Brian May Believes Adam Lambert Is Taking Queen’s Songs To New Places

In a 2019 interview between Brian May and Sammy Haggar that has recently been uploaded to AXS TV’s YouTube channel, the Queen guitarist praises Adam Lambert for breathing new life into Queen’s music while giving the classic songs his own unique twists. “Adam brings fresh views on things,” said May. “He’s not afraid to say, ‘why don’t we try it this way or that way?’ so the songs are not fossils. They’re alive and evolving with Adam, which is great, and sometimes he blows my mind. We do “Who Wants To Live Forever,” which is a song which Freddie would do at times, but if he felt a little off-colour, that was going to be a little bit too much strain for Freddie… you know, Adam will always do it, and always pull it off, and he will take it higher and higher. It blows my mind, the range that he has and the courage that he has to just slightly morph things into a new place. I love working with Adam.” (Louder Sound)