A Kind Of Magic, The Miracle, and Innuendo albums? What are they lacking? I'm being serious in this topic.
FREDDIE'S LOVE BALLADS.
What happened? That's something I've always been a bit bitter about, that they hadn't any nice Freddie ballads, and that Freddie didn't really write the biggest hits (on AKOM and The Miracle).
Also, why didn't Freddie write many songs for the A Kind Of Magic album? I remember a quote, back in 1983 or '84 on that Lisa Robinson show (I think it was), and he said "They leave me to wardrobe, and writing the hits"... what's up with that?
Also, how likely do you think it is that the rest of Queen will someday finish up an unreleased song with Freddie on vocals and release it? Do you think they'll ever attempt it?
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[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Jacob Britt wrote: [/QUOTENAME]A Kind Of Magic, The Miracle, and Innuendo albums? What are they lacking? I'm being serious in this topic.
FREDDIE'S LOVE BALLADS.
What happened? That's something I've always been a bit bitter about, that they hadn't any nice Freddie ballads, and that Freddie didn't really write the biggest hits (on AKOM and The Miracle).
Also, why didn't Freddie write many songs for the A Kind Of Magic album? I remember a quote, back in 1983 or '84 on that Lisa Robinson show (I think it was), and he said "They leave me to wardrobe, and writing the hits"... what's up with that?
Also, how likely do you think it is that the rest of Queen will someday finish up an unreleased song with Freddie on vocals and release it? Do you think they'll ever attempt it?[/QUOTE] His solo album Mr. Bad Guy Released the year before magic took many of his songs. I think man made paradise and love me like there's no tomorrow/I was born to love you would have made the album much stronger. The song
"the miracle" was mainly a freddie song, though they all contributed, and He also wrote the song "don't try so hard" from Innuendo which was a great ballad. Don't forget he wrote "a winter's tale" from made in heaven.
FREDDIE'S LOVE BALLADS.
What happened? That's something I've always been a bit bitter about, that they hadn't any nice Freddie ballads, and that Freddie didn't really write the biggest hits (on AKOM and The Miracle).
Also, why didn't Freddie write many songs for the A Kind Of Magic album? I remember a quote, back in 1983 or '84 on that Lisa Robinson show (I think it was), and he said "They leave me to wardrobe, and writing the hits"... what's up with that?
Also, how likely do you think it is that the rest of Queen will someday finish up an unreleased song with Freddie on vocals and release it? Do you think they'll ever attempt it?[/QUOTE] His solo album Mr. Bad Guy Released the year before magic took many of his songs. I think man made paradise and love me like there's no tomorrow/I was born to love you would have made the album much stronger. The song
"the miracle" was mainly a freddie song, though they all contributed, and He also wrote the song "don't try so hard" from Innuendo which was a great ballad. Don't forget he wrote "a winter's tale" from made in heaven.
Mike Stone
A great piano ballad would have helped The Miracle album a lot. From what we've heard, A New Life Is Born could have turned into a great Freddie ballad, had they continued working with the idea. The odd thing is that they also dropped Brian's TMLWKY, leaving the album without any great ballad.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]August R. wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
A New Life Is Born could have turned into a great Freddie ballad
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Indeed, it's the first true Nevermore/Lily of the Valley type song that he appeared to have written since the 70's... would've been a nice bit of retro stuff.
A New Life Is Born could have turned into a great Freddie ballad
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Indeed, it's the first true Nevermore/Lily of the Valley type song that he appeared to have written since the 70's... would've been a nice bit of retro stuff.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Jacob Britt wrote: [/QUOTENAME]A Kind Of Magic, The Miracle, and Innuendo albums? What are they lacking?[/QUOTE]
The "We Will Rock You Musical"-Sticker on the cover!
The "We Will Rock You Musical"-Sticker on the cover!
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Jacob Britt wrote: [/QUOTENAME]A Kind Of Magic, The Miracle, and Innuendo albums? What are they lacking? I'm being serious in this topic.
FREDDIE'S LOVE BALLADS.
What happened? That's something I've always been a bit bitter about, that they hadn't any nice Freddie ballads, and that Freddie didn't really write the biggest hits (on AKOM and The Miracle).
