| Togg 02.04.2008 08:40 |
Yep you heard it hear first... link |
| PieterMC 02.04.2008 09:00 |
Great :-( |
| Serry... 02.04.2008 12:55 |
John was right with his retirement... |
| john bodega 02.04.2008 13:12 |
Fucking hell. I seriously question Brian and Roger's judgement. When I see shit like this I can only imagine that they agreed to do it while severely drunk, or perhaps as the result of a bet. |
| PieterMC 02.04.2008 13:43 |
I mean ok... Go on the show, play your new song... but if you are serious about being taken... well... seriously don't perform with this idiot. |
| A Word In Your Ear 02.04.2008 13:56 |
Does anybody know what date the show was actually recorded? (maybe 31st March? or 1st April?) |
| Lee Watkins 02.04.2008 14:37 |
Isn't this photo from the last time Brian and Roger appeared on Al's Show? |
| PieterMC 02.04.2008 15:11 |
Lee Watkins wrote: Isn't this photo from the last time Brian and Roger appeared on Al's Show?I think its from the new show: link On another note, have you received any of my emails lately Lee? |
| Knute 02.04.2008 15:48 |
Oh come on. Why are people bitching about this of all things? It's Al's show so what's wrong with getting up there and having some yucks after Q+PR present the new tune? Everyone is always crying about how they don't promote well enough. Then they perform on a number one rated show in the UK and it's still not good enough because they are having some laughs with the host and somehow that's beneath them?? I swear Queen fans will bitch and moan about fucking anything. |
| Erin 02.04.2008 15:58 |
Well, I think it's stupid. Is that really a number 1 rated show in the UK? :-S |
| PieterMC 02.04.2008 16:00 |
Knute wrote: I swear Queen fans will bitch and moan about fucking anything.That's the most important aspect of being a Queen fan. |
| Dan C. 02.04.2008 16:17 |
Ha! |
| Mr Faron Hyte 02.04.2008 17:32 |
This whole thread is beneath me. |
| jcomber 02.04.2008 17:36 |
Al Murray - Funny! but not if your French, German or from Bureaucratic Brussels A Pint of Bitter for the Gentlemen. A glass of wine and fruit based soft drink for the lady! He speaks Romanian too, just ask the cheeky Girl! haha!!! |
| Penetration_Guru 02.04.2008 17:44 |
Knute wrote: Oh come on. Why are people bitching about this of all things? It's Al's show so what's wrong with getting up there and having some yucks after Q+PR present the new tune? Everyone is always crying about how they don't promote well enough. Then they perform on a number one rated show in the UK and it's still not good enough because they are having some laughs with the host and somehow that's beneath them?? I swear Queen fans will bitch and moan about fucking anything.The main reason to bitch is that "Al" joins in with the singing, always to the detriment of the song. Which is one of the reasons I no longer watch the programme (how can you be "a number one rated show"?) |
| john bodega 02.04.2008 23:32 |
The "why are you bitching" argument is totally not applicable. A bald, unfunny cumbubble is singing with my favourite guitarist. |
| Serry... 02.04.2008 23:56 |
PieterMC wrote: I mean ok... Go on the show, play your new song... but if you are serious about being taken... well... seriously don't perform with this idiot.Whom do you mean, by the way? |
| Brian_Mays_Wig 03.04.2008 02:13 |
I may make a few enemies here but I dont care...youre a bunch of fucking muppets. Al Murray worships Queen. He has some great acts on his show every week doing Queen covers and yeah, he joins in, but for fucks sake, get a life....its a bit of fun. And I'm sure Brian and Roger love it too otherwise they wouldnt have appeared on both series'. You all need to lighten up. As for 5ive, Robbie ect ect...that was pure shite. But this is the number 1 comedy program in the Uk at the min and personally I cant wait to see it. |
| Brian_Mays_Wig 03.04.2008 02:44 |
Oh, and if the picture is anything to go by...check out Hammer To Fall at the Freddie Tribute, Gary Cherone made himself look an even bigger twat in the same situation! |
| jeff payne 1680 03.04.2008 03:43 |
All hail to the Ale one funny guy met him a few times he is so friendly as well and loves Queen in real life |
