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Fantastic band. I'm listening to A Day at The Races for the first time and It's so damn good. Appreciate this awesome band.
I also have Sheer Heart Attack and A Night at The Opera, which I love. Definitely need to check out there other stuff.
DISCUSS!!
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THE SHOW MUST GO ON!
Awesome, amazing band!!
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Told you it was good.
I'm gonna spin White Man.
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Told you it was good.
I'm gonna spin White Man.
:D:D:D
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My favorite band of all time. ;D They were the first band I fell in love with. Queen II might be my favorite album, but Jazz and A Night at the Opera are also amazing.
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THE SHOW MUST GO ON!
Awesome, amazing band!!
YES
One of my all-time favorite bands. The best rock vocalist of all times with some of the most epic songs I've ever listened to? That's so good it isn't even funny.
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One of my favourite bands for sure. Oddly enough, I think my favourite album is Innuendo, closely followed by A Day at the Races
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Bohemian Rhapsody!
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My favorite band of all time. ;D They were the first band I fell in love with. Queen II might be my favorite album, but Jazz and A Night at the Opera are also amazing.
Ogre Battle is really a cool track from that album.
I am a pretty big Queen fan, although they are not in my Top 10 Of All Times list (perhaps as a live act). I remember when I was about 12 years old I bought their first Greatest Hits on cassette (yes kids, cassette!) and played it over and over and over at home. So my favourite Queen period is from those albums, 1973-1981. They were really an innovative and creative band with their arrangements and use of a recording studio to the fullest. Just check the documentary about recording A Night At The Opera where they discuss how they recorded the tracks and instruments. Really interesting stuff.
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Queen are awesome! I remember I loved them as a kid, and over the past few weeks I've been slowly rediscovering them. How a band can go from heavy metal like "Stone Cold Crazy" or "Sweet Lady" to crazy vaudeville wackiness like "Bring Back Leroy Brown" "Killer Queen" or "Seaside Rendezvous" to solemn progressive rock like "Prophet's Song" within a few albums is beyond me.
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My excitement over them has waned over the years, but you do need the first two albums. You'll find Queen II justly loved by aficianados, but might find the debut to be criminally underrated.
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Get Queen and Queen II now!!
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One of the best bands ever, featuring arguably the best rock vocalist ever, and one of the best guitar players ever. :hat
The first six albums and Innuendo are all essential, and just about all of the other records have enough good stuff to make them very worthy, too, except for Hot Space.
Favorite albums:
1. A Night at the Opera
2. Sheer Heart Attack
3. Innuendo
4. II
5. A Day at the Races
6. I (like has been said, is very underrated)
7. News of the World
8. A Kind of Magic
9. The Game
10. Jazz
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To me, Queen was a perfect example of a progressive band, even though they didn´t have many long songs, they had straight love songs, etc. The amount of new things they tried in their music was just ridiculous. Listening to one of their albums is a journey to several countries with different landscapes.
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not really into them (waits for shit!!)
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One of the best bands ever, featuring arguably the best rock vocalist ever, and one of the best guitar players ever. :hat
The first six albums and Innuendo are all essential, and just about all of the other records have enough good stuff to make them very worthy, too, except for Hot Space.
Wow, all of this exactly! :heart
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Freddie Mercury was the sweetest dude ever!
Gotta say, Stone Cold Crazy, Tie your mother down, and Bohemian Rhapsody are my favorite songs
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To me, Queen was a perfect example of a progressive band, even though they didn´t have many long songs, they had straight love songs, etc. The amount of new things they tried in their music was just ridiculous. Listening to one of their albums is a journey to several countries with different landscapes.
Queen could do no wrong in my eyes. They're one of those bands like Zeppelin that dabbled in so many different genres and they always made it work (I even like Hot Space a bit!)
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Freddie Mercury was the sweetest dude ever!
Gotta say, Stone Cold Crazy, Tie your mother down, and Bohemian Rhapsody are my favorite songs
Bohemian Rhapsody, you know the play with this one Ouda
next year in Poland bro
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Freddie Mercury was the sweetest dude ever!
Gotta say, Stone Cold Crazy, Tie your mother down, and Bohemian Rhapsody are my favorite songs
Bohemian Rhapsody, you know the play with this one Ouda
next year in Poland bro
And I know just the mountain to do it on! And which pub we will get drunk at first.
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Freddie Mercury was the sweetest dude ever!
Gotta say, Stone Cold Crazy, Tie your mother down, and Bohemian Rhapsody are my favorite songs
Bohemian Rhapsody, you know the play with this one Ouda
next year in Poland bro
And I know just the mountain to do it on! And which pub we will get drunk at first.
Scotchtoberfest? :hat
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The greatest rock band of all time.
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Freddie Mercury was the sweetest dude ever!
Gotta say, Stone Cold Crazy, Tie your mother down, and Bohemian Rhapsody are my favorite songs
Bohemian Rhapsody, you know the play with this one Ouda
next year in Poland bro
And I know just the mountain to do it on! And which pub we will get drunk at first.
Scotchtoberfest? :hat
um we're going during the summer and scotchtoberfest is during october
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Freddie Mercury was the sweetest dude ever!
Gotta say, Stone Cold Crazy, Tie your mother down, and Bohemian Rhapsody are my favorite songs
Bohemian Rhapsody, you know the play with this one Ouda
next year in Poland bro
And I know just the mountain to do it on! And which pub we will get drunk at first.
Scotchtoberfest? :hat
um we're going during the summer and scotchtoberfest is during october
pffff no i dont think so
no but imma just sayin thats just the most legit month ive ever heard of
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Was just listening to Don't Stop Me Now and was thinking this band needs to be appreciated a lot more.
Appreciate them!
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I've always been something of a Queen hater. I'm only familiar with their most famous songs, and some I quite liked (Bohemian Rhapsody, Got to Break Free or whatever it's called, off the top of my head), but really didn't like the rest.
However, I was recently given their Best Ofs (I and II), so I'm gonna give them a bit more of a try. It's worked for a lot of bands who I didn't care for at all in the last year, so we'll see how it goes.
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Was just listening to Don't Stop Me Now and was thinking this band needs to be appreciated a lot more.
Appreciate them!
Okay. Queen still rules. An all-time top 10 band in my book! :tup :tup
Also, good luck, Fluffy. Let us know how the journey goes. :)
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I've always been something of a Queen hater. I'm only familiar with their most famous songs, and some I quite liked (Bohemian Rhapsody, Got to Break Free or whatever it's called, off the top of my head), but really didn't like the rest.
However, I was recently given their Best Ofs (I and II), so I'm gonna give them a bit more of a try. It's worked for a lot of bands who I didn't care for at all in the last year, so we'll see how it goes.
I dunno. I really don't recommend "Best of" packages for Queen. Even though thats how I got into them, I find their strongest material is found on the studio albums.
Get A Night At The Opera. Thats pretty much the definite Queen album... if you don't like that one you probably won't like Queen. ;)
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It´s been a while since I listened to them. I´ll do it tomorrow. And I still need to get some of their best albums, I only have:
Queen
Queen II
A Night at the Opera
Sheer Heart Attack
Made in Heaven
Classic Queen
Greatest Hits
I plan to get Innuendo, the other albums are more or less well covered in the compilations I think.
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I've always been something of a Queen hater. I'm only familiar with their most famous songs, and some I quite liked (Bohemian Rhapsody, Got to Break Free or whatever it's called, off the top of my head), but really didn't like the rest.
However, I was recently given their Best Ofs (I and II), so I'm gonna give them a bit more of a try. It's worked for a lot of bands who I didn't care for at all in the last year, so we'll see how it goes.
I dunno. I really don't recommend "Best of" packages for Queen. Even though thats how I got into them, I find their strongest material is found on the studio albums.
Get A Night At The Opera. Thats pretty much the definite Queen album... if you don't like that one you probably won't like Queen. ;)
I disagree. Classic Queen and Greatest Hits still showcase the variety and epic awesomeness of the band. It´s true, many of their masterpieces aren´t there, but still, the discs offer an insane amount of good songs. I think they´re one of the bands that can´t be harmed by a "best of" selection: their more popular/shorter songs are at the same level than the more obscure jewels.
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A Night at the Opera and Jazz are such damn good albums. :tup
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I would agree that many of Queen's best songs are indeed the popular hits, but they have so many great non-hits, especially on most of their 70s albums, that I would definitely recommend getting the studio records.
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I would agree that many of Queen's best songs are indeed the popular hits, but they have so many great non-hits, especially on most of their 70s albums, that I would definitely recommend getting the studio records.
This. When I first got into Queen, the majority of the stuff I enjoyed were the hits. Eventually I got turned onto the not so well known songs (by well known I'm talking Bohemian Rhapsody or We Will Rock You popular), which are equally as good, if not better than a lot of the hits.
Songs like Seaside Rendezvous and '39 are incredible.
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I've always been something of a Queen hater. I'm only familiar with their most famous songs, and some I quite liked (Bohemian Rhapsody, Got to Break Free or whatever it's called, off the top of my head), but really didn't like the rest.
However, I was recently given their Best Ofs (I and II), so I'm gonna give them a bit more of a try. It's worked for a lot of bands who I didn't care for at all in the last year, so we'll see how it goes.
I dunno. I really don't recommend "Best of" packages for Queen. Even though thats how I got into them, I find their strongest material is found on the studio albums.
Get A Night At The Opera. Thats pretty much the definite Queen album... if you don't like that one you probably won't like Queen. ;)
I disagree. Classic Queen and Greatest Hits still showcase the variety and epic awesomeness of the band. It´s true, many of their masterpieces aren´t there, but still, the discs offer an insane amount of good songs. I think they´re one of the bands that can´t be harmed by a "best of" selection: their more popular/shorter songs are at the same level than the more obscure jewels.
The only reason I recommend getting a studio album first is because he said he doesn't like a lot of the popular songs he heard. And that seems to be the case with a lot of people.... people hear We Will Rock You, Bicycle Race, Radio Ga Ga, etc and just assume all of Queen's songs are like that.
And plus, the best Queen songs, like Its Late, Prophet's Song, Black Queen, Father to Son, Brighton Rock.... never made the greatest hits collections. ;) And to me, those songs represent Queen at their finest.
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I started with A Night at the Opera because "Bohemian Rhapsody" was on it, and it has that operetto section in it, so I thought that all their songs were like that. Which in retrospect was pretty stupid to think, but hey, I was in junior high.
Anyway, I was totally blown away by the variety of styles, the stellar musicianship, the production, Freddy's incredible voice, and the two words which graced the early Queen albums: No Synthesizers!
Holy shit, that means that he's doing all that on his guitar?! Even better! I love the part in "Good Company" where the break is an entire Dixieland band, all done on guitars. Every song on that album is awesome. I eventually picked up the entire discography, but A Night at the Opera will always be my favorite.
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No Synthesizers!
I was absolutely blown away upon finding this out when I got my copy of A Night at the Opera. :tup
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Songs like Seaside Rendezvous and '39 are incredible.
Ah, "Seaside Rendezvous"....how many rock bands could get away with doing a song like that and not having it sound ridiculous? Not many. That was the beauty of Queen...their variety and their diversity. Really, you could make the argument that Queen was the most diverse rock band ever, when you factor in the wide range of styles they covered, not just over their career, but often times, on single albums.
I started with A Night at the Opera because "Bohemian Rhapsody" was on it, and it has that operetto section in it, so I thought that all their songs were like that. Which in retrospect was pretty stupid to think, but hey, I was in junior high.
Anyway, I was totally blown away by the variety of styles, the stellar musicianship, the production, Freddy's incredible voice, and the two words which graced the early Queen albums: No Synthesizers!
Holy shit, that means that he's doing all that on his guitar?! Even better! I love the part in "Good Company" where the break is an entire Dixieland band, all done on guitars. Every song on that album is awesome. I eventually picked up the entire discography, but A Night at the Opera will always be my favorite.
Brian May is a god. I thought this was common knowledge already. ???
:biggrin: :biggrin:
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With all due respect to all you Queen fans out there Queen are not prog or metal and should not be on this forum or any metal/prog forum for that matter
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With no respect at all, since I have none for you, who the fuck are you to tell us who we can discuss?
Who the fuck are you anyway?
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With all due respect to all you Queen fans out there Queen are not prog or metal and should not be on this forum or any metal/prog forum for that matter
(https://vjarmy.com/junkbin/gtfo.gif)
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With all due respect to all you Queen fans out there Queen are not prog or metal and should not be on this forum or any metal/prog forum for that matter
Actually, Queen's first few albums dabbled in prog a bit. Although I wouldn't call them a prog band, they definitely maintained a lot of qualities of one.
And lol prog snob.
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Eh, that guy was either being very sarcastic, or is just a really bad troll.
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No, he's just an idiot. He's the same guy who said every time you post anything on Facebook, it sends all your personal information "out there" for everyone to see. I asked him what he meant by "out there" and how is this even possible, considering that a lot of people don't even enter all their personal information. No answer. He posted the same shit on the Yesfans board, and people actually took him seriously, which is sad, and I asked the same questions, and again got no answer.
Okay, I guess that makes him a really bad troll, too, as well as an idiot.
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What I mean by Facebook sending information out there for all to see is Facebook now has the power to put all your information there for all to see every single time
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Slowly warming to Queen. There's still a lot of songs on the Best Ofs I don't much like (We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions, Radio Gaga, Flash, and a fair bit of the much later stuff from The Miracle and Innuendo), but there's quite a few songs I recognise from, you know, life in general, which I'm liking a bit more (I Want It All, It's a Hard Life, Don't Stop Me Now, Under Pressure), perhaps because they're within the context of other Queen songs or something.
As I do with a lot of Best Ofs, I've made a playlist with all of the songs in chronological order, and I'm fairly surprised how little material from A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races are actually on here, considering those are the two albums that people talk about the most.
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Also, there's a big fat real estate agent dude in my province who uses One Vision as his theme song. It's on the local ads every time you go to the movies.
ONE MAN
ONE GOAL
ONE MISSION
And when we went to see Inception, I leaned over to my brother and was like, "uh, I don't think that's just one man." True story.
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(We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions, Radio Gaga, Flash, and a fair bit of the much later stuff from The Miracle and Innuendo)
I'm not a huge fan of those songs either, and I consider myself a pretty big Queen fan.
Glad to hear you're warming up to them! Greatest Hits is a great place to start for Queen, but might I recommend you go to one of their albums next? "Queen II" "A Night At The Opera" "News of the World" and "Jazz" are all great choices. Actually, any album up to and including "The Game" would work. After that, their albums start to get a lot more iffy (although they still made a lot of great songs after The Game!).
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As I do with a lot of Best Ofs, I've made a playlist with all of the songs in chronological order, and I'm fairly surprised how little material from A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races are actually on here, considering those are the two albums that people talk about the most.
That's because Queen did have a lot of hits, but their albums are where they really shine. A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races are solid, all the way through. One great song after another, and there's a flow to them, with songs often running into each other seamlessly. Also, Queen got about as prog as you can get without being generally classified as a prog band. Some of their songs get pretty out there, but they ease you into it.
Their various Greatest Hits collections are fine, but aren't really representative. You need to listen to an album or two to get what Queen were really about.
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With all due respect to all you Queen fans out there Queen are not prog or metal and should not be on this forum or any metal/prog forum for that matter
I don't miss this guy.
On topic: Queen is awesome and I need more of their albums. Brian May is a god.
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With all due respect to all you Queen fans out there Queen are not prog or metal and should not be on this forum or any metal/prog forum for that matter
(https://www.therightperspective.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/STFU_and_GTFO.jpg)
but seriously, Queen is great. I love Brian May, I love Freddie.
Just a great band.
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This is very true:
As I do with a lot of Best Ofs, I've made a playlist with all of the songs in chronological order, and I'm fairly surprised how little material from A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races are actually on here, considering those are the two albums that people talk about the most.
That's because Queen did have a lot of hits, but their albums are where they really shine. A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races are solid, all the way through. One great song after another, and there's a flow to them, with songs often running into each other seamlessly. Also, Queen got about as prog as you can get without being generally classified as a prog band. Some of their songs get pretty out there, but they ease you into it.
Their various Greatest Hits collections are fine, but aren't really representative. You need to listen to an album or two to get what Queen were really about.
And so is this:
Brian May is a god.
:hat :hat :hat
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I know this is the minority view, but I personally tend to think of Queen as more of a singles band than an album one. I know a few of their albums are legendary, and their music usually fits in better within the context of their albums, but I find myself preferring their individual songs over their albums. Maybe it is because their great songs are so great, and the lesser songs I find, well, much lesser. But I do appreciate how each album has its own sound while still sounding like Queen.
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Prophet's Song FTW.
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Hell yeah! :metal
And now I know
And now I know
And now I know
And now I know that you can hear me
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Prophet's Song FTW.
Good song, but not even close to being one of their best. :)
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Can't agree. It is definitely one of their best.
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Listening to Seaside Rendezvous now, such a cool song.
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Innuendo is such an awesome song. Great vocals and instrumentation.
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Party + Kashoggi's Ship always have a special place in my ear.
rumborak
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Party + Kashoggi's Ship always have a special place in my ear.
rumborak
Same, infact it is one of my most listened to Queen songs according to last.fm. The transition between the two tracks always gets me.
My friend and I listened to Sheer Heart Attack last night. I forgot how amazing that album is. :metal
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This thread made me bust out my Innuendo album. I love Queen. No matter what mood I'm in, I can listen to them. Any time. Any day.
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Bumpage.
Queen/Freddie fans.... today (November 24) marks the 19th anniversary of Freddie Mercury's death.
Will be doing my annual rememberance of Freddie by lighting some incense and playing through every Queen album. :tup
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Bumpage.
Queen/Freddie fans.... today (November 24) marks the 19th anniversary of Freddie Mercury's death.
Will be doing my annual rememberance of Freddie by lighting some incense and playing through every Queen album. :tup
:tup :'( :metal
R.I.P the greatest vocalist in rock music history.
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I need to get something by these guys!
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A Night at the Opera. Now.
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^ That.
And afterwards check out Queen II. It is always in constant combat with "Opera" for my favorite Queen album.
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OOOoooOOOOH YOU MAKE ME LIVE!
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Prophet's Song FTW.
My favorite Queen song followed by Death on Two Legs.
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Can't believe it's been almost 20 years
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Up to Jazz now...I think I'm gonna do all of the studio albums and then swing back and hit "At The BBC" "Flash Gordon" and the live albums.
I always end up crying by the end of Innuendo. :(
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Party + Kashoggi's Ship always have a special place in my ear.
rumborak
I love The Miracle cd. The title track is a must.
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I always end up crying by the end of Innuendo. :(
It's pretty hard not to. I get that way whenever I play that album especially near the end.
I just realized that I don't have a version of "Under Pressure" on CD.
I don't have Hot Space, The Miracle or Sheer Heart Attack (still waiting for an EMI CD pressing on that one.)
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Ytse, you don't have the greatest hits from 81?
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I'm listening to Don't Stop Me Now at the moment. In terms of who Mr. Mercury was, this song makes me a tad bit sad.
:sadpanda:
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Ytse, you don't have the greatest hits from 81?
I've got the original import from 1981.
It might be on my vinyl copy, but it's not on the CD.
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My favourite song by Queen is propably I'm Going Slightly Mad. :hat
And yes, i too get sad when listening to Innuendo. :-\
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My favourite is You're My Best Friend. I always felt that it embraced the loving person in Mercury behind all the shit he lived through.
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Freddie sounds like he was one of the greatest people in rock n roll. Hes one of the few people that have died that I wish I had the chance to meet. :(
My favorite song at the moment would probably be "The March of the Black Queen". But its rotates from either that, "It's Late', "The Show Must Go On" or "The Prophet's Song" depending on my mood.
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Listening to Live at Wembley '86 right now....so, so great. The little medley of "In the Lap of the Gods," "Seven Seas of Rhye" and "Tear It Up" near the beginning of the concert is phenomenal, and so is that little set of covers they do in the middle of the concert. Queen rules. :hat
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For some reason, I could never get into innuendo. Someone want to give me tips on how to appreciate it?
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I just put it on beginning to end and loved it. Just remember that Mercury was fairly ill by this point, and there were a lot of emotions running through the band, but they still sound powerful, and Mercury's voice is still phenominal.
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I just put it on beginning to end and loved it. Just remember that Mercury was fairly ill by this point, and there were a lot of emotions running through the band, but they still sound powerful, and Mercury's voice is still phenominal.
This. As a record itself, its good. But when you take into consideration Freddie was practically on his death bed at this point (he died less than a year after this album), the songs take on a whole new meaning. I always viewed this album (and parts of Made in Heaven too) as Freddie's "goodbye gift" to the world.
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For some reason, I could never get into innuendo. Someone want to give me tips on how to appreciate it?
Well, like anything else, you can't force yourself to like it. You either like it or you don't. Maybe put it away for a while and then later revisit it. And always skip "Delilah."
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Even as he was dying, Mercury threw himself into his majestic, operatic singing. Queen's Brian May recalls that Mercury could hardly walk when the band recorded "The Show Must Go On" in 1990. "I said, 'Fred, I don't know if this is going to be possible to sing,' " May says. "And he went, 'I'll fucking do it, darling' - vodka down - and went in and killed it, completely lacerated that vocal."
/Rolling Stone
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:omg: Freddie truly was something.
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Even as he was dying, Mercury threw himself into his majestic, operatic singing. Queen's Brian May recalls that Mercury could hardly walk when the band recorded "The Show Must Go On" in 1990. "I said, 'Fred, I don't know if this is going to be possible to sing,' " May says. "And he went, 'I'll fucking do it, darling' - vodka down - and went in and killed it, completely lacerated that vocal."
/Rolling Stone
:D :'(
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Even as he was dying, Mercury threw himself into his majestic, operatic singing. Queen's Brian May recalls that Mercury could hardly walk when the band recorded "The Show Must Go On" in 1990. "I said, 'Fred, I don't know if this is going to be possible to sing,' " May says. "And he went, 'I'll fucking do it, darling' - vodka down - and went in and killed it, completely lacerated that vocal."
/Rolling Stone
That really is an awesome story.
That sad, Freddie really does sound a little sick on Innuendo. His vocals are OK, but not fantastic. His voice has a certain tone where you can tell he was struggling. That alone makes it sad.
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DON'T TRY SUICIDE
NOBODY GIVES A DAMMMMNNNNN
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I wish I still had all my Queen. I lost most of my music with my computer... I want to listen to Hot Space for some reason...
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Queen went through so many changes in style. I'll be honest; I'm not a huge fan of their "leather cool" look, or some of the music from that period, but some of the stripped-down, funky stuff like "Another One Bites the Dust" and "Dragon Attack" is awesome to crank up and rock out to.
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DON'T TRY SUICIDE
NOBODY GIVES A DAMMMMNNNNN
"So you think it's the easy way out". :metal
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Queen went through so many changes in style. I'll be honest; I'm not a huge fan of their "leather cool" look, or some of the music from that period, but some of the stripped-down, funky stuff like "Another One Bites the Dust" and "Dragon Attack" is awesome to crank up and rock out to.
Definitely. The hits from all the different eras were good too. I have to admit, Queen is one of the few classic rock bands where the hit songs don't make me want to hit my head with a shovel.
The Game through A Kind of Magic was spotty... some great songs mixed in with some subpar ones. I felt The Miracle and Innuendo were big steps above the previous 80s albums... its a shame we never got to see where Queen could go after that. :(
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Don't Stop Me Now is probably my all time favourite Queen song and a personal favourite of all time. So much energy is in that song, especially in Freddy's performance.
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The new Queen remasters have caught my eye, especially since I don't have a lot of their discography (actually, only two albums and a greatest hits....).
I'm interested to find out what kind of job has been done on these remasters though. Have they been handled with care, or brickwalled?
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Don't Stop Me Now is probably my all time favourite Queen song and a personal favourite of all time. So much energy is in that song, especially in Freddy's performance.
I agree, it's a fantastic song. It's timeless.
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Been on a crazy Queen spree again. For some reason i've never really given Jazz that much credit but it's amazing..
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I've never been much of a Queen fan, but on a whim, I decided to download Queen II. Holy fuck. Easily one of the best albums I've ever heard. I had no idea Queen sounded this way. White Queen (As it Began) is amazing (as is every other track on the album).
I've since been watching a lot of Queen live videos. Freddie Mercury has to be one of the greatest frontmen in all of rock. It's sad knowing I'll never ever get to experience a real Queen concert. :(
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Been on a crazy Queen spree again. For some reason i've never really given Jazz that much credit but it's amazing..
It's such a feel good album. It makes me want to get on my bike and ride.
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I've never been much of a Queen fan, but on a whim, I decided to download Queen II. Holy fuck. Easily one of the best albums I've ever heard. I had no idea Queen sounded this way. White Queen (As it Began) is amazing (as is every other track on the album).
I've since been watching a lot of Queen live videos. Freddie Mercury has to be one of the greatest frontmen in all of rock. It's sad knowing I'll never ever get to experience a real Queen concert. :(
In 1982 I had a chance to go a Queen concert(Hot Space tour). I was14 years old but my parents said I was too young to go with friends alone. A year later they let me go to concerts and Queen never toured the States again. The one band I truly wanted to see. Oh well.
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Queen II is awesome. It's a shame that Queen started playing only their most popular material later on.
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Queen II has and always will be my favorite Queen album. Absolutely amazing.
The new Queen remasters have caught my eye, especially since I don't have a lot of their discography (actually, only two albums and a greatest hits....).
I'm interested to find out what kind of job has been done on these remasters though. Have they been handled with care, or brickwalled?
Queen remasters? Do you mean the early 90s ones, or something else? I hadn't heard about any remasters, but maybe they were an exclusive Asian release?
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Queen II has and always will be my favorite Queen album. Absolutely amazing.
The new Queen remasters have caught my eye, especially since I don't have a lot of their discography (actually, only two albums and a greatest hits....).
I'm interested to find out what kind of job has been done on these remasters though. Have they been handled with care, or brickwalled?
Queen remasters? Do you mean the early 90s ones, or something else? I hadn't heard about any remasters, but maybe they were an exclusive Asian release?
It's because they just switched from EMI to Universal... they've been all over Queen's facebook. But yeah, these are new ones. They're done by Bob Ludwig so should be OK.
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As a general rule, I dislike Queen a great deal. I really can't stand much of what you hear on the radio, and I'm not too crazy about the lesser known studio stuff. Now having said that, Rocks Montreal is a motherfucker of a concert. I watch it all the time. There's plenty of other old footage that's just damn good, as well. I've come to regard them as a fantastic live band. A pretty nice development since I can actually appreciate their abundance of talent now.
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That DVD was my intro to taking Queen seriously. And yeah, it's awesome ;D
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NEW Queen Remasters?
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That DVD was my intro to taking Queen seriously. And yeah, it's awesome ;D
Put it in today at the shop. One of the DVDs I have up there that I can really crank up.
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I love how all along Freddie's beers are sitting on the piano. That guy was the perfect blend of vocalist, musician, performer, songwriter, and rockstar.
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Definitely. A lot of lead singers, or front men in general, like to keep it "clean" on stage. Some might have a bottle of water up there. Freddie drank beer on stage like he's in a bar band, and anybody who had a problem with it could fuck off. Cause he was a rock star.
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The BBC recently did a documentary on Queen, which is really awesome. It can be seen here in eight parts (close to two hours total, but worth taking the time to watch):
Part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn96fPfUWks&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhB5R9Q2QtQ&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2IsWDdTENs&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2XqvVh7rwo&feature=related
Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XscxElaXAg&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxr98ma4-DE&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXwY3Jsrir4&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsf8YC7O2b8&feature=related
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Queen II has and always will be my favorite Queen album. Absolutely amazing.
The new Queen remasters have caught my eye, especially since I don't have a lot of their discography (actually, only two albums and a greatest hits....).
I'm interested to find out what kind of job has been done on these remasters though. Have they been handled with care, or brickwalled?
Queen remasters? Do you mean the early 90s ones, or something else? I hadn't heard about any remasters, but maybe they were an exclusive Asian release?
I went to the Queen Convention in Wales a few years ago and Jeff Scott Soto was doing his Queen tribute. He played alot of earlier, non-hit tracks and it was awesome, especially the rocked up version of We Will Rock You. Queen are the only band that I never saw live that I wanted to.
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The BBC recently did a documentary on Queen, which is really awesome. It can be seen here in eight parts (close to two hours total, but worth taking the time to watch):
Part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn96fPfUWks&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhB5R9Q2QtQ&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2IsWDdTENs&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2XqvVh7rwo&feature=related
Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XscxElaXAg&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxr98ma4-DE&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXwY3Jsrir4&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsf8YC7O2b8&feature=related
Anyone check this out yet? I know it is long, but if you are a fan of Queen, trust me, you'll want to see this! :hat :hat :hat
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I'll check them out now, thanks for the links :tup
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Prophet's Song FTW.
My favorite Queen song followed by Death on Two Legs.
You're tearing me apaaart!
It's great... but a favourite?
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Anyone check this out yet? I know it is long, but if you are a fan of Queen, trust me, you'll want to see this! :hat :hat :hat
I'll get to it soon Kev, I'm excited to watch it but I just gotta make some time to watch the whole thing in one sitting. :tup
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Anyone check this out yet? I know it is long, but if you are a fan of Queen, trust me, you'll want to see this! :hat :hat :hat
I watched this last night, found a nice torrent so I could burn it and watch on my TV.
What a great documentary, I learned a lot of new stuff about the band. And the last part was so powerful, when they talked about Freddie and his death. Really powerful stuff. I recommend everybody to watch this. It made me want to dig deeper into their albums, since I've only really listened to the hits and their more well-known songs.
Thanks Kev! :tup
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NEW Queen Remasters?
Reviews on Amazon seem to indicate that the remasters are yet another casualty of the loudness wars. Suck. :(
Listening to A Night At The Opera in 5.1 right now. It's pretty awesome so far.
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I'm stayin away from the remasters. If they released their whole discography in 5.1 like Genesis did, I'd probably pick them up, but as it is, they are just louder versions of CDs I already own plus a couple bonus tracks I already have on various bootlegs.
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So I'm a total Queen n00b besides the songs you hear on the radio on such,
What album should I start out with?
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A Night At The Opera. After that, I would probably go in chronological order. Queen II is one of my favorites. :tup
But you can't go wrong with any of the 70s Queen albums.
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A Night At The Opera. After that, I would probably go in chronological order. Queen II is one of my favorites. :tup
But you can't go wrong with any of the 70s Queen albums.
I second this.
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Prophet's Song FTW.
My favorite Queen song followed by Death on Two Legs.
mine too! I love to listen to those three (Death on Two Legs- Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon - I'm in Love with My Car)..... back to back....
will check out those links....
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Just checked out the documentary (found a new link old ones are dead) and it was definitely a great watch. FM was just a phenomenal vocalist.
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I can't wait til November.
I've listened to Queen so much (11,000 plays in the last 5 years, 10,000 of those coming in probably 3) so I only listen to them in November now, when I do my annual Queen/FM marathon. But it always feels so fresh when I save it up and listen to everything at once.
They used to be my favorite band, and though I don't consider them to be anymore, I still love them. ANATO and Q2 are two of my favorite albums ever!
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So I'm a total Queen n00b besides the songs you hear on the radio on such,
What album should I start out with?
Any of the first five albums, with A Night at the Opera and Sheer Heart Attack being the best two. Or Innuendo.
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I've slowly grown into liking Queen, and they've probably been my favourite band fo the last 6 months or so. I recently bought the "A night at the Opera (Classic albums)" DVD, which features a 5.1 mix of the album (which sounds great) and a "making of" documentary.
DT has cited Queen as an influence. Where can you hear this the most in their music? For me, the beginning of the instrumental section in Fatal tragedy is the first that comes to mind (there are some May'esque guitars in there). Also, what Queen song would you like DT to cover? (Maybe this would fit better in the DT subforum...)
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I'd love it if DT did a night where they played A Night At The Opera or Queen II. Or A Day At The Races. Or just about any Queen album.
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DT has cited Queen as an influence. Where can you hear this the most in their music? For me, the beginning of the instrumental section in Fatal tragedy is the first that comes to mind (there are some May'esque guitars in there). Also, what Queen song would you like DT to cover? (Maybe this would fit better in the DT subforum...)
They covered Tenement Funster / Flick of the Wrist / Lily of the Valley on the BCSL bonus disk, FYI.
It's better than the entirety of the regular songs on BCSL actually. :neverusethis:
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I'd like to see DT do a Queen cover.
I've just gotten into Queen but I don't know if JLB could handle FM vocals.
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I'd like to see DT do a Queen cover.
I've just gotten into Queen but I don't know if JLB could handle FM vocals.
They covered Tenement Funster / Flick of the Wrist / Lily of the Valley on the BCSL bonus disk, FYI.
;)
They also covered Death on Two Legs, I think... might have been on the live bootleg of covers from a couple years ago
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James also sang a tune on that Queen Tribute disc (which I sold back because I never got into it).
I forget what it was called but I'm sure someone around here remembers it.
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DT has cited Queen as an influence. Where can you hear this the most in their music? For me, the beginning of the instrumental section in Fatal tragedy is the first that comes to mind (there are some May'esque guitars in there). Also, what Queen song would you like DT to cover? (Maybe this would fit better in the DT subforum...)
They covered Tenement Funster / Flick of the Wrist / Lily of the Valley on the BCSL bonus disk, FYI.
It's better than the entirety of the regular songs on BCSL actually. :neverusethis:
Yeah, forgot that :D
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James also sang a tune on that Queen Tribute disc (which I sold back because I never got into it).
I forget what it was called but I'm sure someone around here remembers it.
I think it was Sheer heart attack?
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I'd like to see DT do a Queen cover.
I've just gotten into Queen but I don't know if JLB could handle FM vocals.
They covered Tenement Funster / Flick of the Wrist / Lily of the Valley on the BCSL bonus disk, FYI.
;)
They also covered Death on Two Legs, I think... might have been on the live bootleg of covers from a couple years ago
I got to find that, it's one of my Queen favourites and it would be nice to hear the DT version :D
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On a Queen kick as of last night. A Night at the Opera might just be one of the best albums ever of all time. Ever.
Innuendo makes me want to cry. In a good way. In a "I wonder if my tears can taste like melancholy-joy while listening to The Show Must Go On" kind of crying.
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Just bought the A Night At The Opera 5.1 dvd, SO PUMPED
Also The Show Must Go On was the first song that ever made me cry
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Just bought the A Night At The Opera 5.1 dvd, SO PUMPED
Also The Show Must Go On was the first song that ever made me cry
That sounds incredible. Enjoy.
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James also sang a tune on that Queen Tribute disc (which I sold back because I never got into it).
I forget what it was called but I'm sure someone around here remembers it.
Dragon Attack: A Tribute to Queen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Attack:_A_Tribute_to_Queen)
James sang on "Sheer Heart Attack" and "One Vision".
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Has anybody seen this cover?!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dREKkAk628I&feature=youtu.be
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Has anybody seen this cover?!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dREKkAk628I&feature=youtu.be
I saw that. Was definitely impressed!
So I'm a total Queen n00b besides the songs you hear on the radio on such,
What album should I start out with?
Any of the first five albums, with A Night at the Opera and Sheer Heart Attack being the best two. Or Innuendo.
I'm gonna disagree slightly here and recommend anything between albums 3-8. That gives you this:
Sheer Heart Attack (1974)
A Night at the Opera (1975)
A Day at the Races (1976)
News of the World (1977)
Jazz (1978)
The Game (1980)
These six albums pretty much are Queen as you are most likely familiar with them. Each has songs you've no-doubt heard and probably love given your interest, each has its undiscovered gem(s), and each has, like every Queen album, a couple of throwaway tracks (some will disagree with this but, meh). Queen and Queen II(the first two albums), however, suffer from some godawful production and a lack of songs you will be familiar with. They are good albums, but maybe not the best considering what you're probably expecting. After that Queen got more dancy and synthy. They were still good, but I don't think they ever really were as good as they were when they were still very much a "rock" band. Even Innuendo does not really impress me very much.
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So... should I go for the two boxsets on Amazon? Amazingly, I love Queen but own none of their albums.
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Those boxes are sweet. I'd jump on them if I had the cash, and didn't already have most of the individual albums.
So... Yes.
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^ Yup. They look pretty cool, but I already have every Queen album on CD and all of them up until The Game on vinyl, so I personally just can't justify spending all that money on the boxsets.
I downloaded the bonus tracks for the first couple albums, but never listened to them... hm... maybe I will tonight. :hat
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Has anybody seen this cover?!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dREKkAk628I&feature=youtu.be
This is one of the best covers I've ever heard! He's absolutely stellar.
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Has anybody seen this cover?!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dREKkAk628I&feature=youtu.be
This is one of the best covers I've ever heard! He's absolutely stellar.
I think the more appropriate word here is:
Fabulous
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Is this shit about Lady Gaga joining Queen for real?
I'd heard that Brian May is a money-grubbing motherfucker, but I didn't know it was this bad. At the very least, they could call it something other than Queen.
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wait wut
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https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/brian_may_wants_lady_gaga_to_join_queen.html
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https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/brian_may_wants_lady_gaga_to_join_queen.html
Could be interesting, Gaga actually does have talent even though it isn't all that apparent in her own music. But I can't help but feel that this shouldn't be Queen but rather just a May / Gaga collab.
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:facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:
I support Brian May continuing to make music... but he should do solo or form a new band. Stop clinging to the Queen name. Queen died in 1991. And their career was amazing... Q+PR's new album was NOT.
As for Gaga, well... at least she is talented. I prefer her over PR at any rate.
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I think it would be cool for May and Taylor to do a collaboration with Lady Gaga and do a tour doing that stuff plus the Queen classics. Gaga is actually quite talented and loves Queen, so it makes sense. But there's a reason John Deacon refuses to partake in these Queen "reunions." It ain't Queen without Freddie, plain and simple.
Also, regarding Q+PR, did anyone else think that their single C-lebrity sounded just like "The Metal" by Tenacious D?
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I think it would be cool for May and Taylor to do a collaboration with Lady Gaga and do a tour doing that stuff plus the Queen classics. Gaga is actually quite talented and loves Queen, so it makes sense. But there's a reason John Deacon refuses to partake in these Queen "reunions." It ain't Queen without Freddie, plain and simple.
