RonJonSurfer Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Queen Prepares New Album Roger Taylor, Brian May and Paul Rodgers are working on Queen's first studio album in 16 years. Rock band Queen is planning a return to the charts in 2008 after recording nine new songs with singer Paul Rodgers. The rockers are said to be delighted with the progress they're making on their first studio album since frontman Freddie Mercury's death in 1991. And former Free and Bad Company star Rodgers is so happy with his new bandmates, he's hoping to tour with them again. He tells Billboard.com, "With Queen and myself, it's a very organic thing. We're letting it sort of develop itself naturally and not pushing it or giving it any pressure." "We go in, just the three of us. Roger (Taylor) gets on the kit, Brian (May) gets on the guitar, I get on the acoustic guitar and piano, either/or, and then we share the bass line afterwards... I can hear the song line and then Brian can hear all the harmonies on top of it." "Brian knows exactly what he's doing and we don't know what it's going to sound like, but when we go back into the studio and the engineer puts everything up we all go, 'Holy smokes, listen to that!' So that's the genius of harmonies." Copyright World Entertainment News Network 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 The gentlemen in question may be working on a new album, but it won't be a Queen album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted June 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 I'm afraid you're right...although things change, Queen without the voice and passion of Freddie Mercury isn't Queen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 This is just unacceptable. I like Paul Rodgers but no, no, this can't happen. I will not be listening to this album. This is one group where you can't replace the lead singer. Nope, no way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 I don't care if it's the best album of the year, they shouldn't be calling themselves Queen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Exactly!! There is no more Queen, not without Freddie. And when they did the tour last year with Paul like a tribute kind of thing, that was ok, but this isn't right. Most groups, you can't replace the lead singer, it doesn't fit right especially when the lead was someone like Freddie. All that sexual energy and that voice, man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 To me this is like replacing Mick Jagger with Eric Burdon and calling it the Stones, or Roger Daltrey with John Fogerty and calling it The Who. The singers that are replacing the original lead are good, but it's not the same band without the frontman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 You know when AC/DC did this, Brian for Bon, it was done so quickly that fans went with it and it turned out good. And I am not saying that Bon Scott was replaceable, but it seemed an easy transition. But with Freddie, or Jim Morrison, and even Michael Hutchence you can't replace the image of them, the presence they had, the voice, the energy, the whole package that was them and unique. I still think INXS made a huge mistake and now for Queen to be going forward with Paul and making an album under the name Queen, just doesn't sit well. When you had a group of people that fit together like a puzzle, as with Queen and a piece is gone for good, the puzzle can't be completed with a generic piece. God, I feel strongly about this, but I am a big fan of Queen and admired Freddie tremedously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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