A Queen Version Of "In My Defence"?

If with the putative new album they're taking Freddie solo stuff and turning it into Queen stuff what would be more awesome than a Queen version of "In My Defence"?

Yes, I know Freddie didn't write it but I suspect Dave Clark or Time Rice or whoever would be amenable.

I just think Freddie's vocal is awesome and the instruments WOULD be so much better if they were done by Roger and Brian.

I recall that Dave Clark is very protective of his material, and there were some issues preventing release of other Freddie stuff (specifically live takes) of the 'Time' tracks, so I'm not so sure that this will ever happen. I do agree however that this would work fantastically with Brian and Roger (very much in the vein of 'Made In Heaven'.

I've often wondered the same about 'The Great Pretender', I think a Queen version could potentially be epic! Apologies if I've misheard from somewhere, but does Deaky play bass on Freddie's original cover? If so, that's be perfect!!

Not that a Queen Version of IMD would bad in the slightest, in fact I reckon it'd be pretty darn amazing!

It occurred to me we could petition Dr B. :-)

What about a Queen version of born to Rock n Roll from Time, I read year's ago that Dave Clark had a Freddie version recorded.

Not heard any version of Born To Rock n Roll. Is it good?

There are at least 2 versions of Born To Rock and roll. One is this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG_P9XzdQ8o and the second one should have a "we will rock you"-type rhythm.

Born to Rock n roll is excellent, crazy little thing-esque, a Queen treatment would be epic !

[QUOTE] [b]Narudge wrote:[/b]
Apologies if I've misheard from somewhere, but does Deaky play bass on Freddie's original cover? If so, that's be perfect!![/QUOTE]

Nope, Alan Jones did.

[QUOTE] [b]Narudge wrote:[/b]

I've often wondered the same about 'The Great Pretender', I think a Queen version could potentially be epic! Apologies if I've misheard from somewhere, but does Deaky play bass on Freddie's original cover? If so, that's be perfect!!

Not that a Queen Version of IMD would bad in the slightest, in fact I reckon it'd be pretty darn amazing![/QUOTE]


www.queenzone.com/forums/1374475/the-great-pretender-guitar-version.aspx


^ have a listen :-)

[QUOTE] [b]Martin Packer wrote:[/b]
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1992 and 2000's remixes are great.
Why the hell somebody wants Queen version?

Do you want so crappy version like "IWBTLY"?

^ each to their own. It'd be nice to hear what a "Queen" version would have sounded like.

Btw, there was nothing wrong with IWBTLY :-)

[QUOTE] [b]Walter White wrote:[/b]

^ each to their own. It'd be nice to hear what a "Queen" version would have sounded like.

Btw, there was nothing wrong with IWBTLY :-)[/QUOTE]


Wasn't the song already released pretty much how a Queen version would have sounded? Sure, you could have had different musicians playing the song, but the arrangement would still have been the same.

With IWBTLY you can at least claim that replacing the 80's synthesizers with real instruments has made it more of a "Queen" version, but that version has been exaggerated so much that it sounds more like a parody of what Queen would do.

^ Arrangement would be similar, I'd imagine....but sound would be better. You know the Red Special has a very distinct sound - just imagine Brian playing that lovely solo!!

With regards IWBTLY, I actually really liked it. I suppose you can argue that it's a bit overdone - I hadn't really thought about it until I saw your comment - but it sounds good (well, to me anyway lol).

Freddie's IWBTLY sounds like a cheap demo. Queen's IWBTLY sounds more like the song it should have been, though the intro and outro make it sound over-the-top, and not in a good way. The vast majority of the song, however, is leagues above Freddie's version.