Adam is phenomenal hands down💋💋❤❤❤🧡🧡🧡💜💜💜💛💛💛💗💓, the only of 2 other men here who has the voice and needed range and the only one who hit the song in the original key. He's a virtuoso👏👏👏🎤🎤🎤. Elton and Paul after him seem to be karaoke singers
Paul Rodgers…. Amazing performance! Soul Power! The Power of the Voice! The power of music! This is an incredible singer! And how he feels Music! Freddy Mercury admired him! Bravo!
I prefer Paul Rodger with his bluesy voice.the man flawless in his distortion,pitch control,soulfull,the roundness and big voice.paul got everything.yes maybe he is the opposite what Freddie is but thats make him more unique.even Freddie love Paul rodger.that said a lot about the man qualities.
Great post, thanks very much. Funny that comments differ so much on the best version. Well, not all; that's the thing with personal taste. All are top flight artists. I think that EJ does an excellent interpretation. AL is possibly closest to the Freddie delivery and will appeal to those legions of fans. Then there's PR's belting rock-operatic delivery that seems to unsettle the more traditional Queen/ Freddie fans. PR opened my eyes to the depth of the Queen catalogue and I have really enjoyed his rock n' blues take on their songs.
Queen was a theatrical rock band. That was exactly why Rodgers wasn’t a good fit for their music catalogue. Too much range in many of their songs that he couldn’t handle.
Nadie canta este tema como Freddie Mercury porque el sentía en sus huesos cada una de las palabras que su amigo Brian le dedicó. Freddie es inigualable!!! Elton, Paul y Adam son grandes cantantes, cada uno con su estilo, pero este tema le pertenece a Freddie, nadie lo puede igualar!!!
"Including those he shares the stage with". You mean including Brian and Roger, 2 legends who played a huge part in CREATING the song in the first place haha Brian wrote the bloody thing. Seriously some of you Glamberts act like Brian and Roger are lucky to share the stage with him.
@@michaelshepherd885 They refer to Adam as this gift from God. “And here is the Modern Marvel without whom, for sure, Queen would not be out here delivering at the top level,” May wrote on Instagram, posting a picture of Lambert. “Gifted with a voice in a billion, for himself he is a passionate and unyielding perfectionist. Gifted to us, he is the reason that we are still alive as a functioning rock band.” He went to say that, along with presenting the opportunity to “take on new challenges,” Lambert was “nice,” adding: “That’s a big deal when you’re a touring family. Freddie would approve, big time.”
@@sasha07775 they are talking up the current singer? Of course they are. Ive never denied he can sing. They also talked up Paul as the bands "hero" and someone Freddie "loved and mentioned all the time". Freddie may well approve of Adam as a singer. We will never know. He certainly approved of Paul. Also as i say made an album with Paul. Not even a single with Adam. The reason is clear. While a great vocalist Adam doesnt have much else to give. Certainly not as a musician or songwriter
@@sasha07775 Brian May is still a vehement defender of The Cosmos Rocks, saying, "I am proud of that album. I think it has some really good stuff and it is underestimated. We had fun and Paul had fun. It was great. Not just him flexing his muscles on the Queen material, but also, us playing 'All Right Now' and his songs. I loved going around the world playing that stuff, boys with a new kind of toy. It was great for a while, then eventually it ran its course, and it was obvious that Paul needed to get back to his own career. But we parted on very good terms and keep in touch." .. Paul needed to get back to his own career. He has his own huge rock band to front too
As Paul Rodgers said, Adam is very right for Queen. But to compare Adam with Paul Rodgers, ‘the Voice’ and say Adam is better, one should check their musical knowledge and their ears! This particular song “ The show must go on”, nobody, not even Freddie, sang it like Paul.
For EJ and PR the had to do a lower range version of the song with Freddie and AL same range. I have to say this song and who wants to live for ever I prefer Adam…just my preference. Some of the other songs like under pressure I feel AL does not do it justice but it shows is how good Freddie really was
@@KellenFredricksen His notes don’t flow smoothly. He’s too choppy with them. The song loses all the expressive, emotional passion with his voice and sounds very weak.
Freddie had a high tenor theatrical voice. Paul has a baritone soul/ blues voice. I think lambert has a middle space between those two approaches with a higher vocal range.