Also, regarding Q+PR, did anyone else think that their single C-lebrity sounded just like "The Metal" by Tenacious D?
I'd be down for this but it shouldn't be called Queen especially without Freddie and John.
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I think it's a shame they never took George Michael out for a tour featuring Queen songs, like they did with Paul Rodgers. Anyone who saw the Freddie Mercury tribute concert and heard how great a job he did on Somebody to Love knows that he could have done justice to just about any Queen song out there.
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Also, regarding Q+PR, did anyone else think that their single C-lebrity sounded just like "The Metal" by Tenacious D?
I dunno, I've tried to erase that album out of memory. :lol
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I think it's a shame they never took George Michael out for a tour featuring Queen songs, like they did with Paul Rodgers. Anyone who saw the Freddie Mercury tribute concert and heard how great a job he did on Somebody to Love knows that he could have done justice to just about any Queen song out there.
I just watched the Freddie Mercury tribute concert and you're right, he is amazing.
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Also, regarding Q+PR, did anyone else think that their single C-lebrity sounded just like "The Metal" by Tenacious D?
I dunno, I've tried to erase that album out of memory. :lol
You're not the only one!
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Currently on an 'old' Queen trip. Just bought and listened to Queen 1, Queen II is next.
After that News of the Wold....awesome band, unique in sound, dynamic and composition. No other band ever came close. :metal
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sigh... listening to 'My Baby Does Me' at this very moment and thinking.... people must have had guts to have made music after this guy existed!
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I think it's a shame they never took George Michael out for a tour featuring Queen songs, like they did with Paul Rodgers. Anyone who saw the Freddie Mercury tribute concert and heard how great a job he did on Somebody to Love knows that he could have done justice to just about any Queen song out there.
I just watched the Freddie Mercury tribute concert and you're right, he is amazing.
I always thought that too Kev. As good as a singer Paul Rodgers is. He's a blues singer. It always felt like a round peg in a square hole.
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Speaking of Queen covers, check this guy out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=OUQ2iA0rBWc
rumborak
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Wow. The guy is really good. But the Aussie accent no.
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I think it's a shame they never took George Michael out for a tour featuring Queen songs, like they did with Paul Rodgers. Anyone who saw the Freddie Mercury tribute concert and heard how great a job he did on Somebody to Love knows that he could have done justice to just about any Queen song out there.
I just watched the Freddie Mercury tribute concert and you're right, he is amazing.
I always thought that too Kev. As good as a singer Paul Rodgers is. He's a blues singer. It always felt like a round peg in a square hole.
Paul Rogers is/was one of the best at what he does. Trying to sandpaper the edges off of Queen is not on his resume.
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I think it's actually for the best that Paul Rodgers isn't too close to Freddie in terms of delivery. This way when you see them live, it doesn't feel like some old fogeys trying to relive the past by hiring a guy who sings just like Freddie, but rather some old fogeys who just enjoy playing the songs live, but always making it clear that it is something very different from the Queen with Freedie Mercury.
rumborak
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I think it's actually for the best that Paul Rodgers isn't too close to Freddie in terms of delivery. This way when you see them live, it doesn't feel like some old fogeys trying to relive the past by hiring a guy who sings just like Freddie, but rather some old fogeys who just enjoy playing the songs live, but always making it clear that it is something very different from the Queen with Freedie Mercury.
rumborak
I'd much rather see them as a new outfit making new music. It didn't seem right with the Queen sound and songs.
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I like the hits more than anything, plus maybe one or two more obscure tracks like Seaside Rendezvous. I just can't get into Father to Son though.
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Man, awesome. Somebody uploaded the whole Montreal concert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJxBU7FGtf4
rumborak
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Awesome! :o
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I already have it on DVD and blu ray. :biggrin:
Still doesn't touch Wembley imo.
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Aw man, and then I saw on Youtube that somebody uploaded the whole BBC documentary on Queen!!
Awesome documentary, and some unseen footage of Freddie shortly before his death, during the music video shooting. Man, they pasted so much foundation on him, scary.
rumborak
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Yeah, I saw that. Great Doc. The album Innuendo, is such a lasting memory with Freddie's lyrics. What a swan song as an album knowing all too well that he was not long for this earth.
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I already have it on DVD and blu ray. :biggrin:
Still doesn't touch Wembley imo.
I don't know about that. I have the Blu-ray of Montreal + Live Aid, and the two of them combined give Wembley a run for the money.
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I think it's a shame they never took George Michael out for a tour featuring Queen songs, like they did with Paul Rodgers. Anyone who saw the Freddie Mercury tribute concert and heard how great a job he did on Somebody to Love knows that he could have done justice to just about any Queen song out there.
I don't want to discredit George Michael, but that performance was done half-tone down. But who cares anyway, Queen changed the tone on many songs while on tour because Freddie smoked heavy tar. It would have been an incredible tour. (Though I still do agree with the whole Deacon approach after FM's death.)
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Man, awesome. Somebody uploaded the whole Montreal concert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJxBU7FGtf4
rumborak
WOW
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YAY!
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Man, Hot Space is one terrible album. If it weren't for Under Pressure you could throw away the whole album.
rumborak
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So true. Under Pressure is great, but the rest of Hot Space is definitely pretty forgettable.
I'll have to check out the Montreal stuff. I've been debating about getting that DVD for a while now.
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It's interesting to see in that documentary how Hot Space came about. Freddie kinda descended into the gay scene and was exposed to a lot of dance club music, so he pushed for that sound in Hot Space.
What's also really interesting about Queen is, despite their incredible success as a group, none of them managed to get any decent solo career off the ground, not even Freddie.
rumborak
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Hot Space has a few awesome tracks... Under Pressure, Staying Power, and Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love) are all awesome. Definitely lower tier for Queen though... that and A Kind of Magic are probably my bottom two. The Works and The Miracle are very underrated.
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I actually like Brian May's Another World solo album quite a bit. I rarely think to listen to it anymore, but whenever I do, I enjoy most of it quite a bit.
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Man, Hot Space is one terrible album. If it weren't for Under Pressure you could throw away the whole album.
rumborak
Yeah, in that thread I made about moments when bands blew it, someone mentioned Hot Space as being when Queen did and I wholly support that notion. Worse for it, Under Pressure was actually released as a single the year before, and appeared on the US version of the Greatest Hits album, so its presence on Hot Space was redundant in most markets.
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I actually like Brian May's Another World solo album quite a bit. I rarely think to listen to it anymore, but whenever I do, I enjoy most of it quite a bit.
A couple of tunes from Into the Light weren't bad either, especially "Resurrection":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X9kajEHAwo&feature=related
Problem is, IMHO, Brian is a great backup singer, but as a lead singer, not so much.
rumborak
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I was looking for this thread but I just found a bunch of Queensryche crap. Glad it was on the front page.
Anyways, for xmas money I bought A Night at the Opera (I know, I'm way way behind) and I really like it. First full-length, non-Greatest Hits Queen album. I just bought Sheer Heart Attack and Queen II as well. I'm excited to hear them.
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You're unlikely to find yourself disappointed.
Also, if you find these albums real enjoyable, I'd heavily recommend A Day At The Races.
It isn't ANatO, but it comes close.
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Problem is, IMHO, Brian is a great backup singer, but as a lead singer, not so much.
I STRONGLY disagree.
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Problem is, IMHO, Brian is a great backup singer, but as a lead singer, not so much.
I STRONGLY disagree.
Yuppers, I really like Brian's vocals. Mother Love is a pretty good example.
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Well I think Rumbo is saying compaired to Freddie he pails in comparision. Honestly he has a good voice for lead but not great. But he does have a great voice for backing vocals.
Some of my favorite bands just have good singers and that's ok by me.
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Problem is, IMHO, Brian is a great backup singer, but as a lead singer, not so much.
I STRONGLY disagree.
Yuppers, I really like Brian's vocals. Mother Love is a pretty good example.
When he sings low he can be alright. But when he tries to go for higher notes his voice thins out massively.
To each their own I guess. Just never was my thing.
rumborak
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Well I think Rumbo is saying compaired to Freddie he pails in comparision.
Compared to Freddie, almost EVERYONE pales in comparison. :lol Brian is an awesome singer, and almost all of the songs he sings lead on would be included in my favorite Queen tracks.
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Oh I know! :lol But over the long haul Brian is an average singer. That's ok because his guitar playing is unreal.
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Brian May's voice obviously couldn't touch the power of Freddie Mercury's, or even Roger Taylor's, but it is still had a nice, warm quality that makes it enjoyable to listen to. I never hear him sing something and think, "He is trying to do too much or something he is incapable of doing."
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Brian May's voice obviously couldn't touch the power of Freddie Mercury's, or even Roger Taylor's, but it is still had a nice, warm quality that makes it enjoyable to listen to. I never hear him sing something and think, "He is trying to do too much or something he is incapable of doing."
Oh and I agree. But guy's voices like that tend to be great harmony singers and with Queen, it sure did work well.
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I never liked Taylor's singing, he did a great job with the harmonies but his lead singing never did anything for me. May, on the other hand, while having a pretty limited range had an incredibly warm beautiful tone to his voice.
I'm also really disappointed that May never sang live in Queen's heyday... him performing Love of My Life on the Q+PR tour was one of the most beautiful concert experiences I have had.
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I think the problem when Taylor was singing lead vocals for a whole song was that he was easily the least best songwriter of the four, so he was often singing fairly average tunes. Songs like The Loser in the End and Sheer Heart Attack definitely stand out, to me, as the least best songs from otherwise very good or great albums. Of course, Tenement Funster and I'm in Love with My Car are both great, so that wasn't always the case, but overall I agree that his voice as a lead didn't have the engaging warmth that May's did (when talking about lead vocals not done by Freddie). His high notes during harmonies were outrageously awesome, though. He does that crazy high note at the end of the Bohemian Rhapsody middle section, and those high notes he hit in In the Lap of the Gods are bananas.
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Holy crap Prophey's Song is so cool.
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It is. One of their best IMO.
AND NOW I KNOW... NOW I KNOW.... NOW I KNOW
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Yeah, it's my favorite song from A Night at the Opera, maybe my favorite of all.
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Yeah, it's one of my favourites too.
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Yeah, it's one of my favourites too.
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Yeah, it's one of my favourites too.
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For the past two or three weeks I have had a boner for nothing but Queen. Listening to A Day at the Races for the first time now. Tie Your Mother down is so damn good.
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I love going through that annual Queen phase. :coolio
Aside from Tie Your Mother Down, whose greatness goes without saying, I've always been partial to Long Away, White Man and Teo Torriatte from that record.
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Teo Torriatte is one of my favorites from that album too. Parts of it are so ethereal sounding. Hauntingly beautiful. :heart
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Long Away is my favourite from that album. Such a wonderful song.
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Teo Torriatte was super cool. News of the World is almost finished. Why didn't I get more into these guys during my "all modern music sucks classic rock is the only good music" phase? :(
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Teo Torriatte was super cool. News of the World is almost finished. Why didn't I get more into these guys during my "all modern music sucks classic rock is the only good music" phase? :(
I dunno, they were like the first band I got into during that phase. :lol
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I'm glad I missed that phase...
I'm in my good music is good and bad music is bad phase....
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Problem is, IMHO, Brian is a great backup singer, but as a lead singer, not so much.
I kinda agree. I don't think his voice is particularly suited to heavy rock singing and it always sounds a bit wobbly when he's trying to put some oomph into it.
However, I think he was the perfect fit for songs such as '39 and Good Company where it's light, folksy singing and I'm glad he sang lead for those rather than have Freddie do them.
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Looks like Adam Lambert is fronting Queen for a summer tour. Thoughts? I don't think he has a bad voice at all. It could work.
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I don't care for him. He's always seemed to me to be outrageous just for the sake of being outrageous, which isn't something I respect in a performer.
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Looks like Adam Lambert is fronting Queen for a summer tour. Thoughts? I don't think he has a bad voice at all. It could work.
Honestly I haven't heard him sing (I probably have but I just don't know it's him)
I'll check it out.
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He's a pretty good singer, even though the solo songs I've heard from him have been, IMO, pretty bad. There was a video of him with Queen playing The Show Must Go On somewhere and it was pretty awesome.
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I find it saddening how much flak Adam Lambert is getting. Give him a chance, I bet you he will be amazing. Ugh, fans right?
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I have to check out Adam Lambert. But, I think they should consider bringing Marc Martel out in the future. Let him prove himself on the Queen Extravaganza cover band project, then bring him out. That guy is oozing with talent, and he's got a fantastic attitude too.
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I'm sure Lambert will do just a fine job, if he can cope with all the shit he's going to get.
That said, Brian and Roger played the Prince's trust rock gala a couple of years ago with the guy from Keane, Tom Chaplin.
See what you think..
It's A Hard Life (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRRstMLj774&feature=related)
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Man, awesome. Somebody uploaded the whole Montreal concert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJxBU7FGtf4
rumborak
I decided to check this out as I always blank,while I'm on YouTube. The part where the lights go down was amazing. Saddened it will never be again.
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A bit of a bump, but I just picked up A Night at the Opera over the weekend (my first Queen album) and I absolutely love it. I've heard all the hits a hundred times over, and Queen felt like one of those bands I would totally adore if I got into their stuff. So far, I'm right. The other cuts on the album are just as good as the hits, and I feel like this is a band I need to get more into.
I guess my question is, where do I go from here? Queen II? Sheer Heart Attack? I tend to avoid best-of compilations if I can help it.
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Yes, Queen II or Sheer Heart Attack would both be good choices to follow up.
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I got Sheer Heart Attack along with ANATO. I'm sure you know DT's Queen medley, those three songs are on that album. As well as some other gems. Queen II is a pretty progressive album, so that might be a good one. Every album (except Hot Space and The Miracle. :tdwn) is worth the listen though.
Another way you can go about it is by continuing with albums from around the ANATO period, since you've already got that album. You would probably enjoy these 6 the most:
Queen
Queen II
Sheer Heart Attack
A Day at the Races
News of the World
Jazz
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The first five albums are all must-haves (I, II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races), and I think Innuendo belongs in that category as well.
The Game, News of the World and A Kind of Magic are all really good as well.
Jazz is overrated, save for a handful of great tunes.
Ignore Hot Space like the plague.
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The first five albums are all must-haves (I, II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races), and I think Innuendo belongs in that category as well.
I love Innuendo. The title track is my favorite Queen song.
The Game, News of the World and A Kind of Magic are all really good as well.
A Kind of Magic and The Game are great. But I think SeventhSon should try the older albums first.
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A bit of a bump, but I just picked up A Night at the Opera over the weekend (my first Queen album) and I absolutely love it. I've heard all the hits a hundred times over, and Queen felt like one of those bands I would totally adore if I got into their stuff. So far, I'm right. The other cuts on the album are just as good as the hits, and I feel like this is a band I need to get more into.
I guess my question is, where do I go from here? Queen II? Sheer Heart Attack? I tend to avoid best-of compilations if I can help it.
Yeah, I started out with ANATO and followed it with Sheer Heart Attack. Queen II is more of a grower than those other two, I think.
So yeah I still have a huge boner for Queen. A few of my favorite songs so far (in no order)
Teo Torriate
Bohemian Rhapsody
Sheer Heart Attack
The Prophet's Song
Tie Your Mother Down
The Millionaire Waltz
Tenement Funster/Flick of the Wrist/Lily of the Valley
'39
Fairy Feller's Masterstroke/Nevermore
The Show Must Go On
Stone Cold Crazy
In the Lap of the Gods (Revisted)
Don't Stop Me Now
Album rankings of what I have so far:
A Night at the Opera
Sheer Heart Attack
A Day at the Races
Queen II
News of the World
And I still need more! Gonna get Queen I, Jazz, and Innuendo next, I think.
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Bohemian Rhapsody just played on my ipod. :metal
My sister and I have a pact that when that song plays YOU DROP EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING and sing/dance through the entire song. :rina:
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This sounds intriguing:
https://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/press-release-queen-extravaganza-tour-dates-announced/
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This sounds intriguing:
https://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/press-release-queen-extravaganza-tour-dates-announced/
If tickets are cheap (which I doubt) I might check it out when the come to Tampa.
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Looks like tickets are only 30-40 bucks, which is cheaper than I would have thought. I've already sent a text to a handful of friends whom I think might want to go, so I'll be interested to see the feedback from them.
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30-40 isn't bad at all. If I can get a few friends together it may be worth checking out. I'll be looking for some youtube clips to see what the show is like as well.
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This sounds intriguing:
https://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/press-release-queen-extravaganza-tour-dates-announced/
The only good thing I see about this is the involvement of Jeff Scott Soto. Great singer, great performer.
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Tickets have been bought! My older brother and two friends are going with me. This should be a blast. :coolio
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That's really dumb, Brian and Roger won't even be performing? I was hoping it would be the two of them with a couple different vocalists, sort of like the Freddie tribute they did back in the early 90s. I would go pay to see that, but not this.
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Yeah, it's "The Official Queen Tribute Show, Produced by Queen Drummer Roger Taylor". In plain English, that translates to "cash grab".
I'm sure it will be an evening of great music, performed by some very talented guys, and it's good that it has the involvement of at least someone actually from Queen, but it's basically like the live performance of a tribute album.
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Maybe so, but tickets were only $39.50 after the service charges, and I think we will get our money's worth. Even if it is essentially just a tribute band, 40 bucks to hear two hours plus of Queen's best stuff performed well is a steal if you ask me. :)
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It'll be a great show, for sure. Whether it's worth 40 bucks is up to one's particular financial situation, I suppose.
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Well, we'll be seeing the Queen Extravaganza tonight. Should be good fun! :tup :tup
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Yeah, I heard it's her Diamond Jubilee.
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I remember thinking during the playing of God Save the Queen: Freddie should've been there. :'(
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Killer show last night! Fantastic job all-around, and that main singer, Marc Martel, did a great Freddie impression, mannerisms and all, and just needed the stache and he would have looked just like him, too! :lol
Great set list:
Set 1:
The Prophet's Song (middle section from the A Night at the Opera album as the intro)
Tie Your Mother Down
Now I'm Here
Killer Queen
Love of My Life
I Want It All
Bicycle Race
I Want to Break Free
March of the Black Queen
Dragon Attack
You Take My Breath Away
Save Me
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon
I'm in Love with My Car
Bohemian Rhapsody
Set 2:
One Vision
A Kind of Magic
Don't Stop Me Now
Under Pressure
Who Wants to Live Forever
Another Bites the Dust
You're My Best Friend
In the Lap of the Gods
In the Lap of the Gods Revisited
Stone Cold Crazy
The Show Must Go On
Radio Ga Ga
Fat Bottomed Girls
Somebody to Love
Encore:
We Will Rock You
We Are the Champions
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Those songs look so good that I'm considering looking at dates near me...
EDIT: Nope. Nothing :(
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Bummer. It is definitely worth seeing, especially for the relatively inexpensive price!
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Good set, The Prophet's Song is one of the greatest thing to come out of the 70s so that must have been awesome to see. :tup
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Well, to clarify, they didn't play The Prophet's Song. The middle section with all of the overlapping vocal harmonies was simply played straight from the ANATO CD while the band hit the stage in the dark and then as soon as that section ended, bam, the lights came up and they went right into Tie Your Mother Down.
Aside from Keep Yourself Alive and Hammer to Fall, the two major ones that weren't played, I was also hoping for Liar and '39, which we didn't get, but we did get an excerpt from March of the Black Queen and both In the Lap of the Gods tunes, so that was awesome. :coolio
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...Oh. :(
Well, March of The Black Queen is my second favorite Queen song so that is just as good!
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Oh. I was about to say that would be a helluvan entrance for the singer to do that awesome middle section live just to show everyone they weren't fucking around.
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It'll be a great show, for sure. Whether it's worth 40 bucks is up to one's particular financial situation, I suppose.
Glad a good time was had by all, but there's no way a tribute band gets that much from me.
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To each his own, but I thought it was money well spent. There have been concerts I've spent more money on that I didn't have nearly as much fun at or enjoy as much. Like I said before, there is no chance of seeing the real Queen again, and this is the next best thing, so I was more than happy to pay that price. Plus, a band like Queen has so many songs that everyone knows, that the whole crowd is totally engaged and into the show from start to finish, as opposed to seeing a band that plays a lot of songs that a lot of concert goes do not know that well, and it is easy to feed off of that energy and enjoy the show more. Rocking out and singing along with friends AND total strangers on the floor to songs everyone knows is fun as hell! :)
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Holy shit! Prophet song AND March of the Black Queen? :omg: :o
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Speaking of that tribute concert, Paul Young had virtually no voice at all. Couldn't have gotten anyone better?! And I personally hated that cover of Under Pressure, and I usually love Annie. Just too weird
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Funny, I just took a break from cutting my back lawn while listening to Heavenly's Carpe Diem, thinking how much this reminds me of Queen. A heavy metal version of Queen. Then I come in and the Queen thread is bumped!
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Justed watched this BBC 2 part Blu Ray this weekend on Queen. It was fantastic.
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Okay, what knowledgeable Queen fan wants to do a discography thread for them, like Orbert has done with Genesis, Yes, ELP? I would, but I gotta think that someone else here knows way more cool info and tidbits to bring to the table on every album than I do.
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I've been tempted from time to time...but my knowledge of Queen is pretty much restricted to the classic first 8 albums. But my knowledge (and interest) has a sharp dropoff from Hot Space onward. (though, as was mentioned in another thread, I think FG could be the single most overlooked album in their entire catalog)
I also got into AKOM for a time...but my knowledge of most of the other albums is almost non-existent. (though I've been wanting to remedy that....there are just *SO MANY* things on my queue. It often feels like there's not enough time in the day.)
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Yeah, it'd be better if it were someone who is really familiar with all phases and albums of their career. Maybe someone will step up and take the initiative... :biggrin:
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They only made 10 albums, so if someone is good with the first eight, I think they should give it a shot. I was only up on ELP through the original breakup and had to research the rest, and some of that was pretty shoddy, but these are the things we do for music.
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Queen was my first favorite band, I've been listening to them for a bit more than ten years and I much adore almost everything they did, but I'm not even sure would I be around enough to participate in a discussion, let alone lead one, in the next month or so. Besides, I always had the feeling someone who's been around for some album releases (for older bands) should be the one with the most meaningful (leading) contribution... I was born almost a full year after Freddie died.
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Queen is a band that I haven't listened through all of their albums. I've always just sampled various songs from their discography.
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Question: Why is News of the World so often excluded from the greatest Queen albums? I think it's easily better than the first three, and much better than A Day at the Races, too. It opens with "We Will Rock You" and "We are the Champions", which are Queen's most emblematic songs overall. It has a number of great "deep tracks", like "Spread Your Wings", "All Dead", "Who Needs You" and "It's Late", which has the craziest rocking momemntum of any Queen song. The production is also pretty damn pristine, definitely the best Queen rock album sonically, though the terrible CD remasters that came out like a decade ago have pretty much made all Queen's albums sound loud and bad.
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Queen was my first favorite band, I've been listening to them for a bit more than ten years and I much adore almost everything they did, but I'm not even sure would I be around enough to participate in a discussion, let alone lead one, in the next month or so. Besides, I always had the feeling someone who's been around for some album releases (for older bands) should be the one with the most meaningful (leading) contribution... I was born almost a full year after Freddie died.
Yeah, there is that. Examining and discussing the body of work is the main thing, but I also think it's valuable to reflect on how each release was regarded and received at the time, and most of that perspective will come from folks who were around at the time. But I'm never sure if it's important to me just because I was around, or how important it is to others.
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Question: Why is News of the World so often excluded from the greatest Queen albums? I think it's easily better than the first three, and much better than A Day at the Races, too. It opens with "We Will Rock You" and "We are the Champions", which are Queen's most emblematic songs overall. It has a number of great "deep tracks", like "Spread Your Wings", "All Dead", "Who Needs You" and "It's Late", which has the craziest rocking momemntum of any Queen song. The production is also pretty damn pristine, definitely the best Queen rock album sonically, though the terrible CD remasters that cameout like a decade ago have pretty much made all Queen's albums sound loud and bad.
Exactly! Criminally underrated!
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They only made 10 albums, so if someone is good with the first eight, I think they should give it a shot. I was only up on ELP through the original breakup and had to research the rest, and some of that was pretty shoddy, but these are the things we do for music.
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Queen
Queen II
Sheer Heart Attack
A Night at the Opera
A Day at the Races
News of the World
Jazz
The Game
Flash Gordon
Hot Space
The Works
A Kind of Magic
The Miracle
Innuendo
Made in Heaven
That's 15 (or 13 if you forgot about Flash Gordon and Made in Heaven).
Question: Why is News of the World so often excluded from the greatest Queen albums? I think it's easily better than the first three, and much better than A Day at the Races, too. It opens with "We Will Rock You" and "We are the Champions", which are Queen's most emblematic songs overall. It has a number of great "deep tracks", like "Spread Your Wings", "All Dead", "Who Needs You" and "It's Late", which has the craziest rocking momemntum of any Queen song. The production is also pretty damn pristine, definitely the best Queen rock album sonically, though the terrible CD remasters that came out like a decade ago have pretty much made all Queen's albums sound loud and bad.
I think it is a good album, but not great. It is easily the album I revisit the least of the first six.
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Question: Why is News of the World so often excluded from the greatest Queen albums?
My opinion: Because it's a prime example of the watered-down commercial period of Queen (late 70's and early 80's) where they were more concerned with sales of singles instead of quality. "We will rock you" and "We are the Champions" are just generic arena-rock songs.
I feel the same about most of the stuff they have done from "A Day at the Races" to "The Works".
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News of the World is my favorite Queen album....and I don't think it's all that commercial...but I suppose it is a bit more streamlined. I certainly like it far better than A Day at the Races which was a huge disappointment after A Night at the Opera.
NotW has my #2 all time favorite Queen song in "It's Late" and so many other incredible tracks like "All Dead, All Dead", "Sheer Heart Attack", "Spread Your Wings"...and of course, "Get Down Make Love".
I would love to participate, but I don't think I should lead because while I LOVE Queen...they can be a bit hit and miss with me. I'm pretty luke warm on ADatR and Jazz. I really don't like Hot Space beyond maybe two songs (I don't even know what the rest even sound like). I feel like I *should* like Queen II more than I do. It's their only pure prog rock album, so as a prog rock fan I feel like it should be the one I gravitate to, but I actually like the first album better.
My ranking (of the ones I know):
News of the World
Night at the Opera
The Game
Queen
Sheer Heart Attack
Jazz
Flash Gordon
Queen II
A Day at the Races
Hot Space
I know of a few hits beyond this. I heard The Works a couple of times, and I know it was a huge improvement over Hot Space. But the only songs I remember are Radio Ga-Ga and Hammer To Fall (which I absolutely LOVE). I actually really got into A Kind of Magic in the summer of '87...but I havn't heard it in 10 years. I remember I really liked it. I have not heard a single note from The Miracle except for "I Want it All"....which was fantastic at first, but hasn't aged well. I havn't heard anything from Innuendo except Headlong (which I love) and I havn't heard anything at all from Made in Heaven.
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I still say that Innuendo is easily one of their three best albums (along with A Night at the Opera and Sheer Heart Attack). If you have never heard it, you must do so; with the exception of the rather silly Delilah (which isn't bad, just silly), practically every song is a winner.
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Eh, maybe NotW is commercial and streamlined, but frankly, Queen are best when they're balanced between being mainstream and going all-out. I'll take ANATO, The Game, and NotW over the first four Queen albums any day. I guess it's just that balance between being commercial and being innovators that's so important to the band IMO. Go for Queen completely selling out, and you get crap like Hot Space. Go for Queen completely left to their own devices, and you get "The Fairy Fellers Master Stroke". Thanks, but no thanks. I really don't enjoy that side of Queen at all.
I don't care much for Innuendo. I get the whole legacy behind the album, and it's obviously better than most of their 80's crap, but it's still not very good. I think "I'm Going Slightly Mad" and "The Show Must Go On" are the only songs I really like.
So, I guess what I'm saying is, I'm a sucker for Queen's commercial rock phase. Their early more prog rock stuff leaves me completely cold, and I find the majority of the 80's material besides The Works to be pretty bad.
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They only made 10 albums, so if someone is good with the first eight, I think they should give it a shot. I was only up on ELP through the original breakup and had to research the rest, and some of that was pretty shoddy, but these are the things we do for music.
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Queen
Queen II
Sheer Heart Attack
A Night at the Opera
A Day at the Races
News of the World
Jazz
The Game
Flash Gordon
Hot Space
The Works
A Kind of Magic
The Miracle
Innuendo
Made in Heaven
That's 15 (or 13 if you forgot about Flash Gordon and Made in Heaven).
Weird, I know I remember counting how many albums they had one time, and I was sure it was 10. I've never recounted since then.
I sit corrected.
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Heh, it happens. :biggrin:
Eh, maybe NotW is commercial and streamlined, but frankly, Queen are best when they're balanced between being mainstream and going all-out. I'll take ANATO, The Game, and NotW over the first four Queen albums any day. I guess it's just that balance between being commercial and being innovators that's so important to the band IMO. Go for Queen completely selling out, and you get crap like Hot Space. Go for Queen completely left to their own devices, and you get "The Fairy Fellers Master Stroke". Thanks, but no thanks. I really don't enjoy that side of Queen at all.
Eh, that's an unfair example, considering The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke only takes up 2 1/2 minutes out of a 40-minute plus album. And most of the rest of Queen II dynamite.
Besides, ANATO has Seaside Rendezvous, which is just as out there, and I don't see you knocking that record for that.
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The only Queen albums I enjoy after Flash Gordon are The Works and Innuendo.
Everything from Flash Gordon and before is golden. The 70s live stuff is pretty killer too.
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You don't like The Miracle? Wtf? There's essentially no bad song on that album.
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Ya know, despite being a huge Queen fan, I have never owned The Miracle. :facepalm: I only know a handful of song from it (I Want It All, Breakthru, The Invisible Man, The Miracle), so I should probably check out the rest, eh?
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I don´t own the Miracle, OR The Works. Nor Flash Gordon, come to think of it.
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The Works has some crap on it, but any CD with Hammer to Fall is worth having, although it is on a lot of Queen's best of/compilation CDs, so I could see not getting The Works if you have it there already. Unless you have the edit that removes most of Brian May's guitar solo. Worst edit ever!!! And nowadays, with the ability to easily buy single songs from amazon and iTunes, I guess it is easier to spend a buck on Hammer to Fall rather than getting the whole CD. But a tune like Is This the World We Created...? is pretty awesome, too.
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Ya know, despite being a huge Queen fan, I have never owned The Miracle. :facepalm: I only know a handful of song from it (I Want It All, Breakthru, The Invisible Man, The Miracle), so I should probably check out the rest, eh?
In my book, The Miracle is almost on the same level as Innuendo. Both have several great songs and a few mediocre ones. Check out the track "Was it all worth it" from The Miracle to see what you have missed out.
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Interesting song. Some strange musical choices in it, but not sure how strong the hook was. Will probably spend a buck on it to add it to my collection, however. :tup :tup
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Heh, it happens. :biggrin:
Eh, maybe NotW is commercial and streamlined, but frankly, Queen are best when they're balanced between being mainstream and going all-out. I'll take ANATO, The Game, and NotW over the first four Queen albums any day. I guess it's just that balance between being commercial and being innovators that's so important to the band IMO. Go for Queen completely selling out, and you get crap like Hot Space. Go for Queen completely left to their own devices, and you get "The Fairy Fellers Master Stroke". Thanks, but no thanks. I really don't enjoy that side of Queen at all.
Eh, that's an unfair example, considering The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke only takes up 2 1/2 minutes out of a 40-minute plus album. And most of the rest of Queen II dynamite.
Besides, ANATO has Seaside Rendezvous, which is just as out there, and I don't see you knocking that record for that.
Hey now, Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke is awesome!
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Hey now, Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke is awesome!
+1 on that.
I even think that "Ogre Battle" through "Seven Seas of Rhye" are the best consecutive 20 minutes of music Queen has ever done on an album.
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Well hold on now let's not get ahead of ourselves. A Day at the Races still exists.
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I am not sure I would call Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke awesome, but it works well in the context of the album, although I can see some finding it a bit too silly as a standalone tune.
As for the best consecutive 20 minutes of Queen on a studio album, while that is a great stretch on II, I will take this 20 minute stretch from Sheer Heart Attack:
Killer Queen
Tenement Funster
Flick of the Wrist
Lily of the Valley
Now I'm Here
In the Lap of the Gods
Stone Cold Crazy
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Ya know, despite being a huge Queen fan, I have never owned The Miracle. :facepalm: I only know a handful of song from it (I Want It All, Breakthru, The Invisible Man, The Miracle), so I should probably check out the rest, eh?
TBH, I know Queen but only casually. Yet, I have worn out The Miracle and IUnnuendo K7s, they're such strong albums, despite what has been said at the time they were released. I love virtually every song on them.
B.Lee
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I am not sure I would call Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke awesome, but it works well in the context of the album, although I can see some finding it a bit too silly as a standalone tune.
As for the best consecutive 20 minutes of Queen on a studio album, while that is a great stretch on II, I will take this 20 minute stretch from Sheer Heart Attack:
Killer Queen
Tenement Funster
Flick of the Wrist
Lily of the Valley
Now I'm Here
In the Lap of the Gods
Stone Cold Crazy
I like that run more than the entirety of Queen II
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I could see that. That is such a strong run, and it is even stronger if you make 25 minutes and add Brighton Rock to the beginning of it. :tup :tup
TBH, I know Queen but only casually. Yet, I have worn out The Miracle and IUnnuendo K7s, they're such strong albums, despite what has been said at the time they were released. I love virtually every song on them.
If you love those albums, what is keeping you from checking out all of their other albums? :)
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Reading up on Queen online lately, I found out something I never knew. I always assumed that their big harmonies were always the three of their voices (Mercury, May and Taylor) all layered, but apparently not. For example, the choruses in Hammer to Fall and Fat Bottomed Girls are both just May's voice (layered over and over). And it's funny cause now that I know that, listening to those songs, you can really tell. I guess it was one of those things I never thought about, since, like I said, I just assumed it was always all three. Interesting!
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That's news to me, too. I always figured it was the three of them, or six or nine if necessary. Interesting choice to just multitrack one of their voices over and over. Gives it a different sound, which I'm sure was the whole point.
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Queen was such an interesting band in the sense that they were so competitive from a songwriting standpoint (always trying to outdo the others, getting proper credit, etc.), but when it came to the music, it was like they were able to set their egos aside. I mean, you have songs where John Deacon played all of the guitar (like Misfire), while in other bands, the guitar player would cop the "That is my job, to play electric guitar" attitude. And then when it came to singing, a guy like Freddie Mercury could have easily taken the "I should do all of the lead vocals" stance, but May and Taylor always got their fair share of lead vocal moments, even getting their own songs to sing lead all by themselves. That kind of dynamic is why their music was so diverse and all over the map stylistically, which in large part was why they were so awesome. When you listen to all of Queen's songs, you pretty much get everything thrown at you, including the kitchen sink!
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Very true. There are songs from each of them which I consider favorites. Most of them wrote "normal rock" songs; I think Freddie was really the only one to get way out there. That's cool, though. I like stuff like "Seaside Rendezvous" and "Millionaire Waltz". He wasn't afraid to go for it, that's for sure.
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I like that run more than the entirety of Queen II
I'm actually not a fan of the entirety of Queen II either. The first half drags it down IMO and prevents the album from being in my top three (Sheer Heart Attack, Night at the Opera, Innuendo). I'd rather listen to the second half two times than the full album.
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Whaaaaat? Father to Son and White Queen are both all kinds of awesome, and I have a special love for Some Day, One Day (probably because I am a sucker for Brian May singing lead). The Loser in the End is kind of out there, but is not bad by any means.
Orbert, Freddie was definitely responsible for most of their schmaltzy stuff, but they pulled it off so well, that is almost always came off just another extension of the Queen sound, rather than a band trying to something different just for the sake of it.
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Whaaaaat? Father to Son and White Queen are both all kinds of awesome, and I have a special love for Some Day, One Day (probably because I am a sucker for Brian May singing lead). The Loser in the End is kind of out there, but is not bad by any means.
I didn't mean to say that it is really really bad, I just prefer SHA and ANATO over the first half of Queen II. The second half of Queen II however is on the same level as SHA and ANTO in my book.
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Orbert, Freddie was definitely responsible for most of their schmaltzy stuff, but they pulled it off so well, that is almost always came off just another extension of the Queen sound, rather than a band trying to something different just for the sake of it.
Definitely. Freddie had many sides to his personality, and his music reflected that. Remember, I got into this stuff in the 70's when it was being made. Most bands weren't doing different things just to be different; they were doing different things because they were different. It never occurred to me to do something just to be different, so I never occurred to me that a band would, either. You are what you is.
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Whaaaaat? Father to Son and White Queen are both all kinds of awesome, and I have a special love for Some Day, One Day (probably because I am a sucker for Brian May singing lead). The Loser in the End is kind of out there, but is not bad by any means.
I didn't mean to say that it is really really bad, I just prefer SHA and ANATO over the first half of Queen II. The second half of Queen II however is on the same level as SHA and ANTO in my book.
Gotcha. It's all good. For my money, II, Sheer Heart Attack and ANATO are three of their best, so I will take all of 'em. :hat
Orbert, Freddie was definitely responsible for most of their schmaltzy stuff, but they pulled it off so well, that is almost always came off just another extension of the Queen sound, rather than a band trying to something different just for the sake of it.
Definitely. Freddie had many sides to his personality, and his music reflected that. Remember, I got into this stuff in the 70's when it was being made. Most bands weren't doing different things just to be different; they were doing different things because they were different. It never occurred to me to do something just to be different, so I never occurred to me that a band would, either. You are what you is.
Very true. That worked less for Queen as the 70s went on ( the deeper cuts on News of the World and Jazz are very hit or miss, IMO), but at least they were never a band that played it safe. :tup :tup
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You don't like The Miracle? Wtf? There's essentially no bad song on that album.
I'll give it another listen and let you know.
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You don't like The Miracle? Wtf? There's essentially no bad song on that album.
I'll give it another listen and let you know.
Do it as it really is a great album.
B.Lee
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^ that, basically, it's my third or fourth fave.
