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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2014 17:41:07 GMT -5
Interesting twitter exchange that might give an idea of how the duet will go. @drbrianmay: sikkevanderveen How interesting. They evidently used our entire original track & video! I didn't know this ! t.co/jHb3yYDNGj ta Bri @drbrianmay: sikkevanderveen You hear me playing guitar, but they carefully took out any bits of me from the video. t.co/jHb3yYDNGj hmmm ! Bri
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Post by SophieB on Dec 12, 2014 17:47:06 GMT -5
Here's the thing, if it is going to be on TV anyway, and it is going to be freezing & crazy out and about in London, and if putting up with all the "crazyiness of being in that spot for NYE" you don't even get to see the fireworks, then why go?! I can see why people want to stay home! The London concerts are sold out, so it has nothing to do with QAL. Plus, the tickets' sales really don't matter! The money for this show is coming from TV's advertising dollars. Biggest show in UK = plenty of money from sponsors! I agree about the primary revenue source but they still need to fill the venue for the show. There have to be 1,800 passionate Queen fans in London who will brave the crowds and miss the fireworks for this concert and who have a bit of spare money for an expensive ticket. They are still selling floor tickets and are only back to Row K center balcony. The restricted view seats are back to Row J. And the upper level is still available. In the meantime, they sold over 40,000 tickets to the concerts in January. So they really have no lack of fans. *** Perhaps it is the drink limit!? Seems strange but that part of London is very difficult on NYE - it's a real mission to get from A to B. Perhaps one of the biggest problems is the price of hotel accommodation. Even 2 star places are £300 plus. I can well understand that lots of people will be put off especially as it's on television. Easier for me. I don't mind missing the fireworks; I've never yet seen them live on that night so nothing lost.....and (with luck) I will be home by 1am to join my family and party.....having seen midnight in with my two oldest friends and 1800 happy people.... Oh....AND ADAM..... .......of course.
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Post by bristolgill on Dec 12, 2014 18:04:10 GMT -5
Here's the thing, if it is going to be on TV anyway, and it is going to be freezing & crazy out and about in London, and if putting up with all the "crazyiness of being in that spot for NYE" you don't even get to see the fireworks, then why go?! I can see why people want to stay home! The London concerts are sold out, so it has nothing to do with QAL. Plus, the tickets' sales really don't matter! The money for this show is coming from TV's advertising dollars. Biggest show in UK = plenty of money from sponsors! I agree about the primary revenue source but they still need to fill the venue for the show. There have to be 1,800 passionate Queen fans in London who will brave the crowds and miss the fireworks for this concert and who have a bit of spare money for an expensive ticket. They are still selling floor tickets and are only back to Row K center balcony. The restricted view seats are back to Row J. And the upper level is still available. In the meantime, they sold over 40,000 tickets to the concerts in January. So they really have no lack of fans. *** Perhaps it is the drink limit!? I am in the UK. I have floor tickets for NYE. There are lots of reasons why the tickets have not all sold. As has been said NYE in London is MAJOR CRAZY. I mean MEGA crazy..!!!!! The roads get closed and there are so many people all modes of transport are free..from around midnight until 4.00 a.m. ish. to get them all out of central London. Add to that people attending NYE cannot get out to see the fireworks which apart from the amazing atmosphere is why people go to London on NYE. Also there are drink restrictions...a) because it is a functioning church I think and also because they do not want anyone drunk on the BBC broadcast. Most people go to London on NYE to get drunk... rightly or wrongly and to experience the crowds and to see the fireworks. All the QAL fans are travelling a long way maybe for the concerts and do not want the expense of another expensive trip. On top of all this the cost of hotels is horrendous.....up to 4 or 5 times the usual (high) rates. On top of all of this there has been NO advertising. Most people I have spoken to know nothing about it. Anyway I shall be there struggling to find somewhere to park the car..impossible...and staying in a cheap hotel at Ritz rates...being too old to run to get a good place to stand as near to Adam as possible....but I will have a ball ...to see that beautiful man just strutting his stuff and singing his heart out is all I need. He is my joy.
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Post by Q3 on Dec 12, 2014 18:09:17 GMT -5
Thanks for all the NYE ticket explanations. I get it. For me, it was the 2-drink limit that kept me from flying over. (and the $3,000 plane tickets!) Mys*&@^#r50, hmm maybe he was too young to see Freddie in person? He never did but we both think Freddie has the best voice ever. I on the other hand know Adam's usable vocal range probably tops just about anyone living or dead thanks to technical folks like cassie on here. So that comment "he doesn't have the range" was jaw dropping. I really think it's about low tones vs high tones. Or perception thereof. I don't try to convert anyone to Adam's voice. Just to be accurate, Adam's vocal range does not top just about anyone living or dead. And range is just one aspect of a great voice. This constant discussion of range, what frequency a singer hits, seems really superficial to me. Who cares what note someone hits -- unless you also consider the quality of that note, the power, color, etc. If we are just talking about vocal range and Queen singers, the prize goes to Roger Meddows Taylor, not Freddie or Adam anyway. *** In comparing vocal ranges, people often compare ranges over someone's adult professional life. Adam is 32, Freddie's active recording career ended in 1990 (TSMGO) when he was 44 years old. Once Adam hits 35 or so, it might be interesting to compare him to Freddie in 1984 - 1986 which was when Freddie's voice was at its most amazingest. Whatever else they are very different. Adam is a High Tenor -- bass E to B flat above tenor high C (E - B♭5) -- with three octaves and six semitones range -- he seems to be expanding his usable range in the lower register and I expect will be at four+ octaves when he approaches 35 years old. Freddie was a Baritone with a four octave range. They are two very different vocalists with very different areas of strength. Since they sound so different, I can understand someone preferring one or the other. All a matter of personal preference. Adam can probably hit a lot of notes we never hear him sing because he does not hit a lot of hit notes just to prove he can do it or poor quality low notes. A rock singer with a massive range is Axl Rose but the quality of some of those notes is not great. *** When I hear Adam sing live it is 3D and visual sometimes and effects my entire sensory system. Not everyone has this experience but I know that I am not alone. I believe it is a form of synesthesia - the production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body - and that is why it is not experienced by everyone. But I never experienced it before Adam -- and the first time I heard him live, it happened.
