[QUOTE][QUOTENAME].*.Messenger: Jake Pyndle.*. wrote: [/QUOTENAME]BARCELONA! That album is great. I'm never ashamed to play that album in public, and I'm sure many Queen fans are. [/QUOTE]
Perhaps you can help me here.
I'm trying to think of a scenario that I would be placed in where I would be compelled to play any music in a public place. Maybe tomorrow, I'll walk into a crowded area in my neighborhood, sit down with a ghettoblaster, and play Barcelona from start to finish. Keep in mind this is northeast Philadelphia, so I'm bound to get some looks.
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But, oooooooh, what a magic moment that would be!
If you decide to do that, please bring along a small film crew?
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Lester Burnham wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME].*.Messenger: Jake Pyndle.*. wrote: [/QUOTENAME]BARCELONA! That album is great. I'm never ashamed to play that album in public, and I'm sure many Queen fans are. [/QUOTE]
Perhaps you can help me here.
I'm trying to think of a scenario that I would be placed in where I would be compelled to play any music in a public place. Maybe tomorrow, I'll walk into a crowded area in my neighborhood, sit down with a ghettoblaster, and play Barcelona from start to finish. Keep in mind this is northeast Philadelphia, so I'm bound to get some looks.[/QUOTE]
If you decide to do that, please bring along a small film crew?
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Lester Burnham wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME].*.Messenger: Jake Pyndle.*. wrote: [/QUOTENAME]BARCELONA! That album is great. I'm never ashamed to play that album in public, and I'm sure many Queen fans are. [/QUOTE]
Perhaps you can help me here.
I'm trying to think of a scenario that I would be placed in where I would be compelled to play any music in a public place. Maybe tomorrow, I'll walk into a crowded area in my neighborhood, sit down with a ghettoblaster, and play Barcelona from start to finish. Keep in mind this is northeast Philadelphia, so I'm bound to get some looks.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Lester Burnham wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Maybe tomorrow, I'll walk into a crowded area in my neighborhood, sit down with a ghettoblaster, and play Barcelona from start to finish. Keep in mind this is northeast Philadelphia, so I'm bound to get some looks.[/QUOTE]
Maybe you could throw down some cardboard and start breakdancing to The Fallen Priest!
Maybe you could throw down some cardboard and start breakdancing to The Fallen Priest!
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Dusta wrote: [/QUOTENAME]But, oooooooh, what a magic moment that would be!
If you decide to do that, please bring along a small film crew?[/QUOTE]
Oh, don't you worry, I'm sure someone will capture it on their phone and put it on YouTube.
Incidentally, a friend and I are always joking that we should have a film crew following us around wherever we go. I might have to look into that a little more seriously.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Erin wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Maybe you could throw down some cardboard and start breakdancing to The Fallen Priest![/QUOTE]
This is brilliant. I now have my day fully mapped out!
If you decide to do that, please bring along a small film crew?[/QUOTE]
Oh, don't you worry, I'm sure someone will capture it on their phone and put it on YouTube.
Incidentally, a friend and I are always joking that we should have a film crew following us around wherever we go. I might have to look into that a little more seriously.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Erin wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Maybe you could throw down some cardboard and start breakdancing to The Fallen Priest![/QUOTE]
This is brilliant. I now have my day fully mapped out!
BARCELONAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ooooooooh, what a show that would be!! My pulse is racing with excitement!! MUST hire film crew![QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Erin wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Lester Burnham wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Maybe tomorrow, I'll walk into a crowded area in my neighborhood, sit down with a ghettoblaster, and play Barcelona from start to finish. Keep in mind this is northeast Philadelphia, so I'm bound to get some looks.[/QUOTE]
Maybe you could throw down some cardboard and start breakdancing to The Fallen Priest![/QUOTE]
Maybe you could throw down some cardboard and start breakdancing to The Fallen Priest![/QUOTE]
Odd, I'm obsessed with people who are sick of Freddie Mercury.
im not obsessed but he and john were very important. brian was good back then but too bad he turned into a bitch nowdays. roger is the same. they were good backthen (freddie and john the most)
I do believe I'm an exception because I am both the Queen fan AND the Freddie Mercury obsessive. I'm 19 years old and Freddie is my #1 role model, I think he was the most talented person to ever live and I love his personality and his looks, and just everything about him. He's taught me so much and I love him both as a person and as a singer and musician.
