[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Micrówave wrote: [/QUOTENAME]What a boring thread.
What a boring bunch of fans.[/QUOTE]
You know what's really boring? "Fans" like you that buy into an outfit called Queen carrying on without the unique Freddie Mercury.
No, he's not coming back, and they're no use trying to replace him, no matter how good a singer the replacement is.
That Paul Rodgers really tears up a stage like the old Queen. What a frontman....
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[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Micrówave wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
Or maybe you guys could meet at Denny's on every other Thursday and discuss which direction they should steer their music careers and what they should call themselves.[/QUOTE]
Or maybe you could sit around and try to convince yourselves that the artwork for "Cosmos Rocks" and "Rocks Montreal" are so 2008.....
Or maybe you guys could meet at Denny's on every other Thursday and discuss which direction they should steer their music careers and what they should call themselves.[/QUOTE]
Or maybe you could sit around and try to convince yourselves that the artwork for "Cosmos Rocks" and "Rocks Montreal" are so 2008.....
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Ken8 wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Micrówave wrote: [/QUOTENAME]What a boring thread.
What a boring bunch of fans.[/QUOTE]
You know what's really boring? "Fans" like you that buy into an outfit called Queen carrying on without the unique Freddie Mercury.
No, he's not coming back, and they're no use trying to replace him, no matter how good a singer the replacement is.
That Paul Rodgers really tears up a stage like the old Queen. What a frontman....[/QUOTE]'
Ken8...you are a wise man!
What a boring bunch of fans.[/QUOTE]
You know what's really boring? "Fans" like you that buy into an outfit called Queen carrying on without the unique Freddie Mercury.
No, he's not coming back, and they're no use trying to replace him, no matter how good a singer the replacement is.
That Paul Rodgers really tears up a stage like the old Queen. What a frontman....[/QUOTE]'
Ken8...you are a wise man!
I always find it amusing when the twats crawl out of the woodwork they do the strangest thing.
They insist that this could never be Queen while at the same time insist that Q+PR IS Queen, albeit a lesser version of it that's only worthy of ridicule.
Even though everybody else has moved on and accepted this is a completely different project, the twats constantly pull up the past while saying you can never go back.
Very strange indeed.
They insist that this could never be Queen while at the same time insist that Q+PR IS Queen, albeit a lesser version of it that's only worthy of ridicule.
Even though everybody else has moved on and accepted this is a completely different project, the twats constantly pull up the past while saying you can never go back.
Very strange indeed.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Ken8 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Or maybe you could sit around and try to convince yourselves that the artwork for "Cosmos Rocks" and "Rocks Montreal" are so 2008.....[/QUOTE]
Oh yes, I sit around worried about the artwork.
Are you kidding me Ken8? I'm sure you are really Roger Dean posting on here, right? You know what made AC/DC? The artwork for Back in Black... not the music. You bet.
How did Metallica sell all those albums that contained the Stone Cold Crazy cover? Oh yes, it must have been the album cover. The plain black album cover. That makes a band. That gives them justice.
Oh yes, I sit around worried about the artwork.
Are you kidding me Ken8? I'm sure you are really Roger Dean posting on here, right? You know what made AC/DC? The artwork for Back in Black... not the music. You bet.
How did Metallica sell all those albums that contained the Stone Cold Crazy cover? Oh yes, it must have been the album cover. The plain black album cover. That makes a band. That gives them justice.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]goinback wrote: [/QUOTENAME] and they seem to be taking a RIDICULOUSLY half-assed approach in everything marketing-wise.[/QUOTE]
Really?
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]J7 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
I purchased both and the total was.. well, it looks like this:
4/1/2008 VISA CHECK CARD PURCHASE QUEEN ONLINE STORE DOM GB $35.76
Anyway, that's a heck of a lot of money so I hope it's worth it. I'm thinking I'd have been better off just doing the album club for about $4 and buying the regular CD on the date for $10. *sigh*
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Your thoughts now?
What would you have them do instead? Don't just hurl insults. Have an intellegent retort. How would you market them?
You see the promotion of an album does more for sales than a frickin' album cover. And from what I've seen so far, they're promoting the hell out of it.
Really?
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]J7 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
I purchased both and the total was.. well, it looks like this:
4/1/2008 VISA CHECK CARD PURCHASE QUEEN ONLINE STORE DOM GB $35.76
Anyway, that's a heck of a lot of money so I hope it's worth it. I'm thinking I'd have been better off just doing the album club for about $4 and buying the regular CD on the date for $10. *sigh*
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Your thoughts now?