Also, why didn't Freddie write many songs for the A Kind Of Magic album? I remember a quote, back in 1983 or '84 on that Lisa Robinson show (I think it was), and he said "They leave me to wardrobe, and writing the hits"... what's up with that?
Also, how likely do you think it is that the rest of Queen will someday finish up an unreleased song with Freddie on vocals and release it? Do you think they'll ever attempt it?[/QUOTE]
Maybe Freddie was just kind of burnt out. Most of the best and most memorable Queen stuff from the 80s were the domain of "the other three". So maybe after the brilliant and amazingly prolific run he had throughout the 70s, Freddie's song writing mojo had started to dry up.
FREDDIE'S LOVE BALLADS.
What happened? That's something I've always been a bit bitter about, that they hadn't any nice Freddie ballads, and that Freddie didn't really write the biggest hits (on AKOM and The Miracle).
Also, why didn't Freddie write many songs for the A Kind Of Magic album? I remember a quote, back in 1983 or '84 on that Lisa Robinson show (I think it was), and he said "They leave me to wardrobe, and writing the hits"... what's up with that?
Also, how likely do you think it is that the rest of Queen will someday finish up an unreleased song with Freddie on vocals and release it? Do you think they'll ever attempt it?[/QUOTE]
Maybe Freddie was just kind of burnt out. Most of the best and most memorable Queen stuff from the 80s were the domain of "the other three". So maybe after the brilliant and amazingly prolific run he had throughout the 70s, Freddie's song writing mojo had started to dry up.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Mr Faron Hyte wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Jacob Britt wrote: [/QUOTENAME]A Kind Of Magic, The Miracle, and Innuendo albums? What are they lacking? I'm being serious in this topic.
FREDDIE'S LOVE BALLADS.
What happened? That's something I've always been a bit bitter about, that they hadn't any nice Freddie ballads, and that Freddie didn't really write the biggest hits (on AKOM and The Miracle).
Also, why didn't Freddie write many songs for the A Kind Of Magic album? I remember a quote, back in 1983 or '84 on that Lisa Robinson show (I think it was), and he said "They leave me to wardrobe, and writing the hits"... what's up with that?
Also, how likely do you think it is that the rest of Queen will someday finish up an unreleased song with Freddie on vocals and release it? Do you think they'll ever attempt it?[/QUOTE]
Maybe Freddie was just kind of burnt out. Most of the best and most memorable Queen stuff from the 80s were the domain of "the other three". So maybe after the brilliant and amazingly prolific run he had throughout the 70s, Freddie's song writing mojo had started to dry up.[/QUOTE]
He came up with some great songs on A Kind Of Magic, The Miracle, and Innuendo, as well as Made In Heaven, but it seems he just didn't write the good old love ballads he used to write.
FREDDIE'S LOVE BALLADS.
What happened? That's something I've always been a bit bitter about, that they hadn't any nice Freddie ballads, and that Freddie didn't really write the biggest hits (on AKOM and The Miracle).
Also, why didn't Freddie write many songs for the A Kind Of Magic album? I remember a quote, back in 1983 or '84 on that Lisa Robinson show (I think it was), and he said "They leave me to wardrobe, and writing the hits"... what's up with that?
Also, how likely do you think it is that the rest of Queen will someday finish up an unreleased song with Freddie on vocals and release it? Do you think they'll ever attempt it?[/QUOTE]
Maybe Freddie was just kind of burnt out. Most of the best and most memorable Queen stuff from the 80s were the domain of "the other three". So maybe after the brilliant and amazingly prolific run he had throughout the 70s, Freddie's song writing mojo had started to dry up.[/QUOTE]
He came up with some great songs on A Kind Of Magic, The Miracle, and Innuendo, as well as Made In Heaven, but it seems he just didn't write the good old love ballads he used to write.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]mike hunt wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Jacob Britt wrote: [/QUOTENAME]A Kind Of Magic, The Miracle, and Innuendo albums? What are they lacking? I'm being serious in this topic.
FREDDIE'S LOVE BALLADS.
What happened? That's something I've always been a bit bitter about, that they hadn't any nice Freddie ballads, and that Freddie didn't really write the biggest hits (on AKOM and The Miracle).
