#queen and Adam lambert

[bijouxcarys]

It royally pisses me off when people complain about Brian and Roger continuing with Adam Lambert.

Freddie Mercury was not Queen. Queen is not Freddie Mercury.

Brian wrote at least 63 Queen songs. Roger wrote at least 31. John wrote at least 23. They have every right to do what they want with it.

Not only that, but people tend to forget that Freddie didn’t found Queen. He changed the name to Queen, but Brian and Roger were already there. That group has always been Brian and Roger’s.

Don’t twist my words, I’m well aware that a large part of Queen’s success is because of Freddie and his charisma and talent. I’m not stupid. But I think it’s ignorant to suggest that they should just not tour anymore and not perform the music that’s shaped their lives??

Brian would go crazy if he didn’t tour. His life is his work, and vice versa. Anyone who knows anything about him would know how important it is for his well-being to keep working.

As for them “replacing” Freddie—fucking where, bitch? They’re not touring as Queen. They’re touring as Queen + Adam Lambert. John is still involved in the business aspects, regardless of the fact that he doesn’t speak to Brian and Roger anymore.

Plus, Spike has been working with them since 1984, at least, as a second guitarist, keyboardist, and technician. And Neil is a BEAST of a bassist on his own.

So comments like “I respect that Zeppelin backed down after Bonham’s death, but I can’t say the same about Queen”, implying there’s a loss of respect for the simple fact that musicians want to continue doing their job, despite the fact that they didn’t even perform as Queen again for YEARS, is plain ignorance. Nothing more, nothing less.

So again… Queen is, and always has been, so much more than just Freddie Mercury. And he would say the exact same.

[whitequeen-ofrohan]

The quiet one and yet, the loudest with his eyes and bass.

No matter that your choice was to live a more peaceful life off stage for you'll always be the solid ground that made the Queen-castle possible!

Happy birthday Deacy, we love you 🤍

[scandalacious]

[cityoftheangelllls]

Thought I'd just go ahead and share this clip of me losing my shit at the Q+AL concert in Nashville almost four months ago <3

[heavypedia]

Adam Lambert completa 43 anos hoje.

[pinkdreamcollectorsworld]

Wanting to see queen live again, but cannot due to the fact they are in Europe 😭😭

[womanwithahotdogstand]

Got a chance to catch up with the men behind my “unusual” and “strange” blog name. They send their love. 😌

[sarahowritesostucky]

Adam Lambert is 🌟🌟🌟🤩

I just want to say: how lifelong-cringe-embarrassing for the guy who "beat" Adam Lambert on American Idol 🎤 How does he live it down?! 😂

[sarahowritesostucky]

Adam sang this at a concert with Queen the next day, and it is the best rendition-live or recorded- that I have ever heard.

It's been 7 years.

[not-the-coffee-machine4]

Queen + Adam Lambert rehearsal short compilation!

[bijouxcarys]

Thought I’d share some of the photos I took when I went to see QAL last year in May. I was very fortunate to get a barrier spot, and I got to see my guitar god up close… if you ever get a chance to see them, take the opportunity. I have a feeling they won’t be going for much longer…

[whitequeen-ofrohan]

✨ North American Tour - day one: Baltimore. ✨

Look how they shine! Look how rock they are!

📸 CFG Bank Arena on IG.

[scandalacious]

Turning away from your bullshit like-

Brian May plays Hammer to Fall at the Queen + Adam Lambert show on October 30, 2023 | United Center - Chicago, IL

[petrovna-zamo]

Katya & guests for Who’s the Asshole?

[antigoneikk]

lowkey one of the reasons bohemian rhapsody is such a shitty movie beyond the homophobia and bad editing and direction is the fact that the film makes john deacon, a driving force in many of the groups most pivotal moments, into a background character. thats like if they made a led zeppelin biopic and john paul jones’ character sat in the background the entire run time with the occasional quippy one liner. an insult beyond measure tbh. and why? because they know deacon is morally in the right in his decision to not play with the band anymore and they resent him.

XX 💋

[rockingreads]

Jacky Gunn & Jim Jenkins: Queen: As it Began (1994)

When it was first published, way back in 1994, this felt like the definitive Queen biography, fully authorized by the group's three surviving members and bearing a foreword from guitarist Brian May.

For all I know it still is, though I see that it's been updated and revised a number of times, and there's apparently a 2025 edition due in April, so you may want to reach for that instead of this 30-year relic.

True to its title, As it Began dedicates a chapter to each of Queen's four principals (May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon), their unique backgrounds and formative experiences, to illustrate why their eventual union proved so fruitful and intriguing.

Once fame arrives (heck, even before it does), co-authors Gunn and Jenkins reveal their fan club manager credentials by punctiliously chronicling every album and tour, while obviously acknowledging but carefully tiptoeing around the band's more salacious and excessive rock star behavior.

Mind you, it's not that they're hiding the truth, just refraining from washing too much dirty laundry in public when a just a dollop will suffice, thereby reinforcing both their loyalty to Queen and the not unjustified objection to a lot of nasty lies and gossip that the British press had been printing about Freddie in the years leading up to his death.

Yes, their circumspection grows a little tiresome in the book's final third, as cataloguing every last honor, award, and recognition for Queen's achievements becomes a defense mechanism against said press persecution, but also starts to overshadow their admittedly diminished cultural relevance and musical activities.

So I, for one, didn't mind this the original edition concludes without addressing all those Freddie tributes and 1995's posthumous Made in Heaven LP, and I still have little curiosity about May and Taylor's subsequent collaborations with Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert.

But I am due to read a proper Freddie bio, so if you have any recommendations among the countless options available out there, fire away!

Featured Records:

Queen: Greatest Hits (1981)

Queen: Queen (1973)

Queen: Innuendo (1991)

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