| IanR 28.11.2015 21:24 |
Roger's journal of handwritten lyrics -- published on his website to coincide with the release of 'The Lot' -- has a number of interesting yet hard to decipher lyrics and song ideas. I think transcribing the unreleased tracks / rejected songs / early versions is worth doing and have started the ball rolling with this incomplete initial attempt. First up is the early tracklisting for STRANGE FRONTIER; 'Man On Fire' is a notable omission, presumably as it was in the running for 'The Works'. Six tracks were ditched altogether (one a cover of Keep On Running), and one was relegated to a B-side (Two Sharp Pencils). Two rejected tracks ('Take You Higher' and 'Turn On Your Power') were later merged by The Cross to form 'I Can Take You Higher'. STRANGE FRONTIER — ALBUM PROGRESS (21st May, 1983) (1) Love, Hope & Confusion (I Cry For You) MIXED (2) Beautiful Dreams MIXED (3) It's An Illusion MIXED (4) Masters of War MIXED (5) Keep On Running (6) Strange Frontier MIXED (7) Young Love ALL VOCALS + ???? (8) I Wanna Take You Higher MIXED (9) Turn On The Power ALL VOCALS + ??? MIX (10) Sun And Steel EVERYTHING? (11) Been To Spain EVERYTHING (12) Two Sharp Pencils (13) All Your Dreams Will Come True (14) Racing On The Street _______________________________________________ — UNRELEASED TRACKS: She Belongs To Me (A D B D A) ================ She's got everything she needs, she's an artist: she don't look back. (x2) She can take the dark out of the nighttime and paint the daytime black. You will start ??????? proud to steal her anything she sees. But you will wind up peeking thru a keyhole down upon your knees. She never stumbles; she's got no place to fall. (x2) She's nobody’s child: the law can't touch her at all. BREAK She wears an Egyptian ring, it sparkles before she speaks (x2) She's a hypnotist-collector: you are a walking antique. Bow down to her on Sunday; salute her when her Birthday comes (x2) For Halloween, buy her a trumpet; for Christmas, give her a drum. _______________________________________________ Wreckless Love ================ No lyrics; only arrangement notes. _______________________________________________ Take You Higher ================ Got my baby in overdrive, My foot's on the floor and I'm feelin' alive, I put her in second and leave 'em cold, Eat my dust -- never live to be slow. Sitting alone in your favourite chair, Counting the reasons you should not be there, This is not you. CHORUS I wanna take you higher I wanna take you higher I wanna take you higher than before. She screams like a kid when I'm makin' the turns, She holds in the skids -- when the rubber burns, I watch for the cops -- I watch for the signs. With life in the fast line you don't keep to the lines. Feeling alone on some everyday street, These are the moments you really don't need. This is not you. CHORUS _______________________________________________ I Can Take You Higher ================ Got this baby in overdrive, My foot's on the floor and I'm feelin' alive, I put her in second and leave 'em cold, Eat my dust -- never live to be slow. Sitting alone in your favourite chair, Counting the reasons you shouldn't be there, I wanna take you higher, baby -- let you know, I wanna take you higher, never live to be slow, CHORUS Baby, I can take you higher Lift your two feet off the ground, What you got to lose when love's a score of nothin' And we ain't never comin' down. Screams like a kid when I'm makin' the turns, She holds in the skids -- smell the rubber burn, I watch for the cops -- I watch for the signs. With life in the fast line you don't keep to the lines. xxxx alone on some everyday street, These are the moments you really don't need. If you feel like a buzz -- if you feel like a ride, Eat my dust or step inside. CHORUS So turn on your power, So turn on your heat, When you turn on your power, And the world is at your feet. CHORUS _______________________________________________ Bells On Your Fingers ================= You got rings on your fingers You got bells on your toes You got all sorts of history You got stories — heaven knows Now I don't want your body I don't want your mind But if you ask me ..... To say just how I'll say let's be friends for a while. Your fingers, work their magic, Your presence