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"Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!"
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"Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
Just saw this on the official Idol site:"Then, on Tuesday, April 11th, the Top 8 Contestants will take on the music of the legendary Rock Band, QUEEN. Will someone be able to top Constantine's performance of Bohemian Rhapsody? Tune in to find out! Then, come back on Wednesday for a special hour episode, when the Top 8 will also perform a QUEEN song or medley!" In another thread I said ugh to country week, but I take that back. I'm now looking forward to country, but Queen? Is this a guaranteed disaster for most of the contestants? Chris will be ok, if Ace is still there (and I hope he's not) he might actually do ok with his little high falsetto self, but Kellie or Mandisa or Paris or Bucky singing Queen? PLEASE. GOD. NO!!!!! 
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1. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
I can't help myself.i apologize in advance for this. Three words. "Fat Bottomed Girls" geekboy
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04-02-06, 02:17 AM (EST)
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5. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
Wouldn't that be a hoot if Mandisa sang that song. LOL You know... they make the rockin world go round...... 
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04-01-06, 10:51 PM (EST)
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3. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
I just hope that this is their idea of a REALLY REALLY bad April Fool's joke. But seriously, I can already hear Simon telling Ace that he did a very karaoke version of "Bohemian Rhapsody" (and no, that's not a song spoiler).
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04-02-06, 04:01 PM (EST)
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7. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
I hope this is not an April fool's posting joke because as much as I love all types of music, when aked to name my favorite band, group, or single I always say Freddie Mercury, Brian May. Brian's guitar is as distinctive to hear in a song Willie Nelson, Slash, Bon Jovi, or Eddie Van Halen. It will be very interesting to see what choices are made. Good one Geekboy - Fat bottomed girls how about Bicycle, Radio, Love of my Life, Seven Seas of Rhye, I want to be Free............ can't wait.
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04-02-06, 05:52 PM (EST)
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8. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
if the 21st century week was bad, this is going to be a lot worse.
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04-02-06, 06:48 PM (EST)
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9. "Ok who will do what song?" |
I truly wish that posting was an April Fool's joke, but since it's still up, I fear it's the truth.Who will take on what for Queen week? Here's a few I could see: Bucky - Fat Bottomed Girls Paris - omg who knows? Taylor - Crazy Little Thing Called Love Chris - We Are the Champions Kellie - who knows, but GUARANTEED disaster Katherine - ? Mandisa - Bohemian Rhapsody maybe? Or doesn't fit her spiritual side? Ace - ? Elliot - ?
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04-03-06, 08:47 AM (EST)
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12. "RE: Going Off On Queen" |
There are actually a lot of good Queen songs. The problem is that you always hear the same ones on the radio - Fat Bottomed Girls, We Are The Champions ..etc.
The greatest challenge with them doing Queen songs would be that NOBODY can sing like Freddy. Freddy had the most awesome voice, God Bless him, he will always be missed.
I have heard some things about Queen touring with Paul Rodgers, who is a great singer. Some of you might know him from Bad Company and with the group The Firm in the 80's with Jimmy Page. Obviously I think nobody could "replace" Freddy, but I think that would be a cool concert. Brian May is still as awesome as ever on guitar!
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04-03-06, 08:45 AM (EST)
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11. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
Is it wrong that I've only heard 2 Queens songs in my life and I hate, absolutely hate both of the overplayed disasters?
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04-03-06, 04:39 PM (EST)
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21. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
Yes.
 
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04-05-06, 02:57 PM (EST)
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28. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
It is wrong on so many levels.
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04-06-06, 10:18 PM (EST)
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53. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
what GAR said
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04-03-06, 08:47 AM (EST)
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13. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
Okay, the producers have finally done it.The country and disco theme weeks are horrible enough. But I can sit through them simply because I can't possibly be so disgusted by any song butchering that I won't watch. Mainly because I pretty much hate both genres. But they've finally set something up that I will refuse to watch. Queen was one of my all-time favorite bands (notice I said "was." Paul Rogers is no Freddie Mercury and never will be). The only two that could possibly sing anything by Queen that wouldn't cause me to rip out my eardrums would be Chris and Taylor. And I even question that. But Kellie or Ace or Mandisa? Whoever thought this disaster up should be shot. 
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04-05-06, 03:00 PM (EST)
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29. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
So true. Queen is such a group production. I cannot understand who it is that produces this stuff. I thought the Stevie Wonder week sucked, too. His stuff is so particular to him, hard to sing, and just not suited to anyone but him. Why not a Journey week, a Bon Jovi week, or about anyone else?
