| FlorianS 23.11.2019 19:00 |
It's now just over 5 years since the last 'new' track with Freddie was released. How did it age for you? I was not impresed at all when it was released, but it grew a lot for me and is now a very frequently played Queen song on my playlists. I love Freddies voice and singing, which makes the track for me. Still I do not see how this would have fit on the Works and I doubt that it would have been a single hit, but I like it a lot. Anybody else willing to share their thoughts? |
| The Real Wizard 23.11.2019 19:08 |
Great track. Should've been on The Works instead of Man on the Prowl or Tear It Up. But hindsight is 20/20, ain't it ? |
| Holly2003 23.11.2019 19:09 |
I love it. Weirdly, I even prefer the Orbit version even though it shouldn't work. I also loved the fantastic promotional video. |
| pittrek 23.11.2019 19:29 |
I like it. Typical 80's Queen, but more The Works than A Kind Of Magic |
| ggo1 23.11.2019 19:34 |
I would definitely have preferred it to man on the prowl, which I never miss an opportunity to mention as being the worst thing Queen ever did. However, it would have been different, or Hammer to fall would have been different, if it had made the album. The guitars are far too similar to have both been included as is. I will say that I liked the track 5 years ago and I still like it now. |
| pittrek 23.11.2019 19:41 |
So after reading this I went to youtube to check the Orbit remix, probably for the first time after 5 years. I don't think I will ever listen to it again. But the album version is still great |
| Pim Derks 23.11.2019 19:54 |
I think the Orbit Remix is pretty good as well. And the video is definitely well edited. |
| The Real Wizard 23.11.2019 21:07 |
ggo1 wrote: I would definitely have preferred it to man on the prowl, which I never miss an opportunity to mention as being the worst thing Queen ever did.PREACH. I could write an essay on why that song symbolizes Queen's lowest point creatively. I remain baffled that the band who created A Night At The Opera could sink so low with such trite self-parody a mere eight years later. There's a reason why this is one of the few tracks the band have never spoken about. |
| matt z 23.11.2019 21:35 |
The Real Wizard wrote:You know. Now that you've roasted it and we've seen the impossible happen (*a shitty and trite joke of a biopic become the highest grossing musical bio ever) - i can expect some hack like Seth Rogen or maybe Seth McFarlane come out and use it in a "1001 ways to die in the west" sequel.ggo1 wrote: I would definitely have preferred it to man on the prowl, which I never miss an opportunity to mention as being the worst thing Queen ever did.PREACH. I could write an essay on why that song symbolizes Queen's lowest point creatively. I remain baffled that the band who created A Night At The Opera could sink so low with such trite self-parody a mere eight years later. There's a reason why this is one of the few tracks the band have never spoken about. Hipsters would sing it's praise and soon would Brian, saying how unfair it was that THE WORKS is not up there in the 1984 pantheon with THRILLER and PURPLE RAIN. |
| matt z 23.11.2019 21:47 |
Oh right. The song. I'm still not fond of it. But I'm grateful it doesn't sound like many QUEEN songs. I don't feel like it's as much a WHITESNAKE ripoff anymore. But i DO feel like Brian probably did something heavy with the arrangement since then to hide the fact that it is attempting to be modern MOR Rock like the WHITESNAKE hit Here I go From 1982. Their creativity had waned a bit. The vocal on the tape doesn't sound like a final....so it was likely ditched in favor of other stuff. It's very crispy as if by tape damage |
| emrabt 23.11.2019 21:55 |
I listened to this the other day actually after forgetting about it for 5 years, It wasn't terrible back then and it's still not terrible. |
| princetom 23.11.2019 22:46 |
well. i don't like it at all. don't get me wrong... any record would have been welcome. and its WAY better than the william orbit remix of... whatever... i forgot about the name of THUS. . BUT... not a singalong. not a deep cut.. ... but *just* a track. yes. but.. *JUST* a track... redrawn from the works... the other nine quite weak tracks seemed to have been better. LMIHA seems to have a quite musically base of view. a queen-like . for what it's worth. but it's not a track you would have in your mind... when it comes to compare it with a "radio gaga" or a "tear it up". a "world that we created". yes. thee were fillers like... man on the prowl. or some others ... i'll even count "hammer to fall" to THAT. it was a mediocre album. and the track we're talking about was weakest. simple as that. |
