You can see Adam Lambert trying. This Marc Martel guy just sings and plays. He doesn't try to fill the void where Freddie was by being flamboyant. He sings the hell out of the songs in his natural voice, and they sound great. Kudos.
I see it as the other way around. Adam doesn’t try to replace Freddie, rather he’s just himself, while Marc is singing Queens songs to sound like Freddie
All of the people that say Marc imitates freddie.. Well... He doesn't. Listen to downhere. You'll see that's actually his natural singing voice. He doesn't have to imitate the man, he actually sounds like him to a degree... Any real trained ear will hear quite some differences in singing style and voice in certain places though.
And even if he did imitate, so what ? I'd say imitate too if you can, but they can't. And this imitating thing isn't such a bad thing in my opinion. When a band is forced to replace the lead singer, the idea-I think- is to get a guy as close to the one you're replacing, to keep the same sound as before that fans came to appreciate. Look at AC DC, they replaced Bon Scott with a guy that could imitate him as much as he possibly could, and the band did just fine.
+winnetouch Он поет песни группы Qween, в арнжироке Qween, в стилистике Qween. не хватает двух вещей: гитары Мэя, которую узнают по звучанию из сотен тысяч, и самого Фрэдди,его подачи, экспрессии. Его голоса. Исполнитель хорош, но он не Фредди, а пытается быть им. Может быть что бы не считали Марка просто имитатором, стоит написать и исполнить что то свое?
+Gda Gda У Марка 11 дисков своих и со своей бывшей командой. Он абсолютно НЕ имитатор, а натурально поет, как Фредди. Их тембры очень схожи. Он ни чуть не пытается быть Фредди или копировать его! Им Роджер дал определенную задачу: чтобы музыка звучала так, как на альбомах. Марк растет буквально по часам. Его голос уникален, и его талан бесспорен! Посмотрите недавние видео из Исландии к примеру, чтобы понять что к чему.
+Gda Gda He already does his own music for almost 20 years now. Watch Martel sing the songs 8th Wonder or Say the Word. Listen to his album "Impersonator." He has written award winning songs like "How Many Kings?" Marc was in his own band for 12 years before Queen chose him to sing in their official tribute band.
To listen to this singer is just pure joy. He makes this complicated song seem so easy to sing. Marc has one of the best male voices i've ever heard. Goosebumps inducing stuff right here.
There will only ever be 1 Freddie Mercury and unfortunately he passed. He left us with timeless music, his music, his sound. I don’t want to some other dude with the rest of queen pretending he’s Freddie.
I'm an avid Queen fan and in all my years I have never seen or heard anyone do justice to Freddie than this guy! He is nothing short of amazing! I'm speechless! Simply marvelous Mark!
hmm Queen Extravaganza is the "project" of original Queen. I think May and Taylor just "put eggs in different baskets". Fans that want to hear Taylor and May and new singer go to the concert hall A, and "nostalgic" fans who want Marc goes to concert hall B. Both of the bands have their own tours. They all doing their best. But if can stop and listen to the wind and birds, we will see that it is the awesome business decision.
Marc Martel is a literal reincarnation. I just wish Freddie was still alive and able to do concerts cause I would do ANYTHING to go to one. (even tho he’d be in his 70s lol)
This is the Queen Extravaganza tribute band organized by Roger Taylor! Everyone had to audition for to create the "Extravaganza." Check out the QueenExtravaganza channel. I saw Marc perform with his former band Downhere and he/they are awesome! Wish the would've brought the Extravaganza closer to the southeast in the US!
Adam Lambert has nothing on Marc Martel. Marc Martel has an amazing voice and I heard in the group DownHere before he even was a part of this. Amazing guy.
Freddie in his younger years ! Perfect vocal !! As the years progressed Freddie fell to the waysides as his Aides progressed. Good for your Mark; Freddie at his prime!!!
+Allen Saunders You are entitled to your opinion. It's also fair to mention the two band members, Brian and Roger hand picked Adam as their frontman and call him their, "gift from God". Good enough for me. ;-)
They could call him whatever they want a gift from god he is not love queen but maybe they have just reached retirement time great band thats well past its peak including adam who never had a peak i do like the back and forth be well
Allen Saunders And maybe they just know a little bit more about what it takes to make a great band and appeal to the masses than you or I do. I was at their first concert at the United Center in Chicago and the audience loved every minute and took to Adam almost immediately. Oh, and I'm in the same age group with Brian and Roger.
The guitarist is no Brian May...but he's alright. Part of the allure of Queen was the two-fisted punch of Mercury and May. They needed to get one of these guys on the internet that can duplicate May's playing, and get him a Dansan Red Special copy. Marc Martel is super freaking awesome though!
+Todd & Raquel Liz Forrest Can't agree more. Brendon was great, but harmonies sound noticeably better with Darren, esp the BoRhap and STL. I am still waiting till they get rid of that "musical mess" of a crescendo in the BoRhap so it doesn't lose the momentum. Otherwise, Tyler's direction is right on. What an amazing band!
i would have to disagree people go because of the aura of queen not adam i feel marc is much better in everyway everyones entitled to there opinion be well
