Who the hell is Adam Lambert???

Marko … I think it is YOU who needs to let it go LOL

Dr Brian May & Roger Taylor are still incredible musicians … the guitar solos on the Queen + Adam Lambert gigs (particularly the extended segments of improv ) are out of this world, and I think it is a bit presumptious of anyone to tell people for whom music is their life, to give it up while they are still enjoying what they do, and getting rave reviews from sell out crowds, eh?

Freddie wanted his music played and performed … but it was not just HIS music it was QUEEN music - songs written by one became collaborations once the band got into the studio to record, and watching the current Queen + Adam Lambert lineup you realise just how much of the Queen sound is down to Brian May and Roger Taylor, (plus the very talented John Deacon) Some of my favourite Queen songs were actually written by Brian May … there, I said it!

Motor Mag, your lucky dude. Katy Perry is a little pop princess with lyrics about Peacock and “Candy”

Twiggybass … don't matter when you are born dude. You can like music and artists from any era if they resonate with you. You don't have to know and like what is current, but on the other hand other people are entitled to like things different to what we ourselves do. It's called diversity.

But having said that, Google (and it's clones) and YouTube mean you don't have to be in the dark about artists these days if you are curious. Lots of older stuff gets posted as well for those into pre-internet performances.

I have ecclectic tastes myself and technology opens up options way beyond the old radio and physical recording days - I love that about the times we are in (even if other things suck!)

Marko - I'm happy to say the book you wrote is not on my reading list. Peace

Marko - that's a lose definition on Karaoke, but I see where you are coming from. My point was that Lambert has a pretty distinguished singing voice - he carried the emotion of that song, which is why I linked it in. No, not as well as Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith on the original, but there are VERY few covers that come close to the original (just watch an episode of Idol for proof on that). Idol is supposedly about finding a vocal performer (yes, it's really just about ratings), and they seem to miss quite often. Chris Daughtry is another example of an Idol contestant who didn't win because they didn't fit the target/voting audience's narrow expectations, even though he was clearly the best contestant they had that season.