| . 22.06.2020 14:16 |
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| Misfire. 22.06.2020 14:40 |
Pretty much the usual stuff Roger stirs up and personally if that got released i would not buy it. Last great songs Roger wrote were from the "Happiness" album and that was a long time ago! |
| Michael 22.06.2020 16:39 |
I agree with Benross. I don't expect any more quality music from May or Taylor. They are enjoying semi-retirement and raking in the profits from past glories. |
| matt z 22.06.2020 19:19 |
so... it's not the Lennon song eh? Thanks for posting this! I don't keep up with Instagram... only twitter.. Was this announced? |
| MrFunster 22.06.2020 20:29 |
Boring..........if you ask me. Really doubt if this is the man who wrote Im in love with my car and a kind of magic. |
| MrFunster 22.06.2020 20:32 |
I agree that the best songs are coming from the happiness album. |
| matt z 23.06.2020 03:02 |
Wasn't bad. Wish I'd heard it on a better system |
| . 23.06.2020 11:55 |
Interview: |
| The Ghost of Lester Burnham 23.06.2020 16:23 |
Good grief, not everything he's going to write is going to be a pop song or a full-on rocker. Fans can be so disappointing sometimes in that they don't allow artists to evolve. Roger has been writing some wonderful, down-to-earth songs lately, and Isolation really is a lovely track considering all the shit we're going through lately. A nice, summery, acoustic track. I especially love the double bass. Good on ya, Rog. |
| darcy-wright 24.06.2020 10:01 |
i lasted 20 seconds, skipped 2 mins in and stopped. nothing left in the tank with his samey style of laidback dross now. but if you like it, then good for ya. |
| Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 24.06.2020 12:15 |
The Ghost of Lester Burnham wrote: Good grief, not everything he's going to write is going to be a pop song or a full-on rocker. Fans can be so disappointing sometimes in that they don't allow artists to evolve. Roger has been writing some wonderful, down-to-earth songs lately, and Isolation really is a lovely track considering all the shit we're going through lately. A nice, summery, acoustic track. I especially love the double bass. Good on ya, Rog.I agree, nice tune. As for his recent production, I love Journey's End and Sunny Day and really like the purple version of Gangsters Are Running This World. Way after Happiness he also wrote and performed the amazing studio version of Invincible Hope. There's more of course, this is just from the top off my head. Cheers, Ogre- |
| Holly2003 24.06.2020 13:12 |
The Kurgan wrote: Interview:I note Roger had deleted Paul Rodgers from Queen's post-Fredrerick era. As for the song, I like it. Apart from much of the Cross stuff, much of which wasn't by Roger anyway, I don't think there's a Roger song I don't appreciate on some level, even if it's just to have a giggle at Rog trying to rhyme something with 'Afghanistan'. |
| Holly2003 24.06.2020 13:14 |
Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira wrote: As for his recent production, I love Journey's End and Sunny Day and really like the purple version of Gangsters Are Running This World. Way after Happiness he also wrote and performed the amazing studio version of Invincible Hope. There's more of course, this is just from the top off my head. Cheers, Ogre-I've come to appreciate Journey's End as a classy and poignant reflection on growing older. |
| . 24.06.2020 16:07 |
BBC Radio 2 Interview: |
| princetom 25.06.2020 13:26 |
Nice little Track which i'm sure will be growing. I like the "strange times indeed"-part. (though it just reminds me on "good times are now".). . A track which proves Roger's still lasting ambition to raise the voice on an social topic. Not everyone's cup of tea but musically it has some of the well known trademarks of Roger's. |
| Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 25.06.2020 14:33 |
Thanks a million, Kurgan! Much appreciated! Cheers, Ogre- |
| The Real Wizard 25.06.2020 22:03 |
Holly2003 wrote: I note Roger had deleted Paul Rodgers from Queen's post-Fredrerick era.He didn't mention Deacon either, and he spoke about the tribute concert. Might be unintentional, but May and Taylor hold the flame so the PR is theirs to do on their own terms. Old rock bands are brands, and they are on always on point with how they're marketing their current projects. None of these guys are fools. There isn't much point in mentioning people who aren't in the family anymore. |
