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Post by Q3 on Sept 23, 2017 0:39:12 GMT -5
This photo is so gorgeous that I decided it needed a second day as the banner photo!! Q.
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shimoli710
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Thank you Adam for this wonderful pic from M&G in Warsaw - one of the best TOHT concerts ever!
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Post by shimoli710 on Sept 23, 2017 1:38:05 GMT -5
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shimoli710
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Thank you Adam for this wonderful pic from M&G in Warsaw - one of the best TOHT concerts ever!
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Post by shimoli710 on Sept 23, 2017 1:44:35 GMT -5
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Post by sizzling63 on Sept 23, 2017 1:50:47 GMT -5
Promo time!!!
SNL is asking who should be host. Send them a tweet! #SNLhost
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Post by skaschep on Sept 23, 2017 2:05:51 GMT -5
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Ni l'un ni l'autre, je suis, j'étais et resterai moi
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Post by nic42 on Sept 23, 2017 2:53:54 GMT -5
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Post by betty on Sept 23, 2017 4:08:25 GMT -5
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ...
... skrealitycheck and stephdance!
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Post by skaschep on Sept 23, 2017 4:31:59 GMT -5
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Post by skaschep on Sept 23, 2017 4:32:50 GMT -5
Queen @queenwillrock We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions 40 Years Later: A History of the Biggest Jock Jam Single of All Time. www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7972856/queen-we-will-rock-you-we-are-the-champions-jock-jam-interview … #NOTW40 Do you remember the first time you heard "Rock You"?Adam Lambert: I don't even know if I could name the first time because it is sort of ever present. Both songs are the type that you grow up hearing at sporting events. I remember being at school pep rallies or hearing it in a commercial. I was aware of the song before I was ever even consciously aware of it, if that makes sense. It's part of the iconic nature of both of those songs, they're everywhere. I think the first time I asked "What is that band?" was when I heard "Bohemian Rhapsody" in Wayne's World. My dad told me it was Queen, and he played me "Champions" and "We Will Rock You" and I was like, "Oh, I've heard those songs before" and you start stringing it together. What struck you as different about them?Lambert: I think they're very sing-along-able. Those hooks in both songs are very easy to grasp for anybody, whether you’re a singer or not, even though they're 100 percent rock 'n roll. That's what Queen are, though at the same time they were a really pop band. The definition of pop is something really accessible. I think they understood how to connect with people and they had their audience in mind and were not as self-indulgent as some other acts at that time. They were really thinking about their fans, which was super ahead of their time. In the history of rock and roll, there's this thing about having all this integrity and not selling out, and Queen figured out how to affect people and get under their skin while doing that. Where did you hear them as a kid?Lambert: During the Super Bowl. My dad would have a party with his co-workers and you'd hear them in between segments of the game or any sporting event that I went to as a kid. It was not my favorite thing to do [Laughs.] What is your favorite part of "Rock You?"Lambert: The groove is sick. It's so fresh and it’s still fresh now. There's something about it when you're just stomping to the drums and then you're in the cut. It's fun. It's a fun song! Do you have a favorite line in "Champions?"Lambert: There’s a lyric I've always identified with: "I've had my share of sand kicked in my face but I'm coming through." That feels very me. I've made a couple mistakes, my story hasn’t been perfect. I've had my share of flub-ups in my life and career, but to stand there and say "I'm proud of myself and of us"? And to try to carry a little piece of the torch that Freddie carried, and was so brilliant at. It's an honor and I feel a sense of pride for that. I always think about him when I'm performing... the legacy he left is massive. Why do you think they're still so popular today?Lambert: I've always found it ironic that they are these bro, masculine soundtrack at these games or events... it's almost like you want to ask, "Do you know who is singing that? Do you know what he's about? Have you seen some of his looks back in the day?" It illustrates that the '80s was a different time. I feel like the emotion with both is that sense of pride and empowerment and unity that’s so great... that they were written as not I, but "we." The band was really clever, and they wanted them to feel inclusive, everyone in the arena feels like they are part of these songs. That's something Queen did early on that a lot of other bands weren't doing... the clapping and stomping, Freddie did it with the call-and-response thing. They made the audience feel part of the band. What does it feel like to play them every night?Lambert: One of the things I love so much about being on tour with Queen is that they have a really deep catalog. It's a two-hour show so there's only time for so many songs, and there are so many hits that you're basically doing a show full of hit music. They are songs everyone knows, and as a performer that's what you want. You're performing and they're singing along and it makes them captive, it's not a passive experience... It's the one-two punch that really does the trick. It's also a really fitting way to close a show, with everyone singing "We Are the Champions" and the confetti is coming down. It's my tradition to put on a crown, a la Freddie. It's a great note to leave on.
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Post by skaschep on Sept 23, 2017 4:51:35 GMT -5
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