Your thoughts on Adam Lambert?

George thinks he's great. I'm not so sure.

I knew Adam when he was a kid -through high school. Very talented and a nice guy. No, he's not Freddy Mercury -but then, who is?

I find him amusing and likeable. His vocal range exceeds Mercury's but lacks Freddie's textured style.

I saw Queen twice as a teen in the '70s and once with Adam in 2015. He has a great stage presence, and works well with Brian and Roger. He's much better than when Queen toured with Paul Rogers from Bad Company. When I heard they did an extended set of Bad Company songs, I didn't go.

Adam's great fun.

OP, your rant is pretty schizo. I can't even get what you're saying. Did you type this while drunk?

Considering Freddie is an act you can't follow, Adam does good job. He is fun to watch on stage, and has a good chemistry with the rest of the band. He's is really enjoyable to watch live.

He's trying to start a catfight over Freddie vs. Adam, which is quite tired. The fraufans do it in the comments of [bold]every[/bold] Adam/Queen YouTube video.

He should have won that season of American Idol. He was the best vocalist there.

He sang to honor Cher at the Kennedy Center Honors a couple of years ago. I thought it was awesome:

I loved him on Idol, and enjoyed how he and the cute straight guy (who won) became best friends. It was a good look, and a move toward representing tolerance.

I just wish Adam had come out earlier than he did. We all could tell, he was hiding in plain sight.

I was just gonna post that R7. I think it really showcases his voice well.

In other words, I'm in the minority (on DL). Thanks for the gratuitous "fraufan" diagnoses. It was a very specific question, which apparently flew over the American Idol fan(frau?) heads. That "argument" goes both ways.

R10, it was not a specific question. It was a ramble. Go back and read it. LOL.

he's boring.

R12, how on earth is AL boring? You can say a lot about him, but that's a first.

R11.... I did look back... And yeah, kinda busted. I guess I was expecting (or wanting) more shade. I still think he's a shallow stand-in.

I have a younger brother who became a huge fan 9f Queen because of the " Wayne's World" movie and he is still a Queen fan even now. As his older Lesbian sister I know the vast majority of Queen's work. Adam Lambert is very respectful to Queen's songbook and harms nobody doing it at all. There was and will always be just the one Mercury and Lambert knows that.

Mika could very well have done it. He's the only other singer I'm aware of offhand who could have done it. My one younger brother disagrees with me on that. But, Mika was too gay for the American market (he missed the Queer boat by a few short years) and he has opera training. Tell me different.

Lambert earns his money. Harms nobody. Leave him be.

R15 I'm leaving him be. I posted a rant on DL to send out a searchlight for kindred spirits. Not sure who "Mika" is. As an almost embarrassingly ardent fan of FM since I was a teenager, Lambert kind of offends my sensibilities in terms of Queen selecting him as a FM substitute. He's a perfectly fine AI performer. But cannot hold even a charred candle wick to the original. I guess my issue is that they selected a flamboyant, eyelinered, and (to me), soulless "campy/gay" replacement for somebody who couldn't be replaced. The only person I ever saw do justice to a Freddie Mercury song was George Michael, but I supposed it would have been indecent to unearth him.

No, they should have unearthed George Michael.

R7, I agree. I loved that performance.

Wow, what a stupid post.

Too much makeup, overly manicured hair and fat. Good voice.

He's a blast from the distant past! Remember back when he starred in "From Justin to Kelly"?

Or was that someone else?

He's obese and dull. Happy now r13/AL fangurl?

Queen fan since the 70s here. Yes, I find AL boring. I really tried to like him, 100% on his own merits. (Obviously comparing him to Freddie wouldn't be fair.) But he's such a try-hard. How can someone so flamboyant end up being so uncharismatic?

I agree that Mika would have been a great choice. My dream would have been George Michael melding with Queen -- half the show Roger and Brian doing their arrangements of George's songs, and half George singing Freddie's songs. Of course that never could or would have happened, but George had the pipes and the ... charisma? personality? the je ne sais quoi -- I think the word I'm looking for is soul -- that the position required.

I'm not bothered that AL is touring with Queen. Millions love their shows. The band is happy, the fans are happy, so long may they reign. And we have lots of recordings and videos of Freddie to remember him by. But by my lights, the band was kaput the moment that Freddie died, and Deacon leaving was the stake through its heart.

The video below is Mika performing "Grace Kelly" live. He namechecks Freddie in the song too, as if you couldn't tell who is his biggest influence.

anyone who was able to parlay that Anerican Idol gig ino a career 20 years later....... you go,........ most are playing county fairs, right?

I hate him but the hate is misplaced.....nice argument there!