| andyhwood485 03.04.2008 04:05 |
One thing Queen have always said, is that they dont take themselves too seriously, hence I Want To Break Free Video. Al Murray is an ideal tool for QPR to showcase C-Lebrity, and yes there is going to be a fun element too, like Al Murray ending up in bed with Brian and Roger the last time they were on..... just wonder if Al will have the balls to tell the band, as he usually does on the show, 'Your no Queen are you! can you come back later and do a Queen song'.... that would be priceless! I am sure the filming of the show is today (Thursday) |
| FriedChicken 03.04.2008 05:12 |
It's a COMEDY show, so I guess Mr Murray knows he isn't one of the best singers around. And I'm sure Brian and Roger think so too.. (Although you would never hear Brian say that out loud) If the guys perform on a comedy show, you can be sure it won't be a serious performance. |
| Benn 03.04.2008 07:13 |
Brian May's Wig, Thanks for that - some sanity reigns at last. People like that fucking idion Zebonka are simply jealous that someone, other then them, is performing with Brian & Roger. This all goes back to the fact that they also don't like Paul Rodgers singing with Brian & Roger. They somehow have this wild thought in their heads that no one is capable of singing with them other than Freddie. He died - they moved on eventually. Al Murray is incredibly funny and an extremely good bloke to boot. Brian & Roger wouldn't let him perform if (1) they didn't like him or (2) his show or (3) they didn't have sense of fun about them. We can't expect any of the continental Europeans on this board to understand Al's (or his programme's) sense of humor. Let's face it, what is continental Europe's contribution to comedy over the years? Eurotrash? Poirot? Van Der Valk? If you don't like it, don't fucking watch it again. |
| Togg 03.04.2008 08:06 |
Brian_Mays_Wig wrote: I may make a few enemies here but I dont care...youre a bunch of fucking muppets. Al Murray worships Queen. He has some great acts on his show every week doing Queen covers and yeah, he joins in, but for fucks sake, get a life....its a bit of fun. And I'm sure Brian and Roger love it too otherwise they wouldnt have appeared on both series'. You all need to lighten up. As for 5ive, Robbie ect ect...that was pure shite. But this is the number 1 comedy program in the Uk at the min and personally I cant wait to see it.Abso fucking lootly... well said In point of fact there might even be a link via the management, I believe Peter Kay has a management link with Queen hence the reason he appeared at Hyde Park in 2005 As for the bitchin... get over it, it's new material for the first time in years so bring it on... |
| Soul Brother 03.04.2008 09:05 |
What a bunch of pompus twatts. I rather think our foreign members, well, don't 'get it' and never really will - this is British humour don't forget, but my god, shame on the rest of you! I think you really have to understand that one of the greatest aspects of the Queen brand over the years has been the willingness to develop and maintain a multi-facted approach in all it did in it's drive to entertain. Throughout it's career one of Queen's key strenghts was to embrace humour as one spoke of this and to, well let's face it, excel at it over the years. Let's face it, Queen never really took things too seriously (yes when required) and a hell of a lot of what the band did over the years was with tongue firmly in cheek. For example: Naked bicycle race with a fat bottomed girl anyone? Darth Vader/superman on stage Freddie chucking bannanas to the crowd I'm Going Slightly mad 'Those' tour passes 'Those' parties Eeeeeeehhhooo - let's face it, it was amusing! Need I really go on.....? I'm sorry, but appearing on Al Murray to me completely and utterly fits the brand of Queen and those who say it doesn't are sadly wrong! Now, stop being so po faced, sod off, and take your glasses to the bar! |
| Brian_Mays_Wig 03.04.2008 10:15 |
Phew, I thought I was going to get hammered! I'd just got in from nightshift and was in a foul mood. As for the Peter Kay thing, they both have the same tour promoter. |
| Deacon Fan 03.04.2008 13:31 |
