I got an e-mail notification this morning about ticket pre-sales for the upcoming Queen with Paul Rodgers tour in support of their new albun together. Rodgers, formerly of Free, Bad Company and the (thankfully) short-lived stint with Jimmy Page in The Firm, hooked up with two of the surviving members of Queen a few years ago. As much respect as I have for Brian May and Roger Taylor, using the name Queen in any way is an insult to the legacy of Freddie Mercury. Without Mercury, Queen is barely qualified to be a Princess (yes, I came up with that on my own - I'm soooo creative).
But Queen isn't the only band who's carrying on this type of charade. Journey has been touring and recording for years with a singer other than Steve Perry. And Foreigner has done the same sans Lou Gramm. In no way am I diminishing the contributions of May and Taylor of Queen, Neil Schon, Jonathan Cain of Journey, and Mick Jones of Foreigner, but these bands just aren't the same without the voices that took them to the top during their respective reigns at the top of the charts. There must be people out there willing to pay their hard-earned dollars to see these bands or else they wouldn't be touring, but what they're seeing is nothing more than a glorified version of live band karaoke. Do people really care to see that?
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Man, if Freddy was still alive, I'd be the 1st person in line to buy a ticket to see Queen. -H
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