I think Lambert is pretty spectacularly talented and I love that he gets chubby sometimes.

Who cares about the body fascists? Fuck the haters!

"Nessun Dorma," Bologna, 7/07/22.

I agree about the Freddie Mercury thing. But Freddie himself was kind of ridiculous. Queen is before my time and I honestly think you had to be there. THEY are overrated. I'd rather listen to Pink Floyd.

Lambert has a pretty great voice - spectacular range and ability - power and resonance - but it's not all pleasant to listen too. He's naturally theatrical and therefore a good stand in for Mercury - But QUEEN are greedy old monsters and the whole concept of Tribute bands is creepy and tacky.

I was at this event. Adam sang this gorgeous George Michael cover. Adam's first hit song - that P!NK wrote was also really great for him. What Do You Want From Me? I like him better with a little rasp to his voice and not so much canyoudothefandango. Vocally - he's extremely gifted. And sexy in a kind of predatory way. Adam is NOT a bottom. Eyeliner works for him. No one was homelier than Freddie - who was thought to be sexy too. Lambert is actually handsome. Gay style.

That version of Nessun Dorma was pretty great for someone who doesn't sing opera in his career.

He's the best singer to emerge from any of those vocal competition shows. Who beat him for winner? WHET...?

Ever since someone on DL pointed out the similarity, I can't think of Adam Lambert without thinking of Joanne Worley (although I guess he looks different now).

Very talented but his voice has never be pleasing to my ears. Very musical theater and his voice can become harsh. But he had a huge range and star presence! Glad for his success!

I'm waiting for Adam Lambert to die of AIDs

You first, R33.

Be a leader not a follower!

There's no reason for a gay man under 40 to die of AIDS. Or ever contract it. We've had PReP for almost a decade and NOW the bi-monthly Cabenuva! My sperm is copious and SWEET bad boy. Take it all IN. Let's FUCK.

Sorry to the ancient mean gays. Aka, R33.

Good grief, simmer the fuck down. It was just a dark joke. That said, Lambert is just a American Idol -ized treatment of the real Freddie Mercury. Think Kidz Bop does Queen.

Adam has the better voice, but no one can match Freddie’s presence.

R36, that "joke" made you sound like a homophobic psychopath.

I don’t have thoughts on AL. Next….

Freddy Mercury couldn't do " Brigadoon."

The final AI showdown was so lopsided. Lambert made Kris seem like a bar singer. But, of course, the show demographic preferred the cute, safe one.

Not a fan, but he's got some basic talent.

Queen would hire a robot as long as they keep cashing in on Freddie's legacy.

“He’s faaaaaaaat!”

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Freddie Mercury was a hurricane of a talent. Fantastic song writer, gifted singer beyond the rock arena, and a very clever orchestrator/arranger.

To think that Bohemian Rhapsody will turn 50 in just a few years, and it is still considered as one of the greatest and defining works in rock history.

Like a poster above, Queen was way before my time — I was only 4 when Freddie left us much too soon. But my mother was/is a fan, my brother too, and the first time I heard Killer Queen, I was instantly hooked.

Sorry, long intro just to say: AL is no FM and he isn’t trying to be. Roger and Brian aren’t doing it for the money, they were already rich beyond their wildest dreams when Freddie was still around.

Like many old rockers, see Mick Jagger who is currently on tour, they simply wouldn’t know what else to do with their time.

He's insanely talented but his discography sucks. A lot of his skills were wasted on subpar material. A few singles stand out like "What Do You Want From Me?" (though Mandela effect had me mistake that for Pink) and "Ghost Town." Sadly the Nile Rodgers collaboration was forgettable. DL only hates him because he's a successful openly (and flamingly) gay celebrity who has actual talent. That makes them insecure.

He's oily. I don't hate him as such, but as a substitute for Fred I do. I also blame Brian and Roger. They wanted to keep their careers so bad that they couldn't understand that they were a part of a whole that was never to exist again. Someone else said it best - they became their own tribute band. Lambert is a cheap Freddie caricature. B&M seem to love caricaturing Freddie - remember also the shitty movie.

I don't know who he is so don't have any thoughts and don't much care.

OP it's easy. I just ignore Adam Lambert and Queen. Easy peasy.

Over sings, has shitty songs, and can’t come up with his own image. No imagination.

Imagine that. DL trashes another out gay man. Who would have thought.

R44, Agreed until final sentence!

Dr. May has several other irons in the fire, from photography to astrophysics to solo music.

The band members obviously love having Adam touring with them. But I wish Adam would concentrate on his solo career.

Btw WHET Danny Gokey ?