Yeah I don't see what's wrong with letting the dude have a little fun and sing with his idols on his last show. This one still image doesn't mean he was there for every song. I'd imagine they performed their new song and then Al joined them for something else.. probably WWRY, WATC or DSMN.. something like that. What does it hurt? :-P |
| john bodega 03.04.2008 13:37 |
Benn wrote: People like that fucking idion Zebonka are simply jealous that someone, other then them, is performing with Brian & Roger.*ahem* Sure. I walk past karaoke bars and get jealous too, just so you know. Probably this performance will make more sense in context, but at the moment it just looks plain stupid to me. I'll get back to you when I find out what an Idion is. |
| john bodega 03.04.2008 13:51 |
Brian_Mays_Wig wrote: Oh, and if the picture is anything to go by...check out Hammer To Fall at the Freddie Tribute, Gary Cherone made himself look an even bigger twat in the same situation!I cannot possibly agree more, without watching it again just to remember how terrible it was. |
| john bodega 03.04.2008 13:56 |
Gosh I love some of the knee-jerk responses in this thread... I've seen this dude on TV before, he was bulk funny at the time, but seriously.... what's wrong with thinking this idea sucks? It's not a regional difference in humour. When Brian and Roger were on Australian TV we had a bunch of TV people singing along to Queen and it stank. I don't know it can possibly be any funnier 5 years later... but I'll find out when I watch it, eh. |
| Paul Mark 03.04.2008 13:58 |
Well to put in context watch this clip of Queen performance on Al Murray's show last year. link I for one cant wait - should be a good laugh :) |
| john bodega 03.04.2008 14:26 |
I spose this'd be a bad moment for me to say I don't like the Musical.... :P Nah really, that clip isn't so bad. If it's like that tomorrow, then okay I guess... it still seems silly as hell to me but fuck it. I just want to hear new music. ! |
| redspecialusa 04.04.2008 01:21 |
Does anybody have the video from their appearance on Al Murray from Friday? |
| Another Roger (re) 04.04.2008 01:25 |
"I just want to hear new music. !" Glad to hear it. I can't wait to hear the new music either. Roll on evening :) |
| Togg 04.04.2008 04:29 |
Brian says on his website They are debuting a new song and more... What could that mean? new backing band? new cloggs? new line in limited edition Freddie muggs. New Queen archivist.... We wait and wonder it tonight... |
| john bodega 04.04.2008 05:34 |
John Deacon! |
| gregorsamsa 04.04.2008 07:36 |
Live Outside UK? No TV? zatto.com features a streaming TV player (as a download) which offers ITV1 (free)although ITV1 is unavailable from some contries (ie: France, I can confirm it works fine for Swiss viewers) |
| Mr Faron Hyte 04.04.2008 10:43 |
Togg wrote: New Queen archivist....Hey now there's an idea. I guess it would be cheaper to just get a new one than to give the present one what he really needs, which is one of those expensive personality transplants the Germans have been working on. |
| Mr Faron Hyte 04.04.2008 10:44 |
Zebonka12 wrote: John Deacon!Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrroger TAYlor! |
| Nightjar_ 04.04.2008 20:06 |
link |
| Brandon 04.04.2008 21:50 |
I thought it was OK. Certainly not old-school Queen, but it makes me anticipate the new album. I'm still hoping from some Roger or Brian vocals... |
| princetom 05.04.2008 01:43 |
Hum... quite a catchy chorus. but someone should forbid roger to use his phaser-vocals (reminds me to his 80s solo stuff). quite a simple song though. a bit boring and missing john's appearance so much (the bass definetly does not rock (who the hell played it ?)!)! seems to be a rodgers/taylor written song as brian's influence seems to be one lousy simple (!) guitar riff. will be fortunate to hear an album release, as 'say it aint true' was a killer for the studio version and also sucked live... :-) i think publishing the song this early (album in half a year!) is a good marketing trick, as i can imagine the chorus to be used by any tv-boulevard-magazine around the world for the catchy chorus (for reports on broken celebrities like mme.spears etc.). imo.: $$$ and (good?) publicity for q+pr. |