is sublime, Just to hold you is fine, Reach out and freeze the time, And tell you never stop. Never stop, Never stop. The wheel goes round, like a spinning top, The wheel goes round and never stop. _______________________________________________ Dreams of Leaving =============== So tired of living in this xxxx place, So tired of living in this same face, xxx running - xxxx xxxx This is the place I dream of leaving One day - some day This tired old job, This tired old place, This tired old life, +++ REMAINDER INDECIPHERABLE +++ This is the time - this is the place This is the time to quit this rat race, This is the xxxx -- this is the xxx I'm tired of talking and xxxxxxx Another old job Another old place _______________________________________________ Who The Hell Are You =============== It's in the air, Just catch a stare, The greed walks hand-in-hand with despair, So read the signs, Between the lines, There's much more here than meets the eyes, Who the hell are you (x3) To say what's right from wrong, Who the hell are you, Standing in the shadows, Who the hell do you think you are? Now guard your gates Don't hesitate This moment could implode xxx soon Crusade of hope No hangman rope Will swing before I've had my say Who the hell are you The great divide touches us all xxxxx It's up to you: Will you sit back and take it _______________________________________________ Sex As A Weapon =============== When you look in her eyes, And you know what she's thinking, And she's telling her lies. You can feel the world sinking BRIDGE Oohh You can feel her slippin’ away, Oohh As she turns her pressure on, CHORUS I know she's using sex as a weapon. I know she's gonna do it to you every day I know if sex is a weapon VERSE When she turns on her heat And she's reaching inside you, And she makes you complete, But is she gonna despise you? Oohh Do you feel like running away? Oohh would you like to break her spell? _______________________________________________ When Thunder Breaks Through ======================== You might be in your bath, You might be in your room, You might be takin' a walk round the park, Then suddenly boom boom. When thunder breaks through, When the rainstorm hits, In a downpour of ideas, With great big tits (realisation hits). When thunder breaks through, Paralyse the skies, And the lightning strikes, And spurns your eyes. _______________________________________________ Sound Painting (A Long Day's Journey Into Night-life) ========================== Motif from Heartland + sketches of the melody Other ideas for insertion: Thunder Breaks Thru / Middle Eight of Take You Higher Feel The Force verse / You Are In Charge of My Heart / Celebration riff Dreams of Leaving / Hijack My Heart / One Vision riff Building throughout *steadily* to huge rhythmic climax LOUD As many real instruments as possible As many melodies as possible -- each short. xxxxx - bounce down to make final mix easier. LYRICS: Every day I die a little, Every day's a kind of small death, So every day make sure you live a little, Have a long-day's-journey-into-the-night _______________________________________________ |
| IanR 28.11.2015 21:30 |
QUEEN ALBUM LISTING ========================== --- Side A: Party (2:30) Khashoggi’s Ship Miracle Too Much Love Will Kill You (9:30) Chinese Torture (xxxx - too long) I Want It All Breakthrough --- Side B: All God's People (4:15) The Invisible Man (7:55) Scandal (12:35 = too long. Doesn't follow that well) Hang On In There (15:50) My Baby Loves Me (18:24) Rain Must Fall (22:25) Was It All Worth It (28:18) _______________________________________________ Over My Dead Body =============== This stinking age -- this xx of style Where xx rules -- With media distortion Still we xxxx xxxx on war Like James Joyce reading Beano Have you ever seen a politician With a seven mile smile Who didn't love himself More than a mother loves her child CHORUS These bloody xxxx governments Will be the end of you and me Over my dead body And it possibly will be We have a Queen We have a palace xxxxx xxxxx A glimmer if reality, Some glimpse of futility It's programmed into you and me Umpteen though the rules may be Bend some now and you will see They'll fuck you right royally +++REMAINDER INDECIPHERABLE+++ They're just the same