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60. "Disagree" |
LAST EDITED ON 04-07-06 AT 11:36 AM (EST)I don't think this is a disaster. I do think it will show that most of these peeps aren't that good at rock singing. What songs will we see? There are lots of Queen songs that would work with this pop-oriented Idol crowd. After remembering Constantine's "Bohemian Rhapsody" and, of course, "We Are the Champions" and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," there's "Under Pressure" (one of my personal favorites, and a song that performs well), "You're My Best Friend," "Killer Queen," "Don't Stop Me Now," "Somebody to Love," "Save Me," etc. More than enough songs for each of the eight to come up with something appropriate. But they won't be able to pull off Freddie Mercury's dramatic vocalizations (e.g., "Another One Rides the Bus," "We Will Rock You") or the changes of pace (e.g., "Bicycle Race"), and I hope they won't try. And I don't think either the song or the subject matter of Brian May's bad joke "Fat-Bottomed Girls" (which really hurt Queen's Top 40 career, BTW) is appropriate for Idol, so despite all the jokes in this thread, it won't be there. 
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04-08-06, 10:06 AM (EST)
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74. "Glad someone got that" |
I threw it in there on purpose to see if anyone was still reading this thread!
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04-08-06, 07:44 PM (EST)
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75. "RE: Glad someone got that" |
Got it, good one...
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04-03-06, 09:31 AM (EST)
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14. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
Reckon this has something to do with Queen (with Paul Rodgers) being on tour right now?
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04-03-06, 02:43 PM (EST)
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20. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
I'm actually seeing Queen play in Seattle the night before the Idol show ...
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priestdi 378 desperate attention whore postings
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04-05-06, 04:27 PM (EST)
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37. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
have you been yet? where?
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04-09-06, 00:16 AM (EST)
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77. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
I saw Queen w/ Paul Rodgers in Cleveland last month. I took my 13 year old daughter and even she knew every song- so your son will be likely to enjoy it also. I don't like Rodgers' rendition of anything I heard but Brian May and everyone else was incredible. I hope the idols do better than Paul Rodgers. I hope nobody does "We will rock you" or "We are the champions". That would bore me. Maybe Taylor will do "Fat bottom girls" as homage to a recently eliminated contestant...
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04-03-06, 11:13 AM (EST)
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16. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
LAST EDITED ON 04-03-06 AT 11:30 AM (EST)First of all, I absolutely love Queen's music.
Secondly, WOW, those producers are getting meaner. This is clearly calculated to be really rough on them. This will probably make “Stevie Wonder Week” look like “Sing Happy Birthday Week”. Freddie Mercury had an enormous range, and a TON of skill (not to mention huge talent). Queen’s songs reflect that with sophisticated melodies, layered harmonies, full orchestrations. I actually think the girls may do better than most of the guys because of Mercury's range -- he was such a high tenor that most women with a decent mezzo range can pull it off without transposing too far out of whack. (Journey songs are like that too – Steve Perry is a castrato. Pass it on.) Ace will suck - crappy falsetto is not a replacement for a big, facile, high-tenor range.
Paris will sing something slutty while dressed like Carmen Miranda
Katherine – eh…who cares. She’ll find something and sing it fairly well, but it won’t be exciting – except for her really horrible dress
Mandisa – Would kick arse on “Somebody To Love” or “Save Me”
Elliot – “Killer Queen”? He’s got Freddie’s facility, he’s good with intricate melodies – and he’s got a decent range (though it's lower than Freddie's), so I’m sure he’ll find something. For these guys, song choice will be critical, and difficult.
Chris – *sigh* Yes, I think he’s talented. No, I just don’t give a crap anymore. Yawn. Go open for Creed.
Taylor – Yes, he’s a tenor, but a very different kind of tenor. Maybe “You’re My Best Friend”
Bucky….ooh. Bucky is just going to have a hard week. How about “We Will Rock You”? NOBODY, but NOBODY should do:
Another One Bites the Dust
We are the Champions
Bohemian Rhapsody (nobody CAN sing this, so nobody SHOULD sing this (including Susie & Constantine) (ETF spelling)
(And to say that I just realized I forgot Kellie. Oops. Needless to say, she will suck more than Ace.)
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04-05-06, 02:07 PM (EST)
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26. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
Excuse me, what was said up there *looks up* about Steve Perry. Dagnabit, I'm off to the dictionary.
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Gar 0 desperate attention whore postings
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04-05-06, 03:03 PM (EST)
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31. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
Agree to everything. Doesn't Steve Perry have the voice of all rock voices?
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04-05-06, 04:32 PM (EST)
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39. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
I ADORE Queen.That being said, often not even really good singers can sing Queen well. Freddie Mercury is just too damn unique. This week spells disaster.
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04-05-06, 04:50 PM (EST)
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42. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
well, Randy and Paula make a big deal about making songs "your own" and not just doing a poor imitation of the original. that's way too musically deep for Simon to contemplate.so with Queen they obviously all will have to do that, for whatever its worth. which isn't really about how good THEY are at changing the arrangements, unfortunately. I imagine it's the Idol image-makers and musicians who will be responsible for any tweaks. i mean, you can't expect a kid like Paris to know as much about changing up arrangements as someone like Taylor who's been playing live gigs for 10 years. So it's not at all an even playing field. (and yeah, I heard all those snorts, thanks.)
