Now it would have been great to see, but alas, all we'll ever get is Rog and Brian with a stand-in bass player and a line-up of second rate singers.
But if u had your chance to give the boys a setlist, what would u have on it? I'll start with a fully acoustic version of Innuendo....
Queen were supposed to do an Unplugged show on MTV or something here some years ago. But it never happened. I would love to see it. I'd like to see them start with Innuendo, that'd be interesting.
I'd love to see that...
Like you mentioned, Innuendo would work, but I think Headlong and I Can't Live With You could sound great, if given the acoustic Tie Your Mother Down/Hammer To Fall treatment.
Adam Baboolal wrote: Yes, it was around the week of Sept 11th that it was to be recorded. And of course they cancelled when that day happened.
Peace,
Adam.
That's what I thought, though I was under the impression that it was for entirely different purposes. Although it was supposed to filmed in New York City.
It was postponed because a number of singers that had approached were unavailable at the time they needed. I think the plan was to do several seperate tapings to avoid schedules clashes, and I think the Foo Fighters were going to be involved also. It was going to be based on their earlier material.
Farlander wrote: I'd like to hear "Who Needs You," in an unplugged special.
I think that would be an excellent choice - and on a related note, wouldn't "My Melancholy Blues" have been brilliant. Freddie on the piano, John on bass and an audience of fifty people. I can almost see it.....
I thought the Storytellers gig (whatever it is) was postponed/cancelled because Foo Fighters were on drugs or something.
Anyway, Queen were so good because of all the harmonies and guitar layers. An unplugged concert would never be half as good as a "real" rock concert.
I'm think you're right Fox Mulder, .... euh mr. Scully. But the acoustic sessions (Love of My life, Is This The World We Created for example) during the concerts where also great.
foo fighters on drugs? not all of them.......but this would have been right around when Taylor Hawkins was either heaviest into drugs, or in rehab.....don't remember which, but the point is he would have been unavailable, and as he's the Queen fanatic of the group, it just wouldn't have been right for Foo Fighters to lend a hand with someone else on drums (Dave?).
at least, that's my take on it.....
So let's try again.....removing the fact that the Foo Fighters may or may not have been on drugs - what other songs would have been worth hearing a-cow-stick-ly?
i think it would've been really fun to see them bring out John for a special appearance, and see him either step up to an upright bass, or, more likely, strap on an acoustic 4-string, and hear them run through AOBTD and UP unplugged. those two songs could take some very interesting turns in the acoustic arena (so to speak).
Unplugged stuff really sucks!!!
I hate what Brian did to Hammer To Fall and I REALLY hate what he did to Driven By You for the Another World tour. That was simply tragic.
I've been thinking about how great it would sound if Son & Daughter got the acoustic Tie Your Mother Down treatment (done in a similar way to how Brian did it on his Another World vh1 live thingy).
Might sound cool.
BackToHuman wrote: foo fighters on drugs? not all of them.......but this would have been right around when Taylor Hawkins was either heaviest into drugs, or in rehab.....don't remember which, but the point is he would have been unavailable, and as he's the Queen fanatic of the group, it just wouldn't have been right for Foo Fighters to lend a hand with someone else on drums (Dave?).
at least, that's my take on it.....
Ding ding ding - that's correct. It was supposed to be done in conjunction with Dave and Taylor from Foo Fighters, and when Taylor OD'd and was comatose for a few days in the UK, the whole thing went into hiatus and it just never happened. Everybody had moved on by the time Taylor was better. Yet another Queen-related project that was announced and then quietly never mentioned again.
And obviously whatever it would have looked like, it would have been "Brian and Roger, a stand-in bass player and a bunch of second rate singers" or however it was so optimistically put earlier in the thread. Obviously some people would rather see nothing happen rather than see something that didn't specifically satisfy their expectations. You don't get many happy surprises that way though.