So my question is, what do you think will be the future of Queen and what do you think it should be?  I've come up with several alternatives, which may or may not come true (sorry, the pun was unintended). 

 

1.  Time to give it up guys.  Pack in the Queen name, call it a day, and have Roger go back to dentistry and Brian write more astronomy books.  Maybe release a solo album here and there and if you want to work together, don't call it Queen, but maybe something like May & Taylor, etc.

 

2.  Go for it! Keep the Queen name, and find a new singer.  Adam Lambert or some other dude who bears absolutely no relation to Queen and put him out front of your band.

 

3.  Realize that both Brian and Roger are accomplished composers and singers.  Work under the Queen name, maybe bring in a bass player and keyboardist (and let them write and sing a bit if they can), but Brian and Roger should be out front, writing and singing most of the new songs, and singing most of the old Queen classics (both Roger and Brian do a great job on old Queen songs that Freddie used to sing).

 

4.  Bring Timothy Staffel back into the fold, if he will do it, and change the band's name to Smile (if that's possible, I think there may be another band under the name Smile now).  If not possible, stay with the Queen name, but at least this way, you'll be bringing in someone who at least has some relationship to Queen. 

 

I'm partial to either option 3 or 4.  And quite opposed to number 2, and hope they don't do number 1, although more solo albums from them would be quite appreciated, moreso than another album with some singer who bears no relationship with Queen.   

 

Discuss.

I don't think they need to find a new vocalist.  And hope they don't.  Whether they go under the Queen moniker or otherwise.  Don't care too much about what name they use.  I will buy their albums anyway, but hope they give up on finding a "replacement" for Freddie, as that's just not possible.  The two of them are probably the closest they're going to come to Freddie for vocals.  I guess lots of people were fans of Rodgers, but I never was.  Either way, Rodgers fronting Queen, Lamber fronting Queen, hell, Peter Gabriel fronting Queen. 

 

Brian or Roger should front Queen. 

with both Roger and Brian sharing vocal duties.

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

May and Taylor should form a new band. Find a great bassist and keyboard player and write some new material, hopefully in the style of the early queen albums. A proggy Queen would be cool and I know they could do it if they tried.

 

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.  

 

Iván

 

(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.

 

 

That's not the same Brian May, the Mad Max guy is some Aussie composer (and he died in the late 90s or something).

 

Brian May from Queen did the Furia soundtrack though, which is a thing of beauty, so I agree with you anyway.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl1ApDywFgw - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl1ApDywFgw

 

Make that a party for two, I'll be right there with you.

 

I corrected the posting ... thx so much for that information ... and this other Brian May is also a dandy ... check out his list of films in the Internet Movie Database!