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04-05-06, 04:41 PM (EST)
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41. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
This has to be the worst idea they have come up with yet. I was a little bored last night, and I actually like country music. I don't like Queen, and this group singing Queen would be dreadfully painful to watch.
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04-06-06, 03:14 PM (EST)
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46. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
Since FB Girls has already been discussed, who would do these?Bicycle Race? (Bucky? Kellie?) Get Down Make Love? (Paris?) Tie Your Mother Down? (My personal favorite) (Taylor?) The possibilities are ENDLESS!
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04-06-06, 07:34 PM (EST)
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47. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
Okay, my original downer posts aside, I got REALLY excited when I saw the Queen clips from next week. I just hope they do the songs justice -- it will help immensely having Queen actually there to cover their material and not the backup band.
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50. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
>Just saw this on the official
>Idol site:
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>"Then, on Tuesday, April 11th, the
>Top 8 Contestants will take
>on the music of the
>legendary Rock Band, QUEEN. Will
>someone be able to top
>Constantine's performance of Bohemian Rhapsody?
>Tune in to find out!
>Then, come back on Wednesday
>for a special hour episode,
>when the Top 8 will
>also perform a QUEEN song
>or medley!"
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>In another thread I said ugh
>to country week, but I
>take that back. I'm
>now looking forward to country,
>but Queen? Is this
>a guaranteed disaster for most
>of the contestants?
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>Chris will be ok, if Ace
>is still there (and I
>hope he's not) he might
>actually do ok with his
>little high falsetto self, but
>Kellie or Mandisa or Paris
>or Bucky singing Queen?
>PLEASE. GOD. NO!!!!!
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> ITA I don't believe any of them can pull through doing ANY of QUEEN'S music other than Chris. I can almost bet he comes out on top next week with this. I hope he picks something besides 'We Are The Champions, Or Another One Bite's The Dust'..<sighs>
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04-07-06, 01:52 PM (EST)
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63. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
Chris would make a terrible mistake trying to sing WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS as they all would. First it would be predictable, then it would be horrible. The Kat and Paris could hit the notes but no ROCK in there Blood. and none of the guys could hit the notes to give it justice.
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04-07-06, 00:34 AM (EST)
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54. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
Lifted this off the idolonfox boards. check out:
http://hollywoodrecords.go.com/queen/americanidol/It states:
You saw your favorite Idols perform these classic Queen hits, now own the original Queen songs that inspired American Idol Queen week. and lists tracks:
Tie Your Mother Down
Fat Bottomed Girls
Another One Bites The Dust
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
We Will Rock You
We Are The Champions
Radio Ga Ga
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Show Must Go On
These Are The Days Of Our Lives
I Want It All
Stone Cold Crazy Bonus tracks
All Right Now
Can’t Get Enough Kind of looks like 8 of those are the songs for next week. I guess we'll see.
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04-07-06, 09:36 AM (EST)
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58. "RE: Going off on Queen some more ... " |
People get down on Paul Rodgers because he is not Freddy. Well, I agree Freddy was in a class of his own and there will never be another singer like him.
That being said (ahh-Simonism), Paul Rodgers is an awesome singer. I think if he is on AI next week with Queen, his influence will be a good one. He has had success fronting rock bands (ie: The Firm), and also singing slower more ballad type songs (ie: some of the Bad Company songs). His versatility is a good example for all singers.
Chris especially comes to mind because I think he has similar ability to have success with a wide range of song styles.
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04-07-06, 04:18 PM (EST)
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67. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
geez, NOW you tell me. lol.the other night I spent a ridiculous amount of time trying make a prediction list of Queen songs for that crew. (for a thread on another board.) it was a #####, yes it was. this confirms my thoughts that night. it just makes no sense of make them all do that! it's just so random.
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04-07-06, 02:26 PM (EST)
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65. "RE: Queen week is coming April 11-get your earplugs out now!" |
Ya think any of the guys will come out wearing one of Freddie's famous Spandex one-piecers! ha
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04-07-06, 04:01 PM (EST)
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66. "RE: Queen week " |
Oooh Yeah Baby! That Is SO funny!
I wonder if any of them have the B*lls to pull it off! (No puns intended)
I am losing it!
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04-11-06, 02:38 PM (EST)
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79. "I predict" |
That Simon will walk off the set in disgust.
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81. "RE: Queen" |
I enjoyed seeing the contestants play with the band. You could tell who the band was impressed with and who they were not. They had good things to say about Bucky and Chris. They liked Kellie, but I think in a sympathetic kind of way because of her youth and personality. They also really seemed to like Paris.
You could tell that they did not like what Ace wanted to do with their song. I don't blame them because I thought he did totally bomb it! Ace is probably what they were afraid of when they agreed to do the show!
With exception of Elliot and Bucky, I think the perfomances were overall disappointing. I didn't care for most of their song choices, or they way they were sung for that matter.
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