Mama? The Muppets do Bohemian Rhapsody

Some of you may have read my earlier post on Adam Lambert  and the (then?) possibility of him becoming the new Queen frontman. So far it doesn’t look like that’s gonna happen—and rightfully so—while Mr. Lambert hasn’t achieved much else except for a vapid contribution to the soundtrack of 2012 and leaning heavily on attention-seeking antics (a really ugly album cover and a performance on American Music Awards so desperately scandalizing it’s uninteresting).

But fear not: the Muppets are here to save us all. Nuff said.

PS: If your computer can do 1080p video, head over to YouTube for the HD version. It’s worth it.

Not a kind of magic: Queen considering Adam Lambert as frontman?

Those who know me know I abhor American Idol, and this latest bit of news about the the runner-up Adam Lambert certainly doesn’t help. I’m serious wondering Brian May  has got interplanetary dust stuck in his ears because even though I’m not an Idol follower, I’ve heard enough of Lambert to know he’s no Freddie Mercury (God rest his soul).

I think Gene Simmons hit the nail on the head when he said Lambert is no rock star; and to a certain extent I also agree with Clay Aiken’s (unwise) comments on Lambert’s singing (which he has since retracted). I doubt American Idol will ever produce a real rock star, or for that matter, a true artist of any importance. Can you imagine Freddie Mercury getting into the Idol finals, much less win the competition? Or Bruce Springsteen? Eddie Vedder? Joey Ramone? Robert Plant? Patti Smith? Yes, you’re right: probably not.

At the risk of sounding like a total snob, I’d just like to say: Click off that TV, hit the books and the internet, spend some time at the record store, and learn to listen, really listen. In music, vision is highly overrated.