Paul has feeling that Adam doesn't portray or have imo. Paul has a blues edge that brings that quality. Adam is more theatrical . Also Paul has much more of a rock voice . Adam sings this one really well but it's not comparing like for like. Some Queen songs Adam does better than Paul but vice versa, you bet! Check out Tie your mother down as 1 comparison. Paul lifts the whole band with his singing of that song. On the rockier numbers Adam doesnt have the power
@@michaelshepherd885 Paul does not deliver this song with feeling, at all. What are you listening to? It’s not meant to be a bluesy song. It’s meant to be emotionally strong and Theatrical. And speaking of sheer vocal power, Adam blows Rodgers out of the water. His voice fits like a glove for Queen’s music catalogue. Btw, he also does TYMD much better. And Rodgers never sang Who Wants To Live Forever. Why? Because he didn’t have the power…or range. And many others he never sang also.
@@carolhagerty4288 Haha of course he does. "its not meant to be a bluesy song" . You are talking crap. Pauls sings in a blues style with emotion behind it. Adam sings in an overly poppy theatrical style .. he can't do understated. Freddie is of course the king of all these singers, he sang it powerfully, emotionally but without the theatrics and pop style of Adam. Adam does TYMD better? haha now i KNOW you are a fan girl. Paul has a powerful rock voice. Adam cannot do the rock ones. His voice is too thin for rock. ruclips.net/video/M9F1you5Vkc/видео.html - watch this respected rock singer and vocal trainer compare the two. Rodgers never had power? haha ...Why did Queen play numerous Paul Rodgers songs (Fire & Water / Can't Get Enough / All Right Now / Shooting Star / Feel Like Makin Love / Bad Company etc) and 1 song by Adam? It's because Paul is a legendary songwriter, musician and vocalist who has written rock classics and sang them across 2 major bands. Adam's output songwriting wise and as a musician doesn't justify adding his shit to Queen's glorious set
@@michaelshepherd885 You are really a fan boy of Rodgers, LOL. You can’t be serious about Rodgers performance here. TSMGO is meant to be delivered in an extremely passionate, strongly expressive and powerful way. Adam gives it the intensity of feeling it should have. Paul simply does not. It’s too weak. I just don’t feel the emotion Adam and Freddie brought to it. I wish Freddie could have been able to sing it live but he never got the chance. His is a studio recording.
Btw, Why did Queen play Paul’s songs? Because he couldn’t sing a lot of Queen’s songs. That’s why. Did he Ever sing Who Wants To Live Forever ( one of the most well known signature songs), Save Me, Love Kills, Machines( powerful note escalations that require excellent breath control), Killer Queen (another one of their signature songs), It’s Late, I was Born To Love You, (signature song), Spread Your Wings, Now I’m Here, Stone Cold Crazy (Insanely fast lyrics that , once again, require excellent breath control). I could go on and on. Paul didn’t or couldn’t sing them. He sang Bad Company garbage instead. Geez, the man was singing with an Iconic band, least he could do was honor them and do more of THEIR songs. Or ALL of their songs.🤦♀🙄And Brian played on Adam’s Two Fux and Lucy. “Adam Lambert lands fifth top ten on Billboard’s album sales chart with “High Drama”. Keith Caulfield 3/10/2023. He was in top 5 and 6 on I tunes in several countries. And since the Rhapsody Tour ended in June or July, he has done close to 40 projects….appearances, performances, mini residency in Vegas, concerts in London, Germany, Finland, Israel, performed at the Cannes Film Festival, headlined the Capital Ball at Wembley and at Trafalgar Square back in London for London Pride, performed twice on American Idol, performed twice on The Voice, on The Tonight Show, on The View, on Good Morning America, on America’s Got Talent, on The Geovanni Zarella Show, at The KoKo and Royal Albert Hall back in London. There’s quite a bit more. Adam has an insane work ethic, he always has. He never stops. He gets work everywhere and is always is demand. After all that, he’s going back out on the new Queen tour in the U.S. and Japan very soon. Pretty busy, eh? His solo career is non-stop. Queen is only a few weeks in an entire year. Ok, I’m done. Byeee😊
Adam should be in a musical he'd be very good, just for my taste I find his voice a little to clean, which is why I love blues singers like BB King, Howling wolf. I also like singers like Ronnie James Dio and Paul Rogers is one of my favourite singers. Just my tastes I'm not a fan of really cleam vocals, Freddie could do it all. Adam is good on the popier stuff. Paul even said some of the songs didn't suit his style and he perhaps wasn't the right vocal for some of the songs but I thought he was great on the heavier stuff, both Adam and Paul are good singers, just one is more suited to pop clean vocals and The other is better at rock and blues. EJ still did a decent job though.
