You dont fool me on HOT SPACE ?

Both stories (Rod Stewart and Andy Gibb) were confirmed by Fan Club magazines at the time they happened. TBF, it hasn't been officially confirmed that Andy Gibb sang on PTG - what the newsflash stated was that Freddie had invited him to sing with them (i.e. Freddie, Brian and Roger) on one of his (Freddie's) songs and had been pleasantly impressed by how good his voice was. The song in question was in 1980, so it could be Play the Game, Don't Try Suicide or one that never made it to the album.
As for Rod, it was confirmed in a 1983 issue of the mag (actually Rod was one of the several famous guests on that session) and then by Brian on a letter to the Fan Club in 1996.

"Wasn't it mostly misinterpreted by people whose first language wasn't English?"

That's what I said.

Thank you, Sebastian. Not the "uber-fan" I was in high school, that story eluded me.

FTR: misinterpetation considered; You Don't Fool Me is much better rhythmically than the wanna-be disco of Hot Space... I think they were just plugging the album again to sell copies to newbies. (It DID contain Under Pressure after all, for purists...and yeah, of course it was recorded well before the album release)

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[b]thomasquinn 32989 wrote: [/b] [QUOTE] [b]inu-liger wrote:[/b]
I was asking a legitimate question, no need to be so dismissive and a lil' rude there Thomas. I'm well aware the misinformation was widespread over time, however my question was related more to the origin OF the misinformation.[/QUOTE]
If you're going to lecture me about being rude, you might perhaps not have phrased your original remark like a jab to non-English speakers. Has that crossed your mind?[/QUOTE]
Zeb's response was much ruder than mine to begin with, so maybe you should learn to prioritize your criticism Tom

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[QUOTE] [b]inu-liger wrote:[/b]
I was asking a legitimate question, no need to be so dismissive and a lil' rude there Thomas. I'm well aware the misinformation was widespread over time, however my question was related more to the origin OF the misinformation.[/QUOTE]
If you're going to lecture me about being rude, you might perhaps not have phrased your original remark like a jab to non-English speakers. Has that crossed your mind?[/QUOTE]


I don't think his original question came across like a jab at non-English speakers, to be honest. In fairness to Inu, it does look like a legit question and, as it happens, his theory regarding the origin of the misunderstanding turned out to be the correct one. Surprisingly, that's the first time I've ever heard about this, so it has turned out to be a useful bit of info :)

To be fair, a lot of people can't even speak their own language (be it English, Korean, Swahili or whatever). Think about how many people misunderstood Freddie's quote about 'recreating a 160- to 200-piece choir effect' on Bo Rhap and thought he meant the song actually had 180 overdubs.

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[b]Sebastian wrote: [/b] To be fair, a lot of people can't even speak their own language (be it English, Korean, Swahili or whatever). Think about how many people misunderstood Freddie's quote about 'recreating a 160- to 200-piece choir effect' on Bo Rhap and thought he meant the song actually had 180 overdubs.[/QUOTE]
Precisely! And given that it's well known the song took weeks to record, that also helped fuel the wrong belief that there were over 180 overdubs on the record!