True, R51, May seems to be a busy guy, with the astronomy, photography, social media, and saving the badgers. But none of those other activities feed his ego the way performing does, and I bet that ego needs a LOT of feeding!

But yeah, if he and Roger want to keep the band going because they like performing, then I don't think they could find a better fit than Adam. Good voice, good charismatic performer, outrageously gay persona. They're fun to watch, and that's what really matters.

VERY FAT now......The video don't lie...From this month...Bloated.

Well, some extra avoirdupois never hurt Pavarotti's voice, so maybe it won't Adam's.

R46 Thank you. Exactly. You put it so much more eloquently than I did.

He has a nice voice, but I never liked his songs.

He's making millions of dollars performing with Queen. Why would he change that arrangement and go solo?

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R59, adams super femme. I don’t think he’s had pussy since pussy had him.

I like him and his act. I don't mind pudgy and makeup. It works on him

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You're nuts, r62.

The best recent song of his was "Closer To You." Nice ballad.

His version of Gaga's "Marry the Night" is better than hers.

Just very Vegas as a performer, no real personal singing style or personality. Typical suburban San Diego guy, no taste, dresses horribly and I hate his voice.

He’s packing but I wouldn’t fuck him. He’s always been cute but not my type of guy

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R68, If you want to believe his AI days PR "bisexual" story, whatever!

I've been a REAL fan since Idol, have met him, been hugged several times by him, attended more concerts than you could imagine.

Adam is and always has been 100% gay.

This old Frau ain't no fool.

BTW, YOUR supporting proof would be?

I hung out with his insufferable brother recently and he did nothing but rant about how Adam was professionally trained and more talented than Freddie Mercury. I nearly punched him in the face.

I enjoyed him on American Idol and wanted him to win. I was never buying into that "little engine that could" narrative the show built around Kris Allen's "growth" and "artistry." Allen was likable and sounded pleasant, and that was it.

As was the case with more than a few Idol winners, once the season was over and he was trying to establish himself as someone who did more than sing interesting covers of famous hits cut down to one and a half minutes, Lambert didn't seem as special. I thought his first album was dreck.

I If Queen fans (I'm not one) go to hear the famous hits and find him an acceptable vocal substitute for Freddie Mercury, then it works out well for all concerned. But Lambert didn't have the career with original material that a lot of people predicted for him in 2009. I mean, he was on the Rolling Stone cover despite being the second-place finisher, and then he got the final performance slot of a star-studded lineup at the 2009 AMAs. That was some kind of push.

^True. He never lived up the the hype. I think he ignored a lot of good advice early on. He wanted to be a "pop star" and his voice deserved SO much more than that.

R7 That's a good performance. Adam is tacky to this core but he's very talented and he's musical, which many singers are not.

he's actually better than Mercury. a lot better , in fact

Why is he so fucking FAT?????!!!!

He’s disgusting!!!

OP, the biggest problem you seem to have with him is that he's overweight. He's talented and charismatic, a great performer. No, he is not Freddy Mercury. But Freddy's bandmates in Queen seem to like working with him, so there's that.

You sound petty and mean.

Huge Queen fan from the early days and lucky enough to see them live in three occasions. Freddie grew into the role of front man. He was a bit awkward at the start. I loved the heavier side of Queen and though I saw them on The Hot Space tour that album sucked big time.

Adam Lambert makes no pretence of trying to be Freddie and often says as much on stage. All credit to him. I haven’t seen Queen live since Freddie died and feel John Deacon was right to call it a day when Freddie died.

For what it's worth I don’t like the new song Face it Alone. It’s sounds like a discarded Bond theme. Brian and Roger continuing to milk the memory. Hmm.

R74 LOL! Neil is that you?

[quote] But none of those other activities feed his ego the way performing does, and I bet that ego needs a LOT of feeding!

Brian chose music over astronomy way before fame, it's not an ego thing, it's a love of music.

I agree with the above poster, Adam is more of a Vegas showman.

Nothing wrong with Vegas, baby!

R76 Thank you for the response, the diagnosis, and the education!

"he's actually better than Mercury. a lot better "

He really is a better singer, but Mercury wrote the majority of the band's hits, and was a more charismatic front man. So Mercery is the greater talent, by far.

Yes, there is a huge chasm between creating and imitating.

Adam Lambert a better singer than Mercury? I'm stunned, but appreciate that people have their own opinions.

He has a good voice, but he's basically a con-man.

I don't know much about Lambert, but this girl I went to High School with (a singer, not famous) is one of his BFFs from way back, and I can tell you, that fame didn't make him ditch his unfamous LA friends, so in light of that? He seems like a solid guy.

I loved him at the Queen's Jubilee.