Well, if they wanted to call queen, then take a young singer, a fantastic one, with a great voice, sexy and glamorous, if not.. call it queen and friends.
27 -
Lol
Dec 27, 2004 at 5:51 pm
What an unbelievable chance to see in one night a great band playing their back catalogue of anthems and the greatest rock singer/songwriter responsible for Free/ Bad company & Blues material
All you doubters have gone nuts!
Give 'old' Paul a chance - I went with some "who's Paul rodgers" guys to the Strat gig at Wembley, they are all now chasing down Paul's back catalogue.
You lucky peopl. Moan when you've seen it and not enjoyed, not before.
Lol
28 -
GregfromBoston
Dec 29, 2004 at 1:03 pm
Blasphemy! Note Deacon wants no part of it
29 -
flickersboy
Dec 31, 2004 at 9:31 am
Freddie Mercury was a great - unique -showman/frontman, but is forever to be remembered as a part - albeit the main part - of Queen; anything he did (musically)without them bordered on the ordinary.
By contrast Paul Rodgers is regarded as one of rocks best ever - possibly THE BEST EVER - voices, and a far better vocalist than Freddie Mercury could have ever hoped to be. He has been superb in everything he has touched - rock, R & B, blues - from Free to the re-incarnation of Bad Company, his vocal talents seem to improve with age.
It appears that the tour will be billed as Queen and Paul Rodgers, as opposed to Queen featuring Paul Rodgers, and the feast on offer will be Queen, Free and Bad Company music. Interesting as Brian May et al. need Paul Rodgers far more than he needs them.
I do hope they play at least one London gig, preferably not in a large venue, because I am sure it will be a cracking gig. Paul Rodgers is indeed one of the best voices in rock.
I think Rob Halford from Judas Priest would be a better fit. He can certainly sing, hit the high notes and why not let the old queen play a queen for once.
32 -
Nolan Martin
Mar 08, 2005 at 2:25 pm
In Regards to this so called Queen reuinion. It might work and it might not. First of all, let me say that Brian May is a heck of a guitarist, so to hear him live would be cool. However, Freddie Mercury is irreplacable. I've been listening to the Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium cd for the last day or two. I have to argue with flickserboy, Freddie had a great voice! When he clowns around with the audience right before Under Pressure when he's vocalizing and having the audience sing with him, just shows he had great range. Paul Rodgers is an average vocalist, Freddie was Queen.
33 -
vaughn
Mar 19, 2005 at 6:52 pm
I think they should have gotten a young, energetic singer for certain. Musicians only get better with age, until they get super old and lose their cordination and get arthritis. However, I have never known of a singer that is better in old age than in youth. I think they should have found some young upstart that could actually pull it off. Hell even in 86 at Wembley you can tell Freddie couldn't even hang with his own singing. he was only 30 somthing or 40 somthing. Rodgers will not have a chance at nailing the vocals. He couldn't have done it at his peak, let alone now. They could have found someone that was young and on fire who could actually pull of Freddie, hell even the singer from the Darkness would have probably been able to do a better job that Paul Rodgers.
34 -
flickersboy
Mar 22, 2005 at 7:19 pm
Re Nolan's blog - I never said that FM wasn't a good singer only that anything he did without Queen was at best ordinary. I have seen (and enjoyed)Queen live on numerous occasions, including their first headline tour which introduced the Sheer Heart Attack album (their third), when the support band Hustler blew them off the stage.Freddie;s showmanship was second to none, but vocally he was a poor second on that night.
Re Vaughn's blog - Paul Rodgers is the finished article, a real rock singer, and nobody's stand in. If Brian May wanted somebody to be a substitute Freddie, then any tribute band singer would do. Don't forget that George Michael also did a good job with Queen a few years ago too.
