From New Zealand: "Freddie Mercury's Phantom" Article About Queen + Adam Lambert's Upcoming NZ Tour (Includes Adam Lambert Interview)
Filed Under () by glitzylady on Saturday, August 2, 2014
Posted at : Saturday, August 02, 2014
Wonderful, in depth article about Queen + Adam Lambert, from New Zealand. Includes an interview with Adam Lambert.. via the Sunday Star Times and Stuff.co.nz
"Freddie Mercury's Phantom" by GRANT SMITHIES
Just a few EXCERPTS: See the link below to read the entire well written article...
"How strange to be Adam Lambert. Here he is, a global pop star in his own right, now touring the world playing understudy to a ghost. "
"In 2009, Lambert was runner-up on American Idol. He has since topped the US singles charts, and made two albums that sold a couple of million copies. His solo career has taken root in unexpected places: in 2012, he was the only Westerner invited to sing on China's most popular TV show, his performance beamed out to 520 million viewers. But for the past few years, he has become best known for slipping into a dead man's leather pants and heading out on the road as frontman with Queen."
"In many ways, it makes perfect sense. As a flamboyant gay man with abundant charm, a killer voice and a penchant for glam theatrics, he is three-quarters of the way there. But he is not Freddie Mercury."
" "No, that's true," agrees Lambert, who is backstage in a Toronto dressing room getting ready for a sold-out Queen show."...............
(Adam has more to say about that....read the article to hear this thoughts....)
"...The reviews so far have been excellent, with Lambert praised for "revitalising the franchise", putting his own spin on the songs while channelling the energy and arch wit of the dearly departed Mercury."
"..you have to admire a person who takes on a controversial commission like this and plays it to the hilt without irony. Lambert seems to have wholeheartedly embraced his role as a latter-day Mercury surrogate, not attempting to directly copy the man so much as using his powerhouse voice to celebrate an inspirational showman's life."
Adam: "I tell you, New Zealand is in for a treat. The tour so far has been a blast, with audiences going absolutely crazy. Yes, there's a huge sense of nostalgia for people, but that's fine by me. The idea of this tour, really, is to remind the audience of this band's legacy. Even though I'm a new singer for them, we didn't want to make a new version of Queen; we wanted to remind people what was so great about them in the first place."
PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE... there is MUCH more! LINK HERE:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/10332497/Freddie-Mercurys-phantom
"Freddie Mercury's Phantom" by GRANT SMITHIES
Just a few EXCERPTS: See the link below to read the entire well written article...
"How strange to be Adam Lambert. Here he is, a global pop star in his own right, now touring the world playing understudy to a ghost. "
"In 2009, Lambert was runner-up on American Idol. He has since topped the US singles charts, and made two albums that sold a couple of million copies. His solo career has taken root in unexpected places: in 2012, he was the only Westerner invited to sing on China's most popular TV show, his performance beamed out to 520 million viewers. But for the past few years, he has become best known for slipping into a dead man's leather pants and heading out on the road as frontman with Queen."
"In many ways, it makes perfect sense. As a flamboyant gay man with abundant charm, a killer voice and a penchant for glam theatrics, he is three-quarters of the way there. But he is not Freddie Mercury."
" "No, that's true," agrees Lambert, who is backstage in a Toronto dressing room getting ready for a sold-out Queen show."...............
(Adam has more to say about that....read the article to hear this thoughts....)
"...The reviews so far have been excellent, with Lambert praised for "revitalising the franchise", putting his own spin on the songs while channelling the energy and arch wit of the dearly departed Mercury."
"..you have to admire a person who takes on a controversial commission like this and plays it to the hilt without irony. Lambert seems to have wholeheartedly embraced his role as a latter-day Mercury surrogate, not attempting to directly copy the man so much as using his powerhouse voice to celebrate an inspirational showman's life."
Adam: "I tell you, New Zealand is in for a treat. The tour so far has been a blast, with audiences going absolutely crazy. Yes, there's a huge sense of nostalgia for people, but that's fine by me. The idea of this tour, really, is to remind the audience of this band's legacy. Even though I'm a new singer for them, we didn't want to make a new version of Queen; we wanted to remind people what was so great about them in the first place."
PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE... there is MUCH more! LINK HERE:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/10332497/Freddie-Mercurys-phantom
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3 comments:
Thank you @Glitzylady for posting this refreshing article! Lucky guy. He got to interview Adam and he sure has a way with words. It's so true that Freddie and Adam have very different voices and I love them both. Both their voices touch my in a way that leaves me feeling good about life. I listen to them sing as my form of therapy whenever my feathers get ruffled...
One of the best interviews in have read in a long time. Gets to the real core of how the band the fans and adam feel about this very emotional topic. Adam is an interview errs dream.
Great interview, thank you! Always interested in what Adam has to say and love listening to him being interviewed.
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