"Queen" and Paul Rodgers

[Pakehendrix]

That second song sounded too much like U2 for me to continue listening past the first few seconds...

[Danger Mouse]

That's a strange album in that all the songs remind me of other bands, old and new, but none of them remind me of Queen...

[Vince]

That's a strange album in that all the songs remind me of other bands, old and new, but none of them remind me of Queen...

Really..?

I don't feel like wasting 10 minutes of broadband all over again to listen to the clip but when I listened to it last night, they certainly had the backing harmonies down pat. (As they should, after all these years they can probably do them in their sleep) I could still hear the rockier bits of Queen in some of them too. There was something that sounded like erm... "Tie Your Mother Down" (or something)

You didn't hear any of that at all? Um. Maybe I was hearing it with my imagination more than my ears then.

[Pakehendrix]

The only things noticeably Queen were the harmonies and the guitar tone (sometimes). But then it just sounded like silly Brian May guest appearances...a bit like Santana's recent sellout venture.

[jimi]

That's a strange album in that all the songs remind me of other bands, old and new, but none of them remind me of Queen...

Guess if sounding like Queen means hearing Freddie singing, then its not going to sound like Queen, but from what I heard it definitely sounded like Brian May.

[Danger Mouse]

Yeah there's elements of the music that can't be hidden, but it's more the song styles and overall sound that doesn't come across as Queen to me. Even the vocal harmonies, while I can recognise them being there because that is what Queen do, don't sound like Queen to me.

[Some Bozo]

That's a strange album in that all the songs remind me of other bands, old and new, but none of them remind me of Queen...

Ditto. The guitar in those clips sounded pretty generic to me. Most of the lead vocals were more Bad Company than Queen. Or maybe even The Firm The title track is pretty much Status Quo...

[Danger Mouse]

The title track is pretty much Status Quo...

Ha ha, I'm not the only one to think that then...

[Some Bozo]

Paul Rogers seems to be making a career out of being everyone's second choice vocalist. Van Halen next ? That would be fourth choice...

[Polar Bear]

HAve to say, haven't listened to the clip, but listening to the songs in their entirety has been good. There's a lot of bits that remind me of Innuendo (album) on there. The guitar tone, not compressed onto youtube, is amazing, and the drums sound pretty good. Paul get's a bit to Anastasia on some of the vocals, as is his want, but other than that, it's got some very strong moments, and then some terrible ones too. However, I still listen to it, out of choice. As for it being Queen, if I'd invested my entire life into a company (essentially what it is) and one of my co-creaters happened to suck the Kumara, I'd still be pretty keen to keep the name going and not see my life work down the pan.

[Vince]

Yeah there's elements of the music that can't be hidden, but it's more the song styles and overall sound that doesn't come across as Queen to me. Even the vocal harmonies, while I can recognise them being there because that is what Queen do, don't sound like Queen to me.

Yeah, they seem to be short on those huge anthemic things like "We Are The Champions" that Queen used to be so good at.

How old is that album anyway? They started playing with Rodgers in 2004(?IIRC) you'd think they'd have better stuff by now.

[nzsimon1]

I have the DVD and it seems to have been mixed by Brian may the guitar is way to loud and the vocals are just lost back there in the mix somewhere
The bad co and free bits are ok