| Deaky_boy 28.08.2005 12:20 |
im just wondering why tie your mother down wasnt on queens greatest hits cd. in a queen magazine i have it was voted the 10th best queen song and i think it should be better. I was a bit dissapointed by it. it could have replaced many of the songs on their. but overall the cd is great and i was just wondering if u agree with me. |
| Maz 28.08.2005 12:21 |
The band's rule was all GH material had to be Top 30 hits and TYMD wasn't a big enough chart success. |
| Serry... 28.08.2005 12:32 |
Lack of space was one of the reasons too. Spread Your Wings wasn't neither. |
| John S Stuart 28.08.2005 12:43 |
Q: "why was'nt tie your mother down on GH" Reasonable guess: It was NOT a "GH" ! Correct Answer: It was NOT a "GH" ! |
| Serry... 28.08.2005 13:20 |
But on other hand: Las Palabras De Amor reached #17, Slightly Mad and The Miracle were in Top-30 only, but... The Show Must Go On was released two weeks before GHII and no-one could say if it's gonna be a huge hit (and it spent only two weeks in Top-20), but it's on GHII |
| gazfred 28.08.2005 14:08 |
plus the show must go on is freddies farewell it had2 be on gh2 i would have put tymd on gh3 along with spread your wings. however a more important question is why wasnt a winters tale on gh3? its the last song freddie wrote and it got to number 6 higher than aobtd,fbg/br, ymbf, dsmn, sm, nih, goflb, ptg,flash, ssor, breakthru,wwtlf,headlong, the miracle, igsm, tim, htf, fwbf,tsmgo, ov, tmlwky,ydfm, lpda, lml,and noby all of which are on the gh albums |
| Lord Blackadder 28.08.2005 14:14 |
Alex Solan wrote:EVERYTHING on GH I&II was a greatest hit. Queen were the first band ever to release 2 genuine GH albums with seperate material (that's what I read anyways)Serry... wrote: ...The Show Must Go On was released two weeks before GHII and no-one could say if it's gonna be a huge hit (and it spent only two weeks in Top-20), but it's on GHIIGH2 it's closer to what I said before. It is more like a bunch of released singles than Top 10/20/30 hits. |
| The Real Wizard 28.08.2005 16:19 |
Lord Blackadder wrote: Queen were the first band ever to release 2 genuine GH albums with seperate material (that's what I read anyways)The Beatles released the double red and double blue albums in 1973. I think those were all singles, and since it's the Beatles, they were all hits. |
| Ale_Pisa 28.08.2005 22:05 |
Dear friend, TYMD and SYW are on Greatest Hits I!!!!!!!!! The very first issue of the GH1 is different from country to country!!!!! If I remember well TYMD and SYW are in the German one instead of SSOR!!!! In South America there's LOML instead SSOR and so on, in North America there's different tracks to the Europe GH1!!!! |
| Serry... 29.08.2005 06:39 |
We're talking only about UK versions. |
| sbazb 29.08.2005 16:12 |
Can any Queen fans in the know tell me more about the differing releases of Greatest Hits from country to country. Tracklistings, chart positions etc. Cheers Steve |
| gazfred 29.08.2005 16:31 |
incidently the blue and red beatles albums do not just include singles. not being nit picking just thought id say |
| AlexRocks 29.08.2005 16:36 |
It was on a greatest hits l.p. It was on "Classic Queen". I know this because I am better than everyone else. :P |
| gazfred 29.08.2005 16:58 |
can i just clarify that when people say greatest hits they probably mean the albums encompassed in the silver platinum collection. |
| Winter Land Man 29.08.2005 17:40 |
Serry... wrote: But on other hand: Las Palabras De Amor reached #17, Slightly Mad and The Miracle were in Top-30 only, but... The Show Must Go On was released two weeks before GHII and no-one could say if it's gonna be a huge hit (and it spent only two weeks in Top-20), but it's on GHIIWell remember, Greatest Hits had "Under Pressure" which didn't chart yet. Most Greatest Hits albums have a new single on them. Also, I'm Going Slightly Mad was a #1 hit in Hong Kong. |
| Winter Land Man 29.08.2005 17:42 |
Serry... wrote: We're talking only about UK versions.Fuck that dinkweed, there is more to Queen than the UK... here in the US, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Africa, we all love Queen. BIG BAND! And fuck it again deary, because the owner of this site is Australian, if you want to go into specifics, you go by his location, not your location, dinkweed. |
| The Real Wizard 29.08.2005 18:10 |
gazfred wrote: incidently the blue and red beatles albums do not just include singles. not being nit picking just thought id sayHmm, interesting. I checked out a Beatles discography, and you're right, many of the tracks weren't singles. Then it may indeed be true that Queen was the first band to release two unique GH albums. Can anyone state this for certain? |
| Winter Land Man 29.08.2005 18:14 |
<b><font color = "crimson">ThomasQuinn wrote:Listen you overgrown virgin, there's no need to leave people out. And as for the first year, with the single, Keep Yourself Alive, it was a bit more popular in the USA than the UK.Messenger Of Leah wrote:Listen, you impolite fuckhead. Queen was an English band, Queen's first releases were English, thus, England is used as a standard. If you can't cope with that, you can at least be more polite. If you can't, go play Russian Roulette...by yourself.Serry... wrote: We're talking only about UK versions.Fuck that dinkweed, there is more to Queen than the UK... here in the US, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Africa, we all love Queen. BIG BAND! And fuck it again deary, because the owner of this site is Australian, if you want to go into specifics, you go by his location, not your location, dinkweed. And sadly, girl, the poster of this topic, is North American. So back off cunt stain. His was more North American than European. |
