One Vision - myth & truth...

The 'vision vision vision...' bit is fading out and becomes inaudible. But afterwards there's 'God works in mysterious ways', perfectly audible (though slowed down) and not fading out. Since that's a line and comes after all the others in the song (including 'fried chicken'), then it means it's the last line in the song.

BTW, I don't see anything wrong with debating that... the problem's when a user insults another because of that and goes as far as telling he or she already asked the entire world. That's bizarre to say the least.

PS: A guitar solo is not the same as an arrangement or score for solo guitar.

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[b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]



[b].. the problem's when a user insults another because of that and goes as far as telling he or she already asked the entire world. That's bizarre to say the least.[/b]

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No; that's mooghead.  Save for a particularly awesome thread where he/she shared some separated Queen tracks, all he/she does is try to annoy people by posting facetious nonsense.  As long as you enter discussions with this person with that in mind, you shouldn't have any problem.


I hope I'm not the only one who sees this 'last line' topic as a joke, here ...[/QUOTE]

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[b]mooghead wrote: [/b]

You are the only person on the planet who thinks fried chicken is not the last line of one vision. Yes, I have asked them all.
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Wrong.

The last line in One Vision is "Shane...  come back!!!"

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[b]Micrówave wrote: [/b]

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[b]mooghead wrote: [/b]



You are the only person on the planet who thinks fried chicken is not the last line of one vision. Yes, I have asked them all.

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Wrong.

The last line in One Vision is "Shane...  come back!!!"

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Wasn't it, "I love you Shane"?

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[b]Zebonka12 wrote: [/b]

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[b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]







[b].. the problem's when a user insults another because of that and goes as far as telling he or she already asked the entire world. That's bizarre to say the least.[/b]





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No; that's mooghead.  Save for a particularly awesome thread where he/she shared some separated Queen tracks, all he/she does is try to annoy people by posting facetious nonsense.  As long as you enter discussions with this person with that in mind, you shouldn't have any problem.





I hope I'm not the only one who sees this 'last line' topic as a joke, here ...

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Don´t worry Scott
You´re not the only one...

PS. the last line i´ve written is actually a nice link to a Queen demo...


hmmm, but now my PS is the last line, and it doesn´t make sense anymore...

AHH! But now THIS is the last line!!

AAAAH And now this is!!!

I´m going crazy!

From the Magic Years section on the recording of One Vision you could see them messing around with lots of joke words to fit the meter and the rhyme.  I presumed that's where 'fried chicken' came from.  It must happen with most bands and most songs and somehow ended up in the final version.

Maybe we should be grateful that 'One dump, one turd, two tits, John Deacon'  didn't make the cut!

Chicken feed babe!

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[b]*goodco* wrote: [/b]

Since it's been a spell, I had to give OV a listen due to this conversation.  It reaffirmed what I thought the last line was (is).  There's no mistaking it.

"Cranberry sauce".  [/QUOTE]
Ha... well played.

1. E-drums live... yes, on the Hot Space, and The Works tours, yes, but they didn't use any on the Magic Tour. You can see that clearly when it shows Roger, and his drums, in any Magic Tour concert video. No E-drums anywhere to be seen. This is also evident in Another One Bites The Dust - played on the E-drums on the Hot Space, and The Works tours, but on normal drums on the Magic Tour. No wonder it sounds much heavier on the Magic Tour, than on the other tours.

2. The last line of One Vision, according to the lyrics on the album, is "Vision, vision, vision, vision, ...", which also the last line all versions of the song (bar for the live ones) have in common. The "God works in mysterious ways... mysterious ways..." in the end only appears on the album, and extended, versions. And the live version ends with "Fried chicken".

3. When the song sings "Fried chicken", the album's lyrics book-let says "One Vision". There's a similar incident in Machines, where, IIRC, the song sings "there ain't no place for you and me", whereas the lyrics say "there ain't no place for rock'n'roll", or maybe vice-versa.

4. The only time the song's chorus says "One race, one hope", instead of "One voice, one hope" in the studio version, it doesn't occur in the live version -  there "One voice, one hope" is sung.

5. The instrumental intro to the song is slightly different in the live versions. In the studio versions, it starts just the background synthesizers, then a distorted voice, then the percussion-style effects, then the synthesizer-rhythmic music. In the live versions, it starts with the album version's distorted vocals, then like the single version (bar for the vocals, of course), but at the end of the single version-style intro, the percussion-style effects of the album version intro kicks in, and the parts after the "Ii", are repeated (they are not repeated on the album, or on the single, versions).

6. The end-song synthesizer progression in a way appears on every live version, as part of the final flourish (at least it sounds clearly related to me).

7. The live version closely resembles the album version, but when the drums first kicks in, an additional section is played, like the album version's part, but without Brian's guitar solo, just including the normal background guitar melody. Then, the parts from the album version kick in.

8. The only known proper convo of the song is by Laibach, titled "Geburt einer Nation", which is German for "Birth of a nation", and it's in German. It has the feeling of a Nazi propaganda song, which is part of Laibach's irony in attempting to show, that Josip Broz Tito's dictatorship wasn't that much different from the Nazi German regime in their opinion. Also, a lot of the lyrics in the Laibach cover aren't exact translations, but just ad-hoc lyrics matched to the song's style. Also, it revealed the starkling ambiguity of the "One race, one hope" line, by translating the "One race" as the German "Ein Rasse", in the meaning of race, as the thing racism discriminates against.

9. One Vision was played live by Queen + Paul Rodgers on their 2008 tour, but that version sucks. It ends after the "I had a dream" part, and doesn't even feature the song's own intro. So, if you want a good live version of the song, the 1986 Magic Tour is what you need to look for.

10. Brian's guitar "ring" at the end of Roger's drum solo in One Vision is played once in the studio version, but three to four times on the live versions. Also, the drum solo in the live versions sounds much heavier in general.

11. The rumors about a live version of One Vision in which its B-side, Blurred Vision, starts, when the normal drum solo would generally starts, are completely false. No such version was ever played live, not when Freddie was still alive, and not after he died, either. However, there exist studio variants of such a combination, mainly available among Russian Queen fans. Or at least so I heard, so I don't know. ;)

Very good and interesting points. However, Rog did have a Roland Octapad (midi percussion, and midi controllers are e-) during the Magic tour. Still, it's different to synth (i.e. keyboard-generated) drums.

I think it sounds a bit like what could have been the theme song for the New World Order.

[listu] [li]One goal [li]One God [li]One religion [li]One real decision [li]One Vision [/listu]
Everyone on Earth under one government... One vision!