However, I'm also head over heels in love with Queen as a band- and with Roger, Brian, and John individually. I love their solo work (Brian and Roger's), I think they're all extremely talented and brilliant people and I would never call them jealous of Freddie or anything. They are incredible people who all contributed amazing things to an amazing band. Queen is not Queen without any one of them. I'd never call Freddie the "leader of the band" because he said himself that he's not, he was just the lead singer. And despite how much I love him, of course I know that Brian, Roger, and John were just as important to Queen as Freddie was.
However, I'm also head over heels in love with Queen as a band- and with Roger, Brian, and John individually. I love their solo work (Brian and Roger's), I think they're all extremely talented and brilliant people and I would never call them jealous of Freddie or anything. They are incredible people who all contributed amazing things to an amazing band. Queen is not Queen without any one of them. I'd never call Freddie the "leader of the band" because he said himself that he's not, he was just the lead singer. And despite how much I love him, of course I know that Brian, Roger, and John were just as important to Queen as Freddie was.
Agreed. I'm a Queen fan.
Somebody might kill me, But I think Freddie's solo stuff is a crock of shit compared to Queen I-Jazz.
Somebody might kill me, But I think Freddie's solo stuff is a crock of shit compared to Queen I-Jazz.
Yeah, Freddie's no Ronnie Pickering.
I like Freddie's discography, even is hard to listen the production of Mr. Bad Guy, I think is a good album behind that. Also some records from Roger (the first two, and the last two from The Cross) and Brian (Another World).
I'm a Queen fan, I think they were a team, and together, they gave the best. Four visions who helped to create a unique universe.
Of course, I love other music. Being thinking only in one band, or one person, is like eat the same thing every day. There are more ambrosia in music....I can hear Queen and next time Serge Gainsbourg or Manic Street Preachers....You can have a favorite band or singer, but there are a lot of things out there.
I'm a Queen fan, I think they were a team, and together, they gave the best. Four visions who helped to create a unique universe.
Of course, I love other music. Being thinking only in one band, or one person, is like eat the same thing every day. There are more ambrosia in music....I can hear Queen and next time Serge Gainsbourg or Manic Street Preachers....You can have a favorite band or singer, but there are a lot of things out there.
Actually, I think the answer to this topic is very simple. All of the guys are amazing musicians, and all of them contribute to make the 'Queen' sound.
BUT, Freddie has that something special - that 'star quality' that the others just don't have. It is what makes millions adore him. It is what makes him the face of Queen. Of course, dying young has added to the legend, but he made audiences eat out of his palm while he was alive. Unfortunately, as good as the others are musically, they just don't have 'it'!
So, it is not just the dying young part that made him a star. He was always one!
BUT, Freddie has that something special - that 'star quality' that the others just don't have. It is what makes millions adore him. It is what makes him the face of Queen. Of course, dying young has added to the legend, but he made audiences eat out of his palm while he was alive. Unfortunately, as good as the others are musically, they just don't have 'it'!
So, it is not just the dying young part that made him a star. He was always one!
At the end of the day, there's not enough solo material from Freddie to make an in-depth judgement. His only solo album happened to have taken place at the time when he was at the peak of the disco and minimalist influence. Had he had a solo album ten years prior, it might have sounded a lot differently. Better? Worse? We'll never ever know.
Likewise, Roger, John and Brian (and David, Josh and Justin) had about three years to re-arrange and re-record those two songs, so of course they'd sound better. Not only had they got more time, but also more money, more technology and the benefit of experience. And the hardest part of all (actually writing those songs) had already been done, as well as the piano and vocal recordings, so they had a lot to work on. To think or imply they were better arrangers than Freddie under those circumstances is completely unfair.
What if we decide to judge Brian's entire songwriting ability based on, say, 'Dancer' or 'I'm Scared'? Good songs they certainly are, but nowhere near as good as, well, probably about fifty other pieces that he wrote.
Likewise, Roger, John and Brian (and David, Josh and Justin) had about three years to re-arrange and re-record those two songs, so of course they'd sound better. Not only had they got more time, but also more money, more technology and the benefit of experience. And the hardest part of all (actually writing those songs) had already been done, as well as the piano and vocal recordings, so they had a lot to work on. To think or imply they were better arrangers than Freddie under those circumstances is completely unfair.
What if we decide to judge Brian's entire songwriting ability based on, say, 'Dancer' or 'I'm Scared'? Good songs they certainly are, but nowhere near as good as, well, probably about fifty other pieces that he wrote.
Freddie wrote some of the group's best stuff, but what he does solo seems more for the main crowd rather than from his heart.
Some stuff drom barcelona does interest me, however.
Some stuff drom barcelona does interest me, however.