Excellent New Queen + Adam Lambert 7 page Article/Interview: From Team Rock: "Queen + Adam Lambert: By Royal Appointment"
Filed Under () by glitzylady on Saturday, December 20, 2014
Posted at : Saturday, December 20, 2014
THIS IS A WONDERFUL, NEW IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW/ARTICLE WITH DR. BRIAN MAY, ROGER TAYLOR, AND ADAM LAMBERT!! PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE!! SO MANY ABSOLUTELY GLOWING COMPLIMENTS ABOUT ADAM AND SO MUCH INFO ABOUT QUEEN, PAST AND PRESENT...
EXCERPTS FROM THE 7 PAGE ARTICLE/INTERVIEW (THIS IS FROM THE FIRST PAGE/INTRO ONLY)...BE SURE TO READ ALL SEVEN PAGES!! SEE LINKS BELOW TO ACCESS..
"You can’t replace Freddie Mercury. But on the eve of a tour, the royal family’s Brian May and Roger Taylor and crown prince Adam Lambert explain why they’re keeping the band’s legacy alive. “I understand people who say: ‘There is no Queen without Freddie. Just leave it be,’” Taylor admits, “because that’s what we felt, following his death. All three of us said: ‘Right, that’s the end of the band.’ But the band just didn’t seem to die.” "
"May now believes that trying to lay Queen to rest with its singer was doomed from the start. “Even though both Roger and I were adamant it was over, it never went away.” "
"The Queen machine has been cranked into its highest gear for almost a decade during the past 12 months. Queen Forever reworks three forgotten Mercury vocal tracks, alongside a collection of mostly neglected ballads, intended to reactivate interest in their catalogue’s deep backwaters. Queen were added to Classic Rock’s Roll Of Honour as Band Of The Year, after triumphant tours of the USA, Far East and Australia with new singer Adam Lambert. In the US especially, a relative wasteland for Queen since the 80s, Lambert’s flamboyant performances and solo stardom since contesting American Idol in 2009 (when he first performed with Queen) has helped raise them to new heights."
"May and Taylor still have regular Queen band meetings. When they and Lambert speak to CR they are in the peculiar position of preparing to go back out on the road for Queen + Adam Lambert’s first full European tour, while curating their late singer’s legacy in Queen Forever. It’s an odd afterlife which began with 1995’s posthumously finished album with Mercury, Made In Heaven, continued with four tours and 2008’s now virtually disowned album with vocalist Paul Rodgers, The Cosmos Rocks, and shows no signs of ever stopping. Queen’s classic songs keep gaining new leases of life. But, as May and Taylor admit, they don’t expect anything they do now to equal their music with Mercury."
READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE HERE: (YOU MUST SIGN IN (easy..) TO TEAM ROCK TO GO BEYOND THE FIRST PAGE..PLEASE DO SO TO GIVE THE ARTICLE "HITS")
https://www.teamrock.com/features/2014-12-20/queen-adam-lambert-by-royal-appointment
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GO TO THIS LINK VIA @SCORPIOBERT WITH ALL PICTURES AND FULL 7 PAGE ARTICLE!!!
http://imgur.com/a/hFBE6#0
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11 comments:
The second pic is just....
...but I'm burned out at this point when it comes to even the slightest comparison between Adam and Freddie. Anything from "Adam can sing higher" to "...they don’t expect anything they do now to equal their music with Mercury..." seems almost unnecessary and only riles up various fan groups.
@Gabi
This article really isn't about that... And is a new article.. This isn't an "Adam versus Freddie" article.. Read it all and I think you'll appreciate what they are saying about Adam..
There will always be the naysayers.. its unfortunate but true..
I just read the whole article. It's got such great depth about how Brian and Roger (and Adam) feel about the band, its past and its future. I love that they seem committed to Adam as their frontman for whatever performing they plan to do. And that interesting comment about somehow supporting Adam's own new music. I wonder what THAT could mean. They certainly give Adam his due, once again. They seem to be a very good place right now. Beyond all expectations. It's looking more and more that Adam will be connected with them until they decide to quite performing altogether. Adam's own music appears to be on their radar, too. I'm so anxious for A3, I could just die.
@glitzylady, I realize that it's a very positive and in depth article and anything but a comparison between the two lead singers. I'm just over-sensitized at this point. Thanks for your perspective though :)
Why would scorpiobert do that? The hits should go to TeamRock. It just a standard registration or sign in with FB.
Should I stop staring at this man's perfection or what!!!? Bloody hell!!! Not indeed!!:)
Canadian
I'm over-sensitized too but it's a great article.
Great read. Roger speaks his mind. Brian too. Would be interesting to hear/read 'the heated' convos between these two, different characters yet sparring partners and lifelong friends, brothers in arms (stp). However, they are definitely on the same page when it comes to Adam!
PS. Imo Roger's vocals should be given much more credit (when talking about Queen music and Queen sound) cause it's his voice in the harmonies and choruses that "makes the Queen sound like the Queen on the records" behind the frontman (to take nothing away from the rest of the talented band members then and now!) Aww, nothing like a LIVE act with REAL singing and REAL playing - so good that some doubt it's LIVE! Good ole fashion craftmanship, years and years of practice and pride in what you do, integrity. Magic!
All 4 band members wrote songs for Queen but as Roger says in this article, he and Brian (and John) haven't written a song for Queen since Freddie died, and Freddie was the most prolific song writer of the group so it'd be interesting to see if Brian and Roger could write a song for/with Adam, if indeed they go down that path. Maybe he'd get their creative juices flowing again.
I called the Barnes & Noble store in Springfield ill & they said they all ready have the new edition & it has
Doors on cover so if any one can help me find a copy I would be very happy. Thanks ---blueeyes
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