Queen Centraal (deel 5) Queen on Tour

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Op vrijdag 8 april 2005 13:17 schreef MuadDib het volgende:
Dit vindt Valensia, hier wel bekend, van de huidige tour:

I refer to Brian May's song "Sail Away Sweet Sister". Brian's got a voice that sends shivers down your spine. To hell with this nonsense he can't sing live. He only writes too high..! Just like Freddie Mercury, Steve Vai, all caught in that I want to be a heavy rock singer-trap.

What Queen is doing with Paul Rodgers, it's a stab in the heart of the very essence of Queen. I know they can't fill a hall without using the name Queen, so by all means: go ahead and make that final tour, but it's a rather poor finale of such a legend. Paul Rodgers has a good voice for the straight-forward rock 'n roll stuff, but he cannot do songs like "We Are The Champions", let alone "Killer Queen", "Bohemian Rhapsody" and all the songs Freddie wrote and making Queen this legend. It takes more to perform these songs than singing "yea-ee-yeah, baby" each 10 seconds. I wished Brian and Roger would have taken on the lead vocals themselves. But I know they couldn't make that comeback without having a lead-singer. It must have been difficult. You've got to be with somebody of your own age, of the same era. As a fan, I just prefer listening to the voice of Brian May instead of the voice of Paul Rodgers. That's what the song says.
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