| . 25.06.2020 22:23 |
Holly2003: Roger mentioned Paul Rodgers just two days ago (see BBC Radio 2 interview I posted on 24th). He called him a wonderful singer. |
| Hangman_96 26.06.2020 16:39 |
Nothing to get excited about. Kind of boring, IMO. |
| . 27.06.2020 10:10 |
I think it's one of those tracks that gets better with every listen. |
| aristide1 29.06.2020 14:02 |
There are at least 30 years since we are listening to countless arrangements of the same Roger Taylor stupid lamentation track labeled under various names. And it doesn't get better, only the message is different. Politics, isolation, depression, loss - deep subjects but indistinctive musical treatment. He thinks that he is a sort of Leonard Cohen, a poetic conscience of the world filled with substance (while Brian thinks that he became a scientific conscience of the world). For a drummer and a guitar player, no matter how talented they were, these are highly delusional aspirations. |
| . 29.06.2020 19:00 |
Just listened to it again, and it got better. |
| Holly2003 01.07.2020 13:47 |
The Kurgan wrote: Holly2003: Roger mentioned Paul Rodgers just two days ago (see BBC Radio 2 interview I posted on 24th). He called him a wonderful singer.Thanks for posting the interview. Good to hear his comments about Rodgers. |
| aristide1 01.07.2020 13:52 |
In 2020 there are new means to convey your thoughts to the public. Music was a suitable vehicle in the early days of his activism and social awareness. If Roger really insists on doing everything on music, then it's not a good idea to use the same insipid tune over and over again. Heineken, Pringles, or Tide commercials have different musical scores. |
| . 01.07.2020 14:30 |
Just listened to it again, even better this time. |
| LCSeixas 12.07.2020 20:39 |
The lyrics are pretty cool. The song as a whole, not so much. As others have said, I guess it's more of the same Roger's been doing solo in the past years. I know our boys are pretty much retired from writing, but I can't help but wonder if a modern, rocking producer could bring out the fire within Bri and Rog if they ever decide to hit up the studio again as Queen. Or as solo artists. |
| JohnDeacon 21.08.2020 10:47 |
This is a strange but common phenomenon with band members going solo. In the band they write superb and great tracks. Then they go solo and the first or first two Albums are similar good. After a while the stuff tends to become more and more "strange" and rather personal to the writer. One cannot identify anymore what the target audience is for these releases. This also happened to: 1. Jon Anderson of YES In YES he was brilliant, contributing great stuff and his Olias of Sunhillow was a great concept album. But the last two decades he has been publishing stuff which is downright silly and hard to listen to. Nobody but Jon Anderson would listen to this. 2. Ken Hensley of URIAH HEEP In Heep he wrote most of the big blockbuster songs and hits. His first solo album "Proud Words on a Dusty Shelf" was a smash album. After that it got more and more tedious as he found God in his life and his songs were more about praising Jesus and what not. After his Magnum Opus song "The Last Dance" things went rather quiet and sales went down. 3. Roger Hodgson of SUPERTRAMP In Supertramp he wrote brilliant all-time classics like The Logical Song. His first solo album "In the eye of the storm" was a very, very good album with some minor hits. After that came the desastrous "Hai Hai" and after that it took him a long time to come up with "Open the Door" which was finally brilliant again. After that he too semi-retired and is now living off his concerts and old Supertramp hits. 4. Woolly Wolstenholme of BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST in BJH he wrote a lot of hits and his Magnum Opes "Moonwater" is one of the best tracks ever. Going solo his first MAESTOSO Album was really good with some minor hits and very similar in style to BJH. After that his songs became extremely boring with an over-abundant use of Mellotron on lots of tracks, weird instrumentals and boring monologue songs with almost no melody in it. And so the list goes on.... |