QueenZone discussion #1209117

  Rien wrote: a great track. Very Roger. I like it. as one can download youtube vids and convert them into mp3, shouldn't the link to the video be removed?

brians wig wrote:

      Rien wrote:   a great track. Very Roger. I like it. as one can download youtube vids and convert them into mp3, shouldn't the link to the video be removed?  

Well. I've not had much luck downloading the video so far, and normally I don't have any problems... That said, yes, you can capture the audio without download the video anyway, but the actual download of the song itself is better quality than the youtube clip. As for removing the link to the video - don't be silly. It's an official Queenonline upload to youtube. They WANT people to see and hear it, so having the link here is only promoting what Queen/Roger wants.

YourValentine wrote: I like the song.  It's much better than I expected and the sentiment appeals to me very much. I wish I would understand all the lyrics. I think the YouTube video will hurt the sales. There is vitually no hope that they release it on a CD...

leto wrote: Well, I just listened... I think it's a great song, good ideas inside. And it is the first time we can heard a very special instrument (around 3 minutes) : a Stylophone !!! http://www.stylophone.com/

FriedChicken wrote:

  leto wrote: Well, I just listened... I think it's a great song, good ideas inside. And it is the first time we can heard a very special instrument (around 3 minutes) : a Stylophone !!! http://www.stylophone.com/

Isn't it just a Kaoss Pad?

Hutchence wrote: I am a great R.T. fan but, unfortunately, I have to say that this song is very boring. Hope that the other tracks he did are more exciting. Looking forward to next year's tour...!!!

pma wrote: After the six minutes, I felt empty.  I was relieved...  to know that somewhere in Britain, there was a man named Roger Taylor who had clearly gotten something off his chest (not his chesthair I presume). But as for all the praise of this song being a display of great songwriting genius (referring to the youtube comments mainly), well I failed to hear anything special or memorable. The overall structure was not coherent enough for my ears, and I will be the first to admit that I prefer the kind of music that passes a whistle test of some sort.

  masterstroke_84 wrote: I love Brian, but I dont understand why he is included in this conversation... this is a SOLO song... and a great one.

Togg wrote: Is this available on iTunes yet? I seriously can't be arsed to go via the Queen shop, they are hopeless, pretty well every oder has been a nightmare to-date. I checked last night and it wasn't there yet, but I hear it's going to be, does anyone know when it's on general release?

vessel wrote: I have just listened to the song like three times in a row! I love the song! Reminds me of the good old days.

GratefulFan wrote:

  Togg wrote: Is this available on iTunes yet? I seriously can't be arsed to go via the Queen shop, they are hopeless, pretty well every oder has been a nightmare to-date. I checked last night and it wasn't there yet, but I hear it's going to be, does anyone know when it's on general release?

My first experience with Queenonline yesterday was brutal.  The system was so messed I ended up purchasing 3 copies of Roger's song.  I read on their message boards that this happened to multiple people.  While there reading, I decided to sign up for the forum as well.  Apparently some adminstrator has to approve my presence, which has not been done or acknowledged in any further way despite a second inquiry hours later, so my exciting new account is in limbo or dead or sold off to some horrible KISS forum or whatever. Then, when I try to log into the store account this morning it's like I've been wiped from the face of their servers.  I can't log in with the credentials I KNOW I used to sign up, and their recovey process is to invite you to submit your personal email address again, tell you they've sent you something with the circa 1998 caveat "if you typed your address in correctly", and then send nothing but silence to your correctly typed in address.  So, they've taken my personal contact and credit card information multiple times, taken my money 3 times, effectively locked me out of my own purchase records without so much as an email acknowledging the transaction(s), and essentially behaving as though I don't/didn't/won't ever exist.  Seriously the worst online experience I've ever had.

Pim Derks wrote: Nice track. Not the kind of track I hoped, but still quite cool. Would be nice to see this on an album, along with some other new tracks. I'd love to hear a version of Small with Roger on vocals!

mooghead wrote: I have a bit of a problem listening to a multi millionaire who has had a fairytale life squalking on about how horrible the world is. (...)