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The Miracle has that 80's pop syndrome. Too much synth. Just like the Flash Gordon soundtrack, I can only imagine if Freddie touched most of those songs with a nice piano. Also.. It probably has the worst openers Party and Kashoggys Ship, My Baby Does Me is Hot Spacey. The rest is Top tier Queen but the sound really suffers from those synthesizers. I rank it at the bottom three but as a kid, watching that Brian May solo at the Invisible Man video was so damn cool at the time.
A Day at the Races
Innuendo
A Night at the Opera
Queen II
News of the World
Sheer heart Attack
The Game
Queen
A kind of Magic
Jazz
The Works
The Miracle
Hot Space
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You don't like The Miracle? Wtf? There's essentially no bad song on that album.
I'll give it another listen and let you know.
Do it as it really is a great album.
B.Lee
About half of it is genius, but the other half is the worst I've ever heard from them. The 80's technology of the time doesn't do them any favors.
I should be able to pick this CD up for a dollar or two. I'm kind of on the fence with it though.
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Queen was my first favorite band
Mine too :D
o/
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Very true. That worked less for Queen as the 70s went on ( the deeper cuts on News of the World and Jazz are very hit or miss, IMO), but at least they were never a band that played it safe. :tup :tup
I disagree. I really don't like Sheer Heart Attack, and Spread Your Wings is "Queen by Numbers", but some of those songs are awesome. I really love Who Needs You, and It's Late might be my favorite Queen song.
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Very true. That worked less for Queen as the 70s went on ( the deeper cuts on News of the World and Jazz are very hit or miss, IMO), but at least they were never a band that played it safe. :tup :tup
I disagree. I really don't like Sheer Heart Attack, and Spread Your Wings is "Queen by Numbers", but some of those songs are awesome. I really love Who Needs You, and It's Late might be my favorite Queen song.
You disagree with what? Those albums being hit or miss (which you then agreed with) or them never playing it safe? If it's the latter, sure, they had a lot of songs that were always very Queen-ish, but nearly every album had songs that were major departures, ones that on first listen had you thinking, "Okay, I did not see that coming."
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You disagree with what? Those albums being hit or miss (which you then agreed with) or them never playing it safe? If it's the latter, sure, they had a lot of songs that were always very Queen-ish, but nearly every album had songs that were major departures, ones that on first listen had you thinking, "Okay, I did not see that coming."
I only actually said one song is a miss (that would be "Sheer Heart Attack"). The rest aren't paradigm-shifting, but they all range from good to great. It might be *slightly* less consistent than the first four albums, but it rivals Sheer Heart Attack and ANATO with its inclusion of stand-out tracks, which the first two albums and ADATR really lack.
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I can't agree with that either. Standouts tracks from those three albums:
Queen: Keep Yourself Alive, Great King Rat and Liar (all of which are great)
Queen II: Father to Son, White Queen, Ogre Battle and March of the Black Queen
A Day at the Races: Tie Your Mother Down and Somebody to Love (and you could argue for several more based on your personal preferences...I would argue that Take My Breath Away, Long Away and The Millionaire Waltz are all standouts as well)
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Nothing about the first two albums really stands out to me. That could be the production, though. I don't know. They really do sound horrible.
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I prefer the word "raw." ;) And the raw sound of them definitely gives them an extra bit of charm.
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Personally, I think Keep Yourself Alive is one of my favorite opening debut tracks from a group/artist
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I prefer the word "raw." ;) And the raw sound of them definitely gives them an extra bit of charm.
That's kinda why I wouldn't pass up on 'em if I found them at any of the used LP stores I go to. As of now, I've only heard the 2000 remasters. And those are really freakin' bad, because they're not only poorly produced, but they're also loud and clippy sounding. I've heard a non-remasters Sheer Heart Attack, and while it doesn't sound good, it at least doesn't clip.
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Fortunately, I bought most of my Queen CDs way back in the 90s, so they are the original good remasters, but I didn't get Sheer Heart Attack until several years ago, so I wonder which one it is. I took a glance at it and says nothing about 2000 on there; just 1974 as the original date and 1991 as the remaster year, so it must be the original remaster.
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I honestly don't know much about the Queen remasters. I can't follow 'em. I think they just got done doing their third batch of discography remasters on CD.
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I got paid today, and the box sets I talked about last September are now about half the price on Amazon. :biggrin:
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(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/462662_10151458357762362_1626424472_o.jpg)
Yeah, baby!
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Oh that's awesome :biggrin:
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seeing the new documentary "Queen: Days of Our Lives" tonight in Minneapolis. Anyone else seen it?
https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/queen-days-of-our-lives/
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Yeah it's a great documentary indeed. Very touching at the end when they talk about Freddie's passing.
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seeing the new documentary "Queen: Days of Our Lives" tonight in Minneapolis. Anyone else seen it?
https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/queen-days-of-our-lives/
I've seen it a few times. It's really one of my favorite band documentaries. You'll dig it.
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Oh, I am late to the party guys... just now realized this thread exists! :facepalm:
I am a HUGE fan of Queen, and personally my fav Queen albums are (in no particular order):
News Of the World
Queen II
A Day at the Races
Innuendo
A Night at the Opera
A Kind of Magic
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Picked up Queen's debut today.
It's fucking awesome. I'm so glad I found it on vinyl. It sounds so much better than the crappy (clippy) CD remasters.
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Picked up Queen's debut today.
It's fucking awesome. I'm so glad I found it on vinyl. It sounds so much better than the crappy (clippy) CD remasters.
The 2011 CD remaster doesn't clip at all and isn't ruined by dynamic compression. It is regarded as the best version by many fans. The same goes for Queen II. These two albums were originally badly mastered by the record company because nobody took Queen seriously back then.
For the other albums however, you are better off with with the masters used for the original CD versions or vinyls. Too much dynamic compression on the 2011 remasters (or any other remasters released so far).
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The 2011 CD remaster doesn't clip at all and isn't ruined by dynamic compression. It is regarded as the best version by many fans. The same goes for Queen II. These two albums were originally badly mastered by the record company because nobody took Queen seriously back then.
For the other albums however, you are better off with with the masters used for the original CD versions or vinyls. Too much dynamic compression on the 2011 remasters (or any other remasters released so far).
Almost all of my early Queen cds were the Hollywood Records 1991 remastered version, except for the album Jazz, which is the original first press version. In most cases those 1991 versions sound good, I am not sure the same can be said for the Jazz album. Some songs' dynamic seems to go everywhere. Like Mustapha, it is either so damn quiet in some places, or it goes way too loud. Is it intended? That's the only version I've heard, however.
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The loudness in Mustapha doesn't bug out and change mid sentence, it changes according to how the song progresses. I have no doubt it's intended since it fits the songs wacky nature.
EDIT: I, too, have never heard any other version of Jazz.
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I didn't care much about music at all for a long time, which seems funny for someone with a grandfather that used to be a professional piano player and other relatives who were very much into some really great music from classical to jazz and singer/songwriter stuff to different kinds of rock.
I was still my 11 year old musically ignorant self in November '91 but I remember that one morning my mother woke me up for school with tears in her eyes. She told me the reason which I didn't understand. I said something like "aha, so what?". It was only years later I could understand and relate.
Then, in the mid nineties, Queen was the catalyst that really grabbed me by the throat and got me interested in seriously listening to music and opened up a whole new world for me. Eventually it was also Queen that got me into making music myself. Considering Brian May to be my first guitar teacher and Freddie Mercury my first singing coach may feel overwhelmingly daunting in retrospect. But that didn't discourage my enthusiasm at all. My simple yet strangely effective self-taught approach was something like "you love those songs so dearly, you just can't play and/or sing them so badly, you'll need to get better at this". Surprisingly enough I did, over the years.
For quite some time I didn't listen to anything but Queen and got all the albums. What a collection of great music. Since they stopped touring when I was 7 and I only got into music and Queen much later anyway I never saw them in their original lineup. I obviously loved the live albums and videos to bits and I finally had my very special and emotional Queen day in 2008 at the Queen + Paul Rodgers concert in Vienna. It should have been the birthday present for my mother's 60th birthday, but she died in 2007. So I went there with two good friends and we were blown away by the pure energy and joy on stage. Those guys who already did this kind of stuff at ages younger than us and still enjoying every minute of if at more than twice our age. The audience ranged from ten year old kids to wheelchair-rocking ninety-year-olds and most of them new pretty much all the lyrics. Judging by Brian's humble and thankful smile he was the only one in an even better spot than me and my friends at the b-stage to enjoy thousands of people singing "Love Of My Life".
I sometimes wonder what great music they would have created over the last twenty years but in a way they did it anyway and still do by influencing so many of my favorite musicians. Queen introduced me to a world of music in infinite diversity in infinite combinations and for that alone they'll always be my favorite.
Greetings...
Nef
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Very well said. Not much more to add. Other than, the intro to ´The seven seas of Rhye´still gives me goosebumps....
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So I heard on Wikipedia that they were supposed to release some duets between Freddie and Michael Jackson last year. What happened to that?
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So after asking about them well over a year ago, I finally ordered the first volume of Queen 40, which is the first five albums. Would have ordered the other two, but god, the raised shipping and handling really kicks me in the teeth now. XD
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For those of you didn't already know it, Eagle Rock Entertainment is re-releasing the legendary "The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert" on SD Bluray on 3rd Sept! Although the show is not featured in its entirety, content we've seen on its original LD release in 1992 is all included here:
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Freddie-Mercury-Tribute-Concert-Blu-ray/76576/
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You sure it's not the whole concert? Because it does say there that it is 270 minutes, and I remember the concert being 4+ hours.
And actually, if you look here:
https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=11507
I think that IS the whole concert. Thank God, too, because them leaving the Extreme medley off of the DVD release was absolutely criminal.
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You sure it's not the whole concert? Because it does say there that it is 270 minutes, and I remember the concert being 4+ hours.
And actually, if you look here:
https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=11507
I think that IS the whole concert. Thank God, too, because them leaving the Extreme medley off of the DVD release was absolutely criminal.
That's the setlist from the original LD version released in 1992, and it is NOT the whole concert.
For two things, Extreme's acoustic set of "Love of My Life" + "More Than Words" ain't there, neither is Robert Plant's "Innuendo". And I haven't even mentioned Def Leppard's "Animal" or the entire Spinal Tap set.
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You sure it's not the whole concert? Because it does say there that it is 270 minutes, and I remember the concert being 4+ hours.
And actually, if you look here:
https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=11507
I think that IS the whole concert. Thank God, too, because them leaving the Extreme medley off of the DVD release was absolutely criminal.
That's the setlist from the original LD version released in 1992, and it is NOT the whole concert.
For two things, Extreme's acoustic set of "Love of My Life" + "More Than Words" ain't there, neither is Robert Plant's "Innuendo". And I haven't even mentioned Def Leppard's "Animal" or the entire Spinal Tap set.
I've seen the extreme love of my life and more than words on youtube but I haven't seen Innuendo, Animal, or Spinal Tap.
It'd be cool if those were on there. I don't think Innuendo will be, I thought I read some where that RP asked for it to be excluded.
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I've seen the extreme love of my life and more than words on youtube but I haven't seen Innuendo, Animal, or Spinal Tap.
It'd be cool if those were on there. I don't think Innuendo will be, I thought I read some where that RP asked for it to be excluded.
There you go, and to me the reason why he asked it to be removed from any future releases is obvious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7LM9s3Lm4A
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You sure it's not the whole concert? Because it does say there that it is 270 minutes, and I remember the concert being 4+ hours.
And actually, if you look here:
https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=11507
I think that IS the whole concert. Thank God, too, because them leaving the Extreme medley off of the DVD release was absolutely criminal.
That's the setlist from the original LD version released in 1992, and it is NOT the whole concert.
For two things, Extreme's acoustic set of "Love of My Life" + "More Than Words" ain't there, neither is Robert Plant's "Innuendo". And I haven't even mentioned Def Leppard's "Animal" or the entire Spinal Tap set.
Ahhhhh, that's right. Oh well, at least they are adding the bulk of what was left off of the DVD.
I've seen the extreme love of my life and more than words on youtube but I haven't seen Innuendo, Animal, or Spinal Tap.
It'd be cool if those were on there. I don't think Innuendo will be, I thought I read some where that RP asked for it to be excluded.
There you go, and to me the reason why he asked it to be removed from any future releases is obvious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7LM9s3Lm4A
Jeez, that was painful to watch.
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I got the full discography over the weekend, so not including single b-sides or No One But You, or any of the post-'95 stuff. Goddammit are those last three albums sad to listen to. It's weird that in a way, towards that end of the career, Queen just becomes the Freddie band.
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Goddammit are those last three albums sad to listen to. It's weird that in a way, towards that end of the career, Queen just becomes the Freddie band.
Mother Love from Made In Heaven is so heartbreaking :'(
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And the little bit of Seven Seas of Rhye at the end of the Beautiful Day reprise. Nothing's hit me that hard since hearing The End on Abbey Road the first time.
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I got the full discography over the weekend, so not including single b-sides or No One But You, or any of the post-'95 stuff. Goddammit are those last three albums sad to listen to. It's weird that in a way, towards that end of the career, Queen just becomes the Freddie band.
What exactly do you mean by that? :huh:
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It means exactly what it says. So much of the energy in that band was channeled towards getting as much music done while Freddie was still alive, and so many of the songs focus on life and death, the state of the world, and things like that. There's this overwhelming sense of urgency, as if Queen becomes singularly identified with Freddie towards the end.
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It means exactly what it says. So much of the energy in that band was channeled towards getting as much music done while Freddie was still alive, and so many of the songs focus on life and death, the state of the world, and things like that. There's this overwhelming sense of urgency, as if Queen becomes singularly identified with Freddie towards the end.
In hindsight maybe, although I don't entirely agreed.
I honestly do not think the rest of the band knew exactly what was wrong with Freddie between 1986 and 1988, and during the Miracle sessions; and perhaps only during the recordings of Innuendo they knew something wasn't right fully. I think only Freddie knew what was going on during that whole time. Instead, I think he decided to convince the band to truly put together a collaborated efforts in their final two albums in the Miracle and Innuendo, and did something together truly as Queen. I believe the band, for at least parts of this period, thought they were just changing their creative approach.
Made In Heaven, on the other hand, was mainly written during the second half of the recording of Innuendo. The band knew what was coming fully at that time, sadly they couldn't really complete the writing process with Freddie.
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From what I remember from interviews of the band, they were fully aware of Freddie's condition during the Innuendo recordings.
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Based on this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbMvkf6NJRY, I actually think they did know at least from the time of Innuendo.
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They knew something was going on and Freddie did talk to them. They kept it out of the press until the very end. The band members knew for a while about Freddie being sick.
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As I recall, how it went with public knowledge of it was the band announced he had AIDS one day, and he died the next. They kept that under wraps that just seem so unlikely in the social media era. It probably should have been obvious since they just suddenly stopped touring, and it might have even been speculated on, but really, as far as I remember, no one in the general public knew until right before he died.
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I very much remember those two days.
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Me too. Information about bands and musicians wasn't the total saturation we often have these days. We'd noticed that Queen wasn't out and about, then it was announced that Freddie had AIDS, then the next day we heard he'd died. Pretty shocking. They did a great job of keeping it from the public, and I think they only announced his illness because they knew they were gonna be announcing his death soon, and, I don't know, it helped cushion the blow at least a little bit.
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IMHO, even until these days, Freddie is STILL one of the best (if not THE best) rock singer ever! There can be only one, Freddie Mercury!
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I was watching a clip of Queen at Live Aid the other night and it still amazes me how one guy can control such a massive audience. I got chills during Radio Ga Ga.
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I was watching a clip of Queen at Live Aid the other night and it still amazes me how one guy can control such a massive audience. I got chills during Radio Ga Ga.
That performance was regarded as THE BEST performance during the entire Live Aid event. Queen literally stole the show and established themselves as a legit stadium band!
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Queen did steal the show at Live Aid, and would have regardless, but speaking as someone who watched it live...that wasn't very hard to do. Live Aid was a bit of a hot mess in terms of performances-I mean, dozens of acts across two stages across two continents, none of them being able to properly soundcheck or really do anything to get ready, you can't really expect anything but a mess. Queen though, absolutely none of that mattered; they just came out and kicked ass. They didn't just steal the show, they were head and shoulders the best act of the day on either stage.
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Looks like Sacha Baron Cohen isn't doing the Freddie Mercury biopic anymore: https://www.deadline.com/2013/07/sacha-baron-cohen-exits-freddie-mercury-biopic/
Apparently there are creative differences with Roger and Brian, they want to keep it a PG movie.
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That's too bad; he would've been great. Also, I'm not sure how you'd do a biopic of Freddie and not at least venture into PG-13 material. They might be able to stay this side of R, but if they want to be even halfway realistic and honest about Freddie's lifestyle off stage, it's not going to be a squeaky-clean movie.
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Am I correct in recalling the tribute concert was on a Saturday? Or at least aired on a Saturday? I remember watching it through a cloudy fog of drugs as I had just got my wisdom teeth pulled the previous day and was encouraged by my parents to spend the day on the couch watching TV. Fortunately I had a glorious concert to watch.
Queen literally stole the show
Were they charged with grand theft? Sorry, couldn't resist.
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That's too bad; he would've been great. Also, I'm not sure how you'd do a biopic of Freddie and not at least venture into PG-13 material. They might be able to stay this side of R, but if they want to be even halfway realistic and honest about Freddie's lifestyle off stage, it's not going to be a squeaky-clean movie.
Yea I find it hard to believe they can do a PG movie of Freddie's life. Sacha was perfect for Freddie too.
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I think Sacha made the right call, if that's really what it was going to come down to.
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Yea I find it hard to believe they can do a PG movie of Freddie's life. Sacha was perfect for Freddie too.
Well, Cohen isn't exactly "perfect", per se. He is a much taller dude then Freddie, and I can imagine they might have to hire a 6'6" or above dude to play Dr. Brian May. :lol
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I don't think height is that big of an issue, there are many camera tricks that can be done to change the height appearance of an actor.
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Agreed. They could have worked with/around that.
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For those of you didn't already know it, Eagle Rock Entertainment is re-releasing the legendary "The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert" on SD Bluray on 3rd Sept! Although the show is not featured in its entirety, content we've seen on its original LD release in 1992 is all included here:
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Freddie-Mercury-Tribute-Concert-Blu-ray/76576/ (https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Freddie-Mercury-Tribute-Concert-Blu-ray/76576/)
Bumping this to share a preview of the release.
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert ~Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDEcUtdtld8)
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Thanks for sharing.
The concert as a whole was great, but somehow that trailer didn't do much for me. :hat
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Thanks for sharing.
The concert as a whole was great, but somehow that trailer didn't do much for me. :hat
yea, it seemed very bland and quickly put together.
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That's too bad; he would've been great. Also, I'm not sure how you'd do a biopic of Freddie and not at least venture into PG-13 material. They might be able to stay this side of R, but if they want to be even halfway realistic and honest about Freddie's lifestyle off stage, it's not going to be a squeaky-clean movie.
They would have to essentially leave out everything from the Hot Space era.
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That's too bad; he would've been great. Also, I'm not sure how you'd do a biopic of Freddie and not at least venture into PG-13 material. They might be able to stay this side of R, but if they want to be even halfway realistic and honest about Freddie's lifestyle off stage, it's not going to be a squeaky-clean movie.
It depends on how graphic they'd want to get about it though. I don't think a mere suggestion of drugs and debauchery constitutes a higher than PG rating. And frankly, I don't think I'd want to see a re-enactment of what actually went down. I know Sacha Cohen isn't a stranger to rolling around with naked men, but it's not exactly something I enjoy watching.
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Sacha Baron Cohen is off this film I hear. . .
That's a shame if true as he resembles Freddie quite a bit...
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Here's something :
How is it that you can say you like Queen and everyone goes " Ah Yes ! Great Band ! "
But if you mention Pet Shop Boys or Erasure - People look at you weird and go " but the singer is gay ! "
So it's ok if it's rock music but not electronic/pop music ?
What's the problem ? Andy Bell has a great voice and VInce Clarke is a genius on the synths.
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Here's something :
How is it that you can say you like Queen and everyone goes " Ah Yes ! Great Band ! "
But if you mention Pet Shop Boys or Erasure - People look at you weird and go " but the singer is gay ! "
So it's ok if it's rock music but not electronic/pop music ?
What's the problem ? Andy Bell has a great voice and VInce Clarke is a genius on the synths.
It might be just me but I've never heard anyone saying anything about the singer being gay in Pet Shop boys or Erasure.
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Here's something :
How is it that you can say you like Queen and everyone goes " Ah Yes ! Great Band ! "
But if you mention Pet Shop Boys or Erasure - People look at you weird and go " but the singer is gay ! "
So it's ok if it's rock music but not electronic/pop music ?
What's the problem ? Andy Bell has a great voice and VInce Clarke is a genius on the synths.
It might be just me but I've never heard anyone saying anything about the singer being gay in Pet Shop boys or Erasure.
It's just you, because (and I mean this in a non-offensive way) the lead singer in Erasure is one of the biggest flamers in the history of music. :lol My brother was a big fan of theirs back in the 80s, and I remember him buying the one live video of theirs and his jaw dropping when he saw how the guy acted on stage. Let's just say that he left no doubt as to what his sexual orientation was. Not that there's anything wrong with that. #seinfeld
But I agree with Kotowboy's general point. I think it is probably cause music like Queen or Judas Priest is seen as manly rock, while synth pop is seen as more girly, so it becomes easy (for some) to make fun of guys for listening to "girly" music that is fronted by a homosexual. Stupid? Absolutely. But there is a lot of stupidity out there.
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;D you don't have to be a fan of how someone acts on stage to enjoy their music.
Plus Vince is a nice guy - he always replies to me on Twitter. :) I recorded a rock cover of an Erasure song and he said he wanted to hear it and then he said that he loved it. :)
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Here's something :
How is it that you can say you like Queen and everyone goes " Ah Yes ! Great Band ! "
But if you mention Pet Shop Boys or Erasure - People look at you weird and go " but the singer is gay ! "
So it's ok if it's rock music but not electronic/pop music ?
What's the problem ? Andy Bell has a great voice and VInce Clarke is a genius on the synths.
While I don't think people say that anymore... When they did, I imagine it was mostly because... I mean, regardless of how good Pet Show Boys or Erasure are... They're no freakin' Queen!
To be fair, I don't hear people saying, "Yeah, but the singer is gay," about Judas Priest either.
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I've only ever heard that about the singer of Erasure. And of course Jimmy Somerville.
Freddie was always flamboyant, but more in a David Bowie sort of way.
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Simple. Queen made rock music and the people you knew like that style over the 80's synth pop. People are weird like that.
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Gay or not, I LOVE the Pet Shop Boys! :hat Love Comes Quickly is still one of my all-time fav songs, among other by tPSB.
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I'm not a huge fan. I always thought they were a bit dull compared to Erasure who were obviously a lot more flamboyant.
I always thought Erasure had the catchier songs and I love what Vince does on the synths. All the cool sounds he put in.
But I did have the " Very " album on CD back in the day with the weird embossed orange box.
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It was always about the music for me. I'd take Queen over that stuff any day of the week. (I'd also take Joe Jackson, and The Fixx and The Alarm and Talk Talk too.)
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OT but the acoustic version of "Stand Of Fall" by The Fixx is godly.
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Just saw The Fixx in April. they were killer live.
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OT but the acoustic version of "Stand Of Fall" by The Fixx is godly.
It's all good to me.
I don't have the new album yet (well I guess it really isn't new any more) but I've got everything else including the first Cy Curnin solo album.
Unfortunately I missed them live this year not knowing they were out on the road. I guess we should probably find The Fixx thread, huh?
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Here's something :
How is it that you can say you like Queen and everyone goes " Ah Yes ! Great Band ! "
But if you mention Pet Shop Boys or Erasure - People look at you weird and go " but the singer is gay ! "
So it's ok if it's rock music but not electronic/pop music ?
What's the problem ? Andy Bell has a great voice and VInce Clarke is a genius on the synths.
Generally, people who say this didn't ever listened to real electronic music (pretty much like hip-hop, they only know the sh*t that plays on the radio)...
Perhaps they would change their opinions after listening to Violator, Selected Ambients or, in the case of Pet Shop Boys, Behaviour...
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Listened to some Queen on Google Play the other day, and the main picture they used caused me to create this meme:
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/rumborak/what_zps3b78e108.jpg)
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Always thought there was a Lars Ulrich resemblance in Roger Taylor...
(https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/membre_groupe/photo/Roger_Taylor-12976.jpg)
(https://img.poptower.com/pic-90011/lars-ulrich.jpg?d=1024)
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Just bought some tickets to see Queen w/ Adam Lambert at the Mohegan Sun Arena in July
I can't wait to see Brian May live. PSYCHED
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Here's something :
How is it that you can say you like Queen and everyone goes " Ah Yes ! Great Band ! "
But if you mention Pet Shop Boys or Erasure - People look at you weird and go " but the singer is gay ! "
So it's ok if it's rock music but not electronic/pop music ?
What's the problem ? Andy Bell has a great voice and VInce Clarke is a genius on the synths.
I can't believe I never saw this...but I know the reason.
It doesn't matter to me one way or the other, but I think that it comes down to being perceived as being "studly" vs. being perceived as "femmy". It's cool when Rob Halford rides out on his Harley with leather and studs....maybe wouldn't have gone over as well if it was a Mazda and a pink tu-tu.
I'm not saying that The Pet Shop boys are *THAT* femmy...but they are closer to the latter than the former.
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I know it's bordering on sexism (or homosexism or whatever you call it), or is probably over the line actually, but yeah, that's pretty much it. To most people, especially in rock and roll, guys should act like guys. Freddie was a fucking stud. Rob Halford is a fucking stud. What they did behind closed doors, and with whom, didn't much matter as long as they rocked out and were macho onstage. The Pet Shop Boys are effeminate and, right or wrong, some people have trouble with that.
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I know it's bordering on sexism (or homosexism or whatever you call it), or is probably over the line actually, but yeah, that's pretty much it.
Neither one of us are advocating it....but I don't think making a factual observation of societal tendencies (right or wrong) is "over the line"...
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:omg:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/queen-to-release-new-album-with-unreleased-freddie-mercury-songs-20140527
Queen guitarist Brian May stopped by BBC Radio ostensibly to discuss Diableries: Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell, his new book on 19th century French stereoscopic cards. But after detailing his lifelong love of the cards and their odd visions of hell, May revealed plans for a new Queen album featuring unreleased Freddie Mercury vocals from the Eighties.
Readers' Poll: 10 Greatest Queen Songs
Asked what his favorite Queen song ever recorded was, May said the answer changes every time, but "my favorite at the moment is 'Made in Heaven,' which was never a single but it's the title track off the [1995] album we made after Freddie was gone with all the pieces that were left.
"I've just been doing something very similar because we found a few more tracks with Freddie singing and all of us playing and they're quite beautiful. People will be hearing this work toward the end of the year."
May revealed the album will "probably" be called Queen Forever, with the material primarily taken from the Eighties "when we were in full flight." "It's a compilation but it will have this new material on which nobody in the world has ever heard and I think people will really enjoy it," said the guitarist. "It's the big, big epic sound. It wouldn’t have been if we hadn’t have done this restoration job. We only had scraps, but knowing how it would've happened had we finished it, I can sit there and make it happen with modern technology."
The guitarist also admitted that he has "secretly and quietly workshopped" a follow-up to We Will Rock You, the wildly successful musical based on the band's songs. "We are working on a sequel, yes," said May. "In fact, we've already very secretly and quietly workshopped, which means you stand it up and get people to sing it and act it. Everybody loved it, so we're looking for a theatre and we hope to have a sequel out there at some point. More than this, I cannot say. It's a little naughtier than the first one." We Will Rock You author Ben Elton will return for the sequel.
But before any of that, Queen will embark on a 19-date cross-country tour with Adam Lambert kicking off June 19th at Chicago's United Center and wrapping up July 20th at Washington D.C.'s Merriweather Post Pavilion. "This is the closest that you'll ever get to see Queen as it was in our golden days, but it's not a reproduction," May told Rolling Stone. "It's not an imitation. We're here live and real and we have a great singer. They'll be a lot of newness about this. I think that's very exciting. It'll be loud and dangerous and all the things that people used to look for in us."
Give it to me now!!!
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80s Queen, I'll take that any day. Even the Miracle B-sides (e.g. Chinese Torture) were beyond cool.
Regarding the second part of the news item, man, I actually checked the prices for the Boston show. $52 for being in the absolute nosebleed section of TD Garden, where all you do is to watch the screens, because the band itself is just a tiny dot.
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Eh, I'm more of a "The Game" and earlier Queen fan. Although the hits from the 80s and the later career just kept getting better and better, I think the songs on the rest of those albums suffered for it. I feel like NotW and Jazz, etc. are a lot more balanced.
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New Queen songs? Shut up and take my money!
Greetings...
Nef
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Listening to Hot Space right now, it's astonishing how a band like Queen can create such a bad album.
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Listening to Hot Space right now, it's astonishing how a band like Queen can create such a bad album.
Half of that album I can't even listen to. Then they come out with The Works, which I love.
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I think the crossover appeal of Another One Bites the Dust made them think, "Hey, if we write an entire album of songs like that...", but the problem was that not only did the album turn off the rock fans, but the pop/dance songs, aside from Under Pressure, were mostly crap, so there were no other hits to be found, and thus it was pretty much a failure on every level possible.
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Also the lyrics are mostly cringeworthy. Like, how many sexual allusions can you squeeze into one album?
From what I understand, that phase was Freddie's most extreme "sex party" phase, and so the lyrics reflect that party attitude.
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I think Innuendo is a great album. What a great way to go out.
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Also the lyrics are mostly cringeworthy. Like, how many sexual allusions can you squeeze into one album?
From what I understand, that phase was Freddie's most extreme "sex party" phase, and so the lyrics reflect that party attitude.
The story of the line of guys dressed as sailors going into the dressing room.
It felt like the Star trek thing in the 80's with the odd and even albums. (Not count Flash Gordon)
The Game - Brilliant.
Hot Space -- Ugh.
The Works -- Much better album
A Kind Of Magic - Spotty at best.
The Miracle -- Love this album
Finally they break this trend with -- Innuendo
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Yeah, AKOM was spotty. Some really good tunes on it, but the lows are looooow.
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It felt like it was pasted together from random songs from random project, though the live album release years later from that tour was great.
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Innuendo is an incredible album.
That title track. :omg:
What does everyone think of The Cosmos Rocks ?
*runs*
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Hmmm, well, I like A Kind of Magic a lot more than The Works, so there ya go. Both albums have a couple of duds, but AKOM has five songs I absolutely love to pieces, while The Works probably only has two or maybe three.
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Innuendo is an incredible album.
That title track. :omg:
Probably my favourite song of theirs.
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Obviously it is just ME. Between The Game and Hot Space, I personally like Hot Space way more. :hat I mean, you can hate disco music all you want, but I can't think of another crossover between rock and disco sounding quite as seamlessly as that in Hot Space. Unlike most artists taking the safe path, Queen was trying something completely new and they were kind of in uncharted territory per se.
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But The Game was uncharted waters as well and is better than Hot Space my light years.
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But The Game was uncharted waters as well and is better than Hot Space my light years.
Fair enough, guess it is all about opinion and personal preferences. :hat
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Innuendo is an incredible album.
That title track. :omg:
Probably my favourite song of theirs.
yes, probably clearly in my top 3 of theirs. It's too bad Freddie died, they clearly had a lot left in them at that point.
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Wasn't Innuendo the album that they were racing to get finished before Freddie passed away ?
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Yes. And it is utterly fantastic. Still a top 3 Queen album in my book, alongside Sheer Heart Attack and A Night at the Opera.
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Yes. And it is utterly fantastic. Still a top 3 Queen album in my book, alongside Sheer Heart Attack and A Night at the Opera.
I'd pick Queen II instead of Sheer Heart Attack, but everyone likes something different ^^ It's still very touchy to read (I suppose) Brian May's words about The Show Must Go On about how Freddie recorded it on one try. Also Mother Love is so god damn emotional, knowing that Freddie didn't live long enough to complete the track, with Mr May singing the last verse.
Damn, sad to think that there'll be no one like him :sad:
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I love Queen II, as well, and it would probably be next on my list of favorite albums, but I just love those other three just a little bit more. :)
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I love Queen II, as well, and it would probably be next on my list of favorite albums, but I just love those other three just a little bit more. :)
Queen II
News of the World
Jazz
A Day at the Races
A Night at the Opera
^^ were ALL great albums during the so-called Queen-raw era in the 70's, period!
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I just can't get on board with calling Jazz great. The three big hits are all fantastic, and there are a handful of others songs I like quite a bit, but there are also a number of songs I'd be happy to never hear again. News of the World is when the consistency started falling a bit, although almost everything on there is at least good, and Jazz was more of a drop-off, IMO.
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I just can't get on board with calling Jazz great. The three big hits are all fantastic, and there are a handful of others songs I like quite a bit, but there are also a number of songs I'd be happy to never hear again. News of the World is when the consistency started falling a bit, although almost everything on there is at least good, and Jazz was more of a drop-off, IMO.
Again, I don't care if it is just ME, aside from the hits, I love these songs on Jazz:
Mustapha
If You Can't Beat Them
Dead on Time
In Only Seven Days
Dreamers Ball
Don't Stop Me Now
Then again, I agreed these two other songs on the same album SUCK:
Fun It
More of That Jazz
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I tend to agree that Jazz is one of my least favorite and most uneven Queen albums. The highs are very high, and the lows are pretty darn low. I like the hits, and about half of what Azyiu mentions.
But I must disagree on News of the World. That is my all time favorite Queen album. I love every single track from start to finish.
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I don't know them enough to go by albums - I mostly know what i've heard on Greatest Hits I,II & III
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But I must disagree on News of the World. That is my all time favorite Queen album. I love every single track from start to finish.
I don't really dislike anything on it, but We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions, Spread Your Wings and It's Late are the only songs I would say I really like or love. The rest all range from good to pretty good, but none of those other songs are ones I go out of my way to hear.
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I don't know them enough to go by albums - I mostly know what i've heard on Greatest Hits I,II & III
If that's the case, then you've never heard The Prophet's Song. Wow....seriously....wow... The first time I heard that song, I was wondering why it was Bohemian Rhapsody that got all the attention.
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Oh, yeah. The Prophet's Song is amazing!
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Because Bohemian Rhapsody is a million times better and more accessible? :)
The Prophet's Song is a good song, but the way "And now I know" repeats over and over during the middle section gets annoying after a while, and takes a bit away from the song. I still like it, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't cringe a little during that part every time I hear it.
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I've heard Innuendo in full and one other if memory serves. Which was either Day at the Races or A Night At The Opera. No idea which.
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Because Bohemian Rhapsody is a million times better and more accessible? :)
The Prophet's Song is a good song, but the way "And now I know" repeats over and over during the middle section gets annoying after a while, and takes a bit away from the song. I still like it, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't cringe a little during that part every time I hear it.
Vive le difference....
That entire section *MAKES* the song for me. I absolutely adore it, and the entire reason I think The Prophet's Song is better than BR is because I think the middle section of TPS is superior to the middle section of BR. Oh well.
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Also in the UK - Boh Rhap used to win every " best song ever " polls on Radio 1 and would get to number 1 every time they re-issued it which means I got sick of hearing it.
I only learned to appreciate the song YEARS later.
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Vive le difference....
That entire section *MAKES* the song for me. I absolutely adore it, and the entire reason I think The Prophet's Song is better than BR is because I think the middle section of TPS is superior to the middle section of BR. Oh well.
Simply put, I am with you there! The harmony section toward the end of that "...now I know..." was just heavenly! :hefdaddy
Also in the UK - Boh Rhap used to win every " best song ever " polls on Radio 1 and would get to number 1 every time they re-issued it which means I got sick of hearing it.
I only learned to appreciate the song YEARS later.
And it was featured in the Wayne's World! :metal
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https://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=494154
FM show from 1981 just went up. Nice setist!
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Also Mother Love is so god damn emotional, knowing that Freddie didn't live long enough to complete the track, with Mr May singing the last verse.
Okay, I gotta give you a shout-out for this. For whatever reason, I had never bothered checking out Made in Heaven, mostly because I was always under the impression that they were leftover songs pieced together after Freddie's passing, and to a large extent, that is true, but Mother Love was definitely really nice, and it got me to check out the rest of the album, and while I wouldn't call it great, I did find a handful of songs that are more than good enough to make it on to my master Queen playlist: Made in Heaven, Let Me Live, Mother Love and You Don't Fool Me are all really good tunes that I will be enjoying from this point forward. And I've had Too Much Love Will Kill You for years, and while that studio version will never touch the emotional impact of Brian May's version at the Freddie tribute concert, it's very nice as well.
So yeah, thanks for getting me to finally check that album out!! :tup :tup
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Wasn't Innuendo the album that they were racing to get finished before Freddie passed away ?
Yes. And it is utterly fantastic. Still a top 3 Queen album in my book, alongside Sheer Heart Attack and A Night at the Opera.
This! I love Innuendo with all my being, especially The Show Must Go On. Perfect ending for that album.
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So yeah, thanks for getting me to finally check that album out!! :tup :tup
Not a problem ^^ I used to listen to Queen all the time before knowing of DT. And even though Made in Heaven isn't the best in their discography, it has some good pieces like You Don't Fool Me or A Winter's Tale. Those are also songs that are worth giving a hear :)
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Mother Love is one of the most emotional songs I've ever heard.
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I particularly like Let Me Live, too. I like how all three singers in the band get a verse, and I am admittedly a sucker for songs where Brian May sings lead at all. :hat
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So after months of hyping this Queen Forever album as basically a new studio album compiled of old demos... it's three "new" songs and the rest is basically a compilation album. A bit disappointed.
***PRESS RELEASE: QUEEN FOREVER***
Queen Bring Back Freddie - New ‘Queen Forever’ CD Collection Brings New Freddie Mercury Tracks to Light
RELEASED NOVEMBER 10TH 2014
Three previously unreleased Queen tracks featuring late singer Freddie Mercury spearhead an exciting new Queen album, Queen Forever, due November 10th 2014 on the Virgin Records label.