1 Freddie because I have a soft spot for him. 2 Adam It might as well have been written for him, he sings it impeccably. 3 Elton gives it a good try. 4 Paul was defeated by the song
Yeah, Brian and Roger don’t think so. *** PAUL RODGERS Many were surprised in 2004 when Brian May and Roger Taylor announced that they would tour as Queen with Paul Rodgers on lead vocals. Five years after Rodgers' departure, as they prepare for a new tour with Adam Lambert, May and Taylor admit, albeit diplomatically, that it may not have been a good fit. “Paul has one of the greatest rock voices but it’s more blues and soul orientated I would have thought,” Taylor told the Toronto Sun. "I would say, with all due respect to Paul, that Adam is more suited to a lot of our material and whereas we had great tours with Paul, I think Adam is more naturally at home with us.” (VCR)
@@michaelshepherd885 Did you read what Queen said about Paul? They did not deny he has a good voice, but that it was not a good fit for their music. They feel Adam is a much better fit. They toured about 5 years with Paul and over a decade now with Adam. Not being sensitive, just stating facts.
@@sasha07775 they have said he was a great fit for the rockier/bluesy part of queens catalogue . For what its worth having seem them both with Queen Paul is head and shoulders better at singing and delivering the rockier songs.. miles ahead of Adam. Other songs suit adams voice better. 5 years vs 10? Irrelevant. Paul was part of choosing to stop. He had Bad Company (another huge rock band) and his solo career (not forgetting Free) to go back to. Again i think while Adam is great at what he does glamberts really do choose to ignore Paul (let alone Freddie) run rings round him in terms of songwriting and musicianship. Paul has written a few massive hits that have stood the test of time. Let alone playing guitar and piano on stage with Queen. Not an area Adam will trouble as a songwriter or musician sadly.
I absolutely love Paul's rendition of this song on the Return of the champions (probably my favourite version of this song) but he clearly struggled on bits of this performance. Elton puts so much emotion in it and sings the chorus with absolute conviction. Adam, no doubt he can sing, but it's a bit too theatre on this version for me. So im actually going to give it to Elton out of these three performances.
Brian May and Roger Taylor actually opt for Adam. Many were surprised in 2004 when Brian May and Roger Taylor announced that they would tour as Queen with Paul Rodgers on lead vocals. Five years after Rodgers' departure, as they prepare for a new tour with Adam Lambert, May and Taylor admit, albeit diplomatically, that it may not have been a good fit. “Paul has one of the greatest rock voices but it’s more blues and soul orientated I would have thought,” Taylor told the Toronto Sun. "I would say, with all due respect to Paul, that Adam is more suited to a lot of our material and whereas we had great tours with Paul, I think Adam is more naturally at home with us.” (VCR)
To me Freddie was a poppy ballad singer in a Rock band. After I heard Fight From the Inside, I'm In Love With My Car ect I realized that Queen could've been so much better if Freddie had just stfu lol. Queen + Paul Rodgers is the closest thing to that and it's just so badass imo.
It is unfair to compare Fredie's studio and others' live performances. Still, between the three live performances, Paul is superior in every way possible - phrasing, pitch, strength, feeling ... everything from the first to the last tone. He owns the song. Adam? There is a big difference between screaming and singing. Big difference...
Adam? He follows the tone of the song, he makes it his own. The goal of the video is to see the types of Queen singers through a single song, each one has their favorite song. Many people think that Paul tunes out Queen because of his blues style, and it is strange to hear him in a type of rock, it is not bad at all but honestly it is something different. The final song with Freddie is more of a tribute than a comparison, we all know that there is no live version of TSMGO with Freddie.
@@TheFashionLoverBoy, thanks for the clarification of the goal but ... why? You have not made an effort when it comes to everyone else who, for all these long three years, praised screaming-Adam just by comparing and graduating with not only Elton and Paul but also with Freddie. Anyway, what you write about what Paul does is exactly what a singer should do regardless of genre and whether someone likes it or not. That is the meaning of "owning the song" ... not to reproduce.
Adam Lambert is the best front man for Queen, Freddie would be so proud of him. Sorry but Paul Rodgers stinks, I heard they stopped working together due shows not sold out with many empty seats.
Сейцас так тяжело я всегда задаю вопрос почему Россия музыкальная держава отгородились ото всех я любила и буду любить мы 10 лет воевали в авганестане наши ребята умирали все в 80 годц вывели войска кому это надо теперь такой же сценарий наши ребята умирают кому это надо
I like Fred the best obviously but I really liked Paul singing as he was so different and he couldn't possibly perform in Fred's style as he just doesn't have that type of personality, I thought at least they have employed a great singer to front them and not some one who will try and do a Freddie, when I first heard and saw footage of Adam I thought he's trying to hard to be like Freddie and to be fair Freddie was a good mix of pop, camp and matcho , Adam is too camp and would make a good drag Queen, some performances look like a cabaret act with Adam lying on a couch wafting a fan singing killer Queen.
