"Lover" became "Liar"

The Real Wizard 12 January 2012 22:08 · Member since August 2002

1sharppencil wrote:ii) another amazing factor to be taken into account is the leaps Freddie made concerning both singing and on songwriting...I mean from "Vagabond" & "Green" to "Jesus" & "My Fairy King", it's quite the distance...

Indeed. In 1969, Mercury was playing in a cover band while Brian and Roger already had much of the Queen sound established, as evidenced by the Smile recordings. That said, Mercury did blossom rather quickly. Never quite thought of it that way until now.

It's no coincidence that the best tracks on all the early Queen records are his - My Fairy King, Black Queen, Killer Queen, BoRhap, Somebody To Love. But the influence May and Taylor had on him must have been quite substantial. And Deacon soon became a great writer himself. I don't think they get nearly enough credit for their contributions. It really was a team effort.

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Negative Creep 13 January 2012 06:59 · Member since October 2004

The Real Wizard wrote:
When Queen did their first demo in 1971, one of the guys working the gig thought Liar was a cover, as he had heard the Argent version.

Really? Aside from the word Liar - what's the similarty between the tracks? I've just listened to it on YouTube and there's literally nothing at all in common between the 2 songs, except the word..... Liar. Even the way the word is sang in each song is completly different to each other. Totally different rhythm, melody and lyrics. You've lost me.

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The Real Wizard 13 January 2012 13:20 · Member since August 2002

Negative Creep wrote:
The Real Wizard wrote:
When Queen did their first demo in 1971, one of the guys working the gig thought Liar was a cover, as he had heard the Argent version.

Really? Aside from the word Liar - what's the similarty between the tracks? I've just listened to it on YouTube and there's literally nothing at all in common between the 2 songs, except the word..... Liar. Even the way the word is sang in each song is completly different to each other. Totally different rhythm, melody and lyrics. You've lost me.

Oh, I completely agree. I'm just quoting the guy. Either he didn't know the Argent track well, or his memory isn't up to par. It was the 70s, after all..

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