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The tracks include a long anticipated track from Queen and Michael Jackson, There Must Be More to Life Than This, a previously unfinished Mercury-Queen track Let Me In Your Heart Again originating from the band’s The Works album recording sessions, and a scorching new stripped-down ballad version of Mercury’s first solo hit, his Giorgio Moroder collaboration, Love Kills.
The rest of the package brings together Queen hits, classic tracks, and new takes on well-known songs, matched with band recordings Brian May describes as “things that we have collected together that are representative of our growth rather than the big hits” in a collection immaculately assembled by May and Roger Taylor themselves. The tracks are all linked to represent a definitive collection of Queen’s timeless love songs.
Queen Forever is available as a 20-track single CD and as an extended 36-track, two-CD set, and celebrates the extraordinary musical path of one of the world’s greatest rock bands.
Anticipation for these new Mercury tracks has been high since May and Taylor first hinted earlier this year that new tracks featuring Mercury were being explored.
Speaking at the press conference to launch their North American concert tour with singer Adam Lambert earlier in the year, May said: "There was a little bit more in the can that we had overlooked for a long time, so we have a few songs which we're working on right now. Freddie sounds as fresh as yesterday."
On the subject, Taylor said: “We’ve got some great new tracks that haven’t been heard and there’s an interesting selection of older stuff.”
The Queen and Michael Jackson duet, There Must Be More to Life Than This, began as a song written by Mercury during sessions for Queen’s 1981 album, Hot Space. The band recorded a backing track, but the song was never completed. Mercury visited Michael Jackson at his home studio in Los Angeles where he recorded Jackson singing the song for an unfinished version. Queen revived the track during sessions for 1984’s The Works, but again it was not finished. A year later, Freddie’s own version of the song surfaced on his debut solo album, 1985’s Mr Bad Guy. This new production of the powerful ballad fuses Queen’s original backing track and Mercury and Jackson’s distinctive vocals, and has been produced and remixed by celebrated Madonna/Robbie Williams producer William Orbit.
Talking of his involvement, Orbit say: “I had known Roger for many years, now he was on the phone asking if I would get involved in this musical adventure.
“When I first played it in my studio I opened a trove of delights provided by the greatest of musicians. Hearing Michael Jackson's vocals was stirring. So vivid, so cool, and poignant, it was like he was in the studio singing live. With Freddie's vocal solo on the mixing desk, my appreciation for his gift was taken to an even higher level.
“The musicianship of all four members of Queen is phenomenal. Roger, an extraordinarily multi talented man I've always admired. John Deacon's original bass part with its lyrical fluidity that made it easy for me to know where to put the odd reinforcement. Freddie's original piano carried most of the song's musical DNA. Brian, one take for the solo, a blur of fingers, and the spirits of MJ and FM fully present, in the moment, sending shivers down the spine.”
Perhaps the biggest revelation on Queen Forever is Brian May’s composition, Let Me In Your Heart Again. The song was first recorded by Queen for The Works album, but not completed at the time and has remained overlooked since then. An authentic, live-in-the-studio track from the same golden age as Radio Ga Ga and I Want To Break Free, this never-before-heard Queen track shows off Freddie’s timeless vocals and features newly recorded guitar parts and new backing vocals from Brian and Roger. This thrilling track finally reaches us nearly 30 years after Freddie first laid down his original vocal.
The third new track, Love Kills, was composed by Freddie Mercury and famed German producer/songwriter Giorgio Moroder for the soundtrack to Moroder’s newly restored and tinted version of Fritz Lang’s 1927 classic silent movie Metropolis in 1984 to which he added a pop soundtrack featuring various music artists. Mercury recorded a high-energy dance version of the song that became his debut solo hit in 1985. However, it is less well known that all four members of Queen played on the original track. Prior to Queen embarking on their recent tour with lead singer Adam Lambert, Brian May proposed performing an acoustic ballad version of Love Kills, which became one of the most memorable moments of the current Queen & Adam Lambert shows. This new Queen-Freddie studio version is shaped in the same ballad style and revives the Queen original with some newly recorded guitars and drums by May and Taylor, becoming a glorious showcase for one of Freddie’s most adrenaline-charged vocal performances.
Alongside this new material, both the one and two-CD versions of Queen Forever feature songs that spotlight the band’s songwriting prowess, studio experimentation and remarkable development. It’s a timely reminder that, almost uniquely in the world of rock and pop, all four members of Queen were accomplished songwriters and superlatively gifted musicians.
Queen Forever reaches back as far as 1974 with fan favourite Nevermore, a Freddie Mercury song originally included on Queen II, the album that first saw Queen use the recording studio as an instrument in its own right. From the same year comes the dramatic power ballad In The Lap Of The Gods… Revisited, once the grand finale of any Queen show, and since revived by Queen & lead singer Adam Lambert on their 2014 tour. Meanwhile, the upbeat single, You’re My Best Friend, written by bass guitarist John Deacon, showcased Queen’s poppier side and was released as the follow-up to 1975’s Bohemian Rhapsody, becoming a Top 10 UK and Top 20 US hit in the same year and gave John Deacon his first Queen hit single.
Elsewhere, 1977’s Long Away remains the only Queen single to feature Brian May on lead vocals; and the same year’s B-side Drowse includes a rare Queen performance from Roger Taylor on guitar. Queen saw out the decade with a run of hits that included the gospel-flavoured Somebody To Love, memorably performed by Queen and George Michael at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992, and finished on a high with ‘79’s US Number 1 hit, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, an exuberant rockabilly pop song composed by Freddie Mercury in the bath in Munich.
By touching on prog rock, gospel, acoustic balladry, Elvis-style rock’n’roll and more, these songs alone encapsulate Queen’s diversity in the 1970s. However, the band threw out the rulebook completely in the decades that followed, embracing funk, hard rock, soul and pure pop, but always sounding unmistakably Queen. The band used synthesizers for the first time on 1980’s Play The Game single; Freddie sang some of his vocals in Spanish on the 1982 hit Las Palabras De Amor, and 1986’s One Year Of Love featuring unusually a saxophone. The album is completed by latter-day Queen hits, including ’91’s no. 1 These Are The Days Of Our Lives and ‘95’s Too Much Love Will Kill You, together with the poignant A Winter’s Tale, recorded during Freddie Mercury’s final Queen recording sessions in Montreux in 1991.
Queen Forever is both a showcase for these exclusive new recordings, but also an enduring tribute to the extraordinary musical achievements of John Deacon, Brian May, Roger Taylor and the late, great Freddie Mercury whose singular talent we can again get to marvel at with the arrival of these previously unheard tracks.
Queen Forever. Forever? Who can tell? But for now we can be certain that this highly rewarding collection of Queen new, rare, and at their most accomplished, more than serves to uphold the band’s indisputable place in music history and is certain to earn a prized place in music collections for a long time to come.
Queen certainly rates in the top among Britain’s favourite bands. The UK’s Official Charts Company earlier this year confirmed Queen’s 1981 Greatest Hits album as Britain’s best-selling album of all time all after surpassing the 6 million sales milestone. A staggering one in three British households now own a copy of the iconic act’s original best-of collection.
And if 6 million sales isn’t enough for the band, Queen’s follow-up, Greatest Hits II, which was released in October 1991 also rides high at Number 10 in the all-time Official Albums Chart, having notched up a further 3.9 million UK sales to date.
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Queen Forever – Track Listings
Single CD:
Let Me In Your Heart Again
Love Kills – The Ballad
There Must Be More To Life Than This (William Orbit Mix)
It’s A Hard Life
You’re My Best Friend
Love Of My Life
Drowse
Long Away
Lily Of The Valley
Don’t Try So Hard
Bijou
These Are The Days Of Our Lives
Las Palabras De Amor
Who Wants To Live Forever
A Winter’s Tale
Play The Game
Save Me
Somebody To Love
Too Much Love Will Kill You
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
2-CD SET
CD1
Let Me In Your Heart Again
Love Kills – The Ballad
There Must Be More To Life Than This (William Orbit Mix)
Play The Game
Dear Friends
You’re My Best Friend
Love Of My Life
Drowse
You Take My Breath Away
Spread Your Wings
Long Away
Lily Of The Valley
Don’t Try So Hard
Bijou
These Are The Days Of Our Lives
Nevermore
Las Palabras De Amor
Who Wants To Live Forever
CD2
I Was Born To Love You
Somebody To Love
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Friends Will Be Friends
Jealousy
One Year of Love
A Winters Tale
‘39
Mother Love
It’s A Hard Life
Save Me
Made in Heaven
Too Much Love Will Kill You
Sail Away Sweet Sister
The Miracle
Is This The World We Created
In The Lap Of The Gods…Revisited
Forever
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So many non-household name classics in this compilation... still, I am sooooo looking forward to hearing MJ and FM singing together though!
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I just can't get on board with calling Jazz great. The three big hits are all fantastic, and there are a handful of others songs I like quite a bit, but there are also a number of songs I'd be happy to never hear again. News of the World is when the consistency started falling a bit, although almost everything on there is at least good, and Jazz was more of a drop-off, IMO.
Again, I don't care if it is just ME, aside from the hits, I love these songs on Jazz:
Mustapha
If You Can't Beat Them
Dead on Time
In Only Seven Days
Dreamers Ball
Don't Stop Me Now
Then again, I agreed these two other songs on the same album SUCK:
Fun It
More of That Jazz
Jazz is one of my favourite Queen albums. All those songs are great but yes, the other two are not.
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Has anybody listened to the new live album Live at the Rainbow? Apparently recorded and mastered back in 1974, it was never released until now. It's also gonna be released on DVD/BlueRay, and they have two YouTube clips up for it. It looks and sounds awesome.
Keep Yourself Alive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBrb0jIR2_8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBrb0jIR2_8)
Stone Cold Crazy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Rfb1Jtmic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Rfb1Jtmic)
I like the double count-in for Stone Cold Crazy. :lol
EDIT: I'm quite excited to hear songs from their first two albums. The production really brings it down, but the songs themselves are awesome.
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Live at the Rainbow is FANTASTIC!!!
Best ever version of ´White Queen´ I have EVER heard in my life!
Also, Ogre Battle, Father to Son, Son and Daughter, Seven Seas of Rhye, Flick of the wrist, BOTH versions of ´In the lap of the Gods´......What else do you need? :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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I ordered Dream Theater - Breaking the Fourth Wall and Queen - Live at the Rainbow '74 together.
After watching both BluRays it's so embarrassingly sad that some 40 years old remastered Queen tape sounds so incredibly fresh and crisp and live and immediate and dynamic and just magnitudes better in every way than the overcompressed mess with buried vocals and buried orchestra and buried choir and no detailled dynamics at all that Dream Theater gave us. :(
But I don't really care... I've got tickets for the Queen + Adam Lambert show in Vienna February 1st 2015 and I can't wait to see "Fluffy White" Brian and "What Did You Say?" Roger rocking again! :biggrin:
Greetings...
Nef
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I've got tickets for the Queen + Adam Lambert show in Vienna February 1st 2015 and I can't wait to see "Fluffy White" Brian and "What Did You Say?" Roger rocking again! :biggrin:
Greetings...
Nef
You sir are a lucky bastard! :biggrin:
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Holy shit, how was I not aware of this?! Those two videos were incredible. To think that I was about 6 months old when that concert happened ... crazy.
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EDIT: I'm quite excited to hear songs from their first two albums. The production really brings it down
Wot. Those two videos sound incredible. I agree with Nef, sound wise I enjoy those videos more than BTFW.
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EDIT: I'm quite excited to hear songs from their first two albums. The production really brings it down
Wot. Those two videos sound incredible. I agree with Nef, sound wise I enjoy those videos more than BTFW.
Oh, I'm sorry, I meant the original albums off course, and how it is such a relief to hear them now proper on the Blue-Ray. :lol My bad.
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It arrived today. Soooo good. Freddie is on top of his game, and then some. Also unusual to see John Deacon so animated. He's rocking it out.
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My cousin brought the Blu Ray over a few weeks ago. What a great show.
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Blows my mind that I was fine months old when that concert happened.
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I also got this along with DTs new DVD. I havent watched all of BTFW yet but I have watched Live at the Rainbow half a dozen times.
Queen II is my all time favey album by any band so this concert is pretty much porn for me!
Side note - watching this with tunes like Son & Daughter and Modern Times Rock n Roll and I'm wondering - how do Queen not get more credit for helping to pioneer heavy metal? Those tracks are heavy!!
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What's so amazing is how forcefully, and yet with ridiculous ease, they deliver the material. Freddie jumps around everywhere, and still delivers note for note an incredible performance.
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Freddie was unique and such a force live. His stage presence was second to non.
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Totally random comment: What's Sylvester Stallone doing on the Sheer Heart Attack cover?
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Whoa. Seen, and cannot be unseen.
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Did anyone of you get the new Queen Forever cd? I got the 2-cd special edition. Sure, aside from those 3 previously never released songs (Love Kills was actually featured on Freddie's solo album before), true Queen fans should already have the rest of all those songs; listening to those songs is still such a joyful experience to me. :hat
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Because of the Brian May vs. JP thread in the DT forum, I decided to listen to the entire Queen discography again. Still amazing.
In that other thread, somebody said that Queen did not delve into metal. I disagree. They did. What do you think are the Queen songs that could qualify as metal (or approach close to what we know as metal)? I will give a few.
Flick of the Wrist
Son and Daughter
Stone Cold Crazy
Ogre Battle (one of my top
Gimme the Prize
Death on Two Legs (portions, it's like a cross between hard rock and metal)
Innuendo (I love how prog this song sounds)
The Hitman
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Definitely Gimme The Prize and Stone Cold Crazy.
Overall, the hard songs on A Kind Of Magic I would say qualify as metal. Princess of the Universe is definitely metal in my book.
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Because of the Brian May vs. JP thread in the DT forum, I decided to listen to the entire Queen discography again. Still amazing.
In that other thread, somebody said that Queen did not delve into metal. I disagree. They did. What do you think are the Queen songs that could qualify as metal (or approach close to what we know as metal)? I will give a few.
Flick of the Wrist
Son and Daughter
Stone Cold Crazy
Ogre Battle (one of my top
Gimme the Prize
Death on Two Legs (portions, it's like a cross between hard rock and metal)
Innuendo (I love how prog this song sounds)
The Hitman
How could you miss Brighton Rock?! :metal
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I've always said that Queen should be given more credit when it comes to the development of the hard rock/metal genre. I remember a friend at college who reacted along the lines of "wow! I thought I'd heard everything Queen had done!" when I played him Bring back That Leroy Brown. The chap in question really appreciated the musicianship.
I found it odd that he'd assumed he'd heard everything, but that is sort of prevalent. People assume that because they hear Radio Gaga and Somebody to Love on X Factor that they have an overall feel for what Queen were. It's sad that that couldn't be further from the truth. They did evolve in to a pop/rock band - but live they still had a very heavy edge I thought. But to me, early Queen is where they truly did shine. They were an out and out prog rock band in the early days. There's even people on this forum who would pass on Queen as just a pop band. But their early albums and performances shows that they were just so much more than that - especially in those early days.
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Princess of the Universe is definitely metal in my book.
Not in mine, but the amount of extreme metal I listen to probably swayed my judgment over the years.
puppyonacid, I know you didn't mean it like that and didn't use these exact words, but I'm gonna tack onto your post to say I'm always a teensy bit sad when people say Queen over the years had grown into just a pop/rock band when previously they were extremely versatile or prog or metal. Not that there's anything wrong with pop/rock and their early works are very underrated and passed over but the fact remains that they've held onto the quality of songwriting and some of the versatility from the 70's, but in a different package. Some of their radio hits are still the best composed and most impeccably performed songs in the history of modern music. I know people who think 80's albums have a lot of filler, but most of them are really beautiful.
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I think what's truly amazing about the band is that even their last album (I'm calling Innuendo that) was beyond excellent, especially because they once again pulled out all the stops and wrote whatever pleased them. Flamenco, guitar instrumental, and whimsical lyrics ("I'm going slightly mad"). Also one of the best booklet art I've ever seen. (e.g. this (https://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/queen/gallery/albums-4/innuendo-ukcd1991booklet.jpg))
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Innuendo is my favorite :heart
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Innuendo is awesome (best album they did after A Night at the Opera) but I see a steep decline in the music's quality as the band became popular.
I very much grew up with Queen (my parents had a Best Of tape in the car stereo) and never cared much for them. They seemed like a typical adult contemporary band to me. Years later, I saw a music documentary that happened to have a section about Queen and played "Seven Seas of Rhye" and I went very much :omg:
This isn't the Queen I thought to know. I checked out their older albums and became a fan.
After A Night at the Opera, A Kind of Magic is the first album where I feel like the band's intentions resonate with me. Even though it is ultimately flawed, I get the impression that they decided to leave the adult contemporary genre behind.
The Miracle and Innuendo I consider a return to form. Better late than never.
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I will never understand people's dismissal of established artists wanting to move on and try new sounds. This was the 80s where, what now may sound like a too-soft style, was new and exciting. The synthesizers, the polished sound, this was all new territory in the 80s.
Also, Queen, Pink Floyd, Genesis, they all explored, and *defined* their initial genres, but they were getting older, and they probably didn't feel the angst anymore.
Queen still had weird and exciting tunes on their albums (unless "Chinese Torture" isn't weird enough for you), Genesis still bombastic epics (Domino, Fading Lights) and Pink Floyd their drawn out jams.
It's just that they probably felt trying to pretend to be angsty twenty-somethings (like some bands that I won't name here) simply wasn't who they were at that point.
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I think what's truly amazing about the band is that even their last album (I'm calling Innuendo that) ...
To me it was. Made IN Heaven was like Bubble And Squeak. Cooked up from leftovers. The Cosmos Rocks is just Brian and Roger with session guys.
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I'm not really into Queen, but I love Innuendo. It's a masterpiece. I can't even imagine the emotion making that album.
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He also worked right to the bitter end. The reason they masked Freddie as a clown with a lot of makeup in "I'm going slightly mad" was because he looked really bad at that point.
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I will never understand people's dismissal of established artists wanting to move on and try new sounds. This was the 80s where, what now may sound like a too-soft style, was new and exciting. The synthesizers, the polished sound, this was all new territory in the 80s.
Also, Queen, Pink Floyd, Genesis, they all explored, and *defined* their initial genres, but they were getting older, and they probably didn't feel the angst anymore.
I agree with this. A lot of bands dabbled with synths in the 1980s because it opened new challenges, new territory to explore. Even Rush went the synth route during this time.
I also disgaree with the assessment that Queen became more commercial or pop. Listening to full albums, I don't hear Queen dumbing down their music to gain mainstream acceptance. They just happened to have good singles in every album. The pop thing for Queen to do is to rest on their laurels and churn out the same music that earned them all those hits, but almost every album sounded different from albums that precede it (except the ANATO and ADATR combo, which I find understandable because Queen just found their signature sound by that time).
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I also want to share the following playlist of Queen that plays in my phone now. I love making playlists. :lol
Ogre Battle
Tie Your Mother Down
Dragon Attack
Somebody to Love
Seven Seas of Rhye
Stone Cold Crazy
It's Late
Don't Stop Me Now
I Can't Live With You (Queen Rocks version)
The March of the Black Queen
Funny How Love Is
Save Me
Innuendo
Hammer to Fall
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Show Must Go On
Just above 73 minutes. Like a DT album. :lol
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Innuendo the song is one of my all-time fav Queen's songs! :metal
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It's perhaps my favourite song of theirs.
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I will never understand people's dismissal of established artists wanting to move on and try new sounds. This was the 80s where, what now may sound like a too-soft style, was new and exciting. The synthesizers, the polished sound, this was all new territory in the 80s.
Also, Queen, Pink Floyd, Genesis, they all explored, and *defined* their initial genres, but they were getting older, and they probably didn't feel the angst anymore.
I agree with this. A lot of bands dabbled with synths in the 1980s because it opened new challenges, new territory to explore. Even Rush went the synth route during this time.
I also disgaree with the assessment that Queen became more commercial or pop. Listening to full albums, I don't hear Queen dumbing down their music to gain mainstream acceptance. They just happened to have good singles in every album. The pop thing for Queen to do is to rest on their laurels and churn out the same music that earned them all those hits, but almost every album sounded different from albums that precede it (except the ANATO and ADATR combo, which I find understandable because Queen just found their signature sound by that time).
Yeah, it's almost natural to dismiss songs like "We will rock you" or "We are the champions" as radio friendly because one has heard the tracks a million times on the radio. But they were not radio friendly at all. It's just that they are so strong that they *became* radio friendly.
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rumbo, we don't agree on music a lot, but here we agree 100%.
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I'm not sure I agree with that.
Freddie and Brian both stated that both of those songs were written to engage audiences. But (!) what I will say is the ability of the band back then to come up with those ideas was astonishing.
I think Bicycle Race is a great example. On the face of it it sounds like a really sort of "gay" or "camp" song. It is in a way. But when you actually break apart how that must have come about - the lyrics to the groovy bass under the verse, to the chorus, to the instrumental section (bikes racing represented by guitars) to the fact the he's singing about people racing bikes (!) it just all seems so sublime. If there's one thing Queen really did well (aside from pretty much everything), it was contrast dynamics.
You are right to say that songs like that are too easily dismissed because they became so popular.
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Another dynamic that people often don't realize is that those "radio songs" were often penned by John Deacon, who simply loved writing tacky love songs. So, to a good degree, it's not that Queen wrote differently, it's that the public elevated the tackier songs to hit level.
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Because of the Brian May vs. JP thread in the DT forum, I decided to listen to the entire Queen discography again. Still amazing.
In that other thread, somebody said that Queen did not delve into metal. I disagree. They did. What do you think are the Queen songs that could qualify as metal (or approach close to what we know as metal)? I will give a few.
Flick of the Wrist
Son and Daughter
Stone Cold Crazy
Ogre Battle (one of my top
Gimme the Prize
Death on Two Legs (portions, it's like a cross between hard rock and metal)
Innuendo (I love how prog this song sounds)
The Hitman
Add to the middle of Father to Son to this list. Queen rarely got as dark and heavy as they did there, but man, that is some heavy shit. :metal :metal
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There is indeed no denying quite some metal bands (especially powermetal) have a lot of Queen influences in their songs.
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After going through my latest run through the Queen discography, I find myself appreciating The Game more. It has a lot of songs I really like, and I actually find it a better listen than ADATR.
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Also, I would just like to share that because I am now a full time academic, I am happy that i finally can download Brian May's researches. LOL. Here is a published article that follows up on his published PhD thesis. https://mnras.oxfordjournals.org/content/429/4/2894.full.pdf+html Pretty deep stuff there for our astrophysicist guitarist. :p
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I am very close to the academic world (as in still studying but probably not going to do a PhD), it is really weird to see such a serious publication by May, haha. Awesome stuff.
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Yeah, very cool. Just skimmed through the thing, and it's funny to read "was initially investigated by May in 1966 .... further developed by May in 2007". I guess there was a band called Queen in the middle :lol
Watching the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert right now. Gotta say, Hetfield does a pretty good job at Stone Cold Crazy.
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I loved Extreme at the Tribute Concert. I haven't watched that in a while.
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This reminds me that I still need to get the Blu-ray of the Freddie Mercurty tribute concert, which has all of that early stuff from the concert that was omitted from the original DVD release, including that stellar Extreme medley.
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Damn Kev! I didn't know about the Blu-Ray! I'm on it!
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Yeah, that Extreme medley was sweet. I remember watching it when it was originally broadcast, and thinking that the vocals were just perfect for Queen. Then it wasn't on the DVD, and I was sad.
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Yeah, that Extreme medley was sweet. I remember watching it when it was originally broadcast, and thinking that the vocals were just perfect for Queen. Then it wasn't on the DVD, and I was sad.
Another sad thing is, most of the available videos cut off the "Love of My Life / More Than Words" portion at the end. True, Gary's vocal wasn't great at that time, but Nuno's guitar playing was superb! Luckily I have both the medley and acoustic portions on a bootleg cd of Extreme.
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So what do you guys think is the ultimate Queen DVD/Blueray?
I always thought Live in Montreal was amazing, that Freddie's vocals were at their best there. But the new Rainbow Blueray is really awesome as well!
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I only have Montreal, so I can't compare them, but the Montreal Blu-ray (with the Live Aid stuff as "bonus") is pretty amazing.
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The Rainbow DVD is excellent indeed.
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Speaking of Extreme, I remember seeing Brian May at the Garden on St. Patty's Day '93 (opening for GnR) and Gary Cherone came out and sang Tie Your Mother Down.
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I played lots of Queen again today, and I have to say that John Deacon is very underrated. Amazing bass playing, he seems to be always lost in talks about Queen's musicianship.
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+1
His bass line on Radio GaGa is pretty cool.
Again though I think it's the early albums where he shines. Millionaire Waltz from a Day at the Races - the intro where it's just him and Freddie on the piano - it's nicely sublime.
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This thread has been dormant for too long.
:bump:
I'm now listening to a Queen playlist made up of the songs I grew up on.
So much love.
Queen is the one band that I can put on and that'll put me in an amazing mood :D
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Queen was awesome, and one of many great things about them is that even their worst albums all mostly still had at least a few great songs, except for, well, Hot Space. :lol :lol
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Queen was awesome, and one of many great things about them is that even their worst albums all mostly still had at least a few great songs, except for, well, Hot Space. :lol :lol
I actually kind of like Hot Space, to be honest with you. Definitely NOT my fav Queen album, but I like Staying Power, Life Is Real, Las Palabras De Amor etc. Those are cool songs, dude. And then there are songs like Cool Cat (have you heard the unreleased version in which David Bowie was in it?) and Body Language. Which established band would dare to do that kind of experiment? Oh, and this is how I like Queen. :tup
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Yes, part of Queen's greatness was them never being afraid to try almost anything, but I just think that Hot Space is mostly a big swing and a miss. To each his own. :hat
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To me Hot Space is actually 2nd bottom. Absolute bottom is Flash Gordon. It's not even an album really.
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To me Hot Space is actually 2nd bottom. Absolute bottom is Flash Gordon. It's not even an album really.
You're not into soundtrack music, are you? Flash Gordon....as a soundtrack album....is a freakin masterpiece.
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I usually love movie soundtracks. But that requires that the tracks can stand on their own, without the movie. Flash Gordon, to me, is mostly just sound effects and movie samples that make no sense without the movie.
To me, personally, that "album" was just a way of cashing in (because of the Queen name), as it should never have been separated from the movie it was written for.
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I usually love movie soundtracks. But that requires that the tracks can stand on their own, without the movie. Flash Gordon, to me, is mostly just sound effects and movie samples that make no sense without the movie.
To me, personally, that "album" was just a way of cashing in (because of the Queen name), as it should never have been separated from the movie it was written for.
You mean Flash Gordon the movie actually makes sense? :lol
Man, I still love that scene in Ted. :lol
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Just to clarify...I'm talking about REAL movie soundtracks. Not soundtrack albums like Footloose or Top Gun. What they call "Original Score" albums these days. That's what Flash Gordon is.
I'll agree it's not really a proper Queen album. But as an Original Score, I think the album is absolutely amazing.
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As an example, I loooove the Back to the Future soundtracks, particularly the ones for the sequels. They are true soundtracks (not just collections of songs played during the movie, like A Kind Of Magic), but Sivestris orchestration stands up on its own really well.
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Lousy quality, but here's Brian May playing God Save The Queen on top of the Buckingham Palace in 2002 :metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoIWHKfW3P4
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Heh, I guess he still dyed his hair in those days :lol
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It's a "The Miracle" kind of day today.
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Onto, "The Works".
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My favorite :hat
- Killer Queen
- Don't Stop Me Now
- Fat Bottomed Girls
- Bohemian Rhapsody (https://chords.tv/queen-bohemian-rhapsody-chords/)
- Somebody to Love
- Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
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Actually stumbled onto something called 'The man from Manhattan'. It's Brian May, Freddie Mercury and two other dudes....haven't listened to it yet, will keep you posted.
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Yeah, that Extreme medley was sweet. I remember watching it when it was originally broadcast, and thinking that the vocals were just perfect for Queen. Then it wasn't on the DVD, and I was sad.
Another sad thing is, most of the available videos cut off the "Love of My Life / More Than Words" portion at the end. True, Gary's vocal wasn't great at that time, but Nuno's guitar playing was superb! Luckily I have both the medley and acoustic portions on a bootleg cd of Extreme.
Memory is what memory is, but literally the one song from the entire Tribute show that I want to hear again - Plant's "Innuendo" - is not on either release at Plant's request. He's a dick like that (see: Live Aid) and now I wish I recorded it (as I did with Live Aid).
As for Queen, that live disk at the Rainbow is the standard by which others should be judged; holy crap is that good. Queen II is my favorite Queen album by a lot, so that helps, but still...
As for the catalogue, well, sometimes the eclecticism is a little too much, and some of Freddie's little ditties are a shade too twee for me. A Night At The Opera is a colossal accomplishment, but to listen to it in one setting is therefore not something I do often and keeps it from being one of my overall favorites (unlike Queen II which is almost perfect, and "Funny How Love Is..." sublime).
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Queen II is awesomely good.
But people forget who good some of the deep cuts from Night at the opera are. Like Prophet Song. Holy crap. ´The earth will shake in two will break and death all around will be your doury.´
Also, ´I´m in love with my car´, My sweet lady, ´39´, ´My best friend´.
Also, each year around christmus there is a top 2000 aired on the radio. For about ten years running, Bohemian Rhapsody was always no. 1. But musically, a track like Inuendo is very VERY underrated.
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Queen II is awesomely good.
But people forget who good some of the deep cuts from Night at the opera are. Like Prophet Song. Holy crap. ´The earth will shake in two will break and death all around will be your doury.´
Also, ´I´m in love with my car´, My sweet lady, ´39´, ´My best friend´.
Also, each year around christmus there is a top 2000 aired on the radio. For about ten years running, Bohemian Rhapsody was always no. 1. But musically, a track like Inuendo is very VERY underrated.
Just had to +1 The Prophet's Song. From the day I heard it, I felt it was superior to BR. The vocal section is just amazing.
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Queen II is awesomely good.
But people forget who good some of the deep cuts from Night at the opera are. Like Prophet Song. Holy crap. ´The earth will shake in two will break and death all around will be your doury.´
Also, ´I´m in love with my car´, My sweet lady, ´39´, ´My best friend´.
Also, each year around christmus there is a top 2000 aired on the radio. For about ten years running, Bohemian Rhapsody was always no. 1. But musically, a track like Inuendo is very VERY underrated.
I agree. BR just flows incredibly well, builds up a story, and is varied yet has that catchy pop-factor. That is why it always ends up on top. But the album has many other interesting songs that are really different in a lot of aspects. I think that is the beauty of Queen in general. They can write these insanely catchy (and popular) pop songs but one can also find a song that ventures into metal or classic rock n' roll on the same album. And ANATO is, to me, their greatest work. But for me every Queen album has it's shining moments.
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Queen does have a very little known Christmas song of their own.
It is called "Thank God It's Christmas". It is previously unreleased, and as far as I know it is only available on the 1992 Classic Queen special box set. I am very fortunate and I have that box set. :biggrin: :hat
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Queen does have a very little known Christmas song of their own.
It is called "Thank God It's Christmas". It is previously unreleased, and as far as I know it is only available on the 1992 Classic Queen special box set. I am very fortunate and I have that box set. :biggrin: :hat
I have this on about a half-dozen commercially released Christmas compilations. Definitely a favorite of mine.
I just listened to Innuendo again yesterday. I really wish they'd been able to tour for that although it's probably a miracle it got made in the first place. May be their best album ever.
I just wish the production wasn't so thin, but that's how albums got made back then. (I'm glad When Dream and Day Unite wasn't made that way at least.)
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I am going through a Brian May-phase lately, and I am amazed at how much I love the May compositions in Queen's discography. So I constructed a playlist of one Brian May song from every album, and this is what I came up with.
Keep Yourself Alive
Father to Son
Brighton Rock
The Prophet's Song
Tie Your Mother Down
It's Late
Fat Bottomed Girls
Save Me
Flash's Theme
Put Out the Fire
Hammer to Fall
Who Wants to Live Forever
I Want It All
The Show Must Go On
Too Much Love Will Kill You
I am enjoying it so far. :metal And I could easily substitute Now I'm Here or Flick of the Wrist for Brighton Rock, and '39 for The Prophet's Song. Brian May is an amazing songwriter.
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Great idea. Brian was indeed an amazing songwriter.
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I would substitute '39 for The Prophet's Song. Both are great songs, and The Prophet's Song is actually my favorite, but that entire middle section was Freddie, and that's a big part of the song. Brian told the story of how Freddie came to him with the a capella section worked out on a napkin or piece of paper. Anyway, '39 is all Brian, so to me that would make the list a bit more "pure" or something.
But it's your list. A good one, too. :tup
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Don't forget Long Away from A Day At The Races, one of my personal favourites.
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Did you know, Sleeping On the Sidewalk was recorded in one take (minus the vocal)? Amazing tune! :hat
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This looks amazing, not cheap as you'd expect it not o be.
https://studiocollection.queenonline.com/
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Couldn't find the price actually. How much?
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I've always been a big fan of most of the songs Brian May sang. Such a warm, gentle soul, and his voice perfectly reflects that. The bridge in I Want It All is one of my all-time favorite Queen moments. :coolio
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Memory is what memory is, but literally the one song from the entire Tribute show that I want to hear again - Plant's "Innuendo" - is not on either release at Plant's request. He's a dick like that (see: Live Aid) and now I wish I recorded it (as I did with Live Aid).
Honestly, I can't say I blame him for that. My dad has it recorded. I haven't watched it in a while but I don't remember him doing too well on that song. He was struggling with it and he couldn't remember some of the words.
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Couldn't find the price actually. How much?
https://www.queenonlinestore.com/Queen/Queen-Studio-Collection/Queen-The-Studio-Collection-Coloured-Vinyl-Box-Set/4O1C056O071
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Memory is what memory is, but literally the one song from the entire Tribute show that I want to hear again - Plant's "Innuendo" - is not on either release at Plant's request. He's a dick like that (see: Live Aid) and now I wish I recorded it (as I did with Live Aid).
Honestly, I can't say I blame him for that. My dad has it recorded. I haven't watched it in a while but I don't remember him doing too well on that song. He was struggling with it and he couldn't remember some of the words.
The said performance on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twlc9GzWL8c
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See, I loved that. When Plant recited "Kashmir", then sang the "Don't take offense at my innuendo", I thought that was classic, then when the band kicks in, and you hear Plant's classic "Ooh ooh, ooh ooh!"'s ... it doesn't have to be note perfect for me. I thought that was amazing.
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See, I loved that. When Plant recited "Kashmir", then sang the "Don't take offense at my innuendo", I thought that was classic, then when the band kicks in, and you hear Plant's classic "Ooh ooh, ooh ooh!"'s ... it doesn't have to be note perfect for me. I thought that was amazing.
Strangely that performance now sounded fine to me... but the last time (also the first time) I checked it out a few years back, I thought it sucked!
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Legendary 1975 Queen Concert Finally Gets DVD/Blu-Ray Release
A legendary television performance by Queen from their 1975 world tour will finally be released on DVD and SD Blu-Ray. "Queen - A Night at the Odeon - Hammersmith 1975" will be released November 20 on CD, DVD, SD Blu-Ray, 2 LP vinyl, Super Deluxe Box Set and digitally via Virgin EMI. Recorded on December 24 1975 and filmed for the BBC's "Old Grey Whistle Test" program, the show was the culmination of the band's 26-date "Queen Invite You to a Night at the Opera" UK tour of 1975.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDedHYIxj7g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDedHYIxj7g)
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The setlist is a bit disappointong. Very similar to last year's bluray.
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The setlist is a bit disappointong. Very similar to last year's bluray.
Yeah, I was hoping for more from A Night at the Opera. Still, it's early Queen so I won't complain. :metal
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Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack and Night at the Opera are my favourite Queen albums. When I read that it was a show from late 1975, I hoped those three albums would be represented similarly.
But still, a bluray full of Q2 and SHA material is always welcome.
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From the upcoming ´A night at the Odeon Hammersmith´ :omg: White Queen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8usNj4x9NA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8usNj4x9NA)
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For those who would like to read up on all of the versions available (and of various demos that haven't seen the light of day), this is a great 'Bible' to use for reference
https://queenvault.com/
For those interested in concert set lists, rare pics, bootlegs, etc., these two are the best
https://www.queenlive.ca and https://www.queenconcerts.com/
Two brief comments: Hammersmith '75 was one of the most bootlegged concerts. Thanks to friends, I've had video of this for five years, which also includes the audio of the encore of 'Seven Seas of Rhye', 'See What A Fool I've Been' GSTQ. These tracks are available on the 'A Night at the Odeon' CD, but not the DVD. Seems the film crew thought the concert was over, and closed up shop. A shame that Queen Productions used yet another cheap Photoshop effort for the sleeve. See 'Queen Rocks Montreal'.
With the holidays approaching, 'Thank God It's Christmas' (on GH III as well as the 'Queen Collection') and 'A Winter's Tale' make for great BTB tracks on any compilation at this time of year.
(I do know a thing or three about the band, and have enjoyed catching up on this thread)
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From the upcoming ´A night at the Odeon Hammersmith´ :omg: White Queen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8usNj4x9NA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8usNj4x9NA)
An awesome version of an awesome song. Quite different and very ethereal sounding.
Guess I'll need to get that blu ray after all.
Greetings...
Nef
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The interplay between guitar/piano and bass is amazing. The drums just perfects things even more.
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Just making the rounds......Robert Plant rehearsing with Brian, Roger and John before The Tribute Concert
Thank You / Crazy Little Thing Called Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55PbgeeqCpY
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Just re-watched Queen's Live Aid performance for the first time in a few years, somehow had forgotten how stellar that gig was. Freddie leading 72,000 people in unison chants... chilling.
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Just re-watched Queen's Live Aid performance for the first time in a few years, somehow had forgotten how stellar that gig was. Freddie leading 72,000 people in unison chants... chilling.
At the time (1985) I was a big metal head. I remember watching in "in real time", and thinking, "WOW, Sabbath ain't all that great live, but who the hell is that guy with the overbite and that other guy name Bone-o." Really opened my eyes to the greatness that was Queen, and introduced me to U2.