Adam made it a point, from the beginning, Never to copy Freddie. Are you serious? He has always interpreted the songs his own way, not Freddie’s way. And you can not say that Freddie wasn’t theatrical, flamboyant, showy, or camp. Have you forgotten his stage costumes? Something Adam wouldn’t be caught dead wearing. Paul was not right for Queen music. He didn’t have the right voice for their catalogue. He didn’t have the power or the range. That’s why he never sang many of them. He filled in with Bad Company songs. Who wants to go to a Queen concert to hear Bad Company? That’s why he didn’t last. They were losing their audiences and ticket sales with Rodgers. That’s why he failed. With Adam they returned to insane success and popularity. He was instantly embraced by fans. They loved his powerful voice, how he performed the songs, his presence, his showmanship and charisma. You can’t deny that he lit them up again. Yes, Adam’s theatrical, he’s flamboyant, he’s camp, he’s colorful, and he’s f**kin fabulous. Everything Queen is known for. And he’s Not a drag Queen. That’s an ignorant comment. And Adam’s performance of Killer Queen on the couch is creatively genius. I bet he thought of it. Kudos to him for that. Audiences just loved it. He has fun on stage, he connects with the audiences, he engages the audiences and they Love him. Now, tell me, what other performances look like a “cabaret act”? You did say some, right? And how is he one iota trying to be Freddie? In exactly what way?
Adam is a very good pop singer, I just prefer a rockier voice on the heavier stuff, a good show would have Paul sing the rock stuff and have Adam sing the pop stuff, no matter who they got to sing they are always going to be compared to Fred Adam more so because he is very theatrical and the whole wearing a crown was Fred's thing. Adam is still a good singer just for me he is suited to pop more than rock.
@@alexjohnston8889 Adam was Never a pop singer in the true sense of the word. If you go through his albums, you are not going to find many true pop songs, at all. And did you know Brian and Roger gave Adam his crown. It was a gift in gratitude for what he has brought to Queen. He, in no way, wears it to copy Freddie. He wears it in honor of Queen.
@@alexjohnston8889 It’s ridiculous to have two singers singing different songs for one band, especially since Adam handles them all exceptionally well.
It feels good to see people praising Adam for once
Adam Lambert definitely, he understands and feel the song,
Adam is phenomenal hands down💋💋❤❤❤🧡🧡🧡💜💜💜💛💛💛💗💓, the only of 2 other men here who has the voice and needed range and the only one who hit the song in the original key. He's a virtuoso👏👏👏🎤🎤🎤. Elton and Paul after him seem to be karaoke singers
Adam lambert’s voice is impeccable
Adam is the Best!
Easily!
Adam is phenomenal
Adam's version is legendary and insane. it always gives me chills 🥺❤️🔥
Paul Rodgers…. Amazing performance! Soul Power! The Power of the Voice! The power of music! This is an incredible singer! And how he feels Music! Freddy Mercury admired him! Bravo!
Adams the Best!
Absolutely! Strong, super powerful, expressive, emotional.
Adam Lambert. EJ. The other one is a disaster- ok if he was not singing a classic Queen song. You can improve it. Adam keeps the depth and passion
I prefer Paul Rodger with his bluesy voice.the man flawless in his distortion,pitch control,soulfull,the roundness and big voice.paul got everything.yes maybe he is the opposite what Freddie is but thats make him more unique.even Freddie love Paul rodger.that said a lot about the man qualities.
Totally agree
You can tell the song is not meant for ej to be able to sing, but he sounds good for his own songs.
Adam Lambert hands down!!
Great post, thanks very much. Funny that comments differ so much on the best version. Well, not all; that's the thing with personal taste. All are top flight artists. I think that EJ does an excellent interpretation. AL is possibly closest to the Freddie delivery and will appeal to those legions of fans. Then there's PR's belting rock-operatic delivery that seems to unsettle the more traditional Queen/ Freddie fans. PR opened my eyes to the depth of the Queen catalogue and I have really enjoyed his rock n' blues take on their songs.
Queen was a theatrical rock band. That was exactly why Rodgers wasn’t a good fit for their music catalogue. Too much range in many of their songs that he couldn’t handle.
Nadie canta este tema como Freddie Mercury porque el sentía en sus huesos cada una de las palabras que su amigo Brian le dedicó. Freddie es inigualable!!! Elton, Paul y Adam son grandes cantantes, cada uno con su estilo, pero este tema le pertenece a Freddie, nadie lo puede igualar!!!
Definitely Adam, Elton then Paul!
Adam Lambert is definitely the best! And the only one who sings it in the original key. EJ and PR had it lower. PR even at a slower pace.