35 -
james
Mar 23, 2005 at 11:58 am
in regards to freddie not being able to sing as well when he got older, that is rubbish, at the wembly concert he had a throat infection and the concert was almost cancelled, now listen to that concert baring that fact in mind. if you listen to the later albums just before he died ie; innuendo album freddies power and range had never been better as his voice wasnt over worked through touring his voice was better than it had ever been.
36 -
anja
Aug 18, 2005 at 4:05 pm
listen to the sound bits in their home page,
nothing comes close to freedie,
long live the king = Queen
Freddie is and was one of kind......BUT......Paul Rodgers is a legend.
I've seen them both live and Paul Rodgers is is on a different plane to Freddie. Freddie made up for it with showmanship but he wasnt actually a great singer......but Paul Rodger.........that man can sing!! His voice also suites the music better than Freddie. Just listen to the Return of the Champions. Enuf sed!
And as for George Micheal singing......LMFAO......fronting a rock band........GET A GRIP!
38 -
tronnek
Oct 11, 2005 at 6:21 pm
Hello all, had to put my two penneth in, as reguards to the comment that pr is a better vocalist than freddie --well i am a pro singer and lets just say that fred never took 35 mins off during a gig and never had in ear monitering and that the queen of today are more of a musical than a full on rock band FM would have wiped the floor with pr .I have covered both and while the PR material is tricky some of FMs is downright impossible. Everything in context, folks , freddie was better
39 -
Dawy85
Oct 11, 2005 at 6:58 pm
Well wot tronnek said is true, FM was bye far 1 of the greatest vocalists of all time,
i dont realy think ive heard many people be able to sing hes songs in the range he could, and jakk you say freddie couldnt realy sing, are you mentaly ill or jus dumb have you heard his reange on great pretender or his low operatic material on a night at the opera, u dnt even deserve to listen to queen i recomend you throw them in the bin cos ur dumb,
On the other hand i will say out of FIve, robbie williams and other artists Paul rodgers has done a better job, i do actually think in his own way he does sound quite good in return of the champions hes voice is good and very different from FM,s and he dont have to drop god knows how many keys to perform a song, hes added a diffrent kind of rock voice that is good and and different and still far more unique then most rock bands at the moment,
but remeber 1 thing there was only 1 freddie and hes voice and style was unmachable, imagine how hes voice would probbaly changed throught the years to the present date just like hes voice changed from the 70,s and 80,s
ive was always ashamed at some of the stuff queen did with people like five and robbie williams i thought they ruined perfect songs, and i know people will hit me for this but remember 1 thing, there was once a band called Smile, and 2 of its members were rodger taylor and brian may,
but then to new people came along freddie and john, now freddie invent the band name queen and alos created queen,s logo . Queen was 4 members freddie mercury, john decan, brian may and rdger taylor,
when freddie died john refused to play saying hes part of queen died with freddie, now this leaves only 2 members left brian and rodger, the 2 members of smile
i think with john leaving and the death of fm thy should of let queen be rememberd as an almost fault less band and carryd on as smile, because after his death queen have made some mistakes and covers that wouldnt of happend if fm was alive, i do praise them for carrying on and performing with with PR as lead but for me this isnt queen its just smile with a lead singer.
40 -
dawy85
Oct 11, 2005 at 7:06 pm
and btw i know some fool is gunna pull me over spelling mistakes, well its not a spellin compation and yes i wouldnt win if it was but i do know music and i just wanted to express my opinion
HEY fliskerbitch i was just surfing the web and seen your stupid blog. how dare you even compare Mr. Freddie Mercury to old paul rogers freddie is legendary there is not a soul that compete with him vocally
sorrry marty for the cursing i like this website man its nice
43 -
D.C.
Jan 17, 2008 at 6:18 pm
I can't understand those who say that Freddie's voice was miles away from Paul's. Freddie has the best and most powerful voice EVER in rock history. Paul Rodgers is light-years away. His vocal range is far shorter than Freddie's. His voice is much weaker. Return of the Champions proves that - he can't do half of what Freddie did. Enough said about it.