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That performance was indeed magical, and rehearsed to the SECOND. They hadn´t played live in a while and really wanted to prove themselves as a live act. They ended up gaining a whole new worldwide audience.
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That was THE performance that defines Live Aid!
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Yeah, I wasn't even alive back then and have heard about that concert many times (even before getting into Queen). Truly a legendary performance. And one that lives up to the name at that. Great energy, charisma and vibe there.
I am glad that they are releasing these excellent remastered live Blu Ray's, as it is the closest I'll get to experiencing Queen with Mercury.
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https://queenvault.com/
https://www.queenconcerts.com/
Nice websites! I used to be a huge Smiths/Morrissey fan some time ago, and there's a similar website, full of details about discography and concerts. I didn't think there would be something superior, but those are really cool!
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Here's a new and historic bootleg that has just hit the airwaves, Liverpool Nov 14, 1975
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnHdqd18UWg
The first stage performance of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (in it's 'chopped' form that would be standard for their 'A Night at the Opera' tour).
The single had only been out for two weeks. 'Sweet Lady' and 'The Prophet's Song' also debut to an unsuspecting crowd, as the album would not be released until a week later.
A lot of bass reverb in this. A tape switch during 'Keep Yourself Alive', and 'God Save The Queen' is not included (one can find it on ytube for later shows if needed).
Highlights: The Prophet's Song/Stone Cold Crazy, Son and Daughter on through the great sing along ending of 'In The Lap of the Gods'.
Made available by a group of fans who ponied up the money at an auction recently, with some speed and sound corrections.
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Here's a new and historic bootleg that has just hit the airwaves, Liverpool Nov 14, 1975
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnHdqd18UWg
The first stage performance of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (in it's 'chopped' form that would be standard for their 'A Night at the Opera' tour).
The single had only been out for two weeks. 'Sweet Lady' and 'The Prophet's Song' also debut to an unsuspecting crowd, as the album would not be released until a week later.
A lot of bass reverb in this. A tape switch during 'Keep Yourself Alive', and 'God Save The Queen' is not included (one can find it on ytube for later shows if needed).
Highlights: The Prophet's Song/Stone Cold Crazy, Son and Daughter on through the great sing along ending of 'In The Lap of the Gods'.
Made available by a group of fans who ponied up the money at an auction recently, with some speed and sound corrections.
Thanks!
I'm going to check this out now.
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Just bought tickets and booked a hotel room for the final night of Queen + Adam Lambert's 2016 summer tour at Anfiteatro Camerini Piazzola Sul Brenta, Padua, Italy on 25th of June. :metal
A nice weekend trip from Austria to Italy, a car full of friends, a concert at a pretty location, some rest, breakfast next morning, a little detour to Venice for some original Italian espresso and pasta, and back home again. :)
Should be niiiiiice!
Greetings...
Nef
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Caught one Q+AL show two years ago. I knew what I was getting (a last chance to see Brian and Roger), someone who has style and flair and a voice that can do justice to the vocals in a live setting, along with a more than good setlist. Had a great time. Brought back the memories of the most enjoyable concerts I've ever attended.
(although seeing ol' fart Billy Joel at MSG last night surprising ranks as one my favorites)
I miss the old lighting rigs. Oh yeah, .....and I missed Freddie. But what can you do about it, other than make the best of it and enjoy. And, you will.
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Kind of fun reading this whole thread again, which I did so over the course of this evening, since it appears my annual Queen listening phase is upon me. :coolio :hat
Anyway, Hot Space took abuse early and often in this thread, and for good reason. :lol
Not sure we have touched on this much yet, but what are your favorite Brian May solos? There are so many, but the ones that come to mind for me at first are:
Bohemian Rhapsody (iconic for a reason)
Flick of the Wrist
Brighton Rock
Hammer to Fall
These Are the Days of Our Lives
I'm sure I am missing a ton.
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I'd like to add the solos in 'Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy' and 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' too.
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I love the solo in "The Prophet's Song" after the a capella section and before "God give you grace..." Short but sweet, with a terrific buildup.
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Those are all good solos (the three mentioned in the two posts prior to this one). Brian May just has too many great solos.
The long solo in Son and Daughter from the At the BBC CD is freaking money. :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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I love the fade out solo in The Miracle. That flanger solo then to the chorus of singing.
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I love the fade out solo in The Miracle. That flanger solo then to the chorus of singing.
That is pretty sweet. I don't go for that song a lot, but I should.
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I am on cloud 9 right now!!
I just scored a pair of Queen + Adam Lambert show (good seats no less) in Hong Kong on 28th Sept!! I just can't wait for this show. Even without Freddie or John, I am sure this will still be an once in a life time experience!! Joy!! :metal
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Friend of mine went to see them. He said it was pretty good.
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(although seeing ol' fart Billy Joel at MSG last night surprising ranks as one my favorites)
He never disappoints. "Scenes..." and "Captain Jack" are two songs that any rock fan needs to see live just once.
You got a decent set list, and you got a taste of "Billy"; if I understand it, he did a song each for Trump and Cruz, then played a snippet of "Politician" by Cream. He's VERY opinionated, and leans left though is not hugely political, so that's a very tongue in cheek thing. I've seen him something like ten times, and just about every show has something irreverent about it like that. Yet, at the end of the day, there are always moments where you go "Holy CRAP can that guy play". You don't think of that when you hear "Just The Way You Are" or something like that.
By the way, I'm pretty sure his touring band is a quasi, mini-Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow reunion, since Chuck Burgi is the drummer and David Rosenthal is the keyboard player/band leader. Rosenthal was on Straight Between The Eyes, and they both appeared on Bent Out Of Shape (and the assorted live stuff from those tours, like Finyl Vinyl).
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Jeez, you don't see Chuck Burgi and David Rosenthal references everyday!
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Happy 70th birthday, Freddie :hefdaddy
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For those who would like to listen to would have made for his best 'best of' solo releases, here is my version that I made over a dozen years ago
Goin' Back
Made In Heaven [extended version]
She Blows Hot & Cold
Love Is The Hero [Billy Squier ext]
Hold On [w/ Jo Dare]
Heaven For Everyone [The Cross w/Freddie LVs]
I Was Born To Love You [demo]
Your Kind Of Lover [demo]
Man Made Paradise [ a demo version for 'Hot Space' exists somewhere]
There Must Be More To Life Than This [google this for all the info]
The Great Pretender [original or enhanced remix]
Time [original or enhanced remix]
In My Defence [original or enhanced remix]
Exercises In Free Love
Barcelona [LP] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Eg-mWdDLc [ext] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P24kWCn5tTk
Guide Me Home / How Can I Go On [guide vocal demo] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A-aITCcrdk
Ensueno
It's In Everyone Of Us [his last stage performance, 'Time' musical with Cliff Richards]
Comments by other artists throughout the years
https://queenrockband.blogspot.com/2011/11/quotes-about-freddie-mercury.html
and our favorites
Dave Grohl, NPR, 2011
The key to success in any venue, Grohl says, is "breaking down that barrier" between fans and the band. Asked for an example, he says, "The bands that get up on stage and play like it's the last night of their lives are the ones I have a lot of respect for." But he takes the time to cite three particular performers who he says made performing in front of huge crowds into their own art forms:
Freddie Mercury, Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen.
"Every band should study Queen at Live Aid," he says. "If you really feel like that barrier is gone, you become Freddie Mercury. I consider him the greatest frontman of all time. Like, it's funny – you'd imagine that Freddie was more than human, but ... You know how he controlled Wembley Stadium at Live Aid in 1985? He stood up there and did his vocal warm ups with the audience. Something that intimate, where they realize, 'Oh yeah, he's just a f***ing dude.'"
And from the introduction speech into the RnR Hall of Fame by Grohl and Hawkins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnkTh4I_Zis from 1:50 to 3:00 are the best comments
"I once said in an interview after playing in front of an audience of 250,000, that if you want to learn how to connect to an audience that size, you either watch the Pope........ or Freddie Mercury."
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Queen is arguably my favorite band of all-time. When Freddie died in 1991, I thought that was the end of the band... fast forward 25 years... being able to see the surviving members (+ Adam Lambert) live for the first, and most likely for the last time; is an amazing experience. I can die in peace now.
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Now THAT'S a rock show!
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Nice pics. Definitely looks like a great show.
Sorry to be a pedant, but this:
Queen... surviving members (+ Adam Lambert)
is incorrect. John Deacon is still alive, just retired from the music business.
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Nice pics. Definitely looks like a great show.
Sorry to be a pedant, but this:
Queen... surviving members (+ Adam Lambert)
is incorrect. John Deacon is still alive, just retired from the music business.
Sure... but you know what I meant, lol! :biggrin:
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Did John Deacon do anything after Freddie died?
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I believe he's made breakfast, and I'm sure he's crapped at least once. Other than that, I can't confirm whether he's done anything since then.
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He has played with the other surviving members of Queen three times, including the Freddie tribute concert and two other things that were based on honoring Freddie and/or Queen, but nothing else musically related or in the public eye. He retired from music in 1997, and continues to keep the band's finances (as he did before), but that's the only real contact they have with him. The others don't socialize with him or really have any other contact with him, and that's by his choice. He clearly considers that chapter of his life over.
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He has played with the other surviving members of Queen three times, including the Freddie tribute concert and two other things that were based on honoring Freddie and/or Queen, but nothing else musically related or in the public eye. He retired from music in 1997, and continues to keep the band's finances (as he did before), but that's the only real contact they have with him. The others don't socialize with him or really have any other contact with him, and that's by his choice. He clearly considers that chapter of his life over.
Sad, but I kind of understand it.
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He can probably live like a king for the rest of his life strictly off of the royalties he still receives from Another One Bites the Dust, which still gets played often and everywhere.
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We Will Rock You ( Fast Version ) https://open.spotify.com/track/0AhznlCMMO3LzPGZvWDRXO
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I can't believe everyone mentions Mercury as past member of Queen, but no one ever mentions Deacon. (up until now). He was SUCH an important part of the sound.
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We Will Rock You ( Fast Version ) https://open.spotify.com/track/0AhznlCMMO3LzPGZvWDRXO
Heard this earlier today. Very cool to hear a band's alternate version of a song everyone knows so well.
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If it's the version I'm thinking of, they do it on the Queen Rock Montreal concert vid. It used to get radio play once in a while around here. It's different, I can't say I really like it, but it's their song and they can do whatever they want with it.
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To Azyiu: thanks for the pix. Glad you could see Brian and Roger. Adam has done a more than commendable job fronting and helping 'drive' the Ferrari.
As to the 'We Will Rock You' fast version: it has been around since '77, used as the opener or second song from the '78 through '82 tours (four concerts that I was so fortunate to attend). Along with the Montreal '81 show, the live version also appears on 'Live Killers' and Milton Keynes.
The studio version has been in my paws for about 20 years, is available on youtube, and finally.......FINALLY gets an official release next month.
https://www.queenonlinestore.com/Queen/On-Air/On-Air/59A50CR80LK
Why it wasn't made available back in '91 on the Hollywood Records remasters, an expanded BBC release in '91, or Greatest Hits III, or the 2011 remaster bonus disc is, or......anytime sooner is well, beyond belief. If you check in on the link, you will find other so called 'goodies' available in this expanded box set. An incomplete Golders Green concert from '73 (before Queen II was released), three interview discs (seriously?!?!??!), to go along with the stupid and sh*t artwork. The uproar in my Queen world was so bad that queenonline.com removed the comments section for this release.
Yes, I will be buying the 2 CD set, as these will be an immense upgrade on what I have. I would highly recommend this to anyone, just for this track, 'Spread Your Wings', 'Son and Daughter', the two 'Modern Times Rock n Roll' versions, 'Stone Cold Crazy' and so many others.
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He has played with the other surviving members of Queen three times, including the Freddie tribute concert and two other things that were based on honoring Freddie and/or Queen, but nothing else musically related or in the public eye. He retired from music in 1997, and continues to keep the band's finances (as he did before), but that's the only real contact they have with him. The others don't socialize with him or really have any other contact with him, and that's by his choice. He clearly considers that chapter of his life over.
That's what I thought too. Interesting that he never released anything else with another group. I wonder if he still play bass for pleasure.
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the '78 through '82 tours (four concerts that I was so fortunate to attend).
I didn't think you were THAT old!
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Yes, that versions opens Live Killers and has been an instant favourite of mine ever since. I've even performed it live once with a party band....very fun.
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the '78 through '82 tours (four concerts that I was so fortunate to attend).
I didn't think you were THAT old!
I have tried to act overly juvenile on occasion, for fear of showing JUST how old I am. My caption entries are proof of that......
I saw Queen open for Mott The Hoople, as a high school sophomore, so if you do your math. Then again, Orbert was only four years younger than me when he got drenched at the Styx (Ram Jam) concert in Lansing, so......I do not feel TOO old.
Moving on.....the two CD 'On Air' package is more than worth it. There are 'repeats' of a few tracks from different
BBC sessions, but, who cares. Still, it is 20+ years frickin' late. I feel bad for many of my friends who have passed on, who never had the pleasure of FINALLY hearing the 24 ....er, 23 tracks so clean and crisp.
The 6 CD box set was only twice the 2CD set in price, but I passed. Why buy four discs of incomplete concerts and garbage interviews. Sorry, QPL, you were clueless yet again.
Sadly......Brian May cancelled his upcoming British small gigs with Kelly Ellis after the Queen + Japan tour. He stated that he will not have internet access, cell phone will be off, etc. Do not know if it is semi depression, cancer (again), hand problems.....
Wishing him well.
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Some more pics like the ones by Azyiu, this time from the show in Padova, Italy on the 25th of June 2016. The first one was the view from about 100m left of the stage. An open air night yet still "too fucking hot for feathers", to quote Adam about his stage clothes. :biggrin:
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Greetings...
Nef
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Nice photos Nef. Bet you enjoyed it as much as I did... I pretty much stood up the whole time, and sung along on most of the songs. It was a fun, unforgettable experience! :tup
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Thanks! It was a great show. Plus it was in Italy, so everyone was singing. The previous tour had the same stage and lights. I've been to that show in Vienna. Also attended the gig in Vienna with Paul Rodgers in 2008. An inspiration every time.
Greetings...
Nef
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I was listening to some Queen on the ride to Charlotte while moving. I wonder if Freddie had lived how his voice would have held up.
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I was listening to some Queen on the ride to Charlotte while moving. I wonder if Freddie had lived how his voice would have held up.
Good question. Then again I think each person's vocal cords are different. Some singers can still hit those higher notes even in their mid-60s; while some can no longer carry a tune. Good question nonetheless.
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Very hard question. He was already not singing as much high live - as great as he sounds on the Wembley DVD, he doesn't do much high stuff, and that was in 1986, which ended up being his last live performance ever - and so much of it would have depended on how often they toured, recorded, etc.
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True, he also seemed like he was a regular smoker as well.
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You can definitely tell in the later concerts that the high stuff is outside his range, yeah.
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Maybe I'm the only one thinking this, but from what I've seen, I've never found Mercury to be that great of a singer live. Awesome frontman, yes, I'm much more divided when it comes to his singing.
B.Lee
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At the height of his singing he was pretty damn impressive though. I mean, a quick search brought this up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GymG5y0Yt8
That is pretty awesome.
Or, if you haven't seen the DVD yet, check out Queen Live At The Rainbow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJzOzrhgElM&list=PL2tMgWgIvcWncUMPeQZrHXwbzZHEzEtGs&index=7
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Just curious Bertieless but why don't you think he is not that great of singer live?
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Just try singing some of those parts.
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There are a LOT of things you can say about Freddie, not all of them great, but that "he's not a great live singer" is absolutely not one of them. I literally have never heard that criticism EVER. Do they always sound like the record, no, but listen to those "Live From the Rainbow" shows. I also think that it was more than "frontman" that has Queen widely regarded as the highlight of Live Aid back in '85.
Finally, I always point to the Freddie Tribute show, where "Queen songs" - specifically the vocal parts - made some of the most well-regarded singers in rock seem like bar-band wailers.
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I think the one standout from the tribute show was George Michael. If I'm remember correctly he did an amazing job on Somebody to Love.
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He did. I thought Nuno was pretty great, too.
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Annie Lennox was also outstanding.
I think they did a good job overall of getting good singers, Axl Rose notwithstanding.
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Ah, that's right, Annie did one part of "Under Pressure" didn't she?
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I thought the three guys that acquitted themselves well were:
George Michael
Gary Cherone
Elton John
Axl Rose
I really dig the Plant version of Innuendo - not NEARLY as bad as he makes it out to be - but he clearly struggled a little at points. Joe Elliott was out of his league, as were several others (even some I expected to be better than they were).
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I thought the three guys that acquitted themselves well were:
George Michael
Gary Cherone
Elton John
Axl Rose
I really dig the Plant version of Innuendo - not NEARLY as bad as he makes it out to be - but he clearly struggled a little at points. Joe Elliott was out of his league, as were several others (even some I expected to be better than they were).
Which of the above mentioned is not considered a guy by you? :biggrin:
But I agree, those were the best performances. But there were others that were good with their own interpretation. And someone like Joe Elliott just isn't the type of singer to sing Queen songs in the way Mercury has done.
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I thought the three guys that acquitted themselves well were:
George Michael
Gary Cherone
Elton John
Axl Rose
I really dig the Plant version of Innuendo - not NEARLY as bad as he makes it out to be - but he clearly struggled a little at points. Joe Elliott was out of his league, as were several others (even some I expected to be better than they were).
Which of the above mentioned is not considered a guy by you? :biggrin:
But I agree, those were the best performances. But there were others that were good with their own interpretation. And someone like Joe Elliott just isn't the type of singer to sing Queen songs in the way Mercury has done.
HAHA, I thought that as I was hitting "Post". It's bad maths, not questionable gender. If I recall, the John/Rose thing was a duet, and that threw me off. I'm huge fans of all four, so no diss intended.
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I had the whole concert taped on VHS. When the DVD came out I hated that some of the bands were not on the DVD.
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Sleeping on the Sidewalk is my new favorite Queen song. Something about the guitar sounds like it could've been a B-Side on a Bad Company single.
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I had the whole concert taped on VHS. When the DVD came out I hated that some of the bands were not on the DVD.
That was one of the best concerts ever! And I owned the VHS, LD, later on the re-released DVD (sadly only the second half of the show is included) of it. Extreme's Queen Medley completely stole the show during the tribute bands portion!
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It sure did. It was an energetic performance.
I have both Live Aid shows on DVD and Queen stole the show in 84 with Radio Gaga. I still get goosebumps seeing a see of hands clapping in the air.
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I thought Nuno was pretty great, too.
Gary Cherone
Crap, that's who I meant.
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I was wondering the whole day who you meant. The only Nuno I could think about was the guitar player of Extreme, but he doesn't sing :lol
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At the time, I wasn't very familiar with Extreme. I'm still not. But I remember that the guy from Extreme was really good, and for some reason Nuno Bettencourt was stuck in my head, so that's the name that popped out.
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Well to be fair, Nuno Bettencourt does also sing and he isn't that bad at it either, and he plays a mean guitar. So he was pretty great too. :biggrin:
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Ah, saved by the Kwyjibo!
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I was wondering the whole day who you meant. The only Nuno I could think about was the guitar player of Extreme, but he doesn't sing :lol
He actually sings like a MOFO. Listen to "Song For Love" off Pornografitti for just one example.
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I was wondering the whole day who you meant. The only Nuno I could think about was the guitar player of Extreme, but he doesn't sing :lol
He actually sings like a MOFO. Listen to "Song For Love" off Pornografitti for just one example.
Better yet, get out YouTube and search for his solo projects Nuno or Mourning Widows. He sings lead in those projects.
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I was wondering the whole day who you meant. The only Nuno I could think about was the guitar player of Extreme, but he doesn't sing :lol
He actually sings like a MOFO. Listen to "Song For Love" off Pornografitti for just one example.
I envision someone listening and thinking Nuno sings the whole song now. :lol :lol
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As to Freddie's Tribute concert, indeed, George Michael was THE one who knocked it out of the park on 'Somebody To Love'. The acknowledgement on Brian May's near the end was priceless.
The last performance of the three remaining members was 'The Show Must Go On', with Elton John, and included on their 'Greatest sHits III' release. Compare EJ's vocals to the original studio version. One of thousands who mostly fail in their attempts.
Moving on, it is absolutely correct that Freddie's last performance with Queen was in 1986 on the 'Magic' tour. With the 25th anniversary of his passing a few weeks ago, I am reminded of his last singing stage performance (as it closes my 'best of'), with Cliff Richards.
https://www.queenconcerts.com/detail/live/1243/freddie-mercury-live-14-04-1988-dominion-theatre-london-uk-time-musical-special-charity-performance.html
Sadly, this has never been included on any official releases. The song is titled 'It's In Everyone Of Us'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tv1MIWRW2Y
And, as to passing, his mother Jer Bulsara died a few weeks ago at the age of 94. Brian commented that they would still meet with his mother and family on occasion. A favorite pic is with Roger and Brian in 2000, from the RnRHOF induction.
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Following up in regards to Freddie's last stage appearance, or his Mom's passing....
and the Paris '79 performance of Bo Rhap....captures the middle (walk of the stage part) best of any vids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh_49yeoWQc
or, sadly, December 8th, 1980 at Wembley Arena....bless you John
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71UCu-6Z5bw
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Even in lousy video, with a few struggles, his voice gives me chills.
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Bohemian Rhapsody played by a 100+ year old fairground organ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTnGI6Knw5Q
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That's pretty cool
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sounds like Haken covering Queen ;)
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Well, Brian, Roger and Adam are coming back to the States this summer.
For those who want a good/great show, to see why Brian and Roger are legends, here's your chance again. It really is worth it, as Adam drives the Ferrari machine as well as anyone ever could (except for one F. Bulsara).
Comments: I do not know why they are coming back to America again for such a long tour. I am glad that Brian is in high spirits again. Sadly, for the first tour since ...ahem, Queen II, I will not be seeing them (nor the wife). We said our fond 'farewells' on the last tour. But, damn, for her not to wear her QII leather jacket, as well as me not to don my 'Jazz' tour jacket.......such is life.
https://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/press-release-queen-adam-lambert-announce-25-date-north-american-tour/
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Nothing close to me which is a shame. I would've loved seeing the show.
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No STL show. Damn.
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Another 'new' Queen concert just uncovered. This one is the first of two nights from Detroit's Cobo Hall, November 18,1977 during their 'News of the World' tour. It does not include their final encore of 'Sheer Heart Attack/Jailhouse Rock' and the taped 'God Save The Queen' (on this tour, 'We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions' was the first encore). There's an occasional hiccup here and there on the tape, (and a major one by Freddie during WATC...guarantee that no one there noticed), but it is an absolutely excellent audience recording.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9fr077Yl0U (modified 3/12.....a much better 'unchopped' version)
the story behind the discovery of the concert
https://www.queenzone.com/forums/1465467/1977-11-18-detroit-uncirculated-master-transfer-on-dime.aspx?page=1
Freddie is in great form this night. Highlights of note: 'Somebody To Love', 'I'm In Love With My Car' (FM sings a couple of BVs), 'My Melancholy Blues', 'Spread Your Wings', and 'Liar'. Odd to hear the acoustic 'Love of My Life' without audience participation, as the sing along aspect had not yet started. The 'Vocal Improv' is interesting or annoying, depending on the listener.
A great finish from 1:26:30 onward with 'Keep Yourself Alive', 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (starting at 1:31:20), 'Tie Your Mother Down' (from concert opener during the 'Races' tour to concert proper closer), and the encores. Loved the crowd reaction during the taped middle of BoRhap, as people react to the changing intensity of the lights, not knowing how that part is supposed to play out. And then the crowd noise drowns out the music when the band reappears.
(I saw six Queen tours, but not this one. I watched Central Michigan finish off a 10-1 season by beating archrival Western in football on Saturday. I had to choose one or the other. Maybe that's why their show the following year in Kalamazoo remains the best concert I've ever attended).
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Regarding the US tour, while they play in Boston, I doubt I will dish out the money to see them. Last time they came around I looked at the prices, and it just was too much for to see what to me skirts the definition of "Queen Cover Band".
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Regarding the US tour, while they play in Boston, I doubt I will dish out the money to see them. Last time they came around I looked at the prices, and it just was too much for to see what to me skirts the definition of "Queen Cover Band".
I can't stop you from thinking this is the just the "Queen Cover Band", like you put it... but I can tell you Adam Lambert can definitely sing and carry the show! Plus, this could be, god forbids, one of the final times we get to the Brian May and Roger Taylor live! I truly enjoyed my experience last Sept here in Hong Kong.
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bump.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1727824/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1
just saw Rami Malek, the lead actor from USA Network's show "Mr. Robot" on Stephen Colbert. And I know it's kind of old news (November), but they talked about him starring as Freddie Mercury in "Bohemian Rhapsody" the Freddie biopic; the one that Sacha Baron Cohen was attached-to for a long time, but ultimately dismissed.
I honestly am not all that crazy about this casting, really, not any more than Sacha Baron Cohen. I suppose his height might be closer to Freddie's (SBC was WAY too tall), but he doesn't look all that much like Freddie (loosely, his dimples and facial expressions I guess I can see); I guess once they show some production pics, maybe that could help.
But I'm still skeptical as I don't find Rami Malek all that amazing in the clips I've seen from Mr.Robot and some of his other work (Short Term 12, I honestly didn't find his character all that memorable in just revisiting some clips online).
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Just caught this thread, and as a newbie I've not read it all - it's been going for years!
Been a huge fan of Queen all my life really - I'm about as old as the band, and was 5 when Bohemian Rhapsody hit the big time in the UK. Never saw them live with Freddie, but did go to the tribute concert in 1992 just after he died.
Best albums for me are the first 6, especially Night at the Opera and Day at the Races. There have been others, and many other songs. Brian May is a genius - compared with someone like JP his technical ability is limited, but all guitarists revere him for his sound, his innovation and his style.
I saw them live with Adam Lambert a couple of years ago - outstanding. See them if you can, particularly if you haven't done so before. Just be mindful that Roger and Brian are now approaching 70 years of age, so comparisons with earlier performances may not be flattering.
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Brian May is a genius - compared with someone like JP his technical ability is limited, but all guitarists revere him for his sound, his innovation and his style.
From a songwriting, guitar playing and innovative collective standpoint, Brian May takes a backseat to no one. He can do it all. He has done it all. :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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Regarding the US tour, while they play in Boston, I doubt I will dish out the money to see them. Last time they came around I looked at the prices, and it just was too much for to see what to me skirts the definition of "Queen Cover Band".
I don't understand this. Dream Theater has only 2 original members or 3 from the "classic lineup." That is 60%. Queen has 50% original members. I don't see much of a difference.
Plus, they went about it a very respectful way. Technically, Freddie was the only vocalist of Queen. This current lineup is Queen + Adam Lambert. A way to protect Freddie's legacy while still being able to tour as the part of the band the two original members played a huge role in.
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Regarding the US tour, while they play in Boston, I doubt I will dish out the money to see them. Last time they came around I looked at the prices, and it just was too much for to see what to me skirts the definition of "Queen Cover Band".
I don't understand this. Dream Theater has only 2 original members or 3 from the "classic lineup." That is 60%. Queen has 50% original members. I don't see much of a difference.
Plus, they went about it a very respectful way. Technically, Freddie was the only vocalist of Queen. This current lineup is Queen + Adam Lambert. A way to protect Freddie's legacy while still being able to tour as the part of the band the two original members played a huge role in.
Never really understood the notion of "original members". I get it if one of the members is the reason you're into the band - Portnoy in DT, Collins in Genesis, Roth in Van Halen - but there's no magic in "original members". Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman were not original members of Yes, but I don't see people complaining. Bruce Dickinson, Nicko and Adrian are not original members of Iron Maiden, but they're the "classic lineup". Brian Johnson. Sam Hagar. Neil Peart. Ian Gillan/Roger Glover. None original members.
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Some bands are not the same when certain members are no longer there anymore. I like when bands continue but not when it's no new music. So for me, missing band members and no new music = cover band.
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Some bands are not the same when certain members are no longer there anymore. I like when bands continue but not when it's no new music. So for me, missing band members and no new music = cover band.
Cover bands are the way to go. If you liked Queen at their height in the 1980s, surely it's better to see some guys in their 30s playing Queen songs, rather than the remaining originals in their 70s. Nobody goes to a classical concert and moans that 'it wasn't Mr Rachmaninov himself' playing the piano, just some other guy doing cover versions.
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Well, if you go and have the mindset that this is simply a performance, then fine. If you have the mindset (like I typically have) that this is just a cash grab, by guys masquerading as a working band, then I can see the disappointment.
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Never really understood the notion of "original members". I get it if one of the members is the reason you're into the band - Portnoy in DT, Collins in Genesis, Roth in Van Halen - but there's no magic in "original members". Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman were not original members of Yes, but I don't see people complaining. Bruce Dickinson, Nicko and Adrian are not original members of Iron Maiden, but they're the "classic lineup". Brian Johnson. Sam Hagar. Neil Peart. Ian Gillan/Roger Glover. None original members.
Could not agree more.
Tommy Shaw
Steve Perry
David Gilmour
James LaBrie
The list goes on.
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If you have the mindset (like I typically have) that this is just a cash grab, by guys masquerading as a working band, then I can see the disappointment.
I never liked the term "Cash Grab." What does that mean exactly? When people try to earn money when they don't need it? When they do something just for the money? Using this example, Roger and Brian are proud of the music they created, realize there is a market for it to be played live, and enjoy performing it for their fans. Everyone wins. I know artists are supposed to do it for the love of their art and not the money, but let's be real here.
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Agreed. I suspect the guys in Queen will all be rolling in cash until the day they die, so I doubt they need a cash grab.
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If you've done nothing else than playing music for your whole life, should you just stop at a certain age?
If you do it for the fun and even if you do it for the money, as long as the performance is okay I have no problem with it. And in the case of Queen, Freddy is dead so they can't tour with the original members.
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If you've done nothing else than playing music for your whole life, should you just stop at a certain age?
If you do it for the fun and even if you do it for the money, as long as the performance is okay I have no problem with it. And in the case of Queen, Freddy is dead so they can't tour with the original members.
I HATE the idea that some fan can say "time to hang it up!". For many artists, it's their life. I know for many people, "retirement" is death. Famously, Joe Paterno was manic that if he retired he would die, and in fact, when he finally did retire - well, he was fired against his will in the wake of the Sandusky child abuse scandal - at age of 85, he was dead in two months.
For me, it's my call whether I buy tickets or not. It's their legacy and for them to do with it what they will.
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If nothing else, Queen still ended their studio career in a fantastic way, releasing Innuendo as the last studio album that the four worked on together, and then Made in Heaven as kind of a beautiful post-Freddie coda to it all.
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If nothing else, Queen still ended their studio career in a fantastic way, releasing Innuendo as the last studio album that the four worked on together, and then Made in Heaven as kind of a beautiful post-Freddie coda to it all.
I'm not a big Queen guy (my wife LOVES them) but I love Innuendo. It's easily my favorite Queen album.
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Starlet, I can you from ever typing "Paterno" ever again.
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I mean, if I had to put percentages on what made Queen Queen for me:
Freddie: 50%
Brian May: 25%
Roger Taylor: 15%
John Deacon: 10%
So, in its current formation we're down to 40% Queen. And I would certainly watch it, if they weren't charging 100% Queen ticket prices.
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I think you're selling Deacon a bit short there, especially live.
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My first reaction is that yeah, that seems a bit harsh on John Deacon, who was undoubtably an important part of Queen and the Queen sound. But if I had to break it down the same way, (which is weird to do, but this is DTF so maybe not), I'd get similar results. Freddie was huge, larger than life, at least half the reason Queen was Queen. Brian May was next, and saying he was half of "the rest" of what made Queen Queen also sounds about right. So it kinda just comes down to how you divide up the last 25%, and I'd give the edge to Taylor because of his incredible drums and insanely high vocal harmonies. Sorry John, but even in a band of giants, someone has to come up last. He wrote some cool, catchy songs, probably contributed in other ways that I don't know about, but I can point to many more examples from the others.
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As a very new Queen fan, I like the stuff that Deacon contributed to the band more than Roger's songs. I'm aware that Roger was more significant, especially considering all of his vocal contributions, but Deacon's stuff is realy solid - and it's often the most underrated tracks that are his. Just random thought from someone who's just been getting into the band over the last month and a half.
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Perhaps controversially, I'd put Brian May as slightly higher up the order than Freddie. For me his guitar sound defines Queen. And as good as Roger and John are/were, I think they could have been replaced by pretty much any competent drummer/bassist without there being much difference overall. So my scores would be:
Brian - 46%
Freddie - 44%
John/Roger - 5% each
I await to be shot down in flames! However, those figures almost exactly match the writing credits on the first 6 albums (i.e. the classics)
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Never really understood the notion of "original members". I get it if one of the members is the reason you're into the band - Portnoy in DT, Collins in Genesis, Roth in Van Halen - but there's no magic in "original members". Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman were not original members of Yes, but I don't see people complaining. Bruce Dickinson, Nicko and Adrian are not original members of Iron Maiden, but they're the "classic lineup". Brian Johnson. Sam Hagar. Neil Peart. Ian Gillan/Roger Glover. None original members.
Could not agree more.
Tommy Shaw
Steve Perry
David Gilmour
James LaBrie
The list goes on.
Dave Grohl was Nirvana's 7th drummer. And didn't even play on Bleach. Yet people don't think of Nirvana without Grohl.
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That indie album that nobody knew of until they re-released it? That one?
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Perhaps controversially, I'd put Brian May as slightly higher up the order than Freddie. For me his guitar sound defines Queen. And as good as Roger and John are/were, I think they could have been replaced by pretty much any competent drummer/bassist without there being much difference overall. So my scores would be:
Brian - 46%
Freddie - 44%
John/Roger - 5% each
I await to be shot down in flames! However, those figures almost exactly match the writing credits on the first 6 albums (i.e. the classics)
Honestly, I'd put May and mercury about even on the "importance" scale. May's guitar work and sound is just as much a part of Queen's sound as Freddie's voice was. And aside from Another One Bites the Dust, those two wrote all of their songs that have endured as the most popular Queen classics.
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Well, folks, if you have seen this or not...the 40th anniversary 'News of the World' boxset is now available.
https://www.queenonline.com/news/press-release-news-of-the-world-40th-anniversary-edition
As usual, a bloated bunch of garbage EXCEPT for Disc Two. The people running Queen Productions have their head up their arses yet again.
Gee...Disc 3....BBC versions just released last year, live versions from prior official releases....from '79, '81, and '82. OY !!!!
All the bonus stuff that should have been part of the 2011 reissue bonus disc.
That being said: go to iTunes when Disc 2 becomes available. Freddie singing 'All Dead, All Dead' should be worth the wait.
The man would have been 72 today. The world misses you.
Now, if the overly awaited movie could only match this sneak peak at the production....well, Rami Malek certainly pulls off the pose
(https://i.redd.it/unqk62y3f4kz.jpg)
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I'm a little disappointed that Sacha baron cohen isn't doing the movie. I would've liked to see him as Freddie and see what he wanted to do with the movie.
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You and about two others.
Freddie was 5'9", Sacha 6'3"...plus, he's an axe. At least Malek can act.
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You and about two others.
Freddie was 5'9", Sacha 6'3"...plus, he's an axe. At least Malek can act.
Hugh Jackman is 6'2, Wolverine is like 5'4. No one cared.
I mean, I did, but the world seemed mostly okay with it.
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quibbles.....
Now, who can do this? Or come close....I think they got the right dude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DuoBTJdmds
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Brilliant and legendary.
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You and about two others.
Freddie was 5'9", Sacha 6'3"...plus, he's an axe. At least Malek can act.
Hugh Jackman is 6'2, Wolverine is like 5'4. No one cared.
I mean, I did, but the world seemed mostly okay with it.
I boycotted those movies. Same with Tom Cruise (5'1") as Jack Reacher (6'3" if memory serves).
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Movies based on books, or on real-life characters, tend to divide people like that. If the actor chosen is considerably different physically from the character in the book, or person in real-life, this can create problems. It can be hard to watch the movie, just knowing that the person isn't supposed to look like that.
If you've never read the books, aren't familiar enough with the actual person, or just don't worry about it that much, no problem. Jack Reacher is described as a big, imposing guy, which Tom Cruise is not. But Tom Cruise is a bankable action star, and most people haven't read the books anyway.
I'm a huge Queen fan, but have no idea how tall Freddie was. He always seemed larger than life because of his personality. I had no problem with Cohen playing him.
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(Littlefinger from GoT to play John Reid in the upcoming movie)
Below are two gems that should have been on the 2011 'News Of The World' bone-us disc. The 'raw sessions' versions of 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are The Champions' from Disc Two of the just released box set (the only part of the box I'm interested in).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-bzqylNf08&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V9OfcE8dK8&feature=youtu.be
Different....but both are more than appealing listens......
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Those were nice. Freddys vocals on WATC is amazing. Better than what ended up album.
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Those were nice. Freddys vocals on WATC is amazing. Better than what ended up album.
Freddie's vocal was definitely amazing as always. This raw version sounds interesting, but personally I still prefer the album version's arrangement.
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So I've been on a HUGE Queen kick lately, mostly early Queen (the first three albums). I've always enjoyed SHA a lot, but in the last couple of weeks, Queen II has grown on me a WHOLE lot, especially side two. I have new-found appreciation for early Queen and just how rocking they were back in those first three albums. Holy crap they're so good! :metal
I've never been a super-fan of Queen, so I've been slowly going through their discography. I had already been fairly familiar with their second trio of albums (Night, Day, and News), which I often group together for having a similar sound and having some of their break-out hits as well. Really, these first six albums are so good, but the five-album run of Queen II-News Of The World is pretty spectacular, though I'm sure everyone in this thread probably already knows that - I'm just gushing because I've finally "discovered" the greatness that is Queen II.
I find myself occassionally humming songs from Queen II lately, particularly "March Of The Black Queen" and "Fairy Feller's Master Stroke", as well as "Funny How Love Is". No matter how weird their music gets, it's insanely catchy.
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I'll say the blasphemy? I'll say the blasphemy.
March of the Black Queen is better than Bohemian Rhapsody.
One of their best, weirdest and craziest songs ever.