👍Adam doesn’t have to have the key lowered for any song he sings.
@@carolhagerty4288 cuz he's a tenor and he surely can carry all songs in the original key
I will tell you the only one name, Marc Martel… Marc. He needs to join and stay there
Adam Lambert the greatest ❤❤
Adam's ability to find the depths of the song he sings while including those with whom he shares the stage is truly inspiring.
"Including those he shares the stage with". You mean including Brian and Roger, 2 legends who played a huge part in CREATING the song in the first place haha Brian wrote the bloody thing. Seriously some of you Glamberts act like Brian and Roger are lucky to share the stage with him.
@@michaelshepherd885 They refer to Adam as this gift from God. “And here is the Modern Marvel without whom, for sure, Queen would not be out here delivering at the top level,” May wrote on Instagram, posting a picture of Lambert. “Gifted with a voice in a billion, for himself he is a passionate and unyielding perfectionist. Gifted to us, he is the reason that we are still alive as a functioning rock band.” He went to say that, along with presenting the opportunity to “take on new challenges,” Lambert was “nice,” adding: “That’s a big deal when you’re a touring family. Freddie would approve, big time.”
@@sasha07775 they are talking up the current singer? Of course they are. Ive never denied he can sing. They also talked up Paul as the bands "hero" and someone Freddie "loved and mentioned all the time". Freddie may well approve of Adam as a singer. We will never know. He certainly approved of Paul. Also as i say made an album with Paul. Not even a single with Adam. The reason is clear. While a great vocalist Adam doesnt have much else to give. Certainly not as a musician or songwriter
@@sasha07775 Brian May is still a vehement defender of The Cosmos Rocks, saying, "I am proud of that album. I think it has some really good stuff and it is underestimated. We had fun and Paul had fun. It was great. Not just him flexing his muscles on the Queen material, but also, us playing 'All Right Now' and his songs. I loved going around the world playing that stuff, boys with a new kind of toy. It was great for a while, then eventually it ran its course, and it was obvious that Paul needed to get back to his own career. But we parted on very good terms and keep in touch." .. Paul needed to get back to his own career. He has his own huge rock band to front too
@@michaelshepherd885 Settle down, I was speaking in general. I'm actually a bigger fan of Brian than anyone else. Have a great day.
Adam Lambert...He hit a home Run ‼️
cada vez que lo escucho se me pone la piel de gallina al escuchar este clasicazo de QUEEN y es una lastima que john deacon no haya seguido con queen
This was John Deacons last live performance with Brian and Roger.
Elton John 🤦♀️ Adam Lambert - a gift from heaven for the Queen (probably from Freddie).
Adam is unbelievable. What an extraordinarily expressive vocalist he is.
adam
No doubt👍👏🎤💪
Adam Lambert best vocalist alive on earth 🌍
As Paul Rodgers said, Adam is very right for Queen.
But to compare Adam with Paul Rodgers, ‘the Voice’ and say Adam is better, one should check their musical knowledge and their ears! This particular song “ The show must go on”, nobody, not even Freddie, sang it like Paul.
Just a great song!
Adam sings this song the best. Freddie never had an opportunity to sing this song live. Elton John has an average voice, but a great career.
De los 3 que no es Freddie es mejor Adam es impresionante, pero Freddie es inigualable viva el dios del rock
For EJ and PR the had to do a lower range version of the song with Freddie and AL same range. I have to say this song and who wants to live for ever I prefer Adam…just my preference. Some of the other songs like under pressure I feel AL does not do it justice but it shows is how good Freddie really was
I love Under Pressure with Adam. As a matter of fact, my very favorite performance of that song was in Tokyo in 2014. It’s my favorite version.
2:48 But how good brian may's
Freddie!
For me Adam and Freddie 🤣💟 are in a class by themselves. Eltondoes an 🤩🤩 amazing job and Paul just screams, doesn't sing
he’s singing, just uses more distortion in his voice as he made a career as a blues/rock singer
@@KellenFredricksen His notes don’t flow smoothly. He’s too choppy with them. The song loses all the expressive, emotional passion with his voice and sounds very weak.
@@carolhagerty4288 that’s his style, we can’t all think the same
Paul speaks more than sings
Freddie takes everyone‼️
Lambert is incredible. The other two seem like amateurs in comparison to him and they certainly aren't.
Absolutely agree👍
Absolutely right👍🥰
Adam without a doubt. He has an incredible voices
Adam sings it great. I love PRs version though. Just because you cant sing high doesn't mean you aren't a good singer
After Freddie obviously adam 100%. Xx
Freddie had a high tenor theatrical voice. Paul has a baritone soul/ blues voice. I think lambert has a middle space between those two approaches with a higher vocal range.
