FARK.com: (7159877) Gigwise readers vote on who they believe should be the next frontman of Queen. The logical choice, of course, was Oasis' Liam Gallagher

If you can read this, either the style sheet didn't load or you have an older browser that doesn't support style sheets. Try clearing your browser cache and refreshing the page.

		Gigwise readers vote on who they believe should be the next frontman of Queen. The logical choice, of course, was Oasis' Liam Gallagher (gigwise.com)		74
		More: Fail, Liam Gallagher, Oasis, Jake Shears, Scissor Sisters, Adam Lambert, Freddie Mercury

• • •

1435 clicks; posted to Entertainment » on 13 Jun 2012 at 1:04 AM | Favorite | share:

Share this link:

URL:

http://fark.com/go/7159877

Bookmark:

Article Comments close

74 Comments (+0 »)

View Voting Results: Smartest and Funniest

Archived thread

FirstNationalBastard		2012-06-13 12:21:40 AM

So, people want to see someone smash watermelons while We Are The Champions plays in the background?

Ambivalence		2012-06-13 12:25:19 AM

As if anyone could actually replace Freddie Mercury.

Dream on.

Relatively Obscure		2012-06-13 12:29:53 AM

The correct answer is no one.

Elmo Jones		2012-06-13 12:32:20 AM

WHAT IS THIS F*CKERY!?

/seriously

killzoe		2012-06-13 01:14:09 AM

Ooh you're the best friend that I ever had
I've been with you such a long time
You're my sun-sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-ine

slotz		2012-06-13 01:19:24 AM

No replacing Freddy, but have you seen/heard this rendering of "Under Pressure" with Bowie and Gail Ann Dorsey? Respectable, respectful treatment IMHO. Link

9beers		2012-06-13 01:21:51 AM

Marc Martel

Gunderson		2012-06-13 01:40:19 AM

I'll take Jimmy Somerville (From Bronski Beat) for $200, Alex

Henry Holland		2012-06-13 01:48:55 AM

IF Queen persists in this madness of touring/playing shows with replacements for Freddie (and John), there's really only one person for the job:

static-l3.blogcritics.org

Seriously. Adam Lambert has the voice, that's for sure. No matter what you might think of his image or whatnot, the man can sing. He loves Freddie and Queen, he's sung with them before, he's doing shows with them this summer.

Liam Gallagher? Oh, drunkard please. He was OK when his brother was stealing ideas from other people, but that twat singing stuff like Somebody To Love? Hahahahahahahaha.

iron_city_ap		2012-06-13 01:51:43 AM

Thats the joke?

katerbug72		2012-06-13 01:53:32 AM

I second Marc Martel. Dude's got the pipes and the look.

whither_apophis		2012-06-13 02:03:04 AM

Rob Halford

AKTurkey		2012-06-13 02:04:02 AM

Mika

Grace Kelly

italie		2012-06-13 02:16:35 AM

As much as it pains me to say this, I'm going to have to vote Lambert as well.

AverageAmericanGuy		2012-06-13 02:19:36 AM

Henry Holland: IF Queen persists in this madness of touring/playing shows with replacements for Freddie (and John), there's really only one person for the job:

[static-l3.blogcritics.org image 485x339]

Seriously. Adam Lambert has the voice, that's for sure. No matter what you might think of his image or whatnot, the man can sing. He loves Freddie and Queen, he's sung with them before, he's doing shows with them this summer.

Liam Gallagher? Oh, drunkard please. He was OK when his brother was stealing ideas from other people, but that twat singing stuff like Somebody To Love? Hahahahahahahaha.

This x 1000

Rubber Biscuit		2012-06-13 02:29:44 AM

Gigwise: the website by and for the Gallagher brothers.

NorCalLos		2012-06-13 02:31:04 AM

Ambivalence: As if anyone could actually replace Freddie Mercury.

Dream on.

No, you're thinking of Steven Tyler.

Shadowtag		2012-06-13 02:43:28 AM

slotz: No replacing Freddy, but have you seen/heard this rendering of "Under Pressure" with Bowie and Gail Ann Dorsey? Respectable, respectful treatment IMHO. Link

Yes, but in all fairness you could have Bowie and Gail Ann Dorsey torch Mother Theresa in effigy and it would be fantastic.

fusillade762		2012-06-13 02:51:21 AM

Funny, the headline says that, but if you go to the poll you see it's not even close:

---------------

Voted Top 5

1. Adam Lambert
9.56/10

2. George Michael
4.74/10

3. Jake Shears
3.65/10

4. Paul Rodgers
3.05/10

5. Liam Gallagher
2.77/10

----------------

Though I can't say for sure what those numbers mean, exactly.

digistil		2012-06-13 02:57:33 AM

Ambivalence: As if anyone could actually replace Freddie Mercury.