| Holly2003 23.11.2019 22:58 |
It was fantastic and joyful to hear THAT voice again. Aside from hearing the live version of FFMS and some of those NotW 50th tracks, LMIYHA is really the only time I've felt moved by a Queen release for a decade or two. |
| MisterCosmicc 24.11.2019 02:16 |
Fabulous track. Orbit remix sucked... what a disaster to release that remix as a single... whose shitty idea was that?! |
| pietrek 24.11.2019 03:30 |
I would never have thought that I would ever say sth like this but that Dobson version is better. Brian's playing seems more natural and fitting and different key that seems to be working much better. Not to mention that the vocals from 2014 version are very rough and in some places Freddie's totally oversinging it. |
| ggo1 24.11.2019 04:29 |
I'd forgotten about the Dobson version. You ruined my Sunday, i have to go find the cassette of that album now, yes, the cassette, I bought it on a friggin cassette. |
| Kamenliter 24.11.2019 07:32 |
Loved it then, love it now. |
| gooddrills 24.11.2019 08:19 |
Awesome song, love the vocals, love the whole thing. I still think it should have been a hit and could have been great on a soundtrack to a corny but classic romantic movie |
| JeroenG 24.11.2019 10:09 |
Pim Derks wrote: I think the Orbit Remix is pretty good as well. And the video is definitely well edited.The Orbit Remix is well done, sound a bit more polished than the album version which sounds a bit inert for me at places. And I definately like the Orbit Remix of Let Me In Your Heart Again way more than the Orbit Remix of There Must Be More To Life Than This, which sounds a bit inert to me on its turn... That said, we never heard the non-Orbit Queen version of the song. |
| MAYniac91 24.11.2019 11:21 |
Great track... still! I'd love to here the simular produced mix by Brian May of "There Must Be More To Life Than This". Think this one sounds as great as "Let Me In Your Heart Again"! |
| stevelondon20 24.11.2019 11:50 |
Love LMIYHA. The Orbit remix is pretty good, but for me, the album version is the best. Also, am I the only person here who actually likes Man On The Prowl??? I think it's a fairly good song! |
| akan 24.11.2019 12:08 |
Man on the prowl always sounded to my ears as one of the first Freddie's solo stuff experiments, maybe it was published on a Queen album because of the contributions of the other members during the recordinds, like All God's people. |
| The Real Wizard 24.11.2019 22:30 |
pietrek wrote: the vocals from 2014 version are very rough and in some places Freddie's totally oversinging it.A fair critique. But of course we have no idea if these were even intended to be a final vocal. It could just a comp of a couple early takes before they scrapped the song altogether. Myself, I could listen to 1983 Freddie Mercury sing the phone book. He may have been spiralling out of control in his personal life, but vocally he was master of his domain. |
| Makka 25.11.2019 01:34 |
I love the song and think it sounds very much of the time. Should it have replaced Man On The Prowl? I think The Works is better with it in and not sure if it would of suited? |
| PrimeJiveUSA 25.11.2019 01:36 |
The Real Wizard wrote: Great track. Should've been on The Works instead of Man on the Prowl or Tear It Up. But hindsight is 20/20, ain't it ?Right on! |
| MercurialFreddie 25.11.2019 09:39 |
Didn't Brian say that they have used two different vocal takes sung in two different keys ? |
| k-m 25.11.2019 15:14 |
LMIYHA? Not great, not terrible. |
| Star* 25.11.2019 15:19 |
"Let Me In Your Heart Again" is better than anything on the whole of the Innuendo album by miles, its getting back to what Queen did best rock ! A great vocal by Freddie and great harmonies and heavy sound all in great unison. I love it because it is classic Queen ! |
| stevelondon20 25.11.2019 17:18 |
Jazz+ wrote: "Let Me In Your Heart Again" is better than anything on the whole of the Innuendo album by miles, its getting back to what Queen did best rock ! A great vocal by Freddie and great harmonies and heavy sound all in great unison. I love it because it is classic Queen !It's a great song, but better than anything on Innuendo? Are you serious??? |
| master marathon runner 25.11.2019 17:31 |
'It shoulda been on this....It shoulda been on that.....It shoulda replaced this.....It shoulda replaced that....' All reasonable opinions, but to me personally, it was a wonderful little treat, outta the blue, after all these years. And you have a point jazz+ |
