D41 wrote:Brian May can say whatever he wants, and to be fair he's stuck between a rock & a hard place.....but Freddie Mercury WAS Queen.....he was the frontman, and that's that.... Just as Debbie Harry was Blondie, Jim Morrison was The Doors, etc.Cavetroll87 wrote:
He was going to but him and Brian May apparently had a big falling out over it along with the original directors as they wanted it to be the Freddie Mercury story and Brian May wanted it to be the Queen story.
I'm sure Queen's new frontman is a great vocalist, musician, etc.....but the reality is that by continuing the band as he has, May has pretty much turned Queen into The Freddie Mercury Tribute Band.
I totally agree with your last sentiment., Adam Lambert does a lot of his own work and think his vocals are superb but thought it was a bad move taking over from the real thing
I quite admire John Deacon and how he has gone completely out of the limelight since Freddie died , it is only my opinion but when Freddie died that was the end of Queen the super group.
When I saw queen the opening was a few minutes of the rest of the band, I wasn't actually there to see Queen if I recall correctly ..any how the crowd were a bit non plussed until the moment Freddie entered the stage and totally held the audience for about 90 mins.
I put him up there with the show I saw David Coverdales performance at Donington in the early 80's