| Jeremy 05.04.2008 02:19 |
link |
| Brian_Mays_Wig 05.04.2008 02:45 |
Enjoyed the showm just seen it, not bad at all - but I think Nickelback got there first with a better song in a similar sort of vein. |
| Markman38 05.04.2008 05:25 |
It was better then I hoped, this is indeed the combination in which the vocals of Paul Rodgers fit into the music that sounds like Queen. To be honest I'm not impressed bij the Roger parts indeed the phased vocals are misplaced and the lyrics(....see...TV see C-lebrity) hmmmmmmmm. I liked the solo part of Brian and surely liked the end. It made me curious about the new album that for sure |
| john bodega 05.04.2008 05:52 |
Brian_Mays_Wig wrote: I think Nickelback got there first with a better song in a similar sort of veinHahaha, good one. |
| Roger's Beard 05.04.2008 06:29 |
Hmmm. Dodgy lyrics, saying something about the world today. Must have been written by Roger. I keep saying that Brian should write them and Roger should sing them! As a taster for a forthcoming album it's not a good start for me. It'll bomb in the UK if it ever gets released as a single. I can't even see it as album material. I hate to say it, but it's shit. I've only heard it once and I've already relegated it to the bottom of my playlist below that appaling dirge "She Makes Me". Christ, I hope they don't perform this on tour. |
| [StArMaN] 05.04.2008 07:17 |
Roger singing "The Call"... *gulp* don't even try Big Rog' ! |
| Brandon 05.04.2008 09:22 |
"I-I-I-I-I knowwwwwwww, that she makes me...." amazing. :-) |
| Borhap80 05.04.2008 11:37 |
Princetom : "(the bass definetly does not rock (who the hell played it ?)!)!" - What do you mean? What song are you listening to? |
| princetom 05.04.2008 13:36 |
@ Thomas Tønnesen I) imo. the bassline should be more than repetition of the guitar riff. II) the chorus is based on one note. therefore a little groove would be fine. :-) simple as that. sorry. |
| Borhap80 05.04.2008 14:03 |
I see your point. But I guess the bass line is deliberately laid that way, to support the structure of the song. I think they want a punching, though easy played bass line during the refrain, but I might be wrong.. Other than that I think it works in my opinion.... Subjective :) |
| inu-liger 05.04.2008 20:06 |
Zebonka12 wrote:I Wanna Be A Rockstar, eh? :PBrian_Mays_Wig wrote: I think Nickelback got there first with a better song in a similar sort of veinHahaha, good one. That song's OK, but my co-workers play it too much on their iPods, so it's kind of annoying to me. I can only take enough of the lead singer's voice (by the way, I met them once during a Juno fanfare event 4 years ago on April 4th, incidentally!) |
| Great King Sam 05.04.2008 20:38 |
Christ, I was all excited about the new song until I came on here, it's depressed the fuck out of me now! A new song, which was a rocking effort, nice work from Brian, great beat from Rog, Danny Miranda's bass line was fine (pay attention, there's a couple of nice fills after the chorus' here and there), Paul's voice was absolutely superb, his face is also getting nicer with age, Jamie Moses did one nice fill, and Spike Edney clapped his hands a bit... and all we do is complain. |
| Serry... 07.04.2008 00:01 |
Great King Sam wrote: Christ, I was all excited about the new song until I came on hereIt was our goal. We didn't want GKS to be so excited about the new song so we've started few threads here and there. Work is done, guys! Dismissed! |
| Benn 08.04.2008 09:33 |
Haggis McShagpants, re: >>I'll get back to you when I find out what an Idion is. An Aussie dishing out English lessons? Ha ha. Excellent. That's almost as funny as Lleyton Hewitt trying to...well, Lleyton Hewitt. If you knew anything about my history here, you'd know that I often insert a delierate spelling mistake in a post that questions an opinion, simply to see if someone is pernickity enough to pick it up and make an issue of it. You hit the jackpot, so well done. |
| vadenuez 08.04.2008 17:14 |