Also, why didn't Freddie write many songs for the A Kind Of Magic album? I remember a quote, back in 1983 or '84 on that Lisa Robinson show (I think it was), and he said "They leave me to wardrobe, and writing the hits"... what's up with that?
Also, how likely do you think it is that the rest of Queen will someday finish up an unreleased song with Freddie on vocals and release it? Do you think they'll ever attempt it?[/QUOTE] His solo album Mr. Bad Guy Released the year before magic took many of his songs. I think man made paradise and love me like there's no tomorrow/I was born to love you would have made the album much stronger. The song
"the miracle" was mainly a freddie song, though they all contributed, and He also wrote the song "don't try so hard" from Innuendo which was a great ballad. Don't forget he wrote "a winter's tale" from made in heaven. [/QUOTE]
Yeah, he had some great ballads on Mr. Bad Guy (Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow is my favorite solo song of his), but his love ballads are missing on the later albums. Don't Trust So Hard and A Winter's Tale are great songs but not in the same category love ballads that he used to write such as You Take My Breath Away, It's A Hard Life, Play The Game, etc.
FREDDIE'S LOVE BALLADS.
What happened? That's something I've always been a bit bitter about, that they hadn't any nice Freddie ballads, and that Freddie didn't really write the biggest hits (on AKOM and The Miracle).
Also, why didn't Freddie write many songs for the A Kind Of Magic album? I remember a quote, back in 1983 or '84 on that Lisa Robinson show (I think it was), and he said "They leave me to wardrobe, and writing the hits"... what's up with that?
Also, how likely do you think it is that the rest of Queen will someday finish up an unreleased song with Freddie on vocals and release it? Do you think they'll ever attempt it?[/QUOTE] His solo album Mr. Bad Guy Released the year before magic took many of his songs. I think man made paradise and love me like there's no tomorrow/I was born to love you would have made the album much stronger. The song
"the miracle" was mainly a freddie song, though they all contributed, and He also wrote the song "don't try so hard" from Innuendo which was a great ballad. Don't forget he wrote "a winter's tale" from made in heaven. [/QUOTE]
Yeah, he had some great ballads on Mr. Bad Guy (Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow is my favorite solo song of his), but his love ballads are missing on the later albums. Don't Trust So Hard and A Winter's Tale are great songs but not in the same category love ballads that he used to write such as You Take My Breath Away, It's A Hard Life, Play The Game, etc.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Jacob Britt wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
What happened? That's something I've always been a bit bitter about, that they hadn't any nice Freddie ballads, and that Freddie didn't really write the biggest hits (on AKOM and The Miracle).[/QUOTE]
Not so much AKOM, but that is where they started writing as "Queen" and not individually. That totally changed everything!!! I've always thought Pain Is So Close was just about there, but is it possible that too many hands were on this one? That's probably the reason for the solo album, too.
A similar thing happened to Fleetwood Mac in 1987. There was no plan to release an album, but Lindsay Buckingham had nearly enough songs to release his 3rd solo album. Mick Fleetwood and Richard Daushut had a couple songs they wanted his help on, and after getting together, they decided they had enough material for an album.
A lot of those songs on Tango In The Night are played and sung entirely by Lindsay, because he didn't want band input... Big Love, for example. Lindsay never recorded another song with Fleetwood Mac, and the band went down the tubes shortly thereafter.
What happened? That's something I've always been a bit bitter about, that they hadn't any nice Freddie ballads, and that Freddie didn't really write the biggest hits (on AKOM and The Miracle).[/QUOTE]
Not so much AKOM, but that is where they started writing as "Queen" and not individually. That totally changed everything!!! I've always thought Pain Is So Close was just about there, but is it possible that too many hands were on this one? That's probably the reason for the solo album, too.
A similar thing happened to Fleetwood Mac in 1987. There was no plan to release an album, but Lindsay Buckingham had nearly enough songs to release his 3rd solo album. Mick Fleetwood and Richard Daushut had a couple songs they wanted his help on, and after getting together, they decided they had enough material for an album.
