Seeing Queen + Paul Rodgers tomorrow night
 

Looking forward to the show. It's getting some good reviews and while Paul isn't Freddie (there will only be one Freddie) it'll be cool to hear some Bad Company and Free mixed in with Queen.

Will post a review Wednesday.

What a great way to celebrate my 7th Bet free anniversary.

Have a great time! I saw them in NJ in October. Looking forward to your review!

Here's the set list:

Intro Beautiful Day Mix

Reaching Out

Tie Your Mother Down

Fat Bottomed Girls - Paul screwed this song up badly and his voice just couldn't do it.

I Want to Break Free

Take Love

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Love of My Life - Brian sang acoustic in memory of Freddie, saying he believed Freddie would have liked this and that Freddie was here

Hammer to Fall

Feel Like Makin' Love

Let There Be Drums - about a 15 minute drum solo, Roger didn't play fast, but he kept a beautifully perfect rhythm

I'm in Love with My Car

Guitar solo - about 20 minutes, one of the most awesome and hypnotic guitar solos I have ever heard. I must say BRIAN MAY IS FAR FAR UNDER-RATED IN HIS GUITAR ABILITIES. Sheer blood and guts and such a touch, one could only hope a lover could touch them in the way Brian touches that guitar.

Last Horizon

Bad Company

Can't Get Enough

These Were the Days of Our Lives - Roger sang solo dedicated to Freddie- montage of all 4 Queen when starting out. Excellently done and Roger's voice covered it beautifully. Very touching tribute to the 2 men who weren't there.

Radio Ga Ga

Dragon Attack - into'd as a new song and for the first and only time, both Queen and Paul sounded on the same page with the energy and soul from both sides showing well.

Another One Bites the Dust - wouldn't be a Queen concert without it but Paul Rodgers destroyed the song

Under Pressure

The Show Must Go On

Bohemian Rhapsody - Freddie is shown on the piano and it ends up being a Freddie montage.
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We Will Rock You

All Right Now

We Are the Champions

God Save the Queen

It was a 2 1/2 hour show and Brian May is truly under rated as a guitarist, as is Roger Taylor on drums and voice.

Paul was good but he doesn't have the Freddie voice or showmanship. And there were a few songs where his voice was detrimental to the songs.... "We are The Champions" "Fat Bottomed Girls" "Boh. Rhap." (The final few rocking verses). He tried desperately (maybe too much so) to make the Queen songs sound like Bad Company .... which I'm sorry they had a few hits but Bad Company was NOT a great band.

I got the feeling Paul tended to look at this as an oppurtunity to cash in and had no true respect for the music at all. Perhaps it was only natural to put more feeling into your own music (Bad Company, All Right Now, etc) but there were times when it was like he strained to get some feeling out.

I truly don't want to turn this into a Freddie memorial, but when the crowd noise is deafening and one bawls like a baby upon seeing this montage of Freddie.... it shows what kind of charisma hold he has over the audience even in death.

Overall, a great rocking show worth every cent. Brian May and Roger Taylor definately could have carried this off by themselves, if their voices could have held it.

I look forward to seeing them again, perhaps it would be better without Paul Rodgers, next time. Hopefully, the next vocalist, while having his own take on the songs, will have a deeper respect and love for Freddie and the boys' lyrics and music.

A good fit in all honesty, David Bowie..... that would be my choice.

But I also realize that when they were in their prime with Freddie, the fucking shows they gave had to be beyond belief, cause even with Paul Rogers, this show ranks among the greatest I have ever seen. WOW..... I must have missed a lot not being a Queen fan in their heyday.

complete and utter(ly terrible) money grab

i had a dream that I was going to this concert but I got stuck in the food line trying to buy ice cream and missed the beginning of the concert (seriously, true story, and I have no desire to see this concert at all.....fucking weird)

About a year or so after Freddy's death, there was a tribute concert at Wembley Stadium in London... and all the top british acts performed Queen songs... The only performer who could even come close to Freddy's range is George Michael (yeah, give him a haircut and lose the earrings). George has an incredible voice... one that is suited to Queens music...

I agree. And George tackled some pretty tough Queen songs as I recall. David Bowie and Annie Lennox doing Under Pressure was pretty good, and I liked Metallica's rendition of Stone Cold Crazy. The Elton John/Axle Rose slaughtering of Bohemian Rhapsody was among the worst things ever heard in the history of music

I still have nightmares of Liza doing we are the champions.. :)

I haven't been to a Queen show, but I've seen 'em on tv a few times and heard a few songs with him on the radio. The first time I heard We Are The Champions on the radio with Paul Rodgers...after he sang the first line...I said they got the wrong guy, what the hell? I love Bad Company, got a few on vinyl and I crank 'em up every once in a while...but Paul Rodgers singing Queen songs? I really don't think he approaches it with a good attitude either. It just kinda bothers me, but I'd definately still see Queen with old Pauly, it's Queen we're talking about here. I saw Brian May play with his own band in chicago about 8 or 9 years ago and it was utterly amazing. He played a bunch of old queen songs, sang it beautifully. Played a lot of his own stuff too which sounded great, but everyone wanted to hear the Queen songs. It was just outdoors at a music festival with a relatively small crowd, really small actually. I think that's more what Queen was before Freddie died than they are now with the whole band together. You could just hear Freddie singing in the back of your head when Brian May sang those songs. Anyway, I could ramble on forever about how amazing Brian May is, good day.

I'm glad this thread has been revived, because I was a jerk and didn't read pan6467's review after the initial post. My bad.

I purposely didn't give you my thoughts before you saw the show, but we all seem to be on the same page here. Paul Rodgers ain't cuttin' it. He's in a difficult position, definitely, but his attempts to make the songs sound different just come off as disrespectful, somehow.

The only good parts of the show were the ones that really featured Brian. He's unbelievable, and forever young. I also saw him in a solo show way back when, and loved it. His tribute to Freddie brought tears to my eyes.

I also give a vote for George Michael, btw. I don't think he'd do a great job on the harder material, but he's the only one I can think of with the range and power even close to Freddie.

(sigh) he really is irreplaceable...

why do they even need somebody like george michael? he'd suck too, why don't they just get somebody, maybe even somebody that nobody knows? that can just go out there and sing those songs like they deserve to be sung, ya know?