Freddie has a baritone voice
paul is a tenor
@@lasfloressientendolor Rodgers is Not a tenor🤣🤣
@@carolhagerty4288 yeah, I've been studying him, he is a great baritone
Compare the first bars to hear only Adam with his phenomenal voice singing it in the same key as Freddie.
0:11 Elton
5:01 Paul
9:05 Adam
13:26 Freddie
Paul has feeling that Adam doesn't portray or have imo. Paul has a blues edge that brings that quality. Adam is more theatrical . Also Paul has much more of a rock voice . Adam sings this one really well but it's not comparing like for like. Some Queen songs Adam does better than Paul but vice versa, you bet! Check out Tie your mother down as 1 comparison. Paul lifts the whole band with his singing of that song. On the rockier numbers Adam doesnt have the power
@@michaelshepherd885 Paul does not deliver this song with feeling, at all. What are you listening to? It’s not meant to be a bluesy song. It’s meant to be emotionally strong and Theatrical. And speaking of sheer vocal power, Adam blows Rodgers out of the water. His voice fits like a glove for Queen’s music catalogue. Btw, he also does TYMD much better. And Rodgers never sang Who Wants To Live Forever. Why? Because he didn’t have the power…or range. And many others he never sang also.
@@carolhagerty4288 Haha of course he does. "its not meant to be a bluesy song" . You are talking crap. Pauls sings in a blues style with emotion behind it. Adam sings in an overly poppy theatrical style .. he can't do understated. Freddie is of course the king of all these singers, he sang it powerfully, emotionally but without the theatrics and pop style of Adam. Adam does TYMD better? haha now i KNOW you are a fan girl. Paul has a powerful rock voice. Adam cannot do the rock ones. His voice is too thin for rock. ruclips.net/video/M9F1you5Vkc/видео.html - watch this respected rock singer and vocal trainer compare the two. Rodgers never had power? haha ...Why did Queen play numerous Paul Rodgers songs (Fire & Water / Can't Get Enough / All Right Now / Shooting Star / Feel Like Makin Love / Bad Company etc) and 1 song by Adam? It's because Paul is a legendary songwriter, musician and vocalist who has written rock classics and sang them across 2 major bands. Adam's output songwriting wise and as a musician doesn't justify adding his shit to Queen's glorious set
@@michaelshepherd885 You are really a fan boy of Rodgers, LOL. You can’t be serious about Rodgers performance here. TSMGO is meant to be delivered in an extremely passionate, strongly expressive and powerful way. Adam gives it the intensity of feeling it should have. Paul simply does not. It’s too weak. I just don’t feel the emotion Adam and Freddie brought to it. I wish Freddie could have been able to sing it live but he never got the chance. His is a studio recording.
Btw, Why did Queen play Paul’s songs? Because he couldn’t sing a lot of Queen’s songs. That’s why. Did he Ever sing Who Wants To Live Forever ( one of the most well known signature songs), Save Me, Love Kills, Machines( powerful note escalations that require excellent breath control), Killer Queen (another one of their signature songs), It’s Late, I was Born To Love You, (signature song), Spread Your Wings, Now I’m Here, Stone Cold Crazy (Insanely fast lyrics that , once again, require excellent breath control). I could go on and on. Paul didn’t or couldn’t sing them. He sang Bad Company garbage instead. Geez, the man was singing with an Iconic band, least he could do was honor them and do more of THEIR songs. Or ALL of their songs.🤦♀🙄And Brian played on Adam’s Two Fux and Lucy. “Adam Lambert lands fifth top ten on Billboard’s album sales chart with “High Drama”. Keith Caulfield 3/10/2023. He was in top 5 and 6 on I tunes in several countries. And since the Rhapsody Tour ended in June or July, he has done close to 40 projects….appearances, performances, mini residency in Vegas, concerts in London, Germany, Finland, Israel, performed at the Cannes Film Festival, headlined the Capital Ball at Wembley and at Trafalgar Square back in London for London Pride, performed twice on American Idol, performed twice on The Voice, on The Tonight Show, on The View, on Good Morning America, on America’s Got Talent, on The Geovanni Zarella Show, at The KoKo and Royal Albert Hall back in London. There’s quite a bit more. Adam has an insane work ethic, he always has. He never stops. He gets work everywhere and is always is demand. After all that, he’s going back out on the new Queen tour in the U.S. and Japan very soon. Pretty busy, eh? His solo career is non-stop. Queen is only a few weeks in an entire year. Ok, I’m done. Byeee😊
Adam should be in a musical he'd be very good, just for my taste I find his voice a little to clean, which is why I love blues singers like BB King, Howling wolf. I also like singers like Ronnie James Dio and Paul Rogers is one of my favourite singers. Just my tastes I'm not a fan of really cleam vocals, Freddie could do it all. Adam is good on the popier stuff.
