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Were the late 90s early 2000s a lost opportunity for Queen as a potential three piece or atleast an odd involvement from John.... But at the very least.... Roger and Brian making an absolute killing and still touring at a respectable age of late 40s through their 50s....?
I have read here that Queen had the opportunity to have marketed from Fredddies death in USA through to the 2000s when Queen really could have done some amazing things with releasing old concerts Rainbow etc.
Was John on the brink of..... Returning.... I could say...
For those who lived through this period. Did Queen come close continuing as a three piece....
This is not a what if.... Question but it's more of a how close were Brian, Roger and John carrying on or John having a interest and did they or Brian/Roger... have an opportunity to take the Queen brand to a whole new level touring and releasing old material during this time period??
They should of done the anthology back in the 90s, The Beatles had a massive resurgence back then with theirs. But saying that, The Beatles are on another level to any other band/artist so its to be expected. There was more hype over Free as a bird than Heavon for everyone, which i think were released at a similar time.
Post Made in Heaven I think they had all been through the wringer. The 80's had been hard going and they then made an effort to give Freddie the live send off they felt they owed him and the fans in 92, then spent a long period putting together Made In Heaven.
I was lucky enough to speak to Brian a few weeks after the 92 tribute. He said that they all felt they needed to leave Queen behind for a while, but there were things they needed to finish to end a very long chapter. I guess he meant the last album. He also said that "sometime in I'd like to think we'd continue the line".
The impression I had was that they were tired and maybe had had enough of the band at that point but weren't prepared to say a permanent good bye to Queen
Dave2843 wrote:
They should of done the anthology back in the 90s, The Beatles had a massive resurgence back then with theirs. But saying that, The Beatles are on another level to any other band/artist so its to be expected. There was more hype over Free as a bird than Heavon for everyone, which i think were released at a similar time.
The timing of the Beatles anthology and MIH...it's too bad in a way it was so close together. Then again, Queen and Freddie had a major resurgence just a couple of years before. Queen and the Beatles were literally fighting for shelf space in late '95, at least the record shops I saw.
I don't think Brian ever wanted to put a full stop to Queen, and I was surprised as many were about the news of Q+PR broke. I figured he would do one off collaborations and solo albums. If MIH and NBY was the end of Queen...that would have been bittersweet.
There’s an interview, from around 1998, when Brian was promoting Another World, I’m sure it was on the BBC....
Anyway, the interviewer (Nicky Campbell I think) kept referring to Queen, and Brian was doing his best to basically try and ignore any Queen related question. Somewhat understandable as he was trying to sell his record, but I got the feeling that the band, as far as he was concerned, was finished..... I wonder what changed his mind?
If you used a line graph example and had Brian John and Roger represent their own line and a timeline from 93/94 to 97/99 with the top line being the point where the three would decide to carry on... who was alingened to who and what point over that time frame was the closest where they could have gone for it, maybe a joint decision for a better choice lead singer/no direct replacement but a collaboration for short span tours/one off concert David Bowie/Elton/just the three of them/the odd tour or at the very least, a joint cooperation between the three to work together in studio, release old material, finish of some of the many unfinished songs and really smash it as Queen the finacial beast and have the balance with the hardcore fans interests in mind.
Then for the 2000s 'same again' was there ever a point where all three worlds almost collided/John's case.. have a serious mind change and want to be atleast apart of the behind the scenes and be apart of docos/commentary for live releases etc...... Or they could have made a bigger impact as just the two with Paul Rodgers/another highly regarded front man.
scottmax wrote:
Somewhat understandable as he was trying to sell his record, but I got the feeling that the band, as far as he was concerned, was finished..... I wonder what changed his mind?