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Thumbing through Youtube for something interesting to watch (cuz I'm a loser with no outside life), and found this. Don't know if it's been posted or not, but the music is done by Queen.

Not sure what version of Queen, though. But the credits boast a new Brian May solo.



 
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Graham Bonnet would have been a very interesting addition to the line-up!

I'm afraid that for me, though, Queen died with Freddie and when John Deacon decided to retire. I don't have much respect for May and Taylor for wringing every last drop out of the Queen legacy - the third "Greatest Hits" album was bad enough! As for Half-of-Queen and Paul Rodgers I refused to go and see them because they tried to trade off the Queen name. Had they gone out as Rodgers, May and Taylor then I would probably have been there like a shot. Since then they've gone down even further in my estimation - the Olympics closing ceremony nonsense did nothing to redeem them in my opinion. They should have done something alongside a Freddie video vocal - and why they trotted out "We Will Rock You" again, rather than the more appropriate "We Are The Champions" puzzled me.

I have to agree! It just doesn't feel right without Freddie...
 

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Was just browsing around found this site then found this thread and just had to join.. XD

Fave Queen Album "News Of The World" fave song Spread Your Wings...Will post more later its late here lol..

But anywhos thought you might like these versions of Bohemian Rhapsody..



 

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My favorite Queen album is A Night At The Opera. As for favorite song... I dunno.
 

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Queen’s Brian May Calls Singing Competition Shows a ‘Stupid, Stupid Idea’

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Singing competition shows have been popular for decades, and they’ve proliferated all over the TV dial since ‘American Idol‘ debuted over a decade ago. But don’t expect to find one playing on Brian May‘s set anytime soon.

The Queen guitarist is particularly disdainful of NBC’***** series ‘The Voice,’ as he explained in a recent post at his website. And while a lot of rock fans turn up their noses at the pop and country performances that tend to dominate those shows, this isn’t about genres for May — it’s about art, and why we make or respond to it.

“When we sing, or play, for real, we are NOT screaming at the top of our lungs trying to persuade someone to notice us,” May argued. “We have messages, we have subtle emotions, we have beauty, which can only be shared by a performer in front of an audience whose whole attention is already freely given.”

And as for ‘The Voice,’ which adds a wrinkle by having singers audition to judges whose chairs are turned away from the stage? May thinks it’s the worst. “The performance is all about EVERYTHING the performer gives … in voice, in sound, in body language, in facial expression, in intimate eye contact,” he pointed out. “This stupid, stupid idea that someone can JUDGE a singer by turning his back on him, and missing out on proper contact, is, to me, a fatuous nonsense. And actually poisonous to the growth of young performers.”

Clearly, a large percentage of TV viewers disagree with May — and the fact that Queen has performed with ‘Idol’ alumnus Adam Lambert is somewhat ironic — but at the very least, his comments provide food for thought. After the televised singing competition craze dies down, it’ll be interesting to look back and see how many careers it actually helped create — and how shows like ‘The Voice’ ended up influencing a generation of young performers.
 

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^^I don't have a problem with Brian having an opinion on the talent shows that have proliferated like maggots in dead meat RS...:heheh:

I have never watched any of them, sure I've seen trailers/promos but that's where my interest ends.

It will be interesting to see how many 'legends' these shows produce that last over the long haul.
 

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60,000 people sing to Bohemian Rhapsody at Green Day show. PA song only, no band onstage. :grinthumb

 

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