Dream on.

Agreed. While his brother Noel is brilliant IMHO, Liam is a nearly talentless mulaka that got lucky and can DIAF for all the world cares.

digistil		2012-06-13 03:00:50 AM

Rubber Biscuit: Gigwise: the website by and for the Gallagher brothers.

You clearly don't know the bros. If the site was 'for' one of them, the other is guaranteed to be plotting to go all 'Hulk Hogan on the Twin Towers' on it.

Serial		2012-06-13 03:09:14 AM

There's this guy, but he's a religious fundie, so he may not be the right fit for the band even though he's got the voice.

But it's pretty much Lambert's gig to lose at this point. Case in point.

AverageAmericanGuy		2012-06-13 03:12:58 AM

Serial: But it's pretty much Lambert's gig to lose at this point. Case in point.

Yo check this out, dawg. Great song selection and it really fits. Lambert's got the attitude, you know what I'm saying, dawg.

But I gotta say it was kind of pitchy in parts.

YouBWrong		2012-06-13 03:53:29 AM

There are a lot of singers that can do some of the things that Freddie did. Some have the range. Some have the power. Some have the control. Nobody has it all though. Remember the memorial concert where the biggest singers of the time came out to cover his songs? Every one of them sucked except for George Michael (who I hate).

Dibikad		2012-06-13 04:13:50 AM

The guy from The Format/Fun. Could probably do a decent job.

Sir Cumference the Flatulent		2012-06-13 04:18:18 AM

NO ONE can replace Freddy. But if they insist on putting someone out there, it would have to be 1. Lambert, 2. George Michael.

Snapper Carr		2012-06-13 04:22:04 AM

Bowie's not doing anything at the moment. He's got the same kind of theatrical flair that Freddie had and he's already associated with the band.

/It's a shame that George Michael is such a wreck - his rendition of "Somebody to Love" at the benefit concert was superb.

galactus5000		2012-06-13 04:30:45 AM

Lambert or Mika.

ModernLuddite		2012-06-13 05:28:23 AM

What the hell happened to Paul Rodgers?

Ed Grubermann		2012-06-13 07:05:38 AM

YouBWrong: Every one of them sucked except for George Michael (who I hate).

That was the only thing George Michael has ever done that I liked. Still hate the guy, but I respect him for that performance. He put everything he had into it.

Onkel Buck		2012-06-13 07:15:41 AM

Why dont they just do the hologram thing like they did with Tupac. The band won't have to pay or put up with the douche from Oasis. Its win win

hippyneil		2012-06-13 08:04:55 AM

I am a massive Queen fan - but really only of anything before 1980, after that it all went a bit stadium and bland.
The Queen of today are little more than a tribute band to themselves. Very, very sad.

festus		2012-06-13 08:11:36 AM

Snapper Carr: Bowie's not doing anything at the moment. He's got the same kind of theatrical flair that Freddie had and he's already associated with the band.

Might be just a tad too old now. His voice is quite a bit more bass-y than when he was young.

And where is he these days? I can't recall him doing anything since maybe that magic movie where he played Tesla.

festus		2012-06-13 08:12:40 AM

Ed Grubermann: That was the only thing George Michael has ever done that I liked. Still hate the guy, but I respect him for that performance. He put everything he had into it.

He mocked himself really well on Ricky Gervais' "Extras". It was really funny.

Loucifer		2012-06-13 08:13:58 AM

Sammy Hagar.

Balchinian		2012-06-13 08:26:24 AM

Someone taught gigwise users to read? Fark, that was stupid. Next thing you know they will breed.

Spaced Lion		2012-06-13 08:32:20 AM

Snapper Carr: Bowie's not doing anything at the moment.

Um, the guy does have a pretty demanding day job:

i46.tinypic.com

/Pay no attention to the handsome and ageless rock star hiding behind the couch

rjakobi		2012-06-13 08:59:42 AM

Is one of the requirements of being Queen's new lead singer have to do with contracting AIDS?

TravisBickle62		2012-06-13 09:01:55 AM

Lambert, you need somebody fabulous to fill the void

Persnickety		2012-06-13 09:04:59 AM

Ed Grubermann: YouBWrong: Every one of them sucked except for George Michael (who I hate).