What would you have them do instead? Don't just hurl insults. Have an intellegent retort. How would you market them?
You see the promotion of an album does more for sales than a frickin' album cover. And from what I've seen so far, they're promoting the hell out of it.
I already told you, I'd have them NOT design covers in Microsoft Paint 1.1.
Everyone remembers the album cover years later, it's more important than the marketing campaign. Do you remember the album cover for Queen II or the marketing campaign behind the album or how much it sold? Whether the album sold a lot at the time isn't necessarily important, it's the ongoing impact the image has on the band. If you market yourself as cheap, then you may sell a lot of albums temporarily but it won't have a long-term effect.
Album sales aren't as important as an ongoing image. Image used to be something Queen took very seriously.
Everyone remembers the album cover years later, it's more important than the marketing campaign. Do you remember the album cover for Queen II or the marketing campaign behind the album or how much it sold? Whether the album sold a lot at the time isn't necessarily important, it's the ongoing impact the image has on the band. If you market yourself as cheap, then you may sell a lot of albums temporarily but it won't have a long-term effect.
Album sales aren't as important as an ongoing image. Image used to be something Queen took very seriously.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Micrówave wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Ken8 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Or maybe you could sit around and try to convince yourselves that the artwork for "Cosmos Rocks" and "Rocks Montreal" are so 2008.....[/QUOTE]
Oh yes, I sit around worried about the artwork.
Are you kidding me Ken8? I'm sure you are really Roger Dean posting on here, right? You know what made AC/DC? The artwork for Back in Black... not the music. You bet.
How did Metallica sell all those albums that contained the Stone Cold Crazy cover? Oh yes, it must have been the album cover. The plain black album cover. That makes a band. That gives them justice.[/QUOTE]
Back In Black/Metallica had very stylish album covers actually...when you saw them in a store they stood out and you immediately thought the band was "cool".
The album cover is the most important thing next to the music, because the whole package is a work of art...can you imagine Dark Side Of The Moon without the prism?!?
Oh yes, I sit around worried about the artwork.
Are you kidding me Ken8? I'm sure you are really Roger Dean posting on here, right? You know what made AC/DC? The artwork for Back in Black... not the music. You bet.
How did Metallica sell all those albums that contained the Stone Cold Crazy cover? Oh yes, it must have been the album cover. The plain black album cover. That makes a band. That gives them justice.[/QUOTE]
Back In Black/Metallica had very stylish album covers actually...when you saw them in a store they stood out and you immediately thought the band was "cool".
The album cover is the most important thing next to the music, because the whole package is a work of art...can you imagine Dark Side Of The Moon without the prism?!?
You forgot "The White Album" by the Beatles, all classy, classic covers.
"The Cosmos Rocks" is a terrible name and the artwork looks like a tacky photoshop job. Just like the Montreal release.
Where's the band's famed artistic creativity? Oh that's right, it passed away in 1991.
"The Cosmos Rocks" is a terrible name and the artwork looks like a tacky photoshop job. Just like the Montreal release.
Where's the band's famed artistic creativity? Oh that's right, it passed away in 1991.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Knute wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I always find it amusing when the twats crawl out of the woodwork they do the strangest thing.
They insist that this could never be Queen while at the same time insist that Q+PR IS Queen, albeit a lesser version of it that's only worthy of ridicule.
Even though everybody else has moved on and accepted this is a completely different project, the twats constantly pull up the past while saying you can never go back.
Very strange indeed.[/QUOTE]
The only thing that's strange is them using the name "Queen" in any context, and then trying to claim that "they've moved on" or it "is a completely different project" If that is true, then why not have the balls to drop the name "Queen"??
They are having a bob each way, and the idea is artisticlly bankrupt.
If this sounds different, why call it "Queen"? Although you can bet they'll try to recapture the old sound.
This whole idea is a double edged sword for the band. With so many releases on DVD for instance, how can this modern incarnation compete with it's past? That's the creative and consumer credibility hurdle they face.
I'd bet they'd be praying that "Cosmos Rocks" sells half as well as "Hot Space"
"The Cosmos Rocks", honestly, what a pathetic title. This whole thing starts to smack of a Brian May solo project that Roger Taylor's allowed to play on. Has Roger Taylor become just a "YES" man these days, or was he always?
