'Man In The Shadows'

Has anyone saved the cover sleeve to this "album"

Who remembers the Fishy Business album on Queen Heaven? :D

I don't remember who came up with Man In The Shadows.

But I'm pretty sure it was me who came up with Man in the Shadows.


Some great other myths that originated on QZ:
- The track 'Brothers in Pain'
- Freddie's River of Blood speech
- A Queen concert in Urk, the Netherlands in 1983
- A song from The Miracle Sessions called 'Two Worlds Apart' which started during the Barcelona sessions.
- Brian's Curse

I wouldn't say Brian's Curse is a myth.

Wasn't the track "Brothers in Pain" also called by others "Friends in Pain" ? Can you elaborate on this and also on Freddie's speech ?

I still love to give Man in the Shadows a spin, it's a fab album! :)

FriedChicken wrote:

I don't remember who came up with Man In The Shadows.

But I'm pretty sure it was me who came up with Man in the Shadows.


Some great other myths that originated on QZ:
- The track 'Brothers in Pain'
- Freddie's River of Blood speech
- A Queen concert in Urk, the Netherlands in 1983
- A song from The Miracle Sessions called 'Two Worlds Apart' which started during the Barcelona sessions.
- Brian's Curse

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You forgot Brian May's demo Golden Shower which turned into Golden Days with Kerry later.

Golden Days was already released in 1986 or 1987 by Minako Honda.

One of the all-time best windups, a Queenzone classic, actually first emerged on Audiogalaxy (a short-lived Napster alternative).

For me, Queenzone seems like a distant alternative reality that we all used to live in, a long long time ago.

Well, this thread has brought out the old guard!

Niek, Pim, pma; Good to see you guys are still lurking here.

I'm pretty sure it was you Niek, who created Man In The Shadows. A significant honour. Something to go on your epitaph maybe? And you and Pim were definitely behind Two Worlds Apart, weren't you?

'Twas I who first told others about Freddie's controversial 'rivers of blood' speech that was edited out of all versions of Wembley 86.

What was the AudiGalaxy myth pma?

Audiogalaxy was not a myth, Steve, it was a group of Queenzoners who shared files in a group there. The group was called "Royal Rareties Request Society" (ahem). I always believed that pma invented the Man In The Shadow album but he always said it was someone from that group.

Here is another old "hoax" thread, the links in it are mostly broken

http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1077027/infamous-queenzone-hoaxes.aspx?page=1

Indeed, someone posted extremely detailed information concerning John Deacon's unreleased solo album, The Man in the Shadows into audiogalaxy.
Of course, back then, this whole idea of a joke about a secret solo album by John was was clearly meant to mislead the gullible Queen fans of the internet era, who were preoccupied with questions such as "Was Freddy gay?". Unfortunately, back then this was the nature of the game, and newbies were treated pretty harshly at times.

While the idea originated on audiogalaxy, I am willing to give Queenzone credit for enhancing the windup to its fullest possible potential.
This is where the magic happened, it was QZ members who created a track list and came up with all sorts of crazy details about the album.

Ah, I see, my bad.

I read pma's initial post as if he was talking about another all-time classic wind-up, that originated on Audiogalaxy (I remember it well). I now see that he was just referring to Man In The Shadows.

I still regard Deep Ridge, Surrender To The City, and whatever that 3rd track supposedly not included on Queen II was, as being a ridiculous wind-up. I cannot believe the story has gained traction over the years. It's utter nonsense.

Ahh so many old faces in here. So many memories <3

Pim: I wouldn't say Brian's Curse is a myth.



True...
Brian May > Brian Wilson -> Dennis Wilson -> Charlie Manson

Good knowledge.