| Serry... 30.08.2005 07:51 |
You're the second one who thinks that I'm from England... Perhaps my English is good enough for a new trip to Britain! |
| Fenderek 30.08.2005 07:58 |
Serry... wrote: You're the second one who thinks that I'm from England... Perhaps my English is good enough for a new trip to Britain!Man- many ppl in Britain can't speak their own language- you'd do really fine. Many of them when they hear 3rd conditional, they think you made a mistake... Or maybe it's just the place I work, I dunno :) And believe me- your English is really good. |
| Serry... 30.08.2005 08:06 |
Thanks, Fenderek! |
| Serry... 30.08.2005 14:33 |
Thanks, Caspar! |
| gazfred 30.08.2005 15:19 |
queen were the first band to have 2 seperate greatest hits and the first to have these albums sell over a million copies each |
| The Deaky 06.10.2005 17:38 |
tymd live at the bowl vesioin was on hits one wwry edition |
| Winter Land Man 07.10.2005 05:38 |
Serry... wrote: But on other hand: Las Palabras De Amor reached #17, Slightly Mad and The Miracle were in Top-30 only, but... The Show Must Go On was released two weeks before GHII and no-one could say if it's gonna be a huge hit (and it spent only two weeks in Top-20), but it's on GHIIOn Greatest Hits, a single that has not been released is usually on the album to promote it. Under Pressure was the case when 'Greatest Hits' came out! |
| Serry... 07.10.2005 08:31 |
Under Pressure is not on GH. UP is on GH2. I'm talking only about UK versions of albums. Then TSMGO is on GH2. Imagine if it's reached # 75 in the charts and it'd be on Greatest Hits album, yeah?... And I don't think you can promote album with the single what wasn't successful (I don't mean UP or TSMGO) - but how on the Earth you can say if it's gonna have some success or not? It's like promote GH with re-release of LOMO from LK, which is failed in the charts. |
| Sebastian 07.10.2005 09:51 |
The "Queen as a first band releasing actual hits in the GH" legend seems to be more correct than I thought: Eagles' GH was the first platinnum album ever and all of their tracks were top 20s in Yankland EXCEPT Desperado, which only became famous after being squeezed in the Greatest Hits (as if, say, KYA had been put on Queen's GH). Still it's possible that another band (the Bee Gees for instance) released a compilation full of actual hits previously. It's hard to confirm but not impossible since there've been relatively few acts with enough top 30s to make an album. |
| john bodega 08.10.2005 04:18 |
Meh. The only band with that many number ones is The Beatles. It's impressive that they had enough to fill a whole album, but even better was that most of the songs were really good too! |
| Winter Land Man 08.10.2005 06:25 |
Serry... wrote: Under Pressure is not on GH. UP is on GH2. I'm talking only about UK versions of albums. Then TSMGO is on GH2. Imagine if it's reached # 75 in the charts and it'd be on Greatest Hits album, yeah?... And I don't think you can promote album with the single what wasn't successful (I don't mean UP or TSMGO) - but how on the Earth you can say if it's gonna have some success or not? It's like promote GH with re-release of LOMO from LK, which is failed in the charts.Maybe so, but The Show Must Go On was at #16 right? And how often does Queen put out a bad charting single in the UK? |
| Rockyuk 08.10.2005 11:35 |
Personally id have gotten rid of that version of Another One Bites the Dust with that prat rapping all over it and spoiling it (GH3), and stuck Tie Your Mother Down on it instead. |
| Serry... 08.10.2005 13:12 |
Messenger Of Leah wrote: And how often does Queen put out a bad charting single in the UK?Depends on what do you mean by "a bad charting single"... In my opinion - # 16 for such song like TSMGO is a bad charting position. |
| kdj2hot 08.10.2005 22:15 |
Queen certainly pioneered putting a new song on the GH album, since Under Pressure was a Greatest Hits track before it appeared on Hot Space (Thank them for all the sub par filler crap tacked on GH albums that came afterwards lol)... wait since Under Pressure wasnt technically a hit when put on the album you can't say every song selected was a top 20 hit. |
| great king rat 1138 10.10.2005 07:16 |
Fenderek wrote:You're right there tom! Serry speaks much better english than me. But then again, I am from the Black Country, so I'm at a disadvantage straight away!Serry... wrote: You're the second one who thinks that I'm from England... Perhaps my English is good enough for a new trip to Britain!Man- many ppl in Britain can't speak their own language- you'd do really fine. Many of them when they hear 3rd conditional, they think you made a mistake... Or maybe it's just the place I work, I dunno :) And believe me- your English is really good. |
| lozitopj 13.10.2005 20:44 |
Here in America, TYMD was released on the Classic Queen Compilation. Take care!!!! |
| inu-liger 13.10.2005 21:47 |
Can I point out that KYA was a hit in Japan and parts of New England? |
| akindofmagic 14.10.2005 01:01 |
Tie Your Mother down, Love of my life(specialy those 2),Spread your Wings and '39 are obviously missed on GH1 or....GH3. On the first one there were too many hit,the vinyl record had limited size and they wanted to have 17 songs... but on GH3 i really don't know why those songs weren-t included(along with Winter's Tale) . Intead of re-recorded versions of songs already on other albums(such as AOBTD with Wyclef Jean, SMGO With Elton, STL with George Michael, and the rah mix of under pressure,althought spectacular) or Great Pretender, althought a great song, it was not created by any Queen member. Princes of the Universe haven-t Hit any Chart,besides the 'Immortals Tv Series', or what name it was.. |