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Post by Q3 on Feb 19, 2015 0:29:04 GMT -5
This is the first time I listened to PR's voice. He can sing but forgive my opinion, but don't think that's a rock voice. Really? Oh, and he had backing vocals
I need to be fair and point out that this wasn't a QPR show - this was Paul, Brian, and some other people. QPR did perform this in concert without the ladies singing back-up. You can tell how thrilled the audience is about watching Free songs (and this is a Chilean audience!) I can't give a relevant opinion of QPR since I was not actually at a show, but I did watch a few youtube vids. Credit where credit is due, I thought Paul did a decent enough job with a some Queen songs like Fat Bottomed Girls. However, I personally prefer Adam singing every Queen song - even those that, on paper, are more suited to Paul's heavier voice. Adam's chemistry with B and R is one of the things I look forward to watching most in every performance - this chemistry was noticeably absent with Paul. Adam seems to always have a lot more energy on stage. There's also the whole superficial aspect...and the personal bias....but that's another story. If you really want a laugh, watch PR sing Another One Bites the Dist. Why oh why this was in the setlist, I'll never know...at least they had enough sense to not have him perform STL and WWTLF! www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2YdRS5mAvIAs an aside, it's amazing how gold makes everything so much better-looking! I agree about the "more gold!" I have often wonder why Q+PR did not tour with a female lead vocalist to sing a few songs like STL. If they got someone who could handle funky-dance music, they could have also had her sing AOBTD. AOBTD is Queen's top selling single and a #1 song. It would be really difficult for them to tour without doing it since STL is their other big #1 song and that was just not possible. With Brian, Roger and Paul on stage, Paul is the best one to sing AOBTD but not his finest moment. You are so right about WWTLF but, of course, it was really a minor Queen song until Q+AL (Queen performed it only 26 times-- 25 with Freddie in 1986, once with Seal in 1992). Certainly not a song people were begging to hear Queen perform. ** I actually feel really a bit bad for Paul Rodgers. He really is an excellent rock vocalist, just not right for Queen.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2015 0:36:26 GMT -5
Nice up close Save Me from Stuttgart
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Post by Q3 on Feb 19, 2015 0:37:03 GMT -5
I need to be fair and point out that this wasn't a QPR show - this was Paul, Brian, and some other people. QPR did perform this in concert without the ladies singing back-up. You can tell how thrilled the audience is about watching Free songs (and this is a Chilean audience!) I can't give a relevant opinion of QPR since I was not actually at a show, but I did watch a few youtube vids. Credit where credit is due, I thought Paul did a decent enough job with a some Queen songs like Fat Bottomed Girls. However, I personally prefer Adam singing every Queen song - even those that, on paper, are more suited to Paul's heavier voice. Adam's chemistry with B and R is one of the things I look forward to watching most in every performance - this chemistry was noticeably absent with Paul. Adam seems to always have a lot more energy on stage. There's also the whole superficial aspect...and the personal bias....but that's another story. If you really want a laugh, watch PR sing Another One Bites the Dist. Why oh why this was in the setlist, I'll never know...at least they had enough sense to not have him perform STL and WWTLF! www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2YdRS5mAvIAs an aside, it's amazing how gold makes everything so much better-looking! I've noticed in the few QPR videos I've watched (only 3) that Paul does what I call "talk singing." 1:10 to 1:22 isn't even what i would call singing! Is that his style? He can sing -- was much better in his prime. He is a British Blues Rock singer so a bit "choppy" sounding versus the Southern Blue Rock style from Alabama-Mississippi-Arkansas. Not surprisingly he sounded better on the Bad Company covers in the Q+PR concerts -- at least judging by the videos. I did not see this live. I imagine people who saw this Queen collaboration are better positioned to judge than me. I did see both Bad Company and Free live and Paul was excellent with them. Here is "Bad Company" youtu.be/cgSPsSOICE0
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Post by lelemaple on Feb 19, 2015 0:48:52 GMT -5
I've noticed in the few QPR videos I've watched (only 3) that Paul does what I call "talk singing." 1:10 to 1:22 isn't even what i would call singing! Is that his style? He can sing -- was much better in his prime. He is a British Blues Rock singer so a bit "choppy" sounding versus the Southern Blue Rock style from Alabama-Mississippi-Arkansas. Not surprisingly he sounded better on the Bad Company covers in the Q+PR concerts -- at least judging by the videos. I did not see this live. I imagine people who saw this Queen collaboration are better positioned to judge than me. I did see both Bad Company and Free live and Paul was excellent with them. Here is "Bad Company" youtu.be/cgSPsSOICE0Honestly? I don't remember much about it other than that it was pretty good. I just checked; the show was in 2006. Couldn't tell you more than maybe 5-6 songs on the setlist. I guess that gives you an idea of how memorable it was for me personally, LOL. This is coming from a HUGE Queen fan too. I just couldn't get into it. The best part was that my brother was with me and it was my nephew's first major concert (he was 14 at the time) and they were and still are huge Queen fans, especially of Brian. I also agree with Q3: Paul is a great singer, but not with Queen. It just didn't fit. That's painfully obvious in 2015.
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Post by wendyness on Feb 19, 2015 0:54:36 GMT -5
Don't know fro which concert. Emily Lambert @xadamsbabex 2m2 minutes ago Awesome picture!
Great photo. I'm curious though, was this confetti photoshopped? I don't recall confetti with Adam in this outfit (except Japan maybe).
