Princes was the theme to the US TV Series of Highlander. That should have been on there for that reason primarily.
I love the following 2 songs, but they're hardly commercially viable or rock out worthy. Put Out The Fire and Its Late. Its Late was a single but didn't hit and Put Out The Fire was a b-side and not a hit and is kind of weird sound wise, plus it plods on and isn't one I feel I can really rock out to.
Plus Sheer Heart Attack was also kind of "weird" and the screeching at the end is hardly "rock out" worthy.
Apparently Brian thought otherwise, QueenFan.
rhyeking wrote: Apparently Brian thought otherwise, QueenFan.
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I'm starting you think you actually liked being regularly beaten in high school.
GratefulFan wrote: rhyeking wrote: Apparently Brian thought otherwise, QueenFan.
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I'm starting you think you actually liked being regularly beaten in high school.
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I gave the best theory I could as to why Queen Rocks is the way it is. What else can I say except the obvious? Brian had his reasons.
rhyeking wrote: My US copy, bought at a Michigan 'Best Buy' (the CD + Japan Highlights DVD Edition) credits the songs thusly:
Cosmos Rockin' (Taylor, Rodgers, May)
Time To Shine (Rodgers, May, Taylor)
Still Burnin' (May, Rodgers, Taylor)
Small (Taylor, May, Rodgers)
Warboys (Rodgers, Taylor, May)
We Believe (May, Rodgers, Taylor)
Call Me (Rodgers, May, Taylor)
Voodoo (Rodger, May, Taylor)
Some Things That Glitter (May, Taylor, Rodgers)
C-Lebrity (Taylor, May, Rodgers)
Through The Night (Rodgers, May, Taylor)
Say It's Not True (Taylor, Rodgers, May)
Surf's Up...School's Out! (Taylor, Rodgers, May)
small reprise (Taylor, May, Rodgers)
Curiously, my other CD copy, the UK Tour Edition, does NOT credit individual songs, but simply says:
All tracks written by Queen + Paul Rodgers
As does my US Vinyl LP copy.
As I said before, the credits on this album ought to be considered fluid from now on. The first name listed in the credits appears to be correct with what we know of who wrote what songs BEFORE Q+PR formed (like "Warboys" and "Say It's Not True").
(And yes, I own three copies on this album. Living in Canada, I didn't want to wait for the North American release, so I bought the Tour Edition CD off their website. It was the only version I could buy that didn't give me a "Not available for sale in your territory" message [dumbasses!]. It arrived and that would have been that, except that when the US releases finally came around, Best Buy had the exclusive CD + DVD edition, so I grabbed it one day while in Michigan visiting my relatives [just to have the DVD]. Later, HMV was selling their Christmas stock and the LP was on sale, so I bought it because I have the other Queen albums on vinyl and it would complete the collection.)
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In which case Warboys is Paul's song, not Roger's, as you previously stated. Doh!
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In which case Warboys is Paul's song, not Roger's, as you previously stated. Doh!
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At no time in this or any other thread have I noted "Warboys" as a Roger Taylor song.
I think Fried Chicken may have in this thread, though.
rhyeking wrote: QOL Mab wrote:
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In which case Warboys is Paul's song, not Roger's, as you previously stated. Doh!
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At no time in this or any other thread have I noted "Warboys" as a Roger Taylor song.
I think Fried Chicken may have in this thread, though.
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Sorry. Fried Chicken is the muddled one, not you. Apologies.
Apology accepted, no worries.
To answer the initial question of the topic: Yes, "Some Things That Glitter" got the IWIA treatment. The booklet credits "I Loved A Butterfly" to 'B. May'
By the way, any thoughts / first impressions about the album ?
any highlight from Brian ?
I haven´t been able to, let´say, listen to it, yet ...
It's great, actually! And I'm being quite honest here :-)
From 'Dangerland', it gets much better and better, and by the end you'll end up wanting more. Just goes by too fast, I think! :-)
inu-liger wrote: It's great, actually! And I'm being quite honest here :-)
From 'Dangerland', it gets much better and better, and by the end you'll end up wanting more. Just goes by too fast, I think! :-)
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hummmmm .... many tks, inu ! that sounds good !!
hope I can get my ears on it during the weekend !
It would have to get better from Dangerland, which sounds like something from cut from Phantom of the Opera at the last minute for taste.
inu-liger wrote: To answer the initial question of the topic: Yes, "Some Things That Glitter" got the IWIA treatment. The booklet credits "I Loved A Butterfly" to 'B. May'
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Just goes to show that the credits on The Cosmos Rocks are to be considered fluid from now on, as this isn't the first song appearing both on that album and another release with an inconsistent writing credit.
Though, it's a different name for the same song, so make of that what you will in relation to the credit. I'm of the impression "I Loved A Butterfly" or just "Butterfly" is the original title.
I still believe that one mis-credit ("I Want It All" on GVH2) is just a mistake or an anomoly. If it started appearing on every new release with that song, I'd wonder what was up with that, but I think it's just a proofing/editing mistake (or something along those lines).
Shame that Dangerland ended up on this album. I'm not fond of woman singing rocksongs - but this track would've fit easily on Cosmos Rocks. Dumb lyrics, awesome riffs, Paul belting out the lyrics - I would've loved to hear Brian offer this track to that project instead of Still Burning. Ah well...
Listening to the album for the first time now. Sounds like one of Brian's better collaborations. Though that doesn't say much - with crap like Anita Dobson and Minako Honda ;)