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Bohemian Rhapsody will always stand alone as the epitome of going nucking futs in a song, yet still somehow scoring a radio hit; and that's no small thing. But there are certainly Queen songs which I think are better, including a few from that same album.
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I honestly can't say Queen ever topped Bohemian Rhapsody, but they have so many great songs, especially on II, Sheer Heart Attack and A Night at the Opera. I still think those three records and Innuendo are their best studio albums.
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This is often a forgotten song, but I think The Prophet's Song is one of those under-rated, crazy, rocking, awesome songs! One of my personal fav for sure. :hat
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"The Prophet's Song" is my fave from A Night at the Opera. That one tops "Bohemian Rhapsody" for me, and on some days, "Good Company" because of the dixieland break made of different guitars (no synthesizers!), and sometimes "'39" because of the concept and the killer harmonies. So many great songs on that album.
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'39 is definitely my 2nd favorite, with Death on Two Legs not far behind.
Good Company is a nice little tune. Very Beatles-esque.
I like The Prophet's Song, but the middle section annoys the crap out of me. That repeating "And now I know!" is grating. Too bad, cause the rest of the song is pretty great.
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'39 is definitely my 2nd favorite, with Death on Two Legs not far behind.
Good Company is a nice little tune. Very Beatles-esque.
I like The Prophet's Song, but the middle section annoys the crap out of me. That repeating "And now I know!" is grating. Too bad, cause the rest of the song is pretty great.
What?! That portion sounds Godly, man! :lol No, seriously, I used to (20 years or so ago) hate that portion too, but it grew on me and I learnt to apprepricate the harmony. :hefdaddy
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The harmonies are amazing. Supposedly Freddy came into the studio with pretty much the entire break worked out, all written out after he'd madly scribbled it all down when it came into his head the night before.
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Good Company is a nice little tune. Very Beatles-esque.
I always get The Beach Boys vibe from this song. And it's truly fantastic.
I've gotten into Queen this year, better late than never. Sheer heart attack, A Night at the opera and A Day at the races are fantastic, such an incredible streak of albums filled to the brim with memorable, brilliant songs. Another one of my favorites is Jazz, it's almost as good as A Day at the races in my book.
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"The Prophet's Song" is my fave from A Night at the Opera. That one tops "Bohemian Rhapsody" for me
Same here.
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Big Queen fan, and to this day, Queen II is my favorite Queen album, and "Funny How Love Is" is perhaps my favorite Queen song.
I love "A Night At The Opera" (I have a killer 5.1 version from a special released around 2000 or so) but it's a little schizophrenic for me. I get Queen's thing, I really do, but there's no real flow to that album (for me) and while BoRhap and Prophet are or are near legendary, and the rest of the songs are mostly very good to great, there's no flow.
By the way, I love how Freddie's "Rough take" is probably better than 98% of the vocals that get released today as "final product". What a voice on that fuckin' guy, eh?
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I'm not sure how you can say there's no flow. The first three songs literally seque seamlessly into each other, as do the first two songs on Side Two. Other than actually connecting the songs, what do you consider "flow"? It has variety, moves effortlessly from rock to folk to whatthefuck and back again, and none of the changes feel jarring or anything. I think the album has amazing flow. I always listen to it straight through.
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I think that, when you have such a diverse bunch of songs, it's extremely hard to come up with a track order that has a fantastic flow. Some of the songs flow well, others don't. For example, Sweet lady always sounds out of place to me. But still, it's a fun album to listen two all the way through.
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I'm not sure how you can say there's no flow. The first three songs literally seque seamlessly into each other, as do the first two songs on Side Two. Other than actually connecting the songs, what do you consider "flow"? It has variety, moves effortlessly from rock to folk to whatthefuck and back again, and none of the changes feel jarring or anything. I think the album has amazing flow. I always listen to it straight through.
That right there. I don't find some of the moves "effortless". I find some of them jarring. Just me, though, I understand that.
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Edit: whoops wrong thread. Too much windows open on mobile :laugh:
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"The Prophet's Song" is my fave from A Night at the Opera. That one tops "Bohemian Rhapsody" for me, and on some days, "Good Company" because of the dixieland break made of different guitars (no synthesizers!), and sometimes "'39" because of the concept and the killer harmonies. So many great songs on that album.
Amazing song :hefdaddy
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That whole first period from '73 - '78 is fantastic. As soon as the synthesizers entered the fray and the band started churning out 'the hits' Queen lost its magic for me, only to be restored with 'A kind of magic' and seeing them live that same year.
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The original 'All Dead, All Dead' from 'News of the World'. Something so moving and haunting. Always loved Brian's lead vocals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9VXjFzWIgE
And now, the long awaited 'demo' with Freddie on LV, with the opening stanza (printed on the album lyric sheet forty years ago for no apparent reason....).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqaAkD6-Zb0
A 'hybrid' version of the two mixed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxQHi1QXboo
For years, I have heard the rumors of the alternate vocal take. I always gave it a 'oh, that would nice to hear' shrug. No big deal. I love Brian's version. Nothing will take away from that. I'm so glad they used it then, because some variety on LVs can help keep things from sounding stale (even when you have one of the greatest rock singers available).
But.....now I have one more Freddie vocal to treasure.
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A new fan is out here!
Always knew I should dig into them but never really did so...
At first, i bought queen II and loved it! what a classic album! a real masterpiece.
so I went and picked up their debut. then I knew I'm in love so I picked up almost the whole discography, except A king of magic, The miracle, Made in heaven and Hot space.
For my 3rd queen album, after the first 2 classics, I played The works and while I expected it to be much worse than the first 2 by a big margin I was surprisingly wrong!! Yes, it's not at the same level but it's very enjoyable and definitely a good album.
That made me doublethink perhaps I should go and get the rest of the discography which I mentioned before but I don't wanna ruin my Queen experience with stinkers so I rather you advise me which of the following I should get and which to prevent of.
Looking forward to your help and may God save the queen!!
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Leave Hot Space for last, it's their worst.
A kind of Magic and Miracle are both decent album with the occasional dud here and there.
Made in Heaven is very peculiar as it was made after Freddie died and so it's made up from leftovers and songs reworked, with the other guys singing the parts Freddie didn't finish.
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As someone who got into the band later, I think - no, I KNOW - that it is best to go chronologically. They are not a static band, and there really aren't any two albums that are alike, even the common "pair", "Night" and "Day".
"Keep Yourself Alive" is necessary to understand Queen II, and some of the moments there are necessary to get things like "Killer Queen". The schizophrenic nature of SHA is necessary to get "A Night At The Opera", etc. etc.
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Yes, go chronologically.
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i guess i went all over the place then. I first heard them when i was about 6 when Freddie just died so his music was on TV a lot. We had Greatest Hits in our cd collection so i started listening to all those songs. When i saved up enough money to buy my first cd it was Queen II.
Next cd i bought was Queen I. The rest i taped from cds i borrowed from the library. Funny thing was that i always saw Queensryche next to those cds and thought they ripped off the name. 2012 I saw them live because a friend put me on the guestlist and I was sold on their sound.
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Listen chronologically. You get to 'witness' how they develop, progress, and change (for better or worse), and finally, rebound.
With Queen, one has an advantage that I did not have at the time: access to live releases and alternate takes.
You have four sessions (four songs each) of BBC releases from the era of the first two album releases, and a session each from 'Sheer Heart Attack' and 'News of the World'. And then there are the 'Live at the Rainbow' releases (from the Queen II and 'Sheer Heart Attack' tours). And all of the available tours that follow for the specific albums on youtube (official and bootleg).
But give 'All Dead All Dead' another listen or three first ;)
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That first BBC CD is worth getting just for that 7-minute version of Son and Daughter. That is my go-to version of that song. :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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Hey Dragon, I know I can look it up myself, but I trust your knowledge here over mine: Are those BBC sessions collected somewhere? I know there's that "Live at the Beeb" or whatever it's called, but that's not all four sessions, is it? What about the later two sessions (SHA/NotW)?
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(Stadler.....some day I'll have to try my hand at a Queen discography thread such as the Qryche and Iron Maiden ones....bars that have been set incredibly high.....)
There was 'Queen at the Beeb' (or at the BBC, depending on which side of the pond one resides) released in '89 just before 'Innuendo'.
It only had eight songs.
Meanwhile, 'On Air' ..... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Air_(Queen_album) ....has all six sessions.
The absolute best 'bang for the buck' is to purchase the 2 CD release (2016). Why we had to wait so long for the complete release is beyond me (some tracks are available on the 2011 bonus remasters for the respective albums).
Sadly, the Golders Green Hippodrome '73 concert, which makes up most of Disc Three, is lacking 'See What A Fool I've Been, the entire 'Jailhouse Rock' medley, and 'Big Spender. This makes purchasing the six CD box set a waste of money. Why they included live tracks from '81 and '86 is beyond me and any fan of the era. A shame this was not a THREE CD release.
All of the Golders Green performances are available on bootlegs and youtube, so it's well worth the hunt to look them up and download the tracks for the correct order. For anyone that doesn't know, the studio and live versions of SWAFIB are immensely different...'camp' versus 'blues'.
Mentioned before, but expanding....BOTH versions of 'Son and Daughter' (post-Blag, pre Brighton Rock) are worth the purchase. As well as the 4th BBC version of 'Modern Times Rock 'n Roll, and both 'Liar's...and.....well,,'we have lift off!'
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Just made available a few months back…
Providence Civic Center, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 1978, Jazz tour, the day the LP hit these shores
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9UyOBAyvqc
As good of an audience recording there ever was for a Queen concert. Three days after I saw them perform in Kalamazoo ….still my all-time favorite concert of all time. Thus, this one is extra special for me.
Superb renditions of all the songs performed, with little twists here and there. What the ‘Live Killers’ LP should have been.
As to the ‘taper’:
Dan Lampinski recorded over 100 concerts in the Providence/Boston area, mostly between 1974 and 1978. His earliest recordings were made with an internal microphone deck, and though they are somewhat lo-fi compared to his later work, some very great moments in rock history were captured for posterity. In late 1974 he bought a Sony TC-152SD tape recorder, a Sony ECM-99 stereo microphone, and began using Maxell cassettes. He was also fortunate enough to have a friend who provided excellent taping seats for many shows, resulting in high quality recordings. In 1977, he switched over to a Nakamichi 550 tape recorder, two Nakamichi CM-300 microphones, and continued using Maxell cassettes.
He recorded many of the major 70's bands: Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Queen, Blue Oyster Cult, Frank Zappa, Jethro Tull, ELP, Kiss, Black Sabbath, The Who, Al Stewart, Alice Cooper, Jeff Beck, Bruce Springsteen, Supertramp, Jean-Luc Ponty, Moody Blues, Neil Young, The Faces, Rush, Rick Wakeman, Kansas, as well as several "under the radar" acts.
Since Dan never traded copies of his recordings, they are all essentially uncirculated. Some copies were made for friends, but these releases are the first time most of these recordings have ever seen the light of day, and are direct from his master cassettes. No EQ'ing has been done to any of the transfers. Feel free to EQ, matrix, patch, etc and re-post if you like, just give Dan credit for the original recording.
Dan was very meticulous about taking good care of his tapes and is very pleased that these recordings will now circulate among the trading community. Please honour his kindness and generosity by sharing these recordings freely.
Always remember - the more generous you are with your music, the more it comes back to you.
Kev & Carl
June 2009
(btw….Stadler, I hope you have listened to the KISS Providence ’75 show…)
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(Stadler.....some day I'll have to try my hand at a Queen discography thread such as the Qryche and Iron Maiden ones....bars that have been set incredibly high.....)
There was 'Queen at the Beeb' (or at the BBC, depending on which side of the pond one resides) released in '89 just before 'Innuendo'.
It only had eight songs.
Meanwhile, 'On Air' ..... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Air_(Queen_album) ....has all six sessions.
The absolute best 'bang for the buck' is to purchase the 2 CD release (2016). Why we had to wait so long for the complete release is beyond me (some tracks are available on the 2011 bonus remasters for the respective albums).
Sadly, the Golders Green Hippodrome '73 concert, which makes up most of Disc Three, is lacking 'See What A Fool I've Been, the entire 'Jailhouse Rock' medley, and 'Big Spender. This makes purchasing the six CD box set a waste of money. Why they included live tracks from '81 and '86 is beyond me and any fan of the era. A shame this was not a THREE CD release.
All of the Golders Green performances are available on bootlegs and youtube, so it's well worth the hunt to look them up and download the tracks for the correct order. For anyone that doesn't know, the studio and live versions of SWAFIB are immensely different...'camp' versus 'blues'.
Mentioned before, but expanding....BOTH versions of 'Son and Daughter' (post-Blag, pre Brighton Rock) are worth the purchase. As well as the 4th BBC version of 'Modern Times Rock 'n Roll, and both 'Liar's...and.....well,,'we have lift off!'
I scored a copy of the 6-disk set for the price of the two-CD set (it was missing some of the sleeves, I bought it, and the guy wrote me after I paid and said the person HE bought it from sent him the sleeves under separate cover, a deal's a deal, and that he would include them). I haven't listened yet, but I'm doing some driving in the next few weeks and I'll be listening then.
I like the live version of SWAFIB a lot, actually.
And no, I have not heard Dan's '75 Kiss show. That was a real sweet spot for them. The '75 show from Winterland is just incendiary.
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Queen + AL to play Vegas in September
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2018/may/07/queen-adam-lambert-park-theater/
Guns n Roses, Rod Stewart, Motley Crue, Santana, Def Leppard, Prince, Elton John, oh, and KISS....the list is quite endless as to acts that have played Vegas for long term stints (Celine Dion for four years). The 'stigma' has long since passed.
There will be those that will visit and go to numerous shows. We'd probably do the same if it was next spring (we have friends who go there every April, and have joined them a couple of times). Lots to see and do in Vegas, and nearby as well. The Grand Canyon, only four hours distance, is great place to go on a 'day off'. Prices are a bit high, but, name a show that's inexpensive in the land of the golden nights (Knights?)
Rather than the constant traveling during a tour, I'd do the same if I was in their shoes. Why the hell not?
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Lots to see and do in Vegas, and nearby as well. The Grand Canyon, only four hours distance, is great place to go on a 'day off'.
We have been to Las Vegas twice, and the best part of going is doing stuff outside of the city.
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Did anybody else see this regarding the upcoming Bohemian Rhapsody biopic about Queen? Amazing.
(https://www.indiewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/bohemian-rhapsody.jpg?w=780)
Rami Malek (Freddie Mercury) and Gwilym Lee (Brian May) in “Bohemian Rhapsody”
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I’m excited to see the movie although a little less so since sasha baron Cohen left
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That LOOKS great, but Brian and Roger have kind of shown in recent years that they live in a bubble. A movie coming out of that bubble isn't really going to be all that interesting for me, once the novelty of seeing them recreated in live action wears off. As I understand it, the big beef with SB-C and the Queen camp is that they (the latter) wanted the story to end after Live Aid (I think it was Live Aid). That kind of misses a big chunk of the story.
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that's what Sacha said, BM denied this. And we all know now the film ends with their Live Aid concert. So...?
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Brian May... lied?
"He's a dirty fibber, Captain!"
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Brian May... lied?
"He's a dirty fibber, Captain!"
"Lie" is such a strong word. I just think Brian lives in his own world, and he has for quite some time. One might even say he always has. It's not a knock, and it's not a real stretch. But it does result in a sort of saccharine approach to the catalogue and legacy that is "Queen".
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While I don’t know what the final movie will be it really would be a shame if it ended at live aid. So much happened after that.
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first teaser, tomorrow first trailer :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zg8O9tvGZw&feature=youtu.be
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I might watch the flick someday if I get really bored, but in general I can't get behind any film that purports to tell "the real story" or "the whole story" but stops at a certain point, especially if that point was several decades ago and much has happened since then, most of which is well-documented.
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Brian May... lied?
"He's a dirty fibber, Captain!"
"Lie" is such a strong word.
Explain it away however you want Stads, but the reality is one person was telling the truth and the other was not. The one who was not lied, plain and simple. And really, when you think about it, he was putting SBC in a bad light as if he were the liar.
And I agree with the sentiments of others - if it's not gonna tell the whole story, I'm not really going to be interested in seeing this.
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Brian May... lied?
"He's a dirty fibber, Captain!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU7rqB9E_0M
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Brian May... lied?
"He's a dirty fibber, Captain!"
"Lie" is such a strong word.
Explain it away however you want Stads, but the reality is one person was telling the truth and the other was not. The one who was not lied, plain and simple. And really, when you think about it, he was putting SBC in a bad light as if he were the liar.
And I agree with the sentiments of others - if it's not gonna tell the whole story, I'm not really going to be interested in seeing this.
No, I'm with you. I agree. I just think Brian is more harmless than duplicitous. Sort of a modern day Michael Jackson more than a... Vince Neil. If that makes any sense.
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This talk about SBC not being in the movie moved me to do a little digging, and I haven't found anything quoting SBC as saying that they wanted the movie to end at Live Aid, whereas SBC wanted to show Freddie's whole life. But it seems the biggest issue that SBC had was not including all the "dirt" - Freddie's wild lifestyle in full - in the film; that the band wanted to keep it "PG".
As for what was to be in the film and what was to be excluded, I thought this was interesting:
The comedian and actor said: “A member of the band – I won’t say who – said: ‘You know, this is such a great movie because it’s got such an amazing thing that happens in the middle.’”
“And I go: ‘What happens in the middle of the movie?’ He goes: ‘You know, Freddie dies.’ ... I go: ‘What happens in the second half of the movie?’ He goes: ‘We see how the band carries on from strength to strength.’
“I said: ‘Listen, not one person is going to see a movie where the lead character dies from Aids and then you see how the band carries on.’
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/09/sacha-baron-cohen-freddie-mercury-biopic-queen
So it appears that Live Aid was not supposed to be the ending point at all. I'd be curious as to when the band changed their idea and recognized that no one really cared about what happened after he died.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BizdH59BFFD/?taken-by=brianmayforreal
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So the scope of the movie seems to have changed. If Freddie was to have died in the "middle" and the rest of the film was about how the band carried on, then the movie was originally about Queen the band. Now Brian is saying that the movie is about Freddie.
Still, Freddie didn't die the day after Live Aid. Live Aid was not "the end" of the story. He lived another 6.5 years, and both he and Queen continued to work. Granted, Live Aid was a huge high point, but it now seems more about ending on a happy note than giving "the full story".
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I haven't been following this at all, I only knew there was a movie in the works (and it took me a long to figure out who SBC is). So what if the movie's scope is doesn't detail Freddie's entire life? Bio-Pics rarely do. It changes the narrative, but they are wanting to tell a story, not create the film version of Freddie's wikipedia page.
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This talk about SBC not being in the movie moved me to do a little digging, and I haven't found anything quoting SBC as saying that they wanted the movie to end at Live Aid, whereas SBC wanted to show Freddie's whole life. But it seems the biggest issue that SBC had was not including all the "dirt" - Freddie's wild lifestyle in full - in the film; that the band wanted to keep it "PG".
As for what was to be in the film and what was to be excluded, I thought this was interesting:
The comedian and actor said: “A member of the band – I won’t say who – said: ‘You know, this is such a great movie because it’s got such an amazing thing that happens in the middle.’”
“And I go: ‘What happens in the middle of the movie?’ He goes: ‘You know, Freddie dies.’ ... I go: ‘What happens in the second half of the movie?’ He goes: ‘We see how the band carries on from strength to strength.’
“I said: ‘Listen, not one person is going to see a movie where the lead character dies from Aids and then you see how the band carries on.’
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/09/sacha-baron-cohen-freddie-mercury-biopic-queen
So it appears that Live Aid was not supposed to be the ending point at all. I'd be curious as to when the band changed their idea and recognized that no one really cared about what happened after he died.
You know, I have to cop to this. SBC was on Stern about a year ago, and they talked at length about this. I would have said - I think I said in this thread - that "the band wanted to end it at Live Aid" and that was my impression. But that exchange above was had - if not that one then one like it - on that Stern interview as well, now that I think about it. So I don't know where the change happened, but I remember hearing both points in that interview. I don't know if he was talking about the evolution of the story, or if I'm just confused, but I DO remember both points being made.
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Still, why Live Aid and not Wembley '86? ok, Live Aid was an historical performance, but there was an album and successful world tour after that. If you want to end on a high note rather than reminding of how Freddie went, just include the last world tour I'd say.
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I'm sorry to inform you that Great King Rat died today.
He was born on the twenty first of May.
Died syphilis forty four on his birthday.
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I'm sorry to inform you that Great King Rat died today.
He was born on the twenty first of May.
Died syphilis forty four on his birthday.
:metal
Such a great song! That and Liar are the two of their best deep cuts of the 70's.
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I have mixed feelings about this film. As a fan of the music, I'm sure this will be a great film. The teaser trailer sounded great, and everyone looked and seemed to act the part well enough, but the near-erasure of Freddie's homosexuality and his fight with AIDS being absent from the film seems to take away from a huge part of what his life and legacy are. A lot of Queen fans are pretty upset that they (i.e., Brian May and the rest of the band) are choosing to omit these parts of Freddie's life from the film when they seem to be touting this as a Freddie-focused Queen biopic.
I'm torn, as I'd like to see it, maybe not in theaters, but it does feel unfair to leave out those parts of Freddie's life, especially when he means a lot to people in the LGBT community, and to those who have fought or known others who have fought against AIDS. At best, I'll wait and see what the reviews are when it's closer to release date. If anything, this film should renew interest in Queen music, so I expect more exploitation of their back catalog going forth.
-Marc.
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I have mixed feelings about this film. As a fan of the music, I'm sure this will be a great film. The teaser trailer sounded great, and everyone looked and seemed to act the part well enough, but the near-erasure of Freddie's homosexuality and his fight with AIDS being absent from the film seems to take away from a huge part of what his life and legacy are. A lot of Queen fans are pretty upset that they (i.e., Brian May and the rest of the band) are choosing to omit these parts of Freddie's life from the film when they seem to be touting this as a Freddie-focused Queen biopic.
I'm torn, as I'd like to see it, maybe not in theaters, but it does feel unfair to leave out those parts of Freddie's life, especially when he means a lot to people in the LGBT community, and to those who have fought or known others who have fought against AIDS. At best, I'll wait and see what the reviews are when it's closer to release date. If anything, this film should renew interest in Queen music, so I expect more exploitation of their back catalog going forth.
-Marc.
I was just reading a recent article about the upcoming movie and I'm a little confused about what this movie will entail. They (Brian May?) wanted a "family friendly" version but I don't see why that would have to exclude Mercury being gay or bi or whatever. Every Queen fan already knows about that and it doesn't "offend" us so I don't see why they would exclude that from the movie. The article quotes Bryan Singer (who's no longer the director) saying the movie won't be a traditional biopic. I do not know what that means.
The article said Mercury's death will be addressed but the movie follows the band until Live Aid?
https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/bohemian-rhapsody-queen-movie-news-cast-trailer/
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First of all, is that the best name they could come up with?
Not following this at all, and not very knowledgeable about Queen's history, but I had a thought. The story of Freddie's disease, final years, and ultimate passing are well known and well documented. Perhaps the guys felt that as such this narrative might not be as compelling as one that told of their earlier career. Not a judgment, just a thought.
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First of all, is that the best name they could come up with?
Not following this at all, and not very knowledgeable about Queen's history, but I had a thought. The story of Freddie's disease, final years, and ultimate passing are well known and well documented. Perhaps the guys felt that as such this narrative might not be as compelling as one that told of their earlier career. Not a judgment, just a thought.
Good point. The same thing was done with Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story.
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I'm sorry to inform you that Great King Rat died today.
He was born on the twenty first of May.
Died syphilis forty four on his birthday.
:metal
Such a great song! That and Liar are the two of their best deep cuts of the 70's.
I consider the entirety of Queen II as a deep cut from the '70s :lol but yeah, Great King Rat is indeed a great song. I've heard it yesterday, in homage to the character, and hearing it after a big while since I last heard it sounded fresh and brilliant. From the very first album they showed they could come up with intricate song structures that would culminate in the song that gave the title to the movie that's being discussed now.
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I'm sorry to inform you that Great King Rat died today.
He was born on the twenty first of May.
Died syphilis forty four on his birthday.
:metal
Such a great song! That and Liar are the two of their best deep cuts of the 70's.
I consider the entirety of Queen II as a deep cut from the '70s :lol but yeah, Great King Rat is indeed a great song. I've heard it yesterday, in homage to the character, and hearing it after a big while since I last heard it sounded fresh and brilliant. From the very first album they showed they could come up with intricate song structures that would culminate in the song that gave the title to the movie that's being discussed now.
Which character is The Great King Rat based on?
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I really don't know. Possibly it's all part of the fantasy world of Rhye that Freddie created.
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I'll start this post by including a teaser that it does contain Iron Maiden related content further down....
Those in our little Queen-dom are much aware of the recent passing of Montserrat Caballe last week
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montserrat_Caball%C3%A9
I never heard of her or the 1987 'Barcelona' album with Freddie until a good year or so after his death, and that was only because I happened to come across the CD at my local 'record' store. An acquired taste to be sure, but the title track's extended version is one of OUR absolute all time favorites (too much of a backstory and emotions to go into here). Do try and give that one a complete listen or two.
Barcelona 45 version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDhVPLXYxeU
the 'live' video version w/Freddie and Montserret https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPG5DP2RQZk
Barcelona album version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Eg-mWdDLc
Barcelona extended version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P24kWCn5tTk
I loved a comment by one of the posters on a Queen forum: only two personalities as bombastic as Freddie and Montserret could have pulled this off and made it work.
The below video is from the statue unveiling of Freddie in Montreux a few years after his passing (Ms. Caballe' with the dark hair along with Freddie's mum) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxwcVx8NCKI
Here's one for the Iron Maiden fans……from her 'Friends For Life' LP in '97...Ms. Caballe and Bruce Dickinson doing 'Bo Rhap'. Give it a try. It's 'different', and I don't care for 99% of Beatles and Queen covers, but we enjoyed it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAXHmAOPvrw
As to the upcoming movie: we are 'reserved' in our feelings towards it. Not expecting it to be great, but we do want it done as 'correct' as possible. Anyway……having seen a recent trailer, with views from behind 'Freddie' as he's ready to enter Wembley Stadium for 'Live Aid', gave us goosebumps x1000.
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I have mixed feelings about this film. As a fan of the music, I'm sure this will be a great film. The teaser trailer sounded great, and everyone looked and seemed to act the part well enough, but the near-erasure of Freddie's homosexuality and his fight with AIDS being absent from the film seems to take away from a huge part of what his life and legacy are.
The trailer I saw last night, which I presume is new as I'd not seen before, makes it fairly clear his homosexuality will feature.
I've watched too many documentaries on Queen to not get irked by the use of dramatic license (like Brian May didn't know the opera section was coming when he recorded the solo... they've just transplanted the line from someone who won't be in the film to Brian) but from that new trailer it's starting to look like a film worth seeing.
However, I don't like what I've seen of the portrayal of Roger Taylor so far.
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Yeah, it looks like the other bandmembers, especially Taylor and Deacon seem to be particularly marginalized in the bits I've seen so far. This seems to happen with every major bandmovie I've seen lately. Look at the Runaways, where Joan and Cheri are featured and portrayed pretty accurate, while Lita's been portrayed as the bitch, and Jackie Fox is just someone who is barely even present, just some figure in the background. It seems movies always need to caricaturize the members to appeal to a wider audience. As I real Queen fan, I'd be livid is this is to be the case.
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I won't get too worked up over a trailer; I mean, it's cool to see how they look and/or sound (man, that guy sounds EXACTLY like Brian May, it's creepy) but I can't believe Roger is going to be thrown under the bus in this (at least not willingly). He's been a part of almost all the Queen goings-on since Freddie's passing, so I find it hard to believe that he just now becomes a villain.
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It's not surprising John Deacon's been marginalised, at least in the trailers thus far - he was the band's secret weapon... with the emphasis firmly on secret. The casual fan may remember his spectacular hair in the Radio Ga-Ga video but not a lot else.
Otherwise, from what I've seen so far they've pretty much nailed Brian, have made a damn good stab at Freddie, but have made Roger out to be a rather more coarse and arsey personality than he's ever appeared to be.
Still, this is from cherry picked moments in trailers so I guess we'll see.
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Well, my wife and I saw it yesterday. If you go in with the attitude of overlooking all the time line errors, the liberties taken, and just watch a movie and not a bio pic, it's pretty good stuff. Hell, 'Lincoln', 'Darkest Hour', 'JFK', 'Nixon', 'Hoffa' ....didn't have any omissions, inaccuracies, false storylines or made up scenes, did they? :facepalm:
We laughed a lot, my eyes welled up more than a few times, my wife cried a couple of times, ......
Rami Malek is really, really good as Freddie. I swore it was Brian and not Gwilym Lee playing him. The whole 'Live Aid' segment was absolutely stunning (and some of us did clap and do the 'GaGa'). I think they had me reeled in when I got to hear May's version of the 20th Century Fox theme ;). Also very appreciative that whenever there was opera in the background at Freddie's residence, that it was always Montserret Caballe being played.
At least 'it was a worthwhile experience'.
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I’m looking forward to seeing it, my expectations aren’t high but I do want to see it.
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It was really good. Only big complaint was that whole conflict issue they came up with. I had just recently read a biography on the band, and from what I assumed, they just took a brief hiatus and did their own thing and it was all rather amicable
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I just saw the movie. Yeah, they took some liberties regarding the relationships inside the band, but that's what makes the movie interesting. It was very cool, some of the bits were truly spectacular, especially the Live Aid stuff.
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It was really good. Only big complaint was that whole conflict issue they came up with. I had just recently read a biography on the band, and from what I assumed, they just took a brief hiatus and did their own thing and it was all rather amicable
At North American conventions, I've won the trivia, placed second, and been a finalist four times. My last convention years ago, I had the high preliminary score and gave my spot in the finals to the 6th place person. But I do well on that sort of thing, and am also not 'obsessive'.
Going to this movie was like going to a Beatle movie, seeing them in mustaches on 'Ed Sullivan', beards during 'Sgt. Pepper', 'Abbey Road' being released, and then the 'Get Back' sessions begin. Brian Epstein dies, Yoko enters the picture, and the final straw is Phil Spector coming on board.
The ending was better than the totally false endings of 'Remember the Titans' or 'The Greatest Game Ever Played' ...or 95% of other sports movies. At least it wasn't anything like the remade 'Star Treks' (the last of which I will never view).
There was a lot of friction in the band from '82 onwards. Freddie did not have to 'beg' to come back, but he did get quite the check for his solo album (Roger had released two well received ones at that point). Oh, the 'hiatus'.....Queen had just performed 15 shows in Australia and Japan, the last only two months before 'Live Aid'. Using that as an ending piece was the way to go. And so frickin' well done at that!
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The last 20 minutes of the movie are amazing. The performances are great.
The rest of the movie, sadly, isn't.
I did read a good article that pointed out that the movie makes it so that Freddie's amazing performance at Live Aid was because of the AIDS diagnosis and he wanted to go out on a huge note. However, it was just Freddie being Freddie since he didn't get the diagnosis for 2 more years.
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And according to Brian May, he didn't tell the band until around the spring of '89.
That's Hollywood for you.......
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I get it. Movies are entertainment, and people want to see a good story, not necessary the true story. I just can't get behind a movie that's a biopic that we already know has incorporated a fair amount of shit that just didn't happen, or happened differently, or in a different order chronologically. People are going to see this flick and think they know all about Freddie and the dynamics within the band and the history, and half of it's just made-up shit. They always do this, which is why I don't watch biopics.
Those of you who've seen it and enjoyed it, cool. They don't get my money, though.
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That kind of bugs me, knowing that people might think Freddie performed so amazingly on Live Aid because he knew the end is near, even though he found out about his illness two years later. I hope people will figure out that this is a movie that didn't stick with the official history.
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I get it. Movies are entertainment, and people want to see a good story, not necessary the true story. I just can't get behind a movie that's a biopic that we already know has incorporated a fair amount of shit that just didn't happen, or happened differently, or in a different order chronologically. People are going to see this flick and think they know all about Freddie and the dynamics within the band and the history, and half of it's just made-up shit. They always do this, which is why I don't watch biopics.
Those of you who've seen it and enjoyed it, cool. They don't get my money, though.
I avoid this stuff myself. But I get why people might want to see it. It just isn't for me. I'd much rather have accuracy and truth.
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I did read a good article that pointed out that the movie makes it so that Freddie's amazing performance at Live Aid was because of the AIDS diagnosis and he wanted to go out on a huge note. However, it was just Freddie being Freddie since he didn't get the diagnosis for 2 more years.
I'm fine with liberties; I've read enough about the band to know the true story, and read enough about Hollywood to know that you won't GET the true story from them.
But I know for me, that sort of ruins it, because what made Live Aid great for me was that there WASN'T anything special. No "Reunion!", no "Collaboration!" - I watched Live Aid in real time, and even still have it on VHS somewhere, and the d-bags from MTV must have said "COLLABORATION" 2,648 times during the broadcast. Mark Goodman - find a still photo of him that day, it's worth it - basically fell out of his shorts every time someone walked on stage who didn't belong there, or Bono went out in the crowd.
Then Queen came on - original band, no tricks - and just played their asses off just because. What made it great (at least for me) was that they just shut up and played their instruments (and sang of course) no frills, no hoopla. Fred didn't NEED AIDS to put on the performance of the day. He was just that good.
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That's what I mean. I watched it live on TV, too. It was amazing.
They've literally rewritten history to fit a narrative, when the true story is in some ways better in the first place.
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I just can't think that any movie like this wouldn't be cringe worthy.
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I think the problem they had is that they decided to not have the last 30 minutes of the movie be about Freddie's slow decline (I wouldn't have minded, but I can see why they didn't). So, they wanted to end on a high note, with the Live Aid concert. Obviously they couldn't leave out Freddie's disease, so they flipped around the timeline.
I personally loved the movie, as a celebration of one of my favorite bands. The only real bummer for me was that they left out a huge musical part of the band. A Kind of Magic, The Miracle and Innuendo aren't exactly Hot Spaces.
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I enjoyed it A LOT
It's a win-win, queen newbies get a summary and fans know where to get more queen.
Sound was fantastic, felt like we were there :)
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I did read a good article that pointed out that the movie makes it so that Freddie's amazing performance at Live Aid was because of the AIDS diagnosis and he wanted to go out on a huge note. However, it was just Freddie being Freddie since he didn't get the diagnosis for 2 more years.
I'm fine with liberties; I've read enough about the band to know the true story, and read enough about Hollywood to know that you won't GET the true story from them.
But I know for me, that sort of ruins it, because what made Live Aid great for me was that there WASN'T anything special. No "Reunion!", no "Collaboration!" - I watched Live Aid in real time, and even still have it on VHS somewhere, and the d-bags from MTV must have said "COLLABORATION" 2,648 times during the broadcast. Mark Goodman - find a still photo of him that day, it's worth it - basically fell out of his shorts every time someone walked on stage who didn't belong there, or Bono went out in the crowd.
Then Queen came on - original band, no tricks - and just played their asses off just because. What made it great (at least for me) was that they just shut up and played their instruments (and sang of course) no frills, no hoopla. Fred didn't NEED AIDS to put on the performance of the day. He was just that good.
I didn't see it, I was too young, but I get what you mean.
I remember reading excerpts from Jim Hutton's biography (Freddie's final partner) and he said something like "The next day Live AID was already a world away for Freddie, while I was still in awe".
It's like you said - they were just doing what they were doing, and what they were doing happened to be mindblowingly awesome. That's the true greatness of it all, that it was just a Queen performance and Freddie being Freddie.
Also, it's not that they needed to invent situations of Freddie giving it all while facing death - we all know how he could barely walk when he completely nailed The Show Must Go On.
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Steven Spielberg had an interesting conversation about T.E. Lawrence and how Lawrence of Arabia was able to play a little fast and loose with the accuracies of his life in the film, based on the time it was made, the audience it was made for, and the subject matter at hand. Not sure what the takeaways are in relation to this film, if any, but worth a watch - it's less than 2 minutes.
https://youtu.be/k2EqdX8fwSY?t=150
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I'm fine with biopics changing this and that. It happens.
I just think this film focused on the wrong stuff for too long. Queen was almost background. In fact, I'd have to say much of the film was about how Freddie wasn't really to blame for anything he did, and that it was all the fault of his former manager who was the devil in many ways. The more I think about it, the more I realize that this film's overall message was that the former manager was evil and ruined Freddie. So much of the film is dedicated to that, and also completely watered down to be safe and pleasant for families of all ages, that it missed a ton of what Freddie and Queen so amazing.
His performance at Live Aid was just Freddie being Freddie, not anything else.
Freddie was a dick sometimes and it wasn't some other dude's fault.
Freddie did a lot of drugs, drank a ton, and boned ALL the dudes. In the movie, the most he does is take a pill, have a some drinks and cocaine on a table in the background (it's just there, he's not doing it) and be in the room with lots of men.
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I still haven’t seen the movie but all the reviews so far just make me wonder what the Sachs baron cohen take on a queen movie.
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Just watched it tonight. If I get a choice, I would have given it a 3.5 out of 5. It ain't as bad as some claimed, but the timeline thingy does bug me a little. IMHO, if the writer(s) would just stick with the real timeline between the late 70's and early 80's, things would still have been just as interesting and dramatic. :hat
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Just found this. A dude doing a live one take of him doing Bohemian Rhapsody. Just him and a piano. No backing tracks. No band. Nothing.
It's.......actually incredible, especially considering it's just him having to do the middle section alone. His voice is also VERY similar to Freddie's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkCxE2Lh458
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Yea he is amazing, I think I a video of him a long time ago and was blown away by how similar his voice sounded to Freddies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dREKkAk628I
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This kids does it so much better.
https://youtu.be/mKP1yZhFG2s
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This kids does it so much better.
https://youtu.be/mKP1yZhFG2s
SHE DOESN'T EVEN GET THE WORDS RIGHT!
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IT'S GLORIOUS!!! :lol
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Just found this. A dude doing a live one take of him doing Bohemian Rhapsody. Just him and a piano. No backing tracks. No band. Nothing.
It's.......actually incredible, especially considering it's just him having to do the middle section alone. His voice is also VERY similar to Freddie's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkCxE2Lh458
FYI Marc Martel is doing Freddie's vocals in the movie but yea he's awesome.