That was the only thing George Michael has ever done that I liked. Still hate the guy, but I respect him for that performance. He put everything he had into it.

I believe he could do it. Ya gotta have faith.

amindtat		2012-06-13 09:07:18 AM

Gary Mullen

toddism		2012-06-13 09:13:43 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWY3SoiR0b8

just skip to a minute and a half in....

toddism		2012-06-13 09:16:27 AM

toddism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWY3SoiR0b8

just skip to a minute and a half in....

of course he'd never do it.

//butch walker FTW

TheVeryDeadIanMartin		2012-06-13 09:25:21 AM

I thought George Michael did a decent job at the Freddy tribute concert back in the day and I don't even like George Michael.

festus		2012-06-13 09:31:29 AM

How about a really throaty, powerful woman singer?

Lots of those making nuisances of themselves on the pop charts. Put one of them to good use.

Can't even think of a name.

ThePunishr		2012-06-13 09:35:36 AM

Eric Sean Nally of Foxy Shazam. Link

schrepjm		2012-06-13 09:37:29 AM

NorCalLos: Ambivalence: As if anyone could actually replace Freddie Mercury.

Dream on.

No, you're thinking of Steven Tyler.

So you're saying Steven Tyler could replace Freddie Mercury?

bulok		2012-06-13 09:48:08 AM

I'm another one for the Mika crowd. Has the voice, plus he's a Brit :P

MysticSavage		2012-06-13 09:51:32 AM

bulok: I'm another one for the Mika crowd. Has the voice, plus he's a Brit :P

Then you might as well get that dude from The Darkness.

HeartBurnKid		2012-06-13 10:03:11 AM

dualplains		2012-06-13 10:04:01 AM

Dibikad: The guy from The Format/Fun. Could probably do a decent job.

Came in here for this (Nate Ruess). As evidenced by Some Nights.

HeartBurnKid		2012-06-13 10:06:36 AM

hippyneil: I am a massive Queen fan - but really only of anything before 1980, after that it all went a bit stadium and bland.
The Queen of today are little more than a tribute band to themselves. Very, very sad.

Let's be honest, at their age, that's where they'd be with or without Freddie. They might put out a new album or two here and there, but they'd be mostly a "Greatest Hits" band.

LucklessWonder		2012-06-13 10:25:07 AM

Freddy is irreplaceable, and the best frontman in rock history (sorry Mick, but it's true).

That said, if they are going to tour with a singer who might be able to do 10% of Freddy justice, then I'd say the choices are:

1. George Micheal
2. Mika
3. Justin Hawkins
4. Adam Lambert
5. Susanna Hoffs
6. Nancy Wilson

In some order.

Mr.Tangent		2012-06-13 10:35:01 AM

I voted for Hologram Tupac

FriarReb98		2012-06-13 11:01:25 AM

fusillade762: Though I can't say for sure what those numbers mean, exactly.

The author needed to hit a letter quota or something. Instead of just doing 96%, he did 9.56/10. That's three more characters per person.

Anyways, here's my two cents on this whole thing: The thing that people seem to forget is that *sounding* like Freddie is one thing. There have been a few people who can replicate the sound to a reasonable degree, several of whom are mentioned in this thread. Being able to draw every last person in a crowd of 100,000 in to what you're doing, right down to drinking a beer before you start a song, is completely different. As I was 6 the last time Freddie toured the US, I can only tell you from everyone I've ever talked to who did see him live, that is something that's going to be hard to ever replicate, if ever.

NorCalLos		2012-06-13 12:10:16 PM

schrepjm: NorCalLos: Ambivalence: As if anyone could actually replace Freddie Mercury.

Dream on.

No, you're thinking of Steven Tyler.

So you're saying Steven Tyler could replace Freddie Mercury?

Ya; he does a great version of "Dream On."

Ed Grubermann		2012-06-13 12:10:33 PM

Persnickety: Ed Grubermann: YouBWrong: Every one of them sucked except for George Michael (who I hate).

That was the only thing George Michael has ever done that I liked. Still hate the guy, but I respect him for that performance. He put everything he had into it.

I believe he could do it. Ya gotta have faith.

Ignore User: Persnickety.

Nana's Vibrator		2012-06-13 12:15:19 PM

It's likely no one else on this earth can mix the opera-quality yet masculine 70's edgy rock yet super gay voice and writing inflection the way Mercury did.
Who the hell else in any time in this world would publish Bicycle? That horrific earworm done to musical perfection. (I choose as a silly example, I like much of their work)

ModernPrimitive01		2012-06-13 12:55:52 PM

ModernLuddite: What the hell happened to Paul Rodgers?