A lot of those songs on Tango In The Night are played and sung entirely by Lindsay, because he didn't want band input... Big Love, for example. Lindsay never recorded another song with Fleetwood Mac, and the band went down the tubes shortly thereafter.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]mike hunt wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Jacob Britt wrote: [/QUOTENAME]A Kind Of Magic, The Miracle, and Innuendo albums? What are they lacking? I'm being serious in this topic.
FREDDIE'S LOVE BALLADS.
What happened? That's something I've always been a bit bitter about, that they hadn't any nice Freddie ballads, and that Freddie didn't really write the biggest hits (on AKOM and The Miracle).
Also, why didn't Freddie write many songs for the A Kind Of Magic album? I remember a quote, back in 1983 or '84 on that Lisa Robinson show (I think it was), and he said "They leave me to wardrobe, and writing the hits"... what's up with that?
Also, how likely do you think it is that the rest of Queen will someday finish up an unreleased song with Freddie on vocals and release it? Do you think they'll ever attempt it?[/QUOTE] His solo album Mr. Bad Guy Released the year before magic took many of his songs. I think man made paradise and love me like there's no tomorrow/I was born to love you would have made the album much stronger. The song
"the miracle" was mainly a freddie song, though they all contributed, and He also wrote the song "don't try so hard" from Innuendo which was a great ballad. Don't forget he wrote "a winter's tale" from made in heaven. [/QUOTE]“A kind of magic” & “The Miracle” are BORING! albums to begin with. Weak songs & bad production. Both those releases contain some of their worst songs ever! (Pain is so close to pleasure, One year of love, Rain must fall & My baby does me) So to answer your question “what is lacking?” is Strong Material. Plain and simple
Freddie solo album is one the all time worst CD’s ever. A bunch of lightweight disco/funk/dance shit recorded with no heart, soul or inspiration what so ever. It seems that all Freddie was concern with was appeasing his inner circle of friends and followers.
It's hard to believe this is the same person who wrote some of the best songs ever and ended up writing some of the worst as well.
FREDDIE'S LOVE BALLADS.
What happened? That's something I've always been a bit bitter about, that they hadn't any nice Freddie ballads, and that Freddie didn't really write the biggest hits (on AKOM and The Miracle).
Also, why didn't Freddie write many songs for the A Kind Of Magic album? I remember a quote, back in 1983 or '84 on that Lisa Robinson show (I think it was), and he said "They leave me to wardrobe, and writing the hits"... what's up with that?
Also, how likely do you think it is that the rest of Queen will someday finish up an unreleased song with Freddie on vocals and release it? Do you think they'll ever attempt it?[/QUOTE] His solo album Mr. Bad Guy Released the year before magic took many of his songs. I think man made paradise and love me like there's no tomorrow/I was born to love you would have made the album much stronger. The song
"the miracle" was mainly a freddie song, though they all contributed, and He also wrote the song "don't try so hard" from Innuendo which was a great ballad. Don't forget he wrote "a winter's tale" from made in heaven. [/QUOTE]“A kind of magic” & “The Miracle” are BORING! albums to begin with. Weak songs & bad production. Both those releases contain some of their worst songs ever! (Pain is so close to pleasure, One year of love, Rain must fall & My baby does me) So to answer your question “what is lacking?” is Strong Material. Plain and simple
Freddie solo album is one the all time worst CD’s ever. A bunch of lightweight disco/funk/dance shit recorded with no heart, soul or inspiration what so ever. It seems that all Freddie was concern with was appeasing his inner circle of friends and followers.
It's hard to believe this is the same person who wrote some of the best songs ever and ended up writing some of the worst as well.
I still can't understand how some people can compare My Baby Does Me - the great relax atmospheric track - with such shit from early albums like Some Day One Day or She Makes Me?!
There's brilliant short review of the song by legendary Queen fan Philipp: "The song-material itself is rather b-side-style, but the incredibly large-scale Miracle production-standards made a clever piece of music out of it. It's not the melody or the lyrics which count with this track, but the arrangement and the atmosphere. Check it with stereo-headphones and some concentration, and you won't be disappointed."
To do a crap on MBDM is like to shit on 'Atom Heart Mother' suite because of its 'poor lyrics'.