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Yes, Marc Martel was part of this (and, uh, yes, quite good indeed)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Extravaganza_Tour
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That Live-Aid performance was rehearsed up to the second beforehand. You guys DO know that, don't you?
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That Live-Aid performance was rehearsed up to the second beforehand. You guys DO know that, don't you?
I didn't, but that doesn't really change anything. Still have to play the game. (See what I did there?)
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Yep. They f'in rocked it.
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That Live-Aid performance was rehearsed up to the second beforehand. You guys DO know that, don't you?
I didn't, but that doesn't really change anything. Still have to play the game. (See what I did there?)
all you have to do is.....
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That Live-Aid performance was rehearsed up to the second beforehand. You guys DO know that, don't you?
Well, but how does that differ from any other performance? they had a strict showtime, 20 or 25 minutes. Of course they had to carefully plan the setlist to fit into the given time. Did they reharse also the stage movements? I believe most bands do. Iron Maiden is the best live band in the world, and from a collection of clips from various concerts it's clear that all their movements on stage, even the jokes such as Bruce pointing a fan towards Adrian (or removing it, I don't remember... it was during Wasted Years in 2016) are all pre-planned. So what? they still have to pull it off convincingly night after night (or, as in the case of Queen, in a single 20 minutes occasion).
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Just seen the movie and, while I can get past some of the timeline changes in terms of songs being released at different times etc. I do have more of an issue with the whole build up to Live Aid which is completely made up and untrue.
The film portrays a band who have not played together for years with Freddie, freshly diagnosed with AIDS, begging the band to take him back pretty much weeks before Live Aid so much so that Bob Geldof had to squeeze them in when the bill was already full. So this band who’d been out of action for years with Freddie struggling to get his vocals back in shape we’re about to make a big comeback and Freddie tells the band just days/weeks before that he’s dying.
Literally none of that is true, Queen had been playing shows all year, Freddie was not diagnosed with AIDS until years after Live Aid.
My Mum and Dad went to see it with me and absolutely loved the movie as do many other people who are not huge fans are of the band so I guess it is a success in terms of being an enjoyable movie for the general public. I just feel that people are being duped a little in terms of this huge historic event and will go away with a false account of what led up to that performance at Live Aid.
I think the movie did deal with Freddie’s lifestyle and his sexuality, I’m not sure what people were expecting in a PG movie. You weren’t going to see explicit gay sex scenes but it was pretty clear he was promiscuous and, whilst his assistant was kind of made out to be the bad guy, it was ultimately about Freddie being a lonely guy trying to fill a void in his life that led him to the destructive lifestyle of drugs and sex which ultimately killed him. No issue with how they dealt with that, you saw Freddie being a dick at times, he wasn’t made out to be a saint.
Ultimately I enjoyed it and found it a really emotional movie, I shed quite a few tears, Freddie’s voice can do that to me at the best of times. Not sure I can totally forgive the liberties taken in the last 30 min or so though.
Oh and Rami Malek kills it as Freddie Mercury, he’s unbelievable in the role. We’ll never know what SBC’s Freddie was like but I would be amazed if he could’ve topped this as an acting performance.
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The more I think about the movie, the more I dislike the script. Acting is great, no complaints there, but that script.
Yes, the whole LiveAid thing is made up for the movie, but that's not it. The movie shows that Freddie just found the band and auditioned in a parking lot, but that's not what happened at all. Freddie met Mary Austin at a show and then asked her out, but that's not how it happened. Freddie didn't meet Jim Hutton at his party and then not see him again for years until Live Aid.
Just almost none of the movie is accurate at all. This isn't a matter of "changing the timeline a little bit" this is most of the movie just being made up.
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Didn’t know the exact story of how Freddie came to join the band or meet Mary or Jim. To me though, they are things you can use some artistic license on. You’re telling me now they are not correct and I’m not too bothered by it.
The Live Aid thing does bother me though as I feel that this is a historic event that billions witnessed and you’re now getting a false narrative which will colour people’s memory of that performance if they are duped by the movie. I guarantee that most people will be duped as well. It’s them using his terrible illness for dramatic effect to make Live Aid a bigger moment than it actually was. To me, the one thing you have to be honest about is his illness and subsequent death and they have not done that, they’ve used it instead cheaply to tug on people’s heartstrings.
I get that a movie showing his slow decline is not box office gold and, if you want to end it at Live Aid then that’s fine. You can just then tell people in the end credits that Queen went on to record three further albums before Freddie Mercury died of AIDS in 1991. No need to pretend him and the band found out just before Live Aid.
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This is so true:
Why is everybody lying about Bohemian Rhapsody? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEG_h2xB3g0)
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This is so true:
Why is everybody lying about Bohemian Rhapsody? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEG_h2xB3g0)
:rollin
Very good video! And he is so right!
I mean I study with some people who have no interest in music whatsoever but when we hang out at my place and I put on Bohemian Rhapsody, EVERYONE goes "aww that's a very cool song" or maybe at least "my parents love this kind of music".
You don't have to be a huge music guy, but if you have never heard this song before, you have been living under a rock. And I am from Germany, where there's 98 percent shite on the radio, while in the States you still have some awesome radio stations.
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This is so true:
Why is everybody lying about Bohemian Rhapsody? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEG_h2xB3g0)
.... And I am from Germany, where there's 98 percent shite on the radio ...
Off topic but amen to that. The few good songs on commercial radio are played to death and the rest is just shit. I can't listen to radio for more than a few minutes before I get angry >:( :censored.
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I thought metal was a big thing in Germany. Been a few years since I’ve been but I remember being there a few years ago and there were huge stands displays for a new Manowar album in a big mainstream record store. Something I’d never see in the U.K.
Thinking about this more, it was probably a longer time ago than I thought. I remember going in to the store to complete my Axel Rudi Pell album collection so it must’ve been before I had internet access to just get whatever I want online!
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Commercial german radio completely ignores everything that is heavier than Hotel California regardless of how successful it is.
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This is so true:
Why is everybody lying about Bohemian Rhapsody? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEG_h2xB3g0)
I noticed the same. These videos are indeed absolute nonsense, unless they never listen to the radio and never see /hear commercials. Not to mention the endless stream of covers/edited versions/parodies.
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Is it really beyond the realms of possibility that a young black person, for example, under the age of 20 who listens to Hip Hop, Rap music etc has never heard a 40 year old rock song? It's a huge song no doubt, one of the biggest songs (if not the biggest) of all time but I doubt it gets played too often on your trendy mainstream radio stations. Even in the UK, if I do hear it these days it's not on young people radio stations it's on stations that cater to 30+ year olds and play hits from the 70's, 80's and early 90's.
You would expect that people will absorb it by osmosis via tv, movies but it doesn't always work that way. Look at how big a boost it got when it was played in Wayne's World and suddenly rocketed back up the charts. I'm assuming some of that was due to people who'd never heard it before that movie and that was when the song was only 17 years old and Freddie had only died the year before so it was all over tv and radio. It's been brought to the fore again now due to the Queen movie and the fact that there are a lot of youtube channels featuring non-rock fans reacting to rock songs.
Not saying that there are not some people who are taking the piss but I can believe that there are some people who have never heard the song. I'm sure there are huge classic rap songs from Public Enemy, NWO etc that I have never heard as I have never explored that genre of music.
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Is it really beyond the realms of possibility that a young black person, for example, under the age of 20 who listens to Hip Hop, Rap music etc has never heard a 40 year old rock song? It's a huge song no doubt, one of the biggest songs (if not the biggest) of all time but I doubt it gets played too often on your trendy mainstream radio stations. Even in the UK, if I do hear it these days it's not on young people radio stations it's on stations that cater to 30+ year olds and play hits from the 70's, 80's and early 90's.
You would expect that people will absorb it by osmosis via tv, movies but it doesn't always work that way. Look at how big a boost it got when it was played in Wayne's World and suddenly rocketed back up the charts. I'm assuming some of that was due to people who'd never heard it before that movie and that was when the song was only 17 years old and Freddie had only died the year before so it was all over tv and radio. It's been brought to the fore again now due to the Queen movie and the fact that there are a lot of youtube channels featuring non-rock fans reacting to rock songs.
Not saying that there are not some people who are taking the piss but I can believe that there are some people who have never heard the song. I'm sure there are huge classic rap songs from Public Enemy, NWO etc that I have never heard as I have never explored that genre of music.
Yea sure but we're not talking about a few people:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=queen+bohemian+rhapsody+reaction
Sidenote, that Joey React dude has never heard music. :lol but maybe I don't understand the whole reaction movement tough.
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Is it really beyond the realms of possibility that a young black person, for example, under the age of 20 who listens to Hip Hop, Rap music etc has never heard a 40 year old rock song? It's a huge song no doubt, one of the biggest songs (if not the biggest) of all time but I doubt it gets played too often on your trendy mainstream radio stations. Even in the UK, if I do hear it these days it's not on young people radio stations it's on stations that cater to 30+ year olds and play hits from the 70's, 80's and early 90's.
You would expect that people will absorb it by osmosis via tv, movies but it doesn't always work that way. Look at how big a boost it got when it was played in Wayne's World and suddenly rocketed back up the charts. I'm assuming some of that was due to people who'd never heard it before that movie and that was when the song was only 17 years old and Freddie had only died the year before so it was all over tv and radio. It's been brought to the fore again now due to the Queen movie and the fact that there are a lot of youtube channels featuring non-rock fans reacting to rock songs.
Not saying that there are not some people who are taking the piss but I can believe that there are some people who have never heard the song. I'm sure there are huge classic rap songs from Public Enemy, NWO etc that I have never heard as I have never explored that genre of music.
The woman that cuts my hair - wonderful woman, 30's, married, two kids - had no idea what "Stairway To Heaven" was when I was telling her about a dance my daughter went to. I played it for her, and... nope, nothing. She absolutely does not live under a rock, she just grew up with a different dose of music.
And I'm sorry, I know I'm showing my age, but when I'm out at a bar, and I have a bright idea, my first thought is not to run home and put a video on the interwebs. Not even top ten. Not top 100. Whatever.
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Is it really beyond the realms of possibility that a young black person, for example, under the age of 20 who listens to Hip Hop, Rap music etc has never heard a 40 year old rock song? It's a huge song no doubt, one of the biggest songs (if not the biggest) of all time but I doubt it gets played too often on your trendy mainstream radio stations. Even in the UK, if I do hear it these days it's not on young people radio stations it's on stations that cater to 30+ year olds and play hits from the 70's, 80's and early 90's.
You would expect that people will absorb it by osmosis via tv, movies but it doesn't always work that way. Look at how big a boost it got when it was played in Wayne's World and suddenly rocketed back up the charts. I'm assuming some of that was due to people who'd never heard it before that movie and that was when the song was only 17 years old and Freddie had only died the year before so it was all over tv and radio. It's been brought to the fore again now due to the Queen movie and the fact that there are a lot of youtube channels featuring non-rock fans reacting to rock songs.
Not saying that there are not some people who are taking the piss but I can believe that there are some people who have never heard the song. I'm sure there are huge classic rap songs from Public Enemy, NWO etc that I have never heard as I have never explored that genre of music.
It is not unbelievable that there are people that have not heard of Queen or Bohemian Rhapsody in particular. It is, however, unbelievable to me that there are so many people that have reaction channels with thousands of subscribers all haven't heard Queen. My feed is currently filled with them at least. In general, these channels have a lot of "first time" reactions for huge artists, and not just old rock bands.
Some are likely genuine, and to be fair I don't live in the USA. But the past 5 years or so over here it was used in three mainstream commercials (on tv and radio), it is almost every year voted song of the year or close to it, is broadcasted on radio very frequently, used in comedy sketches, used in film soundtracks, covered and regularly performed by a variety of well known artists, and that is only this song. Songs like We Will Rock You and We are The Champions are used just as much (in sports) and to not know Queen seems very rare. Especially when you are a content creator focused on reacting to music/pop culture and engaged with internet culture.
Furthermore, it is a youtube trend and I have little faith in the genuinity of many youtubers, as many people want to join a trend that gives them more exposure (understandably). And you will often see that many of the smaller reaction channels listen to the same songs as the popular ones. "Dutch Hip Hop" was a trend a year back or so, for example.
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It is easy to know a song without knowing what it is called, who sings, it, or even what the lyrics are.
Every single cover bad I have seen in the past 5 years plays a song that I recognize in 30 seconds, though couldn't have told you anything about it other than one word in the chorus is "moooooooooooooooves" with an annoying whistle in the background. I just found out recently it is Maroon 5, as I did a little research about them when the Super Bowl announcement dropped.
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Some are likely genuine
Yeah, but I'm not buying the white dude claiming he's not even sure how to pronounce "Queen" as if it's a name plucked from an obscure sci-fi novel :loser:
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A little bit of nonsense (to quote Brian from 'Live Killers')
https://www.facebook.com/AmazingMusiciansPage/videos/301278477262331/
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Another two weeks pass....another two dozen people that I bump into...another two dozen excuses that I have to make to them and say that I 'enjoyed' the movie.
gawd...I am tired of making excuses for what the 'band' has released in the last three decades.
It would not have hurt to have released a 'correct' movie. People loved the band, people are learning to love the band...just wish they had done it more truthfully.
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Another two weeks pass....another two dozen people that I bump into...another two dozen excuses that I have to make to them and say that I 'enjoyed' the movie.
gawd...I am tired of making excuses for what the 'band' has released in the last three decades.
It would not have hurt to have released a 'correct' movie. People loved the band, people are learning to love the band...just wish they had done it more truthfully.
Had dinner with a few friends a few weeks back and they both saw it and suggested it to me and said it was good. I told them I was glad that they liked it, but I had no interest in seeing something like that and said why in a general way. (I didn't think an itemized list of specific reasons was the way to go here.)
But then these two friends also went to see Queen with Paul Rodgers and the other guy who's name escapes me. I've never seen Queen because I just wasn't a big enough fan until Innuendo so I'm of the opinion that my window effectively closed. That's just the way I see it. Doesn't mean I can't enjoy the music.
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Another two weeks pass....another two dozen people that I bump into...another two dozen excuses that I have to make to them and say that I 'enjoyed' the movie.
gawd...I am tired of making excuses for what the 'band' has released in the last three decades.
It would not have hurt to have released a 'correct' movie. People loved the band, people are learning to love the band...just wish they had done it more truthfully.
Had dinner with a few friends a few weeks back and they both saw it and suggested it to me and said it was good. I told them I was glad that they liked it, but I had no interest in seeing something like that and said why in a general way. (I didn't think an itemized list of specific reasons was the way to go here.)
But then these two friends also went to see Queen with Paul Rodgers and the other guy who's name escapes me. I've never seen Queen because I just wasn't a big enough fan until Innuendo so I'm of the opinion that my window effectively closed. That's just the way I see it. Doesn't mean I can't enjoy the music.
Substitute "A Kind Of Magic" and I'm sort of right there with you. And it's not like it's the new guys; Paul Rodgers is one of my top five favorite vocalists of all time. I LOVE that guy, and while I don't love Adam Lambert (the other guy) he doesn't suck. I just have no desire to see that. (Though having written that, I may go at some point to see the stage setup, if my daughter wants to see it.)
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With Winter Solstice here, just thought I'd suggest one of my favorite seasonal tunes. One of my top five Brian guitar tracks
A Winter's Tale (Freddie's last written song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjWQZBmJf6M
always good to follow up with
Thank God It's Christmas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu3uA8K6ApQ
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In the news, the fired EX director Bryan Singer (shame all the news outlets didn't include that)
FOUR Academy Awards (deservedly NOT winning for Best Picture.
And then, there's this
https://www.billboard.com/charts/top-album-sales for the week of March 9th
1. A Star Is Born
2. This Land - Gary Clark, Jr
3. Bohemian Rhapsody
4. Harvard Dropout - Lil Pump
5. Distance Over Time - Dream Theater
Last time I owned two Top Ten albums at the same time was probably in the 90s with Van Halen and REM.
And, yes, the current ones are the #3 and #5 LPs (what a great return to form for DT)
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I feel like I want to own a record by a dude (dudette?) named "Lil Pump". :)
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Not sure if you guys care, but I pre-ordered this special bluray : WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS FINAL LIVE IN JAPAN :hat
IIRC, this show was only released on VHS back in the day, and perhaps on LD only.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B07PFRTBN2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Not sure if you guys care, but I pre-ordered this special bluray : WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS FINAL LIVE IN JAPAN :hat
IIRC, this show was only released on VHS back in the day, and perhaps on LD only.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B07PFRTBN2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
DVD in Japan in 2006 too.
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https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/queen-rock-album-and-song-sales
Published Jun 29, 2019
LOS ANGELES • British rock band Queen sold more albums in North America than any other artist in the first half of this year as music featured in movies and television sent streaming and downloads soaring.
A mid-year report by Nielsen Music released on Thursday said the soundtrack to the musical Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), which won four Oscars in February, was the best-selling rock title of the first six months of this year, with Queen's Greatest Hits 1 compilation coming in second.
The band sold more than 731,000 albums as well as the most digital songs, with more than 1.3 million downloads, Nielsen said.
In February, Queen became the first rock band to open the Oscars when they kicked off the annual ceremony in Hollywood with a live performance of We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions.
Lady Gaga and actor-director Bradley Cooper's steamy performance on the Oscars stage, of their winning duet Shallow from A Star Is Born (2018), also sent sales soaring. The romantic ballad has seen some 648,000 digital song downloads so far this year, the report said.
The Elton John biopic, Rocketman (2019), fuelled a 138 per cent gain in album sales for the British singer-songwriter in the first week after the movie's release on May 31
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Not sure if you guys care, but I pre-ordered this special bluray : WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS FINAL LIVE IN JAPAN :hat
IIRC, this show was only released on VHS back in the day, and perhaps on LD only.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B07PFRTBN2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I was reading the two reviews on Amazon.com for this release and it appears this may not be an official release sanctioned by Queen.
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From Queen's facebook
Queen + Adam Lambert's Fire Fight Australia Live Aid Full Performance!
For The First Time In Its History, Queen, Fronted By Singer Adam Lambert, performed the Band’s Iconic 1985 Live Aid Set for Fire Fight Australia Benefit Concert!
Queen performed in full its original 22 minute Live Aid set. The six-song set includes Bohemian Rhapsody, Radio Ga Ga, Hammer To Fall, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest live performances of all time!
Watch the Full Video Now > https://youtu.be/SAqp6YJWIUU
Fans can donate at anytime at: https://firefightaustralia.com/
There was a rip of the concert on youtube I watched bits of after it aired on TV, but this is polished version of that set. Really awesome
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Adam Lambert has just an unhuman voice. For a while I was upset he didn't sound anything like Freddie.
Then it made sense. I'm glad they didn't get a Freddie clone. It would've cheapened the band and not ended up with a positive outlook for the band. Glad he brings his own unique voice to it and doesn't try to be the next Freddie. That said his voice...jesus. He doesn't seem to even put in a little effort and nails everything perfectly technically.
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The dude has pipes, no question. A little too tremelo-y for my tastes (that was one of the things I loved about Freddie, is that he didn't do that a lot, and when he did it was a wider tremolo). Purely my taste, though; the guy nailed that performance, and presenting such an iconic set like that took balls.
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Adam Lambert has just an unhuman voice. For a while I was upset he didn't sound anything like Freddie.
Then it made sense. I'm glad they didn't get a Freddie clone. It would've cheapened the band and not ended up with a positive outlook for the band. Glad he brings his own unique voice to it and doesn't try to be the next Freddie. That said his voice...jesus. He doesn't seem to even put in a little effort and nails everything perfectly technically.
Thank you!!! I don't understand why people are hating on him so much. Queen just didn't make the same mistake as Yes.
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Yeah, Adam Lambert is one hell of a singer. He nails all of those songs so effortlessly, and Queen songs are not easy to sing in the first place. Fantastic match for the band and that show is awesome.
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Yeah, Adam Lambert is one hell of a singer. He nails all of those songs so effortlessly, and Queen songs are not easy to sing in the first place. Fantastic match for the band and that show is awesome.
Agree. I attended there show in Sept 2016, and the one thing I remember the most was how Adam sung "Who Wants To Live Forever" so effortlessly. I was literally like... :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAqp6YJWIUU&t=422s
I wanted to share this here, since I think it's an absolutely incredible performance. Adam is unreal.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAqp6YJWIUU&t=422s
I wanted to share this here, since I think it's an absolutely incredible performance. Adam is unreal.
Cram posted this already 3 days ago.
Adam Lambert has shown he's the right and only one that can take Freddys' reign.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAqp6YJWIUU&t=422s
I wanted to share this here, since I think it's an absolutely incredible performance. Adam is unreal.
Cram posted this already 3 days ago.
Adam Lambert has shown he's the right and only one that can take Freddys' reign.
Oh sorry, totally overlooked that! Well, a performance like this deserves to be posted twice :biggrin:
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Well, the ol' Queen would have turned 74 on Saturday.
'Bohemian Rhapsody' from Wembley '86 (not the official release). Nice to not have the music video placed over the operatic part.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8uPIquE5Oo
Thank you, Freddie. You brought me and my wife together two decades ago.
And....being totally partial.....there is no better song performed live.
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Been in a Queen mood/mode lately. I just watched Queen Rock Montreal. Man, I wish I could have seen them in full flight. Even on video, the power of the closing section of Bohemian Rhapsody seems a sight to behold. I just love Freddie's voice (yeah, I know, hot take that one!). But he made it sound so easy, and even when he was off, it was still really good.
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Rock Montreal kind of got me into music. I was chilling by my TV, minding my own business, when a local TV station played about half of it. Somewhere in between Roger singing lead on I'm In Love With My Car and Brian sitting down to play the piano on Save Me, I went from a kid who casually likes Queen and rock music in general to the obsessed beast I am to this day.
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Rock Montreal kind of got me into music. I was chilling by my TV, minding my own business, when a local TV station played about half of it. Somewhere in between Roger singing lead on I'm In Love With My Car and Brian sitting down to play the piano on Save Me, I went from a kid who casually likes Queen and rock music in general to the obsessed beast I am to this day.
There's a little moment in Save Me where Brian starts playing but he's not quite there yet, and Freddie comes over and they stand together, get synced, and start the song. Beautiful, real moment (plus, Freddie sings the crap out of the song).
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That moment lives rent-free in my head. Along with the moment which we sadly don't have on video, where they're starting Save Me somewhere on the same tour and Freddie says "ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Brian May on the piano! Yes, yes, he's wonderful, he's got a big c***!" :lol Freddie was so funny :hefdaddy
I wanna see the guys again next year if the dates hold. I saw them with Paul and it was my first concert and it was lovely. I really wasn't thinking "oh here's Brian and Roger playing Queen songs", I just realized at one moment that, oh, crap, I'm watching QUEEN.
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That moment lives rent-free in my head.
Haha, I'm stealing that. :)
How was that Paul Rodgers show? It sort of seems skipped over now, but I'm a HUGE Paul Rodgers fan, and based on the two live shows they released, he sang the crap out of those songs.
I tried to see them in NY on the last go round, but it didn't work out. I'm not as keen on Adam as I am on Paul, but I'd go see that just to see the spectacle.
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It sort of seems skipped over now, but I'm a HUGE Paul Rodgers fan, and based on the two live shows they released, he sang the crap out of those songs.
I'm really not sure why it's skipped over. Everyone always goes on about how it's so different and how they could never get used to it. I didn't hear that much of a dramatic difference, when you're at a Queen show and someone's up there singing Queen songs really well, it tracks. And the dude saaaang. Obviously less versatile in style and range than Freddie, but it checked out. I didn't mind hearing the songs they did together (it was the part of the tour after they put out The Cosmos Rocks), and the BC/Free songs I already knew and loved. It was great, though of course my favorite bit was the Brian/Roger singing block with Love Of My Life, '39 and I'm In Love With My Car, because they stayed in front of us all the time (my sister, my brother and I were right in front of that little runway stage bit).
And then, when they stopped playing with him and started playing with Adam, everyone went back to requesting them to get with a rock singer instead. Why weren't they there when Queen played with a rock singer? Moreover, why would Queen go to a Jeff Scot Soto kinda guy next, when they just did tours with a rock legend, someone they actually looked up to when they were both starting out? It was time to go into a different direction.
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It sort of seems skipped over now, but I'm a HUGE Paul Rodgers fan, and based on the two live shows they released, he sang the crap out of those songs.
I'm really not sure why it's skipped over. Everyone always goes on about how it's so different and how they could never get used to it. I didn't hear that much of a dramatic difference, when you're at a Queen show and someone's up there singing Queen songs really well, it tracks. And the dude saaaang. Obviously less versatile in style and range than Freddie, but it checked out. I didn't mind hearing the songs they did together (it was the part of the tour after they put out The Cosmos Rocks), and the BC/Free songs I already knew and loved. It was great, though of course my favorite bit was the Brian/Roger singing block with Love Of My Life, '39 and I'm In Love With My Car, because they stayed in front of us all the time (my sister, my brother and I were right in front of that little runway stage bit).
That must've been very cool. It looked like they were building Roger's kit while he was playing; is that how it went down?
And then, when they stopped playing with him and started playing with Adam, everyone went back to requesting them to get with a rock singer instead. Why weren't they there when Queen played with a rock singer? Moreover, why would Queen go to a Jeff Scot Soto kinda guy next, when they just did tours with a rock legend, someone they actually looked up to when they were both starting out? It was time to go into a different direction.
I'm with you; not that I don't like Jeff, but if they went in that direction, it would be a hard pass for me. I'll go now because it seems like of interesting, plus the setlist is out of this world.
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Yes, they had to build it on the spot so he could play and sing in the front, so as they were building it, he was playing the parts that were complete! Really cool gimmick. The technical part of the show was great of course, I imagine how much cooler it has gotten since then.
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Due to life events, I failed to post about our dear Freddie's passing 29 years ago a few days past.
From perhaps the world's greatest showman, at perhaps the world's greatest stage (Madison Square Garden...A- audience recording, Freddie, the band, and the audience were on fire on this second night at MSG), a few days after I saw the boys in Kzoo. THE absolute best concert experience in my life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Hm5rTddG0&t=2950s
Thanks to all of the above, I met the 'love of my life' a couple of decades later. A couple of decades after that, the show still goes on. Enjoy.
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What the hell....why not?
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:rollin :rollin :rollin
Berniemian Rhapsody
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Stealing this, and posting on various Fbook friends pages :tup
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ROFLMAO ITS BERNIE IN A PLACE AND THIS BERNIE IN A PLACE IS FUNNIER THAN THE LAST BERNIE IN A PLACE
TL;DR I'm not a fan of memes ;D ;D
I love the band Queen - but there's a reason the Greatest Hits albums sell so well - it's because the albums are full of filler. I noticed this a while ago
when I put on a Queen album and a lot of it was just MEH apart from the big hits.
The Police fall into this category too. Great singles. Albums packed with filler.
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The latter albums are indeed full of filler. The first four are great start to finish.
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What the hell....why not?
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Dude - You WIN!! :hefdaddy
:rollin
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Just bought tickets for Queen + Adam Lambert at the avicci arena in Stockholm on the 20th of July 2022.
For different reasons I have never seen either Queen or Queen + but am really glad to finally do that.
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Just bought tickets for Queen + Adam Lambert at the avicci arena in Stockholm on the 20th of July 2022.
For different reasons I have never seen either Queen or Queen + but am really glad to finally do that.
That’s cool about the Queen show, but I can’t get over that they named an arena after a dj that killed himself.
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Just for a bump....
If not for Mr. Mercury, my current wife and I would not have met 20+ years ago. Happy commemoritive 75th to one of the best front men and entertainers of all time. God Save The Queen!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv4Hjvs0rEo
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Just for a bump....
If not for Mr. Mercury, my current wife and I would not have met 20+ years ago. Happy commemoritive 75th to one of the best front men and entertainers of all time. God Save The Queen!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv4Hjvs0rEo
the G.O.A.T.! :metal :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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Just for a bump....
If not for Mr. Mercury, my current wife and I would not have met 20+ years ago. Happy commemoritive 75th to one of the best front men and entertainers of all time. God Save The Queen!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv4Hjvs0rEo
the G.O.A.T.! :metal :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
(https://c.tenor.com/hHBs3dSM3FgAAAAM/freddy-mercury-queen.gif)
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This is going to come out wrong, because I certainly am not glad he passed, and I can only lament the great work that we all missed out on, but there's something about always remembering Freddie in that Live Aid phase. It's such an iconic look, and I struggle to imagine what the Freddie of 2021 at age 75 would look like on stage with Queen.
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This is going to come out wrong, because I certainly am not glad he passed, and I can only lament the great work that we all missed out on, but there's something about always remembering Freddie in that Live Aid phase. It's such an iconic look, and I struggle to imagine what the Freddie of 2021 at age 75 would look like on stage with Queen.
Honestly, I can't imagine Freddie BEING on stage with Queen anymore. I feel like he would've just said screw it and eventually retired to an island somewhere.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ym7X_wCsPQ
This just came out.
Rick Beato's What Makes This Song Great : Bohemian Rhapsody featuring contributions from Brian May. 38 minutes. :tup
Honestly, I can't imagine Freddie BEING on stage with Queen anymore. I feel like he would've just said screw it and eventually retired to an island somewhere.
The Show Must Go On. :hat
Thirdly I've always preferred Innuendo to Bo Rhap. Anyone else ?
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Thirdly I've always preferred Innuendo to Bo Rhap. Anyone else ?
Me. I love that song.
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Innuendo is probably my favourite Queen song ever.
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I think it has a similar structure plus I prefer it musically. I love Arabian kinda scales and stuff.
Innuendo is probably my favourite Queen song ever.
Me. I love that song.
:tup :tup
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I like them both. Think Bohemian Rhapsody is a bit more unique and interesting to my ears, but Innuendo is a fantastic song too.
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Innuendo is probably my favourite Queen song ever.
I even like Robert Plant's version (which he does not and doesn't allow to be officially released).
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Rick Beato breaks down Bohemian Rhapsody in the latest episode of "What makes this song great" and interviews Brain May regarding the various sections 🙏
Such a great break down showcasing even more why this song is a special masterpiece. Just the chord structure itself is highly impressive yet alone doing the acapella / opera sections with the limitations of that time. Seeing Rick's expression of joy, awe and inspiration during the break down really is fantastic. Also sweet to see Brain's joy when Rick mention that Queen is still going strong with the younger generation.
https://youtu.be/3Ym7X_wCsPQ
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ym7X_wCsPQ
This just came out.
Rick Beato's What Makes This Song Great : Bohemian Rhapsody featuring contributions from Brian May. 38 minutes. :tup
I literally posted this above.
Also sweet to see Brain's joy when Rick mention that Queen is still going strong with the younger generation.
Yeah you can hear the cash register in his mind. :biggrin: :biggrin:
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Damit, sorry. Just saw some Innuendo vs Bo Rhap posts and thought that was the current meta 😊
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Loving the praise for Innuendo here. I burned out on many of Queen's hits a long time ago, #1 being Bohemian Rhapsody. But Innuendo will always feel fresh and put me in a rocking mood.
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New interview with Brian. What a totally great bloke.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5e5AbIeuHinnlPPlRCWvfA?si=HBylIlBdRRWfc0sccAiN5Q&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1
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My favorite Queen song is It's Late. Not as complex as their other masterpieces but it really resonated with me.
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Rick Beato breaks down Bohemian Rhapsody in the latest episode of "What makes this song great" and interviews Brain May regarding the various sections 🙏
Such a great break down showcasing even more why this song is a special masterpiece. Just the chord structure itself is highly impressive yet alone doing the acapella / opera sections with the limitations of that time. Seeing Rick's expression of joy, awe and inspiration during the break down really is fantastic. Also sweet to see Brain's joy when Rick mention that Queen is still going strong with the younger generation.
https://youtu.be/3Ym7X_wCsPQ
Great stuff. That was highly enjoyable. :coolio :coolio
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My favorite Queen song is It's Late. Not as complex as their other masterpieces but it really resonated with me.
"It's late" is an absolute TOP 5 for me:
1. Tie Your Mother Down
2. Liar
3. Now I'm Here
4. Ogre Battle
5. It's Late
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I like them both. Think Bohemian Rhapsody is a bit more unique and interesting to my ears, but Innuendo is a fantastic song too.
This is pretty much how I feel too. I'm not even a huge Queen fan, but I think Bohemian Rhapsody deserves all the acclaim it's got. It's a masterpiece, and it's so great that a song so wacky became such a popular hit. I love Innuendo too, and I always thought it was, along with the album as a whole, a fantastic final statement for Freddie in the band.
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Innuendo, the album, is a fantastic ending to their career and the song is amazing. But better than Bohemian Rhapsody, naaah. I heard BR more times than I can count and it's still gets me into a great mood and it's the best sing-a-long-song ever. It's remarkable how a piece like BR can be so complicated and yet 100% catchy and accessible. Honestly I know no other song like BR and that's very unique. Innuendo is a much more classic prog rock masterpiece in that sense. It sounds great and does everything right but I kind of understand that creative skilful artists can create a song like that and kind of recognize the sound. It doesn't bend my mind the same way as BR does.
BR is beyond my understanding in a way. How do you begin to create it? The song throws out any existing template but still feels easy to follow. It's like 4 different songs perfectly moving between each other. And how the hell do you make an acapella section like that so catchy? How do you make a song move between utter beauty, insane opera, hard rock and then back to beauty where every single piece works together and sound incredible by themselves? And it's actually moving between the sections pretty fast. It's just insane but for some reason works. I guess anyone can imagine creating a song with crazy over the top sections and moving between them but most of the times that would end up in utter failure and a mess.
Anyway BR is a fantastic enigma to me and the song that unlocked the idea that music can be anything. And it usually reminds me that masterpieces like this doesn't have to be serious but actually whacky and joyful.
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This is going to come out wrong, because I certainly am not glad he passed, and I can only lament the great work that we all missed out on, but there's something about always remembering Freddie in that Live Aid phase. It's such an iconic look, and I struggle to imagine what the Freddie of 2021 at age 75 would look like on stage with Queen.
Honestly, I can't imagine Freddie BEING on stage with Queen anymore. I feel like he would've just said screw it and eventually retired to an island somewhere.
Not sure I can either. Although it could have deteriorated into a Sunset Boulevard situation at some future point as well.
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Loving the praise for Innuendo here. I burned out on many of Queen's hits a long time ago, #1 being Bohemian Rhapsody. But Innuendo will always feel fresh and put me in a rocking mood.
It's fantastic album, but like Bowie, Warren Zevon and Leonard Cohen's final albums can be a depressing listen.
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Innuendo is probably my 2nd favorite Queen album (behind Sheer Heart Attack), and the song Innuendo is awesome; probably a top 5 Queen tune in my book. But nothing they ever did tops Bohemian Rhapsody. That song is worthy of all attention and praise it gets. :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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My favorite Queen song is It's Late. Not as complex as their other masterpieces but it really resonated with me.
"It's late" is an absolute TOP 5 for me:
1. Tie Your Mother Down
2. Liar
3. Now I'm Here
4. Ogre Battle
5. It's Late
This is hard. I'd like to vote for "Side One" of Queen II as my favorite song, but that's not going to happen is it? :)
1. Funny How Love Is
2. The Prophet Song
3. Innuendo
4. One Vision
5. The Show Must Go On
We Are The Champions is in there, Now I'm Here is in there, White Queen is in there, March of the Black Queen is in there... they're so good.
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Also gotta chime in on some of the Queen II love here. I'd say I love their first three albums more than anything else in their catalog.
Out of curiosity, if we divided up their 15 albums into 5 groups of three, how would you all rank them?
Group 1: Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack
Group 2: A Night At The Opera, A Day At The Races, News Of The World
Group 3: Jazz, Flash Gordon, The Game
Group 4: Hot Space, The Works, A Kind Of Magic
Group 5: The Miracle, Innuendo, Made In Heaven
-Marc.
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Also gotta chime in on some of the Queen II love here. I'd say I love their first three albums more than anything else in their catalog.
Out of curiosity, if we divided up their 15 albums into 5 groups of three, how would you all rank them?
Group 1: Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack
Group 2: A Night At The Opera, A Day At The Races, News Of The World
Group 3: Jazz, Flash Gordon, The Game
Group 4: Hot Space, The Works, A Kind Of Magic
Group 5: The Miracle, Innuendo, Made In Heaven
-Marc.
I love most of them, my alltime favourites are Opera and Innuendo. The only ones I don't like too much are The Game and Hot Space-
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I loved Rick's video, and it's pretty cool that he probably watched this amazing video where Brian goes through BR track by track (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v15oIktGJOo), because he mostly avoided repeating the same points and putting in clips of Brian repeating them as well. Nice added value for me!
I'd like to vote for "Side One" of Queen II as my favorite song
1. Funny How Love Is
Of course you're the kind of person who prefers side one to side two, but then your fave song is from side two :lol
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I loved Rick's video, and it's pretty cool that he probably watched this amazing video where Brian goes through BR track by track (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v15oIktGJOo), because he mostly avoided repeating the same points and putting in clips of Brian repeating them as well. Nice added value for me!
I'd like to vote for "Side One" of Queen II as my favorite song
1. Funny How Love Is
Of course you're the kind of person who prefers side one to side two, but then your fave song is from side two :lol
HAHA! Well, I couldn't decide (and in any event, I LOVE the harmony vocals on FHLI)!
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It's just interesting, I would have said side two, even though I'm a Brian May girl through and through. His songwriting is a little vanilla there, while Freddie is kicking all kinds of ass on "his" side.
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So I just finished listening to my CD-length playlist of favorite Queen songs and I think I finally narrowed down my top 5 in order.
1. It's Late
2. The Millionaire Waltz
3. Save Me
4. Hammer to Fall
5. I Can't Live With You (Queen Rocks version)
I can listen to these songs on repeat all day.
I just want to gush on The Millionaire Waltz. Bohemian Rhapsody is rightfully hailed as a compositional masterpiece, but TMW for me is it's deep cut counterpart. John Deacon is amazing in this song. And that moment when the band entered with that heavy riff, the epic feel gets me every time. Then when it switches back to the piano with Brian May's orchestral guitar. :hefdaddy
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No other song I know about hits me as hard as Mother Love. Knowing it was his final vocal ever, paired with those lyrics... it moves me to tears every time.
