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Post by talon on Sept 9, 2012 11:36:53 GMT -5
Indeed he does! See...I think I was trying to think more outside the box and less about greatest hits...but that is absolutely correct!
Technically in Don't Stop Me Now he alternates between woman and man when making them supersonic!
I wanna make a supersonic (wo)man of you
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Post by talon on Sept 9, 2012 11:42:59 GMT -5
and one more...Man On The Prowl - female
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Post by gabby on Sept 9, 2012 20:11:28 GMT -5
Death On Two Legs (Dedicated to...)- Written by Freddie as a direct attack on their management. He declined to mention them by name but the management decided to sue him anways, and the publishing company paid them off. Of course by suing, they let the public know exactly who Freddie was talking about  1. How did Trident know this was directed at them? ;D Other than business tycoon and taking all my money ... Freddie could have been talking about somebody else ... unless FM wants him them to know for sure :D 2. Was it ever discussed in the media or FM hinted who he meant this song for? Was that why Trident had to be paid off? 3. What was Trident suing for...defamation of character? Never heard of this song until Queen asked the fans for favorite songs suggestion for Sonisphere. Gelly (here at Atop) actually posted it as one of her favorites and wanted QAL to include this song in their setlist. I thought the song title was weird :D but went ahead and searched it in YT. OOhhhhhh... I love the dramatic intro... it is like an opening for a mysterious scene and I ended up putting it in my mp3 player and imagining FM singing it with so much F***k U attitude ;D |
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Post by talon on Sept 10, 2012 6:44:55 GMT -5
1. How did Trident know this was directed at them? ;D Other than business tycoon and taking all my money ... Freddie could have been talking about somebody else ... unless FM wants him them to know for sure :D Hmmm...yeah it could have been anybody! ;D The Sheffield brothers were suing for defamation of character, exactly. I don't know if they NEEDED to be paid off. I'm not sure if it ever went to court...and most likely the Queen decided rather than fight some long costly court battle, they'd take the free press and just pay the old management off and move on. I don't have any media quotes from the time, but I'm sure it was mentioned especially after the Sheffields balked! Much later on in documentaries it was made clear who the band was talking about as well  :D Yes, strange title - although less strange the early title Psycho Legs  But yeah the intro gets me everytime. FM does very well with the F U attidude, doesn't he? :D |
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Post by talon on Sept 10, 2012 7:15:40 GMT -5
Lazing On A Sunday AfternoonWritten by: Freddie Mercury Musicians: Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals, piano Brian May - guitars John Deacon - bass guitar Roger Taylor - drums - HA! This song just always makes me smile. Quite the little interlude. - The vocal effect is that they put a pair of headphones in a metal can like a trash can. Freddie sang in a different room through a microphone and his voice went into the headphones which was surrounded by the metal can and the recorder captured the result! Experimentation before computers could do it all - Played live during 1975 and 76 but then dropped. QUOTES: - "That's the way the mood takes me. Y'know... that's just one aspect of me, and I can really change. Everything on Sunday Afternoon is something that... I'm really, I'm really sort of, I really... well, I love doing the vaudeville side of things. It's quite a sort of test... I love writing things like that and I'm sure I'm going to do more than that... It's quite a challenge." - Freddie Mercury - 1976 - Record Mirror. ALTERNATIVE RELEASED VERSIONS: 1991 WITHDRAWN PROMO VERSION- NOT essential listening. This is seriously a game of spot the difference? Probably not. I'll give it away though...at about :51 they omit a backing vocal line. UNRELEASED LIVE VERSIONS: LIVE IN HIMEJI - MARCH 1976- AUDIO only as I don't think a video exists of this song live... -Freddie was a bit in rough vocal shape this concert, but he doesn't do bad on this song ALTERNATIVE RELEASED VERSIONS: QUEEN EXTRAVAGANZA - LIVE IN PHILADELPHIA- Marc Martel may be a bit of...the other guy in AL fandom, but I saw QE and they put on a helluva show! I think it's okay to like both! I don't usually put too many covers but I liked this one quite a bit! DOCUMENTARY: THE MAKING OF LAZING ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOONPERSONAL NOTES: - FUN! That's all there is to it! Fun but also extremely well crafted fun. I went back and added the documentary for Death On Two Legs as well if you want to watch that! Next up...one of Roger's most enduring and favorite of songs! I'm In Love With My Car
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Post by glamtealady on Sept 10, 2012 8:14:22 GMT -5
Came over here looking for a torrent for day 2 if there is such a thing I am loving my torrent for day 3. Now I am down the rabbitt hole reading all this, talon you are amazing. This is so interesting I love Queen.
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Post by talon on Sept 10, 2012 8:59:44 GMT -5
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Post by gabby on Sept 10, 2012 16:59:59 GMT -5
OT....
Talon, questions about QPR ...
1. Was at that period of collaboration, PR was looking for a band while Queen needed a vocalist to continue touring?
2. What happened to PR's band? Is that the band he is with now and did he keep the band while touring with Queen? Are they still touring?
3. If #1 is Yes, would one assume an equal partnership or does PR need Queen more than Queen needed him?
4. If equal partnership, did they perform 50:50 of PR's songs and Queen songs or... since they are using Queen+PR, was it more of Queen concert and one or two songs of PR?
5. Do you think PR was losing his identity as a solo artist because he seemed to be promoting the Queen songs and not his own? Could that be the cause of his and BM's disagreement because he wanted to add more of his own during the QPR concert tours?