There's brilliant short review of the song by legendary Queen fan Philipp: "The song-material itself is rather b-side-style, but the incredibly large-scale Miracle production-standards made a clever piece of music out of it. It's not the melody or the lyrics which count with this track, but the arrangement and the atmosphere. Check it with stereo-headphones and some concentration, and you won't be disappointed."
To do a crap on MBDM is like to shit on 'Atom Heart Mother' suite because of its 'poor lyrics'.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Micrówave wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Jacob Britt wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
What happened? That's something I've always been a bit bitter about, that they hadn't any nice Freddie ballads, and that Freddie didn't really write the biggest hits (on AKOM and The Miracle).[/QUOTE]
Not so much AKOM, but that is where they started writing as "Queen" and not individually. That totally changed everything!!! I've always thought Pain Is So Close was just about there, but is it possible that too many hands were on this one? That's probably the reason for the solo album, too.
A similar thing happened to Fleetwood Mac in 1987. There was no plan to release an album, but Lindsay Buckingham had nearly enough songs to release his 3rd solo album. Mick Fleetwood and Richard Daushut had a couple songs they wanted his help on, and after getting together, they decided they had enough material for an album.
A lot of those songs on Tango In The Night are played and sung entirely by Lindsay, because he didn't want band input... Big Love, for example. Lindsay never recorded another song with Fleetwood Mac, and the band went down the tubes shortly thereafter.[/QUOTE]
Lindsey was also their producer. He knows his sh!t. I've been lucky enough to see Fleetwood Mac live three times. Good show.
What happened? That's something I've always been a bit bitter about, that they hadn't any nice Freddie ballads, and that Freddie didn't really write the biggest hits (on AKOM and The Miracle).[/QUOTE]
Not so much AKOM, but that is where they started writing as "Queen" and not individually. That totally changed everything!!! I've always thought Pain Is So Close was just about there, but is it possible that too many hands were on this one? That's probably the reason for the solo album, too.
A similar thing happened to Fleetwood Mac in 1987. There was no plan to release an album, but Lindsay Buckingham had nearly enough songs to release his 3rd solo album. Mick Fleetwood and Richard Daushut had a couple songs they wanted his help on, and after getting together, they decided they had enough material for an album.
A lot of those songs on Tango In The Night are played and sung entirely by Lindsay, because he didn't want band input... Big Love, for example. Lindsay never recorded another song with Fleetwood Mac, and the band went down the tubes shortly thereafter.[/QUOTE]
Lindsey was also their producer. He knows his sh!t. I've been lucky enough to see Fleetwood Mac live three times. Good show.
"There's a been a lot of rumors lately, about a certain band, well, Queen, the rumors are that we're gonna split up."
The atmosphere in the band was bad around that time. Hot Space wasn't well received, Roger and Freddie were working on side projects, and for added insult, Freddie and his partner got infected by a then-mysterious and frightening disease.
I think this is why Freddie hid his vulnerable side and put more emphasis on his partying, nothing-really-matters-to-me rocker image. And I guess that's why he stopped writing ballads with the band.
As for unreleased songs, I can't for the life of me understand why Queen can't publish a B-sides and rarities album. They've got a ton of great material just sitting there, while the band's busy telling off c-lebrities...
The atmosphere in the band was bad around that time. Hot Space wasn't well received, Roger and Freddie were working on side projects, and for added insult, Freddie and his partner got infected by a then-mysterious and frightening disease.
I think this is why Freddie hid his vulnerable side and put more emphasis on his partying, nothing-really-matters-to-me rocker image. And I guess that's why he stopped writing ballads with the band.
As for unreleased songs, I can't for the life of me understand why Queen can't publish a B-sides and rarities album. They've got a ton of great material just sitting there, while the band's busy telling off c-lebrities...
I really like My Baby Does Me and Pain is so close to pleasure. I even like Delilah. I think they are great songs in fact!
A song I don't like is The Invisible Man. It's only a commercial money making hit. Nothing more...
And yeah... comparing the early stuff with the newer is wrong. It's the same band, but a whole different time.
But in general of course the early 5 albums are the best music ever!
A song I don't like is The Invisible Man. It's only a commercial money making hit. Nothing more...
And yeah... comparing the early stuff with the newer is wrong. It's the same band, but a whole different time.
But in general of course the early 5 albums are the best music ever!