| brENsKi 25.11.2019 17:50 |
The Real Wizard wrote:both versions have their merits. i like them both - a lot.pietrek wrote: the vocals from 2014 version are very rough and in some places Freddie's totally oversinging it.A fair critique. But of course we have no idea if these were even intended to be a final vocal. It could just a comp of a couple early takes before they scrapped the song altogether. Myself, I could listen to 1983 Freddie Mercury sing the phone book. He may have been spiralling out of control in his personal life, but vocally he was master of his domain. i suppose Anita's version sounds an easier fit, because, well, Brian got to shape his song completely - as writer and producer, and I guess it sounds like he's always intended it to - because Freddie wasn't "shaping" the song/providing a working critique during recording. the same then (for the same reasons) becomes true of the 2014 version. no Freddie? Brian has an (almost) free rein. |
| The Real Wizard 26.11.2019 21:04 |
Jazz+ wrote: "Let Me In Your Heart Again" is better than anything on the whole of the Innuendo album by milesBetter than the title track and The Show Must Go On? Your only possible saving grace (in lieu of a personality or principles) was taste in music, and you've just lost that too. |
| GreatKingFairyFeller 26.11.2019 21:24 |
The song is good. I like the extra footage of Brussels. |
| Star* 27.11.2019 07:22 |
@Real Wizard Please do not look down your arrogant canadian nose at me pal, because everyone on here has a fucking opinion and so do i so shut your mouth fool. |
| brENsKi 27.11.2019 14:24 |
Jazz+ wrote: @Real Wizard Please do not look down your arrogant canadian nose at me pal, because everyone on here has a fucking opinion and so do i so shut your mouth fool.gasman...Gasman...G-A-S-M-A-N ! |
| The Fairy King 27.11.2019 15:42 |
I prefer the far superior William Orbit Mix. |
| *goodco* 28.11.2019 05:27 |
Bob, I’ve seen you persistently post your disdain a number of times regarding ‘Man On The Prowl’, and I will admit, I do not understand your hatred of that track. After all, it had backing vocals, a good tune, a good ending for an album side, and…. Piano!!!. Real instruments for eff sake;-) Being a Midwestern rock ‘n roller, I very much appreciated MOTP. Compare that to ‘Staying Power’ (damn if they didn’t do the mostly live version), ‘Back Chat’, and the dreadful ‘Body Language’ from the previous LP. So….years (decades later), my final version of ‘The Works’ is: Side One: Tear It Up / Man On Fire / It’s A Hard Life (ext) / I Go Crazy / Man On The Prowl Side Two: Let Me In (Your Heart Again) / Love Kills / I Want To Break Free (45) / Keep Passing The Open Windows / Is This The World We Created? Would have been a Top Ten seller on our side of the pond, and perhaps made them tour the continent...? Bonus tracks: Radio GaGa, Machines, Hammer To Fall LMIYHA…..damn, it still sounds fresh. Cannot believe it’s been five years |
| *goodco* 28.11.2019 05:28 |
double post |
| The Real Wizard 28.11.2019 20:20 |
*goodco* wrote: Bob, I’ve seen you persistently post your disdain a number of times regarding ‘Man On The Prowl’, and I will admit, I do not understand your hatred of that track. After all, it had backing vocals, a good tune, a good ending for an album side, and…. Piano!!!. Real instruments for eff sake;-) Being a Midwestern rock ‘n roller, I very much appreciated MOTP.Hey, to each their own. Not my cup of tea, but glad someone enjoys it. |
| The Real Wizard 28.11.2019 20:21 |
Jazz+ wrote: @Real Wizard Please do not look down your arrogant canadian nose at me pal, because everyone on here has a fucking opinion and so do i so shut your mouth fool.Just ask yourself why the last person received a civil response, and why you are almost certain never to receive one from anyone here. Clue - mentioning someone's nationality in lieu of a reasoned response may not help. |
| ggo1 29.11.2019 06:17 |
@Goodco MOTP is the worst song Queen ever recorded. I heartily disagree with any positive comments you make about it. I hated it then, I hate it now, I will always hate it. It's not even a mild distaste .. It brings a frown to my face and positively makes me twitch. And no, not in a fancy click fingers way. It should have been strangled at birth and fed to a shredder. Or at least taped over with the sound of toilets flushing. If I were to ever state that Man On The Prowl was even remotely entertaining, my wife would know I had been kidnapped and would call the police, or take me to hospital if she could see me. Anyhow, you get my drift. |
| brENsKi 29.11.2019 08:11 |