6. Why did some Queen fans not too crazy with QPR album? I know you will discuss this later so this can wait.
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Post by lambo on Sept 10, 2012 17:24:37 GMT -5
- Marc Martel may be a bit of...the other guy in AL fandom, but I saw QE and they put on a helluva show! I think it's okay to like both! I don't usually put too many covers but I liked this one quite a bit! I think he's great. I was skeptical at first and like "pahhh who wants a Merc wannabe!" but he is really good and does the songs justice |
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Post by talon on Sept 10, 2012 19:10:40 GMT -5
- Marc Martel may be a bit of...the other guy in AL fandom, but I saw QE and they put on a helluva show! I think it's okay to like both! I don't usually put too many covers but I liked this one quite a bit! I think he's great. I was skeptical at first and like "pahhh who wants a Merc wannabe!" but he is really good and does the songs justice Yeah he's perfect for the tribute band scene! I wouldn't mind seeing him with Brian and Roger either but I actually like him with QE very much! OT.... Talon, questions about QPR ... 1. Was at that period of collaboration, PR was looking for a band while Queen needed a vocalist to continue touring? OK not as simple a question as it may seem. It requires a little history. Paul Rodgers was first in the band Free. They had a couple of really big classic hits in the late 60s early 70s like All Right Now[/b, The Hunter etc. When guitarist Paul Kossoff died young the band was over but drummer Simon Kirke and Paul Rodgers helped former Mott The Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs form Bad Company. After awhile Paul left Bad Company to strike out on his own. Now on his own is really subjective. He did some solo work, but he seems to be a man who joins bands or side projects for short periods of time before moving on. He worked with Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin on The Firm for a few albums and also with Kenney Jones who drummed with The Who and The Faces to form The Law.
He's not a guy who sticks around for the long haul...
Queen was a band who wasn't looking to tour. They had the itch but they didn't really want to replace Freddie. They thought about George Michael after he brought the house down at the Freddie Tribute...they thought about Robbie Williams and even recorded a bit with him, but ultimately decided against.
In 2004, both Paul Rodgers and Queen got inducted into the UK Music Hal l Of Fame. Now at this point Brian had worked with Paul on a few occasions as early as 1991 when Brian had him sing at the Guitar Festival in Spain. Then Brian guested on Paul's tribute to Muddy Waters album and appeared live together a few times. SO when they both were on the bill they talked and while Paul toured a few times solo it was more of a backing band thing - kind of like Adam's except a bit more seasoned. BUT Paul and Brian got to thinking that for fun why didn't Brian and Roger back Paul to do All Right Now and then in return he would front them on We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions
The 3 had a GREAT chemistry together. Brian and Roger really enjoyed themselves and finally felt right with a singer...someone who wasn't at ALL going to try to be Freddie since he was so different and yet someone who was their contemporary. So they weren't looking to tour but this kind of sprang up and they figured what the hell - this could be fun! And it was
2. What happened to PR's band? Is that the band he is with now and did he keep the band while touring with Queen? Are they still touring?
:D The history makes this a multi-tiered answer.
Free broke up in the early 70s.
Bad Company kept on after Paul left with a few different singers. They reunited with Paul on a few ocassions and did so again recently but never meant to be an ongoing thing.
The Firm and The Law were both short term collaborations.
HIS band was never really a band in the same breath as any of the others...they were just session type musicians that he worked with extensively so I'm sure they just did other gigs during the time when he was away. He did return to solo touring so I'm sure they picked it back up at that point.
Overall it was considered a 50-50 relationship. They were both legendary hall of famers in music. BUT not everything was created equally. Queen was definitely the bigger name of the two. So in that sense PR needed Queen more than Queen needed PR...BUT at the same time Queen needed PR more than PR needed Queen since Queen rightfully or wrongfully feel they NEED a frontman.
According to most quotes when they discussed a tour, Brian offered a 50/50 Queen/PR set list split but Paul was generous and gracious enough to state that Queen hadn't toured in a long time and that fans would really want to see Queen on tour so they did more of a 75-25 Queen/PR split.
I think I would say yes to the first part and no to the second. Paul was probably almost definitely losing his idendity as a solo artist. For 3 years they did almost all Queen songs with a few PR songs and then later a few QPR songs when Paul has almost as many songs in his history as Queen...so for 3 years he really ignored much of his OWN work. So I could understand. I think this was exasperated at the end of the 2008 tour in South America where supposedly press and audience alike ignored him in favor of Queen so he was made to feel somewhat of a second banana.
BUT I don't think he wanted to do more PR songs with Queen. I mean like I said it was his decision and Brian was often quoted as saying playing PRs material was actually more exciting for him as it was all new to him to play and he loved PR's catalogue. So I think Brian would have been open to splitting the set list more if that was the case. so I don't think that was the case.
The only thing I heard and this is complete rumor so I have no idea on it's validity was that Roger and Paul wanted to shake up the set list a bit more and Brian was content to let it stay more greatest hits friendly. Again I have no idea on the validity with that.
I willl get into that later but I willl give a brief (for me ) answer.
It wasn't Freddie. I mean on the surface that's like DUH of course not. BUT more what that meant was that it also wasn't Queen. Instead of being a 50/50 Queen/PR type sound for the album, the songs were definitlely leaning heavier towards the PR side of things and that only makes sense for a number of reasons:
a. Paul is singing and big writer.
b. Brian and Roger always wrote to the voice and so they wrote their songs with Paul more in mind so of course it's going to be more PR sided.
c. Brian always wrote the straight ahead rockers more than anyone else and Roger tended to go more that route. Without Freddie's really strange camp input and John's left field pop/r n b side it was bound to be a more straight forward rock sound...and again that's more PR than Queen.
SOOO it sounded more PR than Queen and Queen fans missed the Queen sound.
ME I took it as it wasn't a Queen album. Queen + Paul Rodgers to me was a completely new band....with 3 great musicians.
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But yeah the intro gets me everytime. 
