Presseberichte

[PieroCiampi]

[quote="DocFederfeld"]
Im

[Freddine]

Sehr sch

[DocFederfeld]

[quote]Aber es kann doch nicht ernsthaft erwartet werden, dass in diesem Forum eine Einheitsmeinung vorherrscht. Nein, auch hier gibt es unterschiedliche Haltungen und Bed

[Tomfant]

@ Doc:

Da kann ich dir nur beipflichten. Zu lange Gitarrensolis sind selbst von Brian

[Tomfant]

@Doc:
[quote]Und dann kamen diese st

[Dr_May]

Aber letztendlich z

[Tomfant]

[quote]Aber letztendlich z

[PieroCiampi]

@ DocFederfeld

ich danke Dir f

[Freddine]

Ich glaube, dass kein Queen- Fan oder Freddie- Fanatiker so wenig Respekt aufbringen k

[Hotspace]

Noch zu fr

[Freddine]

Alles in allem versuchen sie irgendwie ein Gemisch von altem Kram (Gitarrensoli) sowie Neues zu vermischen. Bei einigen sticht es halt auf Fragen. Ich bin sehr gespannt wie gut sich die Mischung vertr

[Tomfant]

Aber, um ehrlich zu sein, mir wird das langsam egal. Ich merke nur immer mehr, dass ich mich als Fan von dem bezeichnen will, was gewesen ist.

Brilliant ausgedr

[Freddine]

Aber, um ehrlich zu sein, mir wird das langsam egal. Ich merke nur immer mehr, dass ich mich als Fan von dem bezeichnen will, was gewesen ist.

Brilliant ausgedr

[candyfloss]

Hier noch ein paar weitere Reviews, vom englischen "Guardian" gab's immerhin 4 von 5 m

[candyfloss]

THE INDEPENDENT
29 March 2005

Queen Plus Paul Rodgers, Carling Academy
Even with Freddie gone, they're still the love of our lives

By James McNair

Unprepossessing as G4's take on "Bohemian Rhapsody" is, it bears testimony to the enduring appeal of Queen's songs. Some 15 years after Freddie Mercury's passing, the band's back catalogue continues to accrue millions in royalties, while the stage musical We Will Rock You enters its fourth year. Q magazine's recent special edition on Queen was lapped up by loyal fans in their droves.

When the guitarist Brian May and the drummer Roger Taylor announced they'd reformed Queen with Paul Rodgers, some thought it an odd marriage. Although the mighty-lunged Rodgers was undoubtedly the mutt's when fronting Free and Bad Company, one could hardly imagine him strapping on falsies - as Freddie once did - for a strutting rendition of "I Want To Break Free."

The equal billing of Queen and Rodgers was underlined by the openers: Queen's "Tie Your Mother Down" and the Free classic "Little Bit Of Love". "Are there any fat-bottomed girls in tonight?" enquired Rodgers before that song's impressive a cappella section kicked in. Well, Freddie wouldn't have asked that.

Mercury was greatly missed of course, both for his showmanship and flaunting of Queen's pomposity. But that doesn't mean it wasn't wonderful to hear Rodgers - a soulful, granite-solid vocalist whom Mercury himself much admired - tackling Queen's catalogue.

No one, least of all Brian May, seemed quite prepared for the tide of emotion when he performed one of Freddie's songs. Accompanying himself on 12-string acoustic, the guitarist led the crowd in a heartfelt rendition of "Love of My Life", the lyric taking new resonance, namely that of a musician paying tribute to an absent friend with whom he'd written some truly wonderful music. Great, too, to hear May - hairstyle and Vox amplifier-powered guitar sound unchanged in 30 years - lend his considerable talents to such rock staples as Free's "All Right Now" and Bad Company's "Feel Like Makin' Love".

"It's hard to find the words," said the guitarist at one point, visibly touched, "but somehow the spirit is still alive." The ensuing roar from the crowd seemed to voice one thought: in a world of lumpen proletariat mundanity, Queen remain a right royal treat.