ggo1 wrote:@Goodco MOTP is the worst song Queen ever recorded.yeas, but In Only Seven Days runs it a close 2nd |
| Star* 29.11.2019 11:24 |
Brenski "In only seven days" is a beautiful song and has a wonderful guitar orchestration by Brian May. You must be stone deaf if you do not appreciate that gorgeous song. |
| brENsKi 29.11.2019 12:23 |
Jazz+ wrote: Brenski "In only seven days" is a beautiful song and has a wonderful guitar orchestration by Brian May. You must be stone deaf if you do not appreciate that gorgeous song.I know each to their own, but your limitations really hamper you. Brian's guitar-work is nothing he hadn't done (better) previously - and (even) similarly on the same album on Leaving Home Ain't Easy. The melody of the song is carried by John - didn't he play both acoustic and electric guitar on this track? Even the one part you might get away with calling guitar-work, is actually an instrumental verse. Regardless of what you think of the song, it's a paint-by-numbers "Solomon Grundy" re-write. |
| Star* 29.11.2019 12:30 |
@ Brenski Well what is your fucking point coming on to Queenzone when all you do is spout shite and slag Queen off every thread? What is your fucking prob? Do you have a slate loose or are you a druggie craving your next fix? Did you get sacked for your sour attitude and your on dole well whatever it is your a nasty piece of work and you are determined to cause trouble on here because every reply i make on here you have to reply and spout off and make yourself look better, when everyone who sees this knows you are nothing Go and stay away from this site because its been better without you on her for 5 years. |
| brENsKi 29.11.2019 13:11 |
Jazz+ wrote:@ Brenski Well what is your fucking point coming on to Queenzone when all you do is spout shite and slag Queen off every thread?I have very reasonable Queen discussions with others here, I just don't have much time for illiterate, abusive stepfords. Jazz+ wrote:Did you get sacked for your sour attitude and your on dole well whatever it is your a nasty piece of worknot at all. my life is great - see other thread. managed to take early retirement on full Civil Service pension. And you don't get to last (as a manager) for 25 years with a "sour attitude". Grow up Gerry. Jazz+ wrote:and you are determined to cause trouble on here because every reply i make on here you have to reply and spout off and make yourself look better, when everyone who sees this knows you are nothing Go and stay away from this site because its been better without you on her for 5 years.make myself look better? better than what? - YOU? - not exactly mission f**king impossible, now, - is it? utter rubbish, I've been away since 2015. When I left it was YOU who was falling out with everyone - save your alter ego(s) - well I think you even managed to argue with yourself, at one point - no mean feat. Upon return nothing has changed - you're still the same insidious, abrasive, thug - shouting at the world. |
| Star* 29.11.2019 13:18 |
Really and as i remember Mr Brenski you had a lot of arguments on here with a lot of folk Many guys on here slagged you off as well. Not so innocent now are we darling? |
| brENsKi 29.11.2019 15:15 |
dbl post |
| brENsKi 29.11.2019 15:15 |
Jazz+ wrote:bluei'm surprised that this kind of comment is allowed here. worse still, you can see nothing wrong with saying it. this makes you the absolute antithesis of human decency - an utterly deplorable example of homo erectus. (I would have said sapiens, but there's nothing discerning or sensible about you). Jazz+ wrote:[color=blue]Really and as i remember Mr Brenski you had a lot of arguments on here with a lot of folk Many guys on here slagged you off as well. Not so innocent now are we darling?[/color]no. i had one or two articulate arguments with one or two people - like most on a forum do (at one time or another). You (on the other hand) are the common denominator unifying almost all of this forum against your inane ramblings. Jazz+ wrote:blue"stone deaf" is being unable to hear anything at all. Were I (as you say) stone deaf, i wouldn't be able to hear anything at all - let alone, the song, and consequently wouldn't be able to comment. The term YOU are looking for is "tone deaf". |
| *goodco* 29.11.2019 16:13 |