As for the "new" band - I think it's a new band -well, maybe they should consider on changing the name. Because it'll get a LOT worse than it was during Queen's heyday
Article comments
26 - joan
Well, if they wanted to call queen, then take a young singer, a fantastic one, with a great voice, sexy and glamorous, if not.. call it queen and friends.
27 - Lol
What an unbelievable chance to see in one night a great band playing their back catalogue of anthems and the greatest rock singer/songwriter responsible for Free/ Bad company & Blues material
All you doubters have gone nuts!
Give 'old' Paul a chance - I went with some "who's Paul rodgers" guys to the Strat gig at Wembley, they are all now chasing down Paul's back catalogue.
You lucky peopl. Moan when you've seen it and not enjoyed, not before.
Lol
28 - GregfromBoston
Blasphemy! Note Deacon wants no part of it
29 - flickersboy
Freddie Mercury was a great - unique -showman/frontman, but is forever to be remembered as a part - albeit the main part - of Queen; anything he did (musically)without them bordered on the ordinary.
By contrast Paul Rodgers is regarded as one of rocks best ever - possibly THE BEST EVER - voices, and a far better vocalist than Freddie Mercury could have ever hoped to be. He has been superb in everything he has touched - rock, R & B, blues - from Free to the re-incarnation of Bad Company, his vocal talents seem to improve with age.
It appears that the tour will be billed as Queen and Paul Rodgers, as opposed to Queen featuring Paul Rodgers, and the feast on offer will be Queen, Free and Bad Company music. Interesting as Brian May et al. need Paul Rodgers far more than he needs them.
30 - Andrew Ian Dodge
I do hope they play at least one London gig, preferably not in a large venue, because I am sure it will be a cracking gig. Paul Rodgers is indeed one of the best voices in rock.
31 - Chad Woodland
I think Rob Halford from Judas Priest would be a better fit. He can certainly sing, hit the high notes and why not let the old queen play a queen for once.
32 - Nolan Martin
In Regards to this so called Queen reuinion. It might work and it might not. First of all, let me say that Brian May is a heck of a guitarist, so to hear him live would be cool. However, Freddie Mercury is irreplacable. I've been listening to the Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium cd for the last day or two. I have to argue with flickserboy, Freddie had a great voice! When he clowns around with the audience right before Under Pressure when he's vocalizing and having the audience sing with him, just shows he had great range. Paul Rodgers is an average vocalist, Freddie was Queen.
33 - vaughn
I think they should have gotten a young, energetic singer for certain. Musicians only get better with age, until they get super old and lose their cordination and get arthritis. However, I have never known of a singer that is better in old age than in youth. I think they should have found some young upstart that could actually pull it off. Hell even in 86 at Wembley you can tell Freddie couldn't even hang with his own singing. he was only 30 somthing or 40 somthing. Rodgers will not have a chance at nailing the vocals. He couldn't have done it at his peak, let alone now. They could have found someone that was young and on fire who could actually pull of Freddie, hell even the singer from the Darkness would have probably been able to do a better job that Paul Rodgers.
34 - flickersboy
Re Nolan's blog - I never said that FM wasn't a good singer only that anything he did without Queen was at best ordinary. I have seen (and enjoyed)Queen live on numerous occasions, including their first headline tour which introduced the Sheer Heart Attack album (their third), when the support band Hustler blew them off the stage.Freddie;s showmanship was second to none, but vocally he was a poor second on that night.
Re Vaughn's blog - Paul Rodgers is the finished article, a real rock singer, and nobody's stand in. If Brian May wanted somebody to be a substitute Freddie, then any tribute band singer would do. Don't forget that George Michael also did a good job with Queen a few years ago too.
