New Queen(+) tracks VS new Pink Floyd single...Opinions?

So now that we've heard the 3 new songs coming out on "Queen Forever," and Pink Floyd have just released their single "Louder Than Words" off their new album "The Endless River" which also comes out the same day as QF, I want to ask those of you who've heard all of these your honest opinions:
How do you think they compare?
Which of their releases do you think will win the charts?
Which had the better overall mix and musical balance?

Serious replies only, please ;)

As a lifelong fan of both bands, I'm honestly more excited for The Endless River than I am for Queen Forever. It's hard to compare the two, though; if PF had put 'Louder Than Words' on a compilation album, or if Queen Forever was a full album release instead of a compilation, then it'd be a bit tougher, but I'm definitely going to be buying Endless River, and purchasing Let Me In Your Heart Again from iTunes.

I have no doubt in my mind that Endless River will be #1 in the US and UK, and Queen Forever will maybe hit the Top 10 only in the UK.

Hey Inu-liger good question...

When I first heard that Queen and Pink Floyd were releasing albums this year I was very excited.
If we talk about the main two tracks first...Let Me In Your Heart and Louder Than Words...I'd say I'm very satisfied and pleased by both of them.

They both fit their respective catalogues with ease and have an inherent quality to them.

If we're talking about the albums...The Endless River beats QF hands down IMO...The Endless River ...despite some people's reservations about it being nearly all instrumental is all new despite when it was recorded and never released to my knowledge...

QF is a waste of time for me...I purchased all the remasters in 2011 so I simply don't need this. If its aimed at new fans fair enough...but I can't understand why they placed the new tracks on there( of course the marketing but...)

...as most of us Queen fans know...there is definitely enough material for an excellent MIH 2 swan song...which I think has been discussed heavily elsewhere. I doubt we'll ever see that now...I guess an anthology type project will be the last studio hurrah...hopefully.

Rock It with Freddie's vocals and the Queen version of Man Made Paradise would be great to hear in that context. I also found out from an extremely reliable source last week that there's another full Freddie vocal on another song that I was surprised to know existed...my source doesn't want to be named but he's confirmed it was done in the spirit of democracy within the group.

But aside from full songs...instead of the QF release I wish they'd utilized the snippets and parts of songs we've all heard on youtube...because I always remind myself of something George Martin said to the Beatles before Abbey Road.."think symphonically" and that's how the second side of that album was made up.

If there's a group that can think symphonically I'd say Queen would be it...

And back to the Endless River...I think people who are Floyd fans know that the Gilmour Floyd has more focus on the music while the Waters Floyd was more about the theme and lyrics...both great incarnations in my book...love the Barrett years too...

Oh and please WO sort out that mix of TMBMTLTT..otherwise they should just release the Queen mix Brian and Roger mentioned on the Evans show and scrap MJ altogether if its his estate calling the shots...

Right guys ...I apologize for the waffling I don't get to reply often because I can't always access QZ to log in from here in China

Pink Floyd's album is going to completely trash Queen Forever in sales, as it should, since one is another in a long line of compilations and the other an original work.

As far as quality goes, the new Pink Floyd track is much better than TMBMTLTT, or the new Love Kills, but I feel in LMIYHA Queen have unearthed a true gem that stands up to most of what Queen did in the 80s. Very pleased with it indeed. Just hearing Freddie singing his heart out on that one track again is worth 10 new Pink Floyd albums to me, although I do look forward to The Endless River.

Pink Floyd are crap.
Howe dare you compare them to Queen.
stupid thread.

You are an idiot.

The problem with Queen Forever is that they should have use the word "compilation" from the very beginning of the project. There are many sites which advertises the album as a *real* proper next Queen album which of course isn't true. For me it's mystery what role has Universal/Island records played in the project. Knowing how does the whole discussion in the "Queen camp" look (according to GB) we can assume that archivists presented more tracks/demos/b-sides to be looked upon so we could get something close to a proper *new* album.
From the recent Chris Evans show we discovered that even Jim Beach can suggest that some (Love Kills for instance :) ) tracks should be looked upon and they'll do it. Apart from being in the FM estate is he a guy who manages every track sung by Freddie ?
But who has the final word in all of this ? Orbit's mix making its way onto the album proved that BM & RT don't have it. In my opinion Universal wants to cash in on every damn thing released under their banter. That's why we WILL be getting compilations with another unreleased track(s) from time to time.

But...,Inu, if it really was a proper Queen album than I think it could victoriously triumph over the dead body of the Endless River. Of course we could be facing ironic situation like The Endless River being almost entirely instrumental album with let's say..... only 3 tracks with vocals :D In this situation even Queen Forever could win the battle :) :)

[QUOTE] [b]marc.s wrote:[/b]

t. I also found out from an extremely reliable source last week that there's another full Freddie vocal on another song that I was surprised to know existed...my source doesn't want to be named but he's confirmed it was done in the spirit of democracy within the group.

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Hmm..........what song???

[QUOTE] [b]inu-liger wrote:[/b]

So now that we've heard the 3 new songs coming out on "Queen Forever," and Pink Floyd have just released their single "Louder Than Words" off their new album "The Endless River" which also comes out the same day as QF, I want to ask those of you who've heard all of these your honest opinions:
How do you think they compare?
Which of their releases do you think will win the charts?
Which had the better overall mix and musical balance?

Serious replies only, please ;)[/QUOTE]

I think we can´t really compare the two, because Pink Floyd is a new instrumental album while Queen is a compilation plus 3 new songs. Having said this, and being a huge fan of both bands i must say that i´m more happy with the Queen new song LMIYHA than the new "Louder than Words" by PF.

In fact i´m a bit disapointed by it, because i didn´t like the not-so-smooth-transition in the song from the intro to when the drums kick in. I don´t feel the magic, but i´m going to give it a go in the sense that it is a conceptual album, so maybe it makes sense in that context.

I´m very excited about both projects, and i will by them both. I think Pink Floyd will get to numer 1 in both USA and UK, but i don´t see it last long in the charts. PF have lot´s of fans and it will be enough for first week sales. I think QF will be more consistent in the charts, and if they play their cards right (do a new great video) for the singles, i think QF has the chance to get to number 1 too. But they really should do a new fresh video with some actors, instead of TSMGO type of videos with old footage of the band.

Pink Floyd like queen there are many unreleased songs in vaults... Im hanging out for the unreleased Syd Barrett stuff love his work and there is a lot of his stuff out there... Even the have.you got it yet is rumored to exist...

pink floyd are shit compared to Queen.

That you gerry?

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[b]The King Of Rhye wrote: [/b] [QUOTE] [b]marc.s wrote:[/b]

t. I also found out from an extremely reliable source last week that there's another full Freddie vocal on another song that I was surprised to know existed...my source doesn't want to be named but he's confirmed it was done in the spirit of democracy within the group.

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Hmm..........what song???

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Marc, could you tell us what's the name of that song ?

[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]
Pink Floyd are crap.
Howe dare you compare them to Queen.
stupid thread.[/QUOTE]

Go smoke some more bad weed, you old hack.

Could somebody please enlighten me as to how in the world Pink Floyd are "crap?" Honestly curious.

The Pink Floyd single I honestly found rather underwhelming. Everything on The Division Bell is easily superior. From short clips I've heard of other tracks, however, I'm still reasonably interested to hear to whole thing. Not sure why I'd be excited for Queen Forever. I've already heard all three "new" songs, and while the Love Kills version is quite good, that's about it.