ggo1 wrote: @Goodco MOTP is the worst song Queen ever recorded. I heartily disagree with any positive comments you make about it. I hated it then, I hate it now, I will always hate it. It's not even a mild distaste .. It brings a frown to my face and positively makes me twitch. And no, not in a fancy click fingers way. It should have been strangled at birth and fed to a shredder. Or at least taped over with the sound of toilets flushing. If I were to ever state that Man On The Prowl was even remotely entertaining, my wife would know I had been kidnapped and would call the police, or take me to hospital if she could see me. Anyhow, you get my drift.I did, and it did make me laugh! |
| The Real Wizard 29.11.2019 17:04 |
Jazz+ wrote: @ Brenski Well what is your fucking point coming on to Queenzone when all you do is spout shite and slag Queen off every thread?Being informed about music and sharing different opinions from you doesn't mean he's slagging Queen. But since you view your favourite band as a religion and prefer to define people's congruency with you as being "real" fans whilst rejecting the rest as impure, you just wouldn't understand such nuance. As ever, I don't expect you and your barely above room temperature IQ to understand anything I just wrote. |
| brENsKi 29.11.2019 19:14 |
The Real Wizard wrote:Gerry understands everything about nothing, and nothing about everything.Jazz+ wrote:@ Brenski Well what is your fucking point coming on to Queenzone when all you do is spout shite and slag Queen off every thread?Being informed about music and sharing different opinions from you doesn't mean he's slagging Queen. But since you view your favourite band as a religion and prefer to define people's congruency with you as being "real" fans whilst rejecting the rest as impure, you just wouldn't understand such nuance. As ever, I don't expect you and your barely above room temperature IQ to understand anything I just wrote. Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord & Paice (inadvertently) nailed Gerry's raison d'être with this: See the blind man shooting at the world Bullets flying taking toll |
| Star* 29.11.2019 19:30 |
Best if you shut your arrogant mouth wanker because you are not in the prison's now! Say what you both want but i do not care a fig. Meowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww |
| The Real Wizard 29.11.2019 19:37 |
Jazz+ wrote: Best if you shut your arrogant mouth wanker because you are not in the prison's now! Say what you both want but i do not care a fig. MeowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwAs ever, Dunning Kruger effect. You just don't know how out of your league you are. |
| Star* 29.11.2019 20:17 |
i dont give a flying fuck what you say or do you canadian dork, get lost. |
| brENsKi 29.11.2019 22:48 |
Jazz+ wrote:Best if you shut your arrogant mouth wanker because you are not in the prison's now!I wish I even had the foggiest what an "arrogant mouth wanker" is. - or even how it could be remotely possible to "wank a mouth off". Jazz+ wrote:Say what you both want but i do not care a fig.you clearly do care...a fucking huge sackful of figs - otherwise you wouldn't reply every single time. Jazz+ wrote:i dont give a flying fuck what you say or do you canadian dork, get lost.Hey Bob, I'd take this as a backhanded compliment if I were you. Canadian dorks are 100% better than us UK or USA dorks - by virtue of much of Canada being bilingual. |
| brENsKi 29.11.2019 23:05 |
this one's for Gerry! |
| The Real Wizard 30.11.2019 01:16 |
Jazz+ wrote: i dont give a flying fuck what you say or do you canadian dork, get lost.As ever, retorted like a fifth grader. I pity you. |
| Star* 30.11.2019 07:47 |
@The Real Wizard Yeah your name says it all you are the real wizard of pure shite and just for good measure you are canadian how delightful like walking in dog shite. |
| brENsKi 30.11.2019 10:09 |
Walking back from Gerry's house Walking in dog-shite Feet they hardly touch the ground Walking in dog-shite My feet make a squechy sound Walking in, walking in dog-shite +++++++++++++++++++++++ Gerry came from Gosforth, Newcastle way. Polluting Queenzone every single day. Lost his temper on the way Shouts and swears - all night and day - He said, hey "yous", take a walk in the dog-shite, Said, hey "looser's", take a walk in the dog-shite. |
| Holly2003 30.11.2019 10:14 |
Jazz+ wrote: @The Real Wizard Yeah your name says it all you are the real wizard of pure shite and just for good measure you are canadian how delightful like walking in dog shite.If you saw the Canadian war graves in northern France you might think twice about saying that. Then again, you're such a piece of shit you might not. |
| brENsKi 30.11.2019 10:25 |