I think I read somewhere that Paul Rodgers was Mercury's favorite vocalist and asked that if they ever did anything as Queen after he died that Paul be the one to do it.

TheraTx		2012-06-13 01:16:12 PM

barneyfifesbullet		2012-06-13 01:23:18 PM

Albums, Queen was never much after The Game anyway. They had a few good singles after that.

Their live shows were always great. Basically they are dead. Just let the tribute bands have it now, Brian. Surely you guys have more than enough cash to retire on.

Looks like John Deacon is the sane one in Queen. He already retired.

Epstein's Mother		2012-06-13 01:23:41 PM

Geoff Tate?

I hear he is recent need of a band.

ciderczar		2012-06-13 01:35:35 PM

The Queen. Have her Royal Majesty take over. I want to see Lizzy smash "Fat Bottomed Girls" out the park.

TeddyRooseveltsMustache		2012-06-13 01:51:12 PM

Link

Gary Mullen is as close as you're going to get. Sorry Marc Martel. You're too much of a pansy.

Nrokreffefp		2012-06-13 03:57:20 PM

MysticSavage: bulok: I'm another one for the Mika crowd. Has the voice, plus he's a Brit :P

Then you might as well get that dude from The Darkness.

My first thought.

9beers		2012-06-13 04:28:27 PM

TeddyRooseveltsMustache: Gary Mullen is as close as you're going to get. Sorry Marc Martel. You're too much of a pansy.

LOL what? That dude doesn't sound anything like him. There's a reason Marc Martel won the Queen Extravaganza contest and is touring with the official Queen tribute band.

SharkTrager		2012-06-13 06:03:21 PM

Epstein's Mother: Geoff Tate?

I hear he is recent need of a band.

You know... that might work.

IXI Jim IXI		2012-06-13 06:54:23 PM

katerbug72: I second Marc Martel. Dude's got the pipes and the look.

just saw the queen extravaganza this weekend. Martel makes Lambert sound like Helen Keller.

TeddyRooseveltsMustache		2012-06-13 08:00:18 PM

9beers: TeddyRooseveltsMustache: Gary Mullen is as close as you're going to get. Sorry Marc Martel. You're too much of a pansy.

LOL what? That dude doesn't sound anything like him. There's a reason Marc Martel won the Queen Extravaganza contest and is touring with the official Queen tribute band.

Gary Mullen and The Works is the only tribute band endorsed by Brian May himself. So shove that up your ugly ass! And clean out your ears.

9beers		2012-06-13 08:39:51 PM

TeddyRooseveltsMustache: Gary Mullen and The Works is the only tribute band endorsed by Brian May himself.

Queen Extravaganza is endorsed and produced by Roger Taylor. They held a worldwide search for a lead singer and Marc Martel won.

Face it, your guy sucks.

Henry Holland		2012-06-13 09:58:32 PM

TeddyRooseveltsMustache: Gary Mullen is as close as you're going to get. Sorry Marc Martel. You're too much of a pansy.

i12.photobucket.com

How the hell can anyone be "too much of a pansy" when playing Freddie Mercury in a Queen tribute band?!?!

static.guim.co.uk

/He's a fairy fella
//Can you see the master stroke?

Serial		2012-06-14 03:52:03 AM

dualplains: Came in here for this (Nate Ruess). As evidenced by Some Nights.

He might have the chops, but that was really autotuned to tell.

TeddyRooseveltsMustache		2012-06-14 01:07:05 PM

9beers: TeddyRooseveltsMustache: Gary Mullen and The Works is the only tribute band endorsed by Brian May himself.

Queen Extravaganza is endorsed and produced by Roger Taylor. They held a worldwide search for a lead singer and Marc Martel won.

Face it, your guy sucks.

You're a queen extravaganza, and you suck.

Small Town Misfit		2012-06-14 08:04:39 PM

Serial: dualplains: Came in here for this (Nate Ruess). As evidenced by Some Nights.

He might have the chops, but that was really autotuned to tell.

Try these:
Dog Problems
If Work Permits
Some Nights (acoustic) (only about to 2:06; I wish I could find a complete version)
All The Pretty Girls
Carry On

I think he's got a great voice, but I don't think he'd be able to front Queen.

/My concern is not just with the pick of Liam Gallagher, but about some of the of the runners-up (Axl? Kanye? WTF?)

Displayed 74 of 74 comments

View Voting Results: Smartest and Funniest

Redisplay/refresh comments

This thread is closed to new comments.