GratefulFan wrote: Try logging in to the store and then clicking 'Your Account' near the top.  That's the last place I saw my 3 copies, back when I used to be able to log in...

mooghead wrote: I have a bit of a problem listening to a multi millionaire who has had a fairytale life squalking on about how horrible the world is. And why is he talking about our Ken? Our Ken it sat here watchin Emmerdale, whats he done wrong?

Makka wrote:

mooghead wrote: I have a bit of a problem listening to a multi millionaire who has had a fairytale life squalking on about how horrible the world is. And why is he talking about our Ken? Our Ken it sat here watchin Emmerdale, whats he done wrong?

And who the f**k is Ken??  I gather he's not referring to Barbie's bit on the side??  I dare say outside of the UK this means absolutely nothing?

  YourValentine wrote: Thank you, Bohardy ,for helping us out with thre lyrics again:-) Can you tell us what Roger sings towards the end  - it's quoted like that in this thread: It's the helplessness that comes You even sold our gold And everything is broken I don't believe he sings "you even sold our gold" - it makes no sense at all.

mike hunt wrote: I'm not sure roger would write about girls and cars at 60 years of age.  Yea, the subject is played out, but it's still sounds like a nice ballad.   It  probably is forgettabe, it doesn't seem like a song that will make me buy 5 copies, but it sounds nice.  Sincere is the word, and it doesn't have the Queen name attached to it.  I compare it with happiness and electric fire,  not the awsome tenament funster, modern times rock n roll, i'm in love with my car. Those songs wouldn't sound right if roger did them now. unless you think he would look good with a earing thru his nose like in 1973.

Holly2003 wrote:

  mike hunt wrote: I'm not sure roger would write about girls and cars at 60 years of age.  Yea, the subject is played out, but it's still sounds like a nice ballad.   It  probably is forgettabe, it doesn't seem like a song that will make me buy 5 copies, but it sounds nice.  Sincere is the word, and it doesn't have the Queen name attached to it.  I compare it with happiness and electric fire,  not the awsome tenament funster, modern times rock n roll, i'm in love with my car. Those songs wouldn't sound right if roger did them now. unless you think he would look good with a earing thru his nose like in 1973.

A hairpiece on his chest and a ring through his nose? He could give it a try, I suppose. He can write about what he likes, of course, and maybe he feels like doing political stuff -- fair enough -- but this just isn't very good. I doubt anyone would listen to it if it wasn't Roger. And Roger's track record on political songs isn;t great. He's not a great lyricist even when writing about simple things like cars, so political stuff isn't likely to bring out the best in him lyrically. It's not dreadful, but neither is it dreadfully good. I suppose though we should be thankful he's still keen to make new music, esp. as Brian seems to be leaving the music world behind.

pittrek wrote: After cca 20 views I still can't remember the main melody . I think it says it all.  We can only wonder what would Freddie do with this song. GrateFulFan - thanks a lot for the lyrics, now I know what's it about :)

Holly2003 wrote: Okay, so Rog plays piano and guitar, good for him, but he doesn't play them very well. It's all very simple stuff, that a beginner could play.

Sebastian wrote:   Holly2003 wrote: Okay, so Rog plays piano and guitar, good for him, but he doesn't play them very well. It's all very simple stuff, that a beginner could play.

              Sebastian wrote:              

                              Holly2003 wrote:               Okay, so Rog plays piano and guitar, good for him, but he doesn't play them very well. It's all very simple stuff, that a beginner could play.              

Playing simple stuff is not the same as not playing very well. While he's surely not a virtuoso on either, he's certainly more than merely a beginner. It's way better having a person playing simple stuff very well (e.g. Fred and Crazy Little Thing, Brian and Dear Friends) than having a person complicating things to the point of not being able to play them properly (e.g. ...)

