axlslash Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I just got my tickets for the first Queen show in Chicago in close to 25 years this March! SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!Anyone else seeing/seen them? I'm listening to Return of the Champions, and Paul is a very fitting guy for the group. He doesn't try to outdo or even match Freddie, just pay hommage to the legend, and he doeas a damned fine job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Patten Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Paul Rodgers is a beautiful singer, for me he has one of the best voices in rock of all time, bad company are one of my favourite bands, as for queen/freddie, i'm not really a massive fan so i won't comment... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon87 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I don't like the fact that Brian and co go on without Freddie... I'm a bit narrow-minded in that case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lithium Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I don't like the fact that Brian and co go on without Freddie... I'm a bit narrow-minded in that case.Agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igyhi Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 They're coming to my town in March too. I don't like Queen very much though, so I don't think I'm going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnR lives on Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 i got my tickets a while back to see them in march Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 This band actually is amazing. Paul Rodgers aka The Voice adds something to the music. He isn't there to replace freddy, he brings something of his own to the band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genesis Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I dont appreciate the use of the + as opposed to the conventional 'and.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cherry_bomb Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 I dont appreciate the use of the + as opposed to the conventional 'and.'maybe it stands for a 'plus' insteand of an 'and'...you see, if it was an 'and' i do believe this would have been used- '&'. so i guess you wouldnt appreciate the '+' being used as opposed to the conventional 'plus'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlslash Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 The + is used to express the fact that Paul Rodgers and the band are not Queen. Paul is in as a tribute to Freddie. This is his way of giving back to a man who influenced him a lot and dedicating this part of his career to paying tribute to that influence. I think the + is actually quite the brilliant addition to the band's name.As far as the narrow-mindedness, think what you will. Paul actually does a magnificent job on Freddie's parts. Sometimes it does sound extraordinarily akin to Freddie's voice (Bohemian Rhapsody), but sometimes he just sounds like Paul. Either way, his voice is a magnificent addition to the band. Again, think what you will, but I'd give Return of the Champions a listen before writing them off. I agreed with you in the begining, but Paul just sounds so damn good with them. He is a very fitting frontman to head a Freddie Mercury tribute tour, which is just what the whole Q+PR project is: a tribute to the memory of a legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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