# Queen reunites. New lead singer: The guy from Bad Company **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 14, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-reunites-new-lead-singer-the-guy-from-bad-company/279799 "2004-12-14T16:33:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-reunites-new-lead-singer-the-guy-from-bad-company/279799/1 "2004-12-14T16:33:07Z")
[Heavens crumble, seas boil, film at 11.](http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2004/12/1310.cfm) > [@](#): > > It’ll be tough to get anyone to fill Mercury’s flashy shoes, but Queen have decided to tour with former Bad Company and Free lead singer Paul Rodgers. It’ll be the band’s first tour since Mercury’s death in 1991. In the words of Morpheus…“This is going to feel…a little weird.” Honestly, though, why didn’t anybody call **George Michael**? 😕 The guy has proven he can pull off a Queen song (“Somebody to Love” from a few years back) with aplomb. I just don’t get it. He’s a much better replacement on paper, no? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-reunites-new-lead-singer-the-guy-from-bad-company/279799/2 "2004-12-14T16:35:36Z")
Oh dear god \ Noooooooooooooooooo… ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-reunites-new-lead-singer-the-guy-from-bad-company/279799/3 "2004-12-14T16:46:15Z")
“The Earth will shake, in two will break, and death all around will be your dowery.” Well I don’t know anything anout Paul Rodgers, so I’d have to hear what they sound like. I agree that it is strange George Michael didn’t join up with Queen, both George and Queen’s careers have been at a low recently. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-reunites-new-lead-singer-the-guy-from-bad-company/279799/4 "2004-12-14T16:55:10Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > Well I don’t know anything anout Paul Rodgers, so I’d have to hear what they sound like. Ever heard Bad Company? That’s him. He’s got a half-octave range at best, which actually isn’t bad for the type of bluesy music he normally sings. But Queen is right out of his league. What on earth were they thinking??? Oh, wait. This is purely a money grab. How silly of me. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-reunites-new-lead-singer-the-guy-from-bad-company/279799/5 "2004-12-14T16:58:48Z")
Maybe they’ll be releasing all new material written to accomadate Rodgers’ voice. Maybe his voice has matured since he hit sixty years old. Maybe they never heard anything he ever sang, and are confusing him with someone who looks like him. The possibilities are endless, but I think the result isn’t going to change. ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-reunites-new-lead-singer-the-guy-from-bad-company/279799/6 "2004-12-14T17:02:04Z")
> [@Chastain86](#): > > Honestly, though, why didn’t anybody call **George Michael**? 😕 The guy has proven he can pull off a Queen song (“Somebody to Love” from a few years back) with aplomb. I just don’t get it. He’s a much better replacement on paper, no? Plus he has that gay thing going for him. I don’t think Paul Rodgers could pull of any of Freddie’s better outfits.