Gregsynthbootlegs: A Day At The Races Debate (11/19/2011)

Hi Greg

I've listened to the Magic tour debate and the first third of the Works debate so far. And the one thing I'd like to see (apart from the guy who wouldn't stop typing during the Works debate being bitchslapped!) is more discussion of the other members of the band. For example, I know Brian screws up at least as many times as Freddie!! Maybe just because I'm a musician myself (and a slightly geeky one!) but if you applied a tenth as much analysis to the rest of the band's performances as Freddies, I'd be tempted to soil myself in excitement! Anyways, just one opinion and I'm looking forward to listening to this one!

Marc

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[b]marcw10 wrote: [/b] Hi Greg

I've listened to the Magic tour debate and the first third of the Works debate so far. And the one thing I'd like to see (apart from the guy who wouldn't stop typing during the Works debate being bitchslapped!) is more discussion of the other members of the band. For example, I know Brian screws up at least as many times as Freddie!! Maybe just because I'm a musician myself (and a slightly geeky one!) but if you applied a tenth as much analysis to the rest of the band's performances as Freddies, I'd be tempted to soil myself in excitement! Anyways, just one opinion and I'm looking forward to listening to this one!

Marc [/QUOTE]
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I agree with you 100%. For this debate, I'm reading over comments very closely on this thread (to ensure the best possible debate). The typing did annoy me quite a bit (on Somebody To Love/Keep Yourself Alive you can hear me get a bit irritated, and on It's A Hard Life, another participant got annoyed). On this debate, I'm gonna be a bit attentive to that. As for Freddie, he's the member (in my opinion), that seems to be the prime focus (since you can easily tell if something's wrong with his singing). With John and Roger--I don't hear them flub stuff as much. As for this debate, I caught tons of funny moments by Brian--and I'll highlight them just for you!

What I really want is some musicians opinions on the guitar solo--I'm not a guitarist--and I don't know how to judge the solos. I really want Bob's opinion on Brian's guitar solo (since he's a guitarist), and you seem to be knowledgeable as well! Post your opinions and stuff! Thanks

-Greg Barnes

There are interesting comments in the last post in this page and the first post in the next page of this thread regarding the best guitar solos of the 1977 tours:

http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1108561/best-of-the-best-1977.aspx?page=2

Thank you!

The debate will start today at 9:00 pm (eastern US time)! You guys will be credited for these great questions!

ATTENTION: The Races Debate has to get postponed again (I'm really sorry about this). Demitri Kambouris' hard-drive got corrupted and his computer won't be usable until the weekend. I'm really sorry for the troubles setting this up. On the other hand, I hope you guys have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

-Gregsynthbootlegs

The debate went well! Some common participants (formulaonemad and thebiggestqueenfan), were unavailable for this debate (scheduling problems). We had some people from the Facebook group "Freddie Friends" that were special guests on the recording! The debate was mostly carried by myself, horseracingkid, tsskiller08, and this new user named "SuperDiamondDogs" (he's really great at observations)! TSS and myself did our best to answer the Queenzone questions (Rubbersuit and Dive2063 again got some shout-outs) despite being worn out at 4:00 am! There was no annoying typing this time by anybody, and we attempted to analyze the other three members (though Freddie still got most of the attention)! Some songs were heavily criticized (mostly Somebody To Love, You Take My Breath Away, and In The Lap Of Gods...Revisited) and Killer Queen, Tie Your Mother Down and the guitar solo were praised quite a bit! Queen's Belfast 2011 performance was a wild-card topic after the main debate. There's a lot of opinions that may be controversial, but rest assured that no personal attacks were made at anybody! All opinions are respected!

-Gregsynthbootlegs

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[b]Gregsynth wrote: [/b] The debate went well! Some common participants (formulaonemad and thebiggestqueenfan), were unavailable for this debate (scheduling problems). We had some people from the Facebook group "Freddie Friends" that were special guests on the recording! The debate was mostly carried by myself, horseracingkid, tsskiller08, and this new user named "SuperDiamondDogs" (he's really great at observations)! TSS and myself did our best to answer the Queenzone questions (Rubbersuit and Dive2063 again got some shout-outs) despite being worn out at 4:00 am! There was no annoying typing this time by anybody, and we attempted to analyze the other three members (though Freddie still got most of the attention)! Some songs were heavily criticized (mostly Somebody To Love, You Take My Breath Away, and In The Lap Of Gods...Revisited) and Killer Queen, Tie Your Mother Down and the guitar solo were praised quite a bit! Queen's Belfast 2011 performance was a wild-card topic after the main debate. There's a lot of opinions that may be controversial, but rest assured that no personal attacks were made at anybody! All opinions are respected![/QUOTE]

-Gregsynthbootlegs
Thanks Greg for all your hard work on these.  It's a true fan that gives back to the community.

Where can we download or listen to this debate?  I don't see it in the QZ announce or your Youtube channel.

-D

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[b]Gregsynth wrote: [/b] The debate went well! Some common participants (formulaonemad and thebiggestqueenfan), were unavailable for this debate (scheduling problems). We had some people from the Facebook group "Freddie Friends" that were special guests on the recording! The debate was mostly carried by myself, horseracingkid, tsskiller08, and this new user named "SuperDiamondDogs" (he's really great at observations)! TSS and myself did our best to answer the Queenzone questions (Rubbersuit and Dive2063 again got some shout-outs) despite being worn out at 4:00 am! There was no annoying typing this time by anybody, and we attempted to analyze the other three members (though Freddie still got most of the attention)! Some songs were heavily criticized (mostly Somebody To Love, You Take My Breath Away, and In The Lap Of Gods...Revisited) and Killer Queen, Tie Your Mother Down and the guitar solo were praised quite a bit! Queen's Belfast 2011 performance was a wild-card topic after the main debate. There's a lot of opinions that may be controversial, but rest assured that no personal attacks were made at anybody! All opinions are respected! [/QUOTE]

-Gregsynthbootlegs
Thanks Greg for all your hard work on these.  It's a true fan that gives back to the community.

Where can we download or listen to this debate?  I don't see it in the QZ announce or your Youtube channel.

-D [/QUOTE]
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I'm currently working on making the videos for the debate! You'll most likely see this up on Youtube on the weekend!

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[b]Gregsynth wrote: [/b] I'm currently working on making the videos for the debate! You'll most likely see this up on Youtube on the weekend!
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Thanks a lot, Greg! Can't wait to hear the final audio of the debate )

Interested in hearing this, the Magic Tour debate was a good listen, and helped direct me towards the better shows from the tour. I'll look out for it