"The Cosmos Rocks" makes "Electric Fire" sound like a work of genius.
Christ, even "Queen At The Beeb" is a better title. At least it tells you what it is....Why not something more imaginative that sums up the current situation.."A New Beginning" or "Through A New Door" or something?
"Cosmos Rocks" is cold, bland, corporate sounding, focus group driven rubbish
They insist that this could never be Queen while at the same time insist that Q+PR IS Queen, albeit a lesser version of it that's only worthy of ridicule.
Even though everybody else has moved on and accepted this is a completely different project, the twats constantly pull up the past while saying you can never go back.
Very strange indeed.[/QUOTE]
The only thing that's strange is them using the name "Queen" in any context, and then trying to claim that "they've moved on" or it "is a completely different project" If that is true, then why not have the balls to drop the name "Queen"??
They are having a bob each way, and the idea is artisticlly bankrupt.
If this sounds different, why call it "Queen"? Although you can bet they'll try to recapture the old sound.
This whole idea is a double edged sword for the band. With so many releases on DVD for instance, how can this modern incarnation compete with it's past? That's the creative and consumer credibility hurdle they face.
I'd bet they'd be praying that "Cosmos Rocks" sells half as well as "Hot Space"
"The Cosmos Rocks", honestly, what a pathetic title. This whole thing starts to smack of a Brian May solo project that Roger Taylor's allowed to play on. Has Roger Taylor become just a "YES" man these days, or was he always?
"The Cosmos Rocks" makes "Electric Fire" sound like a work of genius.
Christ, even "Queen At The Beeb" is a better title. At least it tells you what it is....Why not something more imaginative that sums up the current situation.."A New Beginning" or "Through A New Door" or something?
"Cosmos Rocks" is cold, bland, corporate sounding, focus group driven rubbish
Fuck the cover, I'll be listening to this thanks to Mr. John Bittorrent before I buy a copy.
The album is as yet officially untitled and the artwork temporary. These will not be used on final product guaranteed.
Queen + PR could learn much from Rush's approach to this - they obviously have some great people involved enusuring that the concept imagery used on the albums runs through to the stage show graphics etc. Bloody amazing.
As for the working title. Yes, pants.
Queen + PR could learn much from Rush's approach to this - they obviously have some great people involved enusuring that the concept imagery used on the albums runs through to the stage show graphics etc. Bloody amazing.
As for the working title. Yes, pants.
http://www.queenonlinestore.com/queenonline/article.html?l=en&a=2161432
Queen and Paul Rodgers : New Studio album final title tbc
Exclusive Fan Club Tour Edition version of the forthcoming brand new Queen and Paul Rodgers studio album, released in Sept 2008. This version comes with exclusive fan club only slip case and exclusive poster. This version is only available from the official Queen Online Store and will not be sold anywhere else.
Tracklisting: to be confirmed.
Note: The artwork displayed here is not the final artwork for the album.
CD Album £11.99
Queen and Paul Rodgers : New Studio album final title tbc
Exclusive Fan Club Tour Edition version of the forthcoming brand new Queen and Paul Rodgers studio album, released in Sept 2008. This version comes with exclusive fan club only slip case and exclusive poster. This version is only available from the official Queen Online Store and will not be sold anywhere else.
Tracklisting: to be confirmed.
Note: The artwork displayed here is not the final artwork for the album.
CD Album £11.99
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]QOL store wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
Note: The artwork displayed here is not the final artwork for the album.[/QUOTE]
Yeah... But when you look at these tour posters you realise what's missing from the final artwork.
http://www.berlinista.com/storage/images/2008/queen-tour-2008.jpg
I said earlier that the graphics on the latest Queen releases looked like the work of 16-year old Dutch bootleggers, but I'd like to apologise to all of them... The poster looks like something an 11-year old girl has been doodling in her journal during class. :/
Note: The artwork displayed here is not the final artwork for the album.[/QUOTE]
Yeah... But when you look at these tour posters you realise what's missing from the final artwork.
http://www.berlinista.com/storage/images/2008/queen-tour-2008.jpg
I said earlier that the graphics on the latest Queen releases looked like the work of 16-year old Dutch bootleggers, but I'd like to apologise to all of them... The poster looks like something an 11-year old girl has been doodling in her journal during class. :/
paul REALLY needs to sing in time, i hate his off time singing