Queen's opinions on FMercury projecets.

Do you know what any of Brian , Roger or John have said over the years about Mercury's projects? Have any of them shared opinions?

Most importantly Barcelona? (album or spasific track/tracks)
Mr Bad Guy? ( the same as above)

Or any of the  :
 In my defence
Time
Love Kills ( i think innitially was a Queen track)
The Great Pretender

Well, Roger participated in the 'In my defence' video... and he seemed to be having a good time doing it.

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[b]noorie wrote: [/b] Well, Roger participated in the 'In my defence' video... and he seemed to be having a good time doing it.

You mean to The Great Pretender video.

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Ooops. Sorry. Yes, I meant 'The Great pretender' video.

To the complete Mr.Bad Guy Album - according to Roger, Freddie did it because his american label offers him a bunch of money.

Roger told me he likes some things of Barcelona, but not the complete album.
And Made in heaven (the song, not the production)

A near person, Fred Mandel:
I was invited to Thanksgiving at Roger's place in November of 1988. Queen was having a buffet dinner and were kind enough to invite me. I was in the middle of recording an Elton John album at Air Studios in London at the time. All the band members of Queen were present as well as some friends from the road crew. It was great to see everybody again and we had a really nice evening. We didn't do any playing, just eating, drinking, talking and laughing. Freddie asked Ratty and I to stay behind after everyone had left. He wanted to play the new duet album he had done with Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballé. I thought it sounded great! Unfortunately, it was the last time I ever saw Freddie.

Brian May seemed a bit snidey in one of the recently made documentaries stating the solo stuff hadnt worked out "economically" for Freddie.
You would think, but wouldnt exactly be sure, that they must have had some respect for the Mr Bad Guy material they reworked into the Made In Heaven album.

[QUOTE] [b]musicland munich wrote:[/b]

To the complete Mr.Bad Guy Album - according to Roger, Freddie did it because his american label offers him a bunch of money.[/QUOTE]
Well, it's pretty normal for a record company to advance money to finance an album...


[QUOTE] [b]AlbaNo1 wrote:[/b]

Brian May seemed a bit snidey in one of the recently made documentaries stating the solo stuff hadnt worked out "economically" for Freddie.
You would think, but wouldnt exactly be sure, that they must have had some respect for the Mr Bad Guy material they reworked into the Made In Heaven album.[/QUOTE]
a) the rest of the band were pretty miffed that Mercury got a bigger advance for Mr Bad Guy than they got for The Works, and b) despite not wanting to work with Queen, Freddie hired session musicians to sound like them, particularly a guitarist that sounded like a second rate version of Brian. Can't blame him for the slight sour spot. But clearly they liked some of the songs themselves underneath all the cheese.

If it wasn't for Live Aid, this amongst other things would've probably torn them apart.

@The Real Wizard
"a) the rest of the band were pretty miffed that Mercury got a bigger advance for Mr Bad Guy than they got for The Works"

You mean Columbia gave Freddie a bigger budget to work on than EMI gave to Queen for The Works?

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[QUOTE] [b]musicland munich wrote:[/b]

To the complete Mr.Bad Guy Album - according to Roger, Freddie did it because his american label offers him a bunch of money.[/QUOTE]
Well, it's pretty normal for a record company to advance money to finance an album...
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I guess the deeper meaning in Rogers statement was that Freddie`s heart wasn`t with that particular Album...he did it almost exclusivly for his wallet.

[QUOTE] [b]Stelios wrote:[/b]

@The Real Wizard
"a) the rest of the band were pretty miffed that Mercury got a bigger advance for Mr Bad Guy than they got for The Works"

You mean Columbia gave Freddie a bigger budget to work on than EMI gave to Queen for The Works?[/QUOTE]

Indeed, yes.

[QUOTE] [b]musicland munich wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]musicland munich wrote:[/b]

To the complete Mr.Bad Guy Album - according to Roger, Freddie did it because his american label offers him a bunch of money.[/QUOTE]
Well, it's pretty normal for a record company to advance money to finance an album...
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I guess the deeper meaning in Rogers statement was that Freddie`s heart wasn`t with that particular Album...he did it almost exclusivly for his wallet.

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Hard to say. The only person who truly knew isn't here to answer.

That said - it's not like he needed the money. He was pretty wealthy by then.

[QUOTE] [b]musicland munich wrote:[/b]

To the complete Mr.Bad Guy Album - according to Roger, Freddie did it because his american label offers him a bunch of money.[/QUOTE]
I think it was on " The great Pretender" documentary that it was stated by a producer ( perhaps it was David Richards) that by the time Freddie he presented to him the final mix of Mr Bad Guy, he seemed already out of it.
The producer said that in point Freddie was like " ok,enough with this let me put a record of a great opera diva".
On other occasions he seemed excited about Mr. Bad Guy. Like "i made the orchestra play every note they had never played in their life" or the famous " so ask me about my solo album- oh its great".
So perhaps he started with great enthusiasm but lost it in the process(...too much freedom can be a backlash creativly) , and ALSO becouse he may already been flirting with the idea of a real original and unique project- his collaboration with Caballe- or at least with a project of that calliber rather than "another bunch of songs" album wich Mr. Bad Guy was.

Brian was a Fan of Barcelona, I remember an interview of his him saying this...and the song Made In Heaven...