Hi everyone,
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before, but I've seen a few interviews where Roger said a Queen version for "Forever" was made, which the MJ estate rejected and preferred to approve the Orbit Mix (Roger said "I like our version better"). Well...in this interview with Orbit from around 0:50 a few snippets are playing and since I'm not all that familiar with the "Forever" version, I wanted to ask if that's the approved album version or the unreleased Queen variation. link
There are 3 different mixes:
The one for Forever, which is the Orbit mix.
The second Orbit remix for Coca Cola RED, already available.
And the Queen mix, which was rejected by the MJ estate and still unreleased, possibly by legal reasons.
In Roger's words, they hope they can release it sometime in the future.
winterspelt wrote: There are 3 different mixes:
The one for Forever, which is the Orbit mix.
The second Orbit remix for Coca Cola RED, already available.
And the Queen mix, which was rejected by the MJ estate and still unreleased, possibly by legal reasons.
In Roger's words, they hope they can release it sometime in the future.
You are correct, Let me In is the remix for Coca Cola RED, it was my mistake.
Sorry!
In any case, the Queen remix for More to Life is still unreleased.
I think the Queen remix was more of a Queen song and the MJ estate wanted a mix that could put MJ in the same level (or above) Freddie and that's why the Orbit remix was the one they approved. This is, of course, my speculation, but I cant think in any other reason why they could reject the Queen remix.
Still, I have a question that will remain unanswered until someone ask this to Roger:
Why Roger asked Orbit to do a remix and why the band didnt listened it until the internet interview?
winterspelt wrote:
This is, of course, my speculation, but I cant think in any other reason why they could reject the Queen remix.
It's entirely possible that the Queen remix is even worse.
It's entirely possible that MJ estate requested a more contemporary mix than the two pensioners stuck in their past could make.
winterspelt wrote:
Why Roger asked Orbit to do a remix and why the band didnt listened it until the internet interview?
They got him cheaply. Simple as that.
There are two alternatives about their quality control:
1) They listened to the remix, and thought it was great
2) They didn't even bother to listen to the remix, because they thought their other proposal was going to get picked anyway,
Neither of those portray QP in a positive way.
I agree that there's a strong chance Brian and Rogers mix was really crap, from the amount MJ sang on that release I wouldn't bother. I wouldn't be surprised if MJ's clan are planning an album of duets with those other songs with Freddie and Michael as well as other stars etc.
flash00. wrote:
I agree that there's a strong chance Brian and Rogers mix was really crap....
There's nothing to suggest that, whereas the great mix on Let Me In makes me doubt they'd have done badly on There Must Be More. Although, the song isn't exactly the best thing to be working with.
flash00. wrote:
I agree that there's a strong chance Brian and Rogers mix was really crap....
There's nothing to suggest that, whereas the great mix on Let Me In makes me doubt they'd have done badly on There Must Be More. Although, the song isn't exactly the best thing to be working with.
Well, there is that fact that it wasn't chosen by the MJ estate.
If they were e.g. given specific instruction to make a contemporary remix with a well known internation producer, an AOR mix by Brian would have been "really crap" by definition.