35 - james
in regards to freddie not being able to sing as well when he got older, that is rubbish, at the wembly concert he had a throat infection and the concert was almost cancelled, now listen to that concert baring that fact in mind. if you listen to the later albums just before he died ie; innuendo album freddies power and range had never been better as his voice wasnt over worked through touring his voice was better than it had ever been.
36 - anja
listen to the sound bits in their home page,
nothing comes close to freedie,
long live the king = Queen
37 - Jakk
Freddie is and was one of kind......BUT......Paul Rodgers is a legend.
I've seen them both live and Paul Rodgers is is on a different plane to Freddie. Freddie made up for it with showmanship but he wasnt actually a great singer......but Paul Rodger.........that man can sing!! His voice also suites the music better than Freddie. Just listen to the Return of the Champions. Enuf sed!
And as for George Micheal singing......LMFAO......fronting a rock band........GET A GRIP!
38 - tronnek
Hello all, had to put my two penneth in, as reguards to the comment that pr is a better vocalist than freddie --well i am a pro singer and lets just say that fred never took 35 mins off during a gig and never had in ear monitering and that the queen of today are more of a musical than a full on rock band FM would have wiped the floor with pr .I have covered both and while the PR material is tricky some of FMs is downright impossible. Everything in context, folks , freddie was better
39 - Dawy85
Well wot tronnek said is true, FM was bye far 1 of the greatest vocalists of all time,
i dont realy think ive heard many people be able to sing hes songs in the range he could, and jakk you say freddie couldnt realy sing, are you mentaly ill or jus dumb have you heard his reange on great pretender or his low operatic material on a night at the opera, u dnt even deserve to listen to queen i recomend you throw them in the bin cos ur dumb,
On the other hand i will say out of FIve, robbie williams and other artists Paul rodgers has done a better job, i do actually think in his own way he does sound quite good in return of the champions hes voice is good and very different from FM,s and he dont have to drop god knows how many keys to perform a song, hes added a diffrent kind of rock voice that is good and and different and still far more unique then most rock bands at the moment,
but remeber 1 thing there was only 1 freddie and hes voice and style was unmachable, imagine how hes voice would probbaly changed throught the years to the present date just like hes voice changed from the 70,s and 80,s
ive was always ashamed at some of the stuff queen did with people like five and robbie williams i thought they ruined perfect songs, and i know people will hit me for this but remember 1 thing, there was once a band called Smile, and 2 of its members were rodger taylor and brian may,
but then to new people came along freddie and john, now freddie invent the band name queen and alos created queen,s logo . Queen was 4 members freddie mercury, john decan, brian may and rdger taylor,
when freddie died john refused to play saying hes part of queen died with freddie, now this leaves only 2 members left brian and rodger, the 2 members of smile
i think with john leaving and the death of fm thy should of let queen be rememberd as an almost fault less band and carryd on as smile, because after his death queen have made some mistakes and covers that wouldnt of happend if fm was alive, i do praise them for carrying on and performing with with PR as lead but for me this isnt queen its just smile with a lead singer.
40 - dawy85
and btw i know some fool is gunna pull me over spelling mistakes, well its not a spellin compation and yes i wouldnt win if it was but i do know music and i just wanted to express my opinion
41 - ron plank
HEY fliskerbitch i was just surfing the web and seen your stupid blog. how dare you even compare Mr. Freddie Mercury to old paul rogers freddie is legendary there is not a soul that compete with him vocally
sorry didnt mean to put you in your place dipshit
SHOOT UP!!!
42 - ron plank
sorrry marty for the cursing i like this website man its nice
43 - D.C.
I can't understand those who say that Freddie's voice was miles away from Paul's. Freddie has the best and most powerful voice EVER in rock history. Paul Rodgers is light-years away. His vocal range is far shorter than Freddie's. His voice is much weaker. Return of the Champions proves that - he can't do half of what Freddie did. Enough said about it.
As for the "new" band - I think it's a new band -well, maybe they should consider on changing the name. Because it'll get a LOT worse than it was during Queen's heyday