A kind of magic which Roger Taylor came up with was a hard rock tune before Freddie changed the style to the more poppish sound we all know and love. Please russian headlong, gets facts straight before representing your opinions.
rhyeking · Member since
mike hunt wrote: rhyeking wrote: There's no mystery here.
Roger wasn't a fan of mindless, repetitive, superficial fluff music played in clubs and discos, where it's about beats-per-minute and little else. That doesn't disqualify him from using the tool and techniques and trying to create some he felt was more interesting, that had some personality, edge and maybe a fraction more depth. Whether he succeeded is another debate altogether.
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More depth?....you mean like 'Don't lose your head'?...if that's not a shallow dance song, I don't know what is!
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Russian Headlong · Member since
goose this is an opinions board smart arse. What evidence do you have that AKOM was a hard rock track to begin with. The live version was pretty rocking but where do you have the evidence that it was originally heavier. Watch this you tube clip where Roger says it was more 'dance'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRSdBg4fSac&feature=related WATCH AT 3.39
Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira · Member since
mike hunt wrote: The Flash Danny Project wrote: mooghead wrote: "'The Invisible Man' and 'You Don't Fool Me', two tracks firmly grounded in dance groove."
Eh? Pretty sure there isnt a nightclub on the planet that ever played these songs. Why would you mistake dance groove with club play?
How about Don't Lose your Head?....That's even more disco than Body Language!....good point, Ivisible man is every bit as disco as Dancer, Cool cat, and Back Chat... ==================================================================
Don't Loose Your Head is a fantastic technopop tune, or synth pop tune, if you like. It prooves Queen could be the best in (almost) any style. It may sound outdated for the new generations, but at the time people would be absolutely amazed by it. Some of my non-fan friends asked me to play it over and over, as it was their favorite. Gotta love Queen and it's musical diversity.
Cheers,
Ogre-
mike hunt · Member since
Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira wrote: mike hunt wrote: The Flash Danny Project wrote: mooghead wrote: "'The Invisible Man' and 'You Don't Fool Me', two tracks firmly grounded in dance groove."
Eh? Pretty sure there isnt a nightclub on the planet that ever played these songs. Why would you mistake dance groove with club play?
How about Don't Lose your Head?....That's even more disco than Body Language!....good point, Ivisible man is every bit as disco as Dancer, Cool cat, and Back Chat... ==================================================================
Don't Loose Your Head is a fantastic technopop tune, or synth pop tune, if you like. It prooves Queen could be the best in (almost) any style. It may sound outdated for the new generations, but at the time people would be absolutely amazed by it. Some of my non-fan friends asked me to play it over and over, as it was their favorite. Gotta love Queen and it's musical diversity.
Cheers,
Ogre-
My point isn't whether I like the song or not....i'm not one of these close minded rockers.......my point is that Roger has selected memory...he had his share of hot space moments, and since freddie's death has become a total Joke....I don't want to hear how A kind Of magic was rockier before freddie got a hold of it....it was his song, and the final result was his decision....
ANAGRAMER · Member since
Having watched his comments on Days of our lives doc, it seems to me that AOBTD wasn't an obvious choice for a single by any of the band until MJ suggested it
In terms of his input, Rodger has written some decent pop songs which it is possible to dance to, that's not the same as a dance-disco orientated album which is what he alluded to (particularly Paul Prenter's influence)
Fight from the Inside to my ears doesn't refer to funk in the slightest - it's the nearer Zeppelin that Chic!
