Cosmos Rocks?

The new Queen + Paul Rodgers CD showed up yesterday and I've listened to it a few times between last night and this morning. Last night I listened to the first three songs and was kinda disappointed by the fact that it is not Queen. As a first listen I found it sounded more like Bad Company than Queen which makes sense because Paul Rodgers sings 2 of the first 3 songs. This morning I started over and found I was still cringing a bit on the first few songs, I found myself thinking each song was getting progressively better than the song before it. The last track is a reprise of the fourth track and I found myself loving the reprise but I remember not really thinking it was very good when it was track 4. I decided to let the CD repeat and it was almost like listening to a different first few songs, I found that on the repeat this morning I really liked those songs, some better than the later tracks.

I don't really think the CD gets better with each track I think I let go of it not sounding like Queen a little bit each track so I was able to enjoy it more and more as it went on. I will say that right now I like the Brian May sung songs better but I've always been a big fan of his voice.

When you listen to this CD try to remember that the band is not Queen anymore, I know it's hard to do but the "+ Paul Rodgers" tied to the band name is the key to really enjoying this CD. I think this CD is a good blend of the Queen and Bad Company sounds, I would have like to have seen more Brian May but it is worth buying.

I still don't have access to the Queen +Paul Rodgers Album club, I emailed Queenonline to try and get that figured out. I did go to Brian's Soapbox here is his blog from Nov 5th.

**Wed 05 Nov 08**

OBAMANIA

Congratulations to America. And your brave new leader.
Wishing you, in this memorable moment, all that you dreamed of.
Love Bri

I added Brian's Soapbox to my links page. I also checked the tour information and they now have dates listed for Brazil. They are coming to America, just don't have dates yet. Tonight I am going to the Millbury movie theater to see Queen + Paul Rodgers live, they are airing the first show of the tour.

We Believe I put up a new version at 1:15PM on 11.06 because the one I had was cut..

I believe there's no evil out there we didn't have a hand in

You believe it's a time for peace and a time for understanding

Some of us believe that we are chosen

And if god is on our side we'll win the game

And some of us believe that there's a heaven

When the trumpets sound and the judges call your name

But let's get it straight...

I believe there's just once chance in this world to hear our brothers

You believe there's a better way to listen to each other

We don't get what the other guy is saying

We hear the words but we don't understand

So around the world the same old anger raging

And we all cry for shame and the same old tragedy goes down

We believe there's a better way to fight

There's a way to make our children safe at night

We believe there's a war we could be winning

But the only way to win it is to give what we need to receive

I believe we need a hero to step boldly from the shadows

You believe there must be someone on the scene that fits the bill

A man or a woman who knows how to say i'm sorry

With courage in his heart to match his creed

A leader who can build a brand new morning

And match the tide of changes

Match the intent with the deed

We believe there's a deed of obligation

To bring reconciliation

To make peace with every nation - in our time

We believe there's not a minute we should be wasting

When the darkness falls it's too late to fix the crime

It's peace that we need

Every father every mother knows the meaning

Human treasure that our leaders do forget

And the bullets fly in the face of common reason

And the pain we give is the legacy in the end we get

We believe there's a song that's worth the singing

It's a song of truth we're bringing

There's a way to share the earth with everyone

We believe every creature has a being

Has a right to respect and feeling

To live and breathe and flourish in the sun
That's what we believe

---Diversion of the Day