song in G instead of the songs original key of A flat. Obviously Freddie is irreplaceble, that's something that's a waste of time debating. Paul Rodgers, Brian, and Roger are trying something different here...they in no way have an intention of monopolizing on Freddie's tragic death. There are only two people aside from Paul Rodgers that I think would be suitable frontmen for Queen; Jeff Scott Soto (he's singing for Journey now...), or Gary Cherone (Extreme). Paul was their best choice for a frontman...and I know they'll make great music together. |
| dancembunker 19.09.2006 20:41 |
Bottom line people, there is no REPLACEMENT for freddie. you cant REPLACE him! you can have a different singer sing with the band that he played in but it is literally impossible to replace freddie mercury! all this new frontman business is making me depressed. i say we just have a tour like the tribute where many different singers sing with the band so he isnt forgotten. Q+PR was great. im mainly saying this because i was not old enough to attend a queen concert when freddie was alive so this was my first chance to see whats left of queen. Just one front person makes it seem i dunno, wierd. like even tho they arent trying to replace him, someone is taking his place. |
| Aura Marina 19.09.2006 21:28 |
I think Gary Cherone it's perfect, but his character must be incompatible with Brian and Roger's character. Remember Van Halen. Sorry for my english |
| kenny8 20.09.2006 02:07 |
Gary Cherone, good God no!!!!!! I saw him front Van Halen, yikes with his lame Freddie impersonation |
| Dan C. 20.09.2006 04:56 |
I love George, and would love to see him do something with Brian and Roger, but he's now too far from what they represent. |
| Boy Thomas Raker 20.09.2006 08:45 |
Actually, Gary Cherone was great singing the old VH stuff live, including singing Roth era stuff, which Hagar wouldn't do. Unfortunately for Gary, the new VH sucked musically, it was worse than anything they'd ever done. Further, I doubt that he'd want to do it from a career POV. He's still writing and recording new music, and after the way the VH gig ended, I'd doubt that he'd want to be known as a replacement singer for huge acts. |
| una999 20.09.2006 09:21 |
But listening to Gary doing hammer to fall, i mean it sounds fantastic vocally? |