as you and me. _______________________________________________ Christmas Song -- Starbright? =============== I can't explain, deep down inside, The way we feel, in this dark night, We feel it's true, we feel it's right. xxxxx This Christmas night -- the bells ring out, We'll drink and sing, or jump and shout, I can't explain the way we feel, Just pinch my tush -- show me it's real For just one day -- or just one hour, We'll show the world in peace there's power _______________________________________________ Moment of Truth =============== Is this -- is this -- is this -- is this -- is this This is -- this is -- this is -- this is This is the god awful moment of truth Yes, you're like some damn cathedral You're empty and you're big, You really get me going Get me going somewhere else, Home is where the heart is This truth strikes hard, These words fly fast, Words spoke in anger That soon is past. But no denying, I hear you crying, In this moment of truth. Words said in anger Words said too fast Transparent anger That soon is past. _______________________________________________ Keep Up Closer =============== You walk in the room, You look like a dog, You dress like a xxxx You smell like a hog You're like a cathedral, You're empty and big. You think you're an angel, But you're just a pig. Some kinda jerk Or some kinda fool I'm trying to tell you You're breakin the rules But I don't care what the people say Cos I still love you any old way No, I don't care what people do I'm a pig too honey and I'm a slob for you So keep up -- keep up closer (x3) So keep close to me, let the people see I'm a slob for you and you're a dog for me. Keep up closer. _______________________________________________ Been To Spain =============== I've been to China I've been to Spain, Yes I've been there and back again. From all this distance is clearly seen, The real importance of being clean. _______________________________________________ Turn On Your Power =============== I can touch you, I can feel you Tell me xxx, are you for real (wow) You can hear and you can see, You can do anything that you believe in. Turn on You're such a turn on (x2) Turn it on Turn on your power Blind me with your light Turn on your power Love me tonight (We'll turn out right) Feel like a babe: lost in the wood, It's been a long time since I felt this good, The time is right, so take your cue, Let me in, it's up to you. Feel this power, On this night, At this hour: Feels alright. _______________________________________________ All Your Dreams Will Come True =============== As you lay your head to sleep As you close your eyes oh so tight Still thinking of the day, Your head goes down, Your mind comes out, And wanders out into the night When you lie in your bed, Close your eyes every night, The yawning man is in your head With all your dreams for you While you sleep oh so tight, We're still thinking of you Your mind comes out and wanders where Wherever it wants to That's when all your dreams come true All your dreams will come true _______________________________________________ WORKING TITLES Stand Up For Love (Crusade of Love / Die For Love / Some Kinda Earthquake: Part II) Man On Fire (Feel Like A Man On Fire) Killing Time (Sun and Steel?) Rough Justice (Bleeding Hearts) Shove It (Hellfire Club) Love On A Tightrope (Like An Animal) Old Men (Over My Dead Body) |
| cmi 28.11.2015 23:41 |
Great transcription! Thanks a lot. |
| rocknrolllover 29.11.2015 05:48 |
Looks like someday Roger will do new album |
| thomasquinn 32989 29.11.2015 14:18 |
Oh, how I would love to hear a recording of Roger Taylor playing Bob Dylan's "She Belongs To Me"!! |
| mooghead 29.11.2015 15:14 |
"Roger's Lyric Book" Lol.. A is for Apple. B is for book. C is for cat... etc... |
| BETA215 30.11.2015 09:41 |
D is for Deacon And E is for Eat F is for Freddie And G is too Great H is for Harold And I belong you. J is for John And K is for Killing L is for Losers And M is for me. Yeaj, great lyrics book. I love it <3 |
| The Fairy King 02.12.2015 11:36 |
BETA215 wrote: D is for Deacon And E is for Eat F is for Freddie And G is too Great H is for Harold And I belong you. J is for John And K is for Killing L is for Losers And M is for me. Yeaj, great lyrics book. I love it <3That's deep. |