The Future of Queen?

 

(corrected since it was indeed the incorrect Brian May ... my sincere apologies ... )

 

I really did not think that Paul Rodgers was a good choice ...

 

Surprisingly enough, the one man that did participate in the Freddie Mercury tribute and sang things beautifully ... is either not being offered the job, or simply ... can not handle the pressure of having to sing other stuff ... some of which I would think he might feel makes sense, but it probably doesn't. His name is George Michael.

 

Brian May, I don't think will have to play Queen stuff ever again if he doesn't feel like it ... between the stars and any other work he does, you know that this is a intelligent and capable person and musician. And while he made a bundle with Queen, he really has no need to relive it and honor Freddy again ... they already honored him quite well and if you have not seen the Behind The Music memento, you missed it.

 

Not that I'd buy any of their albums.  I haven't bought any since "A Kind of Magic", and I don't see any reason to pick them up again.  

 

His presence on stage was what made the band in the live environment (which is where it counts) - OK, May's guitar tone and dexterity defined the rest of the Queen sound, but Taylor and Deacon were just their buddies, not outstanding contributors like Bulsara or May. Those two guys were very Important in keeping the band together, but musically, they were relatively unimportant.

 

Queen without Freddie is like the Jimi Hendrix Experience without Jimi or the Doors without Morrison. Competent musicians, but the entire raison d'etre is gone.

 

John essentially had to be told by the other guys to start writing (originally for financial reasons, because they thought his bank account was not filling up as fast as the others). I don't think he sees himself as a songwriter.  I'm thinking these days he's living as a great family patriarch, fiddling on some old transistor radios and amps in the garage with a bunch of grand kids (although I have no ideas how many grandkids he might have, but he did have 6 children of his own).

 

He's also been b*tching a lot about what the music industry has become, and that's part of the reasons he doesn't want to get back in the game, I'm assuming.

 

As a lifelong Queen fan (and mainly "Mayniac"), I've come to terms with the idea that Q+PR could fold, even if I'm quite sorry to have missed them live. I'd been hoping for a North American leg of their tour for the past year, and well, I guess it's not going to happen.

 

Both Brian and Roger have proven themselves worthy "solo" act (although Roger's The Cross was also pretty good)  and I'd be more than happy to hear a new release by any of them. I'd also be happy to see them touring together sharing vocal duties, but I suspect just the 2 of them might not fill auditoriums as fast as them with PR or any other famous singers. I would be a big step down for them.