Kid`s Pit: GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
The announcement about British rock band Queen coming on
stage again was followed by question if this is really about the same great old
band. Well, after all the doubts are gone and wherever you search for tickets,
their famous logo conquered most of the webstores, another question suddenly
appears. How are they gonna do it, since their legend is gone for 24 years.
Heading to Stadthalle in Vienna, where on the 1st
of February Queen pulled off another gig during their sold out tour, was
somehow different for all old-school fans, who already went ti see some great
concerts or they`ve managed to see the Queen during their golden royal times.
Beside casual issues, such as casual battle for the first row and how to resist
low temperatures during few hours long waiting for the doors to open, the
concert bus was full of expectations how the Queen opera is about to take place
without the lead actor, director and the first vocal of evening. Freddie
Mercury.
Royal spectacle
In Freddie`s sneakers got Adam Lambert, American singer,
famous for his performances in American Idol show. Remained members of the
original band warmly welcomed him and so the Queen performed for the 10th
time in Vienna, 7 times they did it with Freddie and twice they shared the
stage with Paul Rodgers. Bass player
John Deacon didn`t take part of concert.
The concert scene in Vienna was filled with 13.000 excited
fans on the day of the gig and just before it was about to start they wandered
if May is going to switch his picker with coin and if Taylor already turned his
stick on the right side in left hand. The suspicions were gone when the
curtain, decorated with the band`s logo, fell down and the stage was conquered
by the lead actors. Lambert, covered in black leather with golden spikes and
sunglasses started the concert exactly the same way as in 1986. With One
vision. Without looking too close, one could figure, if it might be Freddie on
the stage, Lambert had the dynamic moves and he ruled the whole stage in a
second. For the perfect show, he even had the moustache. Brian wasn`t difficult
to recognize due to his well-known haircut, which after all the gigs got even
more charm and reminds us we are surely dealing with a great legend of rock.
But May kept his passion and persistance in playing just as all the years
before. Roger`s snare was also loud and it was not only his fault, he was
supported by another loud drummer force, his 23-year old son Rufus Tiger, who
later even joined him in drum battle. Lambert prepaired for the show just as he
would be reading Freddie`s manual and adding some of his own ideas. During the
sounds of Killer Queen he layed down on the huge purple sofa and resembled
women`s moves. He even opened the bottle of Dom Perignon and spilled it over
the fans in the first row. Fat Bottomed
girls shook the place with some more country and the energy enhanced in I want
to break free and Somebody to love, when Lambert got to the highest tones with
extreme power and asked to finally to get him somebody to love few times in a
row. His manageable vibrato sounded as opera as Freddie could do it and yet
Lambert was low on falsetto, the technique, Freddie was great at. The result
was Adam developing some more pop-like, melodious sound. He proved despite his
singing he got some moves too.
The accompainment was more sounding like pure Queen, using
less computer as with Rodgers, and bass
player, filling in Deacon also gets credit for that. After Taylor, his son and
May played and sang 39, the older part of Taylor family sang A kind of magic. Fans helped him with
excitement for he managed to take the them all back to some past times and
proved those ain`t over yet using some magic and some raspy vocals. One of the climaxes
was done by May. First he talked to fans in German and after they responded
with great excitement and huge applause, he apparently moved sang to them Love
my life. With such sensuality, he could managed the guitar, he calmed the whole
scene. And later, the magic occured, such as May predicted. In the background
of the stage, suddenly Freddie`s image appeared. After sang the final chorus,
took a bow and,waved to fans, the whole place was almost silenced for a moment
and then followed by one of the loudest applauses of that night.
Still undisputed champions
Under pressure was another crucial part and also I want it
all and Who wants to live forever, when Lambert, who changed his costumes for
few times, sang under huge crystal ball. Sounds of Radio Gaga drove all the
members in front and the famous chorus was accompained with clapping hands,
well Lambert jumped in the crowd. The first measures of world`s most famous
rhapsody dragged everybody into some old times again and the loudest applause
deserved the great „deus ex machina“ closing, when Freddie sang from the
background again and Lambert accompained him, lifting in the air. Due to the
royal performance, Lambert returned on stage in new outfit, ready to do some
more arias. He literally crowned himself for the queen of the night for he wore
big sparkling crown on his head. But we`re used to that. It`s about band, full
of magic, love and prestige. Pure baroque. As in melodies as in costumes. The
comeback was marked with We will rock you and the sudden end almost expectedly
continued into the first chords of We are the champions. After almost three
hours of show, the place was filled with confetti and all the hands were in the
air. Lambert contributed some oh his own style to the performance full of
nostalgic moment. He wore even more extravagant outfits and sang with even more
popular tones, that`s why his songs were full of vivid moves and outstanding
vocal decorations, but sometimes some more emotional tones were missing. The
ones fans still sing to themselves. The band
proved their royalness once again. And altough Adam may not be Freddie, his
show is after all these years still going on.
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