Paul even said some of the songs didn't suit his style and he perhaps wasn't the right vocal for some of the songs but I thought he was great on the heavier stuff, both Adam and Paul are good singers, just one is more suited to pop clean vocals and The other is better at rock and blues.
EJ still did a decent job though.
Paul Rodgers hands down
Say nobody ever. It was awful
@@erikagolcher1353 You are crazy
He sounds horrible
@@Marvi550 Agree👍He can not sing TSMGO.
When Adam come on, he’s on a whole other level. He is unrivaled!
1. lambert 2. Mercury 3. rodgers 4. elton john ilyen sorrendet allitanek fel
Тоже так хоршо великие
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Paul Rodgers hands down!
Queen + Adam Lambert MATTEO
1 Freddie because I have a soft spot for him. 2 Adam It might as well have been written for him, he sings it impeccably. 3 Elton gives it a good try. 4 Paul was defeated by the song
Ej could not handle the song, but he can do his own. Paul Rogers sounds bad, sorry.
I agree with your EJ take, and completely disagree with your take on Paul 🤷♂️
@@KellenFredricksen Paul honestly sounded very weak on this. Not good at all.
@@carolhagerty4288 Guess we have different ears
Paul Rodgers anyday/everyday the daddy.😁😁😁😁😁
He was vocally very weak singing this. It’s a strong, powerful rock ballad. He did it no justice at all..
@@carolhagerty4288 he just doesn't have the necessary range to push this song and his voice is too low for that
Lmao!!!
Paul Rodgers hands fuckin' down
Yeah, Brian and Roger don’t think so.
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PAUL RODGERS
Many were surprised in 2004 when Brian May and Roger Taylor announced that they would tour as Queen with Paul Rodgers on lead vocals. Five years after Rodgers' departure, as they prepare for a new tour with Adam Lambert, May and Taylor admit, albeit diplomatically, that it may not have been a good fit.
“Paul has one of the greatest rock voices but it’s more blues and soul orientated I would have thought,” Taylor told the Toronto Sun. "I would say, with all due respect to Paul, that Adam is more suited to a lot of our material and whereas we had great tours with Paul, I think Adam is more naturally at home with us.” (VCR)
@@sasha07775 you glamberts are very sensitive creatures. Brian and Roger both put Paul top for emotion and blues voice. As did Freddie!
Agreed
@@michaelshepherd885 Did you read what Queen said about Paul? They did not deny he has a good voice, but that it was not a good fit for their music. They feel Adam is a much better fit. They toured about 5 years with Paul and over a decade now with Adam. Not being sensitive, just stating facts.
@@sasha07775 they have said he was a great fit for the rockier/bluesy part of queens catalogue . For what its worth having seem them both with Queen Paul is head and shoulders better at singing and delivering the rockier songs.. miles ahead of Adam. Other songs suit adams voice better. 5 years vs 10? Irrelevant. Paul was part of choosing to stop. He had Bad Company (another huge rock band) and his solo career (not forgetting Free) to go back to. Again i think while Adam is great at what he does glamberts really do choose to ignore Paul (let alone Freddie) run rings round him in terms of songwriting and musicianship. Paul has written a few massive hits that have stood the test of time. Let alone playing guitar and piano on stage with Queen. Not an area Adam will trouble as a songwriter or musician sadly.
I absolutely love Paul's rendition of this song on the Return of the champions (probably my favourite version of this song) but he clearly struggled on bits of this performance.
Elton puts so much emotion in it and sings the chorus with absolute conviction.
Adam, no doubt he can sing, but it's a bit too theatre on this version for me.
So im actually going to give it to Elton out of these three performances.
Adam is the BEST and then EJ. I didn't like PR, not a good fit to front Queen.
Paul hands down.
Brian May and Roger Taylor actually opt for Adam.
Many were surprised in 2004 when Brian May and Roger Taylor announced that they would tour as Queen with Paul Rodgers on lead vocals. Five years after Rodgers' departure, as they prepare for a new tour with Adam Lambert, May and Taylor admit, albeit diplomatically, that it may not have been a good fit.
“Paul has one of the greatest rock voices but it’s more blues and soul orientated I would have thought,” Taylor told the Toronto Sun. "I would say, with all due respect to Paul, that Adam is more suited to a lot of our material and whereas we had great tours with Paul, I think Adam is more naturally at home with us.” (VCR)
Agreed, Rodgers is above all. I kinda wish that May and Taylor had grabbed Rodgers before he started Bad Company.