  cacatua wrote: Holly2003 wrote: Maybe I didnt choose my words too carefully when I said he doesnt play them 'well', but surely the rest of what I said puts that in context. I didn't say he was a beginner, I said he has written a fairly basic song that a beginner could play (on piano and guitar). He is not stretching himself, which, for someone who has been in the business as long as he has, is a bit disappointing. A bit like Brian May's playing on C-lebrtity or TCR: being simple doesn't automatically make them bad songs (as stated previously), but I'd like to see a bit more adventure and innovation from a 'guitar great'. IMO nothing stands out about this song. The lyrics are bland and there's nothing about the music to make it stand out from a million other songs. However, it's still nice to hear Roger sing and see him make an effort when Brian is off taking pics of orbs or the moon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I don't know how old you are. I am nearly as old as Brian and Roger. Age has a way of changing one's perspective on many things, including what one may think of as being worthwhile, challenging or fun. At the risk of being called a "Stepford" again, I think you are being far too critical of what the guys might be up to these days. They have had their day when everything was a new challenge that they must rise to meet. I think that they are now in the time of life when they can reap some rewards for what they did when they were younger and Queen was whole, and do what appeals to them, without feeling that need to be in there swinging and competing with everyone else out there. I like Roger's song, but then I like much of TCR, so what do I know?

cacatua wrote: Holly2003 wrote: Maybe I didnt choose my words too carefully when I said he doesnt play them 'well', but surely the rest of what I said puts that in context. I didn't say he was a beginner, I said he has written a fairly basic song that a beginner could play (on piano and guitar). He is not stretching himself, which, for someone who has been in the business as long as he has, is a bit disappointing. A bit like Brian May's playing on C-lebrtity or TCR: being simple doesn't automatically make them bad songs (as stated previously), but I'd like to see a bit more adventure and innovation from a 'guitar great'. IMO nothing stands out about this song. The lyrics are bland and there's nothing about the music to make it stand out from a million other songs. However, it's still nice to hear Roger sing and see him make an effort when Brian is off taking pics of orbs or the moon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I don't know how old you are. I am nearly as old as Brian and Roger. Age has a way of changing one's perspective on many things, including what one may think of as being worthwhile, challenging or fun. At the risk of being called a "Stepford" again, I think you are being far too critical of what the guys might be up to these days. They have had their day when everything was a new challenge that they must rise to meet. I think that they are now in the time of life when they can reap some rewards for what they did when they were younger and Queen was whole, and do what appeals to them, without feeling that need to be in there swinging and competing with everyone else out there. I like Roger's song, but then I like much of TCR, so what do I know?

Makka wrote:

mooghead wrote: I have a bit of a problem listening to a multi millionaire who has had a fairytale life squalking on about how horrible the world is. And why is he talking about our Ken? Our Ken it sat here watchin Emmerdale, whats he done wrong?

And who the f**k is Ken??  I gather he's not referring to Barbie's bit on the side??  I dare say outside of the UK this means absolutely nothing?

  mike hunt wrote: not bad mouthing anyone, but some people don't like anything from queen past 1979, while others it's 1991.   Then of course you get the stefords who like every note the band plays.   I think holly belongs in the first group. If it wasn't recorded in 1976 it's crap.   I could be wrong of course holly!

cacatua wrote: (...) Perhaps Brian should take to writing some songs about ambushing fox hunters or rescuing hedge hogs? (...)

mike hunt wrote: It's not easy losing a key member of your group.

GratefulFan wrote: Due to All Right Now, Feel Like Makin' Love and Shooting Star, Paul is forgiven for every lousy thing he's ever done, ever will do, or is doing at this very moment. Even the bear screaming.

inu-liger wrote:

      GratefulFan wrote:   Due to All Right Now, Feel Like Makin' Love and Shooting Star, Paul is forgiven for every lousy thing he's ever done, ever will do, or is doing at this very moment. Even the bear screaming.  

Call me potentially mistaken, but I recall reading in a news article long ago (regarding the uncredited sampling of that Jill Nakamuro (csp?) news report relating to Hawaiian surfing on "Surf's Up . . . School's Out!") that Justin Shirley-Smith "confirmed" the screams were actually Roger's?

roy_fokker wrote: Just one question: Roger says he will do a short tour, confirms he's planning a collaboration with Taylor Hawkins.. but.. how about The Unblinking Eye? Is it an isolated single, or will it be part of an album? Has anyone heard about this? Roy.

Peta wrote: Has anyone recorded the song from radio? Please, could you upload it??