I have great admiration for Freddie but I never had that vocal experience from Freddie or any other vocalist. The closest for me were Alfredo Kraus Trujillo, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti. All opera/classical singers. (I must have a thing for Tenors!) But none had that X Plus that Adam has.
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Post by nic42 on Dec 12, 2014 18:09:49 GMT -5
Oh! I searched a bit for information about this guy that was talking with Brian on twitter (Sikke van der Veen). He is a Dutch Queen superfan, and made a documentary about the success of Queen in the Netherlands. One of our biggest radio stations interviewed him when the January concert was announced. www.radio2.nl/nieuws/id-5827-queen-komt-naar-nederland.htmlAnd since it is in Dutch, I'll translate a few of his quotes about Adam "I think they have chosen the right person to replace Freddie Mercury" "This is so much better than everything they tried before (e.g. Paul Rodgers)" "I have been lucky enough to see all shows in 2012, and he is just a very young copy of ... well, you don't get any closer than this" Then they play a snippet of WWFM, talk a bit about the show (big production), a bit about his documentary (unique footage) and he says people can expect a show like how it was with Freddie, but with a younger singer. I like this guy
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Post by talon on Dec 12, 2014 18:10:25 GMT -5
IMHO it is a Queen song. Just an aside, it is also one of the Freddie recordings I most admire -- done on one take, his first time singing the song when he was quite ill. Indeed. I get chills when Brian talks about it. He remembers singing a guide vocal that was done in falsetto to show Freddie what he was thinking and then backing off and saying "I don't know if this is too much" or whatever and Freddie just said, "Oh don't you worry dear.'", slugged a vodka down to numb the pain leaned forward on a counter to hold himself up and just let loose. Amazing giving the circumstances....
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Post by coo.coo.ca.choo on Dec 12, 2014 18:44:29 GMT -5
IMO I don't care any longer who enjoys Adam with Queen or who continues to berate his existence. I've seen the show along with 10's of thousands of others who apparently enjoyed it at least as much as I did. Adam is getting rave reviews by a large majority of critics and QAL is selling well everywhere. I wonder why we continue to fret over the no counts that are a minority.
Secondly, I think Adam singing with another great singer is pure bliss. He is so generous with his ability and knows that if they sound good he does too. I love when he sings with back up singers, I loved him on Divas, that duet on Titanium was beautiful. The ability to blend and bend and flex with the best is as important as his ability to belt it out.
Adam performing live in any form is a major thrill for me. Remember how absolutely thrilled he was to share the stage with Gaga? Who cares if it wasn't stellar. He got a kick out of it and even said it was one of the highlights of the tour for him.
So, I'm gonna sit back and revel in any performance Adam chooses to give to us. I have a feeling that we'll be listening to him for a very long time.
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Post by adamme on Dec 12, 2014 18:49:47 GMT -5
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Post by DancyGeorgia on Dec 12, 2014 18:56:33 GMT -5
"What an experience .The best sound check of my life. I could just listen to Queen and am overwhelmed .What a gigantic band , what a sound." ATop, musicians! Can anyone tell me why their sound is so big. Because it is! But it is only a 5 piece band! What makes them fill up an arena the way they do? Im not a musician, but Dr. Bri alone can sound as a full orchestra, with all his layering via feedback technique... It all comes down to electronics equipment and the physics of sound. And Dr. Bri is an expert in both! There have been 3 video or written interviews over the last 6 months which explain some of it. I will try to dig up some of the points after I get home. But one aspect is that Queen works with a "noisy" stage rather than a "quiet" stage. Meaning that there are amps and monitors on stage and the musicians are immersed in the sound. And there is feedback beween the amps and guitar which results in a much richer sound. Adam with his solo band usually works with a "quiet" stage where the musicians only hear sound through their ear pieces. It results in a much less rich sound from the instruments since there is no feedback of the sound. Plus Queen has the money to buy the best equipment and lots of it. Adam's solo band does not have that kind of money or equipment, unless Adam buys it for them. I think he rented alot of the equipment used when touring, and at least got better equipment than the crappy stuff the radio shows rented.
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Post by adamme on Dec 12, 2014 19:02:19 GMT -5
In this video Brian said that "Adam choses them (Queen) to play with". Did anyone catch this? So it means Adam and DMG really gets a lot of offers/proposals and they really careful in pick and choses which one they want Adam to do.
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