Holly2003 wrote:Jizz+ is actually a living, breathing, walking, (almost) talking insult to humanity.Jazz+ wrote: @The Real Wizard Yeah your name says it all you are the real wizard of pure shite and just for good measure you are canadian how delightful like walking in dog shite.If you saw the Canadian war graves in northern France you might think twice about saying that. Then again, you're such a piece of shit you might not. |
| Star* 30.11.2019 10:36 |
Ha ha ha Holly2003 you are a fucking brain dead slag so shut your mouth bitch. |
| brENsKi 30.11.2019 10:58 |
Jazz+ wrote:Ha ha ha Holly2003 you are a fucking brain dead slag so shut your mouth bitch.How are you even able to post online? A quick google of your residence's website Post Code: NE3 3XT - St Nicholas' makes no reference of residential internet access. |
| Holly2003 30.11.2019 11:12 |
Jazz+ wrote: Ha ha ha Holly2003 you are a fucking brain dead slag so shut your mouth bitch.I could buy and sell a little bitch like you. You're not even a real Queen fan. You know shit about the band apart from what you've read in The Sun. |
| Star* 30.11.2019 15:06 |
@Holly2002 You are so pathetic and you know fuck all about me. I have see Queen live five times 1979 to 1986 and been a fan for over 45 years there hope that chokes you! |
| brENsKi 30.11.2019 15:28 |
Jazz+ wrote:@Holly2002 You are so pathetic and you know fuck all about me. I have see Queen live five times 1979 to 1986 and been a fan for over 45 years there hope that chokes you!No - I don't believe you. You've read others' blogs/accounts of gigs they saw. And you're an insult to those of us who HAVE seen Queen live 5 times. FWIW - my five: NEC Bham - Nov 79 Milton Keynes - June 82 NEC Bham - Sept 84 Wembley (Sat) - July 86 Knebworth - Aug 86 |
| Star* 30.11.2019 16:41 |
@Brenski You really are an arrogant ass hole ! When i say i have been to see Queen five times you cannot prove that i have not. 1979 Newcastle- City Hall Newcastle (both nights) 1982 Leeds- Elland Road 1984 Birmingham - NEC Arena 1986 Newcastle - St James Football Ground So now you should appologise. |
| brENsKi 30.11.2019 17:12 |
Jazz+ wrote: @Brenski You really are an arrogant ass hole ! When i say i have been to see Queen five times you cannot prove that i have not. 1979 Newcastle- City Hall Newcastle (both nights) 1982 Leeds- Elland Road 1984 Birmingham - NEC Arena 1986 Newcastle - St James Football Ground So now you should appologise.appologise [sic] ? - i wouldn't hold your breath fella. For what? refusing to believe a single thing you say? There's no way you saw Queen in your home town (Newcastle), unless, the band re-arranged the gigs to St Nicholas' - the site of your 40+ year Psychological Assessment & Confinement Order. As for Leeds and Birmingham, I can't see St Nicholas' allowing you a release without a 7pm curfew. I choose NOT to believe you went to those gigs, because almost everything you say on this forum is complete fantasy. |
| Holly2003 30.11.2019 19:19 |
Jazz+ wrote: @Holly2002 You are so pathetic and you know fuck all about me. I have see Queen live five times 1979 to 1986 and been a fan for over 45 years there hope that chokes you!Reading The Sun does not make you a fan. I'm still laughing from when you said that Queen's mimed Montreux Pop appearance was live. Fred doesn't even put the microphone to his lips most of the time, you dimwitted non-fan. |
| Holly2003 30.11.2019 19:19 |
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| The Real Wizard 30.11.2019 20:27 |
brENsKi wrote: There's no way you saw Queen in your home town (Newcastle), unless, the band re-arranged the gigs to St Nicholas' - the site of your 40+ year Psychological Assessment & Confinement Order. As for Leeds and Birmingham, I can't see St Nicholas' allowing you a release without a 7pm curfew.You are a riot. |
| Star* 30.11.2019 20:41 |
@Brenski you do post some shit on here. i bet you were a joke of the prison's when you were a screw. I pity all the offenders dealing with you . |
| cmsdrums 30.11.2019 21:38 |
On first hearing the song I thought it was a little bland, and Brian’s soloing on it was a sub par Hammer To Fall, but it grew on me very quickly, and I now love it. Freddie’s vocal is superb, and the remixing of a track from The Works sessions to make the drums sound really good shows what could be done with the currently sub-standard drums sound on The Works. The William Orbit mix has some ok ideas in it but is executed absolutely terribly and from a sonic point of view sound like a student bedroom project from the advent of Cubase (same goes for his efforts on There Must Be a More To Life Than This). Terrible. |
| brENsKi 30.11.2019 22:19 |