@@blakel2174 Instead of Freddie? Are you 😜?
To me Freddie was a poppy ballad singer in a Rock band. After I heard Fight From the Inside, I'm In Love With My Car ect I realized that Queen could've been so much better if Freddie had just stfu lol. Queen + Paul Rodgers is the closest thing to that and it's just so badass imo.
@@blakel2174 😂
It is unfair to compare Fredie's studio and others' live performances. Still, between the three live performances, Paul is superior in every way possible - phrasing, pitch, strength, feeling ... everything from the first to the last tone. He owns the song.
Adam? There is a big difference between screaming and singing. Big difference...
Adam? He follows the tone of the song, he makes it his own. The goal of the video is to see the types of Queen singers through a single song, each one has their favorite song. Many people think that Paul tunes out Queen because of his blues style, and it is strange to hear him in a type of rock, it is not bad at all but honestly it is something different. The final song with Freddie is more of a tribute than a comparison, we all know that there is no live version of TSMGO with Freddie.
@@TheFashionLoverBoy, thanks for the clarification of the goal but ... why? You have not made an effort when it comes to everyone else who, for all these long three years, praised screaming-Adam just by comparing and graduating with not only Elton and Paul but also with Freddie.
Anyway, what you write about what Paul does is exactly what a singer should do regardless of genre and whether someone likes it or not. That is the meaning of "owning the song" ... not to reproduce.
Adam Lambert is the best front man for Queen, Freddie would be so proud of him. Sorry but Paul Rodgers stinks, I heard they stopped working together due shows not sold out with many empty seats.
Сейцас так тяжело я всегда задаю вопрос почему Россия музыкальная держава отгородились ото всех я любила и буду любить мы 10 лет воевали в авганестане наши ребята умирали все в 80 годц вывели войска кому это надо теперь такой же сценарий наши ребята умирают кому это надо
Mg, Paul sounds very bad. Adam lambert has the better voice for queens songs, and any one else.
I like Fred the best obviously but I really liked Paul singing as he was so different and he couldn't possibly perform in Fred's style as he just doesn't have that type of personality, I thought at least they have employed a great singer to front them and not some one who will try and do a Freddie, when I first heard and saw footage of Adam I thought he's trying to hard to be like Freddie and to be fair Freddie was a good mix of pop, camp and matcho , Adam is too camp and would make a good drag Queen, some performances look like a cabaret act with Adam lying on a couch wafting a fan singing killer Queen.
Adam made it a point, from the beginning, Never to copy Freddie. Are you serious? He has always interpreted the songs his own way, not Freddie’s way. And you can not say that Freddie wasn’t theatrical, flamboyant, showy, or camp. Have you forgotten his stage costumes? Something Adam wouldn’t be caught dead wearing. Paul was not right for Queen music. He didn’t have the right voice for their catalogue. He didn’t have the power or the range. That’s why he never sang many of them. He filled in with Bad Company songs. Who wants to go to a Queen concert to hear Bad Company? That’s why he didn’t last. They were losing their audiences and ticket sales with Rodgers. That’s why he failed. With Adam they returned to insane success and popularity. He was instantly embraced by fans. They loved his powerful voice, how he performed the songs, his presence, his showmanship and charisma. You can’t deny that he lit them up again. Yes, Adam’s theatrical, he’s flamboyant, he’s camp, he’s colorful, and he’s f**kin fabulous. Everything Queen is known for. And he’s Not a drag Queen. That’s an ignorant comment. And Adam’s performance of Killer Queen on the couch is creatively genius. I bet he thought of it. Kudos to him for that. Audiences just loved it. He has fun on stage, he connects with the audiences, he engages the audiences and they Love him. Now, tell me, what other performances look like a “cabaret act”? You did say some, right? And how is he one iota trying to be Freddie? In exactly what way?
Adam is a very good pop singer, I just prefer a rockier voice on the heavier stuff, a good show would have Paul sing the rock stuff and have Adam sing the pop stuff, no matter who they got to sing they are always going to be compared to Fred Adam more so because he is very theatrical and the whole wearing a crown was Fred's thing. Adam is still a good singer just for me he is suited to pop more than rock.
@@alexjohnston8889 Adam was Never a pop singer in the true sense of the word. If you go through his albums, you are not going to find many true pop songs, at all. And did you know Brian and Roger gave Adam his crown. It was a gift in gratitude for what he has brought to Queen. He, in no way, wears it to copy Freddie. He wears it in honor of Queen.
@@alexjohnston8889 It’s ridiculous to have two singers singing different songs for one band, especially since Adam handles them all exceptionally well.