Flufftastic Queen + Paul Rodgers

RisingEagle

Just a little fluff, I'm waiting for my wife to go to bed to post my other topic o' the day.

I got home last night just in time to catch a special program on our local PBS station. It was Queen + Paul Rodgers. For those not familiar with Paul Rodgers he was a member of Free in the 60's and 70's, Bad Company in the 70's till 82 and then went on to the band The Firm. In 2005-06 he appeared with Brian May and Roger Taylor as Queen + Paul Rodgers. I'm not the type of person who keeps up with the music scene all that much so I had no idea that they had even been performing together. I saw Billy Squire/Bad Company/Styx in 2001 in Denver and I just assumed that he was still touring on and off with his old band. I have to say that I thought he did a pretty decent job in his appearance with Queen in that the music sounded just like the concert was billed: Queen+ Paul Rodgers.

Has anyone else seen this performance, and if so what did you think?

beksbks

I'm a Freddy fan. I thought about going to see this, when they were touring. But I just can't imagine Queen without Mr. Mercury.

Was it good??

RisingEagle

You know it wasn't bad. Rodgers didn't try to be Freddy, and I'm a Freddy fan too, so it worked out okay. If I had to compare it to another similiar situation it would be Van Halen when Sammy Hagar took over as the singer. When I saw Van Halen at the OU812 tour Sammy wasn't trying to be David Lee Roth even when he was singing Roth's songs.

jaguarbass

I think Paul Rodgers is the greates rock and roll singer there is.

Queen thats another story, kind of a whimpy band. Deffinitely not what I call rock.

But Free and Bad company thats rock and roll.

beksbks

Jaguar?!!!!! Are we gonna have to take it outside dude???

bikerchic

I heard about the program but have yet to see it. I'll be checking my local listings to see if and when it will air I would love to see it. I've been a Queen fan for years and thought rock really lost a great one when Freddy Mercury died. Thanks for posting about it.

bonnzo

i like'm both

bonnzo, of the just bought the remastered Led Zep classic The Song Remains The Same cd and dvd class.

RisingEagle

I forgot this little tidbit: I had my laptop up while I was watching the program and I pulled up Rodgers website and concert schedule for the current year. He was at some decent sized venues all year but one concert caught my eye: Durant, Oklahoma. I'm watching Queen + Paul Rodgers performing in front of 50 or 60 thousand people in '05 or '06 in England and the next year or so he does a concert in a town that has maybe 14k total population. I don't know why I found that odd, but I did.

Purza

I was just watching Metal Mania on VH1 Classic and they said that Freddie Mercury died this day (November 24) in 1991. Then I logged in and saw this thread. Kinda weird.

Purza

blondie

We went to see this...and you are right it worked because Paul Rodgers did not try to be Freddy. Roger May wrote a lot of the songs. I was sorry that I missed my opportunity to see Freddy, but I was still in my uptight jw stage. But I did enjoy listening to him on the radio, secretly of course, because he was not approved of by the WTS.

Blondie

Flufftastic Queen + Paul Rodgers

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