another one bites the rock and roll fantasy
now playing: marc cohn, "dig down deep"
so have you guys heard that ex free and bad company frontman paul rodgers is going to be fronting queen for a reunion tour in freddie mercury's place?
just who the fuck is gonna pay to see this, i wonder? certainly all those classic rock fans who couldn't wait to stay home from the ian astbury-as-jim morrison doors reunion debacle are probably already getting in line to find something else to do when this show comes to town....
seriously, once more....what the fuck?
i don't have any qualms about a patchwork version of queen hitting the road...and i'm a huge paul rodgers fan.
BUT-
didn't anyone bother to tell these folks that they're totally and hopelessly stylistically incompatible?
don't believe me?
try to picture, in your head, the man who sang can't get enough and shooting star belting out the operatic strains of bohemian rhapsody....
is that workin' for ya?
somehow, i didn't think so.
but, ya know, what the hell? why not? in fact, why don't we team some other living legends with surviving members of pop royalty and throw 'em on the road? i have some thoughts....
pretenders lead vocalist chrissie hynde and richard carpenter in the new carpenters....
"just like me, they long to be....BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG!"
now who can argue with that, huh? genius!
pearl jam frontman eddie vedder fronting the revitalized grateful dead
"jeremy spoke in....claaaaas toodaaaay...and he said a friend of the devil is a friend o'mine...."
eddie and his flannel and camoflauge would fit right in with the aging hippie demographic, right? well, maybe.
heavy metal's fleet-fingered steve vai filling the late lowell george's shoes in little feat
"'if you'll be my dixie chicken...i'll be your tennessee lamb...and we can play eight thousand notes a second down in dixie land..."
hopefully, he wouldn't bother slipping the 3/4" spark plug wrench over the ol' pinkie and going down that road...
ok, it's starting to get a little ridiculous...but you get my point, right? paul rodgers? hell, why not get liam gallagher from oasis? why not get fuckin' kid rock? how about maybe toby keith? josh groban? clay aiken? fred durst? willie nelson? bob seger? bobby mcferrin? art garfunkel?
stop the insanity, man.
you know what i'd pay to hear? queen fronted by brad roberts of the crash test dummies.
now that would be something to see.
so have you guys heard that ex free and bad company frontman paul rodgers is going to be fronting queen for a reunion tour in freddie mercury's place?
just who the fuck is gonna pay to see this, i wonder? certainly all those classic rock fans who couldn't wait to stay home from the ian astbury-as-jim morrison doors reunion debacle are probably already getting in line to find something else to do when this show comes to town....
seriously, once more....what the fuck?
i don't have any qualms about a patchwork version of queen hitting the road...and i'm a huge paul rodgers fan.
BUT-
didn't anyone bother to tell these folks that they're totally and hopelessly stylistically incompatible?
don't believe me?
try to picture, in your head, the man who sang can't get enough and shooting star belting out the operatic strains of bohemian rhapsody....
is that workin' for ya?
somehow, i didn't think so.
but, ya know, what the hell? why not? in fact, why don't we team some other living legends with surviving members of pop royalty and throw 'em on the road? i have some thoughts....
pretenders lead vocalist chrissie hynde and richard carpenter in the new carpenters....
"just like me, they long to be....BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG!"
now who can argue with that, huh? genius!
pearl jam frontman eddie vedder fronting the revitalized grateful dead
"jeremy spoke in....claaaaas toodaaaay...and he said a friend of the devil is a friend o'mine...."
eddie and his flannel and camoflauge would fit right in with the aging hippie demographic, right? well, maybe.
heavy metal's fleet-fingered steve vai filling the late lowell george's shoes in little feat
"'if you'll be my dixie chicken...i'll be your tennessee lamb...and we can play eight thousand notes a second down in dixie land..."
hopefully, he wouldn't bother slipping the 3/4" spark plug wrench over the ol' pinkie and going down that road...
ok, it's starting to get a little ridiculous...but you get my point, right? paul rodgers? hell, why not get liam gallagher from oasis? why not get fuckin' kid rock? how about maybe toby keith? josh groban? clay aiken? fred durst? willie nelson? bob seger? bobby mcferrin? art garfunkel?
stop the insanity, man.
you know what i'd pay to hear? queen fronted by brad roberts of the crash test dummies.
now that would be something to see.
posted by tom at 20:11
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