Ride The Wild Wind Anyone?

Some random thoughts about the track:
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I love this track.  At first I passed over it but it is thrilling, always fills me with a sense of anticipation and is best listened to at night I think, especially in winter as it's so atmospheric.  I also find it quite poignant, the sense of escapism, considering...

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does anyone else remember an arcade game from the late 80's/early 90's called OutRun?[/QUOTE]
Oh hell yes!

When  hear the song, I can't help but imagine riding a horse in a way that is particular to my personal experience. One of my favorite disciplines, once moving from dressage into the Quarter Horse world was reining. I LOVED reining. It is something one tends to do as fast as is safely possible with one's mount, with lots of speedy twisting and turning.

Though I haven't really ridden in years, much less done a reining pattern, that is the feeling I get when I hear this song. Nowadays, the folks do something called, "Free Style Reining(something we were doing in cold barns at night after a six pack of beer and...other stuff is now a main event at Big Shows across the world)," which is done to music, and a bit less disciplined than it was back in the day.

How perfect this song would be for that. I have an even more literal association with the song. When Freddie sings, in his rich, low voice, "Tie your hair back baby..." I am reminded of the many times I got yelled at because I'd be riding in the wind, approaching a fence, with my hair blowing in front of my face. :D

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[b]Zebonka12 wrote: [/b]

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[b]JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote: [/b]



does anyone else remember an arcade game from the late 80's/early 90's called OutRun?

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[/QUOTE] good,not a figment of my mind then :-p
do you think the track would fit nicely over the top of it as they drive through the desert part of the game or is it just me?

This a great Track from Roger one of his best, a pity some of his other solo stuff wasn't given the added input from the rest of the band.  There is superb guitar on RTWW, i am surprised this track is not out there more and Fred's vocals are very understated and coolness personified. EMI should pump more of these tracks out because i am getting very bored with Dont Stop Me Now (Party Tune) and one or two others that get all the Radio play or TV over here in the UK. Jeez I even heard a speeded up version of DSMN while out clubbing in Southampton. Sorry Qzoners for the rant but EMI's dereliction of duty of promoting Queen's material,  means we have to listen to shite like Foo Fighters or other metal bands. What do you call it growling? Dave Grohl was called a legend recently by one commentator, he is a lucky talentless cunt thats all i say.

Like all the songs on Innuendo it's an incredibly great song, but it sounds terrible. This album needs Roy Baker :(

I agree Production could have been enhanced.
The best Queen sounding Album I have heard is the compilation Classic Queen got it on CD, which has superb production on it my favourite being Under Pressure the best recording imo. Whatever they did to this version it sounds cleaner, sharper and more atmospheric than for example the European Markets GHII version.
The worst Production has to be Queen, Live Killers, and Jazz which has some cracking tunes. If all the 70's and early 80's albums could be re-mastered with the technology out there now that would be worth a good listen.

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Like all the songs on Innuendo it's an incredibly great song, but it sounds terrible. This album needs Roy Baker :(
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Have you heard Roy's productions since the 80's? He certainly lost it.

I recently heard it live with Roger singing it, and was amazed at how good it sounded!! I love the original as well, but as said before, typical Roger theme. I can't decide which is better, Roger singing it, or Freddie. In some ways, Roger sounds better because it really suits his voice, but in other ways, it sounds better with both Roger and Freddie because of the amazing contrast in their voices that enable them to blend so well!!

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I listened to Roger's version as well, though I had the opposite feeling. I was surprised at how little appeal it held for me. I suppose I should not have been surprised, since a big part of the song's charm, for me, comes from the way Freddie sings it. There also seems to be a very relaxed feel to the way it was done, and I get a sense of a musical communion of sorts, between Freddie and Roger, which I find appealing as well.

I don't know much about the recording process of the song. I don't even know precisely when it was recorded. Sadly, there is little about the recording process in the wonderful Purvis book.