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This is wonderful, and the talk back after the guide piano is hilarious.
Was this on one of the ANATO anniversary DVDs or something? I haven't seen it before. It's from about 2005.
This clip reminded me why i love Roger Taylor so much! To give the song exactly what it needs in perfect balance with the guitar - genius!
Of course what can be said about Brian. He only got better with time. And that sound is part of my DNA. I feel so grateful that people involved in that sound are still alive and touring.
Thank you for posting this. I have the DVD but it's 10 years since i last saw it.
dave76 wrote:
Yes, it's on the bonus disc for the making of ANATO DVD release which came out in 2006.
Incredible DVD I think. Lots of bonus features and if I remember correctly, first high quality footage of Hyde Park concert. It's a must for every Queen fan.
Mr.QueenFan wrote:
Of course what can be said about Brian. He only got better with time.
Only up to a certain point. He's still a great player nowadays, but not even close to what he was a few decades ago.
That, and I'd actually say ANATO was his creative peak.
He did great things after this, like All Dead All Dead, but basically - 1975 was more or less Brian at his best.
Mr.QueenFan wrote:
Of course what can be said about Brian. He only got better with time.
Only up to a certain point. He's still a great player nowadays, but not even close to what he was a few decades ago.
That, and I'd actually say ANATO was his creative peak.
He did great things after this, like All Dead All Dead, but basically - 1975 was more or less Brian at his best.
Brian just learned how to relax over the years :-)
But seriously, he would have gonne mad if he kept all that complexity in the studio over the years. The amount of time that "Good Company" must have taken to be completed it's not even fun to think about. In fact, only someone very determined could have accomplished that, but in the end i don't think it was fun for Brian in the studio to have all those complex ideas.
And, even though i believe that Brian is a better live guitar player nowadays that he was in the old days, i agree that his creativety isn't at his best right now, but that is only because he lost his driving force - Freddie and Queen. The potential is there and maybe Adam Lambert can bring something out of Brian again.
And as much as i love the earlier Queen records, for me personally Brian peaked in "Made in Heaven". Everything he did on that record was spot on, and he didn't have Freddie, so i think it was even more amazing the final result. He kept himself motivated up until his solo album "Another World", but after that his focus was more in the academic stuff. But i can see a different Brian again while touring with Adam Lambert.
I agree about 1975 having Brian at his best. Like Roger said in the ANATO documentary "he really worked his arse off on this album". He was still a great guitarist for the rest of their career, but never did he push the limits of what a could do quite as much.
I think A Day the the Races deserves credit here too. It wasn't as "new" or innovative as Queen II or ANATO because, obviously was a later album.
But at that point Queen, and Brian, mastered their signature style and Races was like "OK, we really know our game now, let's continue doing it as best as possible".
That of course, erase the surprise element of exploring a new genre, like punk, or simpler songs with News of the World or dance with Hot Space for example.
Races was brilliant continuation of Opera and Brian did a great job there, not only playing guitar, but also with the harmonies (I think Millionaire's are his)