TALON'S TAKEGet Down, Make LoveWritten by: Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals, piano, vocalizations
Brian May - guitars, harmonizer
John Deacon - bass guitar
Roger Taylor - drums
- The first really overtly sexual song of the band's catalogue. They've skirted around the issue before and have definitely used innuendo but this was the first attempt to be really sensual. A glimpse into the future as the band will experiment with their funky side a bit.
- Played live through 1982 but dropped when the band basically dropped all their dancy numbers after the
Hot Space debacle of sorts (minus
Another One Bites The Dust).
- Later on when you listen to the BBC version of
It's Late from later in the album you'll hear that they used the middle instrumental "noise" section in the middle of that song.
QUOTES:
- "That’s the harmoniser thing, which I use. I’ve used it as a noise rather than a musical thing. It’s controlled because I had a special little pedal made. Which means I can change the interval at which the harmoniser comes back at and the harmoniser’s fed back on itself, so it makes all these swooping noises, and it’s just an exercise in using that together with Freddie’s noises. It’s sort of an erotic interlude." - Brian May - BBC Radio 1 – 1983
OFFICIALLY RELEASED LIVE VERSIONS:
LIVE KILLERS VERSION- AUDIO only.
ROCK MONTREAL VERSIONON FIRE AT THE BOWL VERSIONNO YT VID
COOL COVER VERSIONs
NUNO BETTENCOURT LIVE IN LONDON - 1998- I have always loved Extreme and Nuno is one of my favorite guitarists. This is during Extreme's hiatus but is a very funky breakdown of the song.
NINE INCH NAILS- Nine Inch Nails are big Queen fans and Trent has remixed a few songs of theirs. This is a much different, industrial take on the tune but very intriguing.
PERSONAL NOTES:
- A real funk rocker. Sometimes the noises are a bit too random for me to really enjoy but overall it is a very sensual song. I'd actually be surprised if Adam didn't want to cover it...
CHANCES:
Get Down Make Love.....2% -- As much as it would fit, I have a hard time seeing it resurrected.
SUPPLEMENTAL:
My Baby Does MeFrom
The Miracle (1989)Written by Freddie Mercury/John Deacon
Musicians:
Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals, keyboards
Brian May - guitars
John Deacon - bass guitar, keyboards
David Richards - drum programming
- Initially titled
My Baby Loves MeQUOTE
"That song stemmed from John and myself... I seem to remember I wanted something a little more relaxed than the way the other songs were getting. I felt that we didn't have something that was a little more clearheaded, and not too involved. And so we decided we should have something very easy, very listenable." - Freddie Mercury - 1989
UNRELEASED VERSIONS
- NOT ESSENTIAL
- Not much different. *NOTE - I was at work and couldn't listen to the video. I apologize if it is actually the original song that someone just titled wrong*
PERSONAL NOTES:
I love this track. It's just what the album needed, a nice slice of laid back funk that is somewhat sexy and somewhat loving. It's not a favorite of many fans, but I differ from many fans o this one.
CHANCES
My Baby Does Me......0% -- I think Brian and Roger agree with many fans. It's a Freddie/John thing and they ain't around
