How about you wait more than fifteen minutes after the thread's been made before deciding, "Oh no, the entire staff has overlooked this, I must report it"?
That sounds good. Back on-topic, now.
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How about you wait more than fifteen minutes after the thread's been made before deciding, "Oh no, the entire staff has overlooked this, I must report it"?
That sounds good. Back on-topic, now.
I always do sumthing wrong with this and that not being right lol so im used to it
BUT CAN WE PLEASE NOT USE MY TOPIC AS A FIGHTING GROUND AND GET BACK TO THE TOPIC
I'm not going to say they're out of line on principle, because bands lose members and get new ones and keep going all the time. There's no way it can be for the better in this case, though.
I'm glad Brian May is a clairvoyent and can get messages from the dead. I bet he thought he thought it was mightly convinient that what Freddie wanted, was ALSO what HE wanted! Amazing!Quote:
but freddie would of wanted them to carry on.
"One of the concerts"- I'm guessing one would be fine. A Tour? As QUEEN? No. Plus, i think I'd think it was an honour to my dead son if Brian May kept giving her money in royalties.Quote:
If it was disrespectful to freddie, then why did his mum and sister go to one of the concerts and said it was an honour to her son?[/
Mum:"Isn't all this money nice? I bet Freddie would have loved it."
Voice from above:*mmmmmmmm*
Mum: "Shut up Freddie"
yeah BUT THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO BECAOME ANY BETTER but thing is, they were part of the band to, they were Queen to and formed most of the ground for the band, u have to admit that at least
No, I think Freddie Mercury was the basis for Queen, without him it wouldn't have happened, you could have replaced Brian May with any other decent guitarist, they wouldn't have been as good but he wasn't as essential.
When you think of Queen, most people will think of Freddie Mercury, so continuing on simply on the basis of money (which, you know it is) is just defiling and ruining the memory of a good band.
I don't see the problem in performing their old songs with another singer. Of course it's not going to REALLY be Queen, but even if Freddie Mercury was still alive it wouldn't REALLY be Queen, it'd be OLD Queen.
However, if the band members were to go on and make new music under the name Queen (like the living members of The Doors are doing) that would be disrespectful.
And everything in the music industry is done to make money.
Hmm, I don't know if I like it 'cause Freddy can never be replaced...
I did. I also said:Quote:
BUT THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO BECAOME ANY BETTER but thing is, they were part of the band to, they were Queen to and formed most of the ground for the band, u have to admit that at least
Would you enjoy Nirvana if they continued without Kurt? No. The same applies. They should have some respect for the dead.
They could have renamed themselves, like the Bee Gees did. (The Brothers Gibb). Brian May is disrespectval and damaging to the name of Queen.
There's a fundamental difference you're not taking note of. Brian May and Roger Taylor collaborated with Mercury on many Queen songs, and even wrote several of them independently of Mercury. Most of the song writing for Nirvana can be attributed to Kurt Cobain alone.
The point is that the music they're performing isn't JUST Freddie Mercury's music. If it can really belong to anyone, it belongs to the band as a whole, and May and Taylor aren't trying to recreate the band, they're trying to perform again with someone they find to be an acceptable stand in for their lead singer.
But, like I said earlier, if they began trying to make NEW music under the name Queen, it would be an entirely different story.
I'm not trying to say anyone here is wrong, because it's not a matter of right and wrong it's a matter of opinion, I'm saying don't think they're trying to replace Freddie Mercury.
thats i exactly what im trying to say. I went last nit, and trust me, they were very respectful and played all the old classics, and they paid tribute to freddie loads, they showed all this new footage and they even played boh rhap wit freddie singing on a screen form wembley, while roger and brian played. it was very gud, except the venue was crap coz cudnt c, if your go to http://spaces.msn.com/members/queenmania1/Quote:
Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon
i have the photos from last nit