Maybe I'm the only one who hears it this way, but... Don't you think those songs come from pretty much similar idea...? Just like "Feel Like" leads to "Under Pressure", but doesn't sound too much like it... Don't you think those two come from the same kind of place, that musically they are somehow connected...? (not by the fact that both are done by the same band, of course:) ) Or maybe it's just me, I don't know....
"Don't you think those two come from the same kind of place"
Nah I doubt it. Hangman was played in the early 70s. Dog with a Bone was recorded in 1989, So i doubt anyone remembered Hangman 16 years later
I know they were ages apart timewise, but... It's more about coming from similar way of thinking- similar way of writing a song... Sometimes ppl do copy themselves, not intentionally... I'm not saying Dog With A Bone is re-done Dog With A Bone- I just hear some resemblance, that's all...
it's just style - that's all
but you could do that with most queen songs
(take JD's early writing - if we must) misfire/you and i even need your loving tonight - very similar feel
i think a lot of musicians like writing to a similar style - they find a formula and stick with it
STL/let me live?
Fenderek: Here is a copy a a reply in the "...debut album" thread.
EddieVanHalen: Sorry to disagree, but I think "Dog With A Bone" comes from a much later period, and I also believe it was especially written for the fans attending one of the mid 1980 Queen conventions.
I may be mistaken about the last point, but, perhaps someone who was there could clarify that for us. (Certainly, that's where the bootleg copies come from).
Another common problem Eddie is that it all depends upon the source material you are listening to. The closer to the master - the better the quality - and a myriad of things can corrupt inbetween.
I also have to agree with Adam, that it could be a retro rather than a genuine sound. For example, the Tom Hanks movie "That Thing You Do" was based around a 1960's pastiche written in the late 1990's.
Finally: Have you ever thought that this track was re-cycled? That is you may be partially correct in that some genuine bits of "Hangman" were later reused to create a new track - A sort of "Hangman" revisited? (Again, perhaps Seb would be the one to ask here). I know that during another mid-1980's convention, the members of Queen delivered a personal messages to their fans over the "Invisible Man" instrumental track. Not exactly a remix, but good solid evidence to support a re-cycling theory.
Of course, if that re-cycling theory was demonstrated to be correct, it would mean that Queen "then" had the "Hangman" masters at their disposal (or else how could they recycle?), but, that was before the "great plane robbery" (do you think that's what inspired the unreleased track?) so God only knows if it exists still.
Sorry Eddie, I would love to give you a better or more definitive answer, but this is the best I can do.
PS: I have already answered this post. It is on page 5 of this thread.
PPS: Why the obsession with "Dog With A Bone" and "Hangman"?