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Post by queenofthenight on Feb 19, 2015 1:08:23 GMT -5
Thanks, queenofthenight. BTW I love your posts. Aww, TY and back atcha! I agree about the "more gold!" I have often wonder why Q+PR did not tour with a female lead vocalist to sing a few songs like STL. If they got someone who could handle funky-dance music, they could have also had her sing AOBTD. AOBTD is Queen's top selling single and a #1 song. It would be really difficult for them to tour without doing it since STL is their other big #1 song and that was just not possible. With Brian, Roger and Paul on stage, Paul is the best one to sing AOBTD but not his finest moment. You are so right about WWTLF but, of course, it was really a minor Queen song until Q+AL (Queen performed it only 26 times-- 25 with Freddie in 1986, once with Seal in 1992). Certainly not a song people were begging to hear Queen perform. ** I actually feel really a bit bad for Paul Rodgers. He really is an excellent rock vocalist, just not right for Queen. I know that AOBTD is the single best-selling Queen song in the US, and thus it would be impossible to leave off the set list. BUT (and correct me if I'm wrong) couldn't they have left it off in the rest of the world? I was under the impression that it was not one of the more significant Queen songs in Europe, South America, the UK, etc. Again, I might be wrong; I wasn't around at that time As for why they didn't bring on a female (or anyone else, for that matter) to cover what Paul couldn't...probably nothing "organic" and "natural" was happening with any other singer at the time, as Brian would say. Plus, there's the fact that they already had a lot of material to fit into a show - the Queen stuff, the Paul stuff, the Brain and Roger stuff...if they were to get another person, she'd probably want time to perform some solo stuff as well, given that Paul was performing solo stuff. It's an interesting thought though...I've always thought the best non-Adam STL covers were done by women! And George Michael...but let's not go there.
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Post by adamrocks on Feb 19, 2015 1:19:05 GMT -5
Congrats!! You're welcome, although credit goes to 4Ms for showing me the shortcut way to do it. And a BIG THANK YOU to 4Ms too!!
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Post by adamrocks on Feb 19, 2015 1:20:08 GMT -5
I don't think we have this video from Prague. Really close up! WOW! Don't miss this vid because you feel right on stage with Adam and Queen! Wish this person did more vids!
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Post by betty on Feb 19, 2015 1:30:27 GMT -5
OH! PLEASE! PLEASE!! PLEASE!!! Oh Yes !!! Want !!! Of course I would also LOVE to get such a photobook of the QAL tour! I would immediately buy it! (Oh ...I just looked up the homepage of Thilo Rahn and saw that he also lives in Schleswig-Holstein!!!)
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Post by Q3 on Feb 19, 2015 1:44:55 GMT -5
Thanks, queenofthenight. BTW I love your posts. Aww, TY and back atcha! I agree about the "more gold!" I have often wonder why Q+PR did not tour with a female lead vocalist to sing a few songs like STL. If they got someone who could handle funky-dance music, they could have also had her sing AOBTD. AOBTD is Queen's top selling single and a #1 song. It would be really difficult for them to tour without doing it since STL is their other big #1 song and that was just not possible. With Brian, Roger and Paul on stage, Paul is the best one to sing AOBTD but not his finest moment. You are so right about WWTLF but, of course, it was really a minor Queen song until Q+AL (Queen performed it only 26 times-- 25 with Freddie in 1986, once with Seal in 1992). Certainly not a song people were begging to hear Queen perform. ** I actually feel really a bit bad for Paul Rodgers. He really is an excellent rock vocalist, just not right for Queen. I know that AOBTD is the single best-selling Queen song in the US, and thus it would be impossible to leave off the set list. BUT (and correct me if I'm wrong) couldn't they have left it off in the rest of the world? I was under the impression that it was not one of the more significant Queen songs in Europe, South America, the UK, etc. Again, I might be wrong; I wasn't around at that time As for why they didn't bring on a female (or anyone else, for that matter) to cover what Paul couldn't...probably nothing "organic" and "natural" was happening with any other singer at the time, as Brian would say. Plus, there's the fact that they already had a lot of material to fit into a show - the Queen stuff, the Paul stuff, the Brain and Roger stuff...if they were to get another person, she'd probably want time to perform some solo stuff as well, given that Paul was performing solo stuff. It's an interesting thought though...I've always thought the best non-Adam STL covers were done by women! And George Michael...but let's not go there. I agree about George Michael but he proved how important chemistry between musicians is. (Ooooops I went there.) *** Before this tour, I always thought that AOBTD was pretty much a US/Canada hit and not that important in the rest of the world. But recently I researched it and learned: 1. It is the top selling Queen track in the world, not just because of the US and it has continued to sell every year. In the US it platinum + as a physical single and platinum + as a digital single. 2. It was a Top 10 hit all over the world... This is from Wikipedia but I checked a few of the positions and it is accurate. Peak chart positionsAustralia (Kent Music Report) 5 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) 6 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) 9 Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders) 7 Canada (CHUM) 1 Canada Top Singles (RPM) 1 France (IFOP) 24 Germany (Media Control Charts) 6 Ireland (IRMA) 6 Israel 1 Italy (FIMI) 10 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 14 Netherlands (Single Top 100) 11 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) 2 South Africa (Springbok Radio) 3 Spain (AFYVE) 1 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) 12 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 8 UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 7 US Billboard Hot 100 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 2 US Billboard Hot Soul Singles 2 US Cash Box 1 US Record World 1 3. It top dance and club charts globally. 4. In 1998 Wyclef Jean release a Remix and it was a hit again. I would like to hear Adam cover this version. (Yes, that is John Deacon's bass and Freddie's vocal). youtu.be/r9msVekBv8s*** I am not sure why I thought it was only really popular in North America but I think it was more a matter that it was a surprise #1 song in the US and it is derived from a Chic song so sounds American. Four Queen songs are based very closely on American songs and were hits here -- AOBTD ("Good Times" baseline), STL (Gospel/could have been an Aretha Franklin song), CLTCL (Elvis homage), FBG (Country Rock). I am sure there are more, but those four come immediately to mind.
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