Brian and Roger Working on Freddie and Jacko Tracks

I heard a Sirius DJ the other day referencing these tracks....he announced the exciting news that by the end of the year we would hear Freddie subbing in for Jackson and singing with Mick Jagger.  Ha ha ha Sirius.

In reply to the above fan....Freddie and Mick Jagger.......Now that would be exciting!!!!!!!!! Seriously!!!!!

There was a bit in Some Things That Glitter that really reminded me of Freddie - as hugely different as PR's voice is, it was still a nice moment.  (The line 'how can it be she has it all' or some such).

I wonder just how much she's pulling on Brian's phallus behind the scenes.

Quote: Do they make it very Queen sounding, rock style with a 'guest' vocal from MJ, or do they try to make it far more a MJ sounding thing (a la Hot Space?), and have it more pop/soul/dance sounding (which if as rumoured the music is for an MJ duets style album this may be what the record company want).

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I guess when they get Brian and Roger on board, who were not involved in the original recording sessions, they are invited to give them the Queen-stamp. As done with Freddies' solo tracks on "Made in Heaven". And I think that is the best way to turn these recordings into something special.
Cause the known outtakes so far have no real magic. The idea of Jackson and Mercury singing together sounds more exciting than the actual result. And I think both of them have noticed that, why else did they put the Tapes into the archives...??? So I think they try to create something like "Queen with Michael Jackson".....I'm really looking forward to the result.

I've personally never understood what all the fuss is about with these tracks.

Brian and Roger (and Jim with his grubby, grasping hands) know that these are worth a fortune given Jackson's fanbase, irregardless of their woth in the Queen catalogue.  Now, given Jackson's death and the inevitable interest him all things "him", it's hardly surprising that these are now the focus of attention where QPL is concerned. 

Anything that contains these tracks will sell by the hundred thousand and that is the raison d'etre - the £ / $ involved are worth Brian's and Roger's efforts, but make virtually no difference whatsoever to the legacy of Queen IMVHO.

I swear to God, these songs belong in obscurity.

Messers May, Taylor and Deacon thought the same about a certain track called "You Don't Fool Me". I'm so glad David Richards convinced them otherwise.

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Ouch - they didn't want to use You Don't Fool Me?  Double ouch!  Just goes to show that they probably shouldn't be in charge of picking music by the undead...

It's not that they didn't want to - they didn't think they had enough to make a complete song out of it. David Richards mixed the bits and pieces thus convincing them it was possible. Again, I'm really glad he did that. Without David Richards we would never have heard that AWESOME guitar solo - probably Brian's finest moment as a guitarist! And let's not forget those wonderful backing vocals by Roger...

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Agree...ydfm is one of Brian's finest moments.

"they didn't think they had enough to make a complete song out of it."

I wouldn't blame them - if you really listen to the song, you get a sense that it's made from scraps.  It's a brilliant job though, and Brian's solo is fantastic.

The MJ stuff should stay dead though.  Enough substandard things have been sold since he died - why add to the pile?

These men were able to make a whole album from scraps. You really don't trust them with these two songs?

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Not when the source material is what it is.  Things like You Don't Fool Me are workable because there isn't much there that can't be changed.  Now don't get me wrong - if they take Freddie's vocals out and make an almost entirely new track for them, then it could be great.  But if it's just going to be more of MJ's ridiculous, Peter Pan, "Feed the World" crap, then yeah - I'd be the first person to take a blowtorch to the recordings.

bigV - I agree that You Don't Fool Me is an awesome track, one of the finest songs on MiH - and that's saying something considering that album is one of Queen's finest works. But I must side wih Zonka12 on the whole reconstructing the tracks Freddie did at Michael Jackson's home studio idea... it's plain bleeurgh! I've never been able to stand Jackson, and pnly reason I lke the demo of State of Shock is because its actually a reasonably good song. As far the Jackson-vocal version of TMBMTLTT goes - the weird plastic creep should leave it the hell alone! Freddie dominated that song on Mr. Bad Guy, and that's the way it has remained, and always will remain. If State of Shock, the alternate TMBMTLT and Victory are released, they're bound to wind up on some hyped-up 'King of Pop' CD.

Sorry to hijack the topic, but I was just listening to "Some Things That Glitter" and I was thinking... 

I really admire Brian May, I love the man, but sometimes he's full of it. He said that he wrote the song with Kerry in mind... Is that why he wrote the lyrics about a woman? 

Sorry again. Rant over.

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