Holly2003 wrote: Reading The Sun does not make you a fan. I'm still laughing from when you said that Queen's mimed Montreux Pop appearance was live. Fred doesn't even put the microphone to his lips most of the time, you dimwitted non-fan.Gerry actually, really said that? Well I suppose it's plausible that Freddie wouldn't need a mic - or even amplification of any kind, hehe |
| Gregsynth 30.11.2019 23:46 |
Jizz+ please! This isn't the best way to post to your fellow Queen fans! On the subject of the song, I personally really like it. |
| The Real Wizard 01.12.2019 00:21 |
Jazz+ wrote: @Brenski you do post some shit on here. i bet you were a joke of the prison's when you were a screw. I pity all the offenders dealing with you .You think you're competing, but you don't even know where the starting gate is. You're being completely outwitted, once again. Dunning Kruger effect - look it up. You are their poster child. People like you are why scientists researching such conditions can make a living. That's the closest you'll ever come to being useful to anyone. |
| The Real Wizard 01.12.2019 00:23 |
cmsdrums wrote: The William Orbit mix has some ok ideas in it but is executed absolutely terribly and from a sonic point of view sound like a student bedroom project from the advent of CubaseThat's even being too kind. Later in the song he changes the chord structures to the point of being atonal. It's unlistenable. He's long past his expiry date. Ray of Light was a fabulous album, but that stuff just doesn't fly anymore. |
| Saint Jiub 01.12.2019 00:48 |
The Real Wizard wrote:linkJazz+ wrote: @Brenski you do post some shit on here. i bet you were a joke of the prison's when you were a screw. I pity all the offenders dealing with you .You think you're competing, but you don't even know where the starting gate is. You're being completely outwitted, once again. Dunning Kruger effect - look it up. You are their poster child. People like you are why scientists researching such conditions can make a living. That's the closest you'll ever come to being useful to anyone. "People who scored in the lowest percentiles on tests of grammar, humor, and logic also tended to dramatically overestimate how well they had performed (their actual test scores placed them in the 12th percentile, but they estimated that their performance placed them in the 62nd percentile)." |
| The Circle of Eidolon 01.12.2019 02:35 |
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| Biggus Dickus 01.12.2019 05:57 |
I like the track but I don't like the autotuned vocals. Great vocal performance though. |
| Star* 01.12.2019 10:24 |
Yeah it has be Freddie's greatest vocal from The Works period by miles ! |
| matt z 01.12.2019 18:14 |
The Circle of Eidolon wrote:Alas, The Circle of Eidolon has not spoken. |
| Star* 01.12.2019 18:37 |
The Circle of Eidolon is just a very sad Glambert who is bitter ........... |
| Martin Packer 01.12.2019 20:36 |
Someone a few pages back - before this thread turned crazy - mentioned Machines should've been a bonus track. I have to disagree. I think it's genuinely experimental and rather catchy. The whole "synth versus guitar" ("machines versus humans") idea is good and in keeping with the theme of the album. Indeed it might be where the idea for the album theme came from. It's also half way between Radio Gaga and Hammer To Fall in terms of synth-led versus guitar-led. Also good to see a rare Roger/Brian collaboration. |
| The Fairy King 01.12.2019 20:38 |
Thank God It's Christmas should've been on The Works. Change my mind. :D |
| brENsKi 02.12.2019 00:13 |
Martin Packer wrote: Someone a few pages back - before this thread turned crazy - mentioned Machines should've been a bonus track. I have to disagree. I think it's genuinely experimental and rather catchy. The whole "synth versus guitar" ("machines versus humans") idea is good and in keeping with the theme of the album. Indeed it might be where the idea for the album theme came from. It's also half way between Radio Gaga and Hammer To Fall in terms of synth-led versus guitar-led. Also good to see a rare Roger/Brian collaboration.I always felt that Machines belonged on the Metropolis soundtrack |
| musicland munich 02.12.2019 01:22 |
It's a nice song. But of course it has no typical big hit potential. You could've place it in a daily soap or a TV ad to get in touch with bigger audiences. But that option is gone I guess. In the end it's a little gem for Queen fans - not more |
| Martin Packer 02.12.2019 07:57 |
@brENski the linkage is obvious. :-) |
| brENsKi 07.12.2019 17:32 |
Martin Packer wrote: @brENski the linkage is obvious. :-)well yes. wonder if Queen kept it for themselves, or Moroder heard it, but didn't like it? |