[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color=green>Bren<font color=orange>ski wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Drowse1 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]A mate of mine mixed me a Queen album with songs overlapping each other or segments playing together & it was excellent. But it wasn't the real thing. And the Beatles thing sounded like a cash in to me altho I admit I haven't heard it.[/QUOTE]
as a long-time beatles fan i had doubts about it....but i remember posting some time ago on here...saying how refreshing it was...i think the whole thing was a genuine labout of "love" and not the cash-in some suspect.
Having Giles Martin and his dad (George) - original beatles knob-twiddler involved in production actually made these songs gain a new dimension. One final point - i know some people think messing with originals is heresy - but surely the fan mixes and mashups that are so commonplace now are nothing more than "love" ?
Octopus' Garden sounds fantastic when played at full volume. The elements from Yellow submarine and Goodnight really work well in the song[/QUOTE]
I would have to agree with you Brenski. I too am a huge beatles fan, and such things are always rough territory when playing around with such beloved and cherished music.
But it was indeed something that Giles and George put alot of time and sweat into, and you can tell. It's very well put together and puts a new spin on old classics.
Although it doesnt please everyone, tahts alright, they took a huge risk. But it is an awesome and fresh thing for the ears. But isn't that that truth for any album really? And the Beatles were always looking for new sounds to create for albums (if anyone gets the chance to get a hold of GUITAR WORLD MAGAZINES SGT PEPPERS 40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION tells all about the technical aspects and how their engineer Geoff Emerick achieved such sounds) that they too would give it a go.
I do believe however that if some other person randomly did it, other than the Martin family, it could have been a disaster, because the Martin's were the closest to the Beatles and had an ear for what would work and what they would appreciate.
So I would have to say the same should a QUEEN "Love-esque" album ever surface. I would hope the right people would be involved, some risk taken, but done right like the LOVE album itself, I think I would give it a go.
However, it SHOULD NOT be simply a mish mosh of just their greatest hits sloppyily thrown together, THAT would be most definatly a Christmas cash in. *cough*Stonecoldcrazyhits*cough*
Edit: Of course you couldnt do the album without the greatest hits, but having some of the more obscure things like B-sides and other album songs should be included, not only the greatest hits. Its been done. And Fan mixes sometimes come out pretty sweet, but thats because they have an ear for the music.
Thread
Posts in chronological order
Crappy idea.
Well I don't know how many of you had actually a chance to hear the whole "Love" thing in the 5.1 glory, but anyway I think it REALLY worked in some places, specially when they mashed up all over the track.
For example, you have to listen what is done with the "Mr. Kite" and the "Drive My Car" suites. For me it really worked. The boring parts on this album is when they decided to keep the original tracks =P
As for trying something similar with the Queen reportoire, I had to listen to judge it first.
For example, you have to listen what is done with the "Mr. Kite" and the "Drive My Car" suites. For me it really worked. The boring parts on this album is when they decided to keep the original tracks =P
As for trying something similar with the Queen reportoire, I had to listen to judge it first.
Sorry guys, what i do not want to see is yet another compilation of existing tracks, especially like the Love album, taking tracks and reworking them.Some of the songs were ok while others simply did not work.
What we all want to see is the long awaited box sets with the unreleased stuff and better sounding songs that are currently doing the rounds such as Robbery and Self Made Man.
What we all want to see is the long awaited box sets with the unreleased stuff and better sounding songs that are currently doing the rounds such as Robbery and Self Made Man.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]DARREN1977 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
What we all want to see is the long awaited box sets with the unreleased stuff and better sounding songs that are currently doing the rounds such as Robbery and Self Made Man.[/QUOTE]
Well I agree with this part of it most definatly.
I'd rather get my box anthology/unreleased stuff before they try anything like this.
But we all know hell will probably freeze over first...
In the meantime, I will satiate my hunger for amazing new music with Macca's new album coming out tomorrow...
What we all want to see is the long awaited box sets with the unreleased stuff and better sounding songs that are currently doing the rounds such as Robbery and Self Made Man.[/QUOTE]
Well I agree with this part of it most definatly.
I'd rather get my box anthology/unreleased stuff before they try anything like this.
But we all know hell will probably freeze over first...
In the meantime, I will satiate my hunger for amazing new music with Macca's new album coming out tomorrow...