Great King Sam wrote: Christ, I was all excited about the new song until I came on here, it's depressed the fuck out of me now! A new song, which was a rocking effort, nice work from Brian, great beat from Rog, Danny Miranda's bass line was fine (pay attention, there's a couple of nice fills after the chorus' here and there), Paul's voice was absolutely superb, his face is also getting nicer with age, Jamie Moses did one nice fill, and Spike Edney clapped his hands a bit... and all we do is complain.Just read the words you're using yourself... 'effort', 'nice', 'fine'... Excellence can't be described using those adjectives. Considering this song an 'effort' cannot be enough for a band which, back in the days, used to write masterpieces. Efforts are for wannabes not for former masters. |
| Boy Thomas Raker 08.04.2008 17:35 |
Absolutely true Vadenuez. Even when they fucked up with Body Language, and to a lesser extent Radio Ga Ga, a new release from Queen was always highly anticipated. Their lead singles from ANATO on were operatic rock, gospel, a cappella vocals with stomping on wood for side A, and side B a rock waltz, a schizophrenic song about bicycles in 4 or 5 different time measures complete with a bicycle bell solo (on an album where the opening track was virtually unintelligible due to the limited English sung), a rockabilly tune as a teaser for the Game that didn't sound like the Queen from the first seven albums, the what-the-fuck and who-the-fuck was that Body Language, finally ending with the sparse techno sounds of Radio Ga Ga. All different, all kind of shocking hearing them as not a lot of rock bands had this type of stuff in their catalogue. By contrast, C-lebrity is a by the numbers major chord rocker which all 3 have done amillion times. It's nice. No one is going OMFG, this is amazing stuff!!! For a teaser for the album, it hardly builds confidence. The lyrics are painful and trite. I fully expect everyone to bow down and love it, but really, and this has nothing to do with Freddie vs. Paul Rodgers, but this song is mediocre at best. |
| john bodega 09.04.2008 00:36 |
Benn wrote: If you knew anything about my history here, you'd know that I often insert a delierate spelling mistake in a post that questions an opinion, simply to see if someone is pernickity enough to pick it up and make an issue of it. You hit the jackpot, so well done.That's hilarious. I suppose you employ tactics like this to stay virtually undetectable in the field? If brass balled, pedal to the metal Stupidity were an arm wrestling match, then your post just snapped your other posts arm in half. |
| Benn 09.04.2008 04:59 |
Mr ShagPants, re: >>That's hilarious. I suppose you employ tactics like this to stay virtually undetectable in the field? Stunning - coming from someone hiding behind a pseudonym. >>If brass balled, pedal to the metal Stupidity were an arm wrestling match, then your post just snapped your other posts arm in half. Wonderful metaphor - perhaps you can advise me on which arm is best as you, clearly, have so much experience in this field? Oh - you also need an apostrophy before the final s in "posts". Bwa ha ha! |
| john bodega 09.04.2008 13:51 |
Benn wrote: Stunning - coming from someone hiding behind a pseudonym."Hiding"? That's cute. I'd point out my name is readily available to anyone with strong stalker leanings (Hi Danny!) but hey.... I'm talking to "Benn" here. Sure, if I hop off an airplane in your village and I just shout 'Benn', everyone will know what I'm on about. Benn wrote: Oh - you also need an apostrophy before the final s in "posts". Bwa ha ha!*Ahem*. Disregarding the 'one gaffe per post' thing you had going not long ago... I'm getting this funny ice cream headache that I get whenever I can't tell if a random twat on Queenzone is being serious or not. I could cover all of my bases I suppose, and write two responses. If you're serious; lighten up, shistain. The original post of yours that got me into this discussion was too stupid for me to leave alone! If you're just fucking around; well met. Fucking around is all this forum is good for. Having said all of that, I will have to admit I'm leaning towards the idea that you're just a shitstirrer and not taking this seriously. I got that suspicion when you used Lleyton Hewitt as an analogue for a whole society. No one's THAT stupid! Right? |