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No other song I know about hits me as hard as Mother Love. Knowing it was his final vocal ever, paired with those lyrics... it moves me to tears every time.
Yeah. I held out on listening to Made In Heaven for the longest time so when I heard it I already knew the story and how it was made, and when the final verse started with Brian's vocal it just murdered me :'(
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It's just interesting, I would have said side two, even though I'm a Brian May girl through and through. His songwriting is a little vanilla there, while Freddie is kicking all kinds of ass on "his" side.
Hey, look, you're not going to get any argument from me! Queen II is far and away my favorite Queen record, and I wished they used that more cohesive approach on later albums. The songs were dynamic, but there was a sort of continuity to them. Some of the albums that followed (I'd say ANATO to maybe Jazz) seemed very... schizophrenic in the way they bounced from style and feel to style and feel.
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I just want to gush on The Millionaire Waltz. Bohemian Rhapsody is rightfully hailed as a compositional masterpiece, but TMW for me is it's deep cut counterpart. John Deacon is amazing in this song. And that moment when the band entered with that heavy riff, the epic feel gets me every time. Then when it switches back to the piano with Brian May's orchestral guitar. :hefdaddy
Brian really loves that song as well! I've read in one of his guitar mag interviews that he also used it as an example of how John was so underrated as a bass player, saying how you have to check out his playing on that track.
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combining and moving some of these from the Queen discography thread
(https://brianmay.com/queen/queennews/newspix/11/stormtroopers/50BD9962-c_690.jpg)
At the 'Stormtroopers in Stilettoes' exhibition, 2011. Videos of them together in 2001 and 2021 are in another thread.
RIP, Taylor Hawkins
Sadly, the exhibition was only in London. Another 'lost opportunity'. A shame that it didn't have a travelling show in the States.
It also goes to show the friendship and mutual admiration between Brian, Roger, Dave, and Taylor. This was during The Foos UK concert tour, where Brian and Roger would perform a song with them.
Brian's thoughts on The Foo Fighters http://rockandrollgarage.com/what-is-brian-mays-opinion-on-the-foo-fighters/
and,
an interview released a month ago! https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1573683/Brian-May-Cyborg-Taylor-Hawkins-Foo-Fighters
I did not know until this morning (March 26th) that Taylor had sat in with Brian to help with a remixed version of a song on 'Another World' to be released in late April.
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(earlier in the Taylor Hawkins thread)
Memories in my 'Queen' world...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnkTh4I_Zis Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins' speech inducting Queen into the RRHOF, March 2001
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e63sQ8Jz57s Brian May and Roger Taylor accepting, and then Freddie's mom coming to the stage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHiPF018Nho Brian, Roger, Dave and Taylor perform 'Tie Your Mother Down'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG-P-iIrL0Y f*cking Roger Taylor with the Foo Fighters doing f*cking 'Under Pressure'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsIajpEncUY the Foos last June at MSG performing 'Somebody To Love' last June. Concerts and 'normal' were somewhat starting a comeback.
I recently saw the Alanis Morrisette 'Jagged' documentary. I didn't know he was her drummer for two years before moving on.
:sad:
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I saw her in 1996. I must've seen him too then.
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In very recent 'news of the world' ;), Roger gets an O.B.E. (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire)
Brian received his in 2005.
https://wror.com/2022/03/31/queens-roger-taylor-receives-obe-honors-dedicates-to-taylor-hawkins/
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I saw that mentioned on the webz. I was wondering what OBE stood for.
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Going from "her voice gets on my nerves" to being a big fan of Alanis now in the last few years is still one of the more shocking music revelations I've ever had.
Carry on...
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Jagged Little Pill was an important album during the "Ice Age" chapter of my life.
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I was just in a different head space then. Rush, Floyd, Yes, Dream Theater and Queensryche were bands that dominated my CD player for most of the mid 90s, and that time span was also when I got into Blue Oyster Cult, Queen and Kansas in big ways, so hearing stuff like Alanis on the radio was like nails on the chalkboard.
Getting back on topic, I remember hearing the Queen songs from Highlander for the first time and being blown to shreds. That chorus to Princes of the Universe was like musical catnip!!
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Going from "her voice gets on my nerves" to being a big fan of Alanis now in the last few years is still one of the more shocking music revelations I've ever had.
Carry on...
No, me too. She was a joke to me when she came out (not her, really, but I knew a girl that was so up her own ass we called her "Alanis") but especially hearing the acoustic version of "Jagged Little Pill" I have a new appreciation, and while her music isn't my favorite, I like her a lot.
Getting back on topic, I remember hearing the Queen songs from Highlander for the first time and being blown to shreds. That chorus to Princes of the Universe was like musical catnip!!
For me, it was "Gimme The Prize", but it was the same reaction. "I am the one, the only one, I am the god of Kingdom Come, GIMME THE PRIZE!" So epic.
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On the topic of Highlander and Queen songs: Who Wants To Live Forever, the chorus after the quiet part, when the whole band kicks in with the big choir, that always gives me goosebumps. :metal :metal :metal
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Getting back on topic, I remember hearing the Queen songs from Highlander for the first time and being blown to shreds. That chorus to Princes of the Universe was like musical catnip!!
I'm always going to remember that description! The 'here/here/here/ here we are' part is exquisite :tup
On the topic of Highlander and Queen songs: Who Wants To Live Forever, the chorus after the quiet part, when the whole band kicks in with the big choir, that always gives me goosebumps. :metal :metal :metal
Agree x10. I will say it was 'odd' to hear the single version six years later with the that chorus repeated.
Also...as to both of those songs: if one had not read the credits, you would probably think Brian wrote 'Princes' and Freddie WWTLF, not the other way around.
And this came up instantly today when I opened up youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGp6gwO6I-k
'The Daily Doug' did the title track of 'Innuendo' two days ago. His facial reactions were about what mine must have been like over thirty years ago. :tup
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The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert is streaming on youtube for free for the next 48 hours.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PxGF4rNuLA
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The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert is streaming on youtube for free for the next 48 hours.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PxGF4rNuLA
I watched bit of it Monday night, since it was held on the Easter Monday thirty years ago. I did give it a mention on the VH thread discussing Gary Cherone.
My memory is so bad, that I do not recall if it was telecast that night in the States, or the following weekend. In any event, I DID see it when it was first broadcast here.
I couldn't believe it had been THIRTY frickin years ago! Thirty!???? Man, oh man.
And, still can't believe the two singers they chose for BoRhap. What a letdown.......
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Who'd they choose? Was it Axl?
I remember in the 90's Axl narrated a really cool Queen documentary.
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The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert is streaming on youtube for free for the next 48 hours.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PxGF4rNuLA
I know I'm in the minority, but I LOVED Plant's version of Innuendo. I wish he wasn't so hard on himself (but then again, maybe I'm glad, since his work has been STELLAR over the past two decades).
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I’ve never watched it.
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The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert is streaming on youtube for free for the next 48 hours.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PxGF4rNuLA
Bummer it's not the whole show, Extreme's Queen Medley is awesome
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Who'd they choose? Was it Axl?
I remember in the 90's Axl narrated a really cool Queen documentary.
And it was a damn heartfelt narration at that :tup
Queen + Robert Plant Innuendo/Kashmir/Thank You/Crazy Little Thing Called Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twlc9GzWL8c
Extreme 'medley' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prwCpJ0J2aM
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Who'd they choose? Was it Axl?
I remember in the 90's Axl narrated a really cool Queen documentary.
And it was a damn heartfelt narration at that :tup
Queen + Robert Plant Innuendo/Kashmir/Thank You/Crazy Little Thing Called Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twlc9GzWL8c
Extreme 'medley' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prwCpJ0J2aM
If Queen stole the show at Live Aid back in 1985, IMHO Extreme stole it back at this concert. No one else pay their tribute like Nuno, Gary, Paul and Pat did. :tup
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I agree. I thought the Extreme segment was fantastic.
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Random thought...
IMHO the songs "You and I" from A Day at the Races and "Who Needs You" from News Of The World are two of the band's least talked about gems.... at least not well know to causal fans who I know of.
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TAC sent this to me a couple of days ago. Just posted last week. A nice interview with Roger and friends.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m15PodQ3k8A
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Not sure exactly what is planned for this Jubilee, but it did cause me to take a trip down memory lane twenty years ago of Brian's performance
on top of Buckingham Palace. Always gives me goosebumps :tup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KNWdhVJq9k
Just heard this interview ten minutes ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKX0pGU70_I
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(https://i2.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/06/04/20/58686199-10885159-image-a-238_1654372337760.jpg?w=800&resize=800)
I gotta admit....that at around 2:10 we had goosebumps and tears, and they mostly remained for the next nine plus minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAJDXYUvSU4
Kudos to your Queen for her sense of humour during the prelude. A shame they didn't include Freddie's 'daaay-ohs' from Wembley '86, but.....no complaints.
And Tim, they played the complete version of that song you'd never heard before..... :D :tup
(https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/media/brian-may-adam-lambert-roger-taylor-queen-2014-billboard-650.jpg?w=650)
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Very nice.
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Hah, I actually recognized that second song.
In fact Joe, while we were on vacation, we were at a shopping outlet, and in one of the stores they were playing Don't Stop Me Now. It made me think of you. But the kicker is like two stores later, We Will Rock You was on. :lol
That was a great video. We visited Buckingham Palace back in 2014. I could see right where we were standing. It's such an awesome place, especially the grounds around it.
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I was walking by the Buckingham Palace toward Green Park yesterday afternoon. There were a TON of people sticking around, even though none of us have tickets to get inside; and I just kept on walking to avoid the crowd. They did a good job in sealing off the palace's ground, and you just could not see a thing if you do not have tickets to get inside. Would have been nice to witness the actual performance though. By the way, as said above, I am going to the O2 for their show on the 15th, can't wait. :metal
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At least you could see the crowd, and maybe a huge TV screen. Enjoy the show next week :tup
A couple of recent fun pix....
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oh, and in recent news (an album I'll finally get to in the discography next week.
https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/queen-mark-milestone-as-first-british-act-with-1-000-weeks-inside-the-official-albums-chart-with-greatest-hits-__36522/
"By George Griffiths
Queen’s Greatest Hits has reached the landmark milestone of 1,000 weeks on the Official Album Chart.
Rising one spot to Number 18 this week, Queen now become the first British act and third act overall to achieve 1,000 weeks inside the Official Albums Chart Top 100 with an album after Bob Marley & The Wailers’ greatest hits collection Legend (1032 weeks) and the original record-setter, ABBA’s Gold – Greatest Hits (1048 weeks).
Originally released in 1981, Greatest Hits peaked at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart and would stay on the top for 4 weeks. Its tracklist contains the best-known tracks from Freddy Mercury and co.’s first decade-or-so as a band, with classics such as Bohemian Rhapsody, Killer Queen and Somebody To Love."
Decades later, and these :censored STILL can't spell his name right! :facepalm:
Time to spin me a Johnny Lennon and The Beatles album .... :lol
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The show at The O2 last night was good overall, and they literally played non-stop for 2+ hours before the "encore"; considering both Brian May and Roger Taylor are in their 70's. :hefdaddy Brain never has a strong singing voice to begin with, and I guess due to his age he sounded a bit weak; but his guitar playing is still GREAT!! He changed things a bit in his guitar solo session. The first half was this soulful, melodic tune accompanied by kind of a spacey keyboard background, I wish a recording of it is available somewhere. The second half of his solo was closer to what we are accustom to. The mixing was pretty good, though I wish they would raise the bass guitar a touch more.
I have NO negative to say about the show nor the O2 Arena itself, but ticketmaster UK sucks! :lol Like I might have mentioned before, I never received my tickets and when I finally have gotten a hold of a human to live chat with me; they literally told me we just sold the tickets, go check with the O2 help desk when you are there! Luckily the O2 ticketing office is great and the issue was immediately resolved once I got there. I f-ing hate ticketmaster UK! >:(
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Tommy Johansson is at it again.
This time it's Queen!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0enEhN74lE4
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I ignore/disregard/despise 95% of Queen and Beatle
covers thrown my way.....this was GREAT! :tup Good set of pipes, and a damn good version.
Even the wife, who holds Freddie waaay above my level of admiration, liked this a ton.
Thank you.
btw, we’ve heard and suffered through more than our fair share of semi talented, and the truly subpar, who should know better than to give ‘The Show Must Go On’ a try.
Now I gotta listen to a few of his prior works.
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If you hit his youtube channel, he's releasing a ton of these covers. Not all rock songs either.
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The first half was this soulful, melodic tune accompanied by kind of a spacey keyboard background, I wish a recording of it is available somewhere. The second half of his solo was closer to what we are accustom to.
Maybe it was based on his solo instrumental Last Horizon? He usually whips that one out live during the past few tours.
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Maybe it was based on his solo instrumental Last Horizon? He usually whips that one out live during the past few tours.
No sir, it is something entirely new. It slowly builds up to an emotional high section... or think "Hell's Kitchen" with just guitar and a keyboard as background. I really loved it.
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Maybe it was based on his solo instrumental Last Horizon? He usually whips that one out live during the past few tours.
No sir, it is something entirely new. It slowly builds up to an emotional high section... or think "Hell's Kitchen" with just guitar and a keyboard as background. I really loved it.
found this from a Birmingham show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klzLGCYWZL0 (leads into a short version of 'Tie Your Mother Down').
As always, such a visual stunning experience. Something like this is what should have been part of the 'Flash' soundtrack.
Glad you enjoyed the London show. The three times I've seen Queen +AL it's been viewed as our 'goodbye' and vice versa. Now I'm hoping for a fourth this fall after watching the solo.
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found this from a Birmingham show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klzLGCYWZL0 (leads into a short version of 'Tie Your Mother Down').
As always, such a visual stunning experience. Something like this is what should have been part of the 'Flash' soundtrack.
Glad you enjoyed the London show. The three times I've seen Queen +AL it's been viewed as our 'goodbye' and vice versa. Now I'm hoping for a fourth this fall after watching the solo.
Yeah! I must have been too excited to recognize the piece... the first part was actually Symphony #9 In E Minor, Op. 95, "From The New World" - Largo... damn, but I guess my mind just wasn't really thinking at that time :lol
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I’m standing here waiting for Queen + Adam Lambert to start in anout half an hour, with my mom, who last saw Queen in 1980 :o
First time for me!
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I’m standing here waiting for Queen + Adam Lambert to start in anout half an hour, with my mom, who last saw Queen in 1980 :o
First time for me!
You are in for a treat, and I am certain you will LOVE the show! Enjoy it, my friend. :metal
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Wham, bam, Amsterdamn!!! Enjoy all of the day and night.
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Happy 75th, Doctor May! :tup And, 'thank you!'
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Freddie would have been 76 today, so we're spinning a few assorted discs throughout the day, and wearing some related garb.
A fun little shirt my wife bought for me a few years back... :tup :D
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Nice to see Brian and Roger at the Tribute Saturday.
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RIP & HBD to the GREATEST :hefdaddy
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Tommy Johansson is at it again!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHAkV3tsygw
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One negative: as with all guitarists, which I could his face whilst he's playing guitar.
Just as with your earlier share of him doing 'The Show Must Go On', which was too many have attempted and failed at (including Elton John), Johansson knocks it out of the park! :tup :tup :tup
This guy has some great pipes!
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One negative: as with all guitarists, which I could his face whilst he's playing guitar.
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I share more than the same first name with king sometimes 😀
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That's the first thing I thought. :lol
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:lol
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The upcoming 'new' release
https://www.insider.com/queen-will-debut-unreleased-freddie-mercury-song-in-september-2022-6
The 'Face It Alone' demo (it's listed under 'The Miracle Demo Versions' on page 31 of the discography)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdjkJZpfIfs
There's quite a few more they could touch up, and quite a few that seem to be more complete than this.
Still no idea of the release date.
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That definitely needs some touching up, but I'd be up for it.
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I know there have been billboards throughout the world announcing today's release of 'Face It Alone'.....but
thanks to Tim, I did not know about this until a few minutes ago.
https://bravewords.com/news/queen-release-rediscovered-track-face-it-alone-featuring-freddie-mercury-lyric-video-the-miracle-collector-s-edition-due-in-november
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I mean, 'Holy crap on a cracker!!!!' FINALLY !!!!
When this wasn't released in 2019 on its 30th Anniversary, I figured it would never see the light of day. And ... it will contain some demos that I never knew existed, of songs I never knew existed :tup :tup
Details https://www.queenonline.com/news/press-release-queen-the-miracle-collectors-edition
Maybe it will be a bit bloated, and I had to laugh at the typical Queenonline spin "Widely recognised as Queen’s strongest album of the 80’s and one of their most inspired, the 1989 released The Miracle was a global success reaching No. 1 in the UK and several major European markets, even re-establishing the band in the US where it delivered a gold album."
Strongest? Eff no! Though it could have been.
Curious as to the tweaks that will be done on the vinyl, looking forward to the intended 'Another Miracle', the demos I've never heard of, the polished demos of those I have heard. (mentioned on page 26 of the discography https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=57201.1050)
I WANT IT ALL.......AND I WANT IT NOW!
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I just found out about this about an hour ago myself. I took a look at the box set. Tempted to get it for the Mrs. for a Christmas gift. I am a fan of Queen, she is a massive fan. The Miracle though - I never thought it was the greatest record. Solid, for sure. But the hype looked a little overdone.
The other thing I am trying to figure out is whether the box is worth it, at least for my wife. I preordered at Amazon, and then cancelled, waffling a bit. It's a tad pricey at 180 for what I know that she personally would get out of it. So I may opt for the two CD release. She's not a huge vinyl collector, and while I know she would enjoy the book, the BluRay, etc., all the extras aren't something she'd really sit and pour over, I don't think.
Been playing The Miracle and The Game this morning. Next up, Innuendo...
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So what other Queen albums have gotten this treatment? I'm pretty sure News Of The World did.
I'm with you on the hyperbole of advertisements; it's like all proper grammar and English usage go out the window. I could never be a PR person, clearly. :). I'm particularly amused by stuff like "The Miracle as never heard before. Sourced from a master tape from March 1989, the Long Lost Cut reinstates ‘Too Much Love Will Kill You’ as it was originally intended, in the exact position on Side One allotted in 1989, nestled between ‘I Want It All’ and ‘The Invisible Man’. The updated LP sleeve presents the album with a gatefold cover for the first time in its history."
It's not the approximate position, oh no. It is EXACTLY where it was intended to be. Good thing. I was so worried they'd be imprecise and maybe start TMLWKY like halfway into IWIA, leaving a big gap of silence before The Invisible Man starts. ;) :) :) I also want proof this has NEVER been heard before; NO ONE EVER made a mix tape with TMLWKY in there?
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After the initial excitement, perhaps we'll just get the package that gives us the 'new' material. We never watch videos, and.. we don't even have BlueRay! :D
Roger just released a new album, 'The Outsider Live' from shows last year. Brian makes a guest appearance. I had more than a few Queeniacs that flew over for some shows.
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/roger-taylor-the-outsider-tour-live/
I've heard samples of a couple of songs. 'Man On Fire' sounds so slow, almost like something a 70+ year old would perform. :lol
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I want to thank Mrs. TAC for watching this, and then for Tim for passing this along to us
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16277412/
If you have CW, or Prime Video, this is a history of AIDS revolving around Freddie, ...from the early 80s up through The Tribute Concert.
Tim told me about this last week, and the wife and I watched it Saturday night. I would have edited a few segments to be longer, but this was
a terrific documentary. My angst at Reagan and his WH spokesman, along with Thatcher.....went beyond the roof. But to follow along with the history of
AIDS, and how it revolved around such an iconic figure, was both moving and sad.
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The Daily Doug did some Queen today!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VtwLfaQHu4
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That was fun! :tup
Enjoyed his erroneous drum crash during 'Who Wants To Live Forever', and then his 'got that one right' comment on the second one :D
His updated background bookcase from last week on his Fbook page https://www.facebook.com/helvering
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Brian May becomes Sir Brian Harold May as he receives Knighthood in 2023 Honours List! :metal
“I'm happy and grateful to receive this honour. I will regard the knighthood not so much as a reward, but more as a charge – a commission - for me to continue to fight for justice - to be a voice for those who have no voice. I will endeavour to be worthy - to be that Knight in Shining Armour.” - Sir Brian May
More here: https://www.queenonline.com/news/sir-brian-harold-may
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Just wanted to give you a very belated ‘thank you’ for posting this :tup
Never imagined that my wife and I could honestly say that we met a future Knight decades earlier
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Any thoughts by anyone on any of the Queen tributes going around? A guy name Gary Mullen is playing a local theater, and while seeing Fred is best, seeing someone pay decent tribute would be good, though for me, a bad tribute would not be worth it. If that makes sense.
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Just for the lighting during the BoRhap operatic part.... :tup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul3M5wwrgog
a full show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaZriqhXuqQ (nice come back with POTU/One Vision after the intermission). And they do finish with GSTQ.
We had a ball prepandemic seeing them at the same concert hall as DT for the I&W anniversary tour, and there were more people who saw The Works. No idea how his voice is four years later.
They're playing in Baltimore....but my days of going downtown at night are in the past :sad:
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I've seen 4 different tribute acts.
1. Mullen & the Works 2. Almost Queen 3. Queen Extravaganza 4. Classic Rock perform NATO.
They were all decent and fun, but nothing I'd ever remotely think about seeing again! What I'm dying to see :corn is a '70's Queen tribute band (glam, pre-mustache Freddie) playing ROCK :metal....not their pop stuff!
STILL wishing MP, Cherone, Nuno & Badger would do this! :metal
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STILL wishing MP, Cherone, Nuno & Badger would do this! :metal
Yeah, I think Extreme completely stole the show at the Freddie Tribute Concert. When everyone else, including both Metallica and G'N'Rs, was playing their biggest hits; Extreme went the distance and put together a medley featuring some of Queen's classics in their own style.
By the way, by MP did you mean Mike Portnoy? I don't think he ever jammed with Gary, Nuno and Pat... at least not that I know of.
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Didn't MP play with Cherone on that Who tribute he did several years ago?
Other than that I don't think he's played with any Extreme members.
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I just saw Extreme open for Aerosmith at Fenway, and they killed it. I love MP, but Kevin Figueroa (is that his name?) has been doing a great job and fits in well. I don't know if that would translate to "Queen"; the original Extreme with Paul Geary were huge fans of Queen (Nuno was up front about III being their "Queen" record); I don't know if Kevin shares that.
I really miss the Portnoy/Gilbert tributes; I'd love to see "Dragon Attack" or "One Vision", whatever Mike calls it, with him, Paul, anyone but Billy Sheehan on bass (I love Billy, but he's not John Deacon-eque), and maybe Gary on vocals (though I personally would love to see Tom Chaplin from Keane, though I can't imagine he's in Mike's circle). Maybe Eric Gillette. NOT Jeff Soto.
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Didn't MP play with Cherone on that Who tribute he did several years ago?
:tup
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14 shows just announced for a Fall North American tour for Q+AL, opening here in Baltimore :o
The fourth time will be saying 'goodbye'....
If we can get tickets. We'll be NB I-95 when they go on sale at 10AM Friday. This just might be a 'price be damned' purchase.
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Rather sad to think that Freddie's belongings are going to be put up for sale. A real shame that it all wasn't gathered up for a museum, and done so years ago.
That said, we've made plans for its visit in NYC in June. Thanks TAC for sending this on to me. But by that time, Mrs. DA had already jokingly made a post on Fbook to start a GoFundMe page in order for us to buy an item ;)
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/freddie-mercury-a-world-of-his-own-the-evening-sale
https://www.sothebys.com/en/series/freddie-mercury-a-world-of-his-own
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Rather sad to think that Freddie's belongings are going to be put up for sale. A real shame that it all wasn't gathered up for a museum, and done so years ago.
I agree with you wholeheartedly. Then again, money is a primary factor. If the band or label isn't putting up the initial fund for such a museum, it will be next to impossible to see it become a reality. Interestingly, I came across to the Freddie Mercury Museum in Tanzania ??? https://freddiemercurymuseum.com/
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I tried to buy the dwarf that Ronnie James Dio had in his front lawn (and which nearly killed him) from an auction, but it went up to something like $2000, and that was too rich for my blood. I'd love to have something from Freddie, but I can't imagine even the least expensive stuff won't be outrageous.
I may try to go to NYC in June to see the collection, though.
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Hey not for nothing, but I'm watching the bonus video from the Live At Wembley Stadium set. The main concert (the video and the audio from the CD set) is from the Saturday show, the 12th, but the DVD has the full show from the 11th as that bonus. It didn't rain on the "main show", the 12th, but it started pouring during the Friday show. It didn't resonate with me before, but Brian and Freddie play Love Of My Life and Is This The World We Created? acoustically, and while it appears that Brian is under cover of the lighting rig, for some of it, Freddie is not, and it's a literal downpour. I know it's July, so it's probably warm, but for all the talk about Fred's physical condition, for part of Love Of My Life he's nonetheless standing IN THE RAIN, singing , and it's breathtaking. I, no shit, was fighting off a tear or two as he ended the song with "I still love you" to the crowd, and you know, KNOW, that the "love" of Freddie's life is that crowd. What a performance.
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Just a reminder as to the Freddie display coming to Sotheby's in NYC this week.
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Dolly Parton is releasing a cover album in November of famous rock songs.
The fourth single is out now, We Are The Champions / We Will Rock You.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbF11BeP1kA&list=OLAK5uy_mtwlPqe8eJ5YN2LQdPY1lALOivVySl6mA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbF11BeP1kA&list=OLAK5uy_mtwlPqe8eJ5YN2LQdPY1lALOivVySl6mA)
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WTF??
https://bravewords.com/news/queen-fat-bottomed-girls-removed-from-new-greatest-hits-collection
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Eh, it was never a great song to begin with. ;D
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Have they listened to the lyrics at least once or have they decided to remove it solely on the title?
In the 70s and 80s, there were a lot of songs with questionable lyrics. Fat bottomed girls is not one of them.
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No reason was released. No need for overreaction yet.
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As a market for five year olds, I totally understand it.
Meanwhile....TAC sent this 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Tommy Johansson cover to me last week.
Tommy Johansson-Bohemian Rhapsody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsbWtnveZSw
I put up with 15-30 seconds of all the covers I've had sent to me. Or... I totally ignore the offerings.
He did a FAB rendition of 'Who Wants To Live Forever' last year.
This.....THIS..... is spectacular !!!!! :tup :tup :tup :tup
I've listened to it five times....one time I watched. The 'young' man certainly has the pipes, and I loved the metal aspects of it.
And to take this song, of all songs on, and do it justice.
WOW! :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
(btw...53 years ago this month, Queen performed their first concert...37 years ago was Knebworth)
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Sotheby's auction of Freddie's personal belongings this month netted over $50M. His piano went for 'only' $2.2M (below expectations), but other items went above expectations (crown and robe for almost $800K).
They didn't sell any swag at the NYC exhibit, so Mrs. DA ordered this lovely hardcover 256 page book for ourselves (and as holiday stocking stuffers)
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This Sunday at 630pm on MeTV is a corny show called 'Collector's Call'. An old friend Joe Demelio will be showing off his lifetime passion (obsession).
My wife and I did many a trade/purchase with him back in the day, and he was of great assistance at our first North American convention.
https://www.metv.com/collectorscall/videos/29c52c095626e2e1
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I saw the ad for that show (my father-in-law and I watch MeTV when he comes over; M*A*S*H, Andy Griffith, Beverly Hillbilly's, Hogan's Heroes).
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$50 MILLION?? Wow!
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$50 MILLION?? Wow!
Some day, I'll look up a link for a breakdown of items.
The 'Collector's Corner' show was meh. The hostess, a collector, and Joe Demelio just standing in one spot throughout, while the cameras showed 'some' items. He probably has around $150-200K of collectibles in that house.
oh, btw..... Queen + AL start their North American tour tonight in Baltimore. Floor seats for a change!!!! :tup
A quick glance for tickets at the old Civic Center, the two nights at MSG, and Detroit indicate only a couple hundred tickets at most available for each venue.
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Last night was enjoyable as always. Sat next to a couple from the UK who have seen the band in Europe, Japan, and Australia! Tonight, then NYC, Atlanta, and LA are on their itinerary. The husband knows Tony Iommi, and showed me a pic with him. And because of the friendship, told of Tony asking him to stop by for a few minutes, and showed us that meeting....with Brian. :tup
Sound and lighting were spectacular as always. My ears are NOT ringing, even though I only used my plugs about ten percent of the time. The crowd was almost as loud and receptive as what I've experienced in Detroit and at MSG.
There were two changes that absolutely did not work. They opened with the first half of 'Radio Ga Ga', and then had an odd transition into 'Hammer To Fall'. Second, between WWRY and WATC, they inserted the ending of Radio. Not a good idea at all.
The changes that did work: 'Stone Cold Crazy' was back in the set list :tup and Sir Brian and Adam did a the nice acoustic 'Is This The World We Created?' Never thought that would be performed over here.
An exceptional 'farewell' for us.
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Glad you got to see them probably for the last time.
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Last night was enjoyable as always. Sat next to a couple from the UK who have seen the band in Europe, Japan, and Australia! Tonight, then NYC, Atlanta, and LA are on their itinerary. The husband knows Tony Iommi, and showed me a pic with him. And because of the friendship, told of Tony asking him to stop by for a few minutes, and showed us that meeting....with Brian. :tup
Sound and lighting were spectacular as always. My ears are NOT ringing, even though I only used my plugs about ten percent of the time. The crowd was almost as loud and receptive as what I've experienced in Detroit and at MSG.
There were two changes that absolutely did not work. They opened with the first half of 'Radio Ga Ga', and then had an odd transition into 'Hammer To Fall'. Second, between WWRY and WATC, they inserted the ending of Radio. Not a good idea at all.
The changes that did work: 'Stone Cold Crazy' was back in the set list :tup and Sir Brian and Adam did a the nice acoustic 'Is This The World We Created?' Never thought that would be performed over here.
An exceptional 'farewell' for us.
How come you always seem to run into interesting people? :biggrin:
Ouch! I don't think Radio Ga Ga is a good opening song even in its entirety. It sounds like a bad idea for what they did there. I don't think they played any obscured or seldom-played songs. Otherwise, you would have said something about it.
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i just watched the opening of the show on youtube. That really is a weird way to open the show...
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Indeed. And there's very few who cared for it that way.
As to the Baltimore setlists
Machines (Or 'Back to Humans') / Radio Ga Ga
Hammer to Fall
Stone Cold Crazy ****
Another One Bites the Dust
I'm in Love With My Car (full version)
Bicycle Race
Fat Bottomed Girls
I Want It All
A Kind of Magic (including Brian's shooting guitar)
Killer Queen (first half, abrupt end, Adam speaks)
Don't Stop Me Now
Somebody to Love
on the 'B' Stage….front of catwalk
Love of My Life
39 (Brian)
Video-Roger timpani solo, Montreal '81
Drum Solo -Roger
Under Pressure - mostly Roger and Adam
Tie Your Mother Down - acoustic intro
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
I Want to Break Free
You Take My Breath Away - taped intro
Who Wants to Live Forever
Guitar Solo
Is This the World We Created...? -Brian and Adam 'B' Stage
The Show Must Go On
Bohemian Rhapsody
Video: Ay‐Oh (Freddie Wembley '86 )
We Will Rock You
Radio Ga Ga
We Are the Champions
God Save the Queen
**** this was dropped halfway through the tour. A pity.
Performing some of the songs at the front of the long catwalk was terrific. It meant we were about twenty feet away. Again, 'Is This The World We Created?' was a surprise. 'Tie Your Mother Down', with its acoustic beginning as Brian did it during his 'Another World' tour, was OK.
Nice touch adding the video of Roger from Montreal '81 before his drum solo on the tiny kit on the catwalk. And then doing 'Under Pressure' from that spot, with him leading or sharing most of the lead vocals. Brian's guitar solo was as visually stimulating as ever.
Me: I'd have done the full version 'Radio GaGa' somewhere near the end. Then changed up and thrown in the 'A Day at the Races' taped intro and 'Tie Your Mother Down' to start the show and get the fans going.
I did get an email from the couple we met later on. They're getting ready for the two outdoor shows in Los Angeles this week to close out what could be the final ones in the States. Lucky pups.
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What? If they ain't going to perform the entire Killer Queen, a classic of theirs, why bother playing just a part of it? Also, I am not thrilled with this setlist. I understand they are up there with age and probably want to play it safe, but I think they are playing it too safe. They could have added something not on their rotation in recent years like Play The Game or It's Late.
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I'm so far behind the times.....
As to 'Killer Queen': the band never performed the full version....from the 'Sheer Heart Attack' tour up to Montreal '81, and then during 'The Works' tour.
Why? I have no effin' idea.
The setlist, as mentioned earlier, had a couple of surprises, most notably 'Is This The World We Created...?'. Playing 'A Kind Of Magic' to a Stateside audience was also a treat.
Back in 2017, for the 40th anniversary of 'News Of The World', the first few shows had 'Get Down Make Love' during the concert, and then 'Spread Your Wings' as the opening encore. Both were dropped due to supposed lack of response. Well, 'Spread Your Wings' in the middle would have worked.
I've been annoyed for two decades that they didn't play 'Driven By You' of Brian's, and a kick axe version of Roger's 'Man On Fire' as something different. Along with 'Let Me Live', 'Innuendo', or 'Breakthru'. Hey, give me 'Keep Passing The Open Windows' just to make me happy. ;)
'Love Kills' was done back when the long lost track was finally released. That, along with 'Let Me In Your Heart Again' would have been a nice touch on this tour, since other Works tracks were featured so prominently this go round.
Of the fourteen cities they performed at, eight added an extra night. I talked with friends that went to both the San Francisco and LA shows. They say that the LA attendance is at least 25,000. That outdoor soccer stadium in LA sold out in one hour for the first show, thus the second night. And, as the wife and I know all too well, those tickets went for either $250 or $500 a piece (as we paid for the Baltimore first night, which sold out in thirty minutes).
A shame they didn't do a stadium show in Detroit. We'd have gladly flown there and attended another show.
For the fourth time, we said 'thank you and good night' to Brian and Roger. God knows....god knows....... we might break free for yet another show in another year. ;)
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The Prog Report had a Wheel of Rock episode of Queen discography. Always fun to watch and specially the more unpopular opinions. Won't say which ones but at least one raised a "OH NO HE DIDN'T" reaction from me :biggrin:
Otherwise a pretty fair summary I think. I think switching one album in A-tier with one album in B-tier and it would kind of fit my personal taste.
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Hehe this prog wheel got me thinking. I love Queen and it's the reason I listen to the music I do. However, I don't have any album that is really perfect with them. This is uncommon in a way. Dream Theater, Pink Floyd, Meat Loaf, Toto and a lot of other bands have this perfect album where I can't find a weak point. Sure some songs are less impressive than others but overall their lowest point is still very high on certain albums.
Queen always manage to have one or two songs that just don't impress and borderline becomes skippable on my nearly perfect albums.
Night at The Opera. One of my favorite albums but Sweet Lady just isn't my cup of tea. Good Company isn't the best either but does have a fun vibe I enjoy. The rest of the songs are frikkin perfect but yeah.
Queen 2. This album would be perfect if The Loser in The End wasn't such a boring piece of music. Some Day one Day is ok at but The Loser in The End just drags down the experience. Thankfully Ogre Battle sends the album into outer space and continues until the final note.
Innuendo. I want this to be perfect but Delilah just doesn't work for me. Strange since it's a Freddie song and it's that special type of corny Queen usually does so well, but I just have a hard time with this one.
A Day at The Races. You Take My Breath Away. Damit, so close but this song is a draggy piece of music even if it's impressive. Maybe it shouldn't have been the second song on the album and fit better just after Somebody to Love 🤷♂️ Drowse is maybe the one that's my least favorite and once again Taylor. Feels like he wrote a couple of these slow paces draggy pieces for a couple of albums. The rest is soo damn good and if you took the best part of this and combined with ANATO you would have an album so good everyone could just stop making music.
I guess my biggest gripe is Sweet Lady since ANATO is so monumental overall. Imagine replacing it with a song like You and I or Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy and the album would just be 🤯
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Night at The Opera. One of my favorite albums but Sweet Lady just isn't my cup of tea. Good Company isn't the best either but does have a fun vibe I enjoy. The rest of the songs are frikkin perfect but yeah.
For me that's I'm In Love With My Car, otherwise the album is marvellous. I could never get into that song.
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I'm in love with my car and Sweet lady are the two songs that aren't on the level of the remaining songs.
Otherwise, I'd argue that Lazing and Seaside rendezvous are just as important to the album as Death on two legs and Love of my life are.
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As always, I'm the iconoclast... Sweet Lady and I'm In Love With My Car are essential to that record. Now, let's be fair, I don't think that is their best - or even in their top three - album, and I'm not the hugest fan of "Death On Two Legs" or "Good Company", but certainly. "Lazing..." and "Seaside..." disrupt the flow for me. That is such a powerful record, and while I sort of get that Queen was going for the "kitchen sink" (the entire album sort of plays like "Bohemian Rhapsody" with the different sections/moods/whatever, but when I listen to that and get into the powerful Prophet's Song or '39 or Sweet Lady, I'm not typically in the mood for the other, more whimsical songs ("whimsical" is my least favorite side of Freddie, anyway).
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I'm In Love With My Car is great! Usually don't like Taylor contributions during the 70s era bit this one of a favorite. However ANATO also require Lazy and Seaside, they are essential to the sound of that album. It's their Dark Side of The Moon; vibrant, varied, fine tuned and just a ride through a sonic landscape but done in the Queen way.
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Another upvote for "I'm in Love with My Car". A Night at the Opera was my first Queen album, and those first three tracks hitting you bang-bang-bang was my introduction to them. Sure, I'd heard "Killer Queen" on the radio, and "Bohemian Rhapsody" is what made me buy the album, but this was 1975. Put an album on, let it play all the way through. That tells you what a band is about. And these guys were insane. I love songs that bang up against each other but aren't quite "medley". Of course, "The Prophet's Song" and "Love of My Life" actually do segue, so even better. I've listened to ANATO dozens of times over the years, maybe hundreds, all the way through, every time.