QueenZone discussion #612507

<b><font color = "crimson">ThomasQuinn wrote: Looks fake to me.

<font color=green>Bren<font color=orange>ski wrote: and the bass in the picture appears to have FIVE strings

Penetration_Guru wrote: For the uninitiated, bass guitars can gave anything from two strings (Nikki Sixx) to eight strings (Nathan East)
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it was merely an observation on my part - because i didn't relaise they could have an 'odd' number of strings
i've heard of 2/4/6 string bass - but never five - it seemed strange

wstüssyb wrote: Yes, and you are one of the great contributors to this site eh Inu.

wstüssyb wrote: Inu, I didnt make a change to that site, I wanted to, but didnt.

bazmitch wrote: Hi guys. Thank you for the warm welcome to your forum.I have since last night learnt that INU-LIGER has a unique ability to get up peoples noses.So i reckon I can make allowances for his behaviour. I am still playing the bass. I have a covers band named TONGUE and GROOVE, just doing local stuff and having fun. Our drummer has some history too, he is HUGH GRUNDY........ ex ZOMBIES man. I have been amazed at the reaction to my recording being made available.My email inbox is fit to bust. Just like to extend my sincere thanks to JOHN STUART, without whom I would not have known of this recordings existence, let alone own the tape.

kdj2hot wrote: Barry, I would listen to the static or whatever is on the damaged portion of the master lol. Just out of curiosity do you remember the complete setlist?

bazmitch wrote:

kdj2hot wrote: Barry, I would listen to the static or whatever is on the damaged portion of the master lol. Just out of curiosity do you remember the complete setlist?

If my fading memory serves me right the set consisted of these songs; Keep yourself alive Doing alright Liar Great king rat Modern times rock and roll Son and daughter Hangman And of course the rock'n roll medly

<b><font color = "crimson">ThomasQuinn wrote: Barry, I will fullwell understand if you do not recall, but I had another question: Were any songs ever rehearses/performed which we haven't heard about yet? I'm talking mainly about covers, as I think it's unlikely that there was any 'new' material which went unused in the early days, but still. Could you tell us anything about that?

Lisser wrote: This is soooo great you are here!!! Welcome welcome!!!!! Thank you for sharing with us!!!! :)

Two Sharp Pencils wrote:

bazmitch wrote:

kdj2hot wrote: Barry, I would listen to the static or whatever is on the damaged portion of the master lol. Just out of curiosity do you remember the complete setlist?

If my fading memory serves me right the set consisted of these songs; Keep yourself alive Doing alright Liar Great king rat Modern times rock and roll Son and daughter Hangman And of course the rock'n roll medly

Thanks for sharing this with all of us, Barry! Do you remember if songs like The Night Comes Down or Jesus were included in the set at least once? Huge thx!

Wayne Gretzky wrote: Barry - Did you ever play Stone Cold Crazy with the guys? If so, I wonder if it's the same version as heard on the Sheer Heart Attack album or not? Because there are rumours that the "early live" version went a bit slower than the final version.

Serry... wrote: Poor Mr Mitchell - we have so many questions to him :) Mr Mitchell, quick question - did Freddie play something on guitar in those days? Not on lives, but maybe on rehearsals or somewhere else. He said about one million times that he could play only 3 chords, but we still can't believe!

Fenderek wrote: Hallo Barry! It's great to have you here! Quick question- did you guys ever worked on songs that didn't make it to shows or later- albums? Did you ever contribute any songs but they weren't used? Or maybe someone else brought a tune and it wasn't considered good enough to be played? Another one- did you write abass line to "Liar"? If so- man, amazing stuff! :) Thanks Tom

bazmitch wrote:

kdj2hot wrote: Barry, I would listen to the static or whatever is on the damaged portion of the master lol. Just out of curiosity do you remember the complete setlist?

If my fading memory serves me right the set consisted of these songs; Keep yourself alive Doing alright Liar Great king rat Modern times rock and roll Son and daughter Hangman And of course the rock'n roll medly

August R. wrote:

bazmitch wrote:

kdj2hot wrote: Barry, I would listen to the static or whatever is on the damaged portion of the master lol. Just out of curiosity do you remember the complete setlist?

If my fading memory serves me right the set consisted of these songs; Keep yourself alive Doing alright Liar Great king rat Modern times rock and roll Son and daughter Hangman And of course the rock'n roll medly

Doing Alright must have sounded very different in those early days. Without piano it must have been a guitar arranged version closer to the Smile version than the final piano version we can hear on QueenI. Any memories on the developement of that song, Mr. Mitchell?

Serry... wrote: Thanks for the answer, Mr Mitchell! I'm curious about if you've ever met with John Deacon... Well, thanks again, it's fantastic to have you on the board! :)

Serry... wrote: And thank you again! Another question (last one for today and for tommorow, I promise :)) by Serry is: what kind of bass you've used in those years? Rickenbacker, Fender, something other?

<font color=#CC0066>Somebody To Love Me wrote: It's very nice to have you on the boards Barry, and this recording is something I'd like to have too. This is the kind of discussion Queenzone should have more often...

Fenderek wrote: Thanks! One more for now (if it's not annoying :) ) Do you recall tunes "Silver Salmon", "Polar Bear" and "Mad The Swine"? Did you guys ever played them live? It seems logical that when a new band wrote something- it was tried with the audience... And we know absolutely nothing on those ever being played... Thanks in advance!

Bohardy wrote: Hi Barry, and once again welcome to the boards, and thanks for tolerating our incessant questions. It truly is great to have you here like this. I was wondering if you ever sang harmonies in any of the gigs? We all know that John nearly always had a mic, but very rarely utilised it. But were you more confident in your vocal abilities, and therefore part of a unique 4-part harmony live chorus? If so, were there any particular songs that were particularly challenging or memorable for you in this respect? Thanks in advance.

[ Wybren™ ] wrote: Very nice to have you here Mr Mitchell! I hope you don't mind asking this question: Why did you leave Queen? Did they ask you to tour with them in 2005? Thank you for being so kind to us!

bazmitch wrote: Hi Thomas, I think that all the covers that we ever performed are well known. Freddie just loved all the old rock'n roll stuff. But the most memorable covers for me, we never performed in any shows. We had a rehearsal at Imperial College on 18th September 1970, the day Jimi died.We were all so stunned that Jimi had gone, we all loved him so much. I think we tried to run through some of our own material, but our hearts weren't in it. It was Freddie who suggested we do a tribute to the man.So we played Jimi's songs through to the end of the rehearsal.Voodoo chile,Foxy lady,Purple haze and maybe StoneFree.Just one long jam, it was memorable, made all the more so because he died less than a mile from where we were rehearsing. It is a shame that there was no tape machine running that night. They are the only covers that I can recall never performing. I hope this is of interest to you. Best wishes. Barry

Penetration_Guru wrote: I too wonder what Dark said, although I'm not in the slightest suprised that he nearly ruined it for everyone. I